Hello Mechams!

So it's been awhile since we have found anytime to even sneak a peak on here. About a month or so. Thanks Bryan for the Mother's Day message! It gives me confidence to feel like our family feels like I am doing a good job as a mother!

Chase had an Endocrine appt about a week ago and he was doing MUCH better this time:) His A1C was 7.2, which is a huge improvement from a 9. His doctor did a really good job of motivating him to test his blood more. He told him that if he would test 4 times a day he would easily be at a 6. He rarely tested before this visit, I'm talking only when he felt high or low, which was about 4 times a week. So now he is almost consistently taking his blood 4 times a day!!! I can't tell you all how much stress that relieves me of. He has also been ecouraged the last few visits to exercise more. So recently he has found a huge love of the outdoors. This has been great and a little scary at the same time for me. I am so happy he wants to do REAL camping (outside of a hotel room, in nature) but he has gone a little past my comfort zone. He wants to go camping in areas that are not camp sites. He just picks a trail and says, "this would be fun. " No buildings or roads for miles!!!! He also has taken up hiking, not by himself, but the whole fam. He reads these books on Utah hiking and we go try it with the boys. So far, it has been amazing! They have been challenging enough for us but not too much for the boys. The views are amazing and it is so nice to escape the everyday stress of life.

This was our payoff once we reached the top of Buffalo Peak. This is south Utah County we were looking over. It was amazing to say the least! It was about 3 miles round trip which is pretty good for us newbies!A couple sundays ago, Chase and I are enjoying sleeping in and I heard the boys laughing. I was expecting them to come in and cuddle as usual, but got this instead!

Shawn called Max a "super hero." We like to call him "Desitin Man." This took about an hour in the shower, all the hot water and a half bottle of baby wash to get it all off. He still smelled like Desitin the next day. Needless to say I was furious to have to deal with this "mess" first thing in the morning, and got plenty of lessons on Patience and dealing with stress and anger all day Sunday!

Laree, we are so glad that we are not the only ones doing the whole puppy thing again. I swear it is like having another baby. I am up about 3 times a night letting him go potty. We named him "The Golden Super Duper Cooper" We like him a lot:)

We are glad to hear that everyone is doing well. Bryan hopefully the YM Presidency will keep you just as busy and happy as the scouting did.

Tegan we are sorry we missed your big Bday, but hope you had a great day and we love you:)

We love you all!

Chase, Steph and boys