Having fun in Montana

Here are a few cool pictures of the landscape on the way to Montana and the road signs. We had lots of fun getting some of these pictures

Here is a little background how everyone is related to Brian:

Brian has two cousins Erin, who is one year older and Mark, who is a year younger than Brian.
Erin is married to Greg and they have four children (picture below); Abby 6, Luke 3 and twins Ben and Sam 6 months.

Mark is married to Kim and they have two children Genisis 5 and 1/2 and Preston 1 and 1/2.
This is a picture of all the cousins kids together (minus the twins):

Kiley absolutely loved playing with Abby and Genisis. She followed them all around. One of their favorite things to do was play dress up. They even included Lea. Here are a few pictures:





Check back for more pictures...

Montana Update

So, I am sure some of you are wondering what the two day car ride was like well, It was not as bad as I though it would be. It was not without at least a couple hours of screaming from my bundle of joy, Lea. Oh, and Kiley figured out really quick what would make us stop the car. She would tell us about every hour that she had to go to the bathroom and I would take her and she would not go (of course). The only good thing about that is she did not have any accidents.

I think the hardest thing I had to deal with the whole two days was trying to get Lea to sleep on the floor of a hotel room. About 10:30pm on Thursday night we decided to start looking for a hotel to stay in. We did not find one until about midnight. We got all settled in and then we had to transfer the kids (realizing that we didn't have a bed for Lea). We tried to lay her on top of a blanket on the floor. She got right up and began running away from us. She was laughing and was wide awake. I was so tired and frustrated all I wanted to do was sleep. Brian thought it was the funniest thing he had ever seen. Finally after about a half hour Brian gave Lea a bath, I gave her some benadryl and we put the night stand at the end of the bed. Lea was blocked between the bed and the wall, she screamed for another half hour and then finnally crashed. By the way did I mention that I was TRYING to sleep and Brian was running around with Lea just cracking up.

Overall the two days went pretty well.

Here are a few pictures that we took on the drive to billings, Montana where we stayed the whole week with Brian's cousins:

Finally we arrived...it was a long drive and we could not wait to get out of the car. The girls were so excited to run away and did not want to go back in the car for a couple days.

There will be more pictures of Brian and the rest of us fishing and of course check back for the fireworks show.

We'll be comin around the mountain when we come

Ok, so you might be wondering what the title of this post means, well it means that we are on our way to the mountains, MONTANA to be exact. Brian took off work, Lea is feeling some what better and now we are taking a 20 hour car ride to visit some of Brian's family.

The last time we went Kiley was only 5 months old. We drove with Brian's mom, all of his siblings and Mikey's girlfriend Christina. Kiley actually did better then anyone else in the car. She only cried twice. My biggest fear is that this car ride is going to be miserable.

This time it is only Brian and I and the girls. So, we only have two adults able to drive instead of seven. Lea hates the car even if we only drive down the street she will scream the entire way. Kiley is potty training or is potty trained (whatever you want to call it) so we will have to stop at least every hour and a half for her to go potty. So we figured that we will try and take our time and we will most likely have to stop a ton but I think we are ready to face the adventure. Oh, yeah I am not a huge fan of drugging our children but I heard that benadryl works to calm a child down so I have some just in case.

Please pray that we have a safe trip on the way there and back. Oh, and that Brian and I do not strangle each other and instead we can enjoy the 20 hours we have to spend alone as a family.

I will TRY and post at least twice while we are gone. I am sorry in advance if I just don't get around to it because I don't really know exactly what we are going to be doing. If I don't then I will obviously update when we get back in July.

Have a great 4th....know Brian will (nothing is illegal in Montana).

Busiest weekend of our lives

Last weekend we had a super busy weekend...brace yourself!

Friday night my best friend Dena and my hubby planned a surprise dinner for me at Cattlemen's (I love that place) then we went to TGI Friday's after the party for a quick drink with some friends from high school. We all have birthday's in June so we usually celebrate together. Then Saturday morning we woke up early and had a big party for Lea. We had a big Dora bounce house, water balloons (thanks to Kevin and Amanda), pool, squirt guns and lots of food. Then the girls got a short nap while Brian waited until 4:30 for the guy to pick up the bounce house. We rushed to see our friends son get dedicated at thier church in Folsom.. We got home around 8:30 ish and we all went to sleep. We woke up early again Sunday and it was Lea and James' turn to be dedicated at our church. We went to my sister's house afterwards for a big party to celebrate the dedication, Father's day and Raider's birthday. WOW it was a busy weekend here are some pictures for everyone to enjoy....

I am back!

I have been absent for a while sorry to those who have been checking up on the blog. I lost the part to my camera that the memory card goes into. I finally found it and now I have a moment to sit down and update everyone as to what has been going on in our lives. Here are a few things!
First-a doctor update for Lea:

Lea finally saw a specialist for her problems. The specialist determined that she has reflux, cow's milk allergy cells built up on the lining of her stomach and gave us a lab slip to run some other tests. We feel very happy that she is actually being taken care of. I just know it is partly my fault because I took so long to switch doctor's (Thanks Danielle for continually talking about it and pushing me to change). I know that Lea is going to get the care that she needs and hopefully by age four she will out grow this (that is what the specialist said). Untill the we will take it one day at a time and try our best to not have her lose weight.

Second-What we have been up to:

We have done so many activities in the last couple weeks. I will put a couple pictures from each event that happen. I will try to keep it short...


We went to infineon race way to see the the wine country classic races. We had a great time. We were a little concerned it would be loud but it was not bad at all. They also had a play ground there. The girls had a really fun time.

Brian found out that one Saturday a couple weeks ago it was a free fishing day so that morning they got up and Brian took Kiley fishing. The pictures turned out totally cute. It looks like they had a good time.





Because it has been so warm we have been driving the jeep more often. The girls love it especially Lea. She squeks the entire time we drive. It is really cute.


I want to finish this entry with everyone laughing so here is, what I think, the funniest picture ever. Kiley decided to try on Brian's thermals. She is a riot!

Funderland

My sister and I went to funderland yesterday we had such a great time, I think she was right I might have had more fun then the kids.....

For pictures see her blog www.therunnerbunch.blogspot.com

ENJOY!!!

Doctor Update!

This morning Lea, Kiley and I went to see a pediatrician. This was an enlightening experience. This doctor was in depth about her questions and seemed to have better information than I have been getting. I believe as if she is going to follow through with making sure that Lea gets the care that she needs (instead of making a diagnosis and then forgetting about her). The doctor's assistant was extremely nice too, she even gave me a hug. I left her office feeling like they really cared and that I got some of the answers to my questions.

I think one of the things I was expressing to Brian is that I am expecting for a doctor to meet me at some emotional level. What I have been forgetting is that they are trained to keep their emotions out of their work. So, that is why they hire loving assistants to take care of that for them. For now I am going to stick with her and I will pray that she works out for our family.

I appreciate everyone who prayed that we would find some help. I am sometimes not really good with change but I am hopefully optimistic (like I usually try and be) that this new doctor will all work out for the best. Plus, she is only about 10 mins from our house. Our other doctor was 45 mins, what a relief!