Broken foot?

So Isaiah's favorite past time is jumping off the coffee table. He somehow believes he is superman. He has even had many a time sitting in time out, for this very thing. Somehow it still has not sunk in, that climbing and jumping off the furniture is a big NO, NO. I have threatened him, and in fact had threatened earlier that day that the next time jumping occurs that time out would be involved. As you all know nobody listens to mom. So, Isaiah jumps off the coffee table, and a big crying fit begins. I tell him I have no sympathy, for he has been warned, and he is not listening (ok so I am not that harsh, but it did run thru my head). After hugs, and kisses he seemed ok. He favored his foot a little bit, and I wondered if maybe he had hurt it worse than I thought. Around midnight, I hear wailing from Isaiah's room. Crying like I have never heard before. As I go in to check on him he is holding his foot, crying that it hurts. The foot looks fine, maybe a little bit of swelling on the bottom of the foot, but all in all it looks ok. His crying does not subside, and he begins to thrash from side to side, because the pain seems to great. I give him a dose of tylenol, and Matt gives him a blessing. We decided we probably need to get it checked out. With him crying so intently something must be wrong. It is now about 1:00 in the morning, with Isaiah in the back, and a snow storm to add to all the drama, I head out to get it x-rayed. Now being new to the area, we were not sure where the nearest hospital would be. I told Matt I had seen this place 5 min. up the road that says University Hopsital, surely we could take him there. I head out and when I arrive to the hospital it says out front URGENT CARE, and it was closed. I called Matt and asked him to find something in the phone book. I also had him call to make sure they were open. after about 3 tries, and negative to all of them, I decided to come back home. Isaiah was no longer crying and seemed content. So the next day I was going to take him to the Urgent care, but he never complained about it, and was walking on it, or walking on the outside of the foot. I debated whether I should take him in. My friend referred me to her doctor, so I called, but they could not fit us in and they suggested the emergency. So off we go a second time. The x-ray came back negative, and all is well. I guess all I can say is it is better knowing that all is well, than always wondering if possibly he fractured or broke his foot. Hopefully, Isaiah has learned his lesson, and from now on will always listen to mommy. (one can be hopeful, right?).

Abomnible Snowmen

This week we have had snow, snow and more snow. Welcome to Ohio! Mckayla to say the least is more than happy that so much snow is falling. The first day she could not wait to go and play in the snow. I kept telling her that she would have to wait until I could find our snow bin, so I could get all the snow clothes out. SO I pull out her snow pants and hat and boots. She is so excited and has them all on in minutes. I couldn't help but giggle at the sight before me. Sorry folks I failed to get a picture of it. Living in Georgia we really had no need to buy snow gear to keep warm. Needless to say, her pants, boots and hat were two sizes too small. Just seeing her excitement I didn't have the heart to tell her she could not go out and play. I told her her pants didn't cover her all the way and she most likely would get cold. I asked how her feet were, considering she is in a size 11, and her boots were size 8. She insisted that all was well and was off in the backyard to play. It only took 5 min. and she was back in the house, done for the day.

So today was the day to hook ourselves up with snow gear that actually fit. The kids were so excited to go out back to play, and by today there was lots more snow to play in. Here the kids are in their full gear out in the back playing.

Have you ever seen the Christmas Story? I think that is what it is called, and the little boy can't put his arms down because of the snow suit. It wasn't that bad for my kids, but snow gear is so much harder to move in, and watching them play, totally reminded me of that.

Here they are making snow angels.

This is how much snow we had accumulated on our picnic table. Mind you it was still snowing while they played outside, and has continued throughout the evening. It is suppose to snow thru tomorrow afternoon. It is a good thing the kids are loving the snow!!!

Catch up!!

Ok so where do I begin? These last few weeks have been a world wind, and it seems like I am finally taking a breath from all that is going on in our lives. Did I mention how much I hate moving. What STRESS!!!! To top off moving, and all the stress that goes with that, I have my little Sethers that is just learned to crawl, and is out and about and is finding his way into things he should not be getting into. He has been teething and this week his two bottom teeth have just broke through. I have to admitt, my little Seth is such a trooper, and has done very well amongst all the changes going on.
So I have to play a little catch up of all that has happened in the last month. I will begin with Mckayla having her last field trip with her pre-school class. We had the opportunity to go to the Thompson tree farm. On this field trip, they got to listen to a pumpkin story, feed the goats, go on a hay ride, have a little picnic, and go on a pumpkin hunt, and pick there very own pumpkin. The kids had a great time.






Mckayla is truly going to miss her pre-school class, and Mrs. Kristi.

We had our yearly check-ups. Mckayla and Isaiah were healthy!! (Yeah) Mckayla had to get one shot and did awesome, she didn't cry at all even though she was a little scared. Isaiah on the other hand had to get 3 or 4 shots, and he was a bit upset to say the least.

Can I just say how much I hate good-byes. It is making me all teary-eyed just typing about it. We had to say good-bye to all our friends, and our beautiful home. We will miss you all dearly. Georgia will forever have a special place in my heart.

Off to Ohio we go. Let me just say we are very blessed, and I am so thankful for the blessing the Lord sees fit to give us. I hope those that read this do not think I am ungrateful by any means, but I do want to post my struggles and such that I have felt over the last couple of weeks. In moving, we had to live in temporary living for 2 weeks( thus the absence from my blogging, and this extremely long post, thank you to those who are enduring, and reading to the end). I hate temp. living, especially with three small children. It is so hard when, you do not know the area, your cramped in a small hotel room (remember, which I am very grateful for), I have limited activities for the kids, and you know no one, or are limited to a few people that you know. When we first arrive the weather is just bitter cold and snows for the first few days. Talk about shock to the system. I wonder what in the world were we thinking, Georgia has such nice weather. Why would I ever leave?
We were scheduled to have a two bedroom hotel room, and when we got there we found out that they were rennovating the hotel, and all they had was a one bedroom. To say the least this was another damper to my hotel living. So for one week we lived in the one bedroom, and then they were able to accomodate us by giving us a two bedroom, which gave us a little more room. If you think about it life was not so bad, we got fabulous breakfasts every morning, and on Mon.-Thurs. they also did dinner. My kind of living. I didn't have to think about what I had to make for dinner. Here is the our home sweet home for the last two weeks. Homewood Suites

Some highlights of our stay was Halloween. Here are the kids all dressed and ready to go trick or treating. Mckayla was sleeping beauty this year, with Isaiah as her Knight in shining armor, and little Seth as the custest little frog you will ever see. Don't you want to just kiss this little frog? We had a great time. We were able to go trick or treating with lots and lots of cousins, and celebrated 4 of their birthdays as well. It was great fun!!


This past week we actually moved into our new home. It has been a very stressful unpacking this time, and I couldn't figure out why. We have done this so many times you would think I could do this in my sleep. I think with the combination of having 3 kids, and moving into a smaller home has something to do with it. It has been a week of complete chaos. Everything is so un-organized, it is just killing me. It has been so hard figuring out where to put everything. I think we are slowly but surely finding our way out of the huge mess we have found ourselves in. Let me not comment on the mound of laundry that we finally got to. We realized when we bought the home, that it had a gas dryer and not a electric one. So I got a quote on how much it would be to change the outlet to a gas one, I was quoted between $300-$400. I went to price out new dryers and found that they cost about this much. SO we opted to go with the new dryer. SO needless to say this did not get installed and ready to go until yesterday. I had at least 2-3 weeks of laundry. CRAZY!!!!

To vote, or not to vote

Last friday I decided that this was my last chance to vote. We are moving to Ohio, and I am registered in Georgia as a voter. Matt had told me that they were doing early voting at certain locations, and gave me the info I needed to go and vote. I dropped Mckayla off at preschool, and I thought this won't take too long, I will run in and out, so it should'nt be so bad for the boys. I honestly thought there would not be that long of a line. Well, let me just start out by saying friday it rained all day. SO when I went to vote this is what I saw

So do you see this line, it goes all the way to the end of the parking lot, and did I mention it is raining. I have two small children, and I didn't even think that I would have to be outside standing in the rain. The thought never even crossed my mind. I thought there is no way I am going to vote, but then I thought this is really the only time I can vote, I am here, lets just make it work. Let me just say how stupid I felt, because I was the only one with kids. Everyone was looking at me like who in their right might would drag two small kids out on a day like this and stand in line. Now did I mention, I had no idea the line would be forever long, and never did I think I would have to stand outside. Anyway, I have to say I have the best kids ever. It took me 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. My kids sat quietly in the stroller, playing with their toys, and eating their snacks. Mind you I just kept stuffing them with snacks hoping that this would keep them occupied. They did wonderful. I also have to say, that blessings from heaven were on my side as well, because it was raining pretty hard when I arrived. by the time I got out there with my kids, it was down to a small drizzle, and then it stopped completely. The moment I stepped out of the building after voting, the rain started to come down again, and it was a down pour the rest of the day. Talk about being blessed!!!

Birthdays, and more Birthdays!!!

October 14th, I have to say is the best day of the year, and Mckayla would agree with me, and so would Aunt Monica, seeing how we were all born on the same day. It was a great day. This summer we got season passes to Six Flags, so for my birthday I wanted to get a babysitter and go roller coastin for the evening, but with moving and all, it just didn't seem like it was going to be feasible with all that we had to do. My sweet husband came home and surprised me with a date night with him to six flags for my birthday. He arranged getting a babysitter and got it all planned. He got home early from work, and we were set to go to the park. It always seems that there has to be a glitch to a seemingly perfect plan. We left our house at 5:30 pm and arrived at the park at 8:00pm. Just so you know it does not take that long to get to the park, but when you are trying to get there in the middle of traffic, it is inevitable. Needless to say it was a little frustrating. But once we got to the park we had lots of fun. We rode on Goliath twice, this was one of our favorites. I think Matt liked Superman the best.

Our last ride was on one of those white wooden rickety roller coasters. I was wanting so bad to go on this ride. Growing up in Utah I have loved going to Lagoon, and riding the white rickety roller coaster there. It is one of my favorite. So I thought maybe this one would be the same, boy was I wrong. It was one of the most painful rides ever. It was such a bad choice, and to end on such a note was just wrong. All in all we had a good time.

Mckayla turned 5yrs old. Where does the time go. It truly seems like yesterday that she arrived to our family. I couldn't imagine life without her. She is so special. Love her to death. Anyways, I think she enjoyed her birthday. This year it turned out to be a Sleeping Beauty birthday. She loves to dress up, and that is what she requested to have, was a sleeping beauty dress. Since the movie also just came out, and that is one we have not seen, we got sleeping beauty movie, and diamond castle movie. We were able to do some fun things on her b-day. We went to lunch with dad at PF Chang's( this was more for me than for Mckay), then we went home and decorated cookies. After that we went to a park and had a picnic with some friends. We came home and had a watched sleeping beauty and ate the cookies that they decorated. It turned out to be a good day.

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Happy 3rd Birthday

Yesterday, we celebrated Isaiah's 3rd birthday. We had such a fun day. Some of the fun things we did were;

We headed to the park at lunchtime and had a picnic, we went to a park close to dad's work so he could come and join us. He got to play tickle monster with dad, which is his ultimate favorite. Here are some shots of him playing at the park.

In the afternoon Matt got off early from work and we made it to the mattinee. We went to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Isaiah actually sat thru most of the movie, & Mckayla thought it was great and would like to have the movie for our home collection. While at the mall, we couldn't leave without letting Isaiah have a carosel ride, and pizza at the food court.

After his busy and fun-filled day we headed home to open presents and blow out candles. Isaiah opened his gifts and he got Mickey racers & track set, and a Basketball hoop. He loved his gift, and I think he had a great day.

We feel so blessed to have Isaiah in our family. We love him so much, and enjoy his sweet, sensitive, fun-loving personality.

I am writing this on here because I want to remember how funny he was the other day. For family home evening we decided to play charades. Isaiah guessed what I was acting out, and it was his turn to go up to the front. I was waiting to see what he was going to do, because I was sure he would need some help. He walked up to the front, very sure of what he was going to do. He stood there for a moment, and then said matter of factly "I am a tiger RAR, RAR, RAR", Matt and I started busting up, and he proceeded to RAR for about another minute waiting for someone to guess what he was. He couldn't quite get the concept to let us guess, he would tell us everytime what he was when he acted something out. It was probably one of the funnest times I had playing charades. I absolutely love being a family.