Great Influences

I am so grateful for such amazing people in my life. Today I had my Visiting Teachers come. I have new ones, and I have to say I was so excited to hear it was them. These two are ladies who I noticed right away when we moved in. Not only are they beautiful on the outside, but they are equally stunning on the inside. They are the type of ladies who go out of their way to make people feel welcome, special, and unique.

They were so kind today to ask how I do when Matt travels. His traveling is a whole new thing to our family and it has taken some adjustment. We love having him around and doing things as a family. So as we were talking they told me that if I ever need some "ME" time, that they would take my kids. One of the ladies just had her 6th child not too long ago. She is a wonderful talented mother who takes such great care of her kids and who also plays the violin in a orchestra. The other lady has 2 kids, and somehow also manages 3 part-time jobs. What amazing ladies!

Here I am with 3 kids and I get to stay at home with them. I don't have as many commitments as they do and yet they offered to take on another! Serious, how kind can you get! They really made me look at myself a little more today. I often feel like I should help out my ladies more often than I do. The other day I went to visit one of my ladies and I asked her if I could do anything for her. She asked if I could take 2 of her children next month for the day while she did an activity at the kids school. I told her I would check my calendar and get back to her. Honestly, I was hoping that I might have something that day! How sad is that!!!! I thought of all the things this person has done for our family and then called to let her know I could take her kids. I shouldn't even have to think about it. I think so often we are so consumed in our own lives that we forget to give a little too! So thanks to my V/T ladies! Your 1 visit already have taught me so much:)

A Day at the Dentist

Taylor and Parker saw the dentist a week ago and they both had 2 cavities. One in a baby tooth and one in a permanent one. The dentist also mentioned that Parker needed to see a Orthodontist soon. Happy Happy Joy Joy!!! So Parker went to the Ortho and we found out that he needs a bumper on the bottom, and a palate spacer on the top. Poor kid! He will have that for 6 months and then braces on his top four and bottom four teeth for a year. THEN he will get full braces when he is 11 or 12 once all his teeth are in! And we also found out he has TMJ really bad and may need to do something for that if the spacing doesn't correct it. Just for his first spacers and mini braces we will be shelling out $2400.00 and who know what we will pay when he is 11. Who knew kids were so expensive:) Actually I am grateful that he is getting all this done while he is young and before it gets any worse.

So here is the best part. I was really worried about Taylor getting her cavities filled. I love her, but she is a HUGE wuss! She freaks out when she has a loose tooth! When she went for her check-up she kept blocking the girl from brushing her teeth because she wanted to know if it was going to hurt. So when I picked them up from school I brought their children's liquid Lortab from when the girls had their tonsils out. I thought it might help take the edge off for Tay. We also didn't know if they would give them much for the pain. So we got there, Tay was first. She had this really cool visor with earbuds that she put on and picked out a movie. She also chose Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream Flavor for the gas (thank goodness they had that!). She got all numbed up and the dentist took all of 10 minutes to do the 2 cavities! While it was being done, Tay started saying "Hi Uhh" and doing karate moves. She was using her arms and legs!! It was SO funny! I guess the gas felt really good. I was trying not to laugh, but I couldn't stop. There was a intern in there and the poor thing was laughing so hard she was crying! Tay would also reach up and touch all the instruments and go "OOOHHH". It was awesome! She did so great! Parker thought Tay was crazy and he said he wasn't going to act like her and he didn't. He said he didn't feel a thing! I am so grateful for that dentist! She did such an amazing job!

Box Houses, HAB, and Easter!

Box houses during Conference. It was so nice and quiet for hours!

P,T, and O at Hill Air Force Base.

Oakley in her seat ready to blast off!

Tay blasting off!

Parker ready to go!

We had so much fun at the Eater Egg Hunt at Franklin Covey Field.

O saying "Hi" to the S.L. Bee. She also got to hug the Jazz Bear!

She was so excited about all the eggs she got!

O at G & Grandma's Egg Hunt.

T, P, and Matt hunting.

Tay filled her bucket and then some!

P trying out the stilts grandpa made for him.

O with some help from Grandpa.

T and Grandma

Matt right before he jumped off. Good thing we have insurance:)

The kiddos on Easter Morning before church

O,T, and their girls walking home from church! Such a hot little group of ladies!

We have had alot of fun these last few weeks going to the Clark Planetarium a few times, visiting with friends and family, and playing at home.

My can do away with list!

Here are a few things I think I could do away with......

1. My Wii Fit saying "OH" when I get on it.
2. The snow in the spring.
3. Everyone in my family having skinny Mii's on the Wii except me:)
4. While sweeping, catching a ball of fluffy dog hair in my mouth from the dogs.
5. Having to watch the Jazz 4-5 times a week. I like them but come on!!
6. Being excited to watch Grey's and then have it end up being a re-run so I HAVE to watch the Jazz again in my room! Come on!
7. Being rushed down the line at Cafe Rio!
8. Kids pooping in the pool, just gross! And then having lifeguards not evict everyone out while they clean it up!
9. Laundry, scrubbing floors, scrubbing toilets and tubs......
10. Did I mention snow????
11. My husband having to work! I would love the millions of dollars to just come off our trees in the backyard and get to spend 24/7 with him. I really do like him that much:)
12. Sick kids. I just feel so bad for them, and I really don't like cleaning up throw-up.

But really, life is pretty dang fabulous if this is all I can come up with:)