Saddness for Jackson

Instead of making it to the pre-school child screen, Jackson ended up in quick care getting his first set of stitches! He broke a wine glass and cut his hand, ending up with 3 stitches! He also had x-rays done of his hand. He cried but the nice x-ray technician Bill, let Jackson see the pictures of his hand and he thought that was pretty neat to see his bones! (They were checking to make certain there was no glass in the cut.) After the numbing kicked in he didn't do too bad. However, when we got in the car and were all done he says to me, "Mom, I'm sorry I wasn't brave."  Such a little  man.

He got a nice big ice cream cone from McDonald's that seemed to wipe all the pain away! He was pretty bummed he didn't get to go play at the school. He kept asking me if we could go back. His Auntie Becca pointed out that in no time at all his eagerness to be at the school will change drastically! I will have to remind him of the day when all he wanted was to be at school!

He thinks his new green hand is pretty cool!

Before the stitches fiasco we made it out for another walk...This weather is just awesome! The boys all decided to hold hands and run together...funny kids!

 L to R: Waylon, Charlie, Jackson and Walter

Just the big boys, Waylon had enough.   :)

We got Anna these styling sunglasses...pretty cute. And after putting them on Anna and giggling the entire time the boys each wanted their picture with them on too!

It was quite a day for the kids, doing all that running in the morning then no naps. Our good friend Megan took Waylon and Anna while Jackson and Mom went to quick care. Poor Megan, Anna wasn't too happy to be without Mom. We owe her big time! Needless to say all three of the kids were asleep by 7:15...ahhh...Best part of the day!

Good news!

Well we did end up with about 3 inches of snow. Luckily it was short lived and now we have some daffodils in bloom! Yay! We got out yesterday and made our full 3.5 mile loop from home and back. It was in the mid 60's, so warm compared to this time last week! The kids played outside all afternoon. Its so nice getting them outside...Sanity...ahhhh.

Today we go for Jackson's pre-school registration. Can't believe my baby boy is ready for pre-school. Its only a few hours every other day but I am excited for him. It will be fun to hear about his learning and adventures! Just hope his is well behaved!! We also are registering him for T-ball! They have all there games here in Genesee so wont be too much hassle, just hope Daddy can make it to a few games! He's growing up...I knew it would happen, and am glad to say it is just as exciting as I always hoped it would. It does feel a bit weird to know that someone else will be in charge of my child other than me. I'm sure I will get over that fast. Now just to work on his 13 year old attitude!!!

Being a big brother and helping Anna walk! 

We had a nice Easter celebration. Made it to church and then went over to the Sundstroms for a delicious feast! Our friends Dave and Tamra came with their two boys as well. The kids had their third and final Easter egg hunt and had a blast playing together! Being away from our family is hard but when you have great friends like this it makes it easier! I made Easter cookies and shared them at fellowship on Sunday...they were a hit!

We made Easter crafts. I have been inspired by my Nephew Colton's day care people...They always do fun holiday crafts with the kids. So I hopped on Pinterest and found these. It was fun!

 Waylon wouldn't let me paint his hands so we improvised!

 Anna's bunny

Jackson's chicken

This last bit of news is the most exciting. Anna had a post/pre surgery ultra sound last Tuesday. To check on how things were looking after the surgery and to make certain that surgery on the other side was still needed. Miraculously the side we hadn't had any surgery on looked wonderful! Just about has healed itself! We are so relieved!! I knew when I saw the kidney on the ultrasound we wouldn't be doing surgery on it...Had to wait for word from the surgeon for sure and was so relieved to hear that it looked as good as I thought it did!!! I was worried that the side we did do surgery on wasn't looking that good. I was expecting it too look like the other side and it didn't! But the Surgeon said he felt it did look substantially better. So we will wait a few more months and do another follow up US. It is possible that we will need to do a few more kidney functioning tests in the future. But hopefully we are done with invasive surgeries! Hallelujah! Mark and I had the biggest grins at this news...it was just a huge weight lifted off our shoulders! 

Another sunny day....with possibility of snow.

Spring is finally here on the Palouse! Its nice to see the sunshine and the temperature constantly above freezing! Oops, spoke too soon 1 - 3 inches of snow on its way Thursday! Bah!!!! Anyways pretend its spring...The flowers are all growing and shrubs are budding out. Wont be long and we will be in the 70's and 80's maybe 90's then we will all hope for fall and cooler weather! Such a vicious cycle, or maybe some of us just cant be pleased??? Its nice to be able to get the kids outside again, they love it! This morning we are going to attempt to get back in the grove of our morning walks. Which means it will probably snow tomorrow! Yesterday I got out and finished up the aesthetic touches on the chicken coop. I like it, I think the ladies do too!

Sadly Marks Grandma Stutzman passed in mid March. We took a trip to Oregon to celebrate her life and attend her funeral. Every time I get around these people it makes me count my blessings, I couldn't have asked for a better family to marry into. While we were there Grandma's wedding dress was brought out and I remembered something I had pinned on pinterest...A keepsake for Anna and something to display at her wedding...

Also much to our surprise the first day we were there it snowed and snowed and snowed. Of course it never crossed my mind to take our snow clothes, why would it? The boys got out a few times and played with their cousin Brayden and had fun! Soaking wet, but fun!

The attempt at a snowman ended in pint size chairs! Wishing it was different circumstances but we did have a great visit!