Tonsils and Adenoids Surgery

Emily has been snoring like an old man for over a year and she would be a lot of times really grumpy in the morning. Well we finally came to the conclusion that her grumpiness might be because she is not getting the rest she needs. And just this past month her tonsils were very red and her throat hurt her a lot. So we decided to take immediate action and get her tonsils and adenoids out as soon as we could. Here is Emily right before surgery (3/31), all smiles. She obviously had no clue I think what it would feel like after she woke up. She knew they were going to cut something out of her throat and that she would be sleeping when they did but the pain and grogginess she felt was difficult.

She woke up tossing and turning and moaning with cries in between. So they gave her Demerol and pain medicine and she fell asleep again and slept for 30 minutes or so. 

When she woke up the second time she was feeling a little better and more awake.She even gave me a slight smile. :) She was very brave and didn't cry anymore. Her recovery this week hasn't been too bad either.  She is a pretty tough girl. When they drew her blood she didn't even flinch or whine at all. Madisen and Avery kept telling her how brave she was. Avery still says every once in awhile, "Emily is the bravest person in our family!"

And she most likely is. 

And there has been no more snoring at our house since! Yahoo! 

Thousand Springs Resort

For Spring break we just HAD to do something fun since we weren't planning a fun trip anywhere this year. So we sent out a massive text to all our ward friends and out of 30 families only 6 showed up to go swimming at Thousand Springs Resort with us. Most were off on extravagant vacations such as the Oregon coast, Mexico, Las Vegas, Utah or camping out in the wilderness! But we sure had a good time swimming and talking with our friends that did show up, right up until the end anyway. Avery started to feel sick. She just sat on the steps looking green for about 20 minutes before we called in quits and headed home. She had a light fever and slept till almost 9 am the next morning! Which is unheard of at our house. My kids are usually up at 6:50am. We were glad we were able to take the girls and do something that we rarely get to do-swim at a hot springs.   

Neighbor boy, Jack getting a little friendly with Avery. I think he kissed her on the check! 

Sombrero anyone?

Ryan drove Madisen and her friend, Macy to school wearing this. An awesome sombrero. Madisen thought it was hilarious and that dad was the funniest dad ever! Macy and her laughed all the way to school. Madisen told us later that some of her friends from her class saw him and said how funny that was. Maybe we will make every Friday a special hat day when taking her to school. :)

Let's see if she still likes the idea when she is in middle or high school!

Legos

We took the kids to see the Lego Movie this weekend and I think they really liked it. They play Legos a lot at home so Ryan and I knew they would enjoy this movie. We went out to eat afterwards and did some shopping at the mall. We then came home and what do you think we played?? We played LEGOS. :) (Emily's eyes are very sensitive to the sun so she didn't want to take a picture.) 

2014 School Pictures

The girls had school pictures today at school, but I don't really like the 70's backgrounds they have (still!) for the pictures.  Plus I am too cheap and don't want to pay for them as we get family pictures done every year and we take so many of the girls all the time anyway! We only pay for their class photo, because that is just fun to look back on and see all of your old classmates and friends. I did snap a few of each of them before they went off to school though. I think our girls are beautiful! :)

(Avery is usually our poser and loves the camera, but she wasn't in the mood that day!)

Emily was ready to pose and smile for the camera though. 

Some of these pictures turned out so dark and I don't know why! I need a better camera!