Bearizona

Once we got to Flagstaff, I went to my appointment and Chris took the boys to pick up some lunch.  We stayed at Aunt Sandy and Uncle Larry's house (even though they were gone they were kind enough to let us stay) where we went to eat lunch and take naps.  When the boys and I woke up Tim and Mollie had arrived and we decided we better head out for dinner early-ish since it was Valentine's Day.  Oregano's was the winner of course but we had about a 40 minute wait so Chris and I walked the boys over to the NAU campus and let them run around.

The first stop were these giant rocks

Liam especially had a blast climbing on them

Then we were by the art building and I caught this awesome one of Liam.  

We played tag and then it was time for dinner.  It was delicious.

That night when we got back to the house as we walked along the walk-way to the door the motion sensing lights lit up. Liam looked up at the light and said "Oh, thank you!"  I am sure Uncle Larry would be happy that Liam approved of his lights.

Later that night Liam and Chris drew the short straws and ended up sleeping on the pull-out couch.  At light's out they were saying goodnight and he asked Chris what he was going to dream about.  Chris told him he would dream about playing with his little buddies Liam and Colin and he asked Liam what he would dream about.  He told Chris he would dream about playing with...(thinking)..."my friend Patrick".  It was a good little conversation according to Chris.

Saturday morning we went to breakfast at Mike and Ronda's which was very filling and delicious.  Then we headed to Bearizona!

The boys were both pretty pumped to not have to ride in the carseats through the park. This little guy hung out up front with grandma.

And this guy hung in the far back with daddy.  Although he did jump around a little.

We saw lots of animals up close, here are the white buffalo

Some big horn sheep

We saw some wolves and they like to try and block your car from going to far and then we saw the bears which was probably the coolest.

Colin was so cute and would make his "Roar" sound as he watched them.

Here's a little video of one walking next to the car

Once you do the drive through portion there is a walk through area and petting zoo to check out.

Grandpa with the boys out in front of the walk through portion.

Immediately when we walked in Liam insisted on some popcorn.  He happily carried it around while checking out the animals. Here he is watching the otters

Colin eventually caught up and watched with his brother

We checked out the baby bears while they were playfully wrestling.

Liam with his popcorn and a bear

Sweet boys

Colin really enjoyed checking out the animals.  Eventually we really need to get to the zoo.  Here is our little guy in the petting area.  He liked this goat

Liam checking out a goat

Colin LOVES pigs lately.  He has a little pig that goes with a toy tractor and carries it around all the time.  He also enjoys snorting like a pig.  So he was pretty excited to see some REAL pigs

Daddy and our little peanut

The boys were pretty wiped out and were hanging with grandma toward the end.  It was a sweet moment.

We finished up and went to McDonald's before heading home.  Once we hit the freeway Colin, Liam, and I were all out like a light.  Poor Chris had to drive in silence on the way home.  It was an awesome little weekend.

Sickness

Last Monday Liam woke up with his eyes super red and goopy again!  We got him right into the doctor but ended up seeing the new NP.  She was nice enough and prescribed some eye ointment and an antibiotic.  The weird part was she later called me at work and told me she was just going to prescribe the eye drops and see how he did over a couple of days.  I said that was fine and explained that the last time he had this the doc said since there was so much stuff in his sinus cavity that a long course antibiotic would be needed.  She then said "okay, I'll send over the prescription."  I wasn't trying to change her mind at all but I guess I did.

Our boy was so sweet and happy during his appointment even though he looked terrible.

The picture doesn't do it justice his eyes were SO red.

On Thursday it was beautiful outside.  Liam was at preschool and Colin and I played outside.

He had a lot of fun taking water and pouring it on my feet.

When I picked Liam up from school he was adamant that we go to check his little cubby (I was sure there was no reason to because I picked everything up when I dropped him off) but to my surprise he made a heart and was super proud of it.

He was especially excited about the star sticker he put on it.

Monday Colin had a little rash on his left side and by Thursday it had spread.  I called and spoke with the doc that morning and she said to just keep an eye on it since he was showing no signs/symptoms of being sick.  Then when he woke up from his nap his eye was watering pretty good.  I was so upset because I was really hoping he was not coming down with what Liam had.  (Colin has been on so many antibiotics it stresses me out).  By Friday morning this is what my sweet boy looked like...

At least he was happy about his new book for Valentine's day.  Liam was excited about his little Valentine's gifts too. (They each got a book and a cookie)

They also got to eat chocolate donuts for breakfast on cute Valentine's day plates :)

Even though Colin looked terrible he was in pretty good spirits.  Chris took him to urgent care that morning and since he was not running a fever, had a rash, and considering his history with antibiotics he stuck with just an eye drop unless he developed a fever, which sounded great to me.  Chris got his prescription filled and we all packed up to head to Flagstaff for my dermo appointment and to have a little family fun.  That is coming up next!

Train Park

Last Sunday we had a pretty awesome day.  It started with Chris and me going to work out at the wellness center while the boys hung out in the day care and got to make some cool Valentine crafts.  We came home and the boys played a little while we did some cleaning, and then Grandpa C. watched them while Chris and I caught a movie during nap time. When the boys woke up Liam asked to go the the new ice cream place.  I had told him about 3-4 days prior that we would go check it out.  It's called Route 66 Ice Cream, I believe and is in a really neat building downtown.  The ice cream was just okay but the atmosphere was very nice.  The boys liked it because their was a table just their size and Colin was pumped because he could look out the window and watch the trains.

When we finished our ice cream we went to the train park.

Colin was pretty pumped to drive

Daddy and Colin, who was more interested in the train that was coming than looking at my camera

Liam climbing to check things out

My sweet boy

Showing me how big the wheels are

My boys

Liam wanted to take a picture and he captured a couple good ones

This one is just a little crooked

Mama and her boys

Chris captured this sweet one on his phone

Colin showing us one of the acorns he found

We had such a lovely time hanging with our boys and it was so nice outside which made things even better.  After the park we went to Grandma Snay's and had some spaghetti, the boys played, and we played a round of Trivial Pursuit.  It was a pretty perfect day with our little family.

Lake Havasu

Saturday we went to Lake Havasu to watch Sadie's basketball tournament.  This boy got to start his day off by having his car seat turned around and facing forward!  His knees were starting to go into his chest the other way.  He was a little confused at first.

Sweet boy

Once we started driving he was pretty pumped to be checking everything out.

Grandma Snay rode with us so we got to test out the capacity of our new car.

Me and my boys

As we started our drive Liam said "Mama listen to my story." "One time when I was climbing that mountain (as he points to a mountain out the window) with Flash, Aqua Man, and Spiderman..." It was quite the story turns out they rescued a little boy.  He is quite the story teller lately.

The boys had a lot of fun climbing the bleachers at the first game

After the first game there was a little break so we took the boys to the park.

They teeter-tottered together :)

This guy thought it was pretty cool.

When we left the park Liam sported his sunglasses like so...

After the park we went back to Great Grandma's condo so the boys could eat and take naps.  Grandma Snay and Great Grandma headed to the next game.  Once we got the boys to sleep I left and went to Sadie's third game of the day.  When the boys woke up it was time for the last game.  I went and picked everyone up and we went to watch the most interesting basketball game I have ever seen.

The girls played a team from Bullhead that had an "interesting" coach, (saggy jeans, hoodie, head phones in the whole time).  The coach got upset about something and at one point put money on the bench acting like the refs had been paid off.  Then his assistant coach stood up (which is not allowed and turned out to be his 15 year old son) and got a technical.  Then his son decided to pull a chair up right against the sideline and sit down so he received another technical and was kicked out of the game.  He then refused to leave and the coach ended up with a couple technical fouls and finally the refs called the game in the middle of the 3rd quarter and kicked all of them out of the gym.  

The sad part is the coach and another parent/helper was telling our team that our coach sucked and so did we. Then the one coach/helper tried to flip off our crowd but Emily spoke up and let him know it was uncalled for.  The coaches were also cussing in front of these 7-8th grade girls!  It was appalling that a school allowed for this, if I was a parent I would be irate!  The girls were crying and blamed the ref and saw no fault in the coach.  It was awful.

Anyway here is White Cliffs with the consolation trophy (kind of like a tie for third) 

After the last game we took the boys to the park again. This time the threw rocks in the water

It was super cute.

Then we went back to Great Grandma's, ate some pizza, visited a little and came home.  It was a great day :)