Monster Trucks and Motorcross

As Stevey and the older four kids where walking out the door to carpool with three other dads and their kids to go this Monster Truck event, my beloved husband slowly backed up out of the doorway and shut the front door. I asked him what was going on and he humbly tells me that he was waiting for the bishop to drive by on his way to the Priesthood Session of Conference at the Stake Center. I guess Stevey didn't want to concern the bishop with his lack of attendance...that or just hiding from his own guilt.

Regardless, they had a great time and I am happy that they FINALLY went to one....they have been trying to go for years.

Dalton and Zoie


Shay, Braden and a friend Colton


The fire-breathing, car-eating, masked dinosaur.

This was the kids favorite monster truck.

Good Samaritan Reward

"Falls Brand" meat company showed their gratitude for bringing the nut in the wieners mishap to their attention by overnighting us a nice selection of their other meat products available for sale....the sausage and old fashioned hot dogs were good (if you like that kind of thing).




So if the hotdog thing wasn't weird enough I was at Toys R Us the other day and decided to buy Sunny the toy pictured on the box below. What I got the was the toy displayed on the right....do you see a problem here? I called Fisher Price about it because on the box there is a disclaimer stating that there may be slight differences on the toys verse what is pictured on the box....and THIS difference is anything but slight. After some discussion we discovered that the toy was packaged in the wrong box and they are now sending me correct toy for FREE...I returned the one I purchased and discovered that mine was the only one packaged wrong. Another win-win situation.

This is a photograph of the newest piece of art or home decor to grace the walls of our home. We found this at DownEast and both Stevey and I fell in love with it the moment we way it. It fits perfectly with the other decor and we especially love it because we haven't seen anything like it anywhere.

Nut and Wieners anyone?

For dinner on Friday night I was putting some beef wieners on the BBQ and was surprised to find a nice greasy nut tucked in the middle of them nice and snug....I didn't have to pay anything extra for it either.

I called and emailed the company about it this morning and sent them over these pictures and they were quick to call me back in total disbelief. They are going to call me again on Monday to get more information about the packaging so they can try and figure this whole thing out. I think this is just so weird. And secretly I hope they offer a good samaritan award!

Enjoy!

February - March

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Blue Thunder

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Clover is 3!

This was our third birthday for the month and it was a lot of fun. Clover had some friends over for small party full of cake, ice cream, presents, balloons, and tears.

We love you Clover.

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Thanks Jo!

Dental Work Anyone?!

Funny story....

From the first day that Shaylee arrived back in July she has somehow become the designated tooth puller for our family.

Dalton has lost three teeth since July and Shaylee has pull all three. This one shown here was funny because Dalton's top tooth was sort of loose so Shaylee cries out, "Let's play dentist!" and runs into the back bedroom, her assistant Zoie was right on her heels. Dalton reluctantly follows and then one minute later came back to me with his tooth gone....alrighty then! It certainly saved me a lot of drama.

Sunny's Big 1

Zoie's Birthday Event

Catching Up

I have hated blogging lately, but now that we have the whole template thing worked out (don't ask) things could start picking up.

First: Christmas




First 1/2: Zoie's ballet showcase





Second: 12 Year anniversary in Jackson Hole...our honeymoon destination...it was much easier and funner when it was just the two of us.





Third: Sunny's major cuteness



Fourth: Clovers major croup. It lasted three days with out easing up...loved it.






Fifth: Kim's major birthday...39!!!! I got breakfast in bed, the whole house cleaned in the middle of the night (1am to 4am) courtesy of Zoie, Shaylee, and Braden....they couldn't wake Dalton up for the event. Later that night I was surprised with a delicious Strawberry shortcake birthday cake, a gift card to TJ Maxx (they DO know what I like!) and some jellybeans. It was a very nice birthday despite the age thingy.

Dad's are awesome!

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Feed The Hungry Marathon

Forever ago I signed our family up for the Thanksgiving Day Marathon...feed the hungry. There was over 500 people who signed up for the run so needless to say there was a lot of people there and it was a VERY cold morning.


Just before the marathon started Stevey had to leave due to Elders Quorum duties and didn't get to run. YES, I was VERY annoyed I mean I signed up months and months ago for this FAMILY activity. When Stevey left he took Dalton with him because Dalton was freezing to death and I was in no mood to plan his funeral and he was no longer in any mood to run so THAT part worked out.


The race was ready to begin. I had the two little ones in the jogger and the big three were ready to go. We were planning on doing the one mile walk even though a 5k and a 10k were offered, just to keep it short and managible for me. The gun goes off and I tell the big three to run and win the race so they take off. I am one of the last of the 500 to get started due to my huge stroller and runner congestion, but probably just 30 seconds behind my older three. I make a quick left turn onto the one mile trail and immediately realize that the bigger three missed this crucial turn off.


I am now totally stressed because I have lost the bigger three kids ages 9, 10, and 12 amoung 500 strangers and I have no way of catching up to them. I RAN the one mile walking course in 12 minutes pushing my one hundredish pound stroller (forty pound stroller, thirty-five pound toddler, and twenty-five pound baby).

Now the reason I was stressing so much was because I knew that the bigger kids were planning on a short race and I knew that if it were me in their situation I would probably be crying and stop to wait for my mom/aunt to come and get me. I finally resolved that they were just going to have to keep running and follow the flow of people. Forty-five minutes later I FINALLY see Braden (10yr old) running. He stopped and turned around and I knew he was passing the word that I was found. They were pooped! I was cheering/screaming for them to keep running because they were almost done. Braden ran by, then Shaylee, and then Zoie they were about twenty seconds apart. I tucked Sunny under my arm and started running to be there for them at the finish line.....I did it!


Braden was coming through first and just started to sprint and finished in 48:34, Shaylee came around the bend and started her sprint and finished in 48:43, then Zoie came and sprinted and finished in 49:00! It was SO AWESOME!!! They were so excited! When all was said and done they had actually ran 4.3 miles (the course was mis marked) and did in with no training or parental supervision. It was so funny to hear what they were thinking during race.


We came home to a wonderful smelling house and reveled in our accomplishments. Stevey and Dalton had a great time at the Turkey Bowl they were conducting. Dinner was delicious and the whole day was beautiful.

Enjoy the pictures!


All of us FREEZING!


Me starting the race...



Looking for the kids...


Me "winning" the marathon.


Braden finishing!




Shaylee finishing


Zoie finished but wasn't captured on film. The four of us relishing (with Sunny in tote).

The AMAZING trio.

The Feast!