HAPPY EASTER!!

Here are the girls on Easter morning. If you can't tell they are really enjoying themselves!! Abby was so much fun, she woke up squealing and so excited that the Easter Bunny had come to her house. We let the girls find their baskets and then Abby started rounding up all the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid. We had a great morning, but we were really sad, we didn't get to go to church. Audrey got sick yet again!! This time she had walking pneumonia. Finally after a lot of talking and coaxing, the Dr. gave me an antibiotic!! So I guess they will have to wear their cute dresses next Sunday!

Easter Weekend

Here are our cutie pies in their Easter jammies (thanks Grannie Frannie and Pa Todd).

The girls were so cute and excited for the Easter Bunny to come.

We put Audrey to bed (poor girl missed the fun of coloring the eggs) and got started coloring a dozen eggs. I thought a dozen would take Abby all night, but little did I know she is a speed racer when it comes to coloring eggs!! She was done in about 20 minutes. So we pulled out the markers and let her draw on them. That proved to take up quite a bit of time. She has definitely become the little artist lately, and made some pretty cute eggs. In fact she drew Audrey on one of them. We had a great time!!

What is on your head?

OK so I know that these pictures don't do it justice, but Levi came home from school one day, well actually two days with this big bruise thing on his forehead. When I saw him I said "WHAT IS ON YOUR HEAD?? " He just started laughing and said that is exactly what all the guys said!! Well I guess that when he is studying or taking a test and is totally focused he taps his pen on his forehead. It is one of the clicker pens, so he is clicking it back and forth the whole time he is studying or taking a test. At least that is what he thinks. He doesn't really remember doing it which is good I guess because he is really focused!! But anyway we got a pretty good laugh out of it and though we would share so you could have a good laugh too!!

Grannie, Pa and Austen's Visit

I can't even begin to tell you what a great time we had over spring break!! Levi's parents and little bro came up for a visit! It was still pretty cold, but we did venture out to a couple of the most beautiful parks ever. We had a little picnic the first day at Manito, and then we went to Bowl and Pitcher State Park. They were both so beautiful. We had a great time playing on all the playground toys, playing catch and just enjoying the scenery. On Sunday we headed to church, and enjoyed a relaxing evening at home playing games. Fran and I made a really yummy roast dinner with her famous homemade rolls ( they are to die for! ). On Monday we headed out to Coeur D' Alene ID to an indoor water park. It turned out to be really fun. They had 3 big slides for adults with tubes, a really fun wave pool and a kids pool with slides and water fountains etc. It was really fun to get out of the cold and into 85 degree weather and swim, even though it was artificial it was still great! Tuesday we did some shopping and let Austen check out down town Spokane. Wednesday we said goodbye until summer time! We really had such a fun time. We were so glad that they could come up for a much needed visit on both ends. Thanks so much for coming we love you all so much!!

Happy 5 Years!

Wow I can't believe how fast time flies! It has been five years since Levi and I took the plunge into married life, and we are still loving it!! I can't imagine life without him. He makes me smile and fall in love with him again everyday. I am so grateful that someone was watching out for us and made sure that we found each other!

I just wanted to tell you thanks for all you do for our family.
You are so amazing and handsome! I am so grateful and excited that
I get to spend forever with you!!
Happy Anniversary Babe!
Love, Becca

Update

So as you can see from the picture below, the girls are feeling much better! Thank you so much for all the prayers and phone calls. We are so grateful to everyone for all the support! Audrey is doing a lot better, she is off the breathing treatments and back to her happy self. Abby is happy to be feeling better and totally ecstatic to be able to get out of the house!! It has been a long couple of weeks. I am so glad that the girls were feeling better for Fran, Todd and Austen's visit. They came up this last weekend for Levi's spring break. We had such a great time with them and miss them already! Thanks for such a great weekend! I will post all the fun pics of the weekend soon.

Our Cute Girls!!

So I must say thank you to my mom for sending these cute dresses for my girls. I absolutely love them. I know I should have waited till it warmed up a bit before I put them on... but they were just too cute!! I love that I have two girls, so that I can dress them the same and have them look so cute!

The test is in

So I called the Dr's office today and they gave me the bad news... Audrey's has RSV. Please say your prayers that she will have a speedy recovery! Thanks for all the support. We love you all!!

Our sick babies

Well our little girls are sick! They have the worst coughs and runny noses ever! Audrey is a bit worse then Abby, I think that is due to age. Well things were going O.K. until Monday night. Audrey stared having problems breathing, so I headed out to the emergency room with her. I left Levi and Abby at home, because neither of them were feeling well. We got to the ER at 9:00pm and didn't leave until 1:30am!! It was a really long night to say the least. When we got there the nurse took all her vital signs and insurance info, and from the very beginning Audrey was not happy. Every time someone walked in the room, she would fall apart, sobbing before they even touched her. It was a little comical, but really sad too! Well the Dr. came in and checked her. She ordered a breathing treatment, an oral steroid (both to help with the breathing) and a test for RSV. Well she didn't do very well with any of it except the oral steroid, she loves medicine! The breathing treatment wasn't bad, but when they brought in the stick to test for RSV, I was a little worried! It was about 7 inches long and they used it to swab her nose. I think swab is too nice of a word! Anyway after all the treatments and about an hour wait, the Dr. ordered a chest X-ray. This I thought I could handle...I was wrong! They took Audrey and put her in this hard plastic straight jacket thing, her arms were straight up in the air against her head. She was squished so tight that she couldn't move even if she wanted to! Needless to say she was hysterically crying and looking at me with the saddest eyes ever! I felt so helpless, I wanted to rip that thing off and just cuddle her, and that's what I did after the X-rays were taken! Well after another long wait, the Dr. came in and said she was sending us home with a Nebulizer. Audrey's breathing and X-rays were not good, she was diagnosed with Bronchiolitis and the tests are still out on the RSV. So now we are home and are doing breathing treatments every 4 hours. She still doesn't like them, but she is getting better at it. Hopefully she will continue to get better. I can't wait for summer time, so we can get away from all this sickness!!!

Disney Girls

Mickey Audery

Princess Abby!
Well both my girls love everything Disney! I can't wait to take them both to Disneyland!! I am thinking that if we take them next summer it will be perfect. Abby will be 4 1/2 and Audrey will be 2. They will both be so excited and should be able to go on most of the rides! What a fun vacation to look forward to!

Daddy's Girls

Levi has decided that instead of buying free weights to work out with, he will just use our girls! They absolutely love it when daddy comes home. He is such a fun dad, he always get down and plays with them. He builds them the coolest forts and is always making every minute together fun! Audrey's favorite game is peekaboo!
peek
a boo!

Tubber Time

Loves it!Hates it!
I'm out of here!!
Princess Abby loves her bath time!!

MOBIUS

We bought a pass to this little museum to try and keep us warm and busy, until all this cold weather passes. It has turned out to be really fun! There are fun little bikes to ride, an art room with paints, markers, and anything else you can think of, dress ups, a baby crawl and discover room, and way more! The girls have really enjoyed it... so I guess it proves to be money well spent!

Good Friends!

I am so grateful that Abby has such good friends. I remember one of the first weeks we were here. We went to a ward party and Abby wanted so bad to go and play with some kids in the sand box. I told her that was fine, and then watched her from a distance. She ran over so excited and ready to make some new friends. As I watched she asked a little girl if she could play with her and the little girl said “NO”. I watched as Abby’s faced turned into a frown and needless to say I was on the verge of tears. I thought to myself what have we done…we took her away from all of her cousins, friends and grannies’ and pas’ and brought her to a place with nothing familiar. In that moment I felt like the worst mom. But as I continued to watch she just kept asking other kids and before I knew it she was having a ball. I am so grateful for Abby. She has been such a trooper to move away from everything she loves. I love her so much!! And we love all of her darling friends!

Wabbley Babbley

Here is our little angle Audrey Lynn. This video was taken about 3 weeks ago. She is still trying to figure out all this walking stuff. Levi and I just think she is the cutest thing ever. She is still so small and trying to walk around like a big kid. Well just for an idea on how small she is… she is in the 3rd percentile for weight 16lbs, 7 for height and 25 for head. Don’t worry she is healthy as can be and passing off her mile stones. She is just our little peanut!

Tag I'm it

The rules are: Once you have been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 weird random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 10 people to be tagged. Don't forget to leave a comment that says, "you've been tagged" on their profile and tell them to read your blog.

This is a first for me... so here it goes

1. I am totally obsessed with picking my finger nails. It drives Levi crazy, and me. It's funny most of the time I don't even realize I am doing it, and then Levi gives me the look and I stop. Maybe one day I can kick this bad habit!

2. Scrabble is one of my favorite games!! Levi and I love to play it all the time. It is relaxing for us. We just get the girls to bed and then play for hours on end. But we do have to have a lot of yummy snack to eat while we play!

3. Going along with number 2 I love puzzles they are so addicting! Over Christmas we did 3 very difficult puzzles, and it was so fun! We actually have a collection of puzzles, one for all the places we have lived since we have been married.

4. I love the outdoors, especially the summer. I love to go camping, hiking, swimming, boating, etc. My favorite place to do all of these is at Lake Powell. It is so beautiful!! I also love going up the canyon for a picnic or a bonfire.

5. I have moved 9 times in less than 5 years. We have lived in Chicago, Huston, Apple Valley Minnesota, North Orem, South Orem and now Spokane WA. Now we will be moving again this summer back to Utah for an internship. It's a good thing we are pros at packing!!

6. One of my favorite things to do is sew. I am not that good at it, but I try. I love to see the end result; I think it gives me a sense of accomplishment. Silly I know, but its fun!

7. I am obsessed with having the sheets on my bed tucked in, which isn't a good combo with Levi, because he is slightly claustrophobic. So my side is always snug and his is everywhere!!

8. I love reality TV. I know that is pathetic that I like watching other people’s lives and problems played out for the public, but it is just funny to watch. The ones I watch the most are Biggest Loser, Project Runway, Amazing Race and The Bachelor. I think I like them so much because they are all so competitive. My dream is that someday Levi and I will be on the Amazing Race!!

9. I wear sweats all day long. If I am home you can bet I will be wearing sweats! I love them they are so warm, cozy and comfortable! I have so many pairs, but for some reason when I go shopping that is what I want to buy!!

10. I hate to do the laundry. OK I really don't mind doing it, but folding it that’s another story. Good thing I have the best husband...he folds all the laundry and puts it away!!!

I am tagging Sarah, Christy, Jessica, Jamie, Laura, Amy, Lisa, Rachel, Travy and Lauren.

Snow, Snow and More SNOW!

So here are the pictures of all the crazy snow we have had the last couple weeks. I know it has taken me forever to get these posted. I'm sure you are all thinking we were joking about the snow, but as you can see we weren't! We ended up getting about 2 to 2 1/2 feet in about 3 days, which for Utah dosen't seem like a lot, but for Spokane it is a ton!! There are only a few snowplows so you can imagine the road situation. That is why they canceled elmentary schools, jr. high schools, high schools, colleges, work and just about everything else. The whole city ended up claiming a state of emergency, which was nice for all the public schools because they don't have to make up classes. Poor Gonzaga students...you pay a price when you go to a private school. Luckily Levi's school was only canceled two days instead of the whole week. Well we have definitely felt at home this winter to say the least. Thank goodness we know how to drive in snow and have a 4 wheel drive SUV. They don't plow the parking lots and some people were stuck at home for days! It took the snowplows almost a week and a half before they were able to get to most of the residential areas. We are lucky that we live on a main street.

Now we are ready for SPRING!!

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a friend in our ward host a Valentine's Day Picnic. We had such a great time. The girls played pin the heart on the bullseye and they had a pinata, but the best part was handing out the Valentines. Abby was so excited, she had helped to put them all together and had helped me make a valentine box to put them in. She was very proud and excited to share them with everyone. It was a huge group of people, about 20 kids plus the moms, so it was crazy to say the least. But we had a blast!!