Goings on....

Things have been about "normal" for the last week and a half or so. Just grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, taking care of the kids etc.... We are hitting a busy streak starting this weekend. Will update after our busy weekend.

Tumble, tumble....

We went to Mom and Dad's a couple of weekends ago. Had a good time. We made eggrolls for my birthday (YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY!!!), and Mom & Shai made a cake too. Megan did a LOVELY job decorating it with sprinkles, strawberries, and 13 candles. So I guess I get to be 13 again! YEAH! Life was a little, okay a lot, easier back then (I just was too silly to know it). We didn't do much over the weekend, but it was nice just to sit around with Mom and Dad. James took Monday off, so we were sitting around and getting ready to pack to go home. I had put the gate up on the stairs and James then went up stairs to make a phone call. He put up the gate behind him but Megan wanted to go up so she took it down. Bethany aka Miss Big Stuff decided to go up too. We are not sure where she started her descent, but according to Megan she "did circles all the way down, even on her head". Of course I jumped and ran when I heard *thump**thump**thump* *waaaaaaaaah* (Not a good feeling) I found her at the bottom of the stairs, sitting and looking up at Megan. She had a bloody nose, busted the inside of her top lip, and got a little carpet burn. We were soooo fortunate to have so few injuries. I watched her very closely for the next few days, and she seemed fine. She did develop a little bruise on her nose and eyelid. All things that I can handle. This Monday she was super fussy, had another bloody nose and seemed wobbly. So of course I panicked. I took her to the doctor and he said it looked liked she was getting a sinus infection. That was several days ago and she has not developed any more symptoms. Another lesson learned: ALWAYS make sure the baby gate is up TIGHT and secure!!!!!

Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch

This is the group that went. This was at the end of the day and Bethany was wiped out!









Megan finally gets to pet the monkey (Michelle).



Megan with Frodo the Wallaby










Haley and Megan on the trailer ride
















Here we are eating lunch!










Bethany with Sammy the donkey. She stood there for quite a while.



Bethany with Biff teh Irish wolfhound. What a HUGE dog!
















Bethany on the trailer ride, standing in front of Momma. She always thinks she is sooooooooo big!






Last week we took a field trip with some friends from church. We went to the Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch. We had a ton of fun. They have all kinds of animals there. They have lemurs, monkeys, sloths, horses, donkeys, zebras, camels, buffalo, a potbelly pig, wallabys, and lots more. We even saw a baby sloth, too cute. I just wanted to share some pictures with you! Hope you enjoy!

Our fun trip this week....

Megan with Lexie the Lemur











Amanda & Bethany with Michelle the Monkey





I will post more photos when we get home. It takes TOO long on Mom's computer. Just thought I would post a couple so you could see what we did this week. More to come....