SNAKES!!!

We've been finding Blow Snakes around our farm like crazy! Yesterday my brother went out into one of our inclose sheds to get a mattress from camping. My dad look inside it and found 2 snakes! Mason wanted to touch and hold them. Justin was brave enough to even touch them! I was so proud of him!!! :) We hauled these one's off, so they aren't tempted to eat our chicks or their eggs!

Coming Soon...

...to the Thornley Family.... Baby #3!!!

We are super excited and can't wait for the next 5 1/2 months to go by!!!

Mason's Story

Sunday evening as I was typing my last post, the boys were out playing in the yard. Easton came in yelling that Mason was hurt. Justin ran out and found that he had fallen off some huge rocks in our yard. He was complaining of his arm hurting. We cuddled with him, and held him, but he kept cry. Mason isn't one to just cry, especially over pain. I knew his arm was hurt, I just wasn't sure as to how bad. Grandma found a wrap and wrapped it for him and put it in a sling. That seemed to help. It did take a lot of convincing to get him to move his fingers or his arm at all. We put him to bed, and he went to sleep super fast. About an hour later, Justin took the wrap off and he woke up screaming. I tried to rock him, and get him to take some Tylenol. All he could do was scream! So we headed to the ER at 10:30 p.m....

I guess the good thing about going so late, is that there aren't many people there. They took us right back and did an X-Ray. He was being so brave. I could tell he was really in a lot of pain every time anyone touched his arm or he had to move it. All Mason kept saying was, "I really miss Easton. I wish he were here."

The X-Ray results came back and he fractured his arm, just above the wrist. The doctor commented to him Mason that it will probably "slow him down for a while." After the doctor left Mason turned to me and said, "Mom, that means I'm not going to be able to run as fast." :(

They put a temporary cast on his arm, and he will get a real cast next Tuesday. Here he is in the ER watching movies on the Ipod.

I ended up taking the next day off to stay home with him. We were super tired from not getting home until 2 in the morning. Mason slept late, then we took Easton to school, ran to my work to finish sub plans, and then came home and relaxed. I caught Mason running back and forth in the living room. I watched as he sat in the middle of the floor and huge tears ran down his cheeks. I asked what was wrong and he told me, "This does slow me down. I can't run as fast. :(" I tried to explain that she meant he couldn't do as much stuff, but he insists it affects his running.

Justin had his FFA banquet so after Easton got done at school we headed to Price. Mase was tired again, and was complaining of the light. He came up with this to help block out the light. Mason sporting his temporary cast.

Today he has been really down, and sad. He has figured out he can't drink out of a regular size cups because his one hand isn't big enough- he needs to use two hands, he can't unbutton and pull his pants down, he can't play the leapster or DS, and a lot of other things. He keeps asking me to take the cast off, but he can't. I sure feel bad for the little guy!

Mother's Day and Other Things...

Today is Mother's Day. The boys have been so excited for it to come. A highlight of today was getting to Skype with Uncle Kyle who is in Brazil! Easton worked on the following envelope at Pre-School. Inside there was a card and it said...

My mommy cuddles me,

kisses me, hugs me and misses me,

pampers me, praises me.

Washes my clothes for me, tickles my toes for me,

giggles and talks with me,

and goes on walks with me.

Says "sweet dreams" to me,

sings sweet songs to me.

I am glad she belongs to me!

----

Easton filled out the following....

My mommy's name is "Tisha"

She like to help me and

my brother take a bath.

She's about twenty-six years old.

My daddy calls her "Tisha"

Her favorite color is yellow

and her favorite thing to

eat is muffins.

She likes to watch

"The Move In House" on tv.

She has a brother, Uncle Eric,

"The Big Barnicle!"

For fun she takes me swimming.

For Mother's Day I want to tell

my mommy,

"I will be good and do

what you want me to do."

Love Easton

Easton also had Grandma help make me a new keychain for my truck keys. He chose my favorite color, his favorite color, and Mason's favorite color. In Church the boys drew me pictures and made me these flower necklaces. They are such thoughtful cute boys!

Justin and the boys got me a new knife for doing chores. I've needed one for a long time now!

I've also been wanting this for my tomatos. Our neighbors have some and I'm always so jealous!

Onto other things... Easton and Mason decided to become Elephants the other day. They wanted to be able to spray water so they taped straws to their noses. I told them how much it would hurt to suck water up their nose, so they decided to just use their mouths. They had a great time

(Yes Mason doesn't have pants on. He does have on a pull up.)

My Dad found this blow snake the other day too! It was the biggest one any of us have ever saw. We measured it and it was 5'6" long. It was 5" in diameter! My dad took it into my mom's class the next day, and into Easton's pre-school class. It ended up pooping all over the floor, but the kids all loved it! Easton was a hit at pre-school for having a brave Grandpa!

Yesterday we went down to Erik's Graduation. Easton took the next few pictures...

The lighting was horrible!

This is what Mason did the whole time.... Slept!

Erik getting his name called to recieve his diploma.

Easton taking self portraits...

Easton taking picture of Erik with his diploma.

Me and Erik! I'm so proud of my little brother! He's going to be an amazing teacher!

What to do on your day off?

1. Help Grandpa hook up wheel lines that have blown all over the farm.

2. See who is the most brave by looking down the hole until the water come shooting out.

3. Get to drive a 4-wheeler all by yourself, since all the adults are too busy.

5. Go exploring with your best friend.

6.Work together with your best friend to get the stubborn wheel lines back together.

7. Splash and wade in the freezing cold water!

8. Hold your shirt up "just in case" it happens to get splashed on too.

9. Love seeing all of everyone hard work finished.

10. Enjoy making awesome memories with your family and teaching your boys the joy of work.

Easter 2011

This Easter was such a blast. We went to a new place, which is always excited. We decided to camp from Thursday to Saturday. The wind blew like crazy on Thursday which made things difficult. I was worried about the boys getting cold, so we decided to camp in the trailer, while my parents, Erik and Troylynn camped in their Teepee's. Friday ended up being super nice, and the Easter bunny found us early that morning. The boys loved finding Easter Eggs!

Ha Has this picture cracks me up!!!! Quite the view! :)

We didn't get pictures of the boys actually finding their Easter Baskets. My battery died on my camera so I had to find a replacement! The Easter Bunny really surprised them and had a new wagon hiding in the trees. The wagon is an All-Terrain Wagon so it should do well on the farm :)

Going through their stash of goodies and toys!

Troylynn and Erik found a lizard. Easton wouldn't touch it, but Mason was brave enough to hold it! That's my boy!

We then packed up and headed out on fourwheelers to explore a canyon. On our ride there we saw a herd of Antelope. That was fun to see! This was a really cool rock that had a tunnel through it.

Some Indian writings we found.

A arch that the wind has formed through a rock. Perfect for Mason to look through!

Me, my boys, and Meah!

The boys hiding under a rock so they could try to scare me.

Easton and Mason found this rock and pointed out it looks like a turtle.

Grandpa wanted a picture on this cool rock, but I didn't want to take their helmets off again. I told them they didn't have to smile- Easton ended up looking ornery, and Mason smiled super hard!

Much better!!!!

The next morning we woke up to this!!! Everyone was a bit surprised! It melted fast and we ended up going out for a ride and a hike. We found some awesome spots and can't wait to go explore again!