Oh man. I have a siiiiiick little baby. She's teething, so that explained the fever, but it got pretty bad as I gave her a cool bath at 4 AM... Today I noticed the blisters on her hands and around her mouth. This little baby has hand foot and mouth disease, and is not impressed with any attempts to put her down. Life has been rough on Ella and Mia, as I have been a bit negligent on their care ("FINE, Ella, go get yourself a popsicle, but you have to get one for Mia too.... and help her with it!"). Yeah. My blessed sister-in-law pitched in and took a very bored Ella off my hands this afternoon and is keeping her for the night. YAY! 1 down! My mom helped me out yesterday with a stop at Sam's Club to grab essentials (milk, bread, children's motrin). Yesterday I never even made it to the shower. Motherhood is rough some days. I find myself saying many silent prayers -I can't stand to see her in pain. I hope this passes soon.

PIX!

Look at what I can do! Here's Ella!

And Mia!

And Bri!

c'mon!

I am having blogging issues! I can't seem to get my pictures to download. Maybe they're too big- I don't know. You'd think that after I've been blogging for this long that I should have it down... Weird.
We have had SO much going on. Since the funeral and the big Bear Lake weekend, we have lost Chaedon to some (Lance's brother's) family in Price, Utah for fun with cousins. If he misses any ortho appointments, he's in trouble! :) We had Lily's (Rachael's 1st daughter) 3rd birthday party, which was a HUGE event. It was absolutely fabulous, and inspires me to be a better Mom in celebrating the joy of having my gorgeous kiddos!

There have been sleep-overs, and swimming, and lots of shopping and running around. Life doesn't slow down, even when blogger (must be blogger's fault) does! I will probably post a grand-master-catch-me-up soon, but it looks like I'm stuck for tonight. For my faithful blog readers, I haven't forgotten you! I love that I have this record for myself and for my family, but on a few different levels, I LOVE that I get to share it with friends and others who are interested enough in my small life to sit a spell and read the words that come from my crazy head. ...Thank you, blog friends. :)

computer issues!

I have many things to blog of, yet, the computer is very stand-offish at the moment, and would like some time to it's self, I suppose.
This isn't over, Mr. Computer... This isn't over.

lots goin' on

I'm sure my faithful and adoring readers (wink) have been missing me for the last few days, so here's the update:

Today was Grandma Kay's funeral. I have lots of pictures and I will blog about that separately later on. Lance's family decided it was time to get the ole' boat out again, so we've been planning a fun camping trip. We leave for Bear Lake tomorrow! The daily hustle never stops, but I will be a better blogger after the weekend. :)

Stay tuned...

Happy 1st Birthday Phoebes!

Yesterday the girls and I headed out to Layton to go to my brother David's home for his little girl Phoebe's birthday! She is so precious! They did such an amazing job with the party... The food was Chilean (thanks to Lexie and her mom and her mom's bf Pablo!) and divine!
The cake suckers were too amazing. I took one for Ella and she never got it... (wink!) Here's my Sabrina angling for the camera!

Mia-babes with her cupcake!

Ella with birthday schmootz on her face!

Cute Lexie with Phoebe and gift helpers!

Loved this picture of Granny-Loo.

Sarah took this picture of Sabrina. How CUTE is that?!

Messy Mia.

We seriously had such a great time. I LOVE kids birthday parties -they are a fun way to get together that totally includes the kiddos too... They're become good friends, and I love that! Thanks again Dave and Lexie! Happy Birthday little Phoebe!

SMILE

Braces: yanked.

*Thanks, Dr. H. :)

Bear Lake: Round 1

I am sure this will be the first of many visits to Bear Lake during the summer, so here we go! Lance had a few days of bereavement, and we decided that a good way to spend that time would be to take the fam and go for a drive -spend some time together...

Our fearless driver!

Excited little girlz!

Excited, but resting up...

Token self-shot! Unedited!

Me and Bri in the sun! :)

Sabrina's little square feet! ...She'd been to this same beach before -at one week old!

Ella's cute little feet -running around the sand!

LOVED these two shots of Sabrina with Lance!

After the lake, we went to Lance's parent's home for a fabulous dinner. We spent time working on funeral arrangements, on the obituary, and talking about Grandma Kay. It was such a beautiful day -one that will remain forever in my memory.

Goodbye, Kay

We received word this morning that Grandma Kay had passed away. Tonight we said a prayer for her, thanking God for her beautiful life, for raising Debbie, and for loving us. We will miss you, Kay. May God bless and keep you.

Kindergarten: OVER

This is Ella and Miss May from her final Kindergarten assessment. I don't know how she ranks in national percentiles, or anything like that... I do know that Ella has made some awesome strides this year. Her reading is coming along -and from a social perspective, she's still as optimistic and personable as ever. I'm so crazy about this kid! Congrats on finishing your first of many many many years of school, Ella!