Happy Birthday to Me

My in-laws sent me a card in the mail that said the more candles the more wishes. Sounds good to me, so . . . this morning we went to IHOP for breakfast since it's one of my favorite places. Yummy!!! Then Dennis dropped me off at the DMV so I could renew my drivers license, a necessary evil, but I didn't have to take a test and it was pretty much straight through with just the usual hoops to jump through and relatively no wait time. While I did that he took the kids to the pet store to get some more fish for our tank. Then a package arrived right on time and I got my birthday presents. I got a writing tablet for my computer and an MP3 player. And then we get a "Family Day" from school so that means no fighting the kids to do their home work today. It's starting out to be a wonderful day!

Bed Rest

Teddy is officially on bed rest for 14 days. Saturday morning he tore a ligament in his right hind knee. Don't know how exactly, we just let him outside in the morning for a potty break and when he came in, he was limping. The Vet says it can just happen by jumping or running under the right conditions and apparently his legs are prime conditions for this type of injury. If we are going to avoid surgery then he'll have to stay off of it for 2 weeks to see if it will heal on its own. Then if he's putting weight on it after that we won't have to spend the $800 on our 17month old dog that we've had for a little over a year.
Holy Cow!!! Who saw that coming? So we're going to try to keep him down for 2 weeks and just carry this 25lb dog around, and up and down stairs to go to the bathroom. Because 5 kids wasn't enough apparently. And this week 2 of those kids have some kind of stomach flu so we get to deal with that lovely stuff as well. Oh the joys. But this little bow-legged, dog with the major overbite has found his way into our hearts. He's a part of our family. We just want him to get better so he can go out and play when it gets warmer outside. So, here goes . . . Day 1.

Super Saturday

We have a couple fun Saturday traditions at our house. Friday is our take care of the house day. I have been using a cleaning schedule from HouseOfOrder.com for a couple years and it really works for me. We like to do this so that, one, our house doesn't get neglected and I don't get too overwhelmed and two, so that we can do something other than clean on Saturday when Dennis is home. Another one of our Saturday traditions is to get donuts for breakfast. So nice for us that a yummy bakery opened up in Santaquin.
So yesterday our day went like this: around 10am we went to Little Brown Sugar Bakery and Dennis needed a few supplies for his latest project which I will get to later. Our local store holds this every first Saturday of the month. Each time the kids come in for the craft they get an apron and a pin to collect. This time they made race cars. It was pretty simple. The boys read the directs and did it on their own, Afton just kind of followed along and did it on her own, and Khora loved hammering the nails. The kids had a blast and best of all . . . it's free. They also had free popcorn which was a little bonus.

Next we had some outdoor play time at the new park in Spanish Fork while I did my shopping at Maceys. It was such a wonderful spring day for it! Isaac rated this park a number 9 on the fun scale. This new playground had some stuff for older kids so everyone had fun and in the summer they have a splash pad too. Isaac bought a new basketball with his savings and the kids all got new shoes. Whew! It took about 4 hours.

When we got home Dennis worked on his latest Honey-Do for me. He's putting up a new counter and cupboards in the laundry room for me. It looks great so far and he's almost finished. (I'll take pictures when it's done.) He's also putting some in the garage which includes another counter, where I can do my flower pots and stuff. It's all part of the de-clutter and organization project of 2011. It's all so great and makes me feel good. So. . . it's been a Super Saturday!

At Last, At Last

Last June, Dennis and I decided, well I guess you could say I persuaded Dennis, that it was time for some new furniture in our front room. We've had these same hand-me-down, love seat and sofa since we lived in Lehi and I believe they were handed down to those we got them from. . . . it was time. After looking all over we settled on a sectional piece for the basement. Not what I was going for exactly but much needed none-the-less. Anyway, when I finally found a set for our living room that I really liked I wanted to get a good deal on it which meant waiting until probably July 4th or 24th, so long story short, six months later, we looked again and finally settled on another set -- which I like much better --, so we ordered it then and there and now . . . it's here. *Note to self: always pay the little bit extra and let them deliver it for you, then your don't have to borrow a co-workers truck and trailer, accidentally break off the tale light, thus needing to replace said tale light with the help of a trusty neighbor mechanic. The end!

Her Preferences

It's funny that Bonnie can crawl now, but she really doesn't want to. She prefers, instead, to walk around the furniture and walls. I think she's going to be a fast walker.

Klondike Derby

Last Friday Jacob left for his first Klondike. He was really excited to go, but a little nervous when he found out that Dennis wasn't going with him. I was probably more nervous than he was. This was a first for both of us and neither of us really knew what to expect. I was worried about him all night and so glad to see him when he got back! He loved every minute of it and said that everyone was nice and got along although he did get a little cold, I think because he had a damp sock on.

There was a big tent set up for them to sleep in and all sorts of fun activities. When the boys my age did this I remember hearing about them actually digging snow caves and sleeping in that. Might have added some to my nerves! It's so nice having a scout camp just up Payson Canyon that they can go to.

They had lots of activities for the boys. There were about 10, 11-13 year old scouts, from our ward and four adult leaders. They competed in a team, dog sled race. They shot 22's at the gun range, had fun shooting sling shots with dog food amo at tin plates in the trees, and throwing spears at seals that were spray painted in the snow. They did map and compass exercises and some winter safety training.

One of the scouts gave Jacob a pear to eat and when he took a bite it just didn't feel right. This scouts' sister had put a fake pear in his lunch as a joke! I guess if that's the most mischief that comes from these scout outings I'll feel much better about them in the future.

Sweet Dreams

In case you can't read the journaling it says: Bonnie started doing this a couple weeks ago. She does it when she is ready to take a nap and falls asleep like this. It’s a great tell tale sign and so cute too! I think I remember seeing an ultrasound image of her in this position too.