9-25-2011 Week in Review

Our week started off with a cute frog in the yard…

Tuesday continued the reptile theme as Ryan found it QUITE funny to wake me from a much needed sleep by placing a SNAPPING TURTLE in my BED.  Love people, it’s true love.  Corben wasn’t feeling well today so I went and picked him up from school early.

Wednesday Sylvie and I went and visited my SIL and went for a beautiful walk in the woods with cousins.  I just LOVE spending time with her. What a blessing she is to our family!  Ella came home from school and passed out on the LR floor.  She complained of a headache all night but no fever.

Thursday was SUPER busy.  I headed out EARLY to help a friend with a fun photo shoot.  Sylvie tagged a long.  Note the cute bruise in the middle of her forehead? It’s actually fading but was working it’s way into a nice unicorn horn there for a day or two.  She wacked herself with a medal she’d gotten for gymnastics. She’s also wearing lip gloss in this pic which is unusual but she had just seem my friend putting some on so I let her.

Friday night was my beloved SIL’s bridal shower and I missed it!  That evening I got the worst headache I’ve had in years and was down for the count.  Sorry, Amy! I love you!  Ella’s headache was doing much better though so that’s a good thing.

Friday started out early, once again.  Ryan headed out to go have breakfast with him mom who’s in town for his sister’s wedding.  He then decided to work from home/his brother’s house.  Must be nice!  Dade is still having sinus trouble and it was requested that he get an MRI so they can figure out what’s going on in that head of his.  We spent a good portion of the day getting that done.  Unfortunately, we were unaware that Dade would need an IV for the procedure.  He’s nervous about such things and likes to know exactly what’s going on before it happens.  The IV threw him and then I had to leave with Sylvie while he was placed in the MRI and they didn’t tell him what was going to happen.  They only said not to move.  Well, imagine having a 40 minute panic attack but staying perfectly still despite the IV burning, your skin itching, something in your eye, and an overwhelming need to get out of dodge.  It took him almost 2 hours to get back to feeling normal afterwards.  Poor kid, but I’m SO proud of him for holding still and sticking it out.  He knew he’d have to start over if he moved and THAT was NOT an option.  I was still feeling pretty bad today but managed to get a bit done.  I was kind of excited today because some of my photos have been circulating on Pinterest.  I opened up the main Pinterest page and found my own photo there!!  (See the cowboy and baby below?)  It’s been pinned HUNDREDS of times.  Mostly photographers wanting to recreate it but there were a lot of moms who think a cowboy holding a baby is heart melting!  It’s fun to see people appreciating your work!

My mom came over Fri night to help with the kids and I was able to drive out and spend a nice evening at my SIL’s rehearsal dinner (which in LDS land is really decorate for the wedding dinner).  It was so great spending time with them and getting to be artsy.  I love this family!

Saturday was the Glorious Day!  Meet Amy and John (my newest BIL)!!  They are SO perfect for each other!

Here’s all the cute and handsome cousins!

My little Princesses…

   

Dancing with Grandpa!

 

This pic of the girls dancing cracks me up.

In typical Ella fashion…she found a lizard and brought it into the reception. It was later released into the wild.

     

Alright, I know I should have more pictures from the wedding BUT there were so many great photographers there today that I took a break so I could TRY to keep track of my kids.  Key word being TRY.

Sunday started about 3am with a feverish Sylvie who also had a terrible Headache!  No church for her.  I, however, couldn’t miss today because it was finally time for our wards Primary Program!! The kids have been working hard since the beginning of the year to put on a great meeting and they sang their little hearts out.  I was SO proud of all of them.  Admittedly after church, though, I crashed into bed….snore.

7-24-2011 Week in Review…

Monday – so…I’m sick…  Seems I caught Sylvie’s Fifth Disease.  Not contagious ANYMORE…sorry everyone…sigh.  I feel like I got run over by a truck.  EVERYTHING hurts and it looks like it may be this way for a while!  Online it says weeks to MONTHS!! UGH.  Anyway, the rest of my family spent the day cleaning.  No more germs here!

Tuesday morning I headed out early with the boys to watch my sisters give their 4H presentations at State level!  They both have already won gold medals and their presentations today were fantastic!  Alora was SO close to placing but Lianna did win Silver! Yeah for both of them!!

We spent our evening at Cici’s (for only $1.75 – thank you Groupon) and the library.

Wednesday I headed out EARLY for the long flight to Utah to attend my sister’s wedding!!  After a very long 3 flights and 2 layovers I was picked up at the airport by my AMAZING brother, Jymn! (Oh how I miss him.)  We headed straight over to see some long time friends (since I was just a toddler) who just happened to have just move there!  (This is the most fabulous Rachel DeVault.  Her photography is some of my favorite in the world and she’ll be in Texas soon for your photo needs!!  Check her out!  HERE )

I then spent a wonderful evening with my nieces and nephews and loved every minute!

Jymn, Shelby, and baby Lochlan headed out Thursday to St. George (4 hrs away) to see my sister & attend the rehearsal dinner!  Aren’t they beautiful together??  Meet Rachel & Woody! My soon-to-be BIL!!

After the dinner we met up with my dad and his family as they drove in from 2 days straight of driving to get here!  They were tired so we grabbed some pizzas and headed back to our place to stay.  The groom’s amazing family put us up for the night in a deluxe condo (that was almost as big as my house) and we slept so good! – I have to say here that there were some who were greatly missed this evening, but sometimes things just don’t work out the way they were planned…

Friday started early as we headed to the Sealing at the St. George temple!!  The temple was GLORIOUS inside.  I can’t even begin to tell you of the Spirit that was inside those walls and the wondrous things that took place inside.  It was an event I wouldn’t have missed for the world!!  (Get ready for LOTS of pics…if you want to see the rest, email me for the link to the gallery!)

I’m sure the photographer loved me over his shoulder… :)

It was 106 degrees outside!!  But you couldn’t have wiped those smiles away if you tried!

Between the wedding and reception, our little group headed back to our condo to let the baby sleep and to catch some zzzz’s ourselves since we were driving back tonight!  Oh, and Shelby curled my hair!  It had already mostly fallen before this pic, but it looked amazing for awhile!

We then headed out to the awesome reception!  -- See below? That’s what happens when I can’t bring you in person…I bring you on a stick… :)

She’s definitely related to us! lol

We headed straight out back to Jymn house.  It was a long drive/ride and it felt so good to crawl into a comfy bed!

Jymn & Dom drove me early to the airport where I spent a LONG day getting home.  My family picked me up from the airport at 11pm and it was SO good to see them!

I didn’t get much rest before a full day of singing time at church but I pulled it off and came home and crashed!  I’m still feeling sore and worn out from last week.  My joints have been killing me all week and I’m slow and puffy.  Fun, huh?  I will say that I’m feeling MUCH better than the beginning of the week but am far from myself….