We LOVE princesses at our house, how can you not when you have a 2 year old little girl who's favorite color is pink?
I just discovered I'm like Aurora, who do you most resemble?
29.7.08
20.7.08
Moon Lake
My new favorite part of the world is Moon Lake up in the Uinta mountains. The 4 kids and I (oh yea, Buddy too) went camping up there with some family.
Highly recommend this as a new vacation spot. For anyone who doesn't love the idea of tents, you can rent a cabin with a full kitchen and bathroom. We decided to tent but weren't afraid to take up the offers of others with us to use their nice hot shower every day.
We canoed, hiked, played games and built fires. The kids ran around and got dirtier than any of them have ever been but all were complaining when we had to come home and we all survived!! It was definitely a much needed chance to unplug from our busy world and get away. I just wish we could have stayed longer.
Dirt
What do you get when you take 6 kids, 1 dog and a few adults into the mountains camping???
DIRT
One of our little cousins could not stay out of the dirt!! We don't have more than a few pics of him NOT dirty.
My sweet little Kyra who loves to dress cute from head to toe enjoyed it all too. Her favorite was to add marshmallows and dirt and then smear it all in her clotehs and share what was left over.
The cleanest her hands were all week.
Even our big dog Buddy was dusty and dirty, needless to say he got dunked in the lake every.
DIRTOne of our little cousins could not stay out of the dirt!! We don't have more than a few pics of him NOT dirty.
My sweet little Kyra who loves to dress cute from head to toe enjoyed it all too. Her favorite was to add marshmallows and dirt and then smear it all in her clotehs and share what was left over.
The cleanest her hands were all week.
Even our big dog Buddy was dusty and dirty, needless to say he got dunked in the lake every.
12.7.08
A day at the zoo
Yesterday John took the day off and took all the kids to the zoo so I could get caught up on my work and on the way home he got really really sick. He called me saying he was stuck in traffic but going to try to get home. Within 15 minutes he went downhill and was getting off at the next exit to go to the ER. By the time he got there he could barely walk or talk and managed to stumble into the waiting room with all 4 of the kids to get some help. Kneeling in pain on the floor other patients started yelling for help and they still made him find his cards and check in with insurance information before they saw him (thanks Lakeview). They got him back to a room and had the kids sit in the waiting room unattended waiting for someone to hopefully come get them.
In the chaos of the mess someone handed Sam all the cards they had used to check John in and given the kids all coloring books and crayons but still left them all just sitting in a corner of the waiting room!! Emma's only 9!
I got a ride down to Lakeview with my mom and we took the wrong door in and found John first without the kids. He said he'd left them and no one knew where they were. Talk about absolute sick frightening feeling!!
We did track them down in the waiting room, not even 5 minutes later and I have to say that was a very very long 5 minutes.
John ended up with a kidney stone and was treated and sent home, all the kids were sent home with nana and we all met up again later that night. Pieces of the story started coming out and apparently some blond lady decided to try to kind of take care of the kids, she was with another patient in the waiting room while 2 different sets of other patients had to yell at the nurses to pick John up off the floor and get him back to get help!
The scary part is that this blond lady got the kids to trust her more than I would like them to. She gave them gifts and went to her car, trying to convince them to go out there with her to find "stuff to play with". She got them treats, and sat with them, hugging a crying Sam and talking to all of them. Thank goodness the kids had listened and Emma wouldn't let anyone leave the waiting room to go with her. I'm sure she was well intentioned, but it scares me to think of what she could have been like. The interesting thing is that when we all got home and settled we discovered that John's credit card was missing from that stack. I'd like to think she was just being nice and trying to help out, but another warning to watch out and not trust anyone I guess.
John is finally on the mend with the kidney stone passed. Kids are all in bed tucked in safely for the night and I am thoroughly exhausted from another challenge of a weekend!!
Now I'm off to start packing for a 5 day trip to the Uintah's. Wish us luck up there, somehow I don't feel as scared of bears and racoons as I do of strange blond women in ER waiting rooms.
In the chaos of the mess someone handed Sam all the cards they had used to check John in and given the kids all coloring books and crayons but still left them all just sitting in a corner of the waiting room!! Emma's only 9!
I got a ride down to Lakeview with my mom and we took the wrong door in and found John first without the kids. He said he'd left them and no one knew where they were. Talk about absolute sick frightening feeling!!
We did track them down in the waiting room, not even 5 minutes later and I have to say that was a very very long 5 minutes.
John ended up with a kidney stone and was treated and sent home, all the kids were sent home with nana and we all met up again later that night. Pieces of the story started coming out and apparently some blond lady decided to try to kind of take care of the kids, she was with another patient in the waiting room while 2 different sets of other patients had to yell at the nurses to pick John up off the floor and get him back to get help!
The scary part is that this blond lady got the kids to trust her more than I would like them to. She gave them gifts and went to her car, trying to convince them to go out there with her to find "stuff to play with". She got them treats, and sat with them, hugging a crying Sam and talking to all of them. Thank goodness the kids had listened and Emma wouldn't let anyone leave the waiting room to go with her. I'm sure she was well intentioned, but it scares me to think of what she could have been like. The interesting thing is that when we all got home and settled we discovered that John's credit card was missing from that stack. I'd like to think she was just being nice and trying to help out, but another warning to watch out and not trust anyone I guess.
John is finally on the mend with the kidney stone passed. Kids are all in bed tucked in safely for the night and I am thoroughly exhausted from another challenge of a weekend!!
Now I'm off to start packing for a 5 day trip to the Uintah's. Wish us luck up there, somehow I don't feel as scared of bears and racoons as I do of strange blond women in ER waiting rooms.
9.7.08
The roof
A few weeks back I went into the kitchen one morning and noticed a big hunk of my ceiling falling to the floor. No one around to help and the water kept coming so I waited for a break in the storm and climbed up there to fix it myself!!
Amazingly I figured it all out and stopped the leak!!! So proud of myself that I took care of the problem!!! Poor Kyra stood at the bottom of the ladder crying and Emma grabbed the camera to document it all just in case I fell off. She did call me my mom to tell her what we were doing and while I tried to assure her (while screaming from the roof to Emma to PLEASE TELLE NANA WE'RE OK) amazingly she showed up within 5 minutes "just to check and see if we needed anything".
Granted I can't compare to the coolness of Tanya's fort for Jack, but now I'm working on siding my house, I'll post before and after pictures when I can get the house done. I think my kids would vote for a fort over new siding anyday! Any chance we can convince Aunt Tanya to come build one for us now???
Amazingly I figured it all out and stopped the leak!!! So proud of myself that I took care of the problem!!! Poor Kyra stood at the bottom of the ladder crying and Emma grabbed the camera to document it all just in case I fell off. She did call me my mom to tell her what we were doing and while I tried to assure her (while screaming from the roof to Emma to PLEASE TELLE NANA WE'RE OK) amazingly she showed up within 5 minutes "just to check and see if we needed anything".
Granted I can't compare to the coolness of Tanya's fort for Jack, but now I'm working on siding my house, I'll post before and after pictures when I can get the house done. I think my kids would vote for a fort over new siding anyday! Any chance we can convince Aunt Tanya to come build one for us now???
8.7.08
BFF's
We have some absolutely favorite friends that we've started spending all of our time with. It's an interesting combination since the moms are best friends, you always want your kids to be the best of friends! She has 3 boys and I'm blessed with 2 girls and 2 boys, but interestingly enough it's the perfect combination. We find the kids sneaking off to play all sorts of intricate imagination games, the boys planting in front of the play station and all of them working together. We love our friends! (and maybe just maybe the moms are hoping for some future relationship between our youngest two . . .)
6.7.08
Emma's Pics
Sorry to double post, I decided tonigh to sort my pictures on my computer into better files so I can remember what happened when and found this slew of about 300 pictures that Emma had taken! First post is from the boys, but this one is all emma's. So interesting to view the world through their eyes! Try it sometimes, give your kids the camera to take pictures of whatever is most important to them, I have to say I was surprised and impressed.
2.7.08
Bragging
To anyone who's still reading when I lament about Kyra's sleep, I have to brag for just a second.
3 nights in a row we do our bedtime routine, and as soon as she says her prayers, she covers herself up and lays down. It's taken up to 20 minutes for her to fall asleep, but she's doing it all by herself!!!!!!
So proud of us.
3 nights in a row we do our bedtime routine, and as soon as she says her prayers, she covers herself up and lays down. It's taken up to 20 minutes for her to fall asleep, but she's doing it all by herself!!!!!!
So proud of us.
1.7.08
So much fun!
So I realize all of 6 people read my blog now, but honestly this is a lot of fun!! The kids are loving reading "their blog" and want to post things constantly. Thanks to all who got me hooked on this fun new world.
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