cone of shame

our dog, dusty, got hit by a car the middle of november. the night it happened she didn't come home and around 10:30pm we got a call from one of our neighbors telling us he saw her get hit around the time the boys got home from school. we then went outside searching for her and gave up about 45 minutes later. shortly after we came in we got a call from my father-in-law telling us that dusty was at their house and she was in pretty bad shape. jay and i drove down there and brought her home. her wound was pretty big and she couldn't walk. the next morning we took her into our vet and she had to have 25 staples. she came home with an e-collar and wore that for about a month. one night the boys decided they wanted to try on dusty's "cone of shame". it was quite hilarious.

there is beauty all around

when i woke up this morning it was very cold outside. but what i saw took me by surprise. our house is surrounded by trees and the frost on the trees was so breath taking. everything in sight was covered in white. i immediately got my camera so i could capture the view i was experiencing.

red ryder

this year for christmas my dad got both of the boys red ryder bb guns. they have been wanting bb guys for quite some time now but jay and i have been hesitant. boys and bb guns can be a little scary if you know what i mean! jayden caught right on but colton gets impatient and gives up. the boys love shooting with their dad, grandpa durrant and uncle dan'l. the weather has been really cold lately and shooting practice doesn't last more than 15 minutes.

our little peanut

i had to have another ultrasound to make sure everything was ok with our baby. this time i had the boys with me and they were pretty excited to get to see the baby.
when i was pregnant with the boys i had morning sickness but it wasn't too terribly bad but this baby is kicking my butt! my morning sickness started to kick in towards the end of last semester so it is going to be interesting to see how this semester of school goes.
we should be able to find out the sex of the baby either the end of this month or the first of next month. my dad keeps telling me that it is going to be girl. we will see if his instincts are right.

little peanut

here is a picture of our little peanut who is 9 weeks old. we are all very excited about the newest member of our little family. jayden and colton are trying to be helpful by coming up with possible baby names. a lot of the names are from the cartoons they watch.

idaho falls airshow

our family had the opportunity to go to our very first airshow. we heard the blue angels were coming to town a couple of months ago and got our tickets as soon as they were available. our friends, catherine and navarre, came up from utah to visit and were able to join our family at the airshow. jay decided that we needed to be early and arrived about 30 minutes before the gates opened. as soon as we got through the gate we went and got our chairs set up close to the runway. we then were able to walk around and look at the the aircraft that was on display. the boys were super excited when they found out they could get in the driver/passenger seats of some of the vehicles/aircraft.

spring in idaho

this is what i woke up to this morning. i was a little upset at first because the previous day was such a gorgeous day but then was quite content with the beautiful pictures i took outside in my yard. i'm glad i took them first thing this morning because by afternoon all the snow had melted.