Back to School

1st day of school
Jaxon and his sisters.
Jaxon and his friends on the 1st day.
Brynn and her "Pack Pack"
Jaxon looking way to excited to be back at school.

Jaxon in his new bed

Brynn in her new bed

Avery in her new bed.

Brynn playing dress up.

Brynn dressed her self. She said that she was a Princess.

We call this one the "Potty Princess"

Brynn's First Piggy tails.

All the kids in our room. Where they usually end up at night.

Jaxon started the 3rd Grade on Monday. They only went 1/2 day and then Tues., Wed., and Thurs., full day and Friday 1/2 day. The first couple of days he came home and crashed around 6-7 and slept for the rest of the night. He isn't quite sure if he loves it yet. Brynn thought that she was going to school on the first day and needed her "Pack Pack". She was pretty sad when she didn't get to stay. We moved the kids rooms around last week. I am trying to figure out colors to paint the rooms. I still don't know. I am starting with Brynn's first. Everyone loves there new rooms. Jaxon won't come out of the "Bat Cave" unless we make him. This is long overdue for Avery. She has been in her car seat in our room this whole time. She just sprawls out when it is bedtime. Brynn on the other hand loves her room but doesn't necessarily want to sleep in it. She does ok at nap time. Although she did go over to Liz's house yesterday and sleep in her "Princess Bed" (aka Trundle Bed) because she wouldn't take a nap in her own. Nighttime is a whole new ball game. She is in and out of her bed every second and finally end up in ours and then Russell ends up in hers. We play musical beds all night. I do love however when she says "Sleep Me Mommy", it is the cutest thing in the world. That makes my sleepless night all worth
it. I will post some pictures of the first day of school, the kids new rooms, Brynn dressing up and other random pictures.

Last days of summer.....

Look at the waterslide. That's why Jaxon was so sad.

He wasn't able to get on it.

Eating Adams "Power Burgers"

(Well, you all know I wasn't eating a hamburger but, everyone else enjoyed them!)

"The Fire Dancers"

The Blundell's out did themselves again!

The balloon man came.

(That's suppose to be an alligator in case you are wondering.)

My friend Liz holding Brynn.Waiting not so patiently to get a balloon.

Jaxon and Russ making there rockets for the races.

Kara and Brynn

Jaxon and his halo of light sticks.

The family eating. Avery chillin.
Everyone still waiting for a balloon.
Jaxon and his friends waiting for the rockets to be launched.
Russ and Snake
The kids still waiting for balloons.



The last days of our summer haven't been the greatest but, we did get to look forward to our neighbors (The Blundell's) awesome BBQ. They go all out each year and try to out do themselves each year. It was way too much fun!!! Jaxon was a little sad because he wasn't able to swim or jump on the bouncy because he still had his PICC line in. He still had a ton of fun with the rockets, balloons and fire dancers. They do a "Candy Cannon" each year. The kids love it. Brynn couldn't stop talking about the rockets. Avery cried every time the rockets or cannon went off. The Blundell's were so sweet and brought Jaxon over a treat basket filled with candy, a gift card to Blockbuster and some ice cream. They felt bad that he wasn't able to join in on all the fun. The next morning they brought us over breakfast. They are the best neighbors! School starts tommorrow. I do have mixed feelings. Where did the summer go? We are not morning people at our house. It takes us awhile to get back in the swing of things. I will take pictures of Jaxon's first day of school and post them later.

We are glad to be back under the same roof........

Jaxon the 2nd day @ the hospital

Jaxon and his Legos. His 5th day @ the Hospital

Jaxon and Avery

Jaxon and the Larsen's

Jaxon trying to beat his breathing score.

Russ, Avery and Brynn @ the hospital.

Jaxon finally eating after 10 days. He loves DIBS!!

We thought Jaxon had the stomach flu turns out that he had a ruptured appendix. Jaxon spent 8 days up at Primary Childrens Hospital. We took him in thinking he was dehydrated from the flu. They did some blood work and found out that his kidneys were trying to fight off something. Finally, 12 hours later they did a CT Scan and saw that his appendix had ruptured. They immediately took him in for surgery. He was pretty sick, since his appendix ruptured 4 days prior to the surgery, there was a lot of toxins in there. Marcus and Jill came over Tuesday night and into the morning and watched the girls. Russ spent the nights at the hospital and I spent the days at the hospital. Brynn went to various friends houses and Avery spent the day with me at the hospital. Friday at 2 am Brynn woke up throwing up. So Friday I stayed home with her and Russ went into work for about 4 hrs. Jaxon was pretty upset about staying in the hospital alone. He had a great tech named Whit that he really like, so that made him feel a little better until Russ got there. Jaxon got many visitors Bishop and Stana, Chad, Kennedie, Marcus, Jill, and James, Snake and Alan, The Larsen's, and his Primary Teachers loaded up the bus with some of Jaxon's Primary class. Russ, Grandma Wilding, and his Primary Class bought him some Legos and Bionicles to put together to pass the time. Jaxon had to do another CT Scan to see if there was an infection. He had to drink this yucky orange drink. He was not happy about that. The nurses were so great with him. I really have a new appreciation for nurses. Especially Pediatric Nurses. They have to be tuff! I realized a few things while in the hospital, that Jaxon really isn't that sick compared to most of the children up there, that I am blessed to live so close to such a wonderful hospital, that I have the most wonderful family, friends, and neighbors. Our neighbors brought many dinners over and helped us out with Brynn at nights when Russ and I traded places. It hasn't been as easy as I thought coming home. Jaxon still has a PICC line in his arm. The home nurse came and taught us how to give him his antibiotics through his PICC line. It is quite the process. Let's just say it has to be given every 6 hours and it is a 2 hour process. I am so truly grateful to have everyone under the same roof again!

Happy 2nd Birthday BRYNN

Brynn is now "2". Where did the time go? We had a little party for her on Sunday, August 3rd.
Marcus, Jill,James, Megan, Chad, Kennedie, Pyper, Julie, Nic , Carson, Ashlynn, Dan, Mom, Dad, Avery, and Jaxon (in bed sick) all came to Brynn's party. It was a swim party. The kids swam while dad smoked pork chops, hot dogs and potatoes on the smoker. Everyone brought a delicious side dish. The swim party turned into a pajama party for the kids. Brynn saw that Kennedie had her jammies on so she wanted her "Heart Jammies" on too. Brynn picked out her Dora cake. She could not wait for cake and "creams", all day she kept asking for it. Brynn and Kennedie riped into the presents before we were ready. They really enjoyed the tissue paper the most, go figure. Brynn got lots of great presents! Thank you everyone for spending the day with us and for the great gifts. Brynn has to watch the video of her party over and over everyday. She had so much fun!

We love SUMMER!!!!!

So, when Russ got back from "Man Camp" our friends invited us up to there cabin in Island Park. It was very relaxing. The kids would play on the dock and throw rocks into the river, play video games, and we even kayacked down the river. Russ fished. I tried to get rid of my farmer tan. No luck. One day we took the kids to Yellowstone. We did have to cut the trip a bit short because Russ had to get back to speak in church on Sunday. By the way he was very nervous but did a wonderful job! Here are a few pictures. When we got back me and my sister-in-law Megan took the kids to the pool. I of course fried myself. What's new! It was well worth it. Today I had a swim party at my house. The kids had a great time!

We made it through.....

So Russ left us for a week. He went to "Man Camp". It really was a Stake encampment for the Teachers and Priests. So I was all alone for a week with the kids. It really did go by pretty fast considering all that I went through. I know that I keep posting about our almost two year old Brynn. But that's just it, two year olds run the household. I will just tell you a portion of what went on this week and believe me I could go on and on. You all have been there so I won't make you feel to bad for me. So we started out the week with killing a day at the Dinosaur Park. Brynn fell right when we got there and cut up her hands. So needless to say she looked like a bloody mess. Oh well, the kids still had fun. Tuesday we all went to Roberts Crafts and as I am checking out the cashier asks if I wanted that and was pointing to what Brynn had in her hands. I go to look at her and she had opened a bottle of paint that she must of snatched off the shelf when I wasn't looking and smeared the paint all over her face, hands, and clothes. Needless to say, I bought the paint. I then had to go over to Target grocery shopping. I didn't have any wet wipes so as I am walking into Target everyone is looking at Brynn and thinking "oh, you poor mom". Jaxon just kept saying, "Mom your going to ground her or put her in time out, right?" I still haven't figured out how to punish a two year old. Any ideas? Well, the week went on with her pooping on the floor. Brynn taking off at the Discovery Center and a women holding her and asking around who's child this is. I wanted to run the other direction but, I claimed her. The lady was irritated and told me that Brynn was headed onto the elevator to go up to the next level. I guess this lady had perfect children. I was watching Opera one day and she had a bald, black man with a goatee as a guest. Brynn looks at the TV and yells "Dave, that's Dave". Dave is Russ' good friend. He is bald and has a goatee. But he isn't Black. Jaxon and I got a kick out of that. She thought for sure that was Dave. It was really cute. Well, I am sure glad that our Bishop gave Russ and I a blessing before Russ left. I know that I would have been a wreck when he got home. I just laughed everything off and sure wish that I had a camera with me at Roberts. Wow, that's all I have to say. Jaxon was a huge help. I am sure going to miss having him around when he goes back to school. Avery was very good also. I am blessed to have such entertaining, loving children. My life would be dull without them!

Our Brynnie Bop Bop

I just wanted to write down some of the cute sayings our Brynn is saying right now. I know that I will forget and regret not writing them down, so here I go. "It's mine","Try it","Hello my name is caca","No Ja Ja it's Mine","Afrey","Thanks","Sorry","I'm OK","Where's my Binks","Im Hungry","I want to go on a walk", "Kaela's house","poo (Pool)","Heart

jammies have a hole","Silkies". I know that there will be more sayings to come. I will have to post more later as she picks up words that she not suppose to. I love Brynn so much. She has brought me so much happiness. She is fiesty, sensitive, demanding, loving, smart and I love every bit of her!