Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter 2011


My Easter babies! I tried to get a few pictures before church but they weren't cooperating. :) I got two semi-cute ones.



My family!



she tried to put her arm around him but he wasn't having it at all!


Cooper and Connor


Cooper talked Camryn into taking him outside! He found a new friend :)



The two Cooper's and Cooper and Cade


sweet Kailyn


Cooper LOVES Eli. Melanie was putting him in Ethan's lap in this picture. That's what he's grinning at. :)




Cousins!




Cousins + Abby & Cooper


They spent a long time throwing this pickle in the water! It provided lots and lots of entertainment.




cousins!


Look at this sweet, sweet face! We were waiting on the egg hunt.


We try to get a picture of all the kids each year before they go out! Cooper wasn't having it!

Both kids loved hunting for eggs! Cooper was doing great and going strong until he found a sucker. Once he found that, he was out!






She did much better at this egg hunt. She got a few more than her 2 or 3 at school :)





One more group shot!







Madison loves her newest cousin, Eli!



We had such a great day spending time with family. The kids absolutely love playing with all of their cousins and having the country to run around in. We are so thankful for our time together. Our night didn't end as well as our day had gone....

The kids in the first hour of four that we spent in the truck on Easter night. Trent had been having pains in his rib cage for a few days and it was progressively getting worse. He had tried to get into the doctor on Saturday night but they all had long waits and he was going to the Rangers game with his cousins. Sunday he got pretty bad and decided that we needed to head towards home and stop and the ER hospital on the way. The kids were sleeping so I stayed in the truck with them. I didn't really want to take them in. I was trying to keep them away from the germs. An hour passed, then two...we had eaten some candy in the truck, got in the bed of the truck to play, driven around a nearby neighborhood. In the third hour we decided to go get something to eat. At the same time, a huge storm was rolling in. Madison was getting scared of hail. Trent was waiting on his blood work and test results. They did a CAT Scan to rule out blood clots. At 8:30 severe weather was there. We had to get out of the truck. We went into the hospital and waited in the waiting room. Trent text me and told me to come back so we went back to his room. He was in a hospital shirt, had and IV and all kinds of cords hooked up to him. Madison was very concerned about him. She just kept telling him she loved him. They told him he had pulmonary effusion. Basically he has water around his lungs. They aren't sure how it got there or why. They said it could be anything from an infection to cancer. They are sending him to a pulmonary doctor to get further information. We finally got out around 9:30 and then headed to pick up some prescriptions for him. I'm so glad he finally went in. He's not doing good and I hope this will get us in the directions for some answers. Say some prayers for us! We are doing all that we can to get into someone soon. Most doctors we call say they can't see him until the middle of May. We've called a few people we know and hope they can help him out. We'll see. Until then, pray that he has comfort and starts to recover. I know he's ready to be able to breathe normally again, without severe pain. It's been a crazy 24 hours!

Easter Egg Party!

We (the kids and I) decorated eggs on Saturday night. Trent was at the Rangers game. It was quiet an experience with Cooper. He threw his eggs into his cups, cracking all of his eggs. He kept putting his finger in the dye, he tasted one of them. He's a mess but made me laugh more than once. They were supposed to sit in the dye for 5 minutes. They might have made it 3. That was a lifetime for these two.



waiting on them....


They are out!!

We put Cooper to bed and then Madison painted on her eggs! This was interesting. It's hard for me to just let her paint. I wanted to make them 'cute'. She painted a face on one and then she decided to start painting them completely. The blue egg became green. The pink egg also became green except for a few finger prints. She had fun and that's all that matters. We only did a half dozen. I figured that was enough for her. She was happy with it and excited to show her Daddy. She had me send him a picture while he was at the baseball game. :)


The final product!