Monkey

June 2010

The night before the incident, Chad said to me, "I think maybe it's time we change his crib into a bed. He's gonna end up falling out of it and will break his neck." Of course you know what my response was to that.

The very next morning he jumped out of his crib and broke his arm. Now this monkey sleeps in a bed.

Eat Healthy-er

Burgers have become a thing of the past. For anyone who knows my husband that is a miraculous statement in and of itself. Since Chad's unfortunate landslide of hospital visits we have re-committed to eating a little bit better. We grew our first garden ever (it was rough). This is the best it ever looked.

(Cinderella, her Knight (BF), and pesky little brother harvesting/scavenging for dinner)

We blame our gardens awfulness on bad soil. I did get a lot of great gardening tips off you tube. Speaking of GREAT internet clips here is the funniest rendition of Chad's 911 call I have ever seen. It is his experience to a T. When Chad got hit with pancreatitis he was home alone. The kids and I were out of town and it was early on a Sunday morning. He was in so much pain he couldn't drive himself to the hospital so he call 911 and told them he would leave the door unlocked, the dog was friendly, and that they could find him passed out on the couch. Poor guy. Earlier that month he drove himself into the hospital at 4:00 in the morning when he had a gallbladder attack (he had it removed that afternoon). See why we grew the garden.

7 year itch

(disclaimer: we really do love each other)

End O' May

You can tell you've hit 7 years if you cancel your anniversary and tried to sell your wedding ring all on the same day. Chad thinks I'm crazy. I told him that I no longer want to celebrate the anniversary of our marriage but would rather celebrate the anniversary of when we first met. Those were some seriously happy times. Maybe I am nuts. Whatever. Happy 7th dear.

(we took the kids to holladay elementary to show them where it all began.
it's where we met 22 years ago in the 5th grade)

Happy Birthday

(4th birthday)

This year it was a little touch and go for her birthday. For starters her pop was in the hospital recovering from pancreatitis (sorry no pics). Her birthday was planned for Saturday and his release date from the hospital was Friday. I wasn't sure how 14 little 4 year olds running around the house was going to go over. But he told me not to cancel. What a dad!

Saturday morning when she woke up she puked all over the wood floors and I made 14 phone calls and moved the party to Monday. After a quite weekend passed we woke Monday morning to 3 inches of freshly fallen snow! At the end of MAY give me a break.

Not sure what we were gonna do since we had planned a Mermaid and Pirate party for the back yard. We crossed our fingers and went to work. Six hours later we had a house full of very happy 4 year olds and 2 completely exhausted out adults.

(party prep team)

(she was very specific about having a little mermaid cake. thanks to her grandma it actually looked like one.)

(the treasure hunt)

(they fished for clues in the deep blue sea)

(scavanged for "gold"- chocolate coins and "jewels" -ring pops at pirates island)

(the clues lead them to a hidden pirates chest filled with pirates booty popcorn,
sandy candy- huge hit, and all of the birthday gifts)

The kids ate pizza and capri suns on beach towels that we laid out in the mermaid lagoon. Needless to say the party was a huge hit, and the great part about it is, I can reuse the decorations for our boys party in December! Happy Birthday Darling.

Remembering Mom

I loved mothers day this year so I didn't want to leave it out. We started the weekend with the walk for the cure. Chad's mom grandma Dixie died 8 years ago from breast cancer. Since then we've walked. The streets and sidewalks were smothered in pink. Inspirational to say the least, and no his mustache did not slow him down... We finished in good time. After the race we had a delicious french toast brunch at our place after with the whole clan. Living close to family is awesome.


On Sunday I felt extra loved. My girl beaded me a bracelet in Sunbeams, and my boy had his picture taken in his Sunday best. Then the UPS man gave me flowers. One great weekend!

relaunch

(glorious st. george - March 2010)

I am seriously delinquent in my random babbling it's been something like 7 months since I have posted anything new. So here is what you've missed. Every day I'll try to add a blast from the past.

Lunchtime conversations

Its been a cozy week. Chad had surgery on Tues. to remove his gallbladder and so he has been home from work recuperating. That meant lunchtime all together which very rarely happens in our home. On Thursday this is how the conversation went.

Fin: Dad thirty-one is so old is that why your tummy is so big... I can only say llellow (yellow) right when I'm 31... We learned about Jesus in primary, at the bottom of his church there were lots of opossums (apostles).

Then tuck pulled a finger full of poop out of his diaper and wiped it on the table.

photo shoot

This was the first photo shoot that I have done since being in Utah.
What a great way to start. These kids are beautiful.