Fred and Ted

One of the boys favorite books is called "Big Dog, Little Dog"  We read it pretty often and when we were at the hotel, Gentry and Nate spontaneously started reenacting the book.  I know it's hard to hear what they are saying but they are reciting the book!  Gentry is Fred and Nate is Ted!

The Car Show!

On Saturday my parents and I took the boys down to the annual car show that Artesia has.  Gentry was overwhelmed and every car we passed he kept saying "look mom it's kachow, and there's kachow, and another kachow"  (Kachow is what Gentry calls Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars, and any car that resembles a race car or is red, he thinks it is Kachow)  His little head was spinning the entire time!!!  Both boys picked out their favorite car and posed for a picture by it! 

Adventures in Blizzards!

Thursday Nate, Gentry, and I started heading to NM.  Even though it was snowing we thought if we could get on the road we could out run it!  That was not the case and we ended up making it to Pueblo and having to stop and stay the night.  While I was sad the trip was so long, the boys and I had a really fun time at the hotel!  Here are some pictures of the yucky weather!  

I took the boys swimming in their undies and all!  I had to convince Gentry that sometimes boys wore their undies to go swimming.  He was pretty skeptical but after I said he could wear his spiderman tank top, he felt much better!  We also had dinner at the hotel since we didn't want to get out in the weather and the boys had a sword fight with their knives, and wrapped the napkins around their heads because they were the "black spiderman with teeth" (not sure why there is an emphasis on the fact he has teeth, but oh well!)  I also let them get a little treat and I couldn't quit laughing at how excited they were to drink gatorade!  

We had a lot of fun and were able to get out the next day.  It ended up taking us a long time even on Friday but we made it safe and sound, and had a really fun night at the hotel together! 

A little time away...

2 weeks ago (I know, it's late!!)  Jeff and I went to Atlanta.  Jeff attended a open house for a company there.  It was really fun to get away just the 2 of us and spend some much needed time together!!  Here are a couple of picks from our little trip.  Jeff thought Mr. Coke was begging for money so decided to give him a couple of bucks :)!  Even though we were far from home we did end up finding something that made us feel at home...A Buff!  That's right I think it might have been the only buffalo in the city, but we found him and decided it was Ralphies cousin Reggie!!  Our time was really fun from sleeping in, staying up late, and just being ALONE we loved our time together!  It helped us be refreshed to come home to a full house of sweet kiddos!!

My sick little pirate

Gentry got really sick last Sunday with croup.  The first 3 nights we were up at least 4 times going outside, then sitting on the bathroom floor with steam.  The next couple of nights we were only up about twice but more cause Gentry was thirsty or just hot from his fever.  I am happy to say on Friday night he finally slept through the night again, and woke up with no fever and played all day today!  Yeah!!!!  We have been taking a couple of health classes lately and are starting to go down the path of NO medication!  Yikes it is kinda scary!  We are constantly bombarded with medication ads and constantly told we need  medicine, but I am realizing more and more how amazing the body is that God has given us, and is capable doing much more than we give it credit for.  A couple of times throughout our week long sickness I was beginning to question our decision and doubt myself, but we endured and I am really glad we did!  

This is a picture of Gentry one morning sitting with Jeff.  He kept saying "Mom, I am weelly not tired"  although I knew he was exhausted because he hadn't slept more than 2 hours the night before!  He was sitting with Jeff for about 5 minutes and fell fast asleep with dad, and of course even though he was really sick, he wore his faithful pirate bandanna!