Sickness :(

On Saturday we went out and enjoyed the nice weather. Rex went dirt biking and then he came home and worked on our patio. We are doing pavers which I never thought would be as much work as they turned out to be. We went to bed Saturday night then in the middle of the night Rex started feeling sick. I got up and took the girls to church Sunday morning. When we came home and Rex was still not feeling well at all. (He couldn't even get out of bed and had a way high fever.) He was still super sick all day Monday so on Tuesday morning I called and made him a doctors appointment. He went to the doctor and found out he had INFLUENZA. :( He still isn't feeling all that great. Poor guy! He said that the medicine has help quite a bit, but he still isn't feeling 100%.
I was supposed to be going with a bunch of my friends to Salt Lake for a girls weekend, but I decided I probably not go and risk getting everyone there sick. The doctor told us influenza is highly contagious and you are a contagious 48 hours before you ever feel sick. BUMMER! So, instead I get to stay home and take care of a sick little girl. Poor little Briley woke up this morning with a fever so we called the doctor and got a prescription for all of us for Tamiful. I am just hoping that Tabrie and I can stay healthy and not get it! I have decided that should own stock in Lysol! I hope you all have a great weekend!

FUN!!!!

This last weekend was so nice, we spent the entire weekend outside. We got the girls a swing set for Easter and we spent the majority of the day Saturday putting it up. The girls were so excited to be able play on it. Of course the weather here is so crazy, when we woke up Monday it was super windy and the weather just got worse from there. It ended up snowing on Tuesday night and was pretty cold and windy yesterday so, needless to say they haven't been able to play on it much. It was pretty nice out today so I let them go out and play. They had so much fun! They have really missed having a yard. They are so excited that we have somewhere for them to play this summer. We are hoping that the weather will get nice sometime so that we can get our sprinklers in and get some grass planted. We have someone coming to do some curbing this next week so, we are crossing our fingers that it will be nice enough to get that done. I just wish that we didn't have to worry about snow showers in April!!!!

Hubby Tag!

A-ATV of choice? Dirt bike without a doubt
B-Born on? March 6th
C-Cookies or Candy? Cookies (Oreo)
D-Date of Choice when you go out? Dinner and a movie
E-Essential Item? Cell Phone
F-Favorite Foods? Cajun Chicken Pasta
G-Gas or Diesel vehicle? Which one? I guess they are all gas!
H-Hobbies? Dirt biking, hunting, paint balling, and pretty much anything that any of his friends ask him to go do.
I-Ice Cream Flavor? Rocky Road
J-Job? Department manager at Woodland Furniture
K-Kids? 2 cute girls Tabrie, and Briley
L-Last Vacation as a couple? Florida (2 years ago)
M-Morning person or night owl? Night owl, he hates mornings!
N-Number of Siblings? 3 Sisters and 3 brothers
O-OCD or sloppy? He's pretty clean for the most part, but he has some things that he does that drives me nuts!
P-Pet Peeves? When he asks me a question, and I don't answer.
Q-Quiet or Loud? Loud, he has never been shy!
R-Restaurant? Texas Roadhouse
S-Sports? Dirt biking and soccer
T-Tight wad or spender? Spender, all I can say is that it is a good thing that I pay the bills.
U-Unknown Fact about him? He loves Mustangs and Jeeps......ok, more than just loves he is obsessed!
V-Vegetables? He seriously would eat anything, he is so easy to cook for, so I can't pick one.
W-Worst Habit? Leaving his cereal bowl in the sink!!!!! UUUGGGHHHH!
X-Xtra Curricular activities in high school? He only played football through his sophomore year and then he had to have his shoulder reconstructed.
Y-Your favorite things about him? He is the best husband and daddy to my girls!
Z-Zodiac Sign? Pisces
I tag- Janeal, Natalie, Hanna, and Holly!

Please Spread the Word

My sister and her husband are hoping to adopt another child. We know that the chance of them getting a baby increases if we get the word out. She made up this cute pass along card. If you know of anyone who may be considering placing their baby for adoption please pass along their information. You can visit their blog and click on their adoption profile for more information. They are a wonderful family and any baby would be blessed to be a part of their family. Thank you so much for your help.

Fun Idea

I was on a blog and I saw this idea and thought it was so fun I just had to share. The idea was for a Family Fun Day, which she got from the Family Fun magazine. What you do is let each person in your family pick an activity to do that day and you go and do all of the activities that each person picked. I think that this is such a fun idea. I know my girls would love this (I'm not sure I would love what they picked) they love to spend time playing together as a family. On this day you are supposed to forget about work or other things that need to be done, because this is just supposed to be a day of fun. I think that we are going to try this very soon, it sounds so great. I love to spend time with my family and this is a great way to make sure that everyone enjoys the day. Thanks so much for the fun idea Jessica!

The Best Daddy

Today was pretty nice (for how our spring has been) so as soon as Rex got home the girls met him at the door and asked if they could ride their dirt bike. Rex was so excited to let them ride. We put all of their new gear on them and they were ready to ride. Rex had to run beside Briley the entire time she was riding in case she lost control or couldn't stop. He was tired before she was of course.

He then had to take the training wheels off for Tabrie to ride. He got out the little 4-wheeler so he and Briley could ride beside Tabrie. They had so much fun. The girls came in a were so excited about getting to ride. Tabrie said "we have the best Daddy". I was just thinking that thought as she said it, he is the best Daddy, he does so much for us and never complains.


I love that Rex is always wanting to play with our kids even though I am sure he is tired when he comes from work. (he as to be to work pretty early) He spent the entire last weekend building a bed for Briley's preschool teacher, as payment for school, he never complained or even said anything about having to do it. He is such a great Dad and we all love him very much. (I am sure that we all feel that we have the best husbands and daddy's though) :)

Food Storage?

I have been thinking a lot lately about food storage. I have heard on the news about a truckers strike. I was talking to my friend and we were talking about how a truckers strike would really affect us getting food to our local grocery stores. We depend on them to bring goods to us from all over the country. We have no idea how long a strike like that would last and I am thinking I am really not as prepared as I should be. I need some motivation to build up my food storage. I always try to go to the big case lot sales and stock up, but with the cost of everything going up it seems like you don't get nearly as much and you are spending more. It seems like everything has gone up in price. I am really looking forward to watching conference to see what the Prophets and Apostles will stress. I know that it has been stressed for a long time to get your food storage and I am glad that I do have some, but I don't think I am nearly where I need to be. It always feel really good when the storage room it full and I don't have very much room left on the shelves, but then as the days go by I take from my food storage and I forget to replace what I took. If anyone has a good idea on how to build up food storage and keep track of what you take so you can replace it let me know. Thanks!

Finally A Sunny Day

My girls were so happy that it was a sunny day today. They were dying to get outside and ride their bikes and play. I was happy to let them go run off some of their energy. I went out with them for awhile but I thought it was COLD so I didn't stay out long. Isn't it funny how kids won't admit that they are cold because they just want to keep playing. I am glad to see the sun, it reminds me that spring will be here someday. I just hope that the warmer weather is here to stay. (but I watch the weather so I know better) I have never had spring fever so bad! I think it might have to do with the fact that I am dying to get our yard started and to get the swing set and playhouse up for the girls. Oh, well no sense worrying about it too much I can't do anything about the weather.

ABC Tag

I was tagged by Natalie. So here it goes!

A-Attached or Single? Attached
B-Best Friend? My Hubby, I couldn't think of a better one
C-Cake or Pie? Pie (coconut cream or banana cream)
D-Day of Choice? Saturday or Sunday because usually my whole family is home
E-Essential Item? Debit Card
F-Favorite Color? Pink or Brown
G-Gummy bears or worms? Neither, I don't really like gummy things
H-Hometown? IF
I-Favorite Indulgence? Caburry Cream Eggs
J-January or July? July hands down! I love the 4th and its also my b-day month!
K-Kids? Tabrie and Briley
L-Life isn't complete without? My family and friends
M-Marriage date? Oct. 30,1999
N-Number of brothers and sister? 1 brother and 1 sister
O-Oranges or apples? Oranges
P-Phobia or fears? Spiders, and losing my husband or children
Q-Quote? I love to quote movies ( I know its weird)
R-Reason to smile? I have a great family and group of friends. I have been so blessed. My kids always make me smile they are so funny and sweet.
S-Season of choice? Summer!!!!! Is it ever coming?
T-Tag 3 people: Amberlee, SueAnn, and Brandi
U-Unknown facts about me? I am a clean freak! (Wait everyone knows that) I can't think of anything.
V-Vegetable? Asparagus
W-Worst habit? Leaving the clothes in the dryer and then they get all wrinkled.
X-X-ray or ultrasound? I don't know if I have ever had an x-ray, so I guess that I would have to say ultrasound.
Y-Your favorite food? Mexican
Z-Zodiac sign? Cancer