Congrats Aunt Diane & Uncle Jan!

Congratulations you two, on 30 years of marriage... 30 years is a LONG LONG LONG (I'll stop now) time, and its amazing that you have hit that mark so gracefully, and with smiles on your faces. You are definitely a couple that Nate and I look to for inspiration.

We love you and congratulations again!

Love,
Sher, Nathan, & the monkey boys

Happy Birthday... to me!

We've had yet another couple weeks of busy-ness!
A couple Saturdays ago I had some girl friends over for scrapbooking and mimosas... that was definitely relaxing. Although I could have done a bit more scrapping, a 'lil less mimosa drinking! After scrapbooking, my sister Michelle had a Wind Symphony Concert at UNLV, so we watched that. Well, Nate and my dad watched it, I stood in the lobby with Jake b/c he thought it would be fun to keep distracting people by yelling.

The next day we headed over to Jocelyn's house to celebrate her moms, Cherie, birthday. Cherie has been like a mom to me for the past 8 years, and we are always involved with their family functions. It was a beautiful day out, so Will and Joce took a spin around neighborhood on Joce's ATV.

The following Monday I took Jakey baby in for his 4 month appt - height = 24 inches (10.25%) and weight = 15 pounds (50%). If you remember from a recent blog of mine, I had mentioned that Will was sick with a virus - I ended up getting sick that week, and by the end of the week, poor Jake had a bad cough too. (Jake still has a tiny cough lingering, but other than that, the 3 of us are great. Nathan didn't get sick... does he ever??)

On Tuesday, my mom called me and said that she wanted to Skype (for those of you who aren't familiar, its a program that allows you to video chat with people - its free, and totally awesome!), so we did. My mom hasn't met Jake yet, and she really enjoys being able to see Will and Jake.

The following Saturday was my birthday (Happy Birthday to me!), and we took the 45 minutes drive out to Pahrump for some hardcore paintballing! Besides the fact that I was completely congested and the drive up a mountain didn't help, it was totally fun! There was 10 of us, and we played for a few hours. Afterwards we bbq'd some food, relaxed, and made the drive back home. That night our families and close friends got together, and we had the Annual Sher's BBQ at Dan and Carol's - it is the one thing about my birthday that I look forward to every year. The food was amazing, and I was happy to have all my loved ones there.

Sunday was a big day for Jakey - he had rice cereal for the first time! Daddy got to feed it to him, while I held him in my lap. Its quite the milestone for a baby, so emotional as I am about my kids, I managed to hold it together. Ever since then, he has had rice cereal every morning, and already is eating like a champ. A messy champ, but a champ nonetheless!

On Monday, the next day, Nathan had convinced me to take Jake in to the doctor being that he still had a pretty bad cough. [If anyone is keeping count, that was my third time to the doctor in a week and a half]. The doctor said exactly what I knew he would - put a humidifier next to him when he sleeps, which we had already been doing. Though I did feel better having ruled out an ear infection, or a respiratory infection. But like I said, other than booger galore, Jake is doing better!

Tuesday was St. Patty's day, and because of scheduling differences, Carol wasn't making her special corn beef and cabbage until Wednesday night. My cousin Pete and his friends were in town, so Nate and I met up with them at pub on the Strip, and I watched the boys drink some green beer. We hung out with them for a bit, then headed home to pick up our little Irishmen. So last night we finally had the year awaited corn beef and cabbage, and it was delicious as usual! Sarah took an adorable picture of the boys with Dan and Carol... I'll have to post it as soon as I can steal it from Sarah!

So that's it from the Head of Sheryl! More later!!


Randi w/ Jakey and her daughter Lucy

Brit w/ her daughter Kylie

Brit, Amy and Joce

Joce and Will

Anjanette, Austin, and mom Joy... in Seattle!

Why I am the only serious one??

Joce, me and Steph at my bday bbq

Getting some help from the master candle blower


First taste of cereal goodness!

Ah, now I remember how messy it is!!

Me & my cousin Pete (on my right) and his kilted friends on St. Patty's Day

Engagement photo shoot

Hello!
On Valentine's Day we had a photo shoot at the Monte Lago @ Lake Las Vegas. The weather was gorgeous, and it was very relaxing. Our photographer (who lives in PA) was kind enough to take a few family shots, and they came out amazing. Here is a preview of the shoot...

Love love love,
Sher

Thank you Grandma Maier!

I have a TON to blog about, but for now I just want to thank Grandma Helen for the wok for my birthday... I have wanted a wok for so long, and am constantly telling Nathan that I am just not able to cook because I didn't have a wok - it's not me, it's what was missing in my life :)


On Sunday morning we made an egg scramble with breakfast sausage, obviously egg, hashbrowns, mushroom, spinach, onion, garlic, green pepper, yellow pepper, and cheddar cheese. Anyone hungry yet?

Happy St. Patty's Day!

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Did I mention he likes to eat...?

Today is quite the day!
Poor Will has a virus, with a temp of over 102, and I quote him "I HATE being sick!"... it's always so heart wrenching when your kids are sick :( Since I'm lucky enough to work from home, he stayed home (he is off track right now, so he didn't need to miss school), and is resting. Jakey is with Grandma Carol, good thing b/c we don't need him catching it too!!

On the upside, Jakey turned 4 months old today!!! It seems like just last week that I was complaining about being SO pregnant! Jake's favorite things to do are: laugh, smile, eat, talk, sit outside, eat, go for walks, look at his big brother, eat, and he is now grabbing pretty much everything that is in his way. Another thing that he has been doing, is waking up in the middle of the night, and instead of crying, he just lies in his crib and talks to himself until I get up to feed him... its really adorable :)

Oh yeah, I picked up my wedding dress yesterday... yay!!!!!


He just fell asleep sitting there...


Jakey after his bath this morning


I love butt shots! I'll have to put Will's on here...


He's like "Mommy has that silver thing out again"

Gamyu

('Gamyu' is the Hualapai way to say 'hello')
On Saturday we went to the Grand Canyon West, on the Hualapai reservation, which is 108 miles of the southwestern rim of the Grand Canyon. We took the 2.5 hour drive, and enjoyed a few hours there. The view was so picturesque and amazing... ...aside from that, the weather was perfect, and we had a fun time!


Nate and Will's view from Guano Point





Check out that view...


I stayed as far away from the edge as possible!



So amazing...



Will in a tipi

Our attempt at a family shot!

Happy baby!

Doesn't the background look fake?

The Colorado River @ the mouth of Lake Mead

Peek-a-roo

Howdy all!

The past few weeks have been such a blur... but I know they existed because I have pictures to prove it... take a little peek-a-roo!


Waking up Daddy


Relaxing on Grandma Carol


All the kids!! Look how big they are now!


3 generations in their newsboy caps

Hangin' out at home

Jakey's first shower!

Pistol on the top of our back wall