Briefly Long Re-Cap Part 2

So to continue from the last post.  In our temporary basement apartment we had all the boys in one room for a while, but it was getting a little frustrated with this little guy...Tragon.  He is my night owl, especially if he gets any sort of nap during the day.  We were finally able to get the boys separated and keep Logan/Damon and Tragon/Jaron.  Jaron usually goes to bed first and is asleep before Tragon even goes in and he will usually stay asleep through all Tragon's shenanigans.

We love getting snow cones and I think we have gotten one almost everyday since we moved here.  Never again will I let them get blue raspberry though.  :)  I think he woke up with a blue mouth too.  He loved it though, I'm a huge fan of the invisible flavors though. Invisible Grape and Cherry don't have any dye in them, thus only a sticky mess instead of a sticky and stained mess.

We were playing in the backyard and Tragon thought it would be a good idea to dump a bucket of ash and dirt on Jaron.  Surprisingly Bear didn't seem to mind...until I got him down to his diaper and had to hose him off.  His hair went black from all the soot and ash as I was cleaning him off.

I hope the videos worked out.  Just some random stuff from our last few weeks.  I'm really looking forward to getting settled down here again, I'll be doing good if we can find a house by Christmas.  :)  Until next time....when I have more detailed and fun posts.....

Briefly Long Re-cap Part 1

So, a lot has happened since the last post.  The biggest being we moved to St. George.  A once in a lifetime job opportunity became available and we took it.  We had always talked and joked that St. George would be a perfect place to work.  It would be a lot slower paced, good commute wherever you live, etc.  So when it came up we took it.  It's been pretty crazy ever since.  

We put our Lehi house up for sale and had a couple negotiations fall through.  We finally got under contract the day we were moving out.  We hope it sticks even though we have hit a few bumps along the way.  We've settled in a temporary place until we can finalize our Lehi sale and purchase a home down here.

It was record heat the week we moved down and I was getting a little nervous, but now that we are only getting up to about 104-107 it doesn't seem nearly as hot as 113.  It was probably a good thing for my sake that the weather ended up that way.  The heat was one of my biggest worries in moving down here.

At one point during all the craziness, my uncle also passed away.  I was going to make a solo trip to St. George to go to the Memorial service and of course all my kids got sick that week.  I ended up taking them all in to see if they had strep, fortunately none of them had strep so I felt okay leaving them with Morgan.  He even braved Logan's t-ball game and picture day alone with all the kids.  What a guy!

The following week was my high school reunion, so we decided to rent a truck and take a load of stuff down to a storage unit.  I'm glad we did because it made the final move much easier.

We got to be there for a birthday party for my niece and we got to play with Grandma and cousins which now is an almost everyday occurrence.  I am so grateful for my family and that we are close right now, it has made this move and change so much smoother for my boys.

Jaron broke our A/C the day we moved too.  Apparently there is a safety feature that shuts it off if it gets turned off and on too much.  Well, Bear liked to get up on the piano and push buttons.  When the piano bench is against the wall he could reach the A/C box.  Oh boy.  At least we had moved because it was record heat up there and the A/C people couldn't get out there for a few days anyway.

Before we left we got to go to the Hadlock Reunion and see everyone.  It was really fun and the boys did great.  We also decided that we needed to use our free vouchers for a Salt Lake ReAl game before we left.

The boys absolutely loved it and shouted at the top of their lungs with the crowd.

And some random pictures trying to make Bear happy with the phone.

Overall we have had a lot of changes in our life and I know the Lord has directed our path, hasn't made it easy or smooth by any means, but in the end things have always worked out and I have faith that they will continue to do so, even when we get a little discouraged by things.  Until next time.....

Phone Dump

Wow, it's been a while and a LOT has happened.  I probably have a lot of details, but some captions here and there.

A few weeks ago, Tragon landed right on his teeth on the edge of the couch.  It jammed one tooth almost all the way back up.  We did what we could, but we just had to wait until the next day (Monday) to go in and get x-rays.

 Luckily, everything was okay and he didn't damage his permanent teeth, but he will be a little redneck for a while.

 It could take several weeks for the tooth to come back down.  Then, the next day, he bonked the other tooth back up a little bit, poor kid.  It's going a little dark, but the dentist said that is normal and it should be fine.  Good thing these are just the baby teeth and he'll lose them anyway.  :)

 My kids love playing outside on the big dirt mounds that pop up every so often when a new home is being built.

 Logan had a research project.  He chose to learn about cats and told all the parents all about them.  He has had so much fun this year in Kindergarten.

 Tragon eats on the side of his mouth now because of his teeth.  It makes for some really fun messy faces.

 We went to my nephew's baptism and got there a little early so the boys (yes, husband included) decided to go play on the playground for a while.

 Jaron is my monkey.  It's really hard to get anything done because he's climbing up on things.

 His favorite is the piano and the table.

 The boys found a fun game to play outside until they broke the cups.  :)

 A little snuggle time with Bear, it doesn't happen very often, but when it does, I love it.

 The safest way to get anything done, is putting all the chairs by the couch so he can't tip them over.

 Jaron and Tragon love playing around on the bridges that we make with chairs.

 Logan saved up his money and bought this VW van painted in the German colors.  He wanted to take a picture for Sabrina, our German Exchange student that stayed with us for a while.

 Jaron wants to big a boy...mostly he wants to be outside all the time.

 Every once in a while Jaron likes to snuggle with some stuffed animals.  It's really cute.

 I had Tragon in time out and he sure showed me.  He got into the diaper box and squeezed Desitin ALL over the room!  I was so mad because we were showing the house in just a little bit, so then I was scrambling to get it all scrubbed out of the carpet...not an easy thing to do.  Oh well...it did eventually come out.  I was just grateful that I have a lighter carpet that sort of blended with the whitish goo.

 We also had a Memorial Day vacation/reunion down in St. George/Cedar.

 The kids all got to play with cousins for about 4 days.  It was really crazy, but really fun too!

 My dad is retiring and opening up a business with two of my brothers called "Wood Creations"  (I'm sure I'll be posting more about that later).

 We got to go to his retirement party.  He sure is an awesome guy!  Skywest was truly blessed to have him for as long as they did.

 Logan also graduated from Kindergarten.  I didn't get a very good spot to get any good pictures of him, but oh well, at least I was there with my three other boys.  I'm lucky I got any camera shots off.  :)

 He had such a fun year and loves school and loves learning and I am so grateful for that.

 I took the boys to IHOP after graduation to celebrate while the car tire was getting fixed.  It wasn't too bad, I thought the boys did really well eating out.  :)

 We also got to meet up with some friends at a NY pizza place.  It was just so so.  Tragon really loved the cinnamon bites for the dessert though.

I love my boys and I'm so glad I have them.  We are in for a lot of changes in the next little while, and I'm doing my best to have faith and pray that things will work out how they need to.  For now, what we know is that we are headed to St. George.  We still need to sell our house in Lehi, so if you know anyone looking around right now, let me know.  :)  Until next time....