Okay....we had a taste of what life would be like in a "mini-emergency" My son's school was closed due to swine flu. I had to wait in line for an hour just to sign him out and get him from class. The news reporters wanted to interview parents....but of course I had just gotten out of the shower and thrown on my slippers!!!! So I declined being famous. Later that day, there was a fire in our neighborhood that melted the transformer. so we were without power from 5pm until the next day. It gave us a realization that we really aren't very prepared. We even went to the church to microwave dinner because we didn't want to eat out in case the workers had the flu too. So at night, we luckily had some emergency candles. I have never realized how quite it is without even the buzzing of the refridgerator. We sat around the livingroom and I told some stories and then the kids went to bed. Kate was still "freaked" out....so we plugged a charger into nathan's truck and watched a movie. I can't imagine a prolonged period of that kind of life. Yikes!!!

Hunter and Grandpa Johnson worked on a project this weekend.

They built a habitat for the red tail boa....

soon to be the newest member of our family.

It turned out great and Hunter was so excited to build it!

Tomorrow we get to pick up the boa in Fresno. By the way, Carsen has a corn snake and is saving up for a ball python. Hunter is getting the red tail boa. So 3 snakes and two mice (breeding their own food for the snakes) I know....i can't believe it either!!!!!

Sweet Amelia is getting healthier! We started noticing that she was craving "greens", so we started giving her blueberry shakes with yogurt and spinach, Odwalla superfood drinks made with all greens and then lots of asparagus and brocoli at dinner time. Her weight has gone from 16 pounds to 18.8 pounds. Her pediatrician tested her stools again and it was negative for trace blood. So we are very excited that she has made great improvements. The doctor said we didn't need to do any more tests and we will check in again in three months. Our many prayers have been answered.

Kate wanted everyone to know she lost her first tooth. She was brave enough to pull it out herself! She couldn't wait to go to sleep tonight so the tooth fairy could come! It was a perfect white tooth, I am sure it will be worth a lot!

The girls loved playing with the bubbles that the Easter Bunny brought them. I felt like a real photographer when I captured this shot in perfect timing of the bubbles floating around them.

All about SNAKES!!! Carsen loves any type of reptile, but especially snakes. This is his current snake "Blazie". Its name used to be Blazer until we found out it was a she not a he.

Carsen decided he wanted to make a "snake cake" for the scout Blue and Gold dinner. We both had high expectations, and after three cake mixes and four tubs of frosting....we ended up with a swirly cake hiding in grass. He was so proud of it!

Carsen is completely happy when I take the time to love the things he loves. The truth is I hate snakes, but I love him!