Easter Fun

What an eventful week we had! Fun times mixed with not so fun times.

Fun Time:

Tuesday we headed over to the Allred's house for an Easter egg hunt. We had a great time and the food everyone brought was awesome! Thanks Melissa!!




Not so fun time:

Brad had surgery Friday. Everything went well and he is now home and recovering. He says that he didn't think it would hurt this bad so hopefully this passes soon! My parents took Coop until today which was nice. I guess we'll see how things go now that I have all three to take care of.



This is Brad's job now that he's on crutches. Holding Ryker!!



Easter was a fun time! We had a great Easter dinner and the Easter bunny definately found our house. The kids looked so cute in their Easter clothes. I even made it to church with Ryker this week. Coop went to church with my parents. After a great meal we headed to the elementary school to roll eggs down the hill. This is a tradition with the Rich family and Brad made sure we continued it this year. Coop loved throwing the eggs and Brad even made it up the hill crutches and all!

Oh No!!!! Seriously??!!

While at the Rich household last weekend Brad decided to play an intense game of basketball with his brothers out back. He came hobbling in and said that someone kicked him in the back of the leg. He couldn't walk very well and there was a lump on the back of his leg...Some of you can probably guess what happened.
Well, we came home and after some internet reading decided Brad had probably partially torn his achilles tendon. He was still walking around (though hobbling), and not in too much pain.
He had an appointment with the MD today at one. He called and broke the news to me that he had RUPTURED his Achilles tendon and has to get surgery on Friday. He will be on crutches for six weeks and then have to do therapy after that. From what I've heard, it's a LONG recovery. Poor guy!
And...poor me! I have a six week old and a two year old. I have a calling in church where I have to play the piano. Don't know how that's going to work if my husband can't carry my six week old. I guess you don't realize how much your hubby helps you until he's injured. Also, don't know how he'll work since he drives around all day. Hopefully his recovery will be quick and relatively painless. Hopefully it won't be as hard as I'm thinking it's going to be. I guess we'll see.

My poor injured man..

Early Easter

This past weekend we headed up to River Heights to the Rich household. Every year Brad's parents hold their own Easter Egg hunt. Since they won't be here next weekend they decided to hold it early. We had a great time playing games together, watching conference (which was WONDERFUL) and finding hidden Easter Eggs. Coop is quite the little hunter. He LOVES finding the eggs. He was lucky enough to find one of two "PRIZE" eggs which held $20! We had a great time together and thanks to Bill and Carol for their hospitality!!

Cute little Ryk











Holding his "winnings"



The latest attempt at a smile

One Month

My little baby is now a month old today. Time sure flies when you are taking care of two kids under two!! It is busy but so rewarding to be a mom. I have loved having two little guys. Ryker is such a good baby!! He has gained so much weight! We figure he is around eleven pounds already. Here are some pics I took today:

Jesus?

A while ago Cooper was admiring the knots in our knotty alder cabinets. All of a sudden I hear him say, "There's Jesus!" I was wondering what he was talking about and walked over. I could totally tell what he was talking about right when I looked. You be the judge...



Should I spread the word and charge admission for people to come see it?? hehe

Newborn Pics

Last week I went over to my neighbor Jeni's house to have her take pics of Ryker. He was such a stinker the whole time!!! He just wanted to be swaddled and he didn't want to be naked. We would get him to sleep and then set him down to take his pic and he would wake up and cry. I'm lucky Jeni is so talented though, because she did get some great shots. Here are two that she posted on her blog...




I can't believe how much these newborns change in just a matter of days. He is such a cutie and I love both my boys so much!

Meeting G & G Rich

Grandpa and Grandma Rich stopped by last Monday on their way home from Phoenix to meet Ryker. It was so great to see them. They had spent the last month in Arizona and now had to head back to cold Utah. They had a great time and we were sad we couldn't make it out there to see them. Hopefully next year!!