Thursday, March 27, 2008

Kelly's Quilt


Last month, my sweet sister Kelly was involved in a very sad accident, and we wanted to put our arms around her and give her a hug. Unfortunately, she lives in Texas and we're in Utah. So we decided to make her a "hug" and send it to her. She got it today, so now we can post our pictures without spoiling the suprise:

Zachary was the first to want to help sew. Jordan, of course, then decided he was man enough to help, even if it was pink. (After doing some sleuthing, we discovered that Kelly's favorite color was "pink, pink, and more pink.")
All in all, the boys did pretty good. We only got off line once, and it wasn't noticable enough to change. We also got a some help from a few women in our neighborhood, and we were able to finish it before April - yay!

I hope she likes it - It's big, soft, fluffy flannel filled with love from me and my boys.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I think he's feeling better

Levi getting into cookie dough:

I do believe that Levi is feeling better. He is eating better and only has a rash on his belly... I'm hoping we're done with all that's been going on around this house!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Easter!

I hope everyone had a great Easter! We only have 2 small patches of snow in our backyard, and I'm thinking they'll be gone today (We're hoping for 60's today!) We don't do new Easter outfits, but we do have an egg hunt, so here's our pictures:

Before the hunt, filled with anticipation...

The swingset is always a treasure chest of plastic and sugar!

The bunny must have hopped along the side of the basketball court, too.

Luckily, Jacob got a few before his more experienced brothers found them all.

All in all, it was a pretty good day. There has been no vomiting of blood, very little fevers, everyone is sugar-saturated, we colored eggs, played "Seek" for our Sunday game night, had fish for dinner (I don't know why, but this has become a tradition), and everyone had a happy day! We hope you did too!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Poor Levi

Well, we're back from the doctor with Levi. After 3 days of 102+ fevers and this morning he was coughing up blood and was extremely lethargic, so I took him in to be checked out. He's got a double ear infection, but thankfully his lungs are clear and they think the blood came from his nasal cavity, which went down into his stomach, which made him nauseous... Poor kid lies around while his fever is high, but once the tylenol kicks in, he acts more himself. So maybe we'll get this thing kicked after all!

You know it's a sad day when the boy falls asleep eating!

Friday, March 21, 2008

For all of you who don't have Pokemon obsessed boys...

OK, I'm getting comments that Pikachu looks pretty good, for a cartoon character that no one has seen. It's obvious that you all are not living in a household with young men! For everyone who has no clue what Pikachu looks like, this is for you:


So, now, I ask you: Does the cake look like Pikachu?

As for the welfare of our house, Levi is running a fever close to 103, Jordan threw up all night last night, and Aaron is (gasp!) sick, too! I'm thinking of buying vitamins in bulk this weekend...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Update!



Hello, again! It's been a while since I've updated about our family, so here it goes. We've been sick, and so we've done nothing except hang out around the house and contaminate each other. Levi and I have had it twice, Zachary has an earache today, and Jordan, Caeden, and I have all been nauseaous the past few days. Ugh. Jacob ran a fever for a few days and was a little lethargic, but I think he's doing alright now. Levi would just be crawling around and then stop and lie down on the carpet and rest for a while. (That's what he is doing in the picture above.) The only one who has escaped unscathed is Aaron. I don't know how he does that. We all get it (some of us get it twice), and Aaron walks. This all started about 3 weeks ago, and we're all hoping that it's all gone by the 28th, which is when we leave town for out SoCal vacation! I'm scheduling the carpet to be cleaned next week right before we leave, then the house can dry and air out while we're gone.
One fun thing that has happened since the boys have been off-track (they "tracked-off" on March 3rd, and will go back after spring break on March 25th) is that Jordan and Zachary did snowboarding lessons for a few days up at Snowbird. I figured that since they live in Utah, they need to know how to ski and board! We gave each of them a disposable camera, so when I get that developed I'll post some pictures.

Another fun thing was Caeden's birthday! He turned 6 on March 7th - he's getting so big! We really didn't do anything great big, but celebrated as a family. He wanted a "Pikachu" cake (a Pokemon thing), so I figured out how to make one with one rectangular cake and one round one. Here's how it turned out:



I don't think it looks half bad, for not having a template or pokemon shaped pan!

We also worked on a project for a family member, but since that family member hasn't yet received his/her gift yet, we can't post pictures... But we will when it won't spoil the secret!

Well, back to work. I hope everyone has a great day and stays away from whatever it is that we have!!!

Monday, March 17, 2008

Here's a great tribute...

I know, I haven't posted in forever... Sick kids have taken all of any free time for the past few weeks... But when a friend emailed me a clip of Glen Beck (a mormon talk show host) giving a tribute to President Hinckley, I started looking at a few other tributes posted on Youtube, and this one brought tears to my eyes. I really do miss everything about him. I love President Monson, but I just haven't gotten used to him sitting in the center chair yet! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this clip!