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year of the let s play music course and are really enjoying being able to play some simple songs now that we have a piano in the front room they will sit down and play multiple times throughout the day dallin has the dexterity of playing down and adam just has an ear for music adam likes to sit down and pluck out songs and figure out how to play them dallin tried to do the same thing and got really frustrated that he couldn t figure that out quite as easily as his brother also in february dallin finished off his second season of soccer i was quite disappointed this season that the team he ended up on had their practices at a park not very close to home but i eventually got over it because we really liked the team and especially the coach and assistant coach dallin has learned a lot and has especially become quite the defensive player he often plays as sweeper and does an awesome job keeping the ball away from the goal he also does a great job knowing where he needs to be when to step in and clear the ball out and when to hang back and stay closer to the goal we liked soccer this season so much that we signed up with the same team for the spring season even though the baby is coming right at the end of the season in may happy february times all round posted by marily at 7 32 am 1 comment 9 years and counting our 9th anniversary came on february 28th we decided that since we have a baby on the way we should get out of town for a day while we can mark s family all pitched in to help us make that possible by watching the boys including getting dallin to and from school we are grateful for them especially since they had already taken care of dallin and adam for two days a couple of weeks prior when owen was in the hospital it was nice to get away and spend some time together the day before our anniversary i put this up in our bedroom to highlight our nine years the first picture is from one of our first dates i love looking at this and will keep it up for a long time it reminds me of what a great life we have inspiration from here here s a closer shot we decided we d hit up the arizona salsa trail for our anniversary trip basically it s a collection of mexican restaurants in the safford thatcher area they already had a great conglomeration of mexican food there and so they made a gimmick out of it it worked at least on us we left town late monday afternoon on the 27th and headed to miami az for dinner miami and globe are not part of the salsa trail but they are also well known for their bounty of authentic and tasty mexican food first stop guayo s el rey this spot is perhaps the most memorable for me but perhaps it s because the pregnant lady had to wait until after 7pm for dinner by the time we got there my food was great and mark enjoyed his he tried menudo for the first time and wasn t too impressed with that though he also doesn t quite know what to do with himself when i try to take pictures of him eating after dinner we continued our drive to thatcher where we stayed for the night we stopped at the new gila valley temple to catch a view of it the next morning we were off on the official salsa trail for breakfast we hit the manor house in safford where we split a meal of hash browns and chorizo they even let us have some chips and salsa at 9am which was nice of them next we stopped at a more fast food kind of place called taco taste and just tried their chips and salsa not our favorite then we stopped at the graham county visitors bureau where we met a lady who was a very enthusiastic supporter of her county and was so bummed that we would only be there one day and we were not going to be able to see everything we spent some time driving and enjoying the countryside there were a couple of spots on the salsa trail that we made besides restaurants one was the san simon chile company we called ahead of time since it is off season for their fire roasted green chiles and we heard that we should make sure they would be open turns out it is a farmhouse with no business office or storefront and the lady told us to stop on by she was painting her kitchen and would be home all day there were no green chiles for buying but we got to sample some of her canned products and purchased a few sauces to take home our next stop was one of my favorites mi casa tortilla factory they make and sell fresh preservative free tortillas every morning we loaded up with 5 dozen each of corn and flour tortillas a big bag of chips as well as a few additional packs of tortillas to take to mark s family who were watching our kids now a month later our tortillas are all gone and i am wishing we d bought 2 3 times as many but they did tell us that they are working towards online ordering so we have that to look forward to for lunch we ate at la paloma in solomon az we also stopped at a historic catholic church and stepped in to look around many of the restaurants we went to had two different styles of salsas and it was interesting to see all of the different styles of tortilla chips too we spent some time strolling around downtown safford that didn t take us very long then we headed to casa manana for dessert we both ordered the fried ice cream to have alongside our chips and salsa and were very glad we did this stuff was awesome but it did gross me out a bit because on the bottom of the dish was quite the pool of grease this is not the kind of food you want to eat very often but it was sure delicious after lunch we had some down time so we went for a scenic drive up a mountain path we eventually parked the car rolled down the windows and decided to catch a little nap before our drive home we stopped for dinner on the way home in globe at a famous little place called libby s el rey cafe the food was really good though the restaurant was dirty and a little questionable this is the kind of place that if it were in town we would never go there by the looks of it but we had to stop and try it because it s kind of a legendary spot in globe one of the reasons is they pour butter over their tortilla chips it was good though i am still not convinced this extra level of fattiness is necessary to enjoying a serving of chips and salsa i am pretty sure mark liked this place more than i did by the end of the day my dinner consisted of just one taco and some rice and beans here s the outside view of the place we thought ahead and brought an ice chest with us and bought a few containers of our favorite salsas to take home for us and for mark s family it was fun to get away just the two of us and of course was nice to get back to our boys happy ninth to us it s been the best years of my life for sure posted by marily at 12 22 am 1 comment sunday february 26 2012 owen visits the hospital we have passed one of those milestones with our children our first surgery and first hospital visit yay for us for quite a while now owen has been a snorer i d guess the snoring started around when he turned two and has gotten louder over time no big deal right a month or so ago i started to notice that it also seemed like he wasn t breathing very steadily while he slept his breaths just didn t sound relaxed and comfortable and i even noticed that he would stop breathing for a few seconds at a time until he d gasp and start breathing again pretty soon mark and i decided that things didn t seem right and we got him in to see the pediatrician the pediatrician examined his throat and told us owen s tonsils would probably need to come out they were so large that when he slept they obstructed his airway we were referred to a ear nose and throat doctor but weren t able to get in to see him for two weeks those two weeks seemed to last forever and we did what we could to keep owen breathing as best as possible we propped his mattress up at an incline kept a humidifier on in his room and checked on him often at night repositioning him when needed since certain sleeping positions seemed to make it easier for him to breathe the specialist confirmed that his tonsils would need to go and finally we had a date for surgery that last week waiting for surgery was particularly nerve wracking for me owen slept longer during naptime one day and i nearly had a panic attack with the thought that he might have stopped breathing for good we are blessed with good family and friends that stepped in to help us with dallin and adam while we were in the hospital with owen so that mark and i could both be there for the surgery owen had a hard time in the hospital especially coming out of anesthesia because he is so young for a surgery like this the doctor wanted him there overnight mark and i were with owen until about lunchtime at that point mark left for a few hours of work mark came back that evening and stayed with owen overnight while i went to pick up dallin and adam at grandma s house and take them home to sleep mark brought owen home from the hospital the next morning the surgery went well and now a little over a week later we seem to be through nearly all of the recovery process it was so sad to see our little guy have to go through surgery but we breathe a sigh of relief when we lay him down to bed knowing he can breathe comfortably now before going to the hospital mark asked me if i was nervous for the surgery i told him no that i was nervous every night when owen went to bed worrying that he wasn t getting the air that he needed and worrying that he would stop breathing and not start again we had to be at the hospital at 5 30 am so we brought owen in his favorite pajamas after this picture below i stopped telling owen to smile because that seemed a little inappropriate for taking photos of him just before surgery getting prepped for surgery and showing off the lobster he was given by the hospital they told us all the kids robes they had available for his size were purple good thing he doesn t care after surgery it took him a couple of hours of crying fits and short naps for him to come out of anesthesia and calm down after that they took us to his hospital room here he hated the iv in his leg most of all and kept telling us to get it off we are sure glad this is over and that our little guy is feeling well and breathing well posted by marily at 10 35 pm 3 comments tuesday january 3 2012 new year s hike mark grew up with the tradition of going for a hike on new year s day some years that s turned into getting outside and shooting some guns but with the little kids that we have we re sticking with the hiking this year we went on monday to south mountain with mark s parents his brother ryan and sister shauna the weather was perfect and we had a great time here is dallin enjoying the view from the top of south mountain and some more of us and adam we hiked some trails for a while then found another bench at a lookout point where we hung out and surveyed phoenix watching planes land and take off at the airport by this time owen had fallen asleep everyone else was just relaxing and enjoying the views but adam who is quite the little mountain goat wanted to hike some more mark went with him down a little trail to the top of another hill here they are on the way back sprinting to the finish last wednesday we were enjoying the snow less than two hours away yesterday we were outside in great weather enjoying a hike in phoenix that my friends is why i love arizona posted by marily at 11 59 am 3 comments december looks like i didn t take a lot of photos in december it s a balance i struggle with photographing life and living life sometimes i err on the side of living life and not worrying about the pictures i don t even have pictures of christmas though we do have some of that on video december was kind of a crazy month for us it was great just very busy for instance i was in charge of dallin s class christmas party mark s sister got home from her mission to estonia and my sister amanda and her daughter iris came to visit all in the same day here is dallin and his class at the party the teacher had someone come as santa and visit the kids dallin is near santa s um paunch here are the boys and me when we dropped off some donations for a christmas sponsorship we did with save the family a shelter for women and children leaving abusive situations i was hoping to get the boys involved by purchasing gifts for some other boys but we signed up late and got the last family left which was a mother and teenage daughter still dallin and adam helped us make the purchases and even got to sniff out some lotions at bath and body works and pick their favorites to give we loved doing this and definitely want to make it a tradition to give whatever we are capable of each christmas mark worked a lot too with us in researching and gathering gifts but was at work the day we made the delivery i loved dropping off the gifts and seeing all of the black bags full of wrapped presents seeing the happy volunteers and saying hi to the other families that were there dropping off donations christmas eve we went to the yearly skousen family party my mom s side of the family we have dinner a christmas program talent show by the kids a couple of games and a visit from santa my mom came home with us and stayed at our house helping us wrap presents and watching the fun christmas morning the boys had a great christmas in fact we all had a great day we went to mark s family s house for a couple of hours then went to church in the afternoon for dinner my family came over and we ate then hung out and played some games until late that night mark took monday through wednesday off work that week which was great he has been working really long hours and we have really enjoyed all being together monday we went out for a movie and lunch tuesday we got some work done around the house and went to an ultrasound appointment for baby 4 it s another boy we are happy and love our boy filled house i am glad too that i don t have to hear people tell me they hope we are having a girl we will take whatever the lord decides to bless us with wednesday we drove up north to play in the snow the boys all had a blast though owen lasted the longest in the cold dallin and adam had fun sledding mark and owen even went once or twice there was a steep hill some kids were sledding down that dallin wanted to try after climbing up to the top he tried to sit down on the sled but the sled went and he slid without it it ended up working out fine and the other kids that were there all started sliding down without their sleds which worked out a little better because it wasn t quite as fast that way down the steep hill we had a hard time keeping gloves and a hat on owen after throwing a few snowballs with bare hands he started to understand what the gloves were for and allowed us to put them back on from then on he was toasty warm and didn t want to leave dallin posing like a professional snowboarder look i was there too when we got to the snow we handed the kids their snow clothes t...