Chattanooga Aquarium

So for the weekend we wanted to do something fun. When we first moved to Nashville, we took every weekend and did something "new" so we could learn all about Nashville. We kind of stopped doing that, so Bryan decided to do something new for the weekend! I was so glad he suggested it! WE drove 2 hours down to Chattanooga, TN! And we became members of the aquarium! I know it might seem a little weird, but we figured to become members because if we ever want to go back in the next year...it will have paid for itself. So we did it! And this is supposedly the #1 aquarium in the nation! WE had a lot of fun going and seeing new places along the way...
For example: Georgia is on the way there. WE even got the signage to prove that we have now been in Georgia! ha ha ha

Kambria with the penguins!

The kids with the shark

A close up of the shark! I guess these are tiger sharks.
We even got to see a little diver show where they go in the water with the fish and sharks. The one diver is talking to the people while the other one has a bump stick to bump the sharks if they swim too close to the divers so that the sharks know that the divers are they...it was pretty crazy!

Jelly fish

This is where Kambria got to stand up inside a tunnel and look more closely at giant spider crabs...

Then we went to the butterfly area...

This was definitely the photo op! i guess this cage was one the was used with great white sharks before and you can see how it is bent in the back...that was done in the ocean from a great white! WAY scary stuff for me to think about! People are crazy to even THINK about doing that!

more penguins!

The girls all matched because Kambria wanted us too!

And the boys matched!

This is a sting ray

A sting ray too!

This is where you can touch or pet the sting ray! Kambria loved putting her hands in the water!Weston not so much...he liked looking!

We saw more butterflies!they liked to land on the fruit strings.

Look its NEMO!

Petting sharks this time!

this is a shell of the largest sea turtle...

Afterwards, the kids wanted to play in the water! so we took their shoes off and rolled up the pants and they LOVED it!

singing

These two sillies wanted to sing for ya'll! I love my kiddos!

Ainsley talking...May 25

Just a video of our sweet Ainsley beginning to "talk." This viedo was a while ago, but wanted to make sure it got on the blog.

Splash Pad June 9th

We went with a new friend Janelle to a local splash pad. It was fun...especially since I did not have to be in a swim suit and Ainsley and I could just sit on the side lines and watch!

pictures of Ainsley

These pictures were taken on June 4, 2011. Just for a future date reference. WE love our Ainsley!!!

June post...swimming

I know I am WAY behind on my blog...so here is my attempt at getting caught up! Back in the beginning of June my new friend Julie invited me to go swimming with her..I tried to avoid it seeing that I had just had a baby and a swimming suit is not what I wanted to be wearing...however she asked several more times and the kids really wanted to go. So we went! It was a good thing Julie was there to help me watch my kids, because 3 is almost to many to be able to handle by myself until Ainsley can sit up by herself. But it was fun and memorable!

Weston is being a goof!

This is Julie helping Kambria swim in the big pool. Kambria is wearing the yellow arm bands. Julie said Kambria is a natural! I need to get this girl into some swim lessons soon! And Julie said they do them year round at the rec center...so maybe once school has started and things from the summer time calm down!

Kambria getting tests done in the hospital

During the week of Kambria's dance class, she became sick (throwing up sick) and was dizzy. She had complained about being dizzy on Tuesday and Wednesday, but I thought it was due to her dancing and spinning and so kind of ignored it...well Thursday morning she could not stop swaying and throwing up. So i took her to the doctors...(which was ONLY possible due to a friend loaning me her car since they were out of town and my van was in the shop, what a blessing in disguise!) and they said she looked fine except for her swaying...she was REALLY dizzy. So they sent me to children's hospital to do some tests ...just in case!

So there we checked in, they gave her anti nausea medicine, had a urinalysis done and she ate about 4 Popsicles...as did Weston. They made her get up and walk and she was still dizzy...so they recommended having a cat scan done...so we did....just in case!

All tests came back fine and showing nothing abnormal...She was a trooper.

Come to find out later from my mom that when she gets too dehydrated she gets vertigo and throws up sometimes...so the verdict is that she got dehydrated...which has happened before, and then she never got re hydrated and therefore got vertigo...She is fine now, but what an ordeal! I spent the whole day at the docs or hospital.

WE just got the "bill" for it, which we have insurance taking care of and it was over $3,000!! AMAZING! no wonder insurance stuff is so expensive! but SO very glad we have insurance and that Kambria is healthy and well!

Here are the pics from the excursion if you could call it that! Notice they are holding hands...Weston was so worried about her! He is so sweet!

My sister is ENGAGED!!!!

I can not believe it but I am SO EXCITED for her! Tess is getting married! She has found her eternal companion and they are now engaged! She called me last night to tell me the big news...and it just so happens that they are in Texas for his brothers wedding and her 21st birthday! So he asked her to marry him with a cracker jack box ring...but the real thing was inside it! Very cute! And on her 21st birthday!!! What a fun way of remembering when you got engaged. I don't specifically remember when I got engaged, but I think it was May15 or 17...I would have to go back and look! But anyways! I am so thrilled and can't wait to meet him. unfortunately I will probably not meet him until the wedding! That is what I get for living in TN!

Her is her ring! Bryan could not stop saying how pretty it was! I agree! i think it is beautiful and definitely fits my sister! Congrats Tessy! I am sure there will be more details to follow...

Our new home...only a month late

June 2011

I can not believe that we are finally home owners~! This is what our cute little house looks like

 

This is the most important part! The kitchen and eating area! This is where we will have all our dinner parties and invite all our new friends over. This is waht sold the home to me..

Kambria's first dance class

These two cuties were Kambria's first dance class instructors! These two girls are 11 years old and are in our new ward and as a way for earning some summer money, they put together a weeks worth of dance classes/ craft project for girls ages 4-8! it was great. They did it for three days and then had a little performance for the moms at the end. Kambria had a blast and even talks about it whenever she sees them at church!
Thanks for making Kambria feel welcomed and teaching her a few dance moves!

This pictures was taken after the frist day of dance class. She got home and was SO tired that I found her like this 15 minutes after we got home. She had fallen asleep on some blankets with a stack of books she was wanting to read!

Ainsley is 3 months!

I can not believe that 3 months has FLOWN by. I have no idea where this time is going. I try to cherish everyday with my sweet girl. Sometimes I feel like I do not get enough time with her with all the organizing and trying to deal with her siblings...She is so easy going and just loves to be around us doing what we are doing. We love her so much. Enjoy the pictures! These are the ones I took on her actual 3 month mark...her official 3 moth ones were taken at jcpenney. I will add those later!