Valentines Day & The Birthday Party

This year the birthday party was on Valentines day. Every year this party last 6 hours and has music, games, food, cake and ice cream, and presents. My cousin Tori and I along with her fiancee Dan were in charge of the tye-die station. It was so much fun! Then I ran over to help my aunt Kelly with the water balloon toss. There were fun games for the older kids and the younger kids. There was coloring and musical chairs for the little kids. And then of course like every year the Pinata! D'alice was a little nervous to hit it this year but warmed up after the first hit. Then came my favorite part....Tres Leches! It is a cake that my aunt makes every year for the birthday party and it is the best you will ever eat! All in all it was a great party and we had a blast! Thanks Becky

Mesquite

Every year my aunt Becky has a huge birthday party for her 2 girls Sienna & Mya. We all drive down to Mesquite and have a long nice weekend. This year to save money Kevin and I decided to borrow His mom's expedition and have my family ride with us so we could save money on gas. It was so much fun to cram all of us in for a 7 hour drive. To break the ride up a bit we stopped in Nephi to visit my Grandma Belliston and have lunch. Once we got there Tai was so happy to see all of the people. D'alice could hardly wait to play with "my other friend Mya." It was a much needed vacation and we cant wait to go again next year!

Ice-Skating!!

So last week D'alice asked me if we would take her ice skating someday so on Saturday we took D'alice to the Eccles Ice Center. It was so much fun! One of us had to stay and be with Tai so Kevin chose to go skating with D'alice. The best part was to see her big smile and to hear her yelling "Im Skating, Im Skating!!" It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we took the time and had some fun as a little family.

Getting Better

So Tai had a doctors appointment today to check his saturation levels and he passed so.... NO MORE OXYGEN!!! I am so relived to not have to deal with all the tubes. He is still sick and we have to watch his breathing but other than that we are doing better!! Now all I need to do is lysol the whole house and hope no one else gets sick.

Tai has RSV

Ok so Tai started to get a cold last Friday and by Sunday night I just had a gut feeling that there was something really wrong. So at 7 that night we bundled the little guy up and took him to instacare. Well sure enough I was right he had RSV. So they sent us home with a Nebulizer and some medicine and asked us to follow up with his doctor to check his oxygen levels.
The next morning I call his doctor and we took him in at 11 and what do you know he had gotten worse. The doctor said that he would like to admit him to the hospital or I could get an at home oxygen machine. Well I dont like hospitals so I opted for the oxygen machine. So we had him on it all day and all night then took him back to the doctor this morning and he is not getting any better. The doctor told me that if I promise to keep him on the oxygen 24/7 then we can stay home. So as you can see by the pics we are just chilling at home trying to get better. We will let you know if anything changes.

Family Pictures

New Years Day we went to the mall and had family pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids. They do such a great job there I love going to them. This was the first year that D'alice did not cry and I was so excited as to how fast and easy it was. The kids pictures turned out great. I am so blessed to have such beautiful and healthy children.

Christmas 2008

This year we spent Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa Stokes. D'alice and Tai were really good this year and received a lot of fun things.
D'alice got a princess tent with a pillow and a nightlight, A little Mermaid vanity, and a Pink sled!
Tai got a red & white car that is a play center, some fun toys that light up, and a Curious George monkey. He lit up as soon as he saw his monkey. It is his favorite toy.
This year we were blessed to have family and friends with us and I just want to take the time to let everyone know how much each of you mean to us and we love you all! And to my little family, I am so blessed to have you in my life. I love you!

Christmas Eve 2008

This year the family Christmas party was at aunt Kelly's. This year Tai recived his Christmas gift from China! It was so cute, he got a little outfit and a par of pumas. D'alice got a princess piano. This year instead of gifts Pa & Jo gave the family's a calendar and a card letting us know they donated our gift money to the food bank and that the money the gave fed a family of 5 for 3 weeks. I thought that was an awesome gift! It made me feel good because this year the Loveland side of the family also made a big donation to a family in need. This year was a hard year for a lot of people and I feel great knowing that we helped others this Christmas season. It makes you remember what the real meaning of Christmas is.

Winter Fun

So far this winter has been a fun one for us. Starting with the first snowfall where D'alice had to get outside right away to make her snowman. She thought the snow was going to melt so she had to do it right then.
There was our trip down to Nephi to see the Bellistone side of the family. D'alice was able to sled with her cousin Chayton.
My favorite was the day after Christmas when we got over 2 feet of snow and we kidnapped Shaylee to have a snow day. We went sledding and then came home had Hot Chocolate and then back out to make a snowman. Hannah came over to help the girls make there snowman. Later that night D'alice told me that her snowman had a "butt crack" I asked her why it had a butt crack and she replied " Well I drew the crack in the back" I laughed so hard I cried.
So far it has been a blast and we still have plenty of snow to keep on playing.