Our LONG trip!!! First stop Idaho......

The boys and I were gone for about a month and Jordan came and met us the last week or our trip. There is so much to talk about so I think I am going to do this in spirts because I never have enough time to sit at the computer in one setting for even a short blog. We started our trip on a Wed. and flew into Boise in the morning. I traveled by myself with the boys and I wish I had a picture because as my Dad would say "You looked like a person pushing one of those carts at a parade selling a cart full of items" I had one boy on my back, one in the stroller along with the car seat and all my luggage pilled on top (It was a double stroller, so yes Gavin was safe!) I was in Boise for a day and a half, just enough time to visit with my sister and my sister-in-laws and the majority of my nieces and nephews before we went to Shelly, ID.

My nieces nephews grow so much every time I see them, they have become such great little babysitters.






Sweet little Ella and her cute little personality!

Can't get enough of that girly bond!




We had time to fit in a little trip to a near by park that had a lot for the kids to do. Once I slowly introduced the boys the the fountains and water, they became fearless and had a lot of fun!! Ayden would crawl right into the fountains and was trying so hard to get to the buckets that fill up with water then splash down all at once really hard on the kids underneath. I am sure it looked like fun, but maybe when he's a little older, I know he would have freaked out!




















For some reason Gavin is ALWAYS tugging on Ayden's back like he wants him to pull him around, it's pretty funny to watch, Ayden gets ticked!

This park was a lot of fun until ALL of the kids got sick!!! It was unfortunate, especially because we didn't find out until we had already made the trip to Shelley. He woke up Saturday with a runny nose and Saturday night he was up seriously and literally ALL night, would sleep for like 20 min, then wake up crying, and that is how the night went. I went to the Dr. after the baby blessing on Sunday to see if he had an ear infection and I have never dealt with such a rude Dr. in my life. She said " Well I can't see in one ear it's too waxy so it this is how he acts with ear infections then I'll just give you the prescription" She didn't even try anything to clear out the wax. I then asked her what could happen if I gave it to him and he didn't have an infection and my sister-in-law made a comment (which was fine) but then the Dr. just looked and me and said nothing not even a nod if she agreed or disagreed. She then gave me the prescription and got up and started to leave. I interrupted by asking how much I should give him and she responded by saying "Honey, it's on the bottle" and I said "How often?" She looked at me and I said " Oh, that's probably on the bottle as well" She nodded and then walked out. RUDE!!!!!

Other than that it was so good to see my other sister and her family. They weren't going to be able to come to Boise, so this was a good chance to spend time with her and her family. Little Hadley Diane Hudman was the sweetest little girl. She was such a very content, happy little girl, I was so glad I got to see her and be their for her blessing. My stud of a nephew Jonah got baptized and I never close to be there for anything for my nieces and nephew since we always live so far away so I was glad to be there and support him. Everything turned out really well, I know it was stressful for my sister to plan everything and get her house ready for all the company after having a new baby and even worse because she had her by c-section. We also gave Gavin dread locks! As long as I keep up on them they are dang cute. They should eventually start growing out that way, but I just found out about some good stuff to help it lock and stay so I am going to get some of that, hopefully then I won't have to keep up on them as often. Here are some pictures from our trip to Shelly.











On the way home we stopped by to see my Grandma Martin and my cousin Josh. We don't make it to Pocatello as often as we did we were little so it was so good to see them and visit for a while. To bad theb oys were sick, grumpy and tired or we could have visited a little longer. Needless to say, because the boys were sick on the way home Gavin cried the entire 4 hours home, it was miserable!!! Ayden did so well, so that made up for it, a little bit!

And the trip goes on....

We got back Boise and I thought I had plenty of time to see everyone and do everything I wanted to to do before we packed up and drove to Utah but honestly that nasty cold just ruined it!!! Soon the boys were both sick together and I got sick as well. It was miserable, my body acked and I just felt tired all the time. Gavin would not take his bottle which is bad for two reason first reason I don't think you could understand unless you had twins, but they have to stay on schedule to have any kind of sanity. Normally if they refuse it people tell me they just give it to them when they are ready, for me that throws them off schedule. Second, I know he is hungry because I have tried putting him to sleep with out it and he wakes right up or soon after because he is hungry and he will then take his bottle, but then it is hard to get him back down again for a nap. Therefore he has a horrible nap and is grumpy for the rest of the day or until his next nap, which I have to make him wait to take until their schedule nap time at which time Ayden will be ready for his nap!!! I know it's a handful! Anyway, it would take about an hour to rock him completely to sleep before he would take his bottle and still stay asleep, then I would lay down with them and take a nap as well. The worst part was the cold, butthere were a lof of good moments and memories as well, it was nice to be able to visit or just hang out. Here are some pics.

My two cute nephews...this was the first time I got to see Kohen as well. My sister had him right after I left from the last trip and he is so dang cute I love those little cheeks!!
This was Ayden's favorite toy, it always made hime smile!


Little Teagn is like 6 months older than my boys and she was terrified of my little monsters. They were bigger than her and she is so little and defenseless if my boys touched her she'd fall to the ground. She put up with a lot, she is such a sweet little girl!!

The boys love being outside, everytime they saw all the kids out there they would crawl as fast as they could to the door to try and make it out before the door shut.

My sweet parents!

So there went half my trip either lounging at my mom's house or at my sisters. Near the very end of my trip I was able to go to breakfast with a bunch of my friends (I wish I would have taken pictures) and then got together the following night and visited with them again. It was nice, the boys were starting to get a little better (Gavin was starting to take his bottle normally) so my parents watched the boys for a few hours, took them for a wagon ride and put them to bed while I was out and I got back just in time for them both to wake up and have to put themto bed all over again! They weren't sleeping well because of their colds.It was a nice break though and it was so good to see some of my friends.



Finally here are two blankets I made while I was in Boise. They look incredibly easy, especially because all I did was the edging, but let me tell you, they were the hardest blankets I ever made! The edging slipped all over the place and the pins did nothing. I got 3/4 of the way with both of them and finally had it! It was a good thing my mom was there to finish them for me! But the boys love them they see them and crawl to them and lay there head down, they are so soft, I loved the material.

It doesn't matter how long I am in Boise for, it never seems to be long enough to see everyone and do everything I want to do. But I am a homebody and hate living out of a suitcase so it was really nice to come home, however, I wasn't going home quite yet.....