Sad news

I went to the Dr. last Friday for a routine check up and discovered that we lost both babies. The Dr. could not find either baby's heart beat. Neither baby was moving and they were measuring several weeks too small.

This came as a complete shock since I had no indication that anything was wrong. I still feel tired, like I need to eat every couple of hours, smells still bother me, etc. I haven't had any cramping or spotting at all.

To lose the babies this far along is very hard. Brooke and Jason were so excited and so looking forward to the twins. They have already had so much heartache and struggle trying to expand their family that this seems completely unfair. I feel sad, confused, and disappointed and wish things were different, but they're not.

I want to thank everyone for all the love and support you have given me throughout all of this. I really have an amazing network of support and am truly grateful!

Jacob's Special Day

Jacob chose to go to a Monster Truck rally for his special day. I forgot to take a picture before they left, but here he is with his souvenir before it started. He brought Bryson's Blue Thunder monster truck hoping he'd be there and the purple things in the truck are his ear plugs. They were really glad they'd thought to bring them!

Here are some action shots from the night.

The Ninja Turtle Truck was one of the hits and ended up winning the competition! Notice all the donut rings on the ground. Jacob thought it was awesome how they did donuts and filled the whole place w/ smoke from burning rubber!

Grave Digger was definitely a crowd favorite! Too bad he had some mechanical problems and missed one of the events or he might have won the whole thing.
During the breaks they had other fun stuff to watch. Here are some motorcycles getting ready to ride around inside the cage together.
They had quad races.

They also had a silly guy running around doing funny things for comic relief.

Here is a pick up that is part of the Blue Thunder team, but that was as close as Jacob got. Too bad he didn't come to this one. Jacob still loved every min!

Glad you had a fun special day Jacob!

Bryson's Special Day

This year Travis gets to take the kids out for a special day. Bryson chose to go see "Walking With Dinosaurs". Here they are before they left.

You aren't allowed to take any pictures during the show, so I downloaded some pictures so you could see how cool the show really was. They had some small dinosaur costumes worn by people and some HUGE robotic dinosaurs. The ceiling was probably about 40 ft. high and one of the dinosaurs barely fit! You can see how big they are next to the narrator on the stage.

These were costumes worn by people. If you look close you can see the people's legs.

Bryson chose a pretty fun souvenir. They bought it at intermission. Travis said that Bryson was probably responsible for a lot of sales from their section because once he came back to his seat everyone was saying how cool it was and how they wanted one too. Sorry parents! ;)

What's even more fun is that because it fits pretty snug on his jaw, if Bryson opens his own mouth, the dinosaur mouth moves up and down too!

I love this picture because it shows how much fun he had and how excited he was!

What a fun Special Day!

Maddy wins 1st Place!

The 5th graders at our school have to do a science project. It is optional to have it judged, but if you have to do a project anyway, why not, right?

Well Maddy did a great job on her project and even had a good time doing it. She decided to see if your sense of smell really can affect how well you taste. We gathered 20 foods, basically in sets of items w/ similar textures - ie. barbecue and cheese chip, strawberry and peach yogurt, Sprite and rootbeer, chocolate and vanilla ice cream, etc. She had people come to our house one Sat., blindfolded them, and then helped them taste all the foods w/ their noses plugged and then again with their noses unplugged. We recorded all of their answers. People really struggled identifying most of the things with their noses plugged. Sometimes they just guessed right based on texture, but weren't really sure. With their noeses unplugged people did much better. On average people were able to identify twice as many things with their noses unplugged.

She put the board together herself. She did a really good job. Thanks Tara for letting us borrow your Cricut to make the title! I think it all turned out great and I guess so did the judges because she won 1st place! Now her project is sitting in a big convention center with hundred, maybe even thousands of other projects to be judged on a regional level. We'll find out tomorrow how she did there. She's just proud to have done as good as she has.

WAY TO GO MADDY!