Swine Flu

Long Beach, CA

I'm a little (lot) behind on my posting. We went to California for Spring Break. We went to Disneyland for 3 days and visited beaches in the area. The first full day we were there we went to Long Beach. We went to the Aquarium and then had lunch at Bubba Gumps Shrimp, Co. After, we went for a walk on the dock. My older boys forget sometimes that they are supposed to be kind and love each other so it was nice to see them playing and having fun together.

Gabriel

Gabriel turned 9 on March 31st. I can't believe how big he is getting. I wanted to take a minute to sing his praises. You guys know me and the struggle I have with this kid but he couldn't be any sweeter. I wish I could bottle up his energy (I think I could supply my entire neighborhood with it.) I have never known someone more considerate of others. If you pay him a compliment he will ALWAYS have something nice to say in return. I tell him he is the best 9 year old I know (even if I don't mean it) and without fail he will tell me I'm the best mom. If I ever say something negative about myself like my hair looks like crap he will say, "I think it looks good, Mom." He is also so much fun to give gifts to because he is so grateful for anything he is given. No matter what it is he thinks it is the best gift ever. He is also a good example to our family because he is so quick to say "I'm sorry."








These are pictures of his various birthday parties!!!

Zane's new tie

There are no words.

Zane's Christmas Album

It drops November 2009!
This is from Christmas time last year. I had to post it anyway 'cause it is so stinkin' cute.
Song #1 "Frosty the Snowman"
#2 "O Christmas Tree"
#3 "Jingle Bells"

Crazy Hair Day & Gabe's Pinewood Derby

Crazy hair day!







Gabe's sweet pinewood derby car. It is a corvette! My son is the one with the wicked scar down his cheek. :)

"Stret Froat"

So...Zane spent the majority of our trip for Spring Break not feeling well. One night he woke up throwing up or "choking" as he calls it. Another night he had a fever and EVERY night he would keep us all awake with his coughing. We finally thought he was better when on Saturday we noticed he had a slight fever. Sunday morning at 3:30 AM he got in bed with us and threw up in our bed. Long story short, we took him to the doctor yesterday and he has Strep or in Zane's words, "stret froat." Last night he had a fever of 102.9 but sometime in the night it broke and he seems to be doing better.

Pay no mind to the raggedy couch. We have decided we will buy new furniture after all of our kids have left the house!