August So Far-

August has been a great month so far. We were able to go to Vernal and Roosevelt Utah for Jacey and Paige's baptisms. It was so great to be able to be there and show them some support. It was a long drive. We drove all day Friday and had a great time and came home Sunday. It took us about 10 hours to drive-which isn't bad with my kids! Memphis did great for his first real time going anywhere far. He slept a lot. He screamed till 400am friday night but did great the rest of the time! He was a better traveler than any of the other 3! It was good to be there for Jacey and Paige. They are such good kids and am so thankful for the choice they made to be baptized! They had such big smiles on their cute little faces. I wish I would have thought to get a picture of them and Savanna. Since they were all baptized so close together!

A couple of Sundays ago, I was called into President Jones office. Oh great I thought. He asked me if I would be willing to teach the youth Sunday School class. Are you kidding me? I started to laugh. Because I really wanted to bawl like a big baby. The youth scare me to death. Don't ask me why. They are all great kids. But I am a big dork and don't know nearly as much as they do, and am SCARED TO TRY TO TEACH THEM! So I told him yes. Trust me if I had been taught differently, the NO would have been blurted out very easily. But I very quietly said yes. It wasn't very convincing. President Jones could tell. He asked me, and I said, "you have just asked me to do the ONE calling I always told Brandon that I WOULD NEVER DO'. I said I would rather be Relief Society President again. LOL. But after today, it wasn't so bad. They didn't bite. They were all good kids and even participated. So I take it back. I DO NOT want to be RS president again. I rather enjoyed the lesson. And I got to go to RS again. I haven't done that since I was released I think. It was a good day. Its funny to think. I have been feeling like I haven't been doing my part in studying the scriptures. I haven't felt like I have been in tune with the Spirit at all. I have been dragging my feet about EVERYTHING! And because He is MY Father in Heaven, He knew it. He knew that I needed a big swift kick in the rear end to get me on the ball. And let me tell you, this calling is what I need. I read my scriptures this week. I started studying for that lesson on Monday. I studied for it every day. I haven't actually STUDIED my scriptures in a long time. It felt good. So, once again, my Heavenly Father knows best. I will accept His call. I am NO Fonzy or Leroy, because they are just naturally awesome teachers, but I will do my best, and I am sure I will be the one who benefits the most from this calling.

What a day!

Well today started off like any other regular day. I was able to do some time on my elliptical. I got the house straitened up a little bit. The kids had breakfast. Well I was sitting down to nurse Memphis. Weylon and OakLeigh decided to go outside to play. Nothing new. They do it all the time. A few minutes later I hear banging on the front door and screaming. I jump up to see Weylon COVERED in blood. And he was holding his foot. I threw Memphis to Savanna. Grabbed him and blood was SPURTING out of his foot. I panicked. We ran to the bathroom and I put a towel on it and it bled through a pretty large towel. And he is STILL SCREAMING. I was shaking but started to get control so he could calm down. I called Brandon. I don't know why. I guess for some reassurance. Then I called Brandon's mom cause I knew he needed stitches. It was pretty deep. I got the spurting to stop but it was still bleeding really bad. She came right over (thank goodness cause the last thing I needed was to take 4 kids to the ER). Anyways, turns out he found a leatherman outside in the dirt. Popped open the pocket knife part and was trying to "mow the grass". I looked at his shoe, sure enough there is a LARGE slice out of it. He only had to get 3 stitches, but the knife went in 3/4 inch deep. Thats deep for a little 5 year old foot. He has been a champ though. So he decided to go outside a few hours later, came in and blood was all over again. I was praying that he didn't bust open the stitches. He didn't and has parked it on the chair and hasn't moved since. Poor guy. But he is pretty proud of those stitches and yes, he is soaking it in for all its worth. What a trooper. He told me he will "never play with a knife again. OR EVEN TOUCH SCISSORS". Guess he was scarred for life. GOOD. Here is is relaxing in the recliner. I didn't dare take a picture of the stitches yet. They are wrapped for now.

I am just thankful that he didn't cut off his foot. It got stopped on his shoe by the thick leather. A moment that made me proud though, Savanna and OakLeigh were in the living room crying when they saw the blood. So OakLeigh told Savanna they needed to say a prayer and that he would be ok. So they did. Makes me feel like I am doing something right! I love my kids. Even when they do these kind of things to me and literally give me a heart attack. This is why I can't have kids their age at 45. I would probably have dropped dead from the sight of the spurting blood.
Oh and on another note, I got to go to dinner with my friends last night. We went to prime rib. But as I was walking out the door to leave, OakLeigh and Weylon (once again those 2 together is a bad deal) were caught up in the fishing pole and Weylon was reeling in OakLeigh. Thankgoodness he only caught her pajama top. But man alive it was wedged in that hook really good. Could have been another catastrophe, but I am glad we are being watched over. I know prayers are heard every morning and night for our families safety! I will finish with some pictures I found off my phone. They are all blurry as I don't get the smart phones. I am not "smart" enough to figure them out. LOL

Savanna got a bling belt for school at the NHSRA. She was so excited and its really cute!
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She had fun on the monkey bars at the Rozet school park.


Weylon tried on a hat at the Flinstones park. I love how all you can see are his teeth and big grin.


Memphis is sleeping. What a sweet baby boy.


OakLeigh insisted on playing in the rain. She had a great day!

Friday Night Blues!

So Savanna got invited to a slumber party tonight. They picked her up at 945 this morning. And she got to go swimming. Well poor girl got FRIED! I feel so bad. Even the whites of her eyes are red. Anyways, I was a little ticked cause I gave them the WHOLE bottle of sunscreen. Should have used a little more apparently! Oh well. I was wondering if she was gonna be able to do the slumber party cause this would be basically her first time. (Her real first time was when I was in the hospital delivering Steven...NOT A GOOD TIME. She cried for hours that night. She hasn't been invited back. Poor girl. Poor family that had her.) Well Natalee and Savanna were so excited to sleep over tonight. Oh and Weylon and OakLeigh felt so bad cause they didn't get to go, so daddy hooked up the camper and was gonna have a slumber party with them in there. And I was SUPPOSED to get to sleep all by myself (with MEMPHIS) in my bed. And I was so going to ENJOY that! Heehee. Anyways, about 930ish I look outside to see the kids walking a crying Savanna home. She had her bag in hand and tears just a pouring down her little face. And Natalee was trying to be a good sport, but I know her feeling were hurt. But Savanna had a good cry. Decided she would try again another time. And went to the camper with daddy and the other 2 hoodlums. And I settle down on the couch with a good lifetime movie, popcorn and excited for some me time. Which lasted literally 15 minutes. In walks OakLeigh and Weylon. They are in my bed asleep. Savanna and Brandon are in the camper asleep. And Memphis is in his bed. And here I sit at the computer. Oh well, musical beds I guess. It was worth a try right! And I am so glad Brandon is such a good daddy to try to do something fun with them! Good night all. I better get some rest while I can!

I have no idea what I wanted to label this post as. All I know is, that I am so thankful to be so blessed. I was reading a blog off of my friends blog. The trials that this family has to face makes me so sad for them. But I feed off their strength. They are amazing people. To be faced with the death of a child, makes my heart ache terribly. As a mother, its my worst nightmare. Makes me want to hold my children so tight and never let go. To have a protecting hand on their every move. So I was sitting here with tears streaming down my face thinking about this family. And realized that my Heavenly Father feels for me how I feel for my children. I mean, I have always known and felt my Heavenly Father's love, but the way you view that love changes when you become a parent. And I sit here this morning, with an overwhelming warmth of love and peace. I am so thankful for that feeling. No matter how alone I might feel here on earth at times, I always have a loving Father in Heaven no more than a prayer away. And to know that He loves me as much as I love my children is very comforting. To know that I (we) have someone rooting for us, cheering us on, holding out His hand every moment of every day is awesome. Something I am so very thankful to know. And so thankful that He has His hand reached out to my children as well. Makes me realize how blessed I am.

June

Savanna's Birthday / Baptism and Memphis's Blessing

Savanna's birthday party. Sorry its a dark picture!

Savanna before her date with daddy at prime rib.

Savanna and Brandon going on a date!

Memphis Treyne blessing day



So much has happened! We had Savanna turn 8 years old on June 10th! I can't believe she is already that age! She had a fun birthday party. She had Malainey, Jordan, and Aaron come over. And we painted little glass things, and then had a treasure hunt outside. And sheesh, next time I will have to make like 50 clues. I did 11 clues thinking it would take them at least 20 minutes to do the hunt. OH NO!~ I was dripping in sweat cause I had to RUN to get the treasure hid before they found it. So I literally had 4 minutes...NOT ENOUGH TIME! Then we had her Rapunzel cake. Which didn't turn out too bad for me doing it! But the pictures I took were really dark, so we will see if you can see them or not! Oh and Daddy took her on a daddy daughter date to Prime Rib. She LOVED it and those of us left at home were all jealous we didn't get to go and have STEAK! But she got to have steak (which she usually WONT eat at home..) And they brought her a HUGE ice cream sundea with a candle on it. She thought she was cream of the crop for sure! Then we all went to see Judy Moody at the movie theater a couple days later. Which was really cute. And even better that there was only 3 other people in the whole theater besides us. So OakLeigh got to run around and didn't disturb anyone and I was able to rock Memphis and still enjoy the movie! All in all she had a great birthday! Then comes her Baptism. We did it June 25th. All my brothers were here. And my parents. It made it really special because all my family hasn't been able to be together for something special like that in a LONG time. I will post a picture of her cute program and the outline. Kyle and Ryan did a great job on their talks and Brandon and his Dad and Pres. Jones did great on the song. It was a wonderful day! The next day, the 26th, we were able to bless Memphis. That was also so SPECIAL because again, all my brothers and dad and Brandon's dad were able to stand in. That meant SO MUCH to me!

Memphis