Rainy Days (with a little hail thrown in)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE rainy days! No, that isn't snow in the pictures (not yet anyway) - it is HAIL! I don't love hail but I love those rainy days when you can just stay home and watch the rain. I get to stay home most of the day today, I can't just sit and watch the rain - but I still love rainy days! Too bad I don't think the rain will last all day - it was fun while it lasted.

YEAH! No More Cast for Gavin!

YEAH! Gavin got his cast off last week after having it on for 4 weeks! He was so excited (and scared) to get it off. He was afraid they would cut his arm. Luckily, the nurse explained that the saw they used didn't spin, it just vibrated so it would cut him - he still looked a little nervous a couple of times but did GREAT as usual! His cast wouldn't come off after she cut down one side so she had to cut it into two pieces. Oh well - at least it is off! I must say that Gavin is an AWESOME patient! He NEVER complained about having a cast on, not even once! He is one tough boy!

Favorite Things #1

I haven't had a lot of time to scrapbook/blog lately so I thought I would just share one of my new favorite things (there have been a lot lately so you might start seeing more Favorite Things posts). So this isn't my #1 favorite thing, this is just my first Favorite Things post.

On our little girls weekend last weekend, my friend Dani was using OLAY regenerist night cream moisturizing lotion. She said it was fabulous and several even tried it. I am pretty lazy at night and don't do much in the way of taking care of my skin. So when my friend Carol said she bought it at Costco (they come in a 2 pack), I thought I would too. I am so glad I did. I LOVE it! My face feels so soft afterwards. So, if you need a GREAT lotion for your face at night, I highly recommend this one!

Soccer Dad

What a GREAT dad (and husband) Ed is! Last weekend a bunch of us girls had a little girls weekend up in Salt Lake and Ed took care of ALL 6 kids - including taking all of them to THREE soccer games on Saturday (I had a babysitter but she had to cancel at the last minute - which was fine). He didn't complain - he just did it! Luckily, it was nice weather and the games were back to back and overlapping - which meant a lot of driving but less time at games with all the kids. Thanks for being such a GREAT dad to our kids (and letting me play with the girls for a little bit)!

FYI Dallin isn't in the picture because he is taking it.

Responsible Dallin

As Dallin was going to bed last night, he remembered that he forgot to do his spelling sentences and they were due today. So, on his own, he set his alarm for 5:45am and left me a note (I wasn't home at the time) explaining that he set his alarm so he could get his homework done and for me to please check it and that I could change it to be a little later, just not later than 6:15. I did change it to 6:00 and left him a note to wake me up so I could help him.

What a good boy - when his alarm went off he got right up, made his bed, got dressed, and peeked in to see if I was awake. When I came out a few minutes later, he was sitting down doing his homework. He is such a GOOD boy!

Croup AGAIN!

Poor little Cameron has CROUP AGAIN! He was fine during the day yesterday - just a little runny nose and not eating great but he is teething so I didn't think much of it. That is until we heard that horrible croupy cough! Luckily our pediatrician's office stays open until 10pm on weeknights so I was able to get him in and get his steroid shot of Decadron to open his airways (for those who don't know, croup is when the throat swells and kids can't breathe - for older kids, it is just a cold). We lucked out and he slept through the night - he hasn't felt well at all today, he is VERY cuddly, but he still is a happy little guy! Wish me luck tonight! Sometimes croup is worse the second night (I hope not this time).

Matt-bot

Matthew has been wanting a ROBOT for a long time. Earlier this year, he even made one out of cardboard with Ed. Finally, he got to buy one. He (actually Ed) found one online for $21 (with shipping) that he wanted - and he had saved enough money. It was so much fun to watch him get excited about it. Luckily, it came a few days faster than they said it would. He was so happy when he got to get it out of the mail and open it up.

He LOVES his "Matt-bot"!

Afternoon at the Zoo - with the WHOLE family!

The day before school started, we took ALL SIX kids to the zoo for a little afternoon adventure with the whole family. The weather was perfect and the zoo was not crowded. The kids, even the twins, had fun looking at all the animals and getting ice cream at the end. It was a lot of fun to go somewhere as a whole family - we don't do that very often right now (it is just way to hard with the twins and Brecken). But we are getting more brave and soon we will be able to do more all together!

Gavin - "I can only go to 99!"

Tonight, right after the big 3 went to bed, sweet Gavin came down to get a hug from me (he is such a sweetheart). He was sad and having a hard time going to sleep so I told him to close his eyes and count to 100 and he would be asleep. So he said, very seriously,

"No, don't you remember?

I can only go to 99!"

Birthday in Boston

This year Ed had to be in Boston for work on my birthday (way back in June) - but since the twins are a little older, he took me with him (thanks Cortney for taking great care of our kids while we were gone). We had a great time. We went on a tour of Fenway Park, ate a lot of Dunkin Donuts (my favorite but we don't have them in Utah), went on a duck tour of the city, walked around the city (I even spent a day alone walking around the city while Ed was in meetings), rode the subway, went over to Harvard, stood outside The Garden during the NBA finals, and just had a great time. Boston is a beautiful city and so much fun!

FYI - the first 2 pages are meant to be side-by-side so if you try to read what I wrote you have to go across the 2 pages. The rest of the pages are independent of each other. Sorry, it seemed like a good idea when I was making the pages.

Summer Party at Sundance

Every summer, the company my husband works for had a GREAT summer party for the whole family. This year, it was up at Sundance. They had face painting, crafts, chairlift rides, pony rides, bounce houses and blow-up toys, dinner, and a private concert by Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. Ed took the big 3 up a couple of hours before I took the little 3 up (with the help of my cousin Cortney). We all had a great time and the twins were really good! They ate their dinner off Kesley's blanket (never would have happened with my first baby) and then LOVED eating watermelon! And I LOVED watching them eat it! They even did great at the concert - at least for a little bit, then they just got too tired. All and all, it was a really FUN party!

14-months Old (last month)

I am a little (or a lot) behind - the twins are now almost 15-months old. But here are their 14-month old pages. My little photo shoots of them are getting harder and harder - they just don't want to sit still! But they are so cute I had to try.