amid the chaos

So even with all the craziness, Zack graduated from preschool last week. I'm so proud of him. He is such a fun, silly, creative kid. He loves his teachers and his school friends. I can't believe how big my kids are getting. I love them so much!

holy broken leg batman...

So we're going to call it broken leg tuesday. It was a cool night, and an early morning. You see we have no furnace with the remodel and all, so the kids had slept in the apartment. It was 8:00 in the morning when Kolby came running in Troy broke his leg, Troy broke his leg!!! (of course I was going to take that with grain of salt since every scratched knee is a broken leg at our house.) Well silly me..... Broken it was! And broken bad! We had it x-rayed here in Kanab, but we had to go to St. George to have it set by an orthopedic surgon. So these are the pictures of Troy being very brave, even giving me a smile for the camera, after coming out of anesthesia. Things have not been so happy since then. But he's going to be ok! I'm so relieved. It's so hard to see him like this, and he's not so happy about it either. His favorite thing to say is, "get me outa here!" I wish I could let him! Anyway we are in for a challenging 6 weeks, but I'm so grateful for all of the help! Thanks everyone for your support!

Isn't this bear cute? They gave it to him in the radiology dept. of the Kanab hospital, and he is still hugging it even tonight in bed.

Aaaaaaahhhh I think I'm moving out!

My poor boys! (all four of them) Don't worry it won't be much longer!

the storm before the calm (I hope)

Look at my cute helper! Zack wanted to help me pack. I should dust more often. I'm exhasted! But look how much we got done today! (first picture is this morning, last picture was 5 minutes ago) My mom is my hero. I asked her to come help me pick up a section of the cabinets that my dad wanted, and she didn't leave till after 10 last night, then came back this afternoon. I am so grateful for everyone's help. Ashley, thanks for dinner tonight it was fabulous! I need to come raid your recipe book. Even a big thanks to Staci, who tried to watch my kids twice last week, but because of my flakiness it didn't work out. (I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to play with my sis!) But I am deep in it this week. I'm sooo excited that it is truely on the horizon! And my sweet husband conceded on paint color. So I won't give it away yet, but I'm excited! Well I better go scrape paint. Tomorrow is sanding and taping day. Lots to do!

To Zions with cousins

This is everyone but Levi who was too far up the mountain, well to be honest we didn't know we were missing anyone till after the picture was taken. (That doesn't mean we don't love you buddy!) The "don't feed the animals" signs definately aren't working, cause these little guys were not the least bit scared of us!

What a great adventure!

eat pavement

So.... I'm just sayin'.... if you tangle with the pavement, you are bound to loose.And loose he did! At least this battle.

What a big fat lip! And I know what you are thinking.... But no, those are all scraps, and not the usual ketchup smudges.

Poor kid, he was trying to be tough. But it's so hard to put a bandaid on your lips.

Gingerbread house in April???

Who says you can't make a gingerbread house in April? Well not me. Since my sis-in-law Mandy got her tonsils out, we've been trying to keep her girls every once in a while to let her rest. And we've loved it. The boys have such a great time playing with their cousins. But mandy's doing much better now and decided to come over and play with us. So she brought a gingerbread house and we made it and ate it all in one afternoon. Such fun.

why do boys like dirt?

I've been doing some yard work with the wheelbarrow the last few days. (and thus ignoring my house) So I was doing the dishes, and the boys were outside playing. I went to check on them and this is what I found. Cute little bug! Just playing in the dirt naked. Does life get any better for a 2 year old little boy? So I went and got my camera, and Zack followed me out. He said, "don't worry mom, I'll tickle him, and then he will smile at your camera." He's so funny.