Saturday, May 2, 2009

Overdue Update

So I have fallen behind again. My mom always tells me that my aunt says that I have not updated my blog. I told her I wasn't going to update yet because I have misplaced my battery charger for my camera so I don't haev any new pictures but I will update anyways. When I do find my charger, I will post many new pictures.
In the middle of March my mom was brave enough to drive with the boys and I to Oklahoma for a visit. We drove the first day to Arlington, TX to visit the Scheib family. This part of the drive took us 10 1/2 hours. It was a long miserable drive for the boys. We stayed there for a couple of days and went to the Fort Worth Zoo on that Friday. Drew loved the zoo. I think he loved being with Calvin and Peyton more than he loved the zoo though. As soon as we arrived at their house he just kept screaming on their stairs because he was so excited to be around them.
That Saturday we drove to Oklahoma City, which was only 4 hours, but was still miserable for the boys. We had the Easter pictures taken of the boys. Of course Drew is not into pictures anymore but he loved the little lamb. More than the lamb, he loved taking the Easter eggs to Grandad. Dayton didn't like being on the grass because it was damp so we only got one picture of him by himself. It turned out very cute though.
While in Oklahoma we were able to see all of the family including Deans family from Tulsa. Grandad put up a slide in the backyard for Drew with a sandbox at the bottom. Drew is such an outside boy and loved it when there was someone to take him out since I couldn't during the day because the wind took Dayton's breath away.
The biggest news of the trip was finding out that Drew and Dayton are going to have their first cousin at the beginning of November. I am so excited to be an Aunt! I cannot wait to meet baby Thomas, or as Jared calls the baby "Sprinkle." This is such an exciting thing for me because Dean will be deploying this fall so I will be able to spend quite a bit of time with the baby.
Dean flew in on April 23rd and we drove back to El Paso the next day. The day that Dean flew in Drew's allergies attacked him so he was sick for our drive back. He was very excited to see Dean though. Dayton had changed so much in the time that we had been away.
We had a good weekend with Dean before he left for the field that following Monday. He has almost been gone a week now and will be home Friday May 8th. We are looking forward to him coming home because he will have a 3 day weekend with us.