New Arrivals

8.30.11
This morning on his way to work Mike noticed there were some new little ones out front. They hatched sometime this morning. From what we could see there were 22 eggs in the nest. There are 10 that did not hatch. So you would think there were 12 new ones, but each time we count we get a different figure. From my pictures I count 13. Mike has counted 14 in his pictures he took with his phone. They don't hold still long enough to count. Anyway they are just adorable and cute and fuzzy!

We are so excited!

We already had 4 fall down the rain gutter drain, but we were able to rescue them in time before they floated down to the creek.

Let us know if you want some ducks (or turkeys)!

Daddy duck checking them out

First Day of School

Yessss!!!! It has begun! (Maybe that was a little too much enthusiasm from this mom).

They could hardly go to bed last night and they were up extra early this morning. We made it to school in plenty of time to scope out friends and their new clothes.

Katelyn is in 5th Grade

Amy is in 3rd Grade


Tyler is in 1st Grade. This is his first year going for the full day. He was so excited to eat lunch at school.







At the kid's school they have "back to school" morning. So then my chillins went to an assembly while I went to each of their classrooms for 15 minutes to meet their teacher and get the 411 of their classroom. I think we will have some great teachers this year!

Christian was so tired from all the commotion he passed out on the floor!

Look A Likes

 

Blubber

We had a picture contest to see who had the most blubber. I think Amy won and she is very proud of her victory.

 

FHE: Bowling

How many "stripes" do I have?

Was a question we were asked many times on Monday by Brigham. No matter how many times we told him they were called "Strikes" the little guy could not get it. He was so toot though- we didn't mind. Turns out our kids are bowlers like their dad- not their mom. Brigham tripled my score in the first game and then we won't even talk about my score in the second game.

Amy and Mike tied in the second game for 104.

I think a great time was had by all!


Christian behaved surprisingly well. Mike let him bowl with him the first try and he was done after that. Kates giving him a high five.

JNB: 4 Months

Jess is growing like a "kitty, kitty"!
16.2 lbs 93%
25 in 77%
She loves to be sitting up, loves the Bumbo so she can see what all the noise is around her. Has started squealing. She knows she has to speak up if she wants to be heard around here. Sleeps through the night! Finally on our sixth baby! Lights up when she sees her daddy.
We are so lucky to have such a happy girl.



We have tried a bottle a couple of times, but she will not take one. So we tried cereal a couple of times and most of it was spit out. We will keep trying!

Jill is gettin' hitched

We had a modest bridal shower up narth for Jill to celebrate her upcoming mawridge to Michael. It was a tough crowd, but I think we all had some fun.


There were some of her friends from work, a couple of wardies, couple of roomies (including Jodi), couple of fambilies and a couple of squishy babies.








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We played a game where you tried to figure out what was in the bag by touching only.

Katelyn did a game where we had to remember details about the way Jill looked once she left the room. I had asked Michael some questions earlier and we asked Jill the same questions. If she got the answer wrong she had to chew a gumball. She was about 50/50 on the questions.


Amy had a great time stuffing her with blue gum balls especially.

We had everyone write some advice on a card and she read them aloud before opening her presents. She got some great advice and some great gifts!


Kaye took over Kellie's job in her absence.


I think Jodi had the best gift! It got the most laughs and truth be told it will probably get used the most. Yes folks, look closely,those are "poopies", teddy bears, and kitty cats on that nighty.


Yummy spread! Thanks for letting me borrow your "friends" Ronni.

Jill had been working hard all week to get her apartment looking pretty and it did look fabulous!

Cherry Hill 8.10.11

The kids had been wanting to go to Cherry Hill all summer and I found some half price tickets on KSL so it was time.
We loved it. It was the perfect size park that I didn't feel to stretched between the kids. Christian, Jessie and I stayed together while everyone else came and went.


Katelyn, Amy and Tyler loved Cataract Canyon.



Briggy could have stayed all day at the lazy river. At closing, he was still there helping gather the tubes for the lifeguards.



Katelyn took Christian down the dragon slide. He said he didn't like going fast.

Christian's favorite was Pirate's Cove. He went on the kiddie slide a hundred times- by himself- while I waited at the "bottom".

We give Cherry Hill FIVE STARS!!! Lots of fun for a great price!

Water Down Below

Brian and Joce Wikle came to visit just in time... to save us from our flood.
I was outside tinkering in the garage when lo and behold the Wikles from Texas pull up. It was good to see them and their adorable kids.

I was showing them the improvements on our house and when we were headed down to visit the basement we spotted water and mud at the bottom of the stairs. After much investigating found out we had a busted sprinkler and that morning's cycle and filled the basement window well and it had been trickling into the basement.


Unfortunately Brian and Joce had experience in flooding, but lucky for me they knew exactly what to do.

Brian got everything out of the wet rooms and we got the pad thrown away and the carpet up to dry. My VTs and neighbors had fans over in a jiffy and we were drying out. I was able to save the carpet with a lot of shopvaccing and fans.

The carpet guys came Monday and put it all back together Yeah!!