Sweets

One of my nicknames for Lily is sweets

because she is the sweetest most delicious baby ever!

No I am not biased!

Car Wash

Our boys love to help wash the cars! They actually are good little helpers, but with that much water a little bit of mishief is bound to happen. Carson claimed he liked to have the water squirted in his face, although he admitted to me latter that it hurt a little ( I think he let Lincoln squirt him in the face so many times because it made us laugh).

Riding Bikes

Carson got a bike without training wheels for his birthday. It took about 3 days of Nate working with Carson in the evenings but he can now officially ride his bike. He is best at riding his bike in a parking lot where he doesn't have to worry about veering off the sidewalk and into the street, but still he has the mechanics down of riding a bike. We are so proud of him. I don't know why but for some reason Carson being able to ride a bike makes him seem like a grown up kid and that makes me a little sad. We also tried to transition Lincoln to Carsons old bike with training wheels. That was not a very successful endeavor I think Lincoln will be sticking to his trike for a little while longer.

The 4th

We went to Rexburg to celebrate the 4th. As is tradition we attended the Rexburg parade. The parade was a perfect small town parade complete with lots of candy and plenty of small town floats like the antique tractor collection. Nate likes to count the number of tractors and four wheelers that show up in the parade every year in his annual mocking of the Rexburg parade, I'm not sure what the number was this year, but I am sure Nate wasn't disappointed. We also enjoyed the best Pearce family fireworks show yet, which included lots and lots of illegal fireworks. Liking fire must be in the genes because our boys loved the fireworks and went crazy with the sparklers. We finished off our Rexburg vacation with a quick trip to Mesa falls. We had a great time over the fourth, and especially appreciated all of my young cousins who played with our boys.

Lincoln update

A quick update on Lincoln. On July 6th Lincoln went in for his second round of MRI scans for his brain tumor. Happily I can announce that he is stable and the tumor has not grown at all. I will say that our anxiety level going into these scans was extremely high. Especially since about 10 days before this last set of scans the opthamologist found Lincolns optic nerves to be inflamed, which caused us to do a ton of extra tests to make sure that he didn't have any additional horrible things like: brain tumors on his spine, blood clots in his brain, and any number of neurodegenerative disorders. By the time we got all the results back from his tests we were grateful that Lincoln just had a brain tumor. Also getting Lincolns IV put in this time was an ordeal that I hope never to replicate. It took about a half hour to get the IV in and the numbing medication did not work as a result Lincoln was screaming for us to help him, which of course we couldn't, Nate and I were both in tears by the end of the ordeal. Needless to say, it was a very emotional day. On a lighter note I wanted to tell this little anecdote about Lincoln. I was busy getting dinner ready the other day and Lincoln kept calling over to me "mom I'm feeding my penguin" I was busy getting dinner on so I didn't pay much attention, but he kept calling out to me so finally I looked up. What I saw I was completely unprepared for, Lincoln was sitting on the couch with the boppy around his waist and the hooter hider over his head feeding his penguin just like I feed baby Lily. I was so surprised I immediately started laughing really hard. This of course got Carson's attention and wanting to always be funny he took his turn feeding the penguin too. The feeding of different animals went on for a little while. So yes, my boys now think that it is funny to nurse poor motherless animals.

Carson is 5!

Carson had his first birthday with friends this year. We had a Star Wars theme for his birthday and I think that it came off quite cute. When the kids arrived we had the Star Wars theme music playing and each kid was given a light saber and Jedi robe. The kids then went on to test their Jedi skills in an obstacle course which ended in a battle with Darth Vader (aka Nate). After that the kids threw water balloons at a death star (chalk drawing) until it disappeared and then we had a pinata. I learned a few things about doing a pinata like it is VERY important not to overfill it. Because if you do overfill your pinata you might have a scenario where only two kids get a chance to hit the pinata before it breaks leaving the other 7 kids disappointed. Luckily I have a very creative husband who was able to jimmy-rig our pinata with rope giving the other 7 little Jedi's a chance to whack Darth Vader's head. Over all I think it was a very successful birthday. Carson had a great time, and I know his friends did since several of them shared for their good news minute in primary that they went to a star wars party.

Swimming Lessons

Nothing says summer like swimming lessons. Carson started swimming lessons this June and has been doing great! He went to swimming lessons this year without any hesitation and just loves being in the water. He has had a lot of fun this year especially because he had two of his good friends in his swim class. I told Carson the other day that he was turning into a fish to which he promptly responded that he was actually turning into a Killer Whale (such a Carson response). We sure love our little Killer Whale.

Fathers Day

I know fathers day has come and gone, but I still had to do a quick post about my awesome husband. Nate is the best Dad! I always knew Nate would be a great Dad but he has seriously blown my expectations out of the water. No matter how tired he is when he comes home from work he always finds the energy to play with the kids and give me a break. Nate always keeps our family laughing. Every ones favorite time of day is when Dad comes home. We are sooo lucky to have such a great husband and father.