Stepping Stones

While were were in Salt Lake, all of the grandkids made stepping stones for Grandma Kathy's yard. Tyler and Garrett made a blue stone and put their hand prints in it. After the hand prints, we stamped their names in it. The boys really enjoyed adding the jeweled colored stones. Everyone's stone turned out really cute!

Kama's Birthday Cake

Today, April 8, is my birthday! Justin and the boys made me a chocolate birthday cake with chocolate frosting. The boys wore their very cute "Cars" aprons Grandma Kathy made them while they helped. I am so proud of my boys and their baking talents. Justin made sure to put 35 candles on the cake. We had to have Tyler and Garrett hold still because they were jumping by the cake and would put the candles out as we were lighting them. After everyone sang "Happy Birthday" the boys actually let mom blow out the candles on the cake. I was able to get all the candles out on one turn. Afterwards, everyone had a piece of delicous cake. Thank you Justin, Tyler, and Garrett! I love you tons! :)

Our Visit to Salt Lake

We were lucky enough to be able to go to Salt Lake during the last weekend in March to visit family. We had a very busy schedule while we were there. We stayed at Kathy and Earl's. We were able to visit with Grandma Olsen. We were also able to visit some of Justin's aunts and uncles.

We were able to help celebrate Jim's 40th birthday. Jami had a surprise party for Jim on Saturday but he was not surprised. Jim spent all day Saturday with Justin and asked him what time the party was and where it was. Justin never answered Jim, he just changed the subject.

We were also able to spend some time visiting Justin's dad and step mom. We had a nice visit with them and they were able to see the boys.

Tyler and Garrett had fun playing with their cousins. In fact, they did not want to leave when we did because they wanted to stay and play some more. We always enjoy our visits but we are glad to come home. Neither one of us miss the traffic and congestion of Salt Lake.

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.