Toothless...

Alright, I know, bad mother moment - I don't have a picture yet. But, to be fair, my camera is in my car waiting to go to school with me tomorrow!

On Monday night Travis got in the pool with the kids at my parents' house. Samantha had an incident & smashed her face against the edge of the pool. Crisis averted. (One mention of tooth pulling & you'd have thought I was slitting her throat!)
Skip forward to tonight. We'd been at my parents' house again & she'd been in the pool, again, but there was no face smashing incident. She ate dinner and everything was just peachy. Then....we got home. She decided she hadn't had enough dinner & wanted some toast & raspberry jam (the girl eats this by the truck load). I was off getting something for Nash when he comes & tells me "Mom, Sam got hurt." I go to the bathroom & find her with a mouth full of blood. She bit her toast & it must have bent her tooth funny because even though there was a bunch of blood, the stupid tooth was still in her mouth hanging on for dear life. After 45 min. of trying to convince her that she wasn't in fact dying and that she would feel much better if she'd just pull it, I told her I was just going to do it for her. Picture in your mind a child actually trying to climb the walls to get away from you and screaming like a wild banchee. I put my hand up NEAR her mouth & in her hysterics she swatted my hand away & hit herself in the face & knocked her own tooth out without me ever even touching it!
Meanwhile, Nash passed out in the hallway from exhaustion while waiting for me to help him put his pjs on. Now that the bleeding has ceased, & she has realized she is NOT dying, I think she might be able to eat her beloved toast again!

What We've Been Doing

He doesn't just blend into the woodchips...he likes to eat them too!

Well, our dad has been home for a week, so that's why I haven't been posting anything! (That & my computer has a virus & keeps wanting to DIE!!)

Here's a look at some of the things we've been doing while dad's been home.

Tuesday evening Trav decided we should go down to the park to play - I think he was procrastinating about getting ready to leave. Anyway, when we got there we saw a ton of people at the pavillion. Then I remembered "Ah, it's National Night Out Against Crime." So, we participated in the activities AND played at the park! Had some free dinner too! ;) Not to mention the pile of freebies we brought home. The Children's Justice Center was there & was just giving away free stuffed animals to all the kids (we LOVE the Teddy Bear Run!).

Life Flight flew in & we got to watch them land right on the baseball field. As soon as they got the all clear, kids piled into that helicopter faster than you can even imagine!

I decided to go to the Gang seminar & Trav took the kids too check out the ambulance, fire truck, etc.

If the girl would just let me do her hair...she wouldn't look like such an orphan all the time!!!

Call me crazy, but I think the kid is more the pyro type than the fireman type!


This is on the boat cop's boat.


We went to Willow Park on Wednesday...
Caleb discovered the art of going down the slide...head first....THANK YOU TRAVIS!

Caleb loved the swing & would have been content to sit in it all day long if we'd have let him!

Nash is a crazy man on the slides!

Samantha HAD to take her doll with us...

*I've also made several batches of jam & done 20 pints of green beans with my mom while Trav's been home.

*I've started making chair pockets for my chairs at school (my kids gets tables, not desks).

*I took the kids to the chiropractor - he thinks he can help with their ear "problems". I figure if he can fix it in a couple visits with a discounted co-pay, I'll try anything once! Travis is quite skeptical.

*The kids got to spend the night at Trav's parents on Friday while we went out & celebrated our wedding anniversary. We went & saw Angels & Demons - that was better than I thought it'd be. Then we went to dinner at Cafe Rio & stopped at Hastings. Trav's been telling me I need to watch "Yes Man." So, we rented that & then came home & watched that movie! It was nice to sleep in for the first time in forever!

*Trav took the kids out on his parent's boat on Sunday. I hear Sam got dumped off the tube, but she must have taken it like a trooper because she didn't say anything to me about it!

*Caleb has discovered the fun of corn on the cob & likes it quite a bit.

*Sam & Nash were swimming in my parent's pool with Trav & Caleb last night & Sam smashed her face on the edge of the pool. Didn't hit it hard enough to knock her loose tooth out, but she did make it bleed pretty good. I told her if she still has the bugger in there the next time her dad comes home he's going to pull it out!

*Only 2 weeks before I start back to work all day every day! I can't believe how fast the summer flew by! I should have expected it though. I'm bumed that it's over, but I'm also really excited to start working at my new school. We had a training on July 29th & the people I've met so far are great! I think I'm going to LOVE working with the other 2 girls teaching 6th grade. We still aren't sure what school Sam's going to be attending. She technically has paperwork at 3 different schools! She's enrolled at the same school she went to last year, but my mom can't keep her before school. So, I've filled out paperwork to transfer her to the other school in Hyrum that's just down the street from my daycare person. Waiting to hear if they have room to take her. If they don't, then she'll be going to school with me (much to Trav's dismay).

*Caleb's hair is in the baby mullet stage. I asked my mom if she'd cut it for me so watch for 1st haircut pix to come soon!

***Have a great week!***

Sears Portrait Give Away

The blog The Meanest Mom is giving away a package to Sears Portraits worth $260! Go leave a comment to be entered to win - contest ends August 7th so hurry!
http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/2009/08/260-portrait-studio-package-giveaway.html

Look what I learned how to do!

I did 2 different ones for Sam and neither one worked! :(


Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com


Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

My Nash Man

Alright, here are some fun things about Nash!

Nash Stats:
*Even though his hair is totally white - he doesn't sunburn all that easily!
*He loves trucks, guns, legos, and anything boyish!
*He LOVES to dig in the dirt...or mud...or well, anything!
*He asks me several times a day "Mom? Can I hug on your leg for a minute?"
*He has 2 Webkinz and is pretty good at playing with them online with a little bit of help.
*He got a Spiderman bike for his birthday that he LOVES and I think he'll have the training wheels off before his sister takes hers off!
*He likes watching Hannah Montana with his sister.
*He is a good sport & plays Barbies & Polly Pockets with his sister.
*He likes to help me water the lawn & my flowers.
*His favorite thing to do in Grandma Terri's swimming pool is jump off the ladder yelling "Cannon Ball!" and splashing right into the middle of the pool.
*He loves any kind of berry - just like his brother and his sister.
*He LOVES cheese!
*His favorite kind of ice cream is "white" (aka vanilla).
*He LOVES his preschool teacher, Teacher Barbara, and can't wait to go back to school.
*He has a stuffed animal, named Tedd, that I got at Build a Bear when I was pregnant with Sam that he takes most anywhere.
*His favorite color is black & green (just like mom!).
*He loves making his little brother laugh.
*He wants to be just like his dad - sometimes a little too much!
*His favorite movies are Transformers & Star Wars.
*He likes watching SpongeBob.
*He climbs on EVERYTHING!
*He likes looking for worms in the mud with his sister.
*He likes doing puzzles with his Grandma Terri.
*He LOVES going on the tube behind Grandpa Scott's boat - even after Grandpa thows him off during a wild ride!
*He enjoys taunting his sister a little too much.
*He has recently started telling us "Call me Buba!".
*We've nicknamed him Smash - betcha can't guess why!
*He likes decorating for the holidays as much as his mom & sister.
*He likes being crazy with his Uncle Zack.
*After we go camping he has a habit of peeing on trees (no matter where we are) for about a week!!
*He loves to tease other people.
*He can't wait to start loosing his own teeth (it about kills him to watch his sister wiggle hers & not be able to do it too).
*He has beautiful blue eyes, just like his brother & his sister.

And last but not least: He's a BIG tender heart. I can't believe how sensitive he is & how easily his feelings can be hurt. He's a lover not a fighter, that's for sure!