The Easter Bunny visited a little early this year :) Our friends had a egg hunt and brunch last weekend where the Bunny put in an early visit in his busy schedule :) The kids all had a great time as well as the parents!

miscellaneous photos

So much going on again but trying to stick to my promise of a post a week(ish) here are some recent snaps of the kids.
Jaxson has taken to masks, costumes, lightsabers, dart guns, and swords.... like any normal boy would. :) He loves raiding his brothers room, cause that's where all the cool toys are. LOL!

Hayden per normal is playing his video games... on our new couches. :) He's figured out how to "nest" himself into the couch. He's loving the recliner part of them too... for that matter so are Tim and I. It's very hard not to fall asleep with your feet propped up all cozy. :)

and Jax again taking right along with the rest of us... that is him on his "laptop" with his "phone" in the other sucking on a lolipop. Don't know where he gets it. ((rolling eyes))

That is all for now... time to get something together before I head off to work. Karate tonight and laundry. Never ends I tell ya!

What a week!

Jaxson once again ended up at the doctors office... ear infection this time. Even the doctor looked at us and asked, "again?" Yup! We missed him :) So for the week of his birthday he sat in the house, miserable, and I worked out ways to get what I needed done for his party while confined to the house. Cleaning no problem but grocery shopping... not happening. So I found a 24 hour store and shopped at 9pm after work one night. Not ideal but it got the job done.
By Fri he was better but still cranky.. We went to Red Robin for dinner. (he wanted a song and a balloon) and then a game of bowling at Pinstripes. He cheered up by bowling.

The day of his party was also Hayden's belt test for karate, I didn't plan that well did I? Hayden achieved his Red W/Brown stripe belt with flying colors!!! We are very very proud of him!!!
Jaxson had a great time at his birthday!

And we had a RECORD blizzard on Tuesday into Wednesday this past week. 20.2 inches!!! It was so windy it was ratteling the windows on the back of the house. We have 4 foot snow drifts all around the house and you still can't see the front porch and now today we have -6° with -20°wind chills. Which means no work or school for 2 days and 2 children who are very sick of being in this house with a now, thanks to Jax, a sick Mommy.

Looking out our front window... yes, drifts were that high!Jaxson standing on our front porch... his head is as high as the doorbell...
Hayden wading through the drifts at the end of the driveway... he's 4'6" so you can see how deep those are.


As I said it's been a week.

Since it's been awhile

since I posted any real photos of the kids. Here is their photo with Santa this year. Yes Jaxson has stitches in his eyebrow... like I said before it's been a busy few months :)

I think both the boys were pleased with Santa this year. Jaxson asked for a choo-choo and Hayden asked for some special Nerf gun, kinda like that scene from The Christmas Story, "I want a Red Rider Bee bee gun..."

Santa delivered as always :)

2011

So I'm keeping my promise a few days late... but if you bare with me a moment you will understand why.
Lets see... spent most of New Years Day in the ER with Jaxson. Saw the whole Rose Parade. He had been sick a few days earlier and had been fine 2 days up to the New Year but we quickly realized at 5am New Years Day that he wasn't. He was vomiting, again and had not had a wet diaper in almost 24 hours. So since doctor offices are not open on New Years and waking the oncall at 5am just to have them tell me to take him to the ER...we just went. He was treated for dehydration, given an IV, a Popsicle, and an x-ray to check for obstructions and we went home about 6 hours later. He was such a trooper.

Then a few days later he started complaining his thumb hurt. Long story we thought he broke it but took him to the doctor and turns out it was infected from biting it. Popped and bandaged he returned home no worse for wear.

Then Hayden wanted a turn at the doctors'. We had some serious concerns but all ended up to be no big deal and just a lack of control on his part..

So... as you can see we've been busy with our doctor. I do not want to see the doctor again for at least 3 weeks; till Jaxson's 3 year visit. :)

Splash pad

They boys hanging out in the summer sun keeping cool!
Hayden and his friend Cody being goofballs.... and Jaxson going after Cody with some water.

Great America

We made a family trip to Six Flags Great America this summer. It was a beautiful day!!
Hayden was ready to rock n roll on some rides... at least until he went on the first roller coaster and said, "that's enough"

here's Dad and H ready to be spun.
Jaxson was VERY excited to ride on the train... have I mentioned his train obsession yet? :)
see VERY happy.
The rest of us just went along for the ride.
Another purpose was to visit cousin Breana, aka Wonder Woman!!! She looks so amazing as Wonder Woman. Like she was made for the role. Strong woman... not some fairy princess :D
Here we are as a family with the superhero.
Here she is with Aunt Sandy and Uncle John.... grown up a bit, I'd say :)
Daddy and Jax on the Big Red Car ride.
and Jax in pure joy when he got to hug Dorthy the Dinosaur from the Wiggles.
This is Captain Feathersword. He is a close friend of Wonder Woman's.. and he was told to look out for us so he could say a special hello to his friend Jaxson. :D He just LOVED it!!
Dad and Jax taking in a ride while Hayden and I were on the kid roller coaster.
The guys went on the log ride and Tim and Hayden ducked.... guess who was riding in the back and got wet? Yup! Dad :D LOL
Wonder Woman in the parade greeting her fans/family
This is the Dragon float that was designed just for Wonder Woman to "fight/slay" every night. It was amazing!!!Hayden getting a kick out of seeing Scooby Doo

and Marvin the Martian.... one of Tim's favorites.
It was a GREAT day but next time we need to spend at least 2-3 more hours there. We missed quite a few rides. Hopefully we will be able to get there during Fright Fest and hit the rides we missed.

Beatin the Heat!

The boys beatin the summer heat and enjoying a dip in the pool. We didn't get to use it too much this summer due to the nasty sap that was falling from our Maple trees. It felt like it was raining sap at times and now we're dealing with sticky and dirty toys, furniture and a patio.
They can be cute together when they aren't beating each other up :)

Lake County Discovery Museum

is where the action was at! Nice little museum for little cost. Kids had a blast and so did my friend Tracy and I. Lots of stuff for the kids to touch but nice displays of county history.
Jaxson found the only picture of a train in the whole place :) He was happy.
The kids enjoying a short movie about the history of Lake County. Good thing it was roller coaster themed :)
Brothers goofing off.
The girls goofing off as well :)
Jaxson found a Thomas the Train set to play with and was happy for a good 45min just to push those things around.
The older kids found a room that was set up like a wilderness Native Indian area. They played just as long as Jax did with the trains. It was nice to see everyone so happy and occupied.

Train Park... brings back memories.

This is a park that I used to visit with my friends from the campground. We would pack a picnic lunch and go loiter at the kiddie park even though we were too old for it. It was just someplace nice to get away from the same ole at the campground.
Jay, Lisa, Kris, and Brooke. (funny that that tube is still there)
Me & Brooke on the train.
A friend and I were nearby so we decided it would be a good place to take the kiddos for lunch.


Hayden and Erin are two peas from one pod... both silly crazy! :D
Rachel helped me watch Jaxson since he was running all over the place. I can see her being a very good babysitter in a few years.
Even though it was really hot and humid it was a nice day.