Miley and our Family

Miley is adjusting to our family. The boys like to play with her. They both wake up in the morning and go see Miley. Garrett will point and say "dog". Tyler is very responsible and makes sure she has food and water, takes her outside to use the bathroom, and plays with her. Miley loves to cuddle on Justin in the evening and take a little nap while he pets her. She also loves to lay at Justin's feet and play or sleep. She really is a good little puppy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! As you can see, the boys were showing their St. Paddy's spirit and wore green. Everyone made sure they had some green in their shirt except for Justin. He said he always has green on since he has some green in one of his tatoos. He could wear a little more green for his boys, but oh well. The boys had fun in their green.

Pirate Mommy

Yesterday, I had surgery on my left eye. This was not planned. I thought I was going to have my routine visit with my cornea specialist. Well, my eyes have not improved and there was some scarring started. My doctor said I need to have amniotic membranes sewn over my cornea to help it heal, so I had eye surgery. It wasn't too bad except for the fact that I can feel my sutures and my eye is really itchy! Tyler and Garrett loved my eye patch. I told them mommy was now a pirate. They just laughed at me. It was a good thing my dad drove over to Missoula with Garrett and me since I was unable to drive after the surgery (I had a touch of versed in my IV to help me relax.) Today I was able to take the eye patch off, but I am going to sleep with it so I do not accidentally rub my eyes while I am sleeping.

Miley in the snow

Today we received about 4-5 inches of snow. This is a big change from this weekend. This past weekend, most of the snow had melted. Here is a picture of Miley outside in the snow. It came to her belly. You can't see her white hind paws or her little white stripe on her chest in this picture. She is alot of fun. We all love her.

Miley

Yesterday our family got a dog. Miley is a 2 month old puppy. She is a cross between a Walker hound and a lab. She is black with a white line on her chest and her two back paws are white. Justin and the boys found her in the pet store yesterday, then took me back to look at her. This is the first dog Justin has been really excited about. Everyone loves her! Tyler takes owning a dog very seriously. He helps clean up her accidents and helps get her fresh water. This morning he was really disappointed because we moved her kennel from beside his bed to our room last night. Whe he got up, he could not find Miley and was very sad. Garrett loves to chew on her toys with her (not a big surprise there!). The boys like to give her a treat when she goes potty outside. Justin and the boys took her on a walk yesterday. It fun to watch how everyone interacts with Miley. Last night, Justin sat in the chair and held her while she fell asleep. I never thought I would see Justin do that, but he likes her. He picked out her name even though he was told he has a second cousin named Miley. We will post pictures later. I have to charge my camera, the batteries are dead.

Our Newest Family Member

Today we received news about our newest addition to our family. Tyler and Garrett are extremely excited! Justin has picked out the name Miley. Additional info and pictures are to come soon!

Garrett's Wild Hair

Garrett woke up with some pretty wild hair on Saturday. Justin, Tyler, and I were laughing because the front of his hair was standing up. He was still kind-of tired and cranky and would not let Justin fix his hair. Out of the two boys, Garrett is most likely to have bed head. It's a good thing he is a little boy because he HATES to comb his hair!

Transformers

Tyler and Garrett love to take my camera and take random pictures. Here is a picture of Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee. Tyler took this picture the other day. Justin and I like these transformers. These are easy to transform. The boys have some that are really challenging to change. Both boys love transformers. They fight over who gets to play with Optimus Prime. Garrett likes to have what his brother has.

G.G.'s 80th Birthday!

On Sunday, March 8, Great Grandma Lois (G.G.) celebrated her 80th birthday! Tyler and Garrett were very excited because they were able to eat lots of cake! We had birthday cake from Costco at church after both services. Tyler and Garrett had a small piece at the second service. Then Grandma Joni made a couple of angel food cakes and a cherry cake with cherry frosting to take to G.G.'s apartment complex's birthday party. Garrett was really cute when Grandma Joni was making the cakes. Uncle Mike kept trying to sneak little tastes of the cake and he was be told off by Garrett. Garrett would say, "No Unc! G.G. cake!" Garrett loves his G.G. and did not like Uncle Mike trying to get her cake. After the apartment party, we all came home and had a nice dinner G.G. requested. After dinner, we all sang "Happy Birthday" and watched Tyler and Garrett help G.G. open her presents. Uncle Tom and Aunt Shea called while we were opening presents and wished G.G. "happy birthday." G.G. was able to wish Aunt Shea a "happy birthday" because they share the same birthday. After all of the presents were opened, Tyler and Garrett helped G.G. blow out her birthday candles on a piece of cake. We had birthday cake all day but we did not have any candles till later. Justin picked out an "8" and a "0" candle. He really wanted to put eighty candles on a cake but I thought that would be too many so we compromised. We had to light the candles twice because G.G. let Tyler and Garrett blow out the candles and we had to take turns to prevent fights. I think G.G. had a good birthday. Tyler and Garrett had lots of fun helping her celebrate her big day!

Trampoline Fun!

On Saturday, Justin put together our family Christmas gift from his mom and stepdad. They gave all of the kids a trampoline! Needless to say, all of the grandkids are really excited, especially Tyler and Garrett.Saturday, Tyler went out and jumped on the tramp for a little bit while Garrett was taking a nap. On Sunday, both boys went out but just for a little bit since it was really cold out.

On Monday, Tyler and Garrett went out and played on the trampoline for a little bit. Justin was amazed they went outside since it was only 10 degrees outside. The boys had warm coats, hats, gloves, and shoes on. They were not phased by the cold weather.

Thank you Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Earl! Tyler and Garrett love the trampoline and they are probably going to spend lots of time outside once it gets a little warmer.