When it rains it pours!

 

You know when things start to look a bit brighter something always happens?  Well, that is so true for the start of this year.  I decided things were going to get way better and that 2013 would be AWESOME!  Then come January 31, 2013.  My oldest had a basketball game and was doing really well, UNTIL....  He went up to block a layup (which he did beautifully I might add) and the other kids tucked his head under my sons arm and back which launched him even higher and he came crashing down on his elbow and forearm.  Which pushed his shoulder up and out.  Breaking the ball off of the Humerus bone.  And NO it was not funny.

 

Lucky for us the other coach is a Physical Therapist and he looked at my sons shoulder and said to get him to the hospital.  He made a make shift sling out my youngest boys coat and helped us to the car and filled a plastic bag with snow and put it on his shoulder and off we went.

 

 

 

 

The other 3 kids did pretty well for being in the ER for 2 1/2 hours.  My most wonderful friend Marilee came and got them for me and let them stay at her house for the night.  Did I mention how wonderful she is?  Well, she is the very BEST person in the world.  She blesses my life everyday!!

 

 

 

He had surgery first thing Friday (February 1, 2013) morning.  Placing 3 pins in his shoulder.  We also found out he has a buckle fracture to his wrist so he will be getting a cast put on his forearm as soon as the swelling goes down.  He will be in both the cast and have the pins in his shoulder for the next 4 weeks then on to physical therapy.

 

 

 

 

I stayed with him during his hospital stay.  The Staff there was wonderful.  It made it so much easier on the both of us.  I was able to bring him home last night (February 2, 2103) around 7 pm.  So this is his NEW bed for awhile.  Here's to a happy and quick recovery bud!!

It's the BIG one!

Well, It was my birthday last week.  I turned the big 40.  I can hardly believe it.  I do not feel like I am 40 but I guess the numbers never lie.

  So here's to being 40.  Hope this year is what makes me ME!

                 Thought I would show you all a fun family portrait we did over this summer.

                  Hope the rest of your summer is wonderful.  We start school NEXT week!

Gotta Love Velata!

Sunday was our second childs Birthday.  He does not like cake and has now informed me that he does not like frosting either.  Good to know since I was going to give him a can of frosting instead of a cake.  Frosting WAS all he would eat at Birthday Parties.  LOL  Funny boy!!  Any ways,  While I was at SNAP! back in April this year we had the priviledge to try a product spin off from Scentsy.  It is called Velata!  It is a warmer for fondue.  They even have the best Belgium chocolate that you can order for your warmer.  The flavors are milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and my all time favorite....  caramel milk chocolate.

So anyways, this is what I decided to do for his party this year.  AND it was a HUGE hit.....

It was super fun to choose the different items for dipping.  There was something for everyone and no one complained they did not get enough frosting.  I feel a tradition happening here.  Head on over to Velata to find a consultant near you.  You wont regret it!!

Sugar over load......

*Caution:  These are "real life" everyday photos. Please ignore the mess..  AND other things..     

So today was the Hubs Birthday.  We spent the day together and had a great time while the kids were at school.  We did have the youngest with us as he does not have preschool on Thursdays.  When I asked the Hubs what he wanted for his Birthday he came up with a great easy and super fun present from the kids.  He asked if they could make his cake and decorate it themselves.  I was in.  So off to the store to get the proper ingredients.  Cake mix, check.  Frosting, check.  Frosting in cans with tips, check.  And of course candles, check.  So on to the decorating.  I divided up the cake into sections so each kid had their own section to decorate.  That way there was no fighting. ( please ignore the outlet hinging off the tile back splash.  It does not work and needs to be fixed.)

                   First up was Nate and he went a little over board with the frosting.

                                          Next up was Jordan.  She loved it.

                               Cameron thought it was great but needed a little help.

 Then there was Colby.  He had determination on his face.  He ended up writing something on the cake.  He thought he was being funny.

 Here is the end result.  Can you tell what Colby wrote?  No, well it says DUM BO..  Like I said before, he thought he was being funny.

 So here is the Diabetic Coma Cake.  One small bite of frosting was all I needed.  If you know me I do not like frosting.  Except if it is made by a friend that runs the bakery at the Allen's grocery store in Springville, Utah.  He makes the best cakes EVER!!!  Try the chocolate cake with the double fudge frosting.  It is rich but OH SO GOOD...  Just tell him I sent you and he will set you up...  :O)  (And ignore the following: 1. doorbell thingy on the hallway wall that has no cover.  I can not find it.   I think the Hubs threw it away.  2. The pin wheel that started coming apart.  3. The super UGLY dirty ceiling fan that needs to come down. On a side note I do have a replacement for it.  Just need to do the old switch-a-roo.)

 Anyways, I did get a bit off the subject.  HA HA.  Time for the Hubs to enter the picture..  Yes I did that play on words on purpose.  I tickle myself some times.  :O)  We sang to him then showed him the cake.

                                              He LOVED it. 

                  He asked the kids to help blow out the candles as he is "getting to old" for it.

                                  Everyone loves to lick the frosting off the candles.

                  He was having a little too much fun with it.   Then he posed for some pictures.

Love you babe!  Happy Birthday.  Doesn't he look good for an old man?

Christmas came early....

 Well, that is what it seems like.  This is what we have woken up to TWICE this week. This kids had fun shoveling the drive way.  Their enthusiasm will end when the snow stays and just keeps falling.

 But, we did get an early Christmas present (or president as Jordan says).  Meet the new addition to out family...

 This is Rocco.  Is he not just the cutest?  I just love the different colored eyes.  It makes him that much more special.

                                                                  Oh, he is a doll.

 He made fast friends with Nate.  Which if you know Nate that is extremely easy to do...  Especially if you are a Boston Terrier.  They are Nate's favorite.  He now has 3 to spread his love around to  (my parents are the proud owners of the other two).

                                Cameron is a little scared of dogs but we will get him over it.

                                           I think he is the perfect addition to our family. 

                           So do you have any exciting  Christmas presents planned this year?

Do you always get what you ask for?

Okay, so I promised I would show you all what the Hubs got me for Valentines Day.... The typical dozen roses... I love white roses... :O) And TWO Nickelback CDs.. Yeah!! There is a third one but I can wait on that... I guess he figured I really liked Nickelback since I am always playing them on the laptop in my craft room while sewing... :O) That and I told him I wanted them... LOL What a good hubby!!

These next pictures are from last night... I had put everyone to bed and thought they all had fallen asleep.... But I was WRONG!!! When I walked up stairs to go to bed this is what I found...

Yes, that is the 3 year old.. Still up... And eating... He got himself a cup of water and a bowl of left over spaghetti... Then proceeded to eat...

Do you think he gave himself enough spaghetti?

He was so happy with himself... Love that little man!! Check out the stamps on his face... He and his sister got them from the dentist yesterday as their prize for a good check up and them they proceeded to stamp their faces.... Luckily they do wash off very easily...

Have a great day!! Until next time.... :O)

Valentines update!

I thought I would surprise my family when they all got home from school/work for Valentines Day yesterday. So this is what they saw when they came home... The table set with love....

I even made these bad boys and they were AWESOME!!!

See, doesn't it look nice all set up for Valentines Day? Did you happen to notice anything different about this spot? No, well I will share more on that in another post...

Everyone got a heart on their plate and I even made everyone tell what they loved about well everyone!! It was so fun to hear the different things... My 5 yr old daughter was the funniest.. She sure can come up with some doozies... Is that even a word? Oh well!! :O)

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy (Day Late) Valentines Day!! Tomorrow I will show you what I got from the hubs!! I was soooo happy!!

Did you go to the Sundance Film Festival?

*Warning this post had LOTS of pictures..

Neither did I.... But I sure did want to go... But not with the kids so we had other plans for the family... We took the kids to Midway (which is not far from Park City where the festival is) for the weekend and boy was it fun!! Here are some pics of the view from the condo we stayed in.

I just love the mountains...

The little kids had so much fun playing in the condo. We had little tents for them to sleep in. I did take pics of it but some how they did not get downloaded to the computer. Oops...

We played Monopoly A LOT!!! The boys had so much fun that we played until 11:30 almost every night.

Our only outing was to go... Tubing at Soldier Hollow... And boy was it fun... Especially from someone who does not like heights or going too fast (hate feeling out of control)...

Cameron and Jordan played in the snow while the rest of us got ready...

We must take a long time to get ready... Or at least I must... LOL

Here we are being pulled up the hill.... Hang on tight...

First down is Colby....

Next up, is Nate...

There he goes...

Still getting the little ones ready... Gloves fell off so reattaching was a priority.

We went down several times then Jordan started to cry that she was cold. So we sat and waited until Daddy came down.. So then we went down a couple more times.

Here is Colby and Cameron waiting to find out what we are doing next...

Nate, well he was just being a stud!!

And then there is MY stud!!

Family pics were a must...

It was such a fun time.. Note to self... Must do this again soon...

Boy they look really tired.. :O)

We wanted to take the kids to the Ice castle but never made it so I took some pics on Sunday before we left.

That castle was so cool. Hope to go back and see it sometime. I did snap some pics of it at night just for the effect.

Is that not just cool!!!

Anyway, thanks for coming along on our family weekend.. I suggest that everyone do this now and then.. Family time is the greatest time spent!!

Have a great week!! :O)