McKinley Jane and Grant Alan

We made a trip WAAY out east of the city to visit Schnepf Farms for their Peach Blossom Festival and it was well worth the trip! We got to go on a hay ride, train ride, play with many animals, eat some homemade fudge and even see a goat being born! That's right...we watched a goat being born and even got to play with a goat that was only 3 HOURS old! McKinley was devastated when we had to leave the baby goat. 3 hour old goat It was all fun and games until the donkey nipped him! And they liked the chickens until they bit them as well!

Chad and I took our very first, long overdue trip without the kiddos! We took a very relaxing trip to Sedona where we also did some fun outdoor activities. Our favorite activity was the water to wine tour where they take you on a kayak down the Verde River and you end up at a winery. We were able to tour some very beautiful (and tasty!) wineries in the area. A HUGE thanks to Grandma Julie and Grandmpa Ted for keeping our sweet babies while we were gone....I don't think they even missed us! At our first winery Chad getting ready to kayak Me cruising down the river! Someone loved their wine tasting :-) Attempting the timer on the camera Heading out on day 2! In the hot tub at resort At the alien store in Sedona

After last month's post I realized that I never wrote about my big change...a new job! I'm now working a midshift (1pm-1am) at Scottsdale Shea Pediatric ER! I'm SOOO glad to be off nights and my body finally is getting back into a normal routine. 8 years of nights had finally caught up with me and I just wasn't doing well with it anymore. Midshift has been perfect because I'm able to spend time with the family in the morning and then head to work at naptime. It's been EXTREMELY busy with flu/RSV season but I love it! Huge change from working with adults! Grant: He is just about potty trained YAY!! After McKinley was potty trained he decided he didn't want a diaper anymore and kept taking it off so I decided to let him fly and see how he did and he's been great! He rarely has an accident at home, however he's a typical boy and once he gets to playing outside or somewhere fun and neat he doesn't like to stop and pee and typically needs som...

The day started out with mailboxes full of treats from Mommy and Daddy! Then Grandpa Ted and Grandma Julie brought by even more treats! Yes, those are undies paired with swim shoes...don't be hatin' on his style! Their cute shirts from Pretties for God's Beloved on facebook

For the first time in awhile we actually have some changes to report! Biggest change is that the babies (yes, I still call them babies and will for as long as I live!) are now in separate rooms!! After many weeks of them playing instead of sleeping for naptime we decided to just separate them and looking back I wish I would have done it sooner. They are sleeping so much better now. They still sleep from 7p-730 a.m. and take about a 2-3 hr nap each afternoon. They handled the transition beautifully and didn't have near as much trouble with it as I thought they would! I had more trouble than they did :-((( We started them in their first organized class of soccer, baseball and basketball and it's been challenging to say the least. Talk about feeling like a horrible mom. Everytime I leave class I feel like crying b/c my kids are always the ones running around not listening and throwing fits. Please pray it gets easier or they may never get to participate in classes again!...

Wow! What a Christmas! This was a really fun year b/c they were able to enjoy many of the fun activities and opening presents. We participated in a lot of fun Christmas activities around the city and then my parents were able to come visit for about 2 1/2 weeks over Christmas. For Christmas Eve we went to church service with all our parents and our friends, Misty and Eric and their boys. Christmas Eve we opened upthe kids gifts over here and then Christmas Day Chad's parents and brother came over and we opened gifts that day as well! We knew this train table was going to be a HUGE hit so we let them have it the morning of Christmas Eve so it didn't overshadow the rest of the gifts! McKinley checking out their new "naughty stools" from Granny! Walking downstairs Christmas morning...please ignore my appearance Opening stockings!! McKinley cuddling up with her Papa...man, is still OBSESSED with my dad. She sure does love him One of their favorite gifts was their ...