Sadie

This month our dog Sadie died. We knew that she was an old dog when Matthew adopted her from the clinic. Someone had brought her in , and said they found her in the mountains in a ditch. She was pretty beat up, but Matthew nurtured her back to good health. No one claimed her so he brought her home. She turned out to be a great dog. The kids really liked her, and she was great with the kids. She loved going to help on the farm with Matthew. She was just a easy going dog. Just before Valentines day she started to get pretty weak, and wouldn't eat much. Matthew took her into the clinic on a Saturday to do some blood work. He couldn't find much but maybe some liver issues. Well it come down to it that we are pretty sure she died from some sort of cancer because she wasn't responding to any of the medicine Matthew put her on. We are so glad that we were able to give her a good home for the last few months of her life. Chloe will occasionally asked where sai mom? She also calls every dog we see sai. We hope we can get a puppy this summer, and maybe call her sai too :)

Us Lately

We have had a busy week this week. Monday Ian had school and started a new listening program with them. He got to bring home a cd player that plays children's music. He listens to it 2 times a day for 30 minutes. He looks so dang cute in his headphones and he really enjoys it. Tuesday we went to Billings for therapy. Ian did awesome once again, and was worn out when we headed home. Matthew has been able to go with us once a month on Tuesdays, which makes it nice. Dani still has not had her baby yet. Hopefully this week. I have been doing ABA therapy with Ian at home. It's going pretty darn good for mom doing it I think. Wednesday, Matthew and I both had to do physicals for our life insurance. I had a little missionary opportunity with the nurse that came out and did my physical. She thought that it was funny that my dad is the bishop in a different town but I do not go to his church. I was able to explain to her that all the LDS church's teach that same doctrine they just have different bishops of different buildings. Thursday we finally had our appointment for Ian with the ENT. It went well. Ian still had fluid in his ears and they will put tubes in his ears on the 3rd of March. I am just over joyed that we are finally doing this. He wont have to have his ears bug him anymore. Plus hopefully we see some improvement in his speech as well. Chloe this week has started showing interest in using the potty. Just yesterday she wanted to sit on the little potty while watching cartoons. She didn't go and told me she was all done. Well I put her diaper back on and pants, and she continued to watch her cartoons. She came running in the kitchen where I was, no pants or diaper and said mom. I went running thinking she had gone on the floor. Nope she went poop in the toilet for the very first time all on her own. It was all her idea too. It's so fun. Matthew did his very first C-section on a cow this week too. It was his dad's cow, and it was super good practice.  This weekend also my sisters came into town. It was super fun to see, and do some crafting. We started maxi skirts yesterday. I didn't finish mine but I will soon. :) Matthew's brother's Jared and Michael and their families are here in town as well. It's been a fun weekend.

Valentine's Day 2015

We had great Valentine's day this year. We started the day off with a yummy breakfast. We had waffles, strawberries and sparkling cider. Then Matthew spent most the day helping his dad around the farm. In the afternoon my sisters and mom came over to craft. We made maxi skirts, and I helped my mom work on a Menu board. Friday night we watched Janelle for Jan ( who was staying with Stan and Jan for the weekend) so they could go to the movie Unbroken. We swapped and they watched our kids so we could go for Valentines. It was such a great movie too. I sure am a lucky girl to have the sweetest Valentines.

Enjoying our yummy Valentine's breakfast

 

 

Dinner as a family before our movie date.

Valentine's Cookie Party

Kasi always has Halloween and Valentines cookie decoration parties at her house. The kids had a blast this year playing with their cousins, and decorating cookies. Chloe loved it and decorated so many cookies with lots of sprinkles. Ian even got into it this time. He loved shaking the sprinkles on the cookies after I frosted them. It was such a fun party.

Deadwood, SD- Our Early Valentines Getaway

Wednesday-Friday, Matthew and I were able to get away for a few days. Matthew was invited to a Zoetis animal drug company winter retreat for Vets. He was super excited that he was invited to go. As soon as he told me I called my mom to see if she could watch the kids for a few days. She was more then happy to do it. The nice part about this trip was our stay at the hotel and food was provided for. We just had to pay to get to and from Deadwood. Our hotel was super nice. The only funny thing was that they gave us a double bed room. When we asked if we could just get one big bed they said no can do. They were booked for the next two nights. We made the best of the two beds and each slept in the middle of our beds without pushing the other one off.
When we go there they had a reception that night. Just kind of a informal one. They had appetizers and drinks, and everyone just chatted. After about an hour of that we headed over to the nice hotel restaurant for some dinner. We decided that it was perfect that this trip landed so close to Valentines day, so we used it as our celebration. We each got really yummy steaks to eat.
The next day Matthew had meetings all day. I went down to breakfast with him, but then headed back to the room to hang out for a bit. Once I was ready for the day, I decided to head downtown to check the place out. Deadwood is a old historic town, with lots of saloons and casinos. It was really fun to walk around and look in all the little gift shops. I go prizes for the kids, a couple sweatshirts for Mathew and I and gifts for my parents for watching the kids for us. I also go myself a really pretty aquamarine Black Hills Gold ring. I have always wanted a ring with Matthew's birthstone in it. Also I looked at the emeralds (which is my birthstone) they are super pricey, but I love my ring.
I got back just in time to call my mom to check on the kids, and head down for lunch with Matthew. Once lunch was over Matthew had more meetings. I however headed up to the room for a very needed nap, and me time. I napped, watched TV and did my nails all afternoon. It was wonderful. I guess there was a spa that all the other wives were going to, so maybe next year I will do that. It was so nice to have a relaxing afternoon though all to myself.
That night they had a really nice Prime Rib dinner. We ate our dinner and enjoyed talking with the Zoetis drug rep for the area we are in.
The next morning we had the choice to either go snowmobiling or skiing, and it would all be paid for by the Zoetis. We had decided that we would go snowmobiling. When it came down to it we didn't go, because we still had a 5-6 hour drive ahead of us, and we missed the kids. On our way home though we took a small detour to see Devil's Tower. We have both lived in Wyoming almost all our lives and never seen it before. It was pretty cool.
We had a great weekend, and the kids had fun at Grandpa and Grandma's. It was so nice to have some alone time just Matthew and I.

22 months

Chloe is 22 months now! She turned 22 months on the 28th of January. Crazy girl keeps growing up on us. All a sudden she seems so big too. She weighs more, seems taller and talks up a storm. Chloe has decided that she doesn't like going to nursery anymore. She did great for the first little while because Ian was in there with her. Once Ian moved to sunbeams she thinks she needs to go with him. She is super sad and mad at us when we drop her off, but when we pick her up she is totally fine and happy. Silly girl. It's going to be a long time until she gets to go to big kid primary since her birthday is in March. Chloe loves putting things in bags and carrying them around all over the place. She has a little backpack that she took to Matthew's parents the other night while they babysat for us. Well she came home with one the grandma's baby dolls. Little thief :) She still has to do everything Ian does. Since Ian has had lots of ear infections lately she thinks she has to have the ear drops as well. We just put the lid on the bottle and pretend to put them in, and she is happy as a clam. Her and Ian both take a gummy multi-vitamin. Ian kind of gags his down. If he gags his down she does too. That's how she asks for one as well. She starts to cough and point to the vitamins after we brush her teeth. Chloe loves to play with babies, block, color, look at pictures of family & friends, swing, play on the ipad, watch shows is what she says, and make messes. She can say George ( for curious George her favorite cartoon), dog, kitty, horse, cow, book,fast, oh shoot, snack, ipad, mom, go play, dad, ian, papa, gnama, paige, britt, car, go, look at me, whats this, please, no, yes, cheese, juice, baba, dress, pants, nose, toes, eyes, head, bow, pop, jump, socks, shoes and boots. I am sure there are so many more that I am missing, but she talks so much. It's so fun to hear her put two words together like no mama, please no. Today she went to her very first dentist appointment. They didn't do much but count her teeth and check for any noticeable cavities. She rocked it! I am was so proud of her. Chloe we are so glad you are in our family. We love you so much!