Joe graduated from Kindergarten. He was sure proud.
Joe and his best friend Nathan.
Miss Stroh. Joe thinks she is "Da Bomb!"
I can't wait for Emma to have her. She is a wonderful teacher.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Such good helpers!!
After shopping to restock food storage, I had the boys bring the stuff downstairs to the store room for me. This is what I found when I came down later. At least it was out of the car. . .
Monday, November 15, 2010
May in School
Field Day
Ti is kicking his shoe and then his partner has to go get it and bring it back the quickest.
Tate is having ameba races with the hoola hoop.
Joe hugging Emma while waiting to do his obstacle coarse.
Joe doing the obstacle coarse.
He has a down syndrome boy in his class named Jack. Jack was at the end and by the time he finished the whole class was cheering him on. It was so cute.
Live Hero Museum
Tate picked Thomas Jefferson as his hero to present in the museum. He made a poster and costume. They have a "button" (sticker) on their hand and when you push it you see the statue come to life and hear their speech which tells all about them.
Happy Easter
You got to have some of these for posterity's sake, right?!
Dorothy made us an Easter cake. So much fun to eat!!!
Dorothy gave Amy her a little rabbit. She loved it and would giggle when she saw it. It melted Dorothy's heart.
Dorothy holding Amy to show her cute Easter outfit. (It's all about the baby!)
Fred and Dorothy with the kids.
Emma turns FOUR!
I had a dear friend help me make Emma's birthday cake. As you can see it is a Barbie cake. She was so excited about it. We also had a little party for her during the day while the boys were at school. They were not happy with me.
All she really wanted was this horse that came with Belle. She was a happy girl.
Allyssa, Tommy, Addison, Emma, Brenna, Kainoa
Emma and her friends. They had an Easter egg hunt. They loved it and it was a beautiful day for her party.
Emma is growing up so fast. She is a joy to be with and makes me happy. She cracks me up and has us all wrapped around her finger. She is a genuine help to me and is so good to help with Amy. She adores her dad and loves her brothers. We love you, Emma!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Happy Birthday, MOM!!!
We had a fun St. Patrick's Day in honor of mom. We had green everything and corned beef, etc. I am still not as fun as some of you on St. Patrick's day but hopefully I will get there eventually. Happy Birthday to Scottie as well!!
I painted the kids faces and they loved going to school like that. Joe wore my hat and Miss Stroh (his heartthrob) called him her 'leprechaun boy'.
green highlights and green eyebrows
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
we just let out balloons off!!!
We always enjoy letting our balloons off with our messages to mom on them. I love this tradition. I love honoring her birthday instead of the day she passed away. I really missed her this year with an aching heart but I know she is happy and busy.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Ti the Poet
Haiku
The wind is blowing softly,
with wet grass and bushes,
birds chirping loudly.
by,
Ti
Ti wrote this poem in Mrs. Weeber's 2nd grade class. I have been meaning to include it for a year now. I thought he did a great job with his haiku. He says he can't write those other poems, but he's really good at haikus.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
February
"Avatar"itis
Warning!! Viewer discretion is advised. The following images may not be suitable for all viewers.
The beginning of the Lioness look. Friday afternoon. The "cold sore" started Monday morning.
You can see my top eyelids starting to droop down in the corner of my eyes. Friday afternoon.
Saturday morning- more swelling in my upper eyelids. I could feel a lot of swelling but I wasn't in pain nor did I feel sick. But both Ted and I thought I better go into Urgent Care to see why these "cold sores" started going down my nose and I had a blister on the tip of my nose. At Urgent Care the doctor- Glee was her name, her first name:)- told me it was facial cellulitis. Ted by this time had finally found a picture of me under "ocular cellulitis" and she said yes it is cellulitis. All this time we had been looking up things related to herpes. (Note to self: If you get a cold sore in a strange place, it's probably NOT a cold sore! Therefore, treating is as such, i.e. swabbing every form of cold sore medicine on it, will not cure it either.) They gave me a shot of Keflex and an rx of Bactrim.
Next morning the swelling was worse. It was now under my eyelids and into my cheeks. I felt like I was blinking marshmallows. You can see the swelling in the corners of my eyes even though in this picture I am blinking. Ted says he finally realized who I looked like- Avatar. He hadn't seen the movie yet.
I am now in the ER. It was the first time that I was a little worried because I was worse the day after 2 antibiotics. Up to this point, I wasn't worried and could appreciate the humor in it because I never felt sick. No fever, headache, body aches, or pain. I couldn't see it so it didn't bother me to look at it. In the ER, they gave me Vencomycin through an IV. I could tell a difference by evening that it was reducing the swelling between my eyes. By Monday evening, after the 2nd dose of Vencomycin through an IV, the pressure was noticeably shrinking. The original sore was starting to scab over. They had me finish the rx of Bactrim and put me on Augmentin. Two and a half weeks later, the scab was off. I still have redness and the immediate area is numb but I do not look deformed:)
The day after the ER visit (Monday) Ted pulled Ti and Tate out of school to watch Avatar. Celebrating my recovery?
Ti is 10!!
Birthday Questions:
1) What makes you happy?
Going hunting with my dad, doing pretty much anything with my dad.
2) Ted interrupts. . . Do you still eat your boogers?
No dad!! What about last week? NOOO Dad!!!
3) Is pink still your favorite color?
Mom, hot pink!! Ok, so, hot pink is still your favorite color? Yes, ONE of them. What are the others? Ummm, camouflage, no SNOW camouflage and blue and green.
4) What do you want to be when you grow up?
A rock hound and a professional football player. And a framer. You want to learn to frame houses? Ya, like Dad.
5)What makes you excited about being 10?
That I get to hold up to hands and put up all of my fingers.
6) What do you like about school?
Math, science and recess.
Happy 70th Birthday, Dad!!
Wednesday, the 24th, we decided to head to Idaho and SURPRISE Dad for his 70th birthday! Thursday, the 25th, we left at 6:00 am. It was a bit of a mad scramble but we pulled it off with flying colors. (School, schmool:)) Since he didn't know we were coming, nor had they ever seen their latest grand baby, we decided to play a trick on them. Grandpa Smack is currently serving as the Bishop in his ward............ Ted decided it was the perfect opportunity to "see how Bishop Smack handles a real SURPRISE!" We found out grandma and grandpa were at the church at the boy scout Blue and Gold banquet. We arrived when they were cleaning up. Sooooo we fabricate a "letter" from a distraught "Sister Lewis" saying that life at home was very difficult at the moment and she was unable to care for her little baby....... and asked the Bishop if he would please take care of the baby until she could come back and get her. We then enlisted an anonymous prankster to help pull off the job. Next, we sent our little Amy, in her car seat with the note and had her hand delivered to Bishop Smack. She played her part perfectly and dropped the baby in his lap and went to the parking lot to she if she could find "Sister Lewis" ........now the bishop was DISTRAUGHT!!! We gave them at least 7 minutes to sweat it out. Then we came walking around the corner to find the perplexed and very somber bishop pacing the halls wondering what to do??? Mom was the first to see us and solved the "mystery baby." She then squeals and says, "This is my grand baby!!!" Only then did the situation become funny. If we would have given him 10 more minutes, dad would have called the cops. Mom kept saying how she didn't think the situation added up,this baby looked too well cared for and she even had a bow in her hair! It appears grandpas heart is good for at least another decade because we put his old "blood pumper" to the test. I am sad to say this is not the first or the last of Teds devious desire to put gray hair on his dads head ? Mom's response....... " oh Ted your rotten"
Emma playing and dancing with the big girl cousins in her Thumbelina dress from Aunt Bonnie. We stopped to see her before heading to Twin and of course she spoiled us all again!!
While we had the duplicates there, we had to get the pictures!
Ti & Ti
George, George & George
Ted & Ted
Emma & Emma
Amy & Amy
Emma & Amy (I am so grateful Emma has a sister!!)
I am so glad we were able to bless her while we had so much family around. We hadn't planned it this way but it was really special. Amy wore Kara's blessing dress. She looked like such an angel and she was so happy through the whole thing, pictures, etc.
Warning!! Viewer discretion is advised. The following images may not be suitable for all viewers.
The beginning of the Lioness look. Friday afternoon. The "cold sore" started Monday morning.
You can see my top eyelids starting to droop down in the corner of my eyes. Friday afternoon.
Saturday morning- more swelling in my upper eyelids. I could feel a lot of swelling but I wasn't in pain nor did I feel sick. But both Ted and I thought I better go into Urgent Care to see why these "cold sores" started going down my nose and I had a blister on the tip of my nose. At Urgent Care the doctor- Glee was her name, her first name:)- told me it was facial cellulitis. Ted by this time had finally found a picture of me under "ocular cellulitis" and she said yes it is cellulitis. All this time we had been looking up things related to herpes. (Note to self: If you get a cold sore in a strange place, it's probably NOT a cold sore! Therefore, treating is as such, i.e. swabbing every form of cold sore medicine on it, will not cure it either.) They gave me a shot of Keflex and an rx of Bactrim.
Next morning the swelling was worse. It was now under my eyelids and into my cheeks. I felt like I was blinking marshmallows. You can see the swelling in the corners of my eyes even though in this picture I am blinking. Ted says he finally realized who I looked like- Avatar. He hadn't seen the movie yet.
I am now in the ER. It was the first time that I was a little worried because I was worse the day after 2 antibiotics. Up to this point, I wasn't worried and could appreciate the humor in it because I never felt sick. No fever, headache, body aches, or pain. I couldn't see it so it didn't bother me to look at it. In the ER, they gave me Vencomycin through an IV. I could tell a difference by evening that it was reducing the swelling between my eyes. By Monday evening, after the 2nd dose of Vencomycin through an IV, the pressure was noticeably shrinking. The original sore was starting to scab over. They had me finish the rx of Bactrim and put me on Augmentin. Two and a half weeks later, the scab was off. I still have redness and the immediate area is numb but I do not look deformed:)
The day after the ER visit (Monday) Ted pulled Ti and Tate out of school to watch Avatar. Celebrating my recovery?
Ti is 10!!
Birthday morning!
With his I-Pod (Nano)- the only thing he wanted. (You gotta love Craigslist.)
His birthday meal of enchiladas and blowing out candles on his banana cream pie. Ted was taking him to a BYU basketball game at CSU.
On Friday night, he had a swim party at the Goldsberry's. It was a fun night- week.
Birthday Questions:
1) What makes you happy?
Going hunting with my dad, doing pretty much anything with my dad.
2) Ted interrupts. . . Do you still eat your boogers?
No dad!! What about last week? NOOO Dad!!!
3) Is pink still your favorite color?
Mom, hot pink!! Ok, so, hot pink is still your favorite color? Yes, ONE of them. What are the others? Ummm, camouflage, no SNOW camouflage and blue and green.
4) What do you want to be when you grow up?
A rock hound and a professional football player. And a framer. You want to learn to frame houses? Ya, like Dad.
5)What makes you excited about being 10?
That I get to hold up to hands and put up all of my fingers.
6) What do you like about school?
Math, science and recess.
Happy 70th Birthday, Dad!!
Wednesday, the 24th, we decided to head to Idaho and SURPRISE Dad for his 70th birthday! Thursday, the 25th, we left at 6:00 am. It was a bit of a mad scramble but we pulled it off with flying colors. (School, schmool:)) Since he didn't know we were coming, nor had they ever seen their latest grand baby, we decided to play a trick on them. Grandpa Smack is currently serving as the Bishop in his ward............ Ted decided it was the perfect opportunity to "see how Bishop Smack handles a real SURPRISE!" We found out grandma and grandpa were at the church at the boy scout Blue and Gold banquet. We arrived when they were cleaning up. Sooooo we fabricate a "letter" from a distraught "Sister Lewis" saying that life at home was very difficult at the moment and she was unable to care for her little baby....... and asked the Bishop if he would please take care of the baby until she could come back and get her. We then enlisted an anonymous prankster to help pull off the job. Next, we sent our little Amy, in her car seat with the note and had her hand delivered to Bishop Smack. She played her part perfectly and dropped the baby in his lap and went to the parking lot to she if she could find "Sister Lewis" ........now the bishop was DISTRAUGHT!!! We gave them at least 7 minutes to sweat it out. Then we came walking around the corner to find the perplexed and very somber bishop pacing the halls wondering what to do??? Mom was the first to see us and solved the "mystery baby." She then squeals and says, "This is my grand baby!!!" Only then did the situation become funny. If we would have given him 10 more minutes, dad would have called the cops. Mom kept saying how she didn't think the situation added up,this baby looked too well cared for and she even had a bow in her hair! It appears grandpas heart is good for at least another decade because we put his old "blood pumper" to the test. I am sad to say this is not the first or the last of Teds devious desire to put gray hair on his dads head ? Mom's response....... " oh Ted your rotten"
Emma playing and dancing with the big girl cousins in her Thumbelina dress from Aunt Bonnie. We stopped to see her before heading to Twin and of course she spoiled us all again!!
Dancing and Dancing. Tyson with Emma.
Hanging out watching a movie.
While we had the duplicates there, we had to get the pictures!
Ti & TiGeorge, George & George
Ted & Ted
Emma & Emma
Amy & Amy
Emma & Amy (I am so grateful Emma has a sister!!)
Amy's Blessing Day
I am so glad we were able to bless her while we had so much family around. We hadn't planned it this way but it was really special. Amy wore Kara's blessing dress. She looked like such an angel and she was so happy through the whole thing, pictures, etc.
Amy at 2 months
Ted thinks the flower is too big??
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