Its done!

These pictures don't really do this justice but I had to post them for all the people who don't or can't come over.

Now we are just working on getting the furniture back in.

Can you tell what we had for dinner?

HINT: Look at their shirts.

Emily Jones...the new James Patterson

This made my day...
The horse and the nice Bear.
A horse comes along and sees
the frendly bear and kills
the bear and the girls cry like
babys and the horse kicks the
girls in a pond.

Random Pictures...

Abby and Em wearing their Koala shirts for Jen

I'm sure they'll make me stop buying them look alike clothes soon.

Our FLOORS!!! Yay, we are almost done!

Em and Sadie.
We are very sad to report that Sadie (who is Em's best friend) will be moving to Idaho in two weeks. I have offered to adopt her but was shot down. Good thing we have a horse stable just down the street. I'm sure we'll be there lots.

Em and Gil before school. I love that my girls make sure to give Gil a hug and a kiss before they go into class. How much longer will that last?

sigh...

I have so much to post about...

Emilys birthday
Crohns run
Flight of the Conchords concert
Abby's program
my new floors
Garrett's last soccer game
new baby cows (again?)

but Garrett has misplaced my camera and I can't upload any pictures.
Stay tuned... I'll find it as soon as the painting is done.

Paying it forward...

Please help me!!!

Check out this blog : http://sugaryfrogs.blogspot.com/

and if you can sew or want to help please let me know...if you don't know the Maxwell story scroll through Rachels' blog and read it...PLEASE!

Gil helping out

Tonsilectomy

Garrett before surgery:

Garrett after surgery:
I was extremely lucky to find one of my great friends had moved back from Virginia and was Garretts OR nurse. He made the transition from pre-op to the OR tolerable, no screaming or crying-okay maybe a few tears on each our faces.

RRRGGGGHHH!

Okay, I'm doing an update even though I can't locate my camera to add pictures...why can't I locate my camera you ask? Well, we pulled out most of the carpet in the upstairs and replaced it with hardwood floors so everything is in boxes in the garage. I can't wait to show it off!

Today they sanded the floors so everyone and everything is covered in dust and its driving me nuts because its in between my toes! I hate that.

The hardest part is going to be the next three days when we can't walk on it from 8-5. I begged for a hotel room but Jeff clenched his cheeks again and said we could tough it out in the basement. The hardest part is going to be walking across the street to use my favorite neighbors bathroom when the Crohns hits in the mornings. Thanks Jan, we will be forever indebted to you!!

Garrett is doing great, he is off the pain medication, back to preschool, and eating corndogs again. He still is sleeping in my bed and I have a feeling he will milk that for a while although I can't take much more of his hot stinky breath on my face. I long for a night of uninterrupted sleep.

Em paid me the best compliment....she wanted her hair cut just like mine. Now I have a mini-me, or as my good friend put it "how does it feel to have your own my twin doll?"

I promise that as soon as I find my camera I'll post pictures of the house and Garretts surgery.

J

Soccer

Garrett started soccer a few weeks ago (it was very cold when I took some of these pictures and that is why he is wearing pants and a shirt under his uniform) and he has found his niche.

Today only one other teammate made it to the game and the two of them won the game

6 to 0

Garrett made half of those points

but he'll tell you he made all of them

Thanks largely in part to his dad, Austin, and Matt he thinks he is David Beckham.

Random Thursday night.

As some may know, Jeff is out riding his new mountain bike for four days in Moab. What does one do when single? Par-tay.unfortunately it is with homemade scones

and five kids.

Tomorrow night?

Chuck-e-cheese baby!

Easter

Thanks to our church starting at 8:30am we had to delay the egg hunt until after church which was explained by telling them that the Easter bunny wanted to make sure they thought of Jesus first.but due to some delays the Gilly made it home before we did and found all the eggs...

but I made him re-hide them all so his sisters could partake....

And what did we get for Easter?


Chicks!!!

Tonsilectomy....

Guess who gets his tonsils out on April 21st?Anyone offering to help I will accept, in fact I'm asking for help.

He has to be down for 7 days straight.....no soccer, no tumbling, no soccer, no soccer.

What am I going to do?

HELP!!!

I know my blog following may have tapered off a bit but I need anyone who reads it to pitch in and help me out. I have committed to do a little 2 mile walk/run for Crohns disease. I am the team captain and I need to come up with a good name for my team. So far its called "Got the Runs" but I need input on a better name if there is one. If you come up with a name that I like better than the one I have I'll send you a $20.00 gift card. Put your thinking caps on and make me laugh....

The Horse Expo...

So a few weekends ago (yes, I am a horrible blogger, I am trying to be better) we went to the horse expo. Most people I know don't know what the horse expo is and up until Emily I didn't either... the horse expo showcases a bunch of different styles of horses and all the stuff that goes with owning a horse...an arena that Em could flourish in. Normally I would think snore city but it actually turned out to be quite fun.

This is Feika...a Friesan horse from.....(waiting for the drum roll)....Holland! He is the main reason we went, Jeff connected with him as you'll see in the little video.

Before you click play you need to know that this horse is not only from Holland but it knows Dutch. The owners met up with Jeff last year and they found out that he speaks Dutch. Well, the horse kinda freaks out a bit when it hears Dutch because that is its first language...they told us that when he likes someone or something it sticks its tongue out...watch....

I made him wash his hands...

Next we ran into the Clydesdales

my personal favorite


We then headed over to the kid section so that everyone could make their own stick horses...Em doesn't look to thrilled here...

But as soon as they set up the jumps she was off!
Abby and Beth just kept adding more and more yarn to the mane and forelock

So as much as I hated cowboys growing up I am now surrounding myself with them as an adult. Next I'll be wearing a buckle.

This day is for the crapper

Dreaded day tomorrow...COLONOSCOPY!!

actually the dreaded day is today since I can't eat and we all know how much I love food....

Anyway...this post is to let you all know that it is colon cancer awareness month and if your 50+ I encourage you to get screened. If your under 50 but have a history of colon cancer in your family, talk to your MD about a screening. Wish me luck tomorrow.

j