Trip to Flagstaff

We took a trip to Flagstaff this last weekend for Tag's annual heart check-up. The good news is that Tag's heart is doing well. He does have a funny fast heart rate which he takes medicine to control, but sometimes it still beats out of control. So, the doctor talked about doing a procedure when he turns 7 that will hopefully zap the bad node that is misfiring in his heart. It has a 90-95% success rate and that sounds pretty good to me. Tag's pediatrician once told me that if it were me experiencing the fast heart rate, I would probably be dead, so these episodes are scarey. AND, the bad thing is, he doesn't tell us when he is having one. We have been very blessed so far and been able to get him to the ER when he is having one, but it would be nice to not have to worry about it anymore. We'll see what happens next year(:

So while we were down there, we decided to make a mini vacation out of it. We were supposed to go down over spring break so the boys wouldn't have to miss school, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. We visited a little pioneer museum. I tried to get all my kids to dress up in the pioneer clothes, but they just wanted to play with the guns. I got Whitley in an apron and before I could get the rest of them together with their guns, she had everything off again. She has not wanted her picture taken at all lately and it is quite annoying.

We went swimming at the Aquaplex, that was fun. Brinley is my first baby to actually like the water.

And, on our way home we went to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and just our luck, entrance to the park was free!!! I think the Grand Canyon is amazing, so many layers and colors.

It is difficult to entertain a 9 year old, a handicapped 6 year old, a fiesty two year old, and a sweet 10 month old. We heard, "I'm bored," from Tanner all weekend, and Tag and Whitley fought in and out of the car. I can't complain much about Brinley. She was the most pleasant of our four, but I love them all and hope they remember some of the fun things, although rare, that we do as a family.

Our sad Easter

This was a sad Easter because the week before, I was taking care of Tag and Trent with pnuemonia. Easter was the furtherst thing from my mind, and then, I got pnuemonia so there was no Easter bunny this year. No candy filled eggs, or baskets or stuffed animals. We had an easter egg hunt with the eggs Tag got from his little party at school, but the candy had already been eaten. The funny thing is, is that my kids really didn't seem to care. This was Brinley's first Easter and she just crawled around and chewed on the first egg she found.

We also celebrated Tag's 6th birthday on Easter because he was really sick for his real birthday. Some present, huh, pneumonia which came with a shot in the leg and body aches and chills. He is so resilient, and I don't think he even noticed that we celebrated a week late.

This is our cowgirl. Everyday when grandpa gets home from work, she greets him with, "You put the saddle on for me?"

And here is Brin, 10 mos going on two. She thought she was as big as her sister and tried to walk right out the door where she found herself face to face with the cement. I was going to get her pictures taken because her grandma was on the ball and made her an Easter dress, but I guess we will wait a bit for her nose to get better.

Just on Friday we found out that Whitley has pneumonia and Brinley has an ear infection so it has been a fun filled last three weeks): We are all couhged out. I didn't think pneumonia was contagious but I'll not be thinking that again! Trent lost his voice for a few days, but I think we are all on the mend, or I hope so.