Amoxicilin

I feel like my fridge has a never ending supply. Triston had an ear infection last week, now Nika has double ear infections, and I just found out I have Strep again for the third time since November! What the heck! The only good thing is I have finally gotten over my problem swallowing huge pills. Chalk it up to all the practice I have had lately!

President's Day Hike

So on President's Day the family decided to go for a hike. About 5 miles down the road we are lucky enough to have the Phoenix International Raceway. Close enough to enjoy, far enough to not hear the noise. It is nestled in the mountains and there is a small hill that overlooks it that we decided to hike.
This view was just a few minutes into the hike but we are already pretty high.
There is the P.I.R.
There was this huge cactus and to better show you it's height I had the kids stand next to it.The view going up.
Almost to the top. Jed snapped a great family picture!
The view looking down the path we just walked up, and the wilderness to the south of us.

Jed's GQ shot, (our house is north of that river you see. )
On the top of the hill was this stone cross thing, or maybe more of a compass since it pointed north, south east, and west. Anyhow Liam really liked it!Sometimes it is uncanny how much Liam reminds me of Triston. They have a lot of the same mannerisms. This is one of them. I have a picture of Triston doing this exact pose. One finger in the air. Like he is saying "Listen, what's that!" Don't you love that little belly poking out!
And finally it is my little Karate Kid Triston. Which is fitting since he and Anja both started taking TaeKwonDo lessons.
Anyhow it was a nice start to our President's Day

The End to President's Day

This is Esther's ankle
This is Esther's ankle on "trampoline"
Any questions?

Probably alot right.... After we got back from our hike we were all playing on the trampoline. We were all wrestling and having fun when suddenly it looked like Ben was going to land on me. So I raised my leg to protect myself and instead of doing that I ended up with all of Ben's weight landing on my knee and ankle and my ankle rolled. At first I thought it was broken but after X-rays it seems to be just a bad sprain! I don't know if you can really see how swollen and green it is in the picture, but trust me it wasn't pretty. *laugh*

Anja's Toothscapade

On the 18th of February Anja lost her first baby tooth

Followed two days later on the 20th by her second.
Courtesy of Daddy's amazing washcloth tooth pulling prowess.

Daddy's Bag of Snow!

Whats is the next best thing to playing in the snow?
Playing in the snow gear of course!






This one is blurry but he is making the best face...
"What up Ladies!"

Nothing Cuter...

Than a little boy who climbs into the rocking chair and falls asleep all by himself
February 4th - Liam 16 months old -