So our trip to Idaho was nice and relaxing. We didn't have any set plans and just relaxed and hung out with family. We spent one day over in Jackson, WY and saw 5 moose, 2 coyotes, lots of geese, lots of elk but we didn't see any of the buffalo that we had headed out to find. We went swimming at the Jackson Rec Center with the kiddos and they love it there because it's a very kid-friendly pool. They have a 2 water slides indoors (a huge tall slide that you walk up a million stairs to get to the top of and a smaller one with only one turn for the littler kids). Then they have 2 different water fall features and a bubble feature that the kids love to play in plus FREE noodles, balls, etc. for any of the kids who come in to play with. Then we ate at Mountain High Pizza Pie and had some super yummy pizza!

Yates and I spent one afternoon out in Idaho Falls to go to dinner (we ate at Johnny Carino's), movie (Duplicity) and just spend time alone together for our anniversary that was on the 16th. 7 whole years and I've loved ALMOST every minute! He's a bull-headed son of a gun, but I'm no peach myself and we must balance each other out 'cuz here we still are. Seriously though, I love Yates and am so grateful for the person that he is, the father that he is and the honest and good person he has always been. He pushes me to be a better person and challenges me to work hard at things when I want to give up. Plus...it doesn't help that even after all these years he's one of the most attractive guys I've ever met!

The kids all had colds while we were in Idaho and Titan is cutting 3 (maybe 4) new teeth. If poor Titan wasn't miserable enough he added to his own misery by touching the glass front on my parent's wood pellet stove. The flames dancing inside were too enticing for such a little boy and he got second degree burns on his ENTIRE left hand. We got back and took him into the Dr. and they had to debride his skin (pull all the blistered and dead skin off to help avoid infection and promote faster healing). It was awful to have to sit there and hold him and they bandaged him up so he looks like a little boxer. It's sad to see him try to crawl because he'll use his right hand and then have to fall down onto his left elbow to keep trying to go forward. It has slowed him down quite a bit if you can believe that. We all felt AWFUL that it happened at all!

Here are some catch up pictures of some fun things we've done with friends. We went out with Sean & Lesley to ride their 4-wheelers one weekend and had lots of fun hanging out and taking some fun pictures of the kids. The weather was great and we got some cute pictures of Tucker and Ellie...we've decided to collect all the engagement pictures throughout their growing up years for their wedding video. LOL! They have a lot of fun together.

Here's some more recent pictures of the kids. They sure get along well for the most part. Tucker enjoys giving McKinlee grief, but they are also the best of friends! What a cute little brood!
Titan will be 10 months old next week and is into everything!!! He has such a fun little personality and will give you "kisses", claps his hands (well, he clapped them before he burned his left one...now he claps one hand and a bandaged "boxing glove"), he throws himself forward from his knees and just thinks he's so darn funny. He is very mellow and loves attention! We sure love him.

Dallas took some super cute pictures of McKinlee just for fun. They turned out soooo good. You can check them out here or here. She always does such a great job. Thanks Dall!!!!

Idaho...or Bust!

We are headed to Idaho for Spring Break! I know...I know...headed from 75-80 degree weather up to the snow, but I'm excited to get to go home. We'll be there for 10 days and then I'm going to be working on going private after I've had some time to help the grandma's figure out how to access us after the private switch.

If you haven't yet sent me your email address PLEASE DO! This includes any of you BLURKERS out there!! If you want to still check us out it's not a biggie, don't be afraid to ask! :)

We'll be gone for 10 days and I can't wait to have some fun in the snow and I promise to get new pictures of the kids up when we get back...they're all growing up so much! We've had lots of fun times that I need to catch up on. Anyhow, toodles until the end of March.