This was the weekend we watched Bucky's sister's kids. It was fun. That is all.

Going Well...

I have to warn you, this post is all over the place. There is no good writing to be had here. Not that there normally is Pulitzer Prize winning family journalism, but I try to at least follow a theme. Sorry. I don't have the energy today. :)

Well, after some exciting times over the last two weeks, things are finally settling down a bit. We replaced the pad and cleaned the carpet in the back room from our flood, had a yard sale to get rid of and de-clutter the house, and babysat some nephews and a niece.

Although, it seems more crazy/cluttered now than before (how does that happen, Mr.Universe???). We finally got our sprinklers fixed (fingers crossed of course).

If any of you have ever experienced nesting when you were pregnant then you will understand my need to have things cleaned up and finished. I can finally breath a little bit.

The unfortunate news of the day is that I can't find the camera cord that I hook up to my computer, so I have all these fun pictures and I can't post them. I think one of the fun neighbor kids may have mistaken it for a lasso...

Speaking of which, does anyone have neighbor kids that freely walk into your house? This bothers me. I understand they're kids, but I don't like feeling like I can't take a nap or go to bathroom for fear that someone else's kid is going to do some thing in my house, such as get hurt or break something or write on the wall. Take for instance the other day. One the the neighbor kids was on my COMPUTER. With my kids on Lego.com or something and he all the sudden just took off. This boy and his brother are 4 and maybe 2. I come downstairs later and get on the computer. Here's the worst part. My butt is getting wet. Evie tells me that the little boy peed on my upholstered chair in front of the computer.

I totally freaked out. What the crap??? I would be mortified if my kid was wandering the neighborhood peeing on other people's furniture. It's bad enough when someone is babysitting them or something. Anyway, we have a new policy. Outdoor playing only. ONLY. I lock my doors now. Do you think that's mean? Let me know. Because maybe it's just me being hormonal...

Been too long...

Every time something happens here, I think, post it! But then I think, nah, I'll just eat some more and watch TV. How pathetic is that?! To be fair, it has been really hot lately and I am heading into my third trimester. But there's been a lot going on so I'll post as much as I can before I feel the pull of the couch in the cool basement.

Ethan decided he wanted to up the ante on Evie's broken collarbone. So he climbed a fence at the dog park trying to get a ball and snagged his hand on the top of the chain link. On his way jumping down his hand got stuck and literally ripped a huge gash in his hand. It was nasty. The next morning I brought him in and he had not just a few stitches, but 9 stitches!!! That was traumatic to say the least. But after a needle of sedation in his backside he was ok. Although, I have to admit it was funny hearing him talk because he kept saying things like, "Um, doctor what size of needle are you going to use? What is it going to look like? What will it feel like?" Rapid fire. It was funny.

My dad's side of the family had a family reunion up in Park City this last weekend. It was a total blast. We had lunch and a scavenger hunt complete with a treasure chest for the kids at the park, rode the Alpine Slide up at the Olympic Oval, swam and played games at Jordanelle State Park, and Bucky and Ethan went for a hot air balloon ride with my dad and some other family members. We had an awesome time, and if you couldn't make it to this one, start planning for the next one in ALASKA in 3 years. I'm totally excited. Okay, here's the pictures...

Lagoon

For those of you who don't in Utah, we have an amusement park here called Lagoon. It's fun, but really overpriced in my opinion. It's like $42 for anyone over the age of 4. But, luckily, I had the chance to go on a Thursday for the low, low price of $28 per child. And I didn't have to pay because I wasn't going to be riding any rides with this giant orb stickin out of me. So, we went. Just the kids and I. The forecast called for rain so we bundled up and headed out. When we got there the clouds went away and the sun came out. We even had to borrow some sunscreen! The clouds must have scared everyone else away because we didn't have to wait hardly at all. It was perfect. We stayed for almost 5 hours and then it started hailing/monsoon raining. But that's okay, we got our money's worth and now I can cross that off my list of things to do this summer with the kids! Yay! Hope everyone is having a great summer!

The Baby is Still a Boy....

This morning was my BIG ultrasound, very exciting! What that means is that I got to see the baby in 4D. Yup, a little creepy looking at first, but pretty sweet. The kids went with me and were taking pictures the whole time. And would you believe it, that little guy had his feet up by his head and we could actually see him putting him toes in his mouth! Pretty amazing! Everything looks really good and I'm measuring about 23-24 weeks along, which puts my due date closer to the end of September than the middle. The pictures aren't great, but what'ja gonna do?!

I've been Remiss

Well, blogger friends I have been a bit of a slacker in the newsy newsy of our little family because I just haven't wanted to post. If I can be totally honest with you, my fellow readers, I've pretty much been hating life the last few days. I can't seem to get a very good handle on my emotions. I want to like people, but mostly I just get annoyed by something they say or do.

What is wrong with me? Unlike my saintly, think nothing but the best of the human race, husband most of the population just irritates the crap out of me right now. I think it's the hormones! I mean, I feel out of control, but I can't make myself be more in control. Do you feel me? It's so frustrating. I mean, I go to church and learn about Christlike love and I WANT to feel it, but then I get all grouchy.

And then to make matters worse, Ethan says to me the other day, "When are you and dad getting divorced?"

Cricket. Cricket.

"Well, Ethan we aren't getting divorced. We are fighting kind of a lot lately aren't we? Because I'm grouchy?"

"Yeah."

It freaking broke my heart. I tried to explain to him that just because adults argue doesn't mean that they are getting divorced. And that I would try harder not to fight with dad. So, we are having a dinner and a family talk tonight trying to calm the fears of my 7 year old. How crappy is that? Well, now that you all are scared away from me because you think I'll hate you and think I'm the worst parent on the planet, judge me. Or not, but know that I love you all, I just don't know how to show it right now...

Just One Little Slip

That's all it took. One little slip off the side of the bench at the park. It wasn't a particularly hard fall, just a precise fall. Right on her collarbone. Enough to break the poor thing. She wasn't hardly crying at all until I told her we needed to take her to the doctor. Then she really started crying about shots and dying and stuff. Then I think it really started hurting and then it was crying for about 2 hours until we got Tylenol into her at the Instacare. But she's doing well and on a small dose of Loratab.