First Science Museum Visit

I have some awesome friends that love to go do things. Unfortunately, I do not always keep up with blogging the things that we do. This was our first trip together to the Arizona Science Museum. It was super fun! While the kids are too young to understand everything, they definitely enjoy learning what they can and enjoy anything that is hands-on.

Here they are with Shiloh.

James is putting together some pipes.

Learning about the human body.

Noah and Shiloh helping out in the fire exhibit.

And probably the favorite of the day, playing in the water.

It's always good to get together with friends!

Update

How do you all like that? Major announcement and then I disappear off the face of the earth. Well, two reasons. For one, my laptop hates me. Brand new and it wouldn't let me sign on. I took it into the Apple Store and had to have it sent away...and lost everything. I "think" most of the photos are saved on our old computer. I sure hope so! This is the first day that I have been able to turn it on and test it. Sigh. All that work. I guess it just shows me that I need to back up to our hard drive more frequently. Oh well.

Second reason. I've been so, so, so sick. This pregnancy is kicking my butt. For the past 6 weeks all that I have been able to do is lie on the couch and either sleep or moan in disgust by how my body has turned on me. Of course, I've still had to go to work, so that's been a bundle of fun. Ha! I'm getting through it though and am hoping that it is going to taper off soon. At least I am starting to get hungry and have even had some cravings. Favorites are breakfast and hamburgers. Fruit and candy is pretty frequent as well. Of course, there's always the power of suggestion as well, so food commercials really stink right now. I am a few days away from the second trimester so that's a bit exciting. A little nerve wracking too, knowing there's less and less time to prepare for the baby!

The boys are doing great. Here they are at Elijah's music concert. He had a solo speaking part and he ROCKED it. He definitely does not get shy in front of attention. Shocking considering his parents (at this point all that know me, should know that I am laughing hysterically as both of us certainly do not shy from the spotlight).

In any event, hopefully I can get to blogging more frequently. I would really like to share more awesome recipes as well as how I am making this a pregnancy on the cheap. I figure in this stage, less is more and I really do not want to spend that much on maternity items. Same with baby things. I've learned a lot and know what I need and what I can do without. 

TTFN (Ta Ta For Now)

Exciting News

Well, this past couple months I haven't posted a whole lot. We've been battling sickness and then I got the flu and it knocked me out for a week. In bed or on the couch....every symptom. It was awful. I couldn't believe how sick I was when everyone else just had the sniffles. About the fourth day I felt discouraged and just could not understand why I was so nauseated and actually getting sick (which is NOT me). I decided something else must be up. So....this is my news. 

I found out when I was 6 weeks. I am now 9 weeks and we've had an ultrasound to verify that everything is going great with our ONE little gummy bear. 

Before we found out, Elijah had been asking for about 2 weeks for a sister. We said basically too bad kid, your Dad is fixed, no more babies for us. Ha! I guess he knew something we didn't. He loves to pray every night for things like keeping him safe at night from bad guys and spiders and scorpions. I asked him if he was praying for anything else. He said no...but I wouldn't be surprised if God just helps this little guy out. The consensus is that everyone things it is or wants a girl. Talk about pressure, lol. I will be sure to post when we know!

Here's our team...almost complete. 

My Little Artist

We've been passing sickness throughout our house. It's been a joy. I had bronchitis for a week in the beginning of January. Then Jonah had an ear infection. We had a week when I thought things were on the upswing....no sickness. HA! Then, I got the flu. That was super fun. NOT REALLY! I haven't spent so many days in bed and on the couch in forever. I even was sick for my birthday. Yay. Happy birthday to me. Then Elijah got sick, most likely with RSV the pediatrician said. Now Noah has a cough and low fever, so again, probably RSV. On the way home Jonah said his ear hurt...so we shall see. 

Anyway. We haven't done much due to all the bugs.  But Jonah's been keeping occupied with drawing. He's a little artist. Check out his bunny picture, front and back.

Can you tell who these guys are?

Maybe I'm biased, but I think that's pretty good for a 4 1/2 year old. He's so proud of them!

Family Park Fun

Last Sunday we went to the park as a family and had a lot of fun. We attempted to fly some little kites that the boys had received for Christmas but it wasn't quite windy enough.

If you can vaguely see the little red spot in this picture, that is Noah's kite.

Here we are playing football.

We had a lot of fun. It is really nice to get out and have some fun together.

Our weather has been a bit overcast for the last week or so. This was one of the beautiful sights I was able to witness a few days later. A full rainbow. It's been awhile since I've seen one. It made me happy. I was hoping Elijah would be able to see it as I was going to go pick him up from school, but by the time I got him, it was gone.