Visit with BYU friends

Monday Feb. 18th, there was no school AND I got to visit with some friends that I have known for 18 years!!  Now I feel old!  It is nice to live in Utah because we get to see a lot of friends, who have family here.  But when we get together it's like not a day has gone by and we're all still living in the dorms at BYU...then I look over and see that my kids have literally made a pool of syrup on the table next to us (we were at IHOP).  Overall I must say my kids were good, I didn't come away from the experience crying, which usually happens after being out with them.

Shauna, Mindy, Laura, and me.

Sydney & Zack having fun

Summer & Savannah (why does Summer not smile for me???)

My England Room

Tom is so cute, he has been working on my birthday present for over a month now!  It was to finish the old preschool room, paint the laundry room, and paint some furniture.  He has been working so hard!  I have always wanted a themed room of England so we decided to do the laundry room.  Tom painted it all blue and then put some things we have from England on a shelf.  It is just the beginning but I am excited!  My Aunt Barb brings gifts over from England for my kids every time she comes and I confiscated them for my room!  SO if anyone has some cute British knick knacks they would like to donate....

Here is part of the laundry room.  I want to find some fabric with British flags and cover the bench cushion.

I can't remember where we got these, they are actually dish towels, I think.

These are some of the things I took off the kids :)  They let me!

Tom wants to paint the flag on the ceiling, I think it will be cool!!

Happy to be alive...

OK, so most of you know I am a "drama queen" but today it took me more than 2 hours to drive home from school, which normally takes only 10 minutes!!!  The main road from Eagle Mountain was closed because of a 16 car pile up, so cars were routed to take the back roads in Saratoga Springs.  Let me set the stage for you...blizzard, white out conditions, crazy wind, multiple vehicles crashed or off the road, miles of cars, moving at a snails' pace of course, me crying, kids crying, me and kids praying, van sliding on and off the road every 5 min, me crying some more, wondering if we were going to be stuck, feeling the wind blow the van, Sydney scared it's a tornado, can't see 5 feet in front of you, did I mention 100 mile/hour winds (OK that may be dramatized, but NOT much!), seeing telephone poles bend and wires going everywhere, ice so thick on every window I had to try to put down my window to see the 5 feet in front...you get the idea, not fun!  I dare say I do not want to get into my van again any time soon!  Can we say "school better be closed tomorrow!"  We definitely said some more prayers when we made it home safely!!  It's almost midnight and I'm still worked up about the ordeal.  Are the rest of my Utah friends and family alright???

Dates with Mom

Every Monday night Tom and I take turns taking our kids on "Dates".  They love it, we love it! But you will only see pictures of my dates with the kids because Tom doesn't want to "ruin" the date by stopping for pictures!  :)  Family Home Evening works better for us on Sundays, for those of you who were thinking, "MONDAY NIGHT!"  So I took Zack to Boondocks (which is a fun place to play games), I love how serious his face is while riding the motorcycle!

Zack showing his prizes, he actually won more tickets than I did!  And I was really trying to win him some!!

Summer was clapping in the car on the way to the Bean Museum!  My poor baby needs my attention!!!

My baby and me

Update on Summer's Sleep Study

So the results are that she is having 3 episodes of sleep apnea an hour. One doctor thinks it is centralized and another doctor thinks it is obstructive. I guess the difference is one is in the brain and the other is tonsills and adnoids. So they want to take out the tonsills and adnoids and then do another sleep study. If there is no change after that then I don't know what the options are, I guess we will just wait and see. This is so minor compared to my family and friends who are going through some tough times. Our prayers are with Uncle Steve, Heidi, and Miss Jen and their families.