Our Eventful Weekend

This last weekend has once again been an unfortunate crazy one.  It first started Friday evening, we got a call from Lance's mom telling us that cousin Laine was bucked off a horse and was flown to UMC in Tucson.  He had been knocked unconscious and had yet to wake up.  We were very worried but figured he would wake by morning and everything would be fine.  Saturday morning, he still hadn't woken up and had significant damage to his brain.  We quickly found some families to watch the boys (thank you Wolfington's & James') and headed for Tucson.  We visited with PJ, Cammie & Family and then PJ took us back to see Laine.  You're never prepared to see someone you love in that kind of condition.  I'm so glad Lance was able to see his cousin...seeing as we didn't know what the future would hold.  Lot of prayers were said and yesterday he opened his eyes a couple of times.  So we are all very hopeful.  When we got home we stayed busy and then went to bed. 

Sunday morning we smelled something very stinky, like a mildew smell.  I went down to investigate right before we left for church and felt the damp carpet.  I kind of freaked out & said we would take care of it when we got home.  After church Lance had some meetings so I went down to the basement to find the problem.  It was much worse than expected.  The basement had flooded and all of things that were ready to be packed to move (in a month)  were now wet.  I brought all of our things upstairs and called our landlord. 

She called he insurance & they came out the next morning.  Service Master pulled the carpet from the main room and put fans on it.  It then began to rain heavy & started flooding the basement again.  At this point Service Master told us that since it was a flood rather than just a leak that they wouldn't cover it.  So lance sent them away and called some of his employees & some YM from our old ward.   We had to move all of our landlord's things from the 2 basement rooms to the upstairs. It was quite a crazy day that I never want to relive.  Lance got a contractor over to look at the problem and they were here this morning digging all of the dirt away from the house and will be resealing the concrete.   

Meet Leaves

Here is Brody's new fish...he lovingly named him Leaves.

Yes you read that right...Leaves.  For Brody's birthday Aunt Kimber took Brody out to lunch and then to Walmart to pick out a fish, bowl, and as Brody calls them, "toys."  When Kimber asked him what he was going to name his fish, he said "Leaves."  We all figured over time he would come up with a more suitable name like, goldie.  But nope, Leaves has stuck. haha.  This is so Brody's personality, he loves the shock factor and attention he gets when he tells someone his fish's name. 

Untitled...Maybe 'Crazy' Could Work

What a crazy couple of weeks.  It seems like we never stop, and I don't even have kids in school. ha.  We were going to put Brody in preschool, however,  with us building a new house and being crazy busy we thought we shouldn't.  Plus, he misses the cut off for kindergarten by 12 days so that means he would be in preschool for 2 years before kindergarten, So we are passing on it this year.  Two weeks ago we planned to go on a couple's vacation to my parents cabin at Roosevelt Lake.  We did go, but the night before we left Lance got a call to meet with the Bishop.  He was called as the Young Mens President.  He couldn't be happier being back in Young Mens, he loves those boys.  So we had to cut our trip short by leaving in time to get back to church.  I was very excited that I wasn't going to be in Nursery and going to Relief Society, for the first time in 3 years!  I walked into Sunday School and one of our couselors pulled me aside and asked if I could sub in Nursery.  Curses! It was a pretty awful day...I was burnt to a crisp from being at the lake,  Jett was overly tired and crying at me, and to be honest I was burnt out from being in Nursery.  That week I got a call to meet with the Bishop,  I was pretty nervous, and didn't contain my emotions very well, when he asked me to be the Relief Society Secretary.  This was a much needed calling and I'm very excited for it!  Not to mention I'm working and going to learn from some awesome women!

 We have been taking many many trips out to see our house. Basically every day we drive out there.  They have made some amazing progress and our move-in date has been changed from November to possibly the beginning of October!!!  The boys get filthy every time we go out there, but I think it's so fun for them to play in our house now.  Brody loves to take me to his room and show me where he is going to put everything.  This week they finished texturing the outside and started putting on the roof.  Inside, Chad put in all of our light fixture and I'm in love with them.  The paintesr finished up inside and once again, I'm in love with all the colors we chose.

 The entry is Lance's favorite part.  It's the first place he goes and opens the door and acts like he's visitor. haha. (ps. the door hasn't been painted yet.)

 Here is the kitchen bar and dining room.

 These are the fans we found on sale...I don't even know how we got them so cheap.  But I love them in every room.

 Aaaaand finally, my baby chandelier over my garden tub. love it. I guess it was a beast to put together...woops.

Change is Good

The first change for our family is Jett is 18 months!!! Yay! I think I would be more excited about this, except I've been in Nursery for the past year with him, and he isn't happy unless I'm not there.  Sad.  Jett is growing so big, he is finally getting some more teeth.  He deals with it pretty well and I think he is enjoying some extra chompers.  He still doesn't talk much which make communication frustrating for both sides.  He says "uh, oh" "hi" and occasionally momma and dadda.  He is really good at pointing and whinning/screaming. haha. Jett is into everything, like every toddler, but MORE.  I find him on the counter all the time and is constantly pulling things out of cupboards. Jett is still lactose sensitive and drinking lactose-free milk...the price for that stuff is crazy, so every once in a while I give him a cup of regular milk, but he always throws it up. He is still a great napper and night time sleeper, thank goodness.  Boys with this much energy have to crash sometime.

A couple weeks ago, I needed a change in my daily life and decided to get out of town.  As in, target and the "mall" just weren't cutting it.  So we took a day trip to Tucson.  We headed to the zoo first and Brody loved it.  I was a little disappointed that many of the animals weren't out.  Jett made a great face at the lizards.

After the zoo we headed to lunch at chick-fil-a, yummo, I so wish we had one down here.  We also went to the mall did some clothes shopping and then to world market and I did some major dreaming!

We've had some great monsoons this year, with it raining almost every afternoon since the beginning of July.  With rain comes growing grass and weeds.  We are slowly trying to pick up, clean, deep clean the house and yards before we move and another family moves in.  Here is a picture of the boys helping daddy mow the lawns.

Another exciting change is our house! It's a bit farther than these pictures.  They have taped and are starting to texture the walls today.  Then starting Friday they are going to start the stucco and the shelving in the closets.  I was trying to be the realist and say we would be in by December while our contractor said November.  However, everyone we have talked to says they would be surprised if we weren't in by October.  That would make me the happiest person!

Another change came on Sunday.  The very anticipated ward boundaries.  We decided a few weeks ago that when they realigned the boundaries in the stake that we would start going to the ward where our house is being built.  We are sad to leave our friends who are now in 1st and 5th ward, but so excited for a fresh start and new people.  We are shocked and excited that my in-laws are in our ward also.  We will be gone on our last hurrah to the lake this weekend so the following Sunday will be a first in our new Hereford Ward!

Another Summer Update

We've kept busy lately.  These boys are so fun, especially now that Jett is way more independent.  We've been to the Library getting books at least twice a week, lots of swimming at the cove, many trips to the mall and tons of arts and craft projects. 

Another house update:

Sorry if you're sick of these, but I'm just documenting

They loaded the roof with the tiles.

Garage



Finished framing the entertainment center




Kitchen/Bar



mmmm....my bathtub.



 This little video shows just about the only thing that Jett says...."Uh-Oh and Quack Quack."

  Seriously this kid won't say anything. haha.  Physically he is crazy, but small motor skills are not his forte.

Tribute to Duchess

This picture was taken on 4th of July, just a couple days ago.  Yesterday, Duchess was killed by what we think was a bobcat.  We are all sad that she is gone.  Brody doesn't quite understand it and I know Jett doesn't either, but I feel sad that their friend won't be there when they go to play outside. 

4th of July

4th of July had quite a crazy start.  A week and 1/2 before I went to Mesa and picked up my sister Brianne.  We had a blast going to Tucson and shopping, making bracelets and yummy food.  Then Friday morning Jett woke up at 8am with a burning fever and acting very lethargic.  I got him right to the Dr. and he tested positive for strep throat.  We ran to Walmart and got the antibiotics and he went right to sleep when we got home.  No more than an hour later Brody came crying to me that his throat hurt.  Good Grief! So I gave him some tylenol and sent him to bed for a nap, hoping that he was just wanting some attention.  I made an appointment at the Dr. for later that afternoon and when Brody woke up he had red blotches in his throat too.  Brody didn't come up positive for strep, but we figured he was just in the early stages and to get him on antibiotics.  So back to Walmart we went.  Unfortunately, we had to cancel our babysitter and couldn't take Brianne to dinner.  Saturday was an aweful day the boys were cranky and in pain, I was cranky and very on edge....and wasn't very patient with Lance, so that made him a bit cranky.  All in all, I felt really bad for my sister.  Sunday was better, the boys were acting more like themselves.  We decided to take Brody to church with us, since they weren't contagious anymore and to drop Jett off at grandma's since he still wasn't feeling great.  As we were driving I noticed red spots and blisters on Jett.  Hand Foot and Mouth, Crap.  And then Brody showed up with it during Sacrament meeting.  So I rushed him to grandma's house after.  So now I was freaking out about the 4th of July and all the cousins that would be coming.  Monday morning I took the boys to the Dr. to make sure that's what they had.  Of course it was.  Turns out Lance's cousins little boy had it, so no one really cared that they had it while they were here.  Wow, that was a long story.  It rained a TON on the 4th of July, so much we thought the fireworks weren't going to happen. 



Royce and Jett on a quad ride around the yard.




One of the MANY quad rides




seriously Jett was happiest on a ride




Happy Independence Day




Jett and duchess




Brody making 'mud pies'




Mariah and Brody.  Brody seriously loves Mariah and wants to where and what she is doing at all times, which turns into him being a bit bossy.  But he really loves her.