frustrating

ok, still no oven, but the good news is that the landlord did come over and take a look at it. he's ordered a part and we'll see if that's the problem.

the neighbor knocked on the door yesterday morning with a complaint about the kids. apparently, the kids are getting into their garage when they are not home. AH! so i had a talk with them and tried to get them to understand that they can't go in there. i was told by taylor that if they would lock the door, they wouldn't get in there! he's way too smart.

oven

there's something to be said for taking things into your own hands, i.e. threatening. i've tried to get a hold of my landlord for over a week because the oven doesn't work correctly. it won't get up to the level of heat it needs to. so, i finally sent a letter that said i was going to wait until jul 1, and then i was going to call a repairman to come and fix it and take the costs out of my rent payment.

the landlord showed up today. he's going to try and get it fixed. yeah!!

sad and depressing

when i was in pocatello, i had a group of good friends. there were four of us. one of the group is getting married in 3 weeks. her bridal shower is tonight, and shopping for lingerie was this afternoon.

the sad and depressing part is that my babysitter bailed on me, and i am currently sitting at home with the kids instead of shopping with the girls. i even had backups lined up, and they fell through as well.

bug bite!?

so, taylor last night had a visit to the ER. the only reason i took him in cause this thing kept growing even after i gave him benedryl.
i know this pic is hard to see, but right at the hairline, there's a mosquito bite. it's swollen clear to his eyebrow and past the smaller bite in the middle of his forehead. not only that, but it was at least 1/4 inch tall, maybe 1/2 inch.
the dr said he was fine, there was no anaphylactic reaction, and sent us home.

shaun gave him a blessing before he went to sleep, and when he woke up this morning, there was no swelling left! thank goodness for the power of the priesthood!

elizabeth turns 4!

okay, elizabeths birthday was last thursday. and today we had a small party for her. grandma and grandpa and nana and kaitlyn were also there.
here's the pile of presents she got
there were some coloring books, some socks, a princess set with a tiara, a necklace, a ring, and some earings, a headband, and a second helmet. we will return the second helmet. we had her go back to her bedroom while we pulled things out and brought in the bike. she walked out and matter-of-factly said, "oh, my bike." like she knew it was there the whole time. weird!!

some pics of her with her stuff. . .






























i was going to borrow a pan from a friend who has her own cake decorating company, and make her a doll cake. when i called to ask her, she said that she'd do it in exchange for some of my close to my heart paper. OK! i can handle that! so, here's a pic of the big girl with her cake.

dishes

so, i was washing dishes this afternoon and stabbed myself. with a fork. it hurts.

magic school bus

i take the kids to the library once a week. they can get 3-5 books depending on how i'm feeling, and 1-2 movies. their favorite movies are the magic school bus series. they watch them all the time, and then they start quoting them around the house. right now they are saying, "hey, mikey, come in!"

i think i might start going insane!

teeth!

it's official, the youngest member of the family has teeth now. her bottom teeth broke through the gum yesterday.