Sick, Sick, Sick

We're not blogging right now because I am going on day 11 of being sick, Tyson day 5 of being sick, and Ethan day 2 of being sick... and of course, Ethan had conjunctivitis, now Tyson has it, and my left eye is starting to get red, so I probably have it too! Hope you are all doing well, and staying healthy!

A Picture Update

Its been a few weeks since I have posted pictures of my men, the hubby and the baby boy... I can't believe how big Ethan is getting,9 months, and getting cuter by the day! Have I ever mentioned how much this kid eats? He is literally eating more than me at this point. As he has started to eat more of what we are eating, I've been sharing my plate with him. He ate most of my plate at Easter and at a funeral dinner on Saturday... which leaves me super hungry just an hour or so after dinner time, I guess I'll have to make him his own plate from now on...

So, in my last post, I asked you all about your feelings about dogs. I should have made it more clear, but we watched my mom's beagle for about a week. We have watched him a few times for her, and she is wanting is to keep him because he won't stay around at her house (no fence, couple acres of land)... and we have a fenced in yard. Well, the little beagle dug under our fence and was scrapping with the neighbors 2 labs and boxer dog... We are getting our garden prepped and put down the compost on Friday, and the beagle went nuts, he was digging and having a great time in our garden... Needles to say, we are going to wait, we are also putting in our back yard this year, so maybe next year will be a good time to get a dog, after the grass is in and such. My parents took him home yesterday, and Ethan keeps standing at the back glass sliding door saying his version of doggie, its pretty cute and a little sad, I guess his little stuffed animals will have to do for now :)

Ethan has bacterial conjunctivitis in both eyes, poor little guy, but lots of other kids in our neighborhood have it too... so I guess its going around. We are enjoying the outdoors, and I'm really excited about doing a garden with Tyson. We work really well together, and the past few nights after Ethan goes down, we have been outdoors working together, and I love it! My mom watched Ethan for us Saturday night, and we went to Noodles and Company, Whole Foods (old Wild Oats) to get organic ice cream, YUM! and then to Target to look for Blindside, we seriously cannot find this movie anywhere, everyone says its really good, we are anxious to watch it! We ended up in the kiddie area and bought a bunch of clothes for Ethan bug... he is wearing 18 - 24 month size and we are just about out of stuff that fits these days. But it was still good to get out and spend time with my honey. We want to be better about having a consistent date night, do you all have a date night? Do you trade babysitting, what do you go and do? Hope you all are having a great week!


Ethan, clapping and so happy to be out in the sun!


Our little fam at our Great Aunt Sherry's graveside service


Ethan making a cute face at me, what a little ham!


Ethan smiling at me, cute little bug!


Ethan watching Elmo in the car ride to Vernal, he loves Elmo!


Up at Chocolate Rock, rolling Easter Eggs in the blustery wind!


Ethan all bundled up!


Tyson and Ethan on Chocolate Rock, my handsome men!

Another Cold Easter, Some Fun, and a Dog Gone Question

Could it be any colder in Vernal? Hackings have a tradition to go to Chocolate Rock (mouth of Dry Fork) and roll our nicely decorated Easter eggs down the hill. The Hackings that originally settled Vernal started doing this, and each year, the week before Easter is fairly nice, and then Easter weekend hits, and brrr... I don't remember in the last 6 years that I have joined in on the Hacking tradition fun that we have had a warm day on Chocolate Rock, and why would this year be any different?

Its so funny because my parents want us to move to Vernal so badly, but they themselves ask why they even live in such a cold climate??? Salt Lake still has it fair share of winter, but we've had green grass pretty much all year long, so I can't really complain.

So even though it was very windy and chilly, even snowy at times, we had a nice Easter weekend with both Nebekers and Hackings. We watched a little conference, but its kind of hard to watch with a busy 9 month old, so we are watching 2 or 3 talks each night.

Our company has a side by side ATV, a Razor, and we brought that out with us and had a ball riding it around in the hills. We are looking forward to riding it and getting out a lot more this year.

Tys was sick for about 4 months last year about this time, and I was pregnant and then on bed rest, so we are really looking forward to not being cooped up this year. We have plans to go to Yellowstone twice, Hacking Reunion and then the Nebeker Reunion, riding to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on the Razor, Camping at Topaz Mountain, behind Strawberry Reservoir, and possibly Bear Lake. Plus I have Girl’s Camp, Tys has Scout Camp and for Youth Conference, we are going to the pageant at Castle Dale and river rafting in Moab… yeah, our summer is pretty much planned already.

Lastly, we are thinking about getting a dog... my mom has a beagle that just won't stick around their property, and we have a fenced in yard. We have watched him when my parents go out of town. He is adorable, Ethan loves him, and the dog is good with Ethan, but I kind of just feel like it is one more thing to do, and I already feel like each day is crammed... what are your thoughts, do you have a dog? Hope you are all enjoying Spring!