Carson's Birthday Dog

This year Carson's Uncle Shad and Aunt Julia decided to get him a new dog! He has been wanting a new dog for a really long time now and I keep putting him off since I do not like dogs.

So this is Grendall. He was Julia's brother's dog and he ended up moving and could not take his dog with him so they were looking for a good home for him and they thought of Carson. So Julia called me and told me she had the perfect birthday present for Carson. She also told me she wanted me to be really excited about it. I told her I would be, and then she told me that it was a dog, and I said "Oh heck no!" I felt bad because I totally shot her down. But you know me, I am always a sucker and give in, so look who ended up getting the dog! He is actually a really well behaved dog and knows some tricks which the kids love. But... if anyone knows how to cats and dogs to like each other...PLEASE let me know. We are having some issues with that!

Birthday Bowling Party

Wow, I can't believe that I have an 8 year old! Where has the time gone? This year for Carson's birthday he really wanted to go bowling. Ok, easy enough I thought. So I started with only 2 friends. So any of you who know me know that I can't say no. So needless to say, we filled up the van with kids. What was I thinking??? Me with 6 kids? Ya, it was a VERY crazy time. But the kids had fun and that was all that mattered. We drove over to Richfield and went bowling, then we went out for pizza afterwards, and then headed back home. The hour ride over and back was definately interesting, and there was not a dull moment, or a quiet one for that matter!

Not Again!

This week Carson started complaining of a sore throat, but he said it wasn't too bad. We had wrestling on Thursday night, and after his match he started just laying around and saying he didn't feel good. So he came home, went to bed, got up in the morning and said he felt fine. His fever was gone, so I let him go to school (since he was begging to go). I decided that since it was a Friday, I would get him into the dr. just in case it was something. So they do the strep test, and what do you know... it's possitive! That kid and strep! I think that this is the 5th or 6th time he has had it this winter alone. It has been less than a month since he had it last time. So we will go back in two weeks and see how he is doing, and then most likely schedule a tonsilectomy, after my cruise and girls weekend of course :) He heard the word surgery and started freaking out, but I would rather just get them out and be done with it. So we'll see in two weeks what the doc says!

Baseball Team's Tribute to Jeremy

This year is going to be a different one for us not having Jeremy coaching the baseball team. His assistant coach, Jason Bullock is awesome for taking over and dealing with all the "crap" that goes with the job.


These are the hats that Coach Bullock had designed for the team this year. When he told me what he was having done, it almost made me cry. If you can't tell in the pictures, there is a yellow ribbon sewn into the hat with the initials JT in the ribbon.


As a team, they are wearing these hats to show their support to Jeremy as a coach, and also to show their support of where he is, and what he is fighting for.

So before I sent this hat to Jeremy, I thought it would be cute for the kids to all have their pictures taken in it. They had fun doing this and were excited to send it to their dad. Carson was quite the little poser for me, really getting into it. Who knows, maybe we have a little model in the making :)

Bowling Activity

We had a very fun day on saturday. We went bowling in Delta for a Family Activity with other families who are involved in this deployment. The kids loved it. Carson is a good little bowler and took it quite seriously. He ended up winning the little kids game. Bryson had fun, but he couldn't sit still for more than 2 seconds. He kept running around and Carson would have to go find him when it was his turn again. Tylie just had fun running around with all the kids and checking everyone else out. I even bowled with the wives, something I haven't done in years. I ended up winning which was surprising if you would've seen my technique. I couldn't put my fingers in the ball because when I did it ripped off my nails! We had a good time, and Carson keeps asking when we can go back!

I HATE SNOW!!!

Ok, is the snow EVER going to stop? I know that we need it, but I am so dang sick of it! I was in Cedar City today and had a really nice day. I went to the funeral of my grandma's sister, got my hair cut from the best hair stylist ever... my sister-in-law Katy, and then went to lunch with my friend Ginger, which was lots of fun to just sit and chat with no kids running around! And speaking of no kids, I have the very best sista in the whole world. She always keeps my kids when I need her too, and like tonight, lots later than I had planned which brings me back to my story of the big snow storm... It took me 3 hours to get home from Cedar. It was just fine up until Beaver, then I didn't go over 25 mph the rest of the way home, and a lot of the time it was only 10 mph! When I got home, I had a major tension headache from it. But I did make it home, and I seriously hope I don't have to drive in the snow anytime soon!

Our Little Trouble-maker!

What a little trouble-maker! Tylie has been such a little stinker lately. She is in to EVERYTHING! This particular day the "Double Trouble Girls" Tylie and her cousin Carlie got into the toothpaste and decided to "Finger paint" the entire bathroom, (and I do mean entire) and a big spot on the carpet also. They were also covered head to toe in toothpaste. I have a feeling that we are in for real trouble when these two get older!