Aaaahhhh, summertime!

Finally, it's summer!!!  I am looking forward to spending time with my family.  I do have to take three classes this summer; but, they are all online.  Two of them are for my masters and one is for a music endorsement.  After summer classes, I only have one more class in the fall to complete my masters--yay!!  As far as the music endorsement, I'm just getting started.  We got to kick off summer with a weekend trip to Woodland Park.  It was really nice to get away to the mountains for a couple of days.  We left Friday night and did some redneck camping in the Pueblo WalMart parking lot that night, then headed on to WP the next morning.  My brother's family and my parents all camped, and Konnie got to come over on Sunday and stay the night.  It was a lot of fun.  Plus, Oggie had a hilarious incident happen--teeheehee.  I'll let him share with those of you who don't already know it.  Anyway, with my newfound freedom, I'll update more often.

Cute Kiddos

Kids can be so cute.  Connor has been getting some words mixed up like instead of Patrick he says Packrit and instead of forgot he says gotfor.  I love to listen to him talk.  Yesterday he fell and when I asked him if he was okay he said, "I'm okay.  I'm a tough cowboy".  He also loves his brothers and sister.  He is still mischievous, but he is definitely mellowing out and his softer side shows through.  That side reminds me of Christopher.  Christopher has a huge heart and is just an all around good big brother.  It's obvious when you see how much Connor and Cade look up to and adore him.  One weekend morning Connor woke up and rolled over to Christopher and said "I love you so much Chris", then Cade rolled over and gave WaaWaa (his name for Christopher) a big kiss on the head.  One day Christopher was playing with Connor and had him laughing so hard.  In the middle of this laughing Connor managed to say, "I love you so much Chris".  While Connor is mellowing, Cade is taking up the slack and then some.  I guess our first clue to this was his broken arm back in November, and he still climbs everything!!  He talks, but in his own language.  He has his few words that he knows and the rest is his language.  His name for Connor is hilarious--CaaCaa.  He is such a stout little guy, that I sometimes forget how young he really is.  Even though he's young, he can definitely hold his own!  All three boys are pretty fond of little sis Caylee.  Nobody better mess with her!  I love my family!!!

Montrose Trip

The boys, Caylee, and I went to Krystal's over the weekend.  It was a lot of fun!  The drive is one of my favorite parts, though I was a little nervous about it with so many kids (It's about 7 1/2-8 hrs.).  It's been about 3 years since I had made that trip, and I only had Christopher and Connor at that time.  The kids did great, and we still made really good time.  The drive is so beautiful--I love the mountains!!  Krystal didn't tell her kids that we were coming, so it was a total suprise to Jonah and Mariah when they found two extra kids--Christopher and Connor--in their van when Krystal picked them up from school.  They all had a great time playing together!  Kandace's family came over on Saturday and we all went swimming at the aquatic center.  All together we had 9 kids in the house on Saturday--we wish Kary, Sharee, and Colton could have been there too!!  I had such a good time seeing two of my sisters that I don't get to see very often, wish Konnie could have been there.  Krystal's house looks so cute--right out of a magazine.  Thanks to the Hokits for inviting us over, we had a blast!!  Here are a few pictures.

Random Pictures

Happy 1 Month Birthday, Caylee

I can't believe it has already been one month since I had Caylee.  Time sure does fly!

Captain Underpants x's 2

Friday night, Christopher and Connor spent the night at mom and dad's.  They had a blast!  Then on Saturday, Kary, Sharee, and Colton were there to can some more wheat.  Colton and Connor had such a good time together!  They ran around in just their undies most of the time, and then they decided to wear another pair on their heads.

Healthy Heart

So Caylee has a little bit of a heart murmur.  We went to Dr. Rancimun at the Boulder Medical Clinic in Colorado Springs.  Turns out that the doc thinks the murmur is the result of the arteries in her lungs not being "stretched out" enough, thus the blood is pumping harder to get through resulting in a murmur.  Also, the hole in her heart where the placenta feeds in (?--I'm probably not getting all of the info right) has not closed yet.  But again, not a big deal.  We go back in 9 mos., and he thinks that everything will be normal by then.  Always great to hear good news!!