Pinterest

Well folks, I finally discovered Pinterest. I don't know how I've lived with out it. All the cute ideas I see in a magazine at the dr's office or in someone else's house and say "I love that! What a great idea! I want to do that" but then forget as soon as I walk away now I can "pin on a board" and have forever. Now all I need is money to do all the great projects I see :P

This is just one thing I've found that I really liked, blog worthy I feel. I laughed out loud right here at my computer:

Just wanted to share the goodness.

Annie's eye surgery

I have been noticing for about a year that Annie's eyes would pull in an unnatural sort of way. No one else could see it though until recently. So I took her in the ophthalmologist and he said she had "wandering eyes", meaning the farther away something was to focus on, one eye tended to wander and that she needed surgery. I was expecting a lazy eye and having to go by a patch!!

So Friday we went in. I dont' know why, but I thought we would be there an hour since the Dr. said the actually surgery took 20 min. WRONG!! Try 3 hours. The doctor said it wouldn't be that big of a deal, which I think for out patient surgery he was probably right, but let's face it, Annie is "sensitive", and so it was kinda traumatic for the both of us, since I was not expecting her to have a hard time, and since she did have a hard time.

She was very darling before the surgery though, here is a pic of her and her doggie with ID bracelets and in the pre op room with her gown.




























The first couple days she tried to be happy...















But mostly felt like this over the weekend:
And this is what her eyes still look like and will probably look like for 2 weeks.
She is doing better now and many people have been very sweet and concerned. She is doing well, and gets better every day. The worst part is the gel antibiotic we have to put in her eyes. But she is playing and happy most the time. She's practically back to her old self telling me she can't help me clean and such after we have been playing.

We love you Annie and hope we never have to go through anything like this with you again!

Little helpers

Ahh yes, and here is our little 14 mon old helping Eddie rip out Beth's old cabinets for her new ones. If anybody needs 2 little extra hands, he's for hire!

aka June Cleaver

Strawberry Freezer Jam

Dinner started (spaghetti sauce)

Texas Sheet Cake for FHE

Nutritious after school snack prepared...
ALL BY 11:30AM!!!
Well just slap an apron on me and call me June Cleaver!

"well Ahh be.." Annie can work

Sometimes I think of Annie as a bratty little princess girl who never thinks to do anything for herself first, ie pick up something that dropped from her hand. She will do it when prompted (after she's done crying to listen), it just doesn't come into her head automatically. She is precious don't get me wrong. So when I saw her out here with Eddie in over 100 degree, I thought it was so cute.

first she waited patiently for him to cut...

then she'd pick it up the pole with her gloves (cuz it's stinkin hot)

And carry it over to her pile in the grass...

then make sure it's nice and neat (very Annie)

Moral of the story: if you stand outside while Eddie's working, he'll put you to work, even Annie!

First day of school

Well Katie I tried to do your cute little thing with the fingers and the grade, but you can see how well that turned out. Not nearly as cute as when your kids do it.

Next year I guess I need to be more peppy before I take their pic, look at their faces!

Well, Joe 1st grade, Teila 5th grade, John 3rd grade. The boys didn't really want me to drop them off, Joey just wants to experience all he can and do whatever his Big Brother (that's what he calls him) has done before.

Because both their schools I just had to drop off Teila early, all by herself. I know it's sad, but she wasn't sad, she was fine.

John, after they played for a bit on the playground I had to shake John to tell him bye, he wouldn't really acknowledge me... I wasn't even wearing my apron (Mothers Day: the silliest thing he's ever see me do)

Shyla asked me if they looked cute and I thought and then said "not particularly{". They just looked normal. Teila picked her favorite outfit and the boys grabbed the first shirt and pants they saw. I think they always look cute.

They had a great first day! And while I was ready for them to get back to school, life gets so busy as they get older that I really enjoyed this summer. I love enjoying my kids while they are at home and like so many people say "it goes by quickly, enjoy it while they are little" I try to do that despite the bickering, teasing, high pitched screams and messy house.

random pics of late

He just looked so cute starring out the window.

Danny and Jude (Will's baby)

Danny loves many things, one of those things is Teila and another is hair

Annie has just been so ridiculous cute lately. Playing in the mud with a tiarra! I mean come on! I love this age where you can do whatever you want and be totally darling!

Joey and Kenzie

Makenzie is one of Tegan's kids who is 5 weeks older than Joseph. Even though they are boy and girl, they have a special bond. And even though they haven't physically seen each other (we love skype!) in over 3 years (that's forever to a child), they still are "tight". Above is a letter we recently received from Kenzie and Joey's response below.

Tye Dye

So every summer ideally I find a recent high school graduate to work as a respite worker for Teila. It's basically babysitting, but much more productive and Teila LOVES it~ It doesn't happen every summer but this summer we got Eddie's cousin Heidi to sign up. She has been so WONDERFUL. They have gone bowling, swimming tons and Teila gets to know her family a little better. Recently, we decided to try Tye Dyeing since Teila got a kit for her birthday. Not wanting just Teila to have the fun, I asked if we could all join, (esp. since the shirts were on sale 5 for $10.)

It got a little messier than anticipated and my hands stayed like this for a week

We learned a lot, like everybody wear gloves from the get go. It was a lot of fun and the shirts turned out alright. The kids love them and in the right frame of mind it's a fun project for the family~

posin Annie

I don't know where Annie got all this posing from, but it cracks me up!