Hello, again.....

It has been a crazy past couple of months! Let's catch everyone up....

So, Madison lost her first tooth! Wahoo!!! She has come home everyday since the first day of school asking me to inspect her mouth and wiggle her teeth to see if any were loose. Apparently she was the ONLY (according to her) first grader in the world who had not lost a tooth! Then, when we finally found a loose one, she was SOOOOOO excited. Every day she would wiggle it for me and ask if it was ready to come out. So, finally, on Saturday, April 4th she comes up to me and bends it pretty much all the way horizontal to her gumline....."is it ready?" she asks. So, I fought back the intense urge to hurl and told her I thought it was, but lets wait for dad. I went out to dinner with me sis-in-laws and came home to a jumping up with joy, freaking out, excited out of her mind little girl!!! Daddy had come home and pulled it out. She told me all about how it hurt a little but that she was SOOOO brave. Thank you to BJ for pulling it out (still not quite sure why this grosses me out so much) and hooray for Madison.....you are so grown up!!!!


Speaking of teeth.......
So we decided to take the kids downtown on Trax a couple of weeks or more ago. So, the train stops at one of the stations and B and I both look out the window and see this crazy old lady about to get on. This lady seriously looks crazy and is like sucking on her lips and gums because she has no teeth. Of course the second she gets on the train and sees my children it is like she gets sucked into their cuteness and just has to sit by them. She starts chatting with Madison and Braxton.......Madison just has a look on her face that says, "ok, so.....why are you even talking to me" and Braxton is just chatting it up with her but studying her face very intently. B and I both have to turn away because we are laughing soooo freaking hard at the situation. Then Braxton starts asking this woman very loudly "hey, guess what? Hey guess what? Hey....". The woman finally asks him "what?". Braxton gets a big grin, open his mouth and starts pointing to his teeth......"look, I have teeth!!!" Again, B and I have to look out the window......I was just dying!!! I cannot believe my child just said this, but it is about the funniest freakin' thing I have ever heard (and seen!!). Thank heaven this poor woman got off at the next stop.

So, we walked around downtown for a while.....stopped at the planetarium, the Gateway water fountains (where of course we had to stop and just look...ya right!!) and then of course some childrens stores to buy my sopping children some dry clothing!!! Then we decided to walk over to temple square and wander around there for a little bit. Of course on the way a homeless lady asks us for money and Braxton walks up to her, studies her, realizes that she too has no teeth, gets a huge grin, opens wide, points to his teeth and says "Guess, what?!?!? I have teeth!!!" Oh, boy!!! It was all I could do to keep my composure together long enough to grab him, aologize to this woman and turn to walk away. I must say, it was a great day for laughing!! Thank you Braxie!! I love you sooooo much!

All in all, it was a great day. The kids had a blast....they love to ride the "train".....such an adventure for them.

It's been a while.....

Well, it has certainly been a while since I have been involved in the world of blogging! I know, I know.....big time slacker! Actually I have a pretty good excuse. When you are me and you are..... PREGNANT (what was I thinking!?!?), you don't really get out of bed! It has been a lovely past couple of months. Lots of home health IV therapy, ER visits, doctors visits, drugs that don't work, and A freakin' NG feeding tube for a couple of weeks!! But hey, it will all be worth it come July.....right? I am hoping that the worst part of it is over. I can actually stand up for like 15 minutes now...pretty amazing! I can't say that blog posts are going to be a frequent occurance now, but at least I don't still have up the Christmas stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I have to say that I really enjoy Thanksgiving! What is better than spending an entire day with your family and enjoying a great meal and good fun?

Will woke up before any of us to go play some good old football with his brother and some friends. He came home muddy, tired and sore but had an absolute blast!! I spent part of the morning baking.....I was in charge of dessert. I wanted to try something new so, I made a pumpkin roll for the first time and although it looks hard, it was very simple and actually turned out fantastic. YUMMY!!!

In the early afternoon we headed over to Wills parents house. We sat around talking and watching the kids play with toys and freak out about the fish in Nana and Papi's new fish tank!!! Although we did not get the chance to see everyone on his side of the family, we love them all! We are especially excited for next year when Will's youngest brother, Brett, will be home from Afghanistan!!! We really miss you Brett and can't wait to have you home!! Love you and be safe!!


Then it was off to my parents house. We ate a fabulous dinner then just lounged around for a while talking. After dessert we played a fun game of Scene It Squabble......girls lost (we let the boys win!!).

It was so great to spend time with my family, but I do have to say there was a rather large void in the day. My brother David and his family were not able to be there. David was diagnosed and hospitalized with Guillian Barre syndrome two weeks ago and has at least another week in the hospital and a long and hard recovery ahead of him after that. We (especially the kids) really missed having him there...."The Boy" (my name for him) is such a fun uncle and nobody can make you laugh as hard as he can!!! We love you Boy!!!

Here is just an example of what a joker he is....most of the time he has a thick head of hair, but this is how he showed up on Halloween!!!



Overall, it really was a great day! I am so grateful for all of the things that I have!! Here are some pics of my 3 greatest blessings!!!

Future Cheerleader?

I kind of always thought it might have been fun to have been a cheerleader or a member of the dance team, but I have always had.......lets see, how can I put this.....coordination challenges!!! So, I decided that I was going to make sure to put my kids in every class possible (sports, dance, karate, piano) so they could have their pick of extra curricular activities. I signed Madi up for a dance/cheer class and she looked forward to going every week-Wed was her favorite day!! But.....lets just say that she is turning out a lot like her mother (poor girl)!! I went to the final performance and I have to say it was sooooo stinkin' cute. She is just so tiny and cute!! I made the mistake of giving Madi a piece of gum before class and I think her dance performance may have suffered because of it. LOL-I think she was more concerned about chewing her gum than anything. Who knows, maybe if she keeps practicing she will grow out of it and become a star dancer someday. Who cares what you do.......Madi-I love you! Thank you for being the sweet and funny little girl you are!!!

So.........."Twilight"?

For all of you "Twilight" fans out there......WARNING: this post may cause intense feelings of shock, anger, disgust, sadness and hostility, in fact, I may be risking my very life by publishing the following.

I finally broke down a few weeks ago and read the book "Twilight" (GASP!!!). I had heard so many raving reviews and was told by I am sure at least 100 different people, that I was an insane freak-of-nature for not having read the series. And, every website, blog, facebook/myspace account has some picture or widget involving it. I mean, they MUST be great books if people order the books in advance or go to Barnes and Noble at midnight dressed up for prom just to get the most recent book published, right? Then, these same people go home and read the book into the wee hours of the morning until they are done with it. But, what really got me to read it was the fact that I had agreed to see the movie.....no, not the midnight showing but on opening day none the less!!

After reading the painful first 200 or so pages, I called my mom to ask if it was even worth it to finish it. She assured me that it would get better, so i mustered up the courage and did it. So......I don't get it?!?! I mean it did get better and by the end of it I thought it was good, but, not worthy of all of the hype!! (again, GASP!!!) Despite the disappointment in the slow start of the first book, I have started the second book in the series and have to admit that it peaked my interest much more quickly.....I'm only on like page 70 or so and actually want to finish it. Hey, who knows, maybe, by the end of the series, I will hat myself for publishing this post!!!

Now......onto the movie! I can sum in up in 3 words. WHAT THE HECK?!?! I will stick with the books.(Gasp! Oh my!! the sound of fainting bodies hitting the floor!) Actually, it has inspired me......I am going to be a millionaire someday!! Listen to this: So, I love science, especially dealing with the human body. I also like books and movies. So,I am going to invent a contraption that records images created by your brain as you read a book. Then, these images will be transferred to a DVD and Walla!!!!....you have you movie. And, it would be the PERFECT movie, right?!?!? Exactly how YOU imagined it!!