Spring break!!

Yea! Spring is here, and I'm loving it. What a fantastic time of year. My plants are growing, although they seem to be slow bloomers, they are beautiful. I love to watch things grow. Plants as well as kids. We were going to go on a vacation this week, but a cold front put a damper on our plans. Who wants to drive 8-12 hours, and not be able to enjoy the outdoors. It's not a vacation for me unless it includes allot of hiking, and water sports. After giving up my sorrow about not going away, Chris and I decided to make staying home fun. On the First day, I used the spa gift certificate that Chris gave me for christmas to get a salt scrub. It was awesome! No, I'm not a spa snob, but I wish I could be. After that I decided to go on a walk with Adam, and Aaron. I wanted to make at least 5 miles, but Kayla kept calling me saying, "Are you done yet? I need a ride to my friends." I cut the walk short just to get her off my back. It was still a 3 mile walk, and good enough for me. The next day, we went to the Mall to eat lunch and get some See's candies before heading to the Zoo. (Can you believe I have lived in New Mexico for three years, and have never been to the Zoo.) We all had a wonderful time, excluding Zach who felt the ride was to bumpy. He needs shock absorbers on his wheelchair. I don't have any pictures of the Zoo because Kayla was taking all of the pictures with a film camera for her photo class. The assignment was texture. She found loads of it at the zoo. We walked over 6 miles that day, and we were bushed. Good luck to the kids that are going on trek this summer and have to walk 12-16 miles in one day. On the third day, we took the kids, as well as Ryan (Kayla's boyfriend), and his brother Kevin(who is Aaron's age) to ITZ. ITZ is a place with games, rides , and an all you can eat buffet. they also have rooms to eat your food with movies playing in them. This kids had a blast. On the fourth day, I woke up with the need to do some work around the house. The up stairs needed to be painted badly. Chris and I were at odds about the color. I wanted a blue/grey, or a red/brown. Chris wanted a light tan, or a light pink/brown. We finally decided on a color that was darker like I wanted, but more of Chris's color choice. I think that It was called burnt apricot. It is beautiful at night, when the lights are on, but a Little to peach-ish in the day light. Oh well, I am the worst at picking colors, but I think I like it anyway. On the last day, I thought it would be fun to make different kids of pizza. I made a deep dish pizza with a buttery, garlic crust and a round thinner crusty pizza. I also made the sauce from scratch, which was a new thing for me. It took allot longer then I thought, and we ended up with an early dinner, instead of the late lunch I was planning. Today Chris went back to work, and things are back to normal. We might have one last family fun day on Friday, or Saturday. We'll see. Oh yes, and the kids are helping with spring cleaning. These pictures are proof that they do clean. Christian helps too, but I can never seem to get him in a picture.



Aaron is shirtless an usuall, and doing a wonderful job of dusting. Kayla is working on the kitchen. She always ends up with the kitchen!

For your own good, keep away!

On Tuesday afternoon I had an appointment to meet Zacharys new Doctor. Kayla comes home sick from school that day, and I'm thinking, why does she have to get every Little bug that comes along? I was going to leave Adam home with her, but she was really sick, and spending a lot of time running to the bathroom. Adam, Zach, and I were at the Doctors forever. I think we spent close to an hour in the waiting room. Adam was having fun, playing with the toys, and Zach was sleeping, but I was a little stress ball. Kids all around us were coughing. All I could think of was please, please, please, don't share your germs with us! I was about to leave when they finally called us back. The Doctor was running late because he had a kid with an appendix problem ouch! We made it home just in time for me to run to the bathroom. Shoot! Kayla wasn't the only one that was sick. I called Chris to make sure he was OK, and he was. All of the boys were good, so Kayla and I took turns making horrid sound in the bathroom. Chris came home and decided to join in the fun. The nurse was schedule to come that night, and every time the phone rang, we thought that it was her calling to cancel. Thank goodness she came. As soon as she came, we passed off the baby, and put the kids to sleep, and went to bed. Sleep was hard to come by. Kayla, Chris, and I were running to the bathroom all night. The next morning, I came down stairs, and told the nurse she had better go home before she got sick to. She only made it as far as her car. I felt so bad. We rested that day, and by Thursday, I'm thinking we are going to recover. Friday morning, When I tried to wake Adam up for school, he said that he was sick. He had a fever and was shaky then he started to cough. Well, It was more like a bark then a cough. It sounded a lot like what I heard at the Doctors office. He got sick so fast, every time he coughed he said that it hurt. He was feverish and very week. I felt so bad for him. I took extra care of him all day, with the attention that is usually reserved for Zachary. It was strange to see Adam so frail. Today is Saturday, Adam is still sick and after being up for most of the night Chris and I are so tired. We also woke up with headaches, and a head cold. I even have an itch at the back of my throat and I want to cough, but I refuse to(for now). I hope that I don't get this bug as well, and we are all praying that Zachary doesn't get it. I'm not sure how he would deal with it. I am hoping that I will get strong enough to disinfect the house soon. I go crazy with the pine-sol sometimes. Adam said that our house is sick. he said that we need to "get a guy to build us a new house." If it were only that easy! As soon as I'm strong, I will get the house cleaned, and please no more germs. I want to go on vacation this spring break, but we have to be healthy! wish us luck!

Hello spring!

I went out side with Adam yesterday, and it was so beautiful. It was warm with a slight breeze, and I couldn't help but think, when did this happen? Has the weather been nice, and I just haven't noticed it? I actually have a flower that had started sprouting. I was so excited, that I was seriously thinking of starting a garden. No time this year, but I should start planning on next year. Does anyone know anything about vegetable gardening in New Mexico? I actually found some information on a community garden in Albuquerque, and I might go and visit, and maybe even volunteer some time just for the learning experience.

Here is a pic. of Aaron making eggs for Adam. Aaron is the king of egg making.

Thanks Aaron.
(Origionally written on 2/25 I had a problem with the post.)