A little slow

about 2 1/2 weeks before school started Zach's dad was kind enough to come visit and play with the kids for a few days while I attended Youth Conference. Then he stayed and helped Zach sheet rock the basement. We called it a working vacation. He said he did have a good time. Kendall still asks when grandpa is coming back and talks about going to see Ice Age with Grandpa. I think the kids might have had as much fun as he did. I should have left the camera with him instead of taking it with me becuase I didn't use it at Youth Conference. But here are a few of them working.







The boys have been in school for 3 weeks now and I'm just getting around to putting first day of school pictures up, but we have been pretty busy the last few weeks of summer and the first part of school. School is going well for both Dylan and Carter. They have great teachers who are excited to be there.





I started taking the girls, to library time the first week they read books about puppies and watched a short video/book about a puppy who didn't bark. Then they do a craft and they made puppy ears. I thought they looked so cute so I took this picture after we got home while they were eating lunch.


Another exciting thing that happened this summer is that Carter earned his wolf. He is still working on arrow points. He was very excited about this great accomplishment. It took me a while to get his patches on his uniform but he now has his uniform with all the patches and lots of belt loops too. He is a hard worker and very motivated. He loves going to scouts.


Last but not least Zach is doing much better. His back is healing slowly and things are pretty much back to normal around here. If this is what you call "normal".

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! I hope that you have some time to get away and enjoy each other on this special day, and celebrate 38? years of blissful marriage:) I am so glad you decided to get married and that you are my parents. Have a great day and congrats on being married for so flippin long!!!

Love ya
Doo-Dah

Ice Cream

New Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Flavor

In honor of the 44th President of the United States ,

Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream has introduced a new flavor: " Barocky Road ."

Barocky Road is a blend of half vanilla, half chocolate, and surrounded by nuts and flakes.

The vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient.

The nuts and flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow.

The cost is $100 per scoop.

When purchased it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, but then the ice cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you, you are left with an empty wallet and no change, holding an empty cone with no hope of getting any ice cream.

Are you stimulated yet?

911

Last night I had my first experience calling 911. About 1 am I woke up to Zach saying his back was really hurting. We had decided to get a new bed and before we went to bed he had helped me carry most of the boxes up the stairs, That was probabally our first mistake. I gave him what we thought was a pain medicine and a muscle relaxer and tried to rub out the huge knots that were up and down his back. After about an hour the pain hadn't subsided and was starting to feel worse as he was getting more tired and nothing was helping. I gave him some Tylonal with Codiene in it. and waited another 1/2 hour. Now what nothing was helping. He couldn't even get out of bed it hurt so bad. So I called. 911. The ambulance showed up and they helped him get out of bed and carried him down the stairs in a wheel chair and took him to the hospital. Good thing we called them because if I would have taken him they said the Hospital that we would have gone to was closed. I called a neighbor to come sit with the kids. And then took off for the hospital. There we found out that what we thought was a pain reliever was actually just an anti-inflamitory. They gave him some meds through an IV and then again through the IV along with some Vicadon. He was feeling much better. They said that his back was swollen in the Catscan they had done and to follow up with his Primary Care doctor on Monday. We then were released to come hom. All in all only about 3 hours in the hospital. After filling his perscription he has been able to rest today and the swelling in his back is noticably lessened. The pain is subsiding and he isn't taking the pain meds every 3 1/2 hours now it is around 4-5 hours inbetween. Hopefully by Monday he will be feeling better. We are icing his back off and on too which also seems to be helping. He will get another MRI Monday, we are hoping for the best maybe a shot and some PT. We'll see. Hopefully not another surgury. I will let you know how things go.

Love to you all
Lynette

Not Much Going On.

Well, not too much going on here in Farmington. Things have been slow at work for Justin, which he loves, lazy bum:) The boys and I are getting along. The baby is measuring about five days earlier than my due date which is Halloween. I am really ready for this pregnancy to be over. It has been really hard, but I am a little freaked out at the prospect of having three kids, and having three rough and tumble boys for that matter. Kaden and Kaleb already wear me out, so to add a third in the mix will be fun. I have my next doc's appt on Fri, Aug 21st, and we will see how things are going. Probably just a normal check up. Then I go to two week appts and then it is really downhill from there. My friend, Erin, and neighbor, is due the end of Sept. we are about five week apart, so once she has her baby then I know it will go by really quickly. I am excited to see everyone in just a couple of weeks, but not looking forward to the heat. It has been only getting up in the high 80's and cooling down, and has been so nice. I guess that has been a nice thing to go through a summer up here and not down in Tucson again. I felt like I was dying already. Well see you soon!!!! (Well most of you!)

Ear Rings?

Kendall is a girl. Not just a girl though. She can be really girly or just as rough and tumble as the boys. In the mail today we got beads from Grandma O. She was so excited to make what?
Ear rings!

Those were the first words out of her mouth. I want you to make me some earrings. Well I talked her into a bracelet instead, and found some clip on ear rings to put on. She was so excited about them even though they hurt a little. She wouldn't even let me take them off to go to bed. We did end up taking them off for the night eventually but it was a little bit of a fight and she had to have them back on first thing this morning. She is also quite the little diva when it comes to taking her picture. She has to pose just right and then she wants to see the picture. Then she told me no take my picture with me looking that way.

Here's the lastest

Well let's see, where to start. First off, I apologize for being such a slacker. But, we are moving this weekend. TO a bigger place on an acre. We really wanted something bigger with a yard. This place is a manufactured home, with a nice yard with a little grass and bigger bedrooms for the kids. Ryan is still home with Amaya, who by the way is growing by leaps and bounds. I can't believe she is almost 9 months old already! She is talking up a storm, nothing that makes much sense except Mama. And such a personality! Sebastien is doing great. Growing like a weed too. He is taller than me and wearing size 11 shoe this year!! He is very active in Scouts and having a great time. His attitude has improved a ton, he is enjoying school and doing very well. He will be transferring to a brand new school, just opened this year. He is excited for that. It's still in the Vail district but a new school. Work for me has been a bit of a struggle, the Doc I was working with and I just didn't groove. I have been re-assigned to another Doc and thing's a much better. All in all we are doing really well. Fat and happy!! It is so much fun to watch Ryan get to be a Daddy and Sebastien really enjoys his sister. A chance we are all gratefull they got to experience. We feel like we've gotten a second chance. We are looking forward to seeing Desi and Justin and the boys next month. I think that about covers it. Hope all are well. We miss ya!!!!