We have been slowing down a bit here. :) That is so nice. Swim lessons have finished, and J moved up a level. :) He is swimming short distances now and need to work on endurance. We are very thrilled with that, because M doesn't want to take him out in his boat without him knowing how to swim--even though he would ALWAYS be wearing a life jacket. So we are almost there. dd-A is a fish and really catches on quickly. She still has a bit to work on with her stroke, but she too is swimming short distances. they also both can jump in off the diving board and and swim all the way to the side of the pool on their own. They are very proud of themselves, and I am feeling relieved to be able to take them to the pool and not fear for them as much.
We are going to sign then up for private swim lessons. They have taken 4 private lessons already and we think that is what finally pushed J over his swimming slump.
We are doing dance for the girls, which starts soon. And then soccer for A and football for J, which practices started last week. M is coaching the football team, so that is nice for me to have him taking J and everything.
I made a day trip to visit Misty and my Dad. It was fun to see them, although it was very quick.
I have started designing a bit again. The summer sort of zapped my free time, so I basically took the summer off. LOL!! It has been nice to be creative again. there is nothing new in my store yet, I am a guest designer next month at a different site (still hush hush--it hasn't been announce yet--so I can't say which site yet, but I will in a week.) And I am trying to get some things finished to put in the SA store. :) Hopefully soon.
anyway, I am sleepy and still need to get some things done. TTFN!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
A little more detail...
Well, everything from the middle of July until the second week in August was sort of a blurr! We were just going a little crazy doing so much. We left for UT in the middle of July. DH-M (not that I have any other DH-LOL!!) spent five days there with me and I spent a few more days there without him.
We had J's annual cardiology appt. Which was uneventful. Just normal. J is definitely growing up and wanted to ask his doctor some questions of his own. I wasn't quite sure how to answer them. Luckily she did. He wanted to know how to get rid of his tachycardia, and what exactly it was. She drew him a great diagram, basically showing the electrical currents of his heart and adding this extra dot on the outside of his heart which is what enables his heart to pick up the electrical current and send it back around in his heart again, like a cat chasing it's tail, as the Doc says. He understood what she explained. It was cool for him to GET it. He had thought there was a hole in his heart, and I kept telling him there wasn't. LOL!! She explained the whole process of the procedure he would go through to get rid of the tachycardia. It is an in and out same day procedure. The procedure scared him a bit, but then she explained that he wasn't even supposed to think about it again until he was 12 years old. And then we'd talk about it again. LOL!! and that made him feel better. He did receive a few new instructions from her. No caffeinated beverages, and a prescription for a beta blocker to have on hand just in case we can't break his tachycardia by having him on stand on his head.
We drove home and then the had one day to recover, then we had our churches dance festival. It was highlighted in the church news. It was a huge event and it was coupled with Youth Conference, so with DH's calling in church he was involved. And while he was doing that I was visiting family (see the Whaling Days post). Then after that was finished I had a few days to get ready for family to arrive and for the baptism.
I had a couple of the youth from the church come over to help with the lawn and some of the cleaning and we had fun. We ended up playing with dart guns, throwing balls at each other and playing the wii. LOL!!
Dh's parent's and his brother-C and his wife-V arrived and we very helpful in getting things ready and for that I am grateful.
Saturday my brother's wife-J and 4 of her 5 kiddos came, as well as two of my sisters, M and H and their children (5 more kids) and also my parents and their daughter-J. PHEW!!! LOL!!
Grandma C... gave a great talk on baptism and the Grandpa D... gave a great talk on the Gift of the Holy Ghost. dd-A has decided that she wants Grandpa D... to speak on the Gift of the Holy Ghost at her baptism because she wants a comforter and flashlight, too. hee hee!
we had a nice, small group of friends from our ward there. I absolutely have to thank my sis H for suggesting that all the cousins there sing I Am a Child of God. It was perfectly sweet to have them singing. (YOO HOO--I need pics of the practice. LOL). J's best friend from school showed up. they got lost on the way there, but found the church after the actual baptism, but were there for the last half of the service. J was so thrilled when he came back in the room after changing and found her sitting there. YEAH!! he would have been sad had she missed it.
After the baptism we had all the family come over for roll sandwiches (which H and M so graciously made 70 or so rolls), fruit, veggies, chips, and potato salad. All of which was prepared before hand mostly by my mother in law! (Thanks!) My dad had made a rocket launcher and brought it up.
The kids (including two grown men-hahaaaa) had a blast building and specializing their rockets to make them fly hight, twist and twirl, etc.
I really don't think the day could have been any more perfect.
Here are some candid shots of Grandma and Grandpa D... with all the cousins there.
And then one of all the future missionaries...
And for all my old shloomies (roommates) from BYU that read this. . .Guess which cousin this is holding my little D.
Yeppers that is my brothers son, A, whom we had at our house all the time(back when he was 2) LOL!!
My sis H and her kiddos stayed for a few more days. Then two days after they left we had J's actual bday party with his friends. (his first on ever). He had a blast.
That same night M and P and little T came up again. They were going to go away the next night for their anniversary, and I was watching T for them while they went. So the next day I was mom to two babies around the age of one. ACK!! LOL!! They fought over golf/ping pong balls, pushed each other over and then also became good friends playing side by side ransacking my kitchen cupboards, and especially loved the tupperware drawers. And I got T to each broccoli, which M said wouldn't happen. TEEHEE HEEE!!!
Then that Saturday I packed up my four kids and T and drove for 2 1/2 hours to spend the evening with my brother and his family. Dad brought the rocket launcher there as well and again, it was a HUGE hit. I LOVED seeing my brother and his family! It was too short but so worth it. I didn't even take a single picture while with them. Shoot! but I was a little preoccupied, since I had both T and my little D. Hahaaa!
And all the while this week DH-M was trying to finish up this HUGE project for work.
Last week was finally normal again. We just had swimming lessons and then we started soccer practice for A and football practices for J. By the way my kids are finally nearly swimming on their own. YAY!!!!
Again, we had the youth from our ward call and come over to play rock band. It was fun. We are always happy to have them around.
SO there, a quick recap of about a month. As you can see, it has been a little busy. I am looking forward to the last few weeks of summer and then to get back into a nice routine with school and such. I SO need it.
By the way, I finished the Twilight series. Loved it!! :)
We had J's annual cardiology appt. Which was uneventful. Just normal. J is definitely growing up and wanted to ask his doctor some questions of his own. I wasn't quite sure how to answer them. Luckily she did. He wanted to know how to get rid of his tachycardia, and what exactly it was. She drew him a great diagram, basically showing the electrical currents of his heart and adding this extra dot on the outside of his heart which is what enables his heart to pick up the electrical current and send it back around in his heart again, like a cat chasing it's tail, as the Doc says. He understood what she explained. It was cool for him to GET it. He had thought there was a hole in his heart, and I kept telling him there wasn't. LOL!! She explained the whole process of the procedure he would go through to get rid of the tachycardia. It is an in and out same day procedure. The procedure scared him a bit, but then she explained that he wasn't even supposed to think about it again until he was 12 years old. And then we'd talk about it again. LOL!! and that made him feel better. He did receive a few new instructions from her. No caffeinated beverages, and a prescription for a beta blocker to have on hand just in case we can't break his tachycardia by having him on stand on his head.
We drove home and then the had one day to recover, then we had our churches dance festival. It was highlighted in the church news. It was a huge event and it was coupled with Youth Conference, so with DH's calling in church he was involved. And while he was doing that I was visiting family (see the Whaling Days post). Then after that was finished I had a few days to get ready for family to arrive and for the baptism.
I had a couple of the youth from the church come over to help with the lawn and some of the cleaning and we had fun. We ended up playing with dart guns, throwing balls at each other and playing the wii. LOL!!
Dh's parent's and his brother-C and his wife-V arrived and we very helpful in getting things ready and for that I am grateful.
Saturday my brother's wife-J and 4 of her 5 kiddos came, as well as two of my sisters, M and H and their children (5 more kids) and also my parents and their daughter-J. PHEW!!! LOL!!
Grandma C... gave a great talk on baptism and the Grandpa D... gave a great talk on the Gift of the Holy Ghost. dd-A has decided that she wants Grandpa D... to speak on the Gift of the Holy Ghost at her baptism because she wants a comforter and flashlight, too. hee hee!
we had a nice, small group of friends from our ward there. I absolutely have to thank my sis H for suggesting that all the cousins there sing I Am a Child of God. It was perfectly sweet to have them singing. (YOO HOO--I need pics of the practice. LOL). J's best friend from school showed up. they got lost on the way there, but found the church after the actual baptism, but were there for the last half of the service. J was so thrilled when he came back in the room after changing and found her sitting there. YEAH!! he would have been sad had she missed it.
After the baptism we had all the family come over for roll sandwiches (which H and M so graciously made 70 or so rolls), fruit, veggies, chips, and potato salad. All of which was prepared before hand mostly by my mother in law! (Thanks!) My dad had made a rocket launcher and brought it up.
The kids (including two grown men-hahaaaa) had a blast building and specializing their rockets to make them fly hight, twist and twirl, etc.
I really don't think the day could have been any more perfect.
Here are some candid shots of Grandma and Grandpa D... with all the cousins there.
And then one of all the future missionaries...
And for all my old shloomies (roommates) from BYU that read this. . .Guess which cousin this is holding my little D.
Yeppers that is my brothers son, A, whom we had at our house all the time(back when he was 2) LOL!!My sis H and her kiddos stayed for a few more days. Then two days after they left we had J's actual bday party with his friends. (his first on ever). He had a blast.
That same night M and P and little T came up again. They were going to go away the next night for their anniversary, and I was watching T for them while they went. So the next day I was mom to two babies around the age of one. ACK!! LOL!! They fought over golf/ping pong balls, pushed each other over and then also became good friends playing side by side ransacking my kitchen cupboards, and especially loved the tupperware drawers. And I got T to each broccoli, which M said wouldn't happen. TEEHEE HEEE!!!
Then that Saturday I packed up my four kids and T and drove for 2 1/2 hours to spend the evening with my brother and his family. Dad brought the rocket launcher there as well and again, it was a HUGE hit. I LOVED seeing my brother and his family! It was too short but so worth it. I didn't even take a single picture while with them. Shoot! but I was a little preoccupied, since I had both T and my little D. Hahaaa!And all the while this week DH-M was trying to finish up this HUGE project for work.
Last week was finally normal again. We just had swimming lessons and then we started soccer practice for A and football practices for J. By the way my kids are finally nearly swimming on their own. YAY!!!!
Again, we had the youth from our ward call and come over to play rock band. It was fun. We are always happy to have them around.
SO there, a quick recap of about a month. As you can see, it has been a little busy. I am looking forward to the last few weeks of summer and then to get back into a nice routine with school and such. I SO need it.
By the way, I finished the Twilight series. Loved it!! :)
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The baptism
Two weekends ago J was baptized. I can't express the joy that I felt as I sat there and witnessed this ordinance. I am so blessed to have a husband who is a worthy priesthood holder able to perform the baptism, and my sweet sweet son here to be baptized. It was a special day. In addition to the ordinance I had tons of family around helping and participating which made the day all the more special. THANK YOU to everyone who came.
J was being his silly self, as usual! :)
ME loving on my boy.
Two of the loves of my life!!
Again, me loving on my boy! (I think he must have gotten tired of hugs from me.)
My boys in suits! Always lovin that look!
I will post more on the actual baptism hopefully later today, I have a crying baby to tend to. :)
TTFN
J was being his silly self, as usual! :)
ME loving on my boy.
Two of the loves of my life!!
Again, me loving on my boy! (I think he must have gotten tired of hugs from me.)
My boys in suits! Always lovin that look!
I will post more on the actual baptism hopefully later today, I have a crying baby to tend to. :)
TTFN
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Whaling Days
Two weeks ago, I got to spend a day with my sisters, Misty and Heather, and go to the whaling days fair with them. I missed the parade. I have a few pictures. 
We told the kiddos that they could only go on one ride. Heather's children and mine we so sweet together. They buddied up and stayed together so well.
A & S chose a simple ride, they enjoyed it, but I thought it was too short and too expensive.
A & A chose the most grown up ride. (I even get sick on it) They were VERY excited at first.
This adorable photo was snapped perfectly as they ride just barely started up. I love the look of excitement they gave each other.
A & J actually got to do two rides. (We just happened to have a few extra tickets. ) The first one they went on they thought was pretty dumb, and the second one was the kiddie roller coaster, you know the kind that BARELY move up and down, LOL!! but they had fun.
Heather's eldest bought a HUGE snow cone for all the cousins to share. It was very generous of her, as she used her own money. Of course, as the eldests they got the first few sips of it.
It was a fun filled day, we went to Dad's house and played and then we invaded Misty's. She is such a good sport.
We told the kiddos that they could only go on one ride. Heather's children and mine we so sweet together. They buddied up and stayed together so well.A & S chose a simple ride, they enjoyed it, but I thought it was too short and too expensive.
A & A chose the most grown up ride. (I even get sick on it) They were VERY excited at first.
This adorable photo was snapped perfectly as they ride just barely started up. I love the look of excitement they gave each other.
A & J actually got to do two rides. (We just happened to have a few extra tickets. ) The first one they went on they thought was pretty dumb, and the second one was the kiddie roller coaster, you know the kind that BARELY move up and down, LOL!! but they had fun.
Heather's eldest bought a HUGE snow cone for all the cousins to share. It was very generous of her, as she used her own money. Of course, as the eldests they got the first few sips of it.
It was a fun filled day, we went to Dad's house and played and then we invaded Misty's. She is such a good sport.
Monday, July 28, 2008
a few pics
Here are some pics that I took at Temple Square of my kiddos last Wednesday. :) We stopped by on our way out of town. It was fun to show them where I served my mission and where their Daddy and I got married.
From oldest to youngest.
ds-J (I couldn't get that boy to give me a good smile at all--he is such a nut!)
dd-A (She was very proud of loosing her second top, front tooth at Grandma and Grandpa's house.)
dd-S (She looks sort of rag-a -muffiny, she had some syrup in her hair--NICE! lol!! And she is just full full full of expressions)
and lastly, ds-D (cute as can be!!)
So here they are--for those of you who haven't seen pictures in a while.
TTFN!
From oldest to youngest.
ds-J (I couldn't get that boy to give me a good smile at all--he is such a nut!)
dd-A (She was very proud of loosing her second top, front tooth at Grandma and Grandpa's house.)
dd-S (She looks sort of rag-a -muffiny, she had some syrup in her hair--NICE! lol!! And she is just full full full of expressions)
and lastly, ds-D (cute as can be!!)
So here they are--for those of you who haven't seen pictures in a while.TTFN!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tagged
**disclaimer--I am not a math person so my years might be off slightly. LOL!
20 years ago...
1- I believe I stared Young Women's
2- I think my family moved back to Washington
3- Started a really good phase of my teenage years with new friends
10 years ago...
1- I came home from my mission
2- I started working at the MTC
3- decided to do my student teaching in Mexico
5 years ago...
1- dh decided to switch jobs
2- we moved to AZ
3- preparing to have baby #3
3 years ago...
1- dd-S was born
2- moved to Texas (and away from Texas, as well)
3- visited the Domincan Republic for Christmas
1 year ago...
1- preparing to buy our home
2- preparing to have our sweet baby ds-D
3- moved into our second rental house here
So far this year...
1- moved into our house
2- had my baby boy six weeks early
3- visited Utah
Yesterday I...
1- drove the ENTIRE way home from Orem with my four kiddos by myself
2- took children to the bathroom at rest stops and gas stations more time than I care to remember
3- really enjoyed it when my kids sang "Yellow Submarine" with me at the top of their lungs in the van
Today I...
1- started my blogger blog
2- cleaned and vacuumed the living room
3- snuggled my baby
Tomorrow I...
1- will buy shin guards for my kids for soccer camp
2- hopefully sleep in (a person can dream, right)
3- go grocery shopping
my brain is too tired to think back to all of these, so I will finish the rest after a little more sleep :)
****EDITED--I think I finished it, and now I will tag Dawn and Misty; you two get cracking. ;)****
20 years ago...
1- I believe I stared Young Women's
2- I think my family moved back to Washington
3- Started a really good phase of my teenage years with new friends
10 years ago...
1- I came home from my mission
2- I started working at the MTC
3- decided to do my student teaching in Mexico
5 years ago...
1- dh decided to switch jobs
2- we moved to AZ
3- preparing to have baby #3
3 years ago...
1- dd-S was born
2- moved to Texas (and away from Texas, as well)
3- visited the Domincan Republic for Christmas
1 year ago...
1- preparing to buy our home
2- preparing to have our sweet baby ds-D
3- moved into our second rental house here
So far this year...
1- moved into our house
2- had my baby boy six weeks early
3- visited Utah
Yesterday I...
1- drove the ENTIRE way home from Orem with my four kiddos by myself
2- took children to the bathroom at rest stops and gas stations more time than I care to remember
3- really enjoyed it when my kids sang "Yellow Submarine" with me at the top of their lungs in the van
Today I...
1- started my blogger blog
2- cleaned and vacuumed the living room
3- snuggled my baby
Tomorrow I...
1- will buy shin guards for my kids for soccer camp
2- hopefully sleep in (a person can dream, right)
3- go grocery shopping
my brain is too tired to think back to all of these, so I will finish the rest after a little more sleep :)
****EDITED--I think I finished it, and now I will tag Dawn and Misty; you two get cracking. ;)****
SIGH!! I am now on Blogger, too!
So, after much thought, and being bugged regularly by my sister, I started a blogger blog. :) I just wanted to get it up and running today and maybe play with the templates. For those of you who know my OTHER blog, I will still use that for design purposes, but I found myself wanting a more private blog that I would feel comfortable sharing pics of our children and more personal things than I do on my business blog. So here we have it!!
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