Happy Birthday to Kelly!

My little sister Kelly turned 18 last week! I still can't believe it! :)

CAMPING

We went on our first camping trip in Texas this weekend! We went with Mark, Stacy, and Ellie and had a blast! It was both Ellie and BB's first time going so they had tons of fun together gettin good and dirty! I have to say the best part was the freaky 3-D hand thing with the lightsticks (Stacy you will be the only one to understand this... had to be there I think!!) I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! I'll never be able to look at those the same!! :) We roasted hot dogs and of course made some yummy smores! All in all, had a great time! Hopefully this is our first of many camping trips before it gets too hot!!

Tryin out our new tent...nothing like being surrounded by rv's!!

According to Brayden, our tent was called a "fort"

Best part of camping... getting dirty! Kids loved playing in the dirt and sand. So fun :)

Tubes in, Adnoids out

BB and mommy watchin cartoons before surgery

Today we took Brayden to the hospital for his surgery. He needed tubes in his ears and his adnoids removed. Basically the poor kid has had non stop ear infections since before Christmas! Brayden did so well and was so brave... I think I was worse than him. It was hard to see him being put to sleep with iv's in his arm. We were able to come home right after which was nice. The doctor said that he had to use an adult syringe to get out all of the infection and blood built up in his ears and with all that he had been going around with about 40% hearing loss... like he had cotton balls in his ears. So maybe now he'll acutally listen when I call him! :) j/k His adnoids were also larger than they should have been so its good those are gone too. Gosh I am just so grateful for modern medicine! And I'm also grateful we were just at the hospital for tubes today. I can't imagine being there for a child with cancer or something like that. I feel very blessed to have a healthy boy!! We sure love him!

Brayden took baby simba as his comfort toy for surgery and we found simba dressed just like him after. We had such great nurses.... So cute!!

*Also, THANK YOU Stacy and Ellie for bringing over the balloon, card, and book for BB. It was so thoughtful and it made our day!! :)