Children's Hospital

June 15th Reagan came down with a horrible sore throat and it came fast! I took her to the doctor who referred us to Children's Urgent Care. There is was determined that Reagan had an abscess on her tonsil that needed to be drained. On top of that she had strep. They were worried about her breathing so they transferred her to the main Denver campus via ambulance. It was definitely non-emergent but they wanted to cover all their bases.

The following morning, Reagan had a quick surgery to drain the abscess. I would love to say that she was a trooper through it all but really she was a feisty little thing. Ryan nicknamed her "The Diva of the 9th Floor". Yes, it was bad. The recovery room nurse said she was crying before she even woke up! I told people that Children's should at least have a bar that parents can escape tofor just a bit. I can't imagine what all the other parents are going through whose poor kids are there indefinitely.

Lucky for us though, we were outta there after two nights!

Daddy wanted to make a Mr Potato Head too....

...but he wanted a re-do on Reagan's face. HA!

She was a little freaked out with the ambulance. She was fine once we got inside though.

Big brother brought her balloons the next day though:-)

Poor baby girl:-(

Hunter loved the view!!

The resilience of kids never ceases to amaze me. We went home Friday morning and when we got out of the car, Reagan went running as fast as she could to Hunter and they just started playing! It would have taken me weeks to recover!!

Preschool Pictures

Obviously I'm a little late at getting these posted. Here's pictures from Hunter & Reagan's 2-3 years preschool year.

Poor baby girl. We found out she had pinkeye that afternoon. Oops!!

Brighton Oasis!!!

Brighton opened a new water park last month!!! The kids (not so) anxiously awaited this opening for a loooong time. It opened in the huge field across from my sister's house so they would have to see the construction of the fountains and huge water slides and I would have to teach them the word "patience" every stinkin' time we drove by!! We bought season passes this year so we were able to go the day before the actual opening. We got very spoiled though because now anytime we go I just get mad about how many people are there!!! Ugh.. evidently patience isn't my strong point either....

Open! Open! Open!

This picture cracks me up. Trevor is almost 2 months younger than Hunter & Reagan. Size doesn't show it!

Reagan wasn't much for the slide. The boys had their fair share though!

The best part about the Oasis is that they have Adult Swim time! Luckily for us, Amy's girls were there to help watch our kids so Ronda and I could go down one of the water slides together. I have NEVER.. I repeat NEVER had such a wild ride on a water slide as I did that one! We rode doubles and I swore we were going over the side. I slammed into the bottom of the pool at the end of it and had the scrapes on my knees to show it. AWESOME RIDE!!!!

Preschool Continuation

Hunter, Reagan, and Trevor had their preschool continuation program last night. They are in the 2-3 year olds so they only got to perform one song: Bumble Bee. Ms. Melissa told me that Reagan was the loudest in the class when they would practice but I couldn't hear a peep during the program. Actually, I couldn't hear a peep out of any of the kids. Hunter just stood there with his cute, little grin and Trevor looked down at the floor while scratching his stomach! Reagan just lipped the words as far as I could tell:-)

Luckily for us, they all will be in preschool for two more years (October birthday for Trevor and November birthday for twins).

Before their "big" performance

This is just too funny:-)

From the right: Hunter, Reagan, and Trevor

I'm not sure why Reagan and Hunter (especially Hunter) are so tall. You've see their parents:-)

Thumbs up Trevor!!

Hunter's first official fishin' trip

Last Friday while Reagan and I were downtown Denver eating lunch and shopping, Ryan took Hunter up to Boulder Creek to do some fly fishing. This was Hunter's first official fishing trip with just his daddy. They both used Ryan's fly rod and caught a few fish and Hunter also tried out the retro fishing pole Mr. Jeff (my parent's good friend and neighbor) gave him.

Ryan said they caught about 5 fish and Hunter freaked out when the first big 'ol fish came slappin' out of the water and he took off for the hills! Ryan was able to coax him back though and he was a good little fisherman from then on out.

I had no idea he did the "Ryan look" with that one eyebrow thing..

One tired, little fisherman:-)

Tiny Tots End of Year Picnic

Today was Hunter and Reagan's end of preschool picnic. Luckily for me, they still get two more years of preschool, which I know will fly by way too soon. The weather was just lovely for it. Ugh... cold and rain. Again. Luckily it didn't rain while we were there. The rain and tornado sirens were saved for naptime.

Julia pushing Reagan and Trevor. No, Trevor wasn't crying:-)

Maybe he thinks he's too cool for that toy??

The very best of friends!

Hunter and Julia. Julia is the ONLY friend Hunter ever talks about from school:-)

Okay... no, really... I am back. I promise!!

I have to be back! Life is crazy and busy and all of that jazz but I realized that I just have to do this so I can remember all the fun and memorable stuff, especially stuff dealing with my kiddos. I'm even thinking of challenging myself to a 30-day-blog-challenge again. We'll see.

Let's see, it's May 16th which means that the twins last day of preschool (for this year anyways) is tomorrow. They will have their end of school picnic on Wednesday and their little Continuation Ceremony on Thursday, which I promise I'll post pics of. This year's ceremony will be so neat since all three kids (Hunter, Reagan, and Trevor) will be in it. I'm anxious to see if Reagan actually sings this year or just stands completely still like she did last year.

Speaking of May, I cannot believe it's the middle of May already. This year has been amazing so far which is such a blessing. We have become close friends with some of the most amazing people and we also got to visit some of our best friends in Texas. We have enjoyed some good times with family and are looking forward (anxiously!!) to this summer to spend even more time with family and friends.

I'll be back soon! With pictures!!