We went to the River!!!

Fun in the sun

We decided yesterday was just too nice of a day to waste. It was 83 degrees and no breeze. It was great, so we called Nikki and she brought the boys and Kortni.

















The water was nice and the kids acted like we have never taken them outside before they were running wild.

Dex even played a little bit, he liked the water but LOVED the rocks even more. He is sooo CUTE!!!! Look at that face!







The water was a little chili, but they didn't seem to care too much.







Right next to where we were there was another water area that the river didn't run through it was at least 30 degrees different. It felt like bath tub water, they loved it. Shaffen and I walked over and it was great as long as we didn't look to well at the algae growing and who knows what else! :)









I have more pictures of all of the kids but I want Nikki to post them. These kids were a mess, little sand pebbles everywhere. I don't know how Jate and Covin were walking after emptying there shoes! It was a lot of fun.



Conner decided to eat the rocks, whatever makes them happy right!?????

This page is kindof a mess and some pictures I added are gone! Oh well there's always tomorrow! :)

Happy Easter.......where's my candy

On the hunt for Easter Eggs before Carsen's Birthday party!

Conner was sooo proud of the ones he found!

Covin's not too proud of only finding 10!

Conner loves to sing the Happy Birthday song........

Keenan had practiced to be able to play Happy Birthday on his Baratone and got special permission to bring it to Safford......He did a great job!

The boys so excited about the candy...and yes Conner is in christmas PJ's, I am such a dork!

Finally Easter day we decorated the eggs!!!!

Say SUCKER!!! Candyaholics......

Happy Easter!

A crazy experience...

At work yesterday I had a crazy experience......6 years ago, before I had any kids, I was riding with Shaffen on a Friday night. There were 4-5 officers on that night. We saw all of them in Daley Estates hanging out at the gas station. Shaffen stopped talked for a few minutes and then we left. While we were driving away we saw a truck full of kids going down the road. There were probably 6 or more kids in the back. He considered pulling them over, but changed his mind. Not even 1-2 minutes passed by when another officer got on the radio and called out a wreck. We both got really sick to our stomach because we thought it was all of those kids. We turned around and drove back to where the officers were originally. Anyways when we got there, there was a pick up truck and a car that had collided. The car had a 16 year old driver who was drunk and had been huffing paint, with him was his girlfriend who was 14. The other truck had an older man. The kid was driving 75 + when he ran the stop sign and hit this truck. The officers that were hanging out saw the whole thing, and 2 of them had to move their cars so they did not get hit. The older man was ejected and killed instantly. When Shaffen and I got their we were told that the girl was dead also. So while I was trying to find a pair of gloves I wanted to make sure the girl did not have a pulse. One of the officers checked and then asked me to. When I reached into the car I decided to sit her back into the seat to stabilize her neck. I held her there for a minute and then all of the sudden she took a HUGE breath! I freaked out! It was scary to me. The car was a complete mess, the fire department came and had to use the jaws of life to cut both of them out. I had to stay because they didn't want anyone else to switch me, just in case. After getting cut up by the glass and my pants being eaten by battery acid, one of the firefighters gave me his jacket. Anyways I have been traumatized by this for a long time. Because I work in the ER I don't experience on scene things. The ambulance tried to get me to work for them for a while! There is no way, I didn't like that one bit. So over the course of months we would call the hospital in Tucson to check up on her. She had bilateral broken femurs and also broke both of her legs below the knee. She had some brain damage and had to have a trach. Anyways over the last 2 years I see her, I get the chills every time. I took care of her once in the ER for a sore throat. I never told them, but I couldn't stop my heart from racing. I was really weird, I have never been affected like that before, in all of the years doing ER that is one I will never forget.
Well at work yesterday I was asked by the nurse to go draw blood and do a catheter on a girl with Kidney stones. So while getting everything ready on of the girls working with me decided to go with me. When we walked in I instantly got the chills, it was her! She is all scared up and talks slower. Terri drew the blood then left me to do the catheter. While I was standing there I closed the door and had to take a deep breath, it was really bazaar. I stopped and said to her and her mom, "Can I tell you something?" They said sure. I said that night you got into the car accident I was riding with my husband who is a police officer. Her mom instantly said "That was you! You are our angel, you saved her, we heard all about it. You were meant to be there, you saved her life! They said she wasn't breathing and you sat her up and she breathed for you. If you weren't there she wouldn't have made it. I am so excited to meet you! You are an angel!"
I explained to them that every time I see her I get the chills, while saying that I got the chills. They started laughing. At least 10 more times while talking to them I got the chills. When I finished up, I stood by the door and her mother kept telling me that I was meant to be there and that I was an angel!
It was good for me to talk to them about it, because it affected me so much. It is so great to feel appreciated for things. And I do know that I was there that day for a reason and Heavenly Father works in ways that I will never understand! I is an experience I will never forget!

Spring Break

This was "Home Sweet Home," for 7 days!

We went with a few friends to Roosevelt to camp. Jason and Amanda Larson brought their two kids Reagan who is 4 and Travis who is 5 months! We didn't really know what to expect when we were going, but there was showers, play grounds, paved roads, and great weather! It was only 75 degrees there! And only 1 day where there was some wind. We have an awning but had to put it down because of the wind! This was our first trip in the trailer we bought in November! And it was GREAT!


The kids never got bored, we brought them a lot of toys and everyone had their bikes!

We ventured down to the dam and the bridge! Covin LOVES bridges and tunnels, this kid was very happy!

Of course he wanted his own picture!

They had fun climbing trees!

These two have been friends for a long time, they had a lot of fun together!
Covin and Reagan Larson

We decided to go to the National Monument Indian Ruins. It was quite the hike. I don't think any of us knew what we were in for! We put Conner in his umbrella stroller and Amanda strapped the baby in the snuggly! Holy cow it was paved, but had a definite incline! And we went at 12:30. We had to keep switching pushing Conner up the hill. This is a view from the top!

Inside, trying to keep the kids under control!

And where we learned it was only a half a mile hike! That was depressing we are very out of shape! :)

My cute Boys!

This is from the bottom, it doesn't do it justice!

Conner so wore out from us pushing him up the hill!
Poor baby! :)

Late that day we decided to travel to visit my family in Springerville. My dad hooked us up with water and electricity in their driveway! We went to Show low and took the kids to watch a movie and had a lot of fun. We got to go get Bella from school, Covin really liked that. Then Saturday before we left for home Shaffen and Richie wanted to try Covin out on his little dirt bike! Covin was very nervous. But it wouldn't start, so Richie and the help of my dad worked on this thing for 45 minutes to an hour trying to start it. Richie and my dad surprise me every time at how smart they are! They got it running and convinced Covin to ride it! It was hilarious, I was amazed!

Trying to show him were the gas and breaks are!
He did so good, until he went a little fast and Shaffen yelled at him to slow down and he crashed! It wasn't too bad he skinned his knee a little but didn't want to get back on. Conner was devastated for Covin. He started crying saying "Ovin ky, Ovin ky!" (Covin Cry).

Conner wanted nothing to do with it after that!

We didn't want Covin to never want to ride it again so be bribed him with

a soda and some money!

He got right back on, went so slow we were all shocked he could balance it that well! All in all we had a lot of fun. Other than Conner waking up at the crack of dawn! We would definitely do it again! :)