Worst freaking day ever!!

Poor Britt!! She had one of the worst days I think almost any girl could have! This morning I got the dreaded "your kid is hurt" call from the school and went to get her. She had been crying (which if you know my kids is extremely unusual) and looked like she was in pain. She had been playing Frisbee with her math class and she and another kid ran into each other and she ended up breaking her little finger on her right hand. The "wonderful" lady we saw at the doctors office kept giving me the well it's probably just sprained talk because of course Britt wasn't crying at all and even when she pulled and touched it, she didn't make a peep (again normal for my kids) and I knew it was broken so she said she would send us to get x-rays "just in case". Sure enough it was broken clean threw. YUCKY!! It was kinda funny when she called I made the comment, "I told you she was tough!" and she replied "yeah I believe you now!" STUPID GOOBER! Anywho, it isn't a perfectly straight clean break so we get to go to a orthopedic surgeon on Thursday (after the swelling goes down) to get it looked at and fixed. Poor girl! AND as if that wasn't enough to ruin the poor girls day... she went out and was riding her rip stick around and one of the neighborhood dogs ran up and bit her on the leg! GAAAA! Luckily it wasn't a real bad bite, nothing we had to see the doctor for or anything but still!?! It gave her a good bruise and we were mean and called and filed a report with the police just so there was a record of it in case someone else ever gets bitten. What a way to become ubber popular with the neighborhood! LOL Anywho, life has been a little tough around here for a while and that is why I haven't updated in a LONG while! Matt sprained his ankle last week playing basketball with the elder's quorum, my fibromyalgia itching is coming back with a vengeance and Tyson is struggling with what I think is most likely asthma. Stinking health issues!! Anywho, crappy, crappy, crappiness all around and for those reasons I will stop now while this is still somewhat readable! hehe I do have pics from recent good happenings to post but haven't gotten them on here (of course!) I will try later! :)

Whitewash... Again! :)

We went there again! It was pretty good too! The first night was freaking cold but I am blaming that on leaving the vent open on the trailer cause we were afraid we would suffocate! LOL It was a little windy a some of the time but I just walked around in my goggles so it didn't bother me! LOL One of the kids with our group of friends got his thumb smashed horribly but is now doing well! Other than those few hiccups it was a TON of fun! The last day was even getting to where it was TOO hot, which is funny because when we left Springville, there was at least three inches of snow on the ground! We were there on Dillan's birthday so Matt made him dutch oven brownies! When we put the candles in they started to melt so we had to dig out all the wax before we could eat them but they were still really good! :) I didn't get a lot of pictures we have more video but I still don't know how to get it on here! :( So here are the few pics I have...

There is Dillan's dutch oven brownie cake!! Happy Birthday Dillan! :) He was sooo excited to be 7!! I don't know why he was so excited to be 7 but he was! hehe The ones of Matt and Brittany are when they were riding down this INSANELY scary rock that is UBBER steep but you can't really tell from the pictures. Britt's machine goes right up it, although the front tires try to come off if Matt doesn't lean WAY forward! This was her first trip riding her new four wheeler and she LOVED it! She even learned to run her clutch really well! :) I can't believe Matt talked her into riding down that rock either! Usually we all get off and make Matt ride all the machines up stuff we don't want to go up (or down) or can't get up (or down) because we aren't real good riders yet or because it is too scary! The pics of all the kids on their machines is one of our favorite places to stop! It is pretty and quiet there and there is a little ledge the kids climb up on and sit on and eat snacks when we bring them! :) It was so nice with everyone having their own machines! It was getting really hard to ride with Dillan on mine because he is tall enough our helmets hit together when we hit bumps and stuff. In another year he will be able to get his license and we won't have to stress about getting a ticket! LOL I think that is part of the reason he was so excited to be 7 because then he only has one more year until he can take his class!

Field Trip with Tyson

I was able to go on a field trip with Tyson yesterday! We went to the planetarium at the Eyring Science Center at BYU. It was pretty cool but entirely too comfortable!! (I thought I was going to fall asleep! hehe) I had a FULL group though so that kept me awake! (I saw SEVERAL mom's dead asleep and even the teacher was asleep! hehe) I had 5 boys all by myself so sorry, no pictures for this one! The boys got to look at a bunch of experiments that are in the lobby area and I think they liked that the best. They all said the part where they were learning about the planets was "BORING" (and it kinda was. hehe) Whenever the lady asked any questions about the planets the kids already knew all the answers so I don't think they learned much. They did like the part that showed the pictures of the constellations though and even asked her to turn them back on at the end so they could look at them some more. I am glad I have somewhat gotten over my fear of driving and been brave enough to attempt going on the close field trips!! I am still no where near ready to do the ones to Salt Lake though! I hate that place!! I get lost every time! hehe Anywho, thanks Ty for an awesome day!!

Field Trip with Dillan

Today I went on a field trip with Dillan's class to a musical at the Scera about the Frog and Toad books! It was AWESOME!! Everyone in the play was AMAZING!!! It was so fun!! Dillan fell asleep about 3/4 of the way into it but I think he liked it! I just wish we had seen the production sooner because the last performance is this Friday and I wish I could go see it again but this week is too nuts!! :( Anywho, if you have the time between now and Friday... GO SEE THIS!! It is only about an hour performance, so not super long, and it is soo dang cute! I think even younger kids would enjoy it! My pictures aren't the best because I didn't want to use flash and disrupt the Q&A they had at the end but hopefully you will get the general idea! :) The people that played the birds also played 5 different characters each! They were amazing! They also played squirrels, moles, a snail, a mouse, Momma frog, Papa frog, and baby frog, a turtle and a lizard... and probably more but I don't remember all for sure! The snail was the BEST! He was played by the guy in the middle of the birds. :) My favorite characters were the snail, frog, toad and the turtle (played by the bird lady in blue).

Draper Temple

I just have to rave about my kids! hehe We went to the Draper Temple open house last week and I was SOOOOO impressed with our kids!! They are soo awesome! We had a group of about 8 adults behind us in line and they were spitting straws at each other and making jokes and laughing really loud, it was ridiculous! (I am evil and I hope one day they go and try to take their children to something like that and have immature bratts setting a bad example behind them!) Anywho, our kids, Dillan 6, Tyson 8, Britt 12, and Cory 14, were so reverent, we had people commenting the ENTIRE time about how reverent they were and especially Dillan and Tyson! Everyone just kept looking at them and smiling really big because they are so well behaved! In fact, one lady said she thought they would make fabulous missionaries someday!! Anywho, I am so proud! When I asked Dillan which room was his favorite he said, "The room with the diamond lights!" (He meant the Celestial room.) We talked about how lucky he and Tyson are to be able to see the inside of a temple at their age and how they most likely wouldn't have another opportunity until they go on a missions or get sealed (well except for baptisms for the dead). I just hope that they remember everything they saw and (once we got away from the obnoxious group behind us) the peaceful feelings they had! They all got a little pamphlet and have read them cover to cover and talked about all the different rooms and how pretty they all were! Woot for good kids! :)
Cory and Brittany have the opportunity to go do baptisms for the dead on the 21st and they are VERY excited!! (Especially Brittany, her dad wanted to go four-wheeling that weekend and she wanted to go to the temple instead, even though she has been DYING to ride her new four wheeler! hehe) I am forever amazed at the things my kids do and say! I love them all VERY much!! :)