All Better!

Well as many of you already know, Brooklyn was born with kidney problems (bilateral ureteral reflux) which is a fancy term for urine going back stream into her kidneys from her bladder causing continuous, recurring kidney infections. Well most of you again know that she had kidney/bladder surgery in May to correct this problem. She went for her post-op appt in June and there was still fluid in and around her kidneys so we had to go back today and do a bunch more tests to make sure that the surgery was a success. Hallelujah!!! the surgery was 100% successful and she no longer has to take her daily dose of antibiotics that she's been on for the past year and a half! And also, her kidneys are healthy and should stay healthy for the rest of her long and happy life!! Thanks to everyone for all your prayers, thoughts and support!

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Well this actually happened almost a month ago, but I forgot about it until Corbin brought it back up today. We were in a fine establishment most of you may know as Wal-Mart, and we were just walking in and passed a family walking out. They were just a 'normal' family of 4; a mom, dad, and 2 boys. The only thing different about them was that they were all about as tall as Corbin. I hope I don't offend anyone with the rest of this story, but it made me laugh too hard not to tell it. So being like any mom with small kids would be, I threw my kids into the cart and booked it right on out of there so that they wouldn't ask questions. Well that didn't work! Corbin was in awe. So he proceeded, for the next 5 to 10 minutes to ask if I saw those "Gibbets" in the store! I explained to him that they are just little people, and Libbie tried to teach him the term "midget" but he just kept blurting out, "Ya, I know, those really short Gibbets!" He has said his share of words wrong and cracked me up, but this one caught me off guard and me and Trent are still laughing about it, so I'm sorry if anyone has a problem with my kid calling every little person he'll ever see a Gibbet!

One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Libbie Sue!

We went to the eye doctor today for Libbie's annual before-school exam to check if she needed new lenses for school, and she is now the proud wearer of contacts! Her doctor wanted her to get into them sometime this year and thinks that she'll really benefit from wearing them now, so we thought we'd give it a try! We had one heck of a time getting them in for the first time, but I think she'll do great once she gets used to them! I just can't believe I have a kid old enough to wear contacts!! We'll post some pics of our "lens free" Libbie when I get them off my camera!

An Ode to the Olympics!

Well really there is nothing that I can think of that I Don't love about the Olympics, but there are some things that stand out more as my favs! What, you ask, well I'll tell you!!
1. Michael Phelps: He is, for lack of anything else to say, AMAZING! He is so exciting to watch and just seems like an all around "great guy" and on a side note, Trent gave me "permission" if he ever comes a knockin!! (ya, cuz that'll soooo happen!)
2. The men's gymnastics team: I love a good under dog, and when Paul and Morgan Hamm got injured and everyone counted team USA out of medal contention all together, they put their heads down and went to work and had an awesome event and won the bronze. By the way they were smiling though you'd have thought they won the gold!
3. I love it when you are watching something that you think is "just a race" but then by chance, something happens and you end up watching something that will surely go down in history as one of the most amazing finishes you'll ever see in your life! And to top it off, the raw and pure excitement that comes to the winners and to see it all unfold live! (you know who I'm talking about mens' 4 x 100 relay!)
4. I pretty much will watch anything when it comes to the Olympics because I love them so much and always have, but I'll even watch stuff I normally find boring, because you have to give it up to these athletes! They work and train and sacrifice so much to even get a small shot of being on the team and they don't get paid for their sport (usually, unless you're men's basketball, then whatever dude!) I just think that for all they put in to it, we owe them the courtesy of watching them fulfill their dream of winning gold for themselves and our country for 2 short weeks! Wow, I am deep!
There are so many more things I love about these games, but those are a few that stand out right now.
PS. Though I do love Michael Phelps, I must say I love the rest of the US Swim Team as well! The girls are rockin and the other guys are great too! And I can't wait for Track and Field to start!

Long Time No Blog!!

So it's been like forever and a day since I updated everyone on what's going on, so you may want to go get a snack and take a potty break cuz this might be a long one!! We are all back safely from Island Park! (Even Rosario managed to make it home in tact, right Jason!!!) We had such an amazingly fun time up there especially considering Trent and Mike weren't there. Neither was Shawn because he's rounding out the mission and will be home in late January! We went to see a gorgeous waterfall with the kids and they loved it and we also went to a little town called Ennis in Montana and it was well worth the hours drive to get there! From there we went to the Lewis and Clark caves which is only about 30 minutes north of Ennis, but it feels like it's in Canada when you're driving with unruly kids who need a nap, am I right Nina!? We hiked up this mountain trail to the caves which was 300 ft of elevation over .75 miles and we couldn't take any of the babies in strollers so thanks a million to the rest of the fam for taking turns with all the babies so we could rest our arms, and backs for a bit. Once we were in the caves it was about and hour and a half of exploring and we had to go up or down about 600 stairs, slide on our butts in places and duck and crouch down while carrying the little kids through the caves. If we would have known what it all entailed we probably would have opted not to take the little ones in but we're so glad we did because we had such a great time with all of them. I was too busy wrangling in my 3 kids the whole trip to take a lot of pictures and since Jason only likes Nina and Heathers' kids, me and my kids are no where to be found in ANY of the pics from the trip, but I promise we did actually go with the fam!! (just kidding Jason; I know you like Bella too!!) Any ways, since we've been back home me, Debbie, Heather and Jason went up to Park City for a night and went shopping, to dinner and to see Mama Mia! That is such a great movie! I loved the play, but the movie is hilarious! We had so much fun laughing and singing and dancing (well that was mostly me being embarrassing to the group, but oh well!) so thanks for a great time Deb! :) Now I am back home gearing up for school to start in 2 weeks and we've got a lot to do until then. Libbie goes to the eye doctor on Thursday and will hopefully get fitted for contacts and Brooklyn has her next round of tests for her kidneys next Thursday so keep her in your prayers will ya! I'll try to post more often so I don't have a novel next time, but if you made it to the end of this without quitting way to go blogger enthusiast! I am very impressed! Talk to you soon!

I'm So Brave

So I'm really not that brave, maybe just stupid! I'm heading up to Island Park tomorrow with the kids. Trent's family will be going as well, but Trent himself will be in Phoenix for the week! This is the second trip up there this summer while Trent is out of town on business so I get to drive for 4 hours alone in the car with all 3 kids! It really isn't as bad as it sounds on the way there, it's the way back that kind of sucks. If I survive without wanting to strangle anyone I will take some pics and post them when we get back either Sunday or Monday. I'm actually just looking forward to one last mini vaca before school starts so it should be a good time, but I guess we'll see!! Wish me luck! :)

Tagged By Bon!

3 Joys:
-My 3 awesome kids; Libbie, Corbin and Brooklyn
-My husband, Trent
-My life

3 Fears:
-Something happening to me, my family or friends
-any and all bugs and spiders! They are ALL gross!
-Creepy noises in the house when Trent's out of town

3 Goals:
-Go back to school for Cosmetology! (I'm starting sometime this year after the kids start school!)
-Lose weight
-Get Brooklyn potty trained by Halloween

3 current obsessions:
-So You Think You Can Dance
-Back to School Shopping
-My new Niece Ryann!

3 random facts:
-I was born in Colorado
-I love cooking, but HATE cleaning
-I would love to open my own business someday

I am tagging: Lori, Nina, Heather, Debbie and Jamie

Here are the rules: Post these rules on your blog. Answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 random/surprising facts. Tag 5 people at the end of your blog by listing their names.