Hot Dogs and Friends

See those Dirty Faces

Friday we headed up Millcreek canyon again with hopes of better luck. This time we were joined by our friends the Combs. We had a great time roasting hot dogs and just sitting back while the kids played around us getting extremely dirty. When we changed the girls into their PJ's before we left Lainey had dirt in her underwear (sorry Lainey).
Lance was the one with the camera, and the only shot of me was terrible so you get the Combs.

Katie is the "Monkey in the Tree"

Kids like to make Liars out of us!

So within moments of the last post about Lilly, she has decided that she can walk on it. She is still limping slightly but is now putting weight on it. Hurray for Lilly

Whats wrong with Lilly???

On Tuesday night I had the scouts over to teach them how to use Dutch ovens. We made chicken and rice, and raspberry cobbler. Both turned out amazing. Anyway back to Lilly. She was wandering around just fine when all the sudden she said her knee hurt and wouldn't let me put her down. If I did she wouldn't walk she would only crawl. Not really sure if she was really hurt we put her to bed. She slept all night no problem. The next morning she wouldn't get out of bed unless I carried her. I thought okay something must be wrong. I debated off and on all morning to take her to the Instacare or to the hospital. I decided to call our doctors office and see what they thought. They said to bring her in there. The doctor examined her and said I have no idea. Because she would crawl and walk on her knees but wouldn't put weight on her left leg. She said there may be a fracture but with no swelling or tenderness when we pushed and pulled and squeezed her leg, she thought that it wasn't broken. We decided to do x-rays anyway so off to IMC we went. They did the x-rays and said we will send the films to your pediatritions office. So we called them to see what to do next. They said when they had read the films they would call us. So we waited and waited, and then they called and said there was no breaks. So we still have no idea what is wrong with Lilly's leg, but she still won't walk on it!! I just hope that it is nothing really serious!


Right after I typed this up, I videoed Lilly and did get her to walk for me but you can see her limp. Poor Girl!!

FRUSTRATION!!!

So after my last doctors appointment I was really confused. Thinking that I was 35 1/2 weeks pregnant, I expected to be checked and to have the strep b test done. At the appointment the doctor said I'll see you in 2 weeks and we will check you then. This really confused me, so I'm thinking do I have my due date wrong?? When I asked him if he would induce me on August 8 his response was "why would you want to wait that long?" Thus furthering my thoughts that my due date was August 1.
So I called today to find out what was going on, just for some peace of mind, and this is what I was told. No your due date isn't August 1 it is AUGUST 13th. I'm really frustrated!! I know that it really doesn't change anything, but the thought of being pregnant for 2 more weeks into the summer is very hard. So now that I have vented and trying to hold back the tears, I will carry on doing as I have been doing, and continuing to swell to MAMMOTH PROPORTIONS!!!

It's finally done!!!

The bunk beds for the girls are finally done. Our original goal was to have me make them for Christmas, but since Cari got put on bed rest for the week before Christmas break I was only able to make the bottom one. I was finally able to finish the top bunk this last week while being off work. I actually finished them last week, but we had to wait 2 full days for the protective finish to dry - it was agonizing for all of us.
The girls were so excited they just couldn't stop playing on them. They almost drove me crazy asking when they could play on it as I put it together in their room.

Lilly's matching bed set is on way, but didn't make it in time oh well she doesn't mind at all. She's just excited for her "big girl bed."

The girls were so excited about their beds they actually got ready for bed and were in bed before we usually even start our night time routine. We didn't complain. :-)

Of course, no project is complete with out work in progress pictures. The girls wanted to help all the time. They actually did a pretty good job.

This was my first bed from scratch. It was a lot of fun. Now on to the next project.... :-)

Best Flip Flops EVER!!!!

So I have always had a hard time with flip flops, not because I don't like them, but because I have a hard time finding ones that I like that are comfortable. I knew there were some out there but they seem to avoid me, probably because I wasn't willing to spend more than 5 Dollars on a pair. Friday while at my mom's I slipped hers on to run out to the car and I was amazed!! They felt good on my feet! Even though they were molded to my moms! They came from VANS. My little brother Tyler works there and has been trying to get me to buy shoes from him for forever. We went on Saturday and got me a pair. They were having a sale of buy one pair get the second 1/2 off, plus I get 50% off because my brother works there!! So Lance got a pair too. I tried his on as well and his are really comfy to! To sum it all up, BEST FLIP FLOPS EVER!!!!!!

I think Daddy is ready to go back to work!!

Lilly decided that she needed to do some hair. First she approached me, but I told her my hair was already done and that she needed to do Daddy's. At first Lance refused but with encouragement from me he said okay. Lilly was delighted and had the squirt bottle ready. Every time she would squirt Lance would flinch. I decided that it needed to be documented.

After 2 or 3 squirts Lance decided she was done with the water, and took it away. She was so cute while she was coming his hair saying, "Squirt, Squirt, Squirt, Comb, Comb, Comb" over and over again. She then decided that she needed the squirt bottle back and was trying unsuccessfully to reason with her daddy to give it back. I laughed really hard!!