sick boy

Poor Carter has been sick with the runs. And I mean the runs, like leaking out, lots of laundry and baths runs. It’s been bad. Luckily, he’s been pretty happy still and seems hydrated. This is one of his many baths he’s had over the last couple days.

You can see most of his incision at this angle.

His poor little bum is red and he was crying and crying tonight, so I held him and he fell right asleep. Maybe he just wanted me to hold him for his last night as a 1 year old:( How is my baby already turning 2 tomorrow?

Laun is visiting a dairies in Duchesne, Utah tomorrow. He drove out their tonight and Porter went with him (willingly missing school, that’s a big deal for him). They stayed in a hotel and Porter was happy to get some swimming in. I was happy that Laun didn’t have to travel alone. When Laun’s out of town, the boys like to sleep upstairs on the couch, so that is where Clayton slept tonight. I wish our house had all the bedrooms on the same level, I like being close to my kids.

V-day

Well, Valentines Day went a little different then planned. We woke up not feeling well. Carter had the runs like I’ve never seen before (lovely thought). We had coughs and headaches, not sure if it’s from all the fog? Who knows?! Anyways, we all stayed home from church and napped and watched movies. We finally got so sick of being cooped up that we went on a drive and the kids did a little sledding.

I think Carter has found his other love in life (besides cows) and that’s sledding. He kept saying “wee” over and over and when the board stopped he stood up like a surfer. It was darling.

He screamed out of delight when he went sledding with Porter.

And was brave enough to go by himself over and over. You’d try and lay him down, but he’d pop up on his knees and hands.

All the kids had a blast.

On the drive home Porter was getting Carter to crack up. It was so funny.

Unfortanately, with not feeling well, we postponed our traditional fondue dinner.

But I did manage to get done everyone’s Valentine’s for their doors:

Marlee thought I should have one, too:)

Clayton & Porter’s:

Marlee & Carter’s:

And I managed to get done the sugar cookies.

I do big heart cookies each Valentines day with the initials or kids names on them, just like my Grandma Turley always did for the grandkids growing up. 

Trying to get a family picture on the phone is difficult, no wonder people use selfie sticks.

cookie love

Carter couldn’t wait for the picture, he just started eating the frosting and saying, “num num”.

I also did some cow cookies, Carter loves cows.

And I love these pictures Porter took:

This is how the table looked before we headed to bed. I love how only Laun and I’s cookies are untouched.

fog-change of plans

If you look closely, you can see Clayton and Porter. They are going into the church for their 2nd Saturday of Pow Wow to earn some scout merit badges. They’ve worked hard and I’m proud of them.

Then Carter and I drove by the cemetary because I wanted to see it covered in fog. I actually think cemetarys are beautiful, call me weird.

The fog has been bad the last several days. In fact, my parents were suppose to fly into Utah yesterday, but their flight got canceled becasue of the fog/weather, so they are hoping to make it out in a week.

Our home is to the right with the truck in the driveway.

We took the truck to get washed, our driveway would freeze over if we tried to do it ourselves.

We had planned to go to the BYU Museum of Art with my parents, but since their flight got canceled, just Laun and I went. Clayton babysat and just Laun and I went.

In the entry way is this awesome display that looks like light beams, but really it’s thread, very cool. We went to the Normon Rockwell exhibit which was awsome, but you’re not allowed to take any photos. His work is awesome and I’m so glad we got to go. Laun enjoyed it, even with all the crowds.

Then we tried out a new place (to us) for dinner. Thai Village in Provo and it was so good. It made me think of our friend Sunthorn from Thailand as we ate the papaya salad.

We shared cashew chicken and curry. The curry was especially good and I would love to go back some time.

I’ve been having some hard mom days lately and a date out with Laun is just what I needed.

Then we came home and watched some redbox movies.

daily stuff

Porter’s notes on how to solve his 5x5 rubiks cube. He’s a little genius. During his Science class he told his teacher she was wrong about something she was saying. They went back and forth and Porter explained why he was correct and then the teacher agreed that Porter was right. When he asks her questions she tends to tell him that his questions are out of her realm. I can’t wait to see what this boy grows up to be.

cheesy grins

Almost 19 weeks along, on this Sunday.

Marlee continues to draw cute stuff.