Elephant ear

Look closely at Nick's ears...One is sticking out farther than the other



Earlier today I noticed something odd with his ears and that one ear was sticking out more than usual. When I got a closer look, I saw that his ear was swollen and HUGE! I took him to the Doctor just to check it and out and he had to grab another doctor to get a second opinion....not sure why his ear is swollen, yet no other symptoms whatsoever


He ended up putting Nick on so antibiotics just to make sure there was no infection...



The back which shows how swollen and red it was







Lets hope it goes down soon.

The Unbirthday Party

Aunt Pam missed the kids birthdays, so she threw them an un-birthday with a cute Nursery Rhymes/Mother goose theme~ so cute!


The kids first got to decorate cupcakes







Daddy and Nick having fun with their blowers!


The Un-birthday girl!


They also got to open a present and loved the legos they each got... man, they will sure miss their Great Aunt Pam when she leaves!

Auntie Pam is here!

My aunt Pam (my mom's sister) came here from California to visit us for a few weeks. She left the beautiful San Luis Obispo coastal weather to visit here in Idaho where it has been hot and full of smoke from all the fires. We are sure glad she came anyways, because Bailey and Nick love their Aunt Pam and all the fun stuff they get to do with her. And I love shopping with her and leaving the kids with Trent!


She brought a cool doctors kit that both Bailey and Nick have been loving. They give me shots and check my heartbeat a few times a day!


Then we went to the craft store and bought some wood and paint. It is a treat for Nick to paint since he usually makes such a mess!



our little creative artist!


Then yesterday we went to the Western Idaho Fair! We have been waiting all month to go to the fair with Auntie Pam!


Just getting started... visiting the clown for a free balloon animal


The free petting zoo that the kids love feeding and petting the animals


And their favorite...the pony rides (yes we have to save to go to the fair- it adds up fast!)




The Knights jousting show. It didn't keep the kids attention too long, but we should have sat on the bottom closer to the action!



Nick was not only tired by the end of the day, he was filthy! The bathtub was brown by the time we took him out...but he sure slept good that night from a day full of fun!


We have had so much fun this week and can't wait for all the fun next week. We will be having all my brothers come here and stay for a few days, then we will head out on a small camping adventure next weekend for a Davis family reunion. Summer is not done yet!

Pierced ears and Lemonade

Bailey definitely has a mind of her own. The other day she came to me and said "I want some real earrings that stay on." Our rule was that she had to ask and want to get them done. I got mine pierced at 6 and I have loved them ever since. Bailey is 4 and even after telling her that it hurts, she still wanted to get them done and Trent agreed since she asked and it was her choice.



So we took her to Icing in the mall. I didn't realize that it is now about $50 to get your ears pierced...and we did check around even Claires is about that price. She had both ears done at the same time so it would be done quickly.



She was brave, but did cry. She said, "mom, that hurt really bad" poor girl, but she was fine a few minutes later and said they didn't hurt anymore.




Then last night Bailey came up to me and said " Mom, I want to have a lemonade stand tomorrow" I then replied, " but Bailey, you do not know how to count money, so we will wait until you are a little older."

I sometimes wonder where she comes up with these ideas but she said that the primary president said on Sunday at church that her son had a lemonade stand, then she watched a movie and they had a lemonade stand too. Man, this girl picks up and remembers EVERYTHING.

So, she woke up this morning and had a great idea, "Mom, lets call Bree (her 8 year old friend) and she can help." Bailey and her great ideas was able to have a lemonade stand

Pajama Party

I'm not sure where she got the idea, but Bailey has been wanting to have a pajama party. I kept telling her that we would in the summer, but something would come up every weekend. Last night we were FINALLY able to have a few friends over and have a PAJAMA PARTY (not a slumer party!)

The girls came in their favorite pajamas and got pizza, snacks, games and watched a movie. The girls hid balloons and had others find it and played telephone.We then put on teh movie Matilda, but about 15 minutes into the movie they decided that they would rather play. They all ended up in princess dresses and played dress-up.... so much for plannning on watching a movie



Bailey and her friend Abi



Kylie, Carly and Esther in the back



We put blankets across the floor so they could snack and get the pajama party atmosphere even though they only stayed until 8:30pm




My friend Ashleigh and her girls Lexi and Kylie


About 15 minutes into the movie, they decided that playing with balloons was way more fun!



Even Nick had a good time playing with Bailey's friends and eating a bunch of snacks!


It turned out to be really fun (and not as much work as I expected with a group of 4 and 5 year olds) and I'm even considering letting Bailey have another one sometime!

more summer fun

We have had a busy few weeks. Trent's family came to visit, we had the stomach flu for a week,a fun party at the zoo and a work party with Trent's new company!

Unfortunatley we did not get any pictures with Trents parents, but we did get to have a picnic at the park with them and the kids had a blast with their cousins that came along.


Nick then came down with the flu AGAIN, (this is the 2nd time in a month) and I ended up getting it and feeling pretty miserable for a few days. After feeling better we headed out and had some fun!

Jabbers is a fun play area that the kids absoluely love. I had a half price coupon so we went to beat the heat





Then Bailey got invited to a birthday party at the zoo for her friend Aubrey's birthday! It was really hot, but we did have a good time.






And Trent's company had a work party. They had pony rides, a petting zoo, a waterslide and jump houses, a mechanical bull, and tons of free food including BBQ, cotton candy and shaved ice. Yummy! We are so grateful that Trent is working for such a great company!





It seems like the summer is flying by, but we are sure trying to make the most of it and have some fun before its over.

Fireworks and fire

Trent had the fouth of July off from work, so we started the day off going to the Middleton parade. Most parades around here throw out candy. This parade threw a little, but what makes it so much fun is that it turns into a huge waterfight between the people in the parade and the people watching the parade. The firefighters turns their hoses on the crowd and we had a great time!

Bailey and her friends watching the parade



Look at these soaked boys running down the street with the firetruck and streams of water shooting out!







Later in the evening we had a small BBQ with some friends and set off some fireworks




Bree, Sydnee and Bailey




We had an amazing fireworks show....yep, this was one of ours








But we did have a small fire in the empty field across the street. Notice Trent running to grab the hose as it started getting bigger and the flipflops they were trying to stomp it out with weren't working so well! They got it out soon afterwards, but Trent was pretty nervous the rest of the night that we would start another one, luckily we didn't