Yee Haw

To celebrate Pioneers Day we took the kids to the rodeo. Last year we tried to get tickets but they were sold out. This year they did them online so we were able to get tickets! We went on Monday night and took all of the kids but Chase. I knew he wouldn't do well there and Id probably have a panic attack trying to hold him and not let him slip through the bleachers. (is that what they are called?) So Jamie watched him for us. The kids loved the rodeo. Next year Ill make sure to get better seats tho because we couldnt see much of the bull riding. The best part. But other then that it was good! The clown came out to do his 'half time' show and he did some motorcycle riding. Mr Motorcycle (Ty) himself, was scared. He was litterally shaking because when the guy jumped his motorcycle some kind of pyrotechnic thingy went off and made a big bang. He didnt like that one bit. I had to tell him the motorcycle guy was trying to be funny, not scary. After the clown left the arena he calmed down. A few minutes later the clown came back and Ty was telling me... "NO YELLOW HAT MAN!!!" I had to try to make light of it again. Now he tells me the "Yellow hat man nice". The rodeo lasted longer then I expected (we didnt get home until almost midnight) but it was still a great time!!!

Wanna Jump?

We got a trampoline a few days ago and finally got it all the way up, with the net today. The kids are so excited!! Jamie actually bought it for her house but it ended up being too big. So she had to get the size smaller. She asked us if we wanted it. OF COURSE!!!

Hopefully we can keep the broken bones to a minnimum.

Tooth #2....

Brinley lost her second tooth. And when I say lost, I mean lost.

She was eating a slice of cheese. All the sudden she looked up at me with her big ol eyes and said, "Did I lose my tooth?" Sure enough, she had!! She'd lost it all the way down to her belly. She was about beside herself until I told her that the tooth fairy would still come! Lets hope the tooth fairy remembers. She forgets sometimes.

'KSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS'

This is how Chase has learned how to say "Thanks". It is so cute. I know this won't last long and he will learn to say it right so I just wanted to write this down so I remembered it.

Piano Lessons!!!

Jentry has started taking piano lessons. Shes wanted to for a long time...but lazy mom keeps forgetting to ask if the piano teacher has any openings. Well I went to the cannery with a bunch of ladies and 'Piano Teacher' ( Loni Wilson) was there. So that was my chance!!! She said she had one more opening. WAHOO!

So Jentry started piano lessons on Thursday. She goes every week and then once a month they also have group lessons with people at her same level.

The private lessons are only a half an hour at a time but boy did she teach her a ton just in that thirty minutes. She was playing a song by the time we left.

Jentry is loving it! She even begs to play all the time!! I hope she keeps this up!!

Haircuts for Everyone...

Ok not everyone...but just about.

I stopped by Jamies to drop Jentry off for a sleepover and asked her if I could set up some appts for everyone (except me) to get a hair cut. Of course she is WAY TOO NICE and said...well lets do them all right now. Jentry has been wanting to get her hair cut for awhile now because its been giving her headaches. And of course, cute do's are always nice for the summer!
Brinley went first and got a cute a-line cut.





Then the boys got their regular do's.

And then Jentry got her A-line.


Jamie got all done with it and said...well ok, do you want me to straiten it. YOU NEVER ASK JENTRY IF SHE WANTS HER HAIR STRAIGTENED!! The answer is ALWAYS YES YES YES! So of course Jamie was way too nice again and spent 30 minutes blowing and straightening her hair. BUT ITS SOOOOOOOOO CUTE! I love it! I love this type of cut on her. Last time she got this cut she was five...so its been awhile.

And since Jentrys hair turned out so cute...she started a chain reaction. Then Shelbey and Maddie wanted their hair cut like Jentrys. Mind you, Maddies hair was almost to her butt and Shelbeys wasnt far behind.

I think Jamie almost cried cutting their hair off. Ok, I know she almost did. But what a memory she made... All three cousins getting their hair cut like twiners!!! Maddie even had more then enuff to donate to Locks of Love. I dont know if Jamie will ever invite us over again after that. ;-)

4th of July!

We had a great fourth! We were gone most the day. We woke up to go to the parade in Provo. I had never taken the kids to a parade and with my cousins now living in my Great Aunts old house, right on Center Street I had to take this oportunity to go down there and see what they thought of the parade.

The parade was actually pretty good. It could be because I havent been to one in YEARS. But it was a little overcast so it wasn't scorching hot and the kids absolutely loved it. Ty was in love with all the COPS and Scott was excited because he got to see Glenn Beck and the military. The Governor was also there. Which was also a suprise.

After the parade we came home real quick and I made a salad to take to my parents for later and Scott and the boys slept while I hurried and cleaned up the kitchen. Then when the boys got up...off we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Ty was very excited to go up there.

We had a great dinner up there of steaks and potatoes (my favorite!)

Then the kids played in the hot tub while Scott slept again (oh yeah, did I mention hes waiting to have a root canal on Monday so his tooth has been bugging him a whole lot!)

Then we waited around for the Riverton City Fireworks. Went to my parents friends house that is right across the street from the park that puts them off. Ty looooooved it. He was sitting in my moms friends lap oooohing and awwing the whole time. It was very cute to see him loving the fire works.

THEN... we went to IHOP. It was only midnight by then. LOL So by the time we got home it was 1 am. Everyone was too pooped to poop but I think everyone had a great time!!!

By the way, have I ever mentioned that 4th of July is my most favorite holiday? I love it. The 24th of July (Pioneers day, for all you out of staters) comes in a close second!! I just love the summer holidays...BBQ's...playing outside. Just love it all.

I have a lot of pictures from the fourth so I just did another slide show. Watch if you are bored. :-)

This is what you call efficency

Ty has learned how to do laundry. And its a good thing. I need all the help I can get with all of these kids running around everywhere. His new job is to unload the washer, into the dryer. And he can do it "all myself!". He can even push the two buttons it takes to turn the dryer on. Niiiiice!!! (And yes, you must ALWAYS wear a cars helmet, cars shoes and a diaper when doing laundry)

Swimming Party With The Cousins

Today Drea and Livvy came over for a swimming party. The kids got a new pool and played in it ALL day. They loved it. Here are a few pictures

Congratulations Montes Family!!!!

I just wanted to tell Lisa and Serg CONGRATULATIONS on the birth of their SIXTH child Caleb John Montes. He is so stinking cute!!!
Heres his stats and a cute cute picture of him

http://verdenews.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=26772&SectionID=102&SubSectionID=161&S=1

For those that dont know Lisa...shes been my friend for forever, I think. I think we met in first grade. Shes one awesome chick!!

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!

(the link isnt working so you will have to copy/paste)

Brinley lost her first tooth!!!

On..oh what day was it.. Friday I think it was...

We went to Camilles. I havent been to her house in forever. But we were bored since Scott was gone to Youth Conference and she was bored too. So I decided to take the kids to a field trip to the park with her. We had a great time at the park and Chase actually swung in the swing for the first time without screaming. He loved it.

So Brinley had had a wiggely tooth for forever. But I told her she couldnt lose it until Saturday when Scott would be home with my camera. She didnt listen.

We went to the Orem Arctic Circle for lunch after the park. Brinley and Ty went outside and ate while me and Jentry ate inside. Brinley comes in with something in her hand. I thought it was a piece of fat from the hamburger that she was showing me until I looked closer and saw that it was her tooth! I kinda very loudly (didnt know I was talking so loud) said "YOU LOST YOUR TOOTH!!!" Everyone looks over at us. The girl that was sweeping the floor came over and said, "WOW!! You lost your tooth? That is so cool!!!" She then went up to the front of the store and got them all a sucker and told Brinley what a big deal it was to lose a tooth. Brinley couldnt have been more excited.

Of course I didnt have my camera with me so I had to take a picture with my phone. Today is the first day Ive thought to take a picture. So excuse the messy hair-do.

This was the night that I ended up taking Chase to the hospital so I didnt even get to see the tooth fairy come to her for the first time. Missy did. Thanks Missy!!!

Busy Day...

Yesterday was a busy but fun day...

We started the day off by going to the free summer movie with the Townsend Clan, Frederick Clan, and Our Clan. It was Monsters Inc. The kids didnt last. I think there were too many little ones and they'd already seen the movie 100 times so it wasnt as fun as last time we went.

Then we came home just long enuff to get into our swimming suits and off we went to the Provo Pool. I was still anxious to go there because thats where Jentry got that dang crypto bug last year that she is still having trouble with (dr appt on Friday). But I thought since its the beginning of the swimming season and hopefully they installed new filters...maybe we could get away with it this time.

Lisa was sooooo nice to offer to babysit Chase while we went. I know he would have had fun but I think it would have been short lived. And it gave me time just to play with Ty. So off we went to the pool with The Townsend Clan, The Jasperson Clan, Our Clan and Livvy

Ty went down the waterslides with me twice and he loooooooved it. The first time he was clenching onto my fingers on the way down saying "So Fun!" He would put his head under the water and come up wide eyed saying "I got my hair wet!" When we first got into the pool and he got his shorts wet he kept trying to take them off telling me his pants were wet. He couldnt understand that they were supposed to be wet.

We had a great day. The girls kept telling me thank you all the way home. They had had so much fun!!!

Yuba Slide Show

Yuba Take Two!!!

Alright this was a muuuuuuuuch better day. We went on Saturday . It was hot and breezy. We got there at about 10 or so. Who knows, its vacation...who is keeping time? Bethany and Missy brought two lover boys with them. It was a good day to go to the lake.

We just mostly hung out all day. Took a ride on the boat. This was Chases first time and Ty's second (tho Scott thinks it was his first...we wont tell him it wasnt) The boys wouldnt take a nap all day and I knew the second we put them on the boat they would be zonked. Well, I was half right. Chase fell asleep but Ty didnt fall asleep until we were almost done.

I took pictures of all the kids by their names in the sand. Notice how there are two pictures of Kalvin...and he is by two different names. Im so dumb. I didnt even notice I was taking pictures of the same kid...two different names. And did he tell me? No.

The boys, once again loved the water. they couldnt get enough of it!! I think we should do the Yuba thing more then once a year... hint. ;-)

This kid will be the death of me...

This is just a copy and paste from what I wrote on the boards... but I dont wanna edit right now. Im too tired. So... enjoy...


Yesterday I was cleaning my room. Chase was up by me and he got a blue crayon. He bit the tip off the back. And I looked over at him. Told him.. "Chaaaase!" and went over and got all the pieces out of his mouth. He was gaggy a little like he had some in his throat. So I took him over to the sink and rinsed out his mouth. Gave him a drink. No big deal. I put him down to play and he coughed a little bit. But was fine. Went around playing...and he was wheezing a little bit when he would get worked up. So I picked him up, calmed him down. His wheezing would almost stop. So I would put him down and let him play and the wheezing would start up again. Not really anything that was bothering him.

So of course I get on the computer and ask Alexis. She helps me calm down a little bit. I look up the insta care thats around here for hours and a phone number. I decide to call MIL and ask her what she thinks. She tells me...well just take him to the insta care and see what they say. Ill send down Missy. I call the instacare and ask them if they have time to see a 15 month old. They said WE CLOSE AT EXACTLY EIGHT.

So I just leave Ty and Brinley with Jentry cause I have 30 minutes to get to the instacare and I dont wanna be late and have the door slammed in my face :rolleyes

So I get there. Im telling the receptionist while Im there and shes like...let me go talk to a nurse. So Im like.... oooook. Thinking they are going to tell me Im some paranoid freak and to go home.

The nurse lady comes up and she says we dont have the imaging equipment to help you so you will have to go to the ER. I said... ooook. Do you think this is serious? And Im holding Chase and she leans over and listens (and of course he is not wheezing cause Ive been holding him) and she says...well if it would make you feel better...go to the ER.

Soooo I go out to the car. thinking...what the crap, Im not going to go sit in the ER waiting room for 3 hours for them to tell me hes fine. Im not going. Somehow I find myself on the freeway going to the ER. :rolleyes :lol The whole way cussing myself at how dumb Im making this. But I thought Id already called MIL...she'd be asking me how he was doing...Missy was already down at the house so I might as well go. Thought about turning around 20 times.

Get in there and theres only one patient ahead of me. what the heck...this place is usually paaaaaacked. And on a Friday night? So we get right in. They take two xrays. HE did great on them. The guy said he was the best 15 month old hes ever had and he talks more then any 15 month hes ever heard. I was thinking...well then...if nothing else at least I got a few compliments. :lol

So I go back in the room and a lady dr comes in. She listens to him and she says okkkk Ill be right back after I look at his films. Doesnt act like anythings wrong. So she comes back in and listens to him again and she tells me... "Well his right lung is dimnishing and there is definitely something in there. I cant see anything on the xrays but his breaths are diminishing on the right side. We dont have a pediatric dr. here who can go down and scope it so you will have to go to Primary Childrens for that." Im thinking..holy crap. She said that they would get an IV started and call P.C. So she goes out and I get on the phone with MIL. I tell her all about it and she said...well do you want Les go to up there with you (FIL) cause she was leaving on a trip to Boston. I said...Well I want someone to! Will you call Lisa (SIL). Lisa is the one that is Adrians mom so she stayed up at PC for four months. She knows the ins and outs up there. And I didnt wanna go up there alone. (all this time I havent called Scott. Hes 4 hours away and didnt bring a car so I knew he had no way to get home and he would just FREAK when there was nothing he could do). So Lisa comes to the hospital. They call an ambulance to come transport us. Try to put an IV in. Blew two veins on his one arm and finally got one in his other arm. They had him wrapped in a blanket so he wouldnt flail around. Once that blanket was off of him he wanted nothing to do with it. He was so mad at it. :lol

So the ambulance takes FOREVER. Like 45 minutes. FIL and MIL get there and FIL gives Chase a blessing. The ambulance gets there and they ask me for his car seat. Who would have thought that they needed his carseat. They strapped it to the gurney and we are off. Lisa is driving my car behind the ambulance. Chase slept the whole way in the ambulance. I mean it was like midnight by then so he was beat. I called my parents on the way up there. They were at work. We get to Primaries and get into an ER room. They are PACKED!!! It took an hour and half for a doctor to get to us. She comes in. Listens to him. Acts like its nothing. Says ok...do you know what they are going to do? I said they said they were going to go down with a scope and get it out. She says yeah and tells me she will be back . (she never came back)

then...dr. MCCOOL comes in. Hes like 20 I swear and he was in a daze. Looks like he just woke up. Hes like....(insert teenager surferish talk here) soooooooo Im the resident ENT. What happened? I tell him the story and hes like.. ohhhh so why did he have a crayon? I look over at lisa and look back at him and Im like...ummmm I dont know, he just had it. Hes like...ohhh so what color was it? Im like blue. :para and hes like...ohhhh ok. Soooo we are going to take him to the OR. And Im thinking...YOU? YOU DR MC COOL are going to take My baby to the OR? I look at Lisa and mouth to her... ARE YOU FRICKEN KIDDING ME??? He tells me his boss will be in in a minute. So he leaves and Im like... LiSA!! Is he taking him? And she tells me that it will be his boss that does the surgery...its ok! So DR MC COOL (seriously thats his name) came to take him up and he is still hooked to the iv. I tell him that he needs to unhook it. He comes and looks at it like its a foreign object. Is turning the tube back and forth. And says... Well maybe I should come get the nurse to do this. I said yea...that would be good. Nurse comes and un hooks us. So Im taking him up to the OR. We get up there and the anestesiologist comes and talks to me... and then hes like...ok and reaches out for him. Im thinking...already? You? The anestesiologist takes him??? And off he went. My stomach was now offically SICK! So me and Lisa go to the waiting room. He tells us it will take 30-40 minutes. About 25-30 minutes go by and here comes Dr Bennett and Dr McCool. I look at Lisa and said...that was fast...is that good news or bad news? She tells me good. So they come in and hand me a chunk of blue crayon in a bottle. And this picture



Said that it was in his right lung. Air was able to get past it but it was right in the middle

Dr McCool actually turned out cool and knew what he was talking about now so that made me feel better.

I went into recovery room and he was screaminnnnng. The nurse was holding him. The second I took him he stopped. They got him a cup of AJ and he guzzled that down like no tomorrow (he hadnt eaten since 4 the day before). Then he just fell asleep in my arms. They took us up to his room and we layed there with him for about an hour. Decide that we should probably get some sleep. The nurse said she would release us in the morning (it was 4 am by now). Lisa said...whats the morning? And she said.. when he wakes up and hes doing good. So we lay down and start to get setteled in. His alarm goes off and he wakes up. Nurse comes in and its the alarm saying his IV is empty. She unhooks it and says...well hes awake...do you wanna go home? I was like...heck yes!!! So to home we went!! Hes doing great. Theres really no recovery because there was no cutting. So now just lots of cuddles and Im fricken paranoid about anything on the floor!!! But other then that we are good. We got home at 6:30. and Jentry watched Ty while Chase and I slept a little. Scott is on his way home and has no idea any of this happened. Hes in for a suprise! :sgrin

Maybe Ill just wait to tell him until the bill shows up and be like...oh yeah...that... :lol

Yuba Take One...

My parents went to Yuba for the week. They also took Jentry and Brinley. I knew Brinley wouldnt last long...but Jentry, shes a die hard. I knew she wouldnt be coming home unless she absolutely had to. She ended up staying the whole week. That was a long time without her. I had to do everything myself and learned just how much she really does help out. She was VERY missed.

I do have to say that they took good care of her. She didnt even have a sunburn. Tho she is rubbed raw from the tube. I guess my constant reminder of sunscreen worked. :)

I decided that Id go down there on Tuesday. I knew Wednesday there was supposed to be a storm so Tuesday we should be ok, right? Wrong. It was sooooooooo windy that day. There was really nothing to do but sit on the shores. It was too windy to ride the boat. And well, wind is just not any fun. So we ended up leaving early.

My SIL Bethany came with me. She is very afraid of water. This was her first time out on a wave runner. While she was out there Brady was taking her around. She thought he was doing a good job. Therefore, she thought he had been doing this for awhile. Imagine her suprise when he said he'd been riding for only two days. That cut her trip short on the wave runner and she told him to take her back to shore. I was suprised she had even gotten on with him.




Chase loooved the water and the sand even more. Even tho it was a little cold, that didnt bother him one bit.





Yuba Day Take Two..was much funner....

Kindergarten Baby.... not anymore....

Brinley graduated from Kindergarten this last Thursday. She was so excited. They did a little program with songs they had learned. Grandpa and Grandma were able to come down and see her! She wanted to be all dressed up and have her hair done pretty so we curled her all up.

Her teacher was Miss Mellor. She was such a fun teacher!! Brinley is already missing her



Cute Picture of her and Jentry



Afterwards Grandma and Grandpa took us out to Brinleys favorite restaraunt...SIZZLERS



I dont know how I feel about this. Kindergarten is such a fun age. They are so dang cute. Now shes a real school girl. Full days from here on out. Im going to miss her. Im going to miss just getting to have time with her in the morning to do homework. Now its going to have to be crammed in with Jentrys in the night. Theres not much time left before Ty will be in kindergarten and then BAM Chase will be the next year. And then what...

Memorial Day

We had a great day. Even tho it rained. Which, I guess, is fitting. So many people crying for their loved ones... the heavens should cry too. We went and visited the graves in the Provo Cemetary. We didnt make it to my cousins in American Fork. It did quit raining when we got there. So that was nice.

This is the kids by my Aunt Wanda's. I take a picture here every year and my have those kids grown. :-(



We stopped by Andrew Hunter Scott's grave. This is the ancestor that Jentry did the wax museum on. She wanted to see it.




Then we stopped by Scotts grandma and grandpa's grave. This is the first memorial day that we visited grandma. :-( Very sad. But we know she is so happy to be with grandpa again, to be able to walk and not to hurt anymore. So its alright. Tho I miss her terribly. I miss getting to go to Scotts parents and just sit there and talk to her. She had so many intresting stories. Im grateful that the last few months I was able to talk to her so much and get to learn so much about her. She was a pretty cool chick. I wish I would have gotten to know Grandpa Hendricksen. I hear he wasnt too shabby either!

Bethany's Graduation...

Bethany graduated from highschool this last Thursday (a few weeks AFTER she graduated from College). She is such a smarty pants. She went to an alternative (I dont know if thats what you would all it) We call it nerd-cas. Its really UCAS (Utah County Acadamy of Sciences) Its for all of those smart people. Something I will never be. And shes cute too. Brains and Beauty....lucky duck!!!

Chase was as loud as he could be there. So most of the service I spent walking around with him or walking outside. But it made for some good picture time. This is one that I got of him that I think is so cute. he is always making this face



Soon after I went outside...others followed....






Here is one Jentry took of us



I took one of me and Missy since no one was taking pictures of us. lol



Heres one with Scott and his sister




Ive already decided once Jentry gets into 5th grade she is going to be beyond me in academics...Im going to have to have Bethany come over and tutor both of us!!

Wax Museum

The 4th grade wax museum was today. They were supposed to pick someone who has influenced Utah in somehow. Jentry chose Andrew Hunter Scott. He is my (I think) 6th great grandpa. He came over here with the pioneers. He was Provo's 5th mayor.

She did suuuuuuuch a great job on it. There was a fake little button that you would push and then they had to do a 2 minute schpiel on who they were. Last night Jentry did not have hers memorized. But Mr. C. said it was ok for them to cheat off of their paper.

When I got there and pushed her button...she had the whole thing memorized. Dates and all. She did great. And it was so cute going around to all the little kids and getting to see what they said. One girl was Marie Osmond, lots were Jedediah Smith, alot of them were mormon pioneers. It was just funny to see who each kid picked. It was a very cute thing for them to put on!!!

Family Home Evening

Most of you know what this is...but for those that don't....

In our chruch they have asked that we set aside one night (preferbly Monday) for just families. To do some activity or to learn some lesson. It gives you time to just be with your family. At the ages the kids are now...thats not hard. They are ALWAYS here. But as they get older and schedules start to become more hectic then they already are...it will be nice that for one night...we are just us...just a family.

For FHE this week we went to Salem Ponds to feed the ducks. We got subway on the way there...had a little picnic. And TRIED to feed the ducks. Lesson one was learned:
~Never go to feed the ducks on a night that every other family has come to feed the ducks. They wont eat it. BUT THE FISH WILL. There were some giant carps in there that would jump up and eat the bread. So that was pretty cool.




The kids had a great time. They loved playing at the park and feeding the fish. Chase loved getting to roam free

I loved it cause I didnt have to make dinner ;-)


(dont mind the messy hair do)

Gone Fishin'

So we got a note home that the city was putting a fishing class on. It was like $10 to sign up...so why not??? It lasted 6 weeks. 3 of the weeks were at the pond by our house and 2 were up at the reservoir which is also just a hop skip and a jump away and then one back down at the pond for a fish fry! Jentry did NOT want to sign up. But tough, I signed her up anyway. It was every Thursday for two hours...and OF COURSE every dang Thursday has been COOOOOLD!!! The kiddos have had to bundle up to survive. But not last night...last night was beautiful!

Jentry "caught" on real quick and soon was catching way more fish then anyone in the class.


Brinley would fish for 5 minutes and then start running around and playing...come back to her pole if she had to and then leave to run around again.

Yesterday was their last class so it was the big fish fry. We got there at 6 and they all fished until 7:15. Brinley was catching fish left and right! Jentry caught a couple. Which was a big turn around from before. Brinley even caught a huge one. She was so proud. She took it everywhere with her until they came to pick it up for the fish fry. I was surprised she would even touch it. Let alone carry it with her everywhere. She was very proud of it.




Chase and Ty just played around the whole time. Ty loved being able to run up and down the hills.


Chase hated the grass!!



But I think they both had a fun time last night too.


One of the kids in their class even caught an Albino fish. Scott said hes seen them before, but I never remember seeing one. Weird...


Of course when it came to the fish fry, none of my kids would eat a fish...they had hot dogs instead.




Anyway, the kids ended up loving every minute of fishing class and on our way home last night Jentry said... "Can we do this again next year?"

I think that would be alright!