ORDINARY

It has been a while since I have posted anything, but the reason for that is because there is absolutely nothing going on.  Unfortunately for me the kids aren't even in school right now.  We are on year round school here and on C track. So that means they started the end of July, went Three weeks and then went off track for three weeks.  I am not such a fan, but turns out no one really asked me what would work best for me.  If they had I surely would have said year round is great, but they never need to go off track.  So as you can see we are just trying to survive the next two weeks and then we will be in good shape for a little while.  At least we have stayed away from the hospital and surgery!!!  Well hopefully we will do something fun in the next two weeks and we won't appear to be as boring as we really are!

Birthday Surprise

Hello everyone! Taytwinkletoes taking over today...

I wanted everyone to know that WENDY TURNS THIRTY TODAY!!

Holy oldness!!

Being the friend that I am, I have hijacked her blog!!

I know how much she despises my camera, but I made a little slide show of all the silly things we have done over the past few years. There are so many funny stories behind each picture. Good times for sure!

I just want to say, for the record, Wendy is absolutely the best kind of friend anyone could ask for. I'm not just saying that because it is her birthday, either! She has been a great support and friend and listener when I needed it the most.

I hope you have a very excellent birthday, Wendy. Cheers to turning 30!

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Recovery

I have been a little slow at posting this last month.  I have had two surgeries over the past four weeks so it has been a bit crazy.  Luckily both of the procedures were done laproscopically so at least the recovery has not been as bad as it could have been.  The first one was just to remove a cyst from one of my ovaries and remove one of my fallopian tubes.  Last July I had one of my ovaries removed.  Luckily they were able to just remove the cyst this time and leave the ovary.  I am very happy about this as I was not ready to go through menopause before my 30th birthday.  Anyway I recovered from that and just got back into my running groove again just in time to have my gallbladder removed.  That was just done on Tuesday and it has been a bit more difficult than I expected.  The pain from the gas that they use to blow you up during the procedure is a little more than painful when left in you.  But thankfully Chris took one day off work to help with the kids and Heidi took grayden the following day.  My other kids are back in school already so I was able to take it easy.  Friday Chris left with the kids for a camping adventure with his family near Jackson Hole.  I am sad to miss the family time, but have done very little this weekend.  I am finding it hard to get off the bed much.  Hopefully we are done with surgeries for the summer and I will be back to my normal self very soon.  If this post makes no sense just remember that I am at least 3/4 stupid from all the medication I have taken this week!

Baby in a Bucket

Who needs a swimming pool when you can just sit in a bucket?  I wish I was small enough to get my whole bottom half in a bucket!  Grayden never runs out of new and exciting things to try.  I guess I should just be glad that he is not like his dad who used to sit in the toilet when he was his age!

Pioneer Day/Jordyn's birthday celebration

Jordyn and her birthday doughnuts
   Dave, Shey, Robs, Grandma Joanne and Hayden
       Grandma Joanne and Grayden
Jordyn and her new Bike
Grandpa Roger and Hayden

We had both of our families over to our house on the 24th of July to celebrate pioneer day and Jordyn's upcoming 5th birthday.  We had a lot of fun and a whole lot of people.  It was very fun.  Our backyard has been so great for family get togethers.  The kids had fun playing water games and lighting off fire works.  I am never sure who enjoys lighting them more, the kids or Chris.  Fireworks are a favorite past time of his.  Our good friends had to leave early because Jennifer said she was going to have a heart attack if she watched Chris and his fire safety violations!

Stupid computer

My computer would only let me post five pictures.  I didn't want to leave Larissa out.  Especially since her heart belongs to a vampire!!!:)

Village BBQ

Last week we were able to get together with some of our old freinds from when we lived in the village.  It was so good to see everyone.   We often look back on the three and a half years that we lived up in the student apartments and remember what a fun time we had.  We never miss the actual apartments but we sure do miss having so many friends living in such close proximity.  We sure wish we could get together more often.  It was so fun to see how many kids we all have put together and how old some of them are getting.