Easter was a Bust!

This Easter was not very fun for Triston. He was still getting over croup and didn't feel well all day. He woke up two times through out the night and all he wanted to do was sit in our laps all day long. I felt so bad. Even though he wasn't feeling well the Easter Bunny gave him a Easter basket full of goodies, He got bubbles, candy and the princes and the frog movie. Unfortunately he wasn't into hunting for Easter eggs that morning. He didn't even notice them hidden around the house.

We ended up going over to my brother Sam's house for Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt with the family. By the time we got back home Triston was feeling a little better. After we got home he finally noticed some eggs hidden around the house. He only collected a few but he had fun opening them to see what was inside. We were exhausted and we decided to watch Princes and the Frog before we went to bed. It was not a very exciting day, but I am glad that Triston was feeling better.

Dinner was very yummy at Sam's house. His wife Mindy did most of the work. After dinner the kids had an Easter Egg hunt out side and Triston participated some what. He was not in a mood to mingle. He wouldn't even smile at the camera and he always likes his picture taken.

Our Poor Sick Baby!

Last week Triston started having a hard time breathing, so I took him into the doctors and he was diagnosed with Croup. Poor baby, he was struggling to breath. He was crying and saying that it hurt. It made us feel so sad, we didn't like seeing our baby hurting. He ended up getting steroids on Friday, but by Saturday he still wasn't doing so good. So Chris took him back to the doctors and they ended up epinephrine treatment. With this treatment it could cause Triston's airway to have the opposite affect so they wanted to watch him for 4 hours at the ER. So Chris ended up taking him to Riverton ER, so I meet them there. Here are a few pictures that I took. He still did crappy over the weekend, so we took him in again to the doctors on Monday. Finally he is starting to get better. We can finally get some needed sleep!

Poor kid! He hated this treatment. It didn't last long. If you look closely he is trying to wiggle the mask off by opening his mouth. Chris is holding his arms. By the time I got there Triston was very anxious so I ended up holding him to finish the treatment.

They ended up having to wrap the pulse ox to his foot so he wouldn't pull it off.

It is funny how happier when he can breath!

Triston always feels better in Mommy's arms!

Feeling better all ready.

Triston always feels better after a sucker!

He was getting restless so we found some toys to play with.

He loved this bead toy for some reason.

Triston got so antsy that he found his own toy to play with. He pretended that this stool was a car and was driving it up and down the halls of the ER. It wasn't too busy so I let him do it. He looked so happy.

He is going, going..........

gone!

Coloring Easter Eggs or Fingers?

This year I decided to let Triston color Easter eggs. Silly kid wasn't patient enough, he decided to put in as many eggs as the cup would hold. He had a blast. Luckily we had more un-cracked eggs than cracked. The only down fall was by the time we were done his fingers were multicolored.

Getting everything ready!

Triston was watching the tablets dissolve.

Silly Boy! He was so cute! We had fun.

I was trying to teach him how to use the egg holder.

He did pretty good by himself.

We tried to put the stickers on that came with the dye, but he didn't like the stickers on.

Here are our finished product. Aren't they beautiful!

Fun in the Snow!

I am a little slow in posting, I finally had a day off and luckily it snowed. So Triston and I went out and tried to build a snowman. Triston thought that it was funny to throw snowballs at me. Chris finally came out to play, but he didn't last long. Here are a few pictures of our fun!

Triston putting the nose on our snowman.

Out attempt to make a snowman!

Happy 8th Anniversary Chris!

Chris and I celebrated our 8th year anniversary. I can't believe it has been 8 years already. I wish that we were able to go back to Hawaii where we got married, but maybe some day we will get back there. Here are some pictures of us on our wedding day. I was 22 and Chris was 24. We were very young.

This year we couldn't decide on what to do. Should we stay home or go away somewhere for the weekend? We decided to stay here to save some money. We decided to got out to dinner at Tuscany restaurant. The food wasn't to bad, but the best part was the dessert! The restraunt was OK, but it wasn't very private. We were place in the middle of a big room in the middle of 7 other groups. I don't think that I enjoyed it very much. I think that we will go somewhere else next year.

Chris and I infront of a fountain at Tuscany.



Here is a picture of the kitchen from the front lobby. It was really a pretty place.

For our appetizer we got the Chiefs Hearthbread selection. It was really good,

but it was bigger than we thought and it filled us up so much that

we forfeited the salads.

This was what I ate. It was the pan seared chicken picatta with olive oil

mashed potatoes and asparagus in a light caper butter sauce.

It was really good. I have tasted better mashed potatoes, but it wasn't that bad.

This is what Chris ate . He has the pan seared veal picatta with mash potatoes

and asparagus in a creamy red sauce. He said that he liked it, but I tasted it

and it tasted weired.

For Dessert we didn't want to share, so we got different ones.

I got an Old Fashion Chocolate Cake with
Ganache Frosting and Vanilla Bean Gelato.

It was so yummy in my tummy!

Chris got the Peanut Butter Moose Tower. It was yummy also.

I went back and forth between both of the desserts.

After Tuscany we went and saw From Paris with Love. It was a pretty

good movie, but it had a lot of violence. We had a good time. We ended

up having a quiet night at home with out Triston. It was nice to

be able to sleep in and not be worrying about Triston.

Learning to Drive!

On January 17th, Triston was being very antsy and so I decided to bundle him up and take him out side to learn how to drive his new power wheel. He had a blast! He had no problem pushing down the gas pedal, but he doesn't understand how to steer. He got frustrated because he wanted to go one way and he was heading the opposite way. We ended up making it around the church parking lot. When we got inside he passed out!

This is my favorite picture that I took with my new camera.

He looks like he knows what he is doing.

Watch out CrAzY Driver!


Hi mom!

I am out of here!

Grandma Swenson's New Years Party!

This year my Grandma Swenson had her New Years Japanese party. Everyone loves her cooking. I ended up working the night before, so I got there later and I didn't get pictures of everyone. But I had fun anyways. I love having a big family and getting together. Triston was very daring he tried everything. My favorite food is my Grandma's gyoza and inari sushi.