Zip Line

Both girls have been on a zip line pretty much yearly since the time they were small. Kaitlyn has always loved it but Madison definitely has her reservations about the whole experience. Well our final activity before we loaded up for our long trip home was to ride the zip line. Last year they didn't have a small enough harness for Kaitlyn and she really wanted to go so instead she just hung out on the 4 wheeler the whole time with my cousin Devon. So this year Kaitlyn sweet talked one of my cousins to bring up the backhoe so that she could take a ride. This zip line would definitely put the Trenton 24th celebration zip line to shame!! There is Kaitlyn, Madison and Curtis all riding down together.

Easter at the cabin

We had a huge Easter egg hunt at the cabin. The younger kids had theirs upstairs and the older kids had theirs downstairs. There were a lot of interesting hiding places for the eggs. Thank goodness they were only plastic eggs because we were still finding them at the end of the day . . . and I am sure they will find more throughout the whole year.

Stories of the week

Kaitlyn: "I have to brush my teeth, I don't want any diseases!"

Madison: I hear a lot of rustling around in the back seat and Madison says "What's this" she pulls out a sippie cup, "Oh! its my cup, I thought it was a monster!"

Kaitlyn wrote me a note today:

Dear: Rachel
Wen will you be hom(home). You are(Kaitlyn asked Curtis how to spell 'are'. "This word is tricky, it sounds like the letter but I need to know how to spell the word") my Mom. You nac(make) me laf(laugh)
Love Kaitlyn

I lost my child

Have you ever lost a child? There has only been once for me and it was for only a short time when Kaitlyn made it to a different isle in the grocery store. That made me nervous but this was terrifying. We were up at my Aunt and Uncle's cabin. It was 11pm and we were finally heading off the mountain to go back to our hotel room. Kaitlyn rode up to Idaho with my Dad so she could hang out with her cousin Nikki. I knew her car seat was still in the van so I knew that she went with my Dad and sister. I knew that the girls would fall asleep in the car so we did the whole potty break before we were leaving. I saw everyone, including Madison go outside so we could leave. Curtis and I were finishing talking to my cousins and then headed outside. My Dad was just pulling away and Curtis asked where Madison was. I knew that my Dad wouldn't take Madison without telling me and he also didn't have her car seat so I was positive that he wouldn't have taken her. However, I knew that she went outside with the bunch. Madison wasn't by our car and I figured she wouldn't go far because it was cold and dark but I was standing right by the door and did not see her go past us. We called for her outside and got no response so we tried calling my Dad but his phone was dead. I went to try my sister but of course my phone was dead and I left it at the hotel and Curtis didn't have her phone number. The next person to call was my sister Laura who was already at the hotel room and probably asleep so of course she didn't answer her phone. After searching the cabin I started looking through a phone book trying to find the number to the hotel room when I heard a little voice. It didn't sound like Madison but the only other little girl at the cabin was Mercedes and her Mom said it wasn't her. Sure enough it was my little Madison covered in soap. "Mommy the bathroom wasn't very clean so I cleaned it". I went in to the bathroom to discover that the entire toilet was covered in an inch layer of foam soap. Madison kept telling me over and over how she needed to clean the bathroom and she was pretty proud of herself. After washing my child and the toilet off we were finally able to head down the mountain to sleep. Of course my Dad was on his way back up the mountain to see if we got stranded on the side of the road. I knew that Madison was fascinated with soap and she takes every opportunity to wash her hands but that foam soap became her obsession.

50th Celebration

Over spring break our family went to Idaho for my Aunt Tanna and Uncle John's 50th wedding anniversary. We love going to their cabin to spend time with the family. I like that the cabin does not have internet capabilities and very limited cell phone range because it means the technology addicted people in my family have to actually interact with people and not with a machine. For the celebration my cousin Bryan took on the huge task of getting pictures of everyone. Here are a few of my favorite pictures. . . I just wish my Mom could have come to be apart of all the festivities!