giggles

i was playing with ashley this evening. i started blowing puffs of air into her face.    


she GIGGLED!!!

sick

so, elizabeth didn't have strep. she had a 24-hour bug of some sort. by dinnertime yesterday, she was fine. she even made it to school today.

first day of school

ok, i forgot to take a picture of taylor before he left for school this morning. i didn't sleep all that well. so, i wasn't quite all with it this morning. i'll make sure i get one this afternoon when he gets home.

back to school night was last night. it was kind of weird having it before school actually started. we got to see the kids classrooms, and meet the teachers. elizabeth complained the whole way to the school. it wasn't until we were there that i discovered that she was running a fever. she said her tummy hurt, but i think that might have been due to the fact that she didn't eat much before we left. when we got home, i took her temperature and it was 100.5! gave her some tylenol, and she was instantly asleep. nothing else is going on. she says her throat doesn't hurt, her tummy doesn't hurt, her head doesn't hurt, she doesn't have a runny nose. it's weird.
this morning, she's still running a fever, so i called to make an appointment with the doctor. we'll find out what's going on, i hope.

last minute parties

we had a sleepover last night. normally, we don't let the kids do that on a sunday night, but school starts on wednesday. and we wanted to be able to let the kids have one last sleepover before the weeks started to get hectic. the plan was that taylor and dominick would spend the night across the street, and elizabeth and jessica would spend the night here. about 8 that evening, jessica was already scared and missing her mom, so the girls switched houses. unfortunately, even that didn't last too long. by 12, elizabeth was back over here. she woke up crying, and jen couldn't get her talk, so she walked her home. just as elizabeth got in the door, she wet her pants. jen felt bad that she didn't know what the problem was. i explained to her that it took us a while to figure out what it was too, so she shouldn't feel too bad. now that she knows what happens, next time will be better. i got her pants changed, and put her bed. she didn't remember anything this morning.

right now, the taylor and elizabeth are on their way to green canyon to go swimming. grandma williams and nana told the kids early this summer that they would do something fun like that this summer. the kids didn't remember, but grandmas did. so, this afternoon, it's just me and the two babies. strange.

tomorrow night is back to school night. and the kids get to meet their new teachers and see their classrooms. taylor and jessica got the same teacher. they are excited. it wasn't the teacher that shaun had, but her twin sister. that's also cool though. and she's in our ward, even better. elizabeth ended up being in afternoon kindergarten. which is fine, and thankfully, she didn't get the naughty neighbor boy in her class. i would have requested a switch if she did.

bleh!

i spent most of yesterday sick in bed. i came home from church about halfway through, and went back to bed. shaun walked me and ashley home, and then went back. i havent' been feeling great for a few days, and yesterday when i almost threw up while nursing ashley, i decided i'd had enough.

i drank a half a gallon of cranberry apple juice in about an hour. i think i was thirsty, and i feel a little bit better today.

life-savers

my mother-in-laws, have been lifesavers.
a couple of weeks ago, when shannon was being treated for her uti, we ran out of diapers. when i mentioned to them that i was going to pull out the cloth ones, they went and bought a bag. last week i did have to pull out the cloth diapers, cause we only had a few disposable ones left, and no money to go buy more. i had to wash them on thursday. this afternoon, they showed up with a bag each.
thank you, mom and des!

stinky mess

taylor stuck the end of his nerf sword:

only his isn't as nice looking anymore. it's a little worn. basically, it's just a stick now.

in the hole of a toothbrush holder, similar to this:

except ours had a fish inside it instead of flowers, and the liquid was blue, and it only had one hole.


in trying to remove said sword, he started banging it on the floor. the bottom broke open and it expunged its contents onto my living room floor.

i pulled out the carpet shampooer, and proceeded to clean it up. i thought i had it all and cleaned out the containers, and went to do a load of laundry. when i came back into the room, i could smell the chemicals from the liquid. so, i filled the container in the shampooer again, and went over it again. the room still smells, but not quite as bad as it did earlier.

whoa, nellie

what a day....

i read a book.

i folded and put away clothes.

washed some sheets & put clean ones on all the beds

found out my phone wasn't receiving calls. - i tried to go to the store to see if they could fix it for me or tell me what needed to be done. they closed 5 min before i got there.

we got partially paid by a former client. enough so that we could go pay rent.

i lost my son. was bathing the girls, and he was out playing. when i went to find him, he was no where to be found. he'd walked down to the park cause he saw his girlfriend there.

doesn't sound like much now that it's all written down, but i sure feel like i tried to run a marathon.

sleep "walking"

he he. ashley can turn herself around. i've walked in and found her laying sideways in the cradle. this time, she ended up sliding her legs thru the rungs and going back to sleep. such a cutie!

smiling

i have tried multiple times to catch ashley smiling on camera. it's difficult. she's just started to smile socially. this is the best i could do. but she sure is cute!

tiger lily

so, in front of my house, i have this little flower garden.one day as i was walking past it, i noticed this flower. apparently, amidst all the weeds, i had a couple of tiget lily plants. i only saw 2 flowers, but they sure were pretty while they lasted.

what is this?

took this pic this spring, couldn't figure out what was growing in the corner.
turns out it was a rhubarb patch. haven't done anything with any of the rhubarb, but i have 3 plants!

sewing

my neighbor, who has become a GREAT friend, wanted me to make her a dress. ok, no problem. she had seen one in a catalog, and wasn't able to get it when she saw it. we found the catalog online, and looked at it. unfortunately, she can buy the dress for less than she can purchase the fabric for.
ok, back to plan a, buying the dress!

fabric

ok, for the time being, my fabric is organized. i have all my cotton in one spot, all my denim in totes, all my knits in one place, all my sheers, flannel, fleece, . . . . . . .
you get the idea. they are all seperated, and put away. i even have a tote full of scraps. and it didn't take ma as long as i thought it was going to. i was afraid that will all the fabric i have, it was going to take me days. it only took me about 4 hours. now, i can find the fabric i want to make things out of. next step is to clean out my sewing corner. that's a project for tomorrow.

now to make dinner!

whoops

so, today i decided that if i'm going to make anything for this baby shower on tuesday, i need to semi organize my fabric. i took the baby monitor, my phone, and myself out to the garage. unfortunately, the monitors batteries died, and i forgot i was in the middle of making bread.
the kids came out and told me ashley was crying, and then i remembered the bread dough that's rising. i came in & fed ashley, now to wash my hands and roll the bread into the pans.

ps. i have A LOT of fabric

street safety

i went across the street this evening to see what my neighbor was doing. shannon came with me. when we got to the edge of the sidewalk, she stopped. she had noticed 2 trucks coming, and stopped to wait for them to pass. she even waved them along.

i was impressed and very pleased that she would stop and wait. she is only 20 months old. but, it's never too early to teach them.

nice lawn

yesterday, i mowed the lawn. two weeks in a row. not bad.

on the plus side, it took me an hour less yesterday to mow it. it did have a weeks LESS of growth that needed to be mowed. the lawn looks great, but my hands hurt and are swollen again. oh, let's not mention that i tried to pass out a couple of times while doing it.

SLAKCER

ok, i'm not a slacker, i just don't have a card reader on my computer. ok, on the tower that sucks, and can't keep an internet connection.

i have pictures to post, but no access to them.
i have pictures of ashley, family pictures, pictures of my 3 kids all missing teeth. i have to figure out a way to get to them. when i figure that out, i'll get them posted

chivalry, feminism, or politically correct?

While i was watering the lawn, The kids were playing "dead man" with the neighbors. As elizabeth was the "dead man," i hear taylor insist that they call her "dead woman," or "dead girl." i wasn't sure whether to laugh or not.
Now the real question is do i call it political correctness, feminism, or chivalry?

sicko

Shannon has been running a high fever for about 2 days now.  This morning when she woke up, all she could do was cry & scream. I decided i was going to take her in to the urgent care & find out what was wrong. They did a strep test, it came back negative. Then they decided they wanted to do a uti test. Glad they did, her urine was full of white blood cells, & blood. They gave an antibiotic and her a shot to help start the healing process. She was not happy about the shot, & her leg hurt the rest of the day.

good times

So, this morning i got a call from some good friends of ours. They were in town for a family reunion, & wanted us to come out & visit. This is a family that shaun met in high school, & he spent a lot of time with. We spent a good amount of social time with them after we go married as well.

Well, we also had a baby blessing we were supposed to go to. Since we spent a good 2 hours at the doctor, we didn't make it to our church or the blessing. But we did head out to spend some time with old friends.

The kids made some new friends, we ate some great food, and had a lot of fun. The kids learned how to "play" water balloon volleyball, they didn't quite get it. They also learned how to play cat & mouse, & flag team tag.

As the family has 9 kids, & most of them have kids of their own it was quite the adventure.