The Grimm's Fairy Tales

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Or "Mr. Fix-It" if you will. Sunday, after we got home from Idaho Falls, TR fixed my dishwasher! YAY!! We've been going without it since we've lived here, and it's been just fine, but TR thought he would have a go at trying to fix it.

We had to pull it all the way out.

He even had to get all the way under the sink!

(The dogs wanted to help.)

The dogs didn't leave the kitchen unless we did. I think they missed us.

It took a little effort, but when all was said and done, our dishwasher works like a dream! I'm so happy! I really do have the most wonderful husband I could have ever asked for.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Idaho Falls

This last weekend we got the opportunity to go to the Idaho Falls Temple with the Taylor family for their sealing! It was SO special, and we're really greatful we got to join them. We've gotten really close with the Taylors recently, since we've started doing Family Home Evening with them. It's been really fun. Hanna and I were close growing up (she's my cousin) and it's been SO fun getting to know Eric more. He's a great guy. We were really excited when we found out that we would be able to go with them to the temple for the sealing of Hanna, Eric, and Brandon. It was a very special and spiritual experience. We also got to do some fun things while we were there. We walked through the Pharaoh Exibit at the Museum of Idaho, and stopped in to see my best friend in Logan on the way home.

The Idaho Falls Temple.

The Great Falls of Idaho.

Us with the Temple.

Another shot of the temple.

TR took some GREAT pictures of Hanna, Eric, and Brandon. They were all absolutely glowing! It was so great!

This one's my favorite.

Johnny flew in from Arizona so he could be there too, and was asked to be Brandon's escort. The spirit was imediately stronger when Brandon, sleeping and peaceful, was brought into the room. It was very touching. There's no doubt these precious babies come straight from heaven.

We Did Some Cleaning...

And now we have fire wood to last us for ever!! Which will be great when we can use it for bonfires. It also helps with our food storage.

We had a GIANT cap of Ivy on our chimney. Luckally, TR was able to push it off. He's so strong.

This is what part of the mess we cleaned up looked like.

My yard was SO messy! But it was nice to get everything cleaned out.

After many scrapes and much sweat from TR, Cody, James, and Jason, the island between our house and the Mathews' house looks great now! We can actually see our neighbors! I played my part...I got popcicles for everyone. That's important too, right?

Help Me...

Obi Wan Fawn-obi. You're my only hope.

One of two things happend here:
1- We rescued her from the sinking Titanic
OR
2- She got out and rolled in something foul and needed a bath

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

For the sinking Titanic, turn to page 96.
For something foul, turn to page 17874.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Spirit Week

This week at school has been spirit week, and I have loved every minute of it! I wasn't all too into spirit week when I was in high school, but now (maybe because I can't really do it anymore) I'm crazy about it! It went like this:
Monday- Crazy Sock Day
Tuesday- Sports Day
Wednesday- School Shrit and Jeans Day
Thursday- Dress Up Like Your Favorite Character From A Book Day
Friday- Pajama Day

Monday I wore three different pairs of socks; some green and red ones, some blue ones with chicks on them, and some valentines ones (Thanks Mom!). The kids thought they were great!
Tuesday I wore some of TR's basktball shorts and an old SUU shirt I had (Thanks TR!)
Wednesday I wore my "Super Second Graders" shirt and jeans (Thank you Mrs. Beavers!)
Thursday (today) I wore my gold dress and cream gloves from Andrea's wedding, (Thank you Andrea and your mom), did my hair all cutesy (Thanks Sarah for the tips!).

I was Miss Elizabeth Bennet!
(Thanks again TR for the nametag, even if my kids couldn't read cursive!)

Most of my kids didn't know who Elizabeth Bennet was, but that's okay. It was still fun to dress up as one of my favorite characters.
Friday (tomorrow) I'm going to wear my pink plaid pajama pants, a liken shirt, and my robe with my pink slippers (Thanks again Mom!!), and then spirit week will be over, and it will all be back to normal. It's fun sometimes to get out of the norm though and have anventure, don't you think?

Thursday, March 27, 2008

It's Finally Spring!!

It's official! Spring is finally here! I love it!! I love the days getting longer and WARMER!! Yippee!

The first sign of spring: A robin sitting on our fence!

The second sign of spring:DAFFODILS!
My class is making paper Daffodils and they were very excited to hear that TR found some real ones. Ours are starting to bud too. I'm excited to see them!

Poor Little Linus!

Our little buddy Linus got hurt! He'd been hobbling around for about a week, not putting weight on his back left leg. Being the worrysome mommy that I am (and I don't even have human children yet!) I decided he needed to be seen by a vet as soon as possible when he didn't start walking on it a few days later. I made an appointment with the vet simply to make myself feel better. It was probably nothing. I got to the vet and she assured me that it was probably nothing a few pain killers and some time wouldn't heal, but she would like to take some x-rays to be positive. I was okay with that, since all I wanted was for Linus to be better. After about half an hour the vet came back in to look over the x-rays wit me. Linus' knee cap was nowhere near his knee! The vet said that a ligament or somthing had probably torn up in his thigh, and pulled the knee cap up with it. The only way to fix it would be for Linus to have a surgery and put pins in his leg to hold the knee cap down, which is an expensive surgery. If we couldn't afford it the "Humaine thing" would be to put him down. TR and I cried, and prayed, and planned, and worked it out so that we would be able to save our little buddy. The next morning we drove down to Payson and said goodbye to our little buddy until Saturday morning. We were greatly blessed by those in our family, and the vet's quick and steady hands. The operation took less time than was originally quoted to us, so it cost a considerable ammount less, and our family chipped in as much as they could, including prayers on our behalf, which was much more than we expected. We cried and laughed and rejoiced in their generosity. We picked up Linus on Saturday morning, and instead of post dating a check until our tax return came which we had originally planed, we paid for it in full and have no debts, and we also have a much better little buddy. He still looks kinda funny since they had to shave all of the fur off that one leg, but we're greatful he's doing better.

He can still keep up with the other dogs, and is usually faster than them, in spite of being a tri-pod for a little while.

And just when he was starting to grow his soul patch back from his first surgery...

That's a nice battle scar.

He's gotten so big since we moved here.

This was taken just after we moved in.

This was taken today.

I know he's going to be a big dog so his growth rate is faster than I'm used to, but it still takes me by surprise. We're excited to have many more years with our Little Linus. We thank the Vetrinarians and our family who worked and prayed so hard for him to be healthy and still a part of our family. We can never repay you enough.