Hee Haw Farms

 Today Doran's school had a field trip to Hee Haw farms. Brock, Grandma Geneal, and I met the school there. Brock loved the bunnies from the second we walked in until he left. He kept going over to them and feeding them. He said they loved him.

 There were so many kids! I would have been stressed if I was a teacher!

 First they learned about bees and pollination. They each planted their own sunflowers to bring home.

 Some places have ball pits. Hee Haws has corn kernal pits. I am sure there was some poop mixed in there since there are animals roaming around.

 Some of those roaming animals were goats. The goats loved Brock and Grandma!

 I laughed so much while these were happening! I am so glad I got a picture of the goats jumping up on grandma. She was freaking out!

 Next we learned about the different kinds of cows. I actually learned something new. I had no idea cows have four stomachs!

 Both of the boys loved this slide! They would just go flying down. There were lots of crashes at the end!

 Doran went down sitting up the first time. Brock went down head first.

 Head first!

 The hay ride! Lots of little kids were crammed on there! I was a little nervous. It was starting to creak pretty bad on the side I was sitting! It was a really fun field trip though! It was definitely a busy week!

Field trip!

 Brocky's pre-school went on a fieldtrip to the bowling alley today. We have been bowling a lot lately so he was very excited. We got to see how the big thing works to move the pins, which he thought was awesome.

 They all got to bowl a game. He wasn't very happy that other kids beat him.

 After they bowled they got to eat pizza and drink some water. I think it was the funnest field trip yet :)

-May-

 The most frustrating sentence in the world: Made on equipment that may contact tree nuts. Well, does it or freaking doesn't it?! I hate the whole -may- crap. (I also hate when you ask the place where you are trying to order food if it has certain ingredients in it and they answer with 'I have no idea' like I am just asking out of curiosity. That is a different rant though.) Tonight that wonderful little -may- ruined Doran's night and mine. He took a bite of candy and seconds later was laying on the couch swallowing so hard over and over like he typically does. This time seemed so different though. He was swallowing so hard and his cheeks and face were bright red and puffy. He kept running in the bathroom and moaning and he was breathing so hard. I always get so freaked out. Luckily Seth is a lot more level headed so I knew everything would be ok. It was just a worse than normal reaction. I think he is more dangerously allergic to some kind of nut. With egg he reacted the highest the test goes along with multiple nuts, but he hasn't reacted this bad in along time and that is because nuts are easier to avoid. I will definitely be paying better attention to that little line in the bottom so my little guy doesn't have such a miserable night ever again (and so I can sleep because I won't be tonight).

 He just kept throwing up and throwing up. Once he finally was done he said, "That was the worst throw up ever." I agree. Now he is laying next to me looking much better, still swallowing a little and sneezing a little, but over the bad part. Poor little guy. I always pray that he can outgrow these allergies.

Meeting Will

 Seth has been working non-stop this month and basically all year! Right now he is right in the middle of a turn-around and only gets every 15th day off. I decided what better time to go see my new little nephew than when he is working the whole time anyways. I still took care of him though. I got all of his meals ready before I went and had them all in the fridge. All he had to do was grab them in the mornings and he was set!

 We left for Casper right after Doran got out of school Friday. The trip wasn't bad and we were there by 7:15. When we got there Doran told Jayce, "I hated the drive here so bad, but now I am so happy because I am with you!"  We went straight to their house first and visited for a bit. Then we went and got a hotel and all the kids stayed with us, except Will of course.

 Clairebear and I had a lot of fun together. She cuddled with me the whole first night in the hotel. It was so windy there I had a hard time sleeping. It was howling all night long!

 Doran woke up at 6:00 a.m, and woke Jayce up a little after. They sat and looked at his book while they waited for the rest of us to get up.

 Saturday we just wanted to take it easy since there was a little newborn. We went and played at the park for awhile. The kids loved walking over the skybridge to Jayce's school.

 The tire swing was a huge hit at her school. Her school has one of the funnest playgrounds I have ever seen.

 Back over the skybridge!

 Uncle Blakey took all the kids hot tubbing! Brock didn't have a swimsuit so he wore Jayce's gymnastics shorts. He was really embarrassed so they let him wear some of her sports shorts over them!

 There is this restaurant in Casper that has all these big movie related things on the outside. Doran freaked out when he drove by saying he saw the Jaws shark. I couldn't see it, but we swung back in and sure enough this was right there! He was in heaven!

 He even had on a shark shirt- one of the twelve.

 Had to take a picture of little Will getting a bath!

 I looked through Jayce's photo album and had to take a picture of this! When Seth and I were first married we went down to Vegas and took Jen and Jayce with us. It was so fun! Seth and I to this day quote what Jayce said when we first walked into the casino. It smelled of coffee and cigarette smoke like all casinos do and she had never smelled it before. She scrunched up her nose and said, "It smells wike... It smells wike... It smells wike..." And she kept saying it because she didn't know what it smelled like to say! So funny!

 We left at 7:30 this morning. The boys are such good travelers. Neither of them complain or cry or made us stop any extra either way. I sure am proud of how well behaved they are!

We miss the Yaks already, but are happy to be home and see our daddy!

Walk-a-thon!

 Friday Doran had a walk-a-thon at his school. He has been so excited for it and has been practicing for it. The two of us went jogging one night, he had me take him to the school a few days before, and he has practiced every single recess break. The most laps he was able to get was two.

 Brock and Audrey were really excited to watch!

 Here he goes! He ran pretty much the whole time. He only stopped to get his tickets!

 He got five laps! He was right up front with the other fast kids. No kids in kindergarten got more than he did so he was so excited and thinks he is going to win the iPod touch. I think it is a little unfair because he stands no chance against a sixth grader, but he tried so hard. I guess that is what matters.

 After the walk-a-thon I got to go in his class and do his birthday stuff. Since he has a summer birthday he was calling it his pretend birthday. He had me read Smiley Shark to the class.

 All the kids loved his treats and kept asking for more. He wanted to bring strawberries, but it has to be a store bought and sealed item so he settled on fruit roll ups. He is so handsome!

Turkey!

 Seth and I have been taking the boys bowling a lot lately. The boys love it and are both getting better. Seth gets better every time! Yesterday he got his first turkey and then he got one the very next game! Yesterday was the first time I came in second place, I usually get fourth.

I have been studying hard to become a personal trainer. I have four months left until I have to take the test! There is a lot of information and it is fun learning more!

Terror

I have never in my life been as terrified as I was yesterday. I had just pulled into the gym and it was pouring rain. The boys and I jumped out of our Utah-mobile, I mean van, and went to run into the gym. Doran was about four strides ahead of me when a car came flying down the parking lot. Doran was running with his head down and looked up right as she was an inch away and he lunged back. The driver was looking the other way and had no idea what even happened. I screamed as loud as I could that she needed to watch what she was doing. She was going so fast and was seriously an inch away from hitting him. Doran turned white and his chin was shaking as he tried not to cry. I was shaking and my fear was quickly replaced with anger. I wanted to find her, rip her out of her car, and punch her repeatedly (she should be glad that I didn't get a good look at her face). The thoughts of what were so close to happening scared me so bad and made me so mad at her for speeding in a parking lot, looking the other way, and the fact that she probably has no idea that she almost hurt my child because I doubt she heard me yell. The only good thing is when we were walking out of the gym Doran told us to make sure we look both ways for cars.