Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
I'm Back
Wow!! I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated. I mean I knew it had been awhile but not that long ago. Sorry.... Well as you can imagine so much has happened between then and now so I will touch on a little of all of it and then I want to post a bunch of pictures. Well lets see. CJ is still eating like a champ. He eats better and better every day. We are only giving him one to two cans of formula a day and he is eating the rest by mouth. We of course are very excited about this. The doc no longer has us coming in for weight checks every month we graduated in Aug to every other month. He is still picky about some textures and tastes but we are working to get past those. Oh by the way that reminds me of something CJ did at breakfast the other day. He decided he wanted eggs so James cooked him some only he cooked them in sausage grease. CJ commented that the eggs tasted rotten. So James offered him some of his eggs (he eats them with the yoke runny). Of course CJ said yes so James gave him a bite and he instantly started retching and gagging his eyes were watering. James asked him if he was OK and he shook his head no and said nasty oke. It was quite funny the poor guy.
Nikki did well in Branson at her dance nationals we had allot of fun. They had a parent dance down and we talked James into wearing a frog prince costume. It was hilarious. After Branson Nationals we worked for a couple of weeks then took off again to run a fireworks stand. The kids enjoyed this allot. CJ was really reserved about everything at first in regards to lighting the fireworks. It was so cute. He only wanted smoke balls and the little stuff. Now more towards the end we were having to check his stash because he was going for rockets and allot of the other real big stuff. Nikki wasn't quite so reserved she went right for the big stuff. She also decided to get brave and light firecrackers and then throw them. This was kinda hard to watch at first but I knew they were slow burning not black cats. I almost stopped her then James talked me into just letting her learn to do it because she is going to someday. I suppose I do have to let them grow up. It's just hard sometimes.
After fireworks we went to work for a few weeks then we had CJ's 5Th birthday party. It's hard to believe that he is already 5. He had a superman/pool party for his birthday it was fun only that it rained all day and we had about 30 people at the house. O well the kids thought it was awesome to be able to swim in the rain. We decided to wait on kindergarten though due to his birthday being so close to when school started. When we talked to his kindergarten teacher during round up she said he would be ready but boys generally do better when they start later because of maturity. He is really enjoying preschool this year.
After the birthday party (5 days later) the kids and I flew to San Jose, CA. to my sisters house. The kids thought it was really cool to fly in a plane and be above the clouds. CJ was quite full of questions about the plane which turned out to be quite funny. The first plane we flew in was a very small plane about 13 rows of two seats on each side. We were at the back of the plane with only one row behind us the kids sat together and I sat across the isle. Now behind us was a very very nervous person who mind you had never been on the plane before and everyone on the plane seemed well aware of this since the stewardess had to keep going back and answering questions for her. Needles to say her questions started my 5 year old to start asking his own questions. How high are we, what is keeping the plane in the sky, are we higher than the clouds etc..... OK lots of questions. Now the best part was when we were starting to land!!! Why is the plane tipping sideways? Because we are turning so that we can line up with the runway. Why do we have to line up with the runway? So that we can land the plane. Oh so that we don't crash. That poor woman behind us. Of course the whole plane must have been listening to his curiosity because they all just started laughing because I wasn't quite sure how to answer that last question besides yes dear so that we don't crash. What a ham......
After our layover we boarded our 2ND flight finally to California and thankfully with less questions since as luck would have it the same woman was once again an isle behind us. I did realize on this flight just how much we take for granted. Nikki had a window seat and was mesmerized by everything down below. I was reading and not really paying much attention we were getting lower to the ground getting ready to land when Nikki says mom are those mountains? I just stopped reading and looked out the window and almost cried. Yes those were real mountains. Not pictures or movies but real mountains. I grew up in the mountains and didn't think anything of it but she was fascinated. I didn't even think about how significant that moment was going to be for her. She had only ever seen them in pictures. I found that I actually had to remind myself that I needed to be excited about seeing the mountains and remember to point things out that I take for granted having lived in the mountains of NV. It was an amazing experience to see those mountains again only with new eyes.
It was wonderful seeing my sister and her family it had been 5 years since we had seen each other. She has 3 girls and a boy. It was even more wonderful to see the kids play together and get to know each other. We stayed in San Jose for 5 days. We went to Santa Cruz to the beach so that the kids could see the ocean. That was awesome. Nikki loved the waves and building sand castles and just playing. CJ on the other hand wanted nothing to do with the water. It was loud and cold. He just wanted to play in the sand.
After hanging out in San Jose for a few days Cindi and I and all 6 kids loaded in the van at 5am to miss California's AM rush hour. We headed to Nevada to our mom and dads. This was about a 9 hour drive. It went pretty well although I have to admit I forgot what it was like to drive through the mountains between California and Nevada.
Seeing my mom and dad was awesome. 5 years was just too long. James flew out and met us at mom and dads camp that Saturday and my sister Serena and her family came out also. We couldn't believe that our family had gone from 6 to 20. Well its getting late tonight and I have so much more to post so I will stop here for now and will post more later. I promise to post soon.
Nikki did well in Branson at her dance nationals we had allot of fun. They had a parent dance down and we talked James into wearing a frog prince costume. It was hilarious. After Branson Nationals we worked for a couple of weeks then took off again to run a fireworks stand. The kids enjoyed this allot. CJ was really reserved about everything at first in regards to lighting the fireworks. It was so cute. He only wanted smoke balls and the little stuff. Now more towards the end we were having to check his stash because he was going for rockets and allot of the other real big stuff. Nikki wasn't quite so reserved she went right for the big stuff. She also decided to get brave and light firecrackers and then throw them. This was kinda hard to watch at first but I knew they were slow burning not black cats. I almost stopped her then James talked me into just letting her learn to do it because she is going to someday. I suppose I do have to let them grow up. It's just hard sometimes.
After fireworks we went to work for a few weeks then we had CJ's 5Th birthday party. It's hard to believe that he is already 5. He had a superman/pool party for his birthday it was fun only that it rained all day and we had about 30 people at the house. O well the kids thought it was awesome to be able to swim in the rain. We decided to wait on kindergarten though due to his birthday being so close to when school started. When we talked to his kindergarten teacher during round up she said he would be ready but boys generally do better when they start later because of maturity. He is really enjoying preschool this year.
After the birthday party (5 days later) the kids and I flew to San Jose, CA. to my sisters house. The kids thought it was really cool to fly in a plane and be above the clouds. CJ was quite full of questions about the plane which turned out to be quite funny. The first plane we flew in was a very small plane about 13 rows of two seats on each side. We were at the back of the plane with only one row behind us the kids sat together and I sat across the isle. Now behind us was a very very nervous person who mind you had never been on the plane before and everyone on the plane seemed well aware of this since the stewardess had to keep going back and answering questions for her. Needles to say her questions started my 5 year old to start asking his own questions. How high are we, what is keeping the plane in the sky, are we higher than the clouds etc..... OK lots of questions. Now the best part was when we were starting to land!!! Why is the plane tipping sideways? Because we are turning so that we can line up with the runway. Why do we have to line up with the runway? So that we can land the plane. Oh so that we don't crash. That poor woman behind us. Of course the whole plane must have been listening to his curiosity because they all just started laughing because I wasn't quite sure how to answer that last question besides yes dear so that we don't crash. What a ham......
After our layover we boarded our 2ND flight finally to California and thankfully with less questions since as luck would have it the same woman was once again an isle behind us. I did realize on this flight just how much we take for granted. Nikki had a window seat and was mesmerized by everything down below. I was reading and not really paying much attention we were getting lower to the ground getting ready to land when Nikki says mom are those mountains? I just stopped reading and looked out the window and almost cried. Yes those were real mountains. Not pictures or movies but real mountains. I grew up in the mountains and didn't think anything of it but she was fascinated. I didn't even think about how significant that moment was going to be for her. She had only ever seen them in pictures. I found that I actually had to remind myself that I needed to be excited about seeing the mountains and remember to point things out that I take for granted having lived in the mountains of NV. It was an amazing experience to see those mountains again only with new eyes.
It was wonderful seeing my sister and her family it had been 5 years since we had seen each other. She has 3 girls and a boy. It was even more wonderful to see the kids play together and get to know each other. We stayed in San Jose for 5 days. We went to Santa Cruz to the beach so that the kids could see the ocean. That was awesome. Nikki loved the waves and building sand castles and just playing. CJ on the other hand wanted nothing to do with the water. It was loud and cold. He just wanted to play in the sand.
After hanging out in San Jose for a few days Cindi and I and all 6 kids loaded in the van at 5am to miss California's AM rush hour. We headed to Nevada to our mom and dads. This was about a 9 hour drive. It went pretty well although I have to admit I forgot what it was like to drive through the mountains between California and Nevada.
Seeing my mom and dad was awesome. 5 years was just too long. James flew out and met us at mom and dads camp that Saturday and my sister Serena and her family came out also. We couldn't believe that our family had gone from 6 to 20. Well its getting late tonight and I have so much more to post so I will stop here for now and will post more later. I promise to post soon.
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