Our Memorial Day Weekend

We had a great Memorial Day Weekend!

We headed down to Utah for my annual visit with Dr. Sampson, a neurologist at the U of U who is keeping tabs on my Myotonic Dystrophy. While we were in Salt Lake we thought we’d take the kids to Hogle Zoo.

Before we headed to the zoo, we had lunch in fun little park and then spent the afternoon at the zoo. We all had a great time. Alex loved seeing all of the big animals and Connor loved getting up close and personal with all of the smaller animals that were behind glass.

Saturday we spent a lot of time with family. Ryan and Alex helped Grandpa Lynn do some yard work and the boys and I just played inside with Grandma Jan. It was great to see my Mom - she is doing great and feeling so much better, but she’ll be heading back to the hospital in the next week or so to start her second round of Chemo.

We also went shopping for the kids and then spent some time with Ryan parents. The kids couldn’t get enough of being outside so we grabbed some dinner and ate at the park while the kids ran wild. It was really fun to just spend so much time letting the kids be kids enjoy the weather.

We came home on Sunday so that we could spend Monday working and playing around the house. Ryan did most of the work. He cleaned out the garage, did some yard work and played with the kids.

The Worm

So yesterday Hayden turned 8 months old - it’s crazy to think that he is already 8 months. When he first started to work on crawling, he really couldn’t go anywhere except in circles. Now he can make his way around the floor and it’s entertaining to watch. Here’s a clip of Hayden doing “The Worm.”

More Pictures of the Kids

I really don’t have anything to post, but I did want to share some more pictures of the kids.

Caralee Case is who took them she also did our family pictures back in November and I have been so happy with both shoots that I’m hoping to use her again in the fall for another family photo.

We are leaving tonight for Utah again. We plane to go to the Hogle Zoo and doing some other fun family stuff as well has see my mom and other family.

Our Life In A Nutshell

Well a lot has been going on with our family lately. I have been spending so much time helping my mom that I haven’t had much of a chance to post anything.

Here’s a quick recap of what has been going on:

• First off Mom is doing great. She is home for a couple of weeks and so am I.

• Mother’s day was more like “Mother’s Weekend” for me - it truly was great! Thanks Ry.

• The kids got there Easter pictures taken and I’m so happy with how they turned out.

• Alex finally got to play in her first soccer game and she did great. She had some much energy. Even the sideline cones couldn’t stop her. :) I was really proud of her.

• Hayden has changed so much. He says “Da Da,” rolls and scoots all over the place and he thinks he needs to crawl. He has been trying really hard to get up on his knees and it’s been pretty funny. I keep telling people I’m going to put a little weight on his bum to keep him down. I’m so not ready for him to be crawling yet.

That’s about it in a nutshell. I really am happy to be home and I have such a great husband and kids.

Here’s a collage of pictures from our life these past few weeks…