rOAD tRIP

We decided it would be best if we headed up to Showlow and pick up Riley after he asked to call us and tell us that he still wanted to come home. Soooo we left Wednesday morning about 7 am. Stopped in at my moms to use her car and hit the road about 8:15am. We got to Showlow and Shar said start heading to Sunrise Ski Resort. We finally made it and I was surprised to see how Riley's eyes looked. Not just the eye part but actually around them. He had these red bumps and some looked liked they had some pus in them. Well I really did not like the way they looked so I called my doctor's office and scheduled him an apointment for that afternoon at 4:30pm. Steven wanted to visit a few places for insurance and then we were off. We mad it back by about 4:35pm and got to see Dr. Kartchner. He looked at his eyes and asked if he had any of the bumps anywhere else on his body. I wasn't sure cause we hadn't looked. He left the room awhile and we didn't find anymore on his body. Dr. came back in and as we were talking his pager went off. He said he needed to answer it cause it was about Riley. He came back in again and said he wanted him t0 see Dr. Walker at Southwest Eye and that he was on his way back from Wilcox. He'd be at his office in about 30 min. Dr. Kartchner gave us a prescription for antibiotics cause he thought on his forehead was impetigo. We dropped that off at Wal-Mart and then went and waited outside Dr. Walker's office cause it was 5:30pm. Dr. Walker finally got there and Riley sat on my lap in the eye exam chair. He asked Riley to put his chin in the chin strap and his forehead up on the band. I thought we were going to have a fight. To my surprise Riley did totally awesome. I was so proud of him!! It finally all came down to Riley having basically fever blisters coming out around his eyes. How stinkin' crazy! We had to go back to MGFP and find Dr. Kartchner's window and knock so he could give us another RX. We finally got home after picking up Aiden at about 7pm. It was one crazy long day and was so glad for it to be over!!

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wE CALLED sHAR THIS MORNING AND rILEY HAS NO MORE FEVER AND IS PLAYING AND HAVING FUN. hE SAYS HIS EYE HURTS BUT i SENT UP SOME EYE DROPS i HAD FROM THE DOCTOR SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY START GETTING BETTER. i AM JUST GREATFUL HIS FEVER IS GONE AND HE IS PLAYING. hOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY AND DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE!

sO sAD

Well I posted this morning about my little Riley being so excited to go camping with Roni (Seth), and now I am so sad for him. Shar called and asked if I knew his eye was red, I said "yeah, but I figured he had gotten dirt in it and it was just irritated." Today I guess it has gotten quite worse and now he is complaining about it. She called again this evening and now he is runnin a fever. Poor little guy, I am so sad for him. We may be taking a trip up North to pick him up in the morning. I already have asked my mom if we can borrow her Beetle(great on the fuel dept) and have gotten Aiden a great babysitter.

hAPPY bIRTHDAY gRANDMA

I just wanted to tell my Grandma Aileen Happy 80th Birthday. She probably would not be happy if she new I was posting this. All the family got together to celebrate at Bush and Shurtz. Here are some pics of the great day.

The Birthday cake

Steven and Aiden

Great Grandma Aileen and Raeleigh Aileen

Katie and Karlee

Grandma and my mom

Riley-Parker-Kayla

Parker-Riley-Britt

bATHTIME

Aiden is growing so big now. He has been sitting up now for well over a month. It is crazy how time is just flying right on by. It makes me think of how I need to enjoy every minute while my kids are still little. I finally got the two little munchkins in the tub together the other day. Well actually I was giving Aiden his bath and Riley wanted to know if he could get in with him. So of course I had to take a few snap shots taking their first bath together!

"i aM a bIG bOY"

Sharleen was heading out to her family reunion up north and was going to borrow our camping trailer. The boys needed to fix a couple things on it first so they were out in our garage doing so. Seth told Riley they were going camping so naturally Riley wanted to go. Shar asked if that would be ok. Steven and I didn't mind since Riley was sooo excited about it. I think dad was trying to talk him out of it cause he kept telling him that he wouln't see mommy and daddy for a long time. He would also tell him he would miss him so much and Riley would just reply "ok". After packing they were headed out Sunday afternoon. Riley still was so excited. I could tell daddy still wasn't too excited. He waved good bye and they were off. Shar called to tell us they had made it. Riley was doing great. Shar asked him if he was going to cry and he said, "NO I'm a BIG boy and I'm Strong"! What a little character we have. Last night was a little odd not having him here. Mommy and daddy miss him already!

Riley waving bye!

hAPPY tHIRD bIRTHDAY sETH

Better late than never right? Just wanted to send a Happy Birthday to Seth-a-roni!! Hope your day was awesome!

hAPPY 40TH mOM & dAD!

July 18th was my parents 40th Wedding Anniversary! I just wanted to let them know how much I love them and wish them a happy anniversary!

eAR iNFECTIONS

Ok so last Friday I took Aiden in for his shots. He did really well and I knew he would be cranky for a day or two. Well lets make that SEVEN!! That Sunday he started hanging his head down to the left. That's when I suspected he had an ear infection. He also had a runny nose. He didn't have a fever so I didn't want to take him in. I have taken him twice now when he has had a fever and there was nothing they could find wrong or anything they could give him. So he has been the crankiest ever! Wednesday evening he started running a slight fever. The next morning I was going to call and make an appointment for the little guy. We got in at 3:10pm with Carolyn McCormmies. I was right. He not only had an ear infection but he had TWO, and an upper respiratory infection. So needless to say he got some meds and now we are on our way to healing! Yippie! He is already acting a little better!!

hAPPY iNDEPENDENCE dAY

We went to Alpine for the big Fourth of July weekend with my family and had a lot of fun. We left Wednesday night and didn't get there until 9:30 am. The plan was to leave Thursday morning but Steven got an itch and decided at 3:15pm that we should leave Wednesday. Grandma Joyce had just picked up Riley to go watch Wall-e. So we packed the Trailor in a mad dash. I thought I had all afternoon and evening to pack before leaving the next morning so I wasn't in a hury. Well we finally made it out of town about 6:30pm. My parents, Travis and Wendi and their boys and Kolby, Sas and their kids all stayed in the cabin. The first day of fishin' was not successful. We went to Big Lake and Travis is the only one who caught a dang thing. Steven was not happy about that. Saturday was the best day for fishing waswhen they went to Nelson's Lake. They all caught the fish and the boys were so excited to eat them that night. That afternoon driving from the lake to the cabin Steven saw a herd of elk so after we ate Steve and I took the boys for a ride to see if we could find the elk again. Well we did and Steven was so excited. It was about 15 bull elk that were huge!! We didn't have the camera so we went back to get the camera and everyone else. We were talking about getting a picture and Riley blurted out that he didn't want to stand by the "milk" for the picture! It was so cute he kept calling them milks then he finally caught on saying elk. After watching them for quite a while we decided to leave and Riley was mad. He said he wanted to take them to the arena and rope' em. The parade in Springerville on Friday morning was good. Riley was really excited that the were throwing candy at him to have. He thought that was a pretty cool thing! We made it home Sunday afternoon just in time for the big rain storm! We got about 2 inches down here at our house. We thought we were going to float away. So now today is the joy of unpacking! Yippie!

pRINCESS

So Katie did this and it seemed fun!

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?
Cindarella? Way too funny!

lAST oF tHE vACATION

I thought I would be able to post daily on our vacation and I started out great but then we got so dang busy. Wednesday we went back to the beach and the boys rented surf boards. They had a ton of fun trying to learn how to do it. Steven even stood up on the board a couple of times. They didn't go out as far as all the other experienced surfers, but they still had a blast. Thursday we traveled about 45 min. to San Dimas to go to a water park called Raging Waters. They had a ton of slides and different things to have fun on. We as couples all took turns watching all 6 kids while the others went and had fun. I went down the stupidest slide ever. My brain had a relapse for a moment. It was SEVEN stories high and went straight down. How stupid huh! Well I can say I did it but will never do it again. Like I said my brain had a relapse! All the other slides were way fun. Friday was another day at the beach and since it was the last day I had to get sun burned of course. It was overcast and quite chilly so laying on the sand with your towel felt so good. I guess we didn't reaply the sun block as often because of the weather and we all payed for it. The ride home the next day was miserable cause the back of my legs killed. But after 12 LONG hours and several stops we made it home. We stopped in Mesa to help Jodi move into a really awesome house. I am excited for her!! All in all it was a great vacation and we all had a fantastic time. Thanks Joyce and Scott for the wonderful vacation! Here are alot of pics!!