A quick trip to the cabin...Part 1

Just a few things we do while we are visiting Grandma and Papa's Cabin in Heber/Overguard, or the Mountains as Aaron likes to call it. We play lots of games. Jacob and Tyler have found their own version of Risk. It moves the game along quite quickly and they play fair with the modified rules. Aaron keeps busy playing with all the toys and bothering his brothers as much as possible.

Oh to be 4!

You know its a good life when you can fall asleep at 3 o'clock in the afternoon with a book on your face. I thought it was really quiet and went to see what Aaron could possibly be up to and found him with the First Thousand Words book leaning on his face. It's a begining spanish book that he calls his i-spy book. I removed the book just so we could see that Aaron truly is asleep. I even used the flash on the camera and he didn't move. Oh to be 4 and be able to sleep like that! Just one more reason why I love this kid!

Not to be outdone...

Anytime I take a picture of Jacob and Tyler...Aaron and Jared need a picture too. Gotta love boys in pj's. And they are really cute too!

Proud Moment

Jacob and Tyler created this airplane out of Legos. What creative boys I have! They have really got a niche for these things. They spend hours in creating various Lego scenes and even take pictures that can be strung together like movies. It's really amazing. This is one of the large/coolest things they have made. Although I get to see creations daily, I must add. I'm so proud of them.

What a great start to a Saturday!

A few friends of mine invited me to go with them to do Initiatory session at the Temple this morning. It was really great. Not only to see friends early on a Saturday morning, but the be in the Temple with such good people! And on top of that, the weather is amazing. Rainy days in Arizona are the best. I awoke this morning the sound of very loud thunder. It was 5:55 am. I met Aaron in the hall on his way to mine room for protection. We cuddled in bed for about 30 minutes before I had to get up and get going. And the Temple grounds were so nice. It was cool and everything was green. Just an all around great Saturday. Now I'm back home trying to get motivated on cleaning. We'll see how far I get. So far my boys have not made any moves to help and Joe has gone back to bed. This may end of being a lazy weekend, cleaning wise.

Aaron's great dental visit

Aaron had to go to the dentist today to hae 3 cavities filled. I was a little afraid of how he was going to react, but he did really well. The last time he went to the dentist for work he had a crown and baby root canal and he told me he never wanted to do that again. I thought for sure he would hide and not want anything to do with the dentist. He did great though. Aaron quick talking as soon as we got into the treatment room, which is a sign of his nervousness. Aaron loves to talk! And he was a trooper through the entire treatment. I have to say, the people at his dental office are awesome. We go to Sweet Tooth Pediatric, and although it cost me an arm and a leg, it is totally worth it. The good news is we are changing insurance and the new plan covers the costs at that dentist. Anyways, Aaron didn't move once while getting his cavities filled. They numbed the entire lower jaw and lip. It was funny when he got done because he wouldn't shut his mouth and he drooling all the way down himself. I gave him a napkin to wipe the drool, which meant Jared had to have one too. By the way, I took Jared with me to the appointment and he did great too. Well, needless to say, Aaron fell asleep on the way home. I guess the nitress affects him like it would me. I put him on the couch thinking he would be up in a little while wanting lunch, but he slept for almost 3 hours! It was a nice break. Jared went down for his nap at 1:30 and I snuck in a quick 1 hour nap before Aaron woke me up. The best part is when I was getting him something to eat at 3:00 in the afternoon, and asking him how his lip was feeling, he had no idea what I was talking about. I asked him if he remembered going to the dentist and he said, "yes". So I asked him if he remembered falling asleep in the car and me moving him to the couch for a nap and he said, "I didn't take a nap!" He completely lost the entire afternoon and has no idea! The problem is he probably won't go to sleep tonight at bedtime. As it is, he has been talking no stop since he got up! But I'll deal with it, his lip is totally back to normal and he didn't have to go through feeling it wake up. All around a great experience at the dentist...Yeah! I can't wait until the insurance kicks in so that I feel as good about paying my bill after my boys appointments.

The sky is falling!

Joe and I installed that new light in our kitchen. And needless to say, we thought we had done an outstanding job. Last night Joe was standing in the living room talking to me through the pass through to the kitchen and noticed that 1 corner of the light was hanging down a bit. Upon further investigation we found that it had come out of the ceiling in that corner. Luckily the other 3 screws were firmly in place. After a quick discussion of how to fix this situation without 1-turning off the power and 2-taking the entire light down, we figured out how to get a better support up in the ceiling and a super long screw to hold it all together. My husband is a stud! Not only did it work, but it was quick and easy. So our light is firmly in place and we are once again professing a job well done.