Welcome Spring!

Well, I hope this blog finds anyone who still tunes in doing well and enjoying the first weekend of spring! I am so excited to have such nice weather just right around the corner! In fact, we have had really nice spring-like weather here in the Tri-Cities even before the calendar turned onto March 21st. It has been so nice to let the boys out and run around and play outside to burn off some of their never ending energy!

We traveled to Boise this weekend and had a nice visit with family. My folks are doing well, as are all of my sisters. My eldest sister has moved into a small home right in front of my parent's property so it was nice to be able to see her more as we usually missed her and her little girl, Morgan with most of our visits.

The boys had a good time, as always playing with all of their cousins.

I unfortunately forgot my camera so I don't have any cute pictures of them with their cousins. These pictures of the boys from today will have to do. In fact, RJ lost a tooth today and was more than willing to show off his smile (something that is notoriously hard to catch!). I was so shocked by RJ today, he is normally very sensitive and shies away from any pain whatsoever, (which make his dad and I unsure of his career choice to date, to be a professional football player!) He has had a loose tooth for the past several days and as soon as we got home, he got some string, had me tie it around his loose tooth and then promptly yanked it out on his own! Now either he is getting a lot braver, or he really wants 5$! I think it is the former as I happen to know he has over $40 sitting in his wallet and has had since Christmas time!

Lance and I are still pondering and praying as to what our future holds as well. We were entertaining the idea of moving back to the Boise area so we decided to put up our house for sale, as we thought that if we wanted to move we had better get it on the market before the summer push. What we weren't expecting was to sell it in less than 24 hours! We had the realtor come and take pictures and list it Friday night, we had a couple come and look at it Saturday morning at 9AM, and had an excellent offer in hand by noon the following day! So assuming we pass an inspection without many problems and get the septic tank emptied, we will be out of a house on April 30th! We were not expecting to even get it sold in this market, and still aren't sure we even want to leave the area, but at least this gives us the option should things all work out that way. Praise the Lord and hope He continues to open the doors to lead us the way He wants us to go. Now the challenge will to be to find a place to live, get packed, and out of a house all while working and trying to corral three little rambunctious boys!

Well, you all take care, we continue to pray for His love and protection for all of our friends and family.

RJ showing off his lost tooth, which he pulled by himself!

Wet and Wild!

It has been awhile since my last post. It seems that no matter how much I vow to keep this site updated (my goal was for a weekly post) I never seem to make it (along with my other vows to eat right, be patient with the kids and exercise daily!)

Our latest adventure was to Cour de lane Idaho. I have been working an extra shift or two up in Spokane, Washington (to see if the grass is truly greener on the other side of the hospital). So, we decided to make a long weekend of it and take the boys to the indoor water park. I think they really enjoyed it. Jack was the only brave one that went down the slides, whereas RJ decided to play it safe and stay in the wave pool and the kiddie play area. When it was all said and done they only lasted a total of about 2.5 hours between the 24hours we were there which made it fairly pricey per minute, but they had fun and it wore them out so I guess it was worth it.

We went from there to Spokane where I worked a couple of days while the boys wasted time in and around Spokane. Overall it was a nice weekend before getting back to our daily "grind".

Everything here is going well. Trey seems to be all "adjusted", or at least as adjusted as much as a 2 year old can get. He has definitely picked up some bad habits though from his brothers. The worse of them are his temper tantrums. That little booger cries and throws a 30 minute fit anytime he doesn't get his way. I think I could handle that easily if it weren't for the fact that because he has the most sensitive gag reflex I have ever seen, that anytime he throws a fit, it ends up in a pile of vomit! We have learned to get him into the bathroom or kitchen when we are at home, but when we are out someplace in the car or at a store he has gotten his way more than he should to try and avoid that problem!

Lance's friend from coaching at MNU in Kansas has moved to Kuna, ID (right near all of my family) and has gotten a head football coaching position at Kuna High School. I know Lance would love to coach with him so we are actually considering a move again to the Boise area (however, I have made Lance promise me that this will be the last!). It is actually fine with me as I have not been all too entirely happy with the hospital here and am going to check out St Luke's there in Boise and Meridian to see if it would be a better fit. This can only happen though if we sell the house as since we have only been here a couple of years we don't have much equity in it and cannot take another financial loss as we did in the home in Kansas. Let's pray it will all work out according to God's plan either way.

Thanks for staying tuned!