What a couple of days!

Yesterday William had an appointment for some oral surgery at the Richfield hospital at 6am. So we got up at 5am to get there on time. We had to go through the ER because the hospital doors weren't open yet. While I was telling the nurse to buzz us in, William escaped to the drinking fountain. He wasn't supposed to have any food or drink after midnight. So we get inside and I tell the dr. He says it's too risky to do surgery after he drank water. So they told us to come back at 11am unless I heard from them to come earlier or later. Thinking we had several hours, we came back home only to find out that all William wanted to do was eat and drink. So we got back in the car and headed back to Richfield. We went to the dollar store and to K-Mart but he still wanted candy and pop. So I decided the waiting room at the hospital would be best. We got there at 11am. They took us back to get him in the gown at noon and then we waited, and waited, and waited. The nurse came in a little after one and said they were going to take him back. So she gave him some medicine to help him relax. Then the dr decided he needed to eat lunch first. So we waited until 2 before he went back. The surgery took about 45 minutes and another hour to sleep off the meds. By 4pm they came and got me even though William was still asleep. I got him dressed and we finally got home around 5. He slept all the way home and didn't wake up until 8:30. I thought for sure he would be up until the wee hours of the morning but he actually went to bed at midnight. He's doing fine today but doesn't remember anything from the surgery. He asked me why he had a band-aid on his foot (from the IV). He also had a black line on his nose from where they taped the tube. I told him what is was from and he was adamant that he didn't have tape on his face. It was an exhausting experience but at least it's all done and he survived.

Today it has been snowing all day. This picture doesn't do justice to what it really looks like outside. I'm sure we have over a foot of snow so far. And it won't stop! I'm afraid to try to drive my car in it. Nathan said he almost got stuck in 4-wheel drive while doing chores. I guess it's officially a snow day and I should just enjoy it while it lasts. Hopefully it will be the last snow of the season...I know it won't be but I can have some wishful thinking:)

Independence morning!

Yesterday morning Nathan & I woke up to the sound of "Help! Help!" We hurried out to the kitchen to find William up on the counter not able to get down. It wasn't a real emergency but at least he woke us up to see what he was doing. He decided he was going to get up early and make himself a quesadilla for breakfast. He got the tortillas and cheese out. He cut cheese with a butter knife and was ready to put it in the microwave but it was too high. I guess that's when he decided to yell for help. Nathan put the quesadilla in the microwave for him and gave it to him. It was very early so we went back to bed and let him eat his breakfast. Kids!!!

Holy cow...or horse!

I haven't updated my blog in quite sometime as you can see. Well the events of yesterday and last night have inspired me to do an update. The day started off fine. I subbed for 1st & 2nd grade at the elementary on Thursday and yesterday. I had a lot of fun with the 7 boys in my class. They were all good kids and made my job easy. When I got home at noon yesterday, Nathan had bathed the kids and cleaned the house. He even had fed them lunch! It was pretty amazing. However, from there it all went down hill. He had discovered that all the pipes were frozen at his parents vacation home next door, and the water to my washer was frozen because my laundry room is in the garage. So he left and went to Richfield to run a few errands and get some heaters to defrost the pipes. When he came home it was time to do chores. The kids and I go do chores with him every night so I can drive while he throws hay. He went to feed the chickens and the few horses we have corraled next to our house. So I was getting the kids ready to go and here he comes walking a horse. He said the horse was sick and he needed to walk it around. So he walked it and walked it and walked it, for probably 2 hours. By this time it was dark. He still needed to feed the chickens & few horses and he also needed to build a fire in the wood burning stove next door. So I left the kids in the house with a movie on and took the horse while he heated the house & fed. I walked the horse for nearly an hour. Finally, he decided to tie the horse up (because it's not supposed to lie down), and go feed the horses in the pastures. So we loaded up the kids and headed to the other horses. When we got there all 25 horses were out of the pasture and in the haystack! So we spent an hour or so getting what we thought were all of them back in the pasture. We get back home and the sick horse is laying down. So Nathan sat on the back of the truck leading it, and I drove around for another half hour. He decided to just walk it around the yard so I could take the now cranky kids in and feed them. I fed them and got them ready for bed (it was 10:30). Nathan finally came in, ate, relaxed for a bit and decided he had better go check the horses up in the pasture. Good thing he did, there was still one horse out! He got to bed after midnight but by then I was crashed out. I was so exhausted, I didn't wake up once before 6am which is unusual.

Today is going much better. It has warmed up and all the pipes are defrosted. The sick horse survived and is doing better. All the other horses are still in their corrals and I can do laundry now. I just called a babysitter and we're going out to dinner and christmas shopping tonight. I can't wait. We both need a break. Merry Christmas to everyone if I don't get around to posting again by then.

Halloween!

OK. So I am the worst blogger ever (next to my sister Trisha:)) Just kidding Trisha if you're reading this. We had a very happy halloween. It all started Monday with a carnival at the elementary school. They had a costume parade which Ava won the prize for her age group. We ate mummy dogs and sloppy joes and had homemade rootbeer..yummy! Then the kids played carnival games. Nathan felt it necessary to join in on some of it. William won a cake at the cake walk. He felt it necessary to pick the cake I made for it...oh well. It was a lot of fun. The school here is such a good school with so many fun things for the kids to do. I feel really fortunate that my kids can go to school here.

For actual halloween we went to Logandale to Nathan's parents house. Everyone dressed up including the adults and went trick-or-treating in one neighborhood. Then we all went to Jared & Jenn's for a party. We ate yummy food. Jenn made sloppy joes that were delectable. Kerrie made everything under the sun for dessert. She made cookie cut outs, cookie pizza, cheesecake, cupcakes, and something else I'm missing. She was busy all day. We had a cupcake walk for the kids, a donut game for the adults, and just good old fun. I hope we start a tradition to do it every year. I forgot my camera for halloween so the pictures I'm posting are from the carnival. I hope everyone had a happy halloween.

Pictures!

So I have been so busy this summer that I haven't been able to post much. I'm still busy but I am taking enough time to post some pictures. Someday I will catch up on what's going on with us...until then, here are some pics!





Ava kept calling me and this is how I found her. She was seriously holding the Reader's Digest just like that. It was hilarious!

Hooray it's summer!

Wow I feel like a slacker. I haven't posted since easter. Pretty bad. I don't have a whole lot to post about but I figured I need to post something. I'm so glad it's summer. I just planted a garden thanks to my sweet sister Rose who got Nathan to cooperate for 2 hours to make a garden spot for me. Rose did most of the work planting. It's my first garden. I don't really know what I'm doing. We planted 8 tomato plants, 2 rows of green beans, 2 rows of cucumbers, and 6 pea plants. I also planted an artichoke bush, 2 strawberry plants, some zucchini, summer squash, beets, and carrots. I mainly want the tomatoes, beans, and cucumbers for bottling this summer. Hopefully everything will grow good and the rabbits won't eat anything. We have apricots, cherries, plums, and apples on our fruit trees too so I'm hoping to bottle some jam as well.

My kids are out of school. It's a bittersweet thing for me. I love when they are gone and I get some peaceful time to myself but I hate the schedule. It's nice to stay up late and sleep in since that's what they prefer. Ava does have summer school on Tuesday's and Wednesday's for an hour each day. That is nice because she tends to regress in the summer. I work with her as much as I can but she seems to respond to other people better. She has a little attitude with me. She is getting closer to walking. I hope she'll walk soon because she is getting tall and it's akward for her to scoot everywhere. The other day I was at my friends house who is taking the discussions. The missionaries were there and one of the Elders asked with a smirk and a laugh why she scooted like that. I told him she had cerebral palsy and he felt so bad for laughing at her scooting. He wasn't really making fun of her and I certainly didn't take offense to it but I could tell he was uncomfortable. That made me feel bad. Anyway, she is doing good and will repeat pre-school for one more year.

We are busy renting cabins and ATV's this summer. Memorial weekend was crazy. We had an extended family from Ogden that had 3 RV spots and 2 cabins. They must have had 20 kids between them all. We rented the other cabin out to a family from North Salt Lake. Everyone was really nice. That wasn't the crazy part though. We rented out every ATV/UTV we had. We had to turn down people. It was nice but crazy trying to get them all checked out and in. We are pretty booked up for the rest of June and most of July so that is good. My extended family (my dad and his siblings and their families) are having a family reunion this Labor Day at Fish Lake. I'm really excited because it's only an hour from here. We are usually busy during that time but at least we can get away during the day and come home and sleep here at night. I'm not much of a camper...especially not with kids. I look forward to seeing all of the Bunker's, Nance's, Nelson's, and hopefully Sperry's this fall.

If I don't post again for several months, all of you have a happy, healthy, and safe summer. If you get bored, come visit me in Marysvale. It's the best place in the world to ride ATV's, and there's fishing, biking, rafting, and even horseback riding if you like that kind of thing. Take care...

Happy Easter!!

 

Happy Easter everyone! This is the only picture I got of any Easter happenings (I'm so pathetic when it comes to pictures). This was taken at Wal-Mart and my friend Kathy took Melissa to get the picture. I had William and Ava and didn't want to stand in line to wait. I need more patience. Nathan & I took them to the Marysvale park for an easter egg hunt Saturday morning. It had been raining and snowing all night but by the time they did the hunt the sun had peeked through. All of the candy and toys were wet and it was pretty cold but it was still so much fun. Today was a nice day. We decided not to give the kids their baskets until after church. They get too hyper when they're all hopped up on sugar. After lunch, I told them if they took a nap, the easter bunny would come while they were sleeping and fill their easter baskets. It worked like a charm and I even got a nap myself. Right now they are running circles and I hope they run so much that I can get them to bed tonight. Anywho, I hope you all had a wonderful easter.