Dinner with friends

Megan, Brent, Brian, Sloan, Dean, and Zoe

We had lunch at BJ's, it's a brewery and a restaurant all in one. They have the yummiest most awesomist food. It was good to see Brent and Megan and Brian. They are such nice friends.

The lost week...Or The lost week in a half, or whatever

Just a quick apology for the lack of entries the past little bit. Things have been a wee bit crazy around here. First little Sloan was sick, she had strep throat. Then Zoe came down with strep. Last but definitely not least Aris has been teething and caught a mild cold. BY THE WAY SHE CUT HER FIRST TOOTH! AWESOME! So when people come over it sort of sounds like we have the plague. Every small child is coughing and hacking and of course the, need I say it? Well I will anyway, the snot. All different colors. Zoe is even getting in the holiday spirit with hers and decided to let her snot turn a nice shade of green. Way to go with the holiday spirit Zoe!
Well aside from all of the sickness we have been slowly but surely getting ready for the holidays and our trip to San Diego. Dean and I were able to go on a date tonight thanks to a very sweet lady at church. Sister Leech came over and watched the girls for us (yes I warned her that we had the plague) we were able to get almost all of our Christmas shopping done.
I am going to post some pictures from the last little while and hopefully upload a video of Sloan's wonderful little dance recital that she was in today. She practiced so hard and she did such a great job. Hope you guys are all enjoying the holiday season.
P.S. Feel free to leave comments if you want

Sick Chickens

Well last but not least all my sick little chickens are in bed. I keep waiting for someone to get mad or cry however for the moment I will just bask in the silence of a quiet home, Christmas lights, and Christmas carols playing softly in the background. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little easier for all the Swanson family. Untill then, sleep well.

My first Barbie

My silly little monkey!

Barbies...............................

And more Barbies.

Before I go take a nap I thought I would post these pictures. Sloan was so sweet, she took Aris into her room and played Barbies with her while I was cleaning the other day. Zoe was in the tub and she was being a total hot sauce, so no pictures of Zoe in this posting.

Winter time

The last week and weekend have been a bit trying for me. I am so sorry I haven't posted in a few day's. Sloan had strep last week and Zoe is super sick and the Dr. is starting her on an oral antibiotic. Thankfully the Dr. didn't make me bring her in. It saved Dean and I an expensive Dr. bill that we really couldn't afford. I am hoping that the medicine will help her and that Zoe will be back to her happy easy self. She was let's just say.......well.......a total monster all day and night yesterday. She is usually such a pleasant child so I will be happy when she is back to normal. I will say that maybe I am the monster mommy because I so sick of sick kid's, and if I felt as bad as she looks, I would be miserable also. With that said I am going to go and lay down with all my sick kids and take a nap so I don't get sick.