Progress...

Well here is Hoots hair over the last couple of weeks...

sporting a major comb over...

pretty much what it looks like all the time...

We still love her!

Oh my goodness...

Words can not describe how funny this was!

It was Cori's "wedding".

Dear Child of mine, if this is what you have in mind for your wedding,

than we are gonna have some problems!

"Here comes the Bride, all dressed and wide"-Swayze

"Here comes the Bride, Perfect and Prized"-Cori

"Here comes the Bride, here comes the bride?"-Tenley

all sung at the same time! :)

Diva child...

Love that shot of Swayze!

I love watching Cori and her friends play!

I especially love that Cori is wearing both of Lucie's clothes.

Skirt 3-6 months. Flapper dress from Halloween 2 years ago!

Cracks me up!

St. Patrick's Day

For each petal on the Shamrock

This brings a wish your way

Good health, Good Luck, and happiness

For Today and Every Day

The Leprachaun came and brought the kids some Lucky Charms!

They were so excited!

This is becoming a holiday mantle. Its right here in the kitchen and the kids are loving it.

The End

Hiking and other Spring Break type stuff

Well Spring Break has come and gone and... I meant well.

We decided to stay home this year and just play around town.

Jared and I are planning on joining a group of our friends and hiking from Rim to Rim of the Grand Canyon.

I have 2 months to get my BUTT in shape for this as everyone who is going seems to be a Marathoner/Tri Athelete.

CRAP!!!

So we started off Spring Break with a hike to the Wind Caves up by Usery Pass.

Such a great little hike and I was impressed that the midgets made it all the way to the top!

We took our favorite neighbor Tyler who my kids are OBSESSED with!

Jared and I think he's great too!

Here we are up at the top. It was refreshing to sit in the shade.

But there was no wind. Luckily it didn't get warm till we made it back down.

Afterwards, I found this note from Cori...

Translation: Dear Mom, Did you have a good hike? Sign it Yes or No

and then the circle at the top says Sign it as well as tribal looking figures which are supposed to be me and Cori. :)

Love this girl!

So for the rest of Spring Break we did a whole lotta nothing.

Luckily we had several families in our neighborhood who decided to stay home too so we got together with them each night and it was lots of fun!

Sunday hanging in front of the Wags house.

Monday swim party and Hotdogs at the Lakers house.

Tuesday Pizza night and Neilsons run.

Wednesday Street Tacos in the street.

Thursday we all did the wind cave hike and IHop for brunch.

And about Friday is when I was incapable of finding any more joy in Spring Break...

But the kids had a blast, not enough sleep, but a blast!

Love our neighbors!

Counting my Blessings...

Jared was in an accident while on his bike last Thursday.

The driver didn't see him and cut right in front of him as he was going 20 mph.

His front bike tire hit her car and he went flying over the hood.

landing and rolling about 15 ft on the street.

I got a call from a stranger telling me he had been in an accident.

Scared. Me. to Death.

By the time I got to the scene Jared was already in an Ambulance on his way to the ER.

I grabbed his brand new and broken Tri-Bike and headed to the hospital.

Once I arrived this is how I found him...

We are so lucky! Just minor injuries. He was beyond mad and his swollen jaw (from oral surgery earlier that week) was killing him with that brace on!

Just that morning, his doctor had cleared him to ride.

How was he to know that he'd get hit by a car 10 min into his ride?

He was totally fine, just bumps, scraps and bruises and whiplash.

He sat their tied down for a good 30 min before I asked someone to get him off the board.

He was mad but after I serenaded him with "Lean on Me" he finally cracked a smile...

And then someone finally came in to cut him loose from his straps and neck brace.

Then the nurse came in to discharge him.

I love it when they ask questions to the patient right in front of you as if your not there.

What's your name?

Emergency contact?

Are you married?

What's your spouses name?

and then she finally looks at me and before she can ask, I say,

"I'm not his wife."

And she got quiet and pale until I started laughing.

I know, Imma Jerk! :)

In the car on the way home...

I am so grateful that he is OK.

We are so lucky!

I'm counting my blessings...

So thankful for my neighbors and friends for being there when I needed them.

So grateful to be surrounded by people who care for our little family.

While we waited in the ER we both received calls and texts... news travels fast around here but I Love it!

It doesn't bother me one bit. People care and are willing to serve when you are in need.

I've already experienced that twice this year! I love that within an hour of his accident,

both the Bishop and Relief Society President called to make sure we are OK and asked what they could do to help.

We feel loved and supported and it feels great!

Within the last 10 days Jared has had a major sinus infection, wisdom teeth removal and hit by a car. I'd say he's had a pretty rough couple weeks!

The dang mask!

So OVER the NEBULIZER!

Impatiently waiting for someone to outgrow it...

Carnivore

This boy LOVES Dinosaurs! and loves to eat.

Now he loves to feed the dinosaur while we all eat.

so for you...

some for me...

and more for you...

Why is he so cute?

How much are we Loving Dino Dan? It's about time they got a real boy show on the air!

The Crazies

and that's pretty much all that needs to be said.

My Fashion Guru

The other morning Cori came to me with a picture the had drawn of a hairdo I was to create. (slap face for not saving the pic!)

My initial thought was 'I'm the hairdresser and mother so I'll decide how I do your hair' but,

then I quickly thought of when I was a kid and my Mom let me express myself via hairdo and clothing.

(thank you Madonna! Even though I doubt Madonna had anything to do with it!)

Thanks Mom for letting me dress myself and request hairdos!

With out further adew, the hairdo...

Last week, Cori's school celebrated Dr. Suess' Birthday. On Tuesday they got to wear pajamas to school for a "Book-a-thon".

Wed they had Green eggs and ham for lunch. Thurs they had birthday cake and their Library visit.

Friday they dressed up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character. Cori chose Cindy Lou Who.

Probably because that's the only character she actually knew or the only one that doesn't look CRAZY!

I was so excited to attempt this hairdo...

but when I showed it to Cori she said it was "crazy" and didn't want to go to school looking like that!

She decided to model her look off the original Dr. Seuss character...

I thought, wow she's so vintage and authentic and original and shew... this is gonna be easy!

So I set out to create (with stuff we already had) a costume that Cori would be pleased with.

This is what we came up with...

I'll admit that it wasn't so easy. Especially when I started it on Thursday afternoon.

I felt like I was on an episode of Project Runway with just my old fabric, trusty sewing machine, what's left of my brains on a Thursday afternoon, and no time to figure it all out!

I put one antenna on the headband and placed it on my head to see if it was gonna work and 3 hours later while sitting in my class, felt it on my head when I went to scratch my ear.

I bust a gut laughing because my friend in the class said that she was thinking "wow, Cindi is ahead of our fashion. I knew headbands were in but I've never seen any headbands like that in any of the magazines".

I. AM. AN. IDIOT.

Cori was happy with her costume when she woke up Friday morning.

I even got to go read in her class Friday and I may be biased but, her costume was the best by far!

We've had these blades for awhile now. Cori is really starting to get the hang of it.

Love this girl!

He's lost his Wisdom!

Today Jared had his wisdom teeth pulled.

It's been a little CRAZY up in here to say the least!

He's done and said a lot of funny things such as

"You need to be the only man that loves me" after repeatedly telling me he loves me.

I guess if his love is there even while on drugs than it must be real

but someone should break the news to him that I am NOT a man!

or

pretending to drive the car in the passenger seat

or

Mocking crying kids in the car

or

telling Jake, "the tooth fairy is gonna come to Pa and make me RICCCCCCHHHHHHH"

And who knows what else he said or did while I left the kids in the car with him for 10 min while I was getting Jared a smoothie in Jamba Juice.

I'm pretty sure that the kids are traumatized!

But that's what happens when you don't give your wife adequate notice of an oral surgery so she can get a sitter for the kids. :)

Here he is, not sure what's going on...

wanting to smile for the camera...

and then the anesthesia waring off...

I LOVE that he thought he was going to work the next day and

that he would be resuming full Iron Man training.

Why is he so nuts?

I don't know... but I sure love him!

In his defense, his left side was impacted so it was a pretty rough removal.

But its much more entertaining to poke fun :)

DC- Desert Hike

Thanks to my VT, last week I was able to go with Jake on the Discovery Club field trip.

I try to jump at any chance where I can spend one on one time with a kid.

I love seeing him with his peers and teachers.

We went on a hike where his teachers talked about the different animals and plant life in the desert. At the Visitors Center up at Usery Park, they have a couple different animals that the kids can get a good close up look at. Jake was particularly excited about the snake.

The whole Class

He loves his teacher and wanted to walk right beside her and hold her hand.

I really love that we live so close to these mountains.

I think the desert is actually very pretty and very interesting.

taking a break

Finished!

Such a beautiful day to be out on a hike!