Grandkids

Before the Bonners went back to Texas, and despite the sicknesses goin around, we were able to squeeze in a picture of the grandkids! 

5 years

Happy anniversary to us! I love you Paul, (not that he ever reads this but still...) I can't believe it's been 5 years. I remember when that seemed like such a long time but now that its here, it doesn't seem like its been that long!

We are just going on a date tonight and next weekend we will drop Aizy off at my parents' and have a weekend to ourselves in Boise. 

1 baby, 2 houses, 3 trips to the ER, 4 cruises and 5 years later :)

(I noticed in these pictures I'm always on the right side. Interesting.)

On another note

Now that we are in the house, we had mice and needed a cat. So we got Fuzz from Maryann's collection of cats.  Fuzz is darling and friendly but probably was lonely so we caught another one. It is ugly and not friendly but keeps Fuzz busy. 

Aizy has been sick. She got sick 2 weeks ago on Tuesday and threw up on Wednesday night. She was better on Thursday and I though we were all clear. Then on Monday night she threw up again!! She was fine though so I was confused what was going on. 

Apparently there is something going around that the kids have gotten, {Annabelle has gotten it worst, Mollie, abi, Mayzee, Malah, ander, Sophia, and Aizy.} that can last for weeks and causes them to throw up every 4-5 days. Holy. Anyways, Aizy hasn't thrown up for a week so I think we are all clear!!

Lessons from last night

Saturday evening, we went boating. Paul got 2 new wakeboards to try. He wasn't quite used to the one he was on but was trying some moves and..

He ate it. 

{Hard}

I was 50 feet away (or however long the rope was) and over the sound of the boat and people talking, I heard him SMACK. And I looked up and his board was not attached to his feet. His bindings do not come off easily so that was a warning to me that he was in bad shape. Clay said, "if he doesn't have a bloody nose it'll be a miracle." He didn't have a bloody nose but he climbed in the boat and said, "I think I have a concussion." 

He didn't have symptoms really, his face was a little swollen from whacking the water, and he said he felt funny but no headache. 

Sunday he woke up still not feeling right. We checked his pupils and they both were dilating fine. He stayed home and napped- that's his highest side effect. He is tired. And super hungry! Sunday night he said that he thought his leg was gallon asleep but as he moved around it didn't go away. It spread to the whole right side of his body. He went out to move the sprinklers and realized he didn't feel the wind on the right side of his face. I looked at his pupils again and they were not the same size. So I called my dad and he said we better go in. Aizy was asleep so Maryann came over and listened for her. We left here at 10, got a blessing from mark and Jared. And went to the ER. 

The ER doc thought maybe he had a dissected his carotid artery in his neck and it was throwing little clots to his brain, causing the symptoms. But after an hour of wait and an hour for it to be read, the cat scan didn't show anything. The doctor said obviously something is wrong so let's do an MRI to see if you bruised your spinal column. And after another hour and then 1 1/2 hour MRI, still nothing. 

So we were there from 10:30-5 basically and got no answers. 

But, lessons from last night:

Always check that your wallet is in your purse. Aizy had apparently played with mine so we didn't have our insurance card. Or money for food! Luckily a nurse brought me some food at like 2:30!

Keeping a copy of your insurance card is not a bad idea!!

Perhaps stashing cash in your car isn't a bad idea either. I mean like $5 but its better than what I had last night!

Today Paul's tingling is still there and he still can't see so clearly out of his left eye (the one that doesn't dilate and that got water behind it).

Holy moly we made it

We have been in our house for a week now!! We passed final inspection last Monday, the 14, and Paul decided to unload everything that night. Then we got the certificate of occupancy and moved in official on the 15th. We worked to get aizys room ready first. Paul hung blinds as the room became livable haha

We have so much stuff. I still can't park in the garage. It all goes to the basement but the upstairs isn't perfect yet so- one thing at a time!!

I'm just glad to be in. I love it. I live that Paul is so talented and worked so hard to make this happen for us. Aizy loves it too! She has so much room to run and cupboard to explore. Luckily she can't open these door knobs or we would be in trouble! 

4th of July

The Fourth of July is a big deal in the Stanger family. There's a camp out the night before with BBQ and s'mores. In the morning there's breakfast over the fire. The past few years, since they got the boat, the day is spent boating. It was excellent weather for it and the river wasn't as crowded as we thought it would be. Paul got up early to wakeboard with his friends. Aizy and I spent like 4 hours on the boat. She likes it and brings me her life jacket sometimes and says, "boating." 

That night we have a potluck dinner at the Norris's and fireworks. We had $900 worth this year! I was a little worried Aizy wouldn't like the fireworks but she did. She started clapping after each one :)

Love them!

Paul has been very busy with the house these days and we haven't been able to see him much. But when we do, we love it! Aizy loves her daddy. Yesterday, I was showing Brittney and Steele the house and Paul stopped by. They said "Bye Paul" and so did Aizy! Haha it was pretty funny and she thought so too. 

She was making a dirty yesterday ad I asked her if that's what she was doing. She said no. Brittney said, "Why do kids always lie about that?" And Aizy said, "I dunno." Haha too funny!

We went to steadmans yesterday with pretty much all of pauls family (minus the menfolk) and romys family. Brittney and Steele came too. I thought the slides were way fun! Aizy, however, said "all done!" the whole way down haha. It was nap time... So maybe next time she will like it. 

Last night Paul was brushing his teeth and I went into the bathroom to brush mine too. He said "babe. I'm brushing my teeth having so much fun but I never let the water run :)" oh the things we sing now that we watch Barney haha

The house is finally coming together. Carpet goes in a week from yesterday. Paul is over there right now doing the backsplash around the tub. Hvac is done. Electrical is done. Plumbing is tomorrow. Hopefully we can be in next weekend!