..::RaNdOm PiCs::..

So things have been kinda busy lately and i have neglected my blog!! So i am going to try to make up for it a little bit!! : ) We have had a great fall! The boys are growing like crazy and amaze me everyday with the new things they have learned!! I can't believe that its already Christmas time...but ready or not!!! I hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday!!

"Sunday Funday!"

Last Sunday the Sam, Broc, Lexie and Deegan came with us to "Sunday Funday"....it was at my friends Tena's gym and we all had a blast!! I was soo happy they came and got to meet some of my new friends! The kids had SO much fun running around the gym and jumping in the foam pit! I could barely keep Connor out of it!! At one point i was sure he was sleeping in there!! lol!

Connor LOVED the foam pit!! Connor and Mommy in the pit

**Halloween**

We had an awesome Halloween! The boys went with their dad for Halloween day so i got to take them trick or treating early!! We went with Broc and Sam and their kids and it was alot of fun! The boys got SO much candy and got to see lots of family!! Seth thought it was so cool cuz he got to go tick or treating twice!! : )

Seth (Optimus Prime), Deegan (monkey),

Lexie (Cinderella) & Connor (Woody)

Playin' in the leaves....

Lexie and Seth...and Seth is giving the peace sign... Connor jumping in the leaves!!

it kinda looks like something else!! lol!! ; )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

I want to wish my mom a very Happy Birthday!! I am so thankful for everything she has done for me and for the boys!! She has always been there for me whenever i needed her. She has taught me so many things and i don't know where i would be without her! I know that sometimes i don't always tell her how much i love and appreciate her, but i do....more than words can say! So Happy ___th Birthday mom!!! hahaha....I'll let you fill in the blank!! : ) I love you and I hope you have a great day!!!

Riding at the Sand dunes!!

Last weekend me and my boys and parents went riding at the sand dunes, we had such a good time!! Seth has been dying to go and it had rained the night before so the sand was perfect for his little four wheeler!

Here's me and Connor in the Rzr, we had so much fun! Even though it was FREEZING cold and windy! (that is why i look so fabulous!! lol!) Connor did NOT want his picture taken, so that is why he is covering his face with his glove! Not quite sure why he dislikes pictures so much...but i thought it was still cute! : )

Seth climbing the dunes!! I was so amazed at how well he did out there!! He was riding like he had rode out there a hundred times! I was so cute watching him!! He had SO much fun!

What a handsome little man!! I can't believe how big he has gotten! I love my boys so much and i am so lucky to have them in my life!!

Yep, we're still here!!! : )

Wow...so i haven't posted anything for such a LONG time!! So i will try to do a little update!! Well...since my last post....the boys both started school! Seth is in 2nd grade and LOVES it! He is such a smart little boy! And Connor is in his 2nd year of preschool and also loves it! He goes 3days a week and then still has speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy twice a week! So the weekdays around my house are super busy...to say the least!! But it keeps us on our toes and the boys are doing really well! Connor is really coming a long way with his speech. He is talking more and more each day, and i LOVE IT!!! Every time he says a new word i get so excited!

I can't believe that summer is already over and we are headed into fall/winter!! We had so much fun this summer!! Hopefully winter won't be to brutal, cuz i am so not looking forward to a long winter! But the boys are already excited for Christmas!! ha ha...i know its shocking! lol!

Here we go again...

Wow...what a tough spring/summer we've had!! We started out with Connor getting Influenza and having to have IV therapy, then was Seth's wreck into the barb wire fence, and a month later i went into the ER and had to have my gallbladder taken out because it was inflamed and infected and now....Connor has broken his collarbone!! I swear, we need to just rent out a room in the ER, we are their at least once a month!! I really hope that our bad luck streak is at an end!! I am exhausted!!

I can't believe he broke his collarbone!! It's so sad!! He was with his dad last night and was playing in the back of a Rhino and fell out and landed on the pavement! So Mitch ran him into the ER and sure enough it was broken! I had no cell phone service so i didn't even know what had happened until way later last night! I felt horrible!! I am just so happy that my parents, Mitch and Robin were there for him!! He was put in a shoulder brace, arm sling and wrap, which he will probably hafta wear for a couple weeks!! (which knowing Connor is going to be a little challenging!! lol!!) I went and picked him up this morning and he seemed to be in good spirits and not in too much pain. We had to go see grandpa (he's a grandpa's boy for sure!!) and when we got there the first thing he did was run over and climb on a four wheeler!! It was so cute!! Even with a broken bone he is still wanting to ride! ; )

The rest of Connor's day was kind of rough! He has been in ALOT of pain, the hospital gave him Hydrocodone 7.5's and i have been giving him that and Motrin and he still cries every time he moves! I feel so bad for him!! I wish i knew what i could do to make the pain go away! Poor kid!! : ( Hopefully tomorrow will be a little better for him! I am just so thankful that he's OK!! I want to say thanks to all of my family and friends that have called, text, and emailed me!! I am pretty sure i have the best family and friends ever!! Love you all!!! : )

Random pics...

Ok so i just had to add these pics, cuz i thought they were so funny!! I took my camera with me boating and when i was uploading the pics from it this is what i found...

hmmm....i wonder how they got on here?? Especially since both of my little boys promise that they didn't have my camera...I guess i will never know!! ; )

My cute little Connor bug!

Seth's favorite part of the whole ride...the water!!

I was so proud of Seth, this was his first big ride on his new four wheeler!! And he kept up with us and was a trooper the whole time!!

Mommy and Connor on a Rzr ride in Salmon, Id

Wow...time has flown by since my last post!! I can't believe how fast our summer is going! It's already time to start school shopping again!! We have had a great summer so far, we have been camping, riding four wheelers, boating, swimming, and just hanging out with family and friends! In the summertime the boys spend one week with me and one with their dad. Which is super hard for me to adjust too!! I miss them like crazy! But i am also happy that they get to spend time with their Grandpa and Grandma Crapo and all of their aunts, uncles and cousins! They always have a blast at grandma Robin's!! I am so thankful for Robin and all that she has done for the boys this summer! : )

Happy Father's Day!!!

I just wanted to wish my dad a Happy Father's Day!!! He is seriously the best dad a girl could ever ask for! He is always there for me, even if i am just calling him to complain! : ) He has done so much for me, especially over the past two years! He has been my rock through these tough times, and no matter how many times i say thank you, i don't think it will ever be enough!! I know that i can always go to him, weather i need advise or just some one to hug me and tell me everything will be okay. I love watching my dad with my boys, his eyes just light up when he sees them! He has taught them both so many things....some not as good as others...lol!! ; ) But they adore and look up to him. Dad, thanks for everything you do, i appreciate it more than you will ever know!! I hope you have a great father's day! I love you!! : )

An update...FINALLY!!

WOW...where do i start?? It has been a crazy month!! On May 22nd i was admitted to the hospital, i had an inflamed and very infected gallbladder! Yeah, no fun!! I was is alot of pain, i started feeling sick three days earlier, and it started with me throwing up and having a fever, so i thought it was just the flu and then i just wasn't getting any better so i finally went into the doctor on Thurs night and he sent me straight to the hospital! My parents came with me to help with the kids, and we spent 8 hours in the ER!!!! At around 3am after lots of blood work, a urine test, and a CT they discovered that my gallbladder was the problem! And said that i would have to have it out ASAP! So my parents went home to get some rest and then i texted Sam and let her know what was going on, and within 30mins she was knocking on my hospital door! It was 4am, and i was so happy to see her!! At around 4:30am they finally moved me up to the 3rd floor, and then i waited some more. I went down to surgery at around 11am, although it didn't start until around 1pm, but i was so exhausted that i just slept. I got out of surgery at around 2:30pm and then went back to my room, where my mom, Sam and my grandma Douglass were waiting for me! I was so sleepy, but super happy to see them! I got to leave at around 6pm and spent the first night at my parents, i would have went home, but Dr. Richards said that he wouldn't release me from the hospital unless i stayed with my parents! My recovery wasn't too bad, the pain after was nothing compared to the pain before the surgery!! I am so thankful for my family, they were all such a great help! I don't know what i would've done without them! : )

SCHOOL'S OUT!!!! Seth and Connor got out of school for the summer on the 29th, which is so nice!! I think i was more excited for summer break then they were! Now i just wish we could have some nice summer-like weather!! Connor is still doing speech twice a week and O.T. once a week and starting next week he will be in physical therapy too...it gets kinda exhausting keeping up with his schedule, but i think he is starting to make progress and i am loving it!!!

The boys and i are all finally healthy and hopefully we will be able to stay out of the hospital for a while!!! I think we have me our accident/emergent hospital visits for the year!! : )

I just wanted to say how lucky i am to have two amazing little boys!! I love them with all my heart! Being a mom is definitely the hardest thing i have ever done, but also the most rewarding!! It's crazy because i can't even imagine my life without them! Whenever they gone for the weekend, or even a day, i go crazy! It's so boring!! I love how no matter how mad i get at them, Seth can say something totally off the wall, or Connor can give me a goofy look and i will bust up laughing!! I can never stay mad at them! : ) They have taught me so much! Patience for sure!! I can't tell you how many times i have been locked out of my house (or car!) by Connor and i have to spend ten minutes trying to convince him to unlock the door...i am sure my neighbors get such a kick outta that! lol!! : ) and when he finally lets me in, he is laughing at me and saying, "haha, mommy!!" so how can i get mad at that! ; )

Connor and his "woum"....

So last weekend i let Connor and Lexie play outside. I heard Connor yelling "mommy" so i ran to the door and look what i was met with....a WORM!! Or as Connor says it a "woum", it was so funny!! He was so excited! He tried to get me to let him bring it in the house, so it could watch t.v. with him! But me being the kill joy i am, said no. So he put it back outside and then watched t.v. for a few minutes and the ran back outside, then he came back in the house and said "mommy woum gone" he was so upset!! It was the funniest thing i have ever seen, i didn't even know he could say worm, let alone liked them so much!!

After surgery...

Here are some pictures of Seth after surgery. He looks much better!! Dr. Wilson did an awesome job, we were so lucky to have him!! Seth is feeling much better today! He went to school and is starting to get some of his energy back!! I am so thankful for all my family and friends who have asked about how Sethis doing, it really means alot to me!! I love you all!!

Seth's crash....

So we had a pretty scary Saturday...Seth and Connor went with my sister and Lexie to the Menan Easter egg hunt and i went to do my cousin's hair. Well after the hunt they went back to my parents house so that the kids could ride four wheelers and motorcycles. Well Seth started riding his motorcycle and was having a blast, but he got going to fast and crashed into a barb wire fence!!! My mom, dad, and Sam ran over to him and he was tangled up in the fence they got him out and this is what they found....

Seth WAS wearing a helmet, and it shifted sideways when he wrecked so he got a really bad cut on his right ear and on his lip! He also had a lot of other cuts and scrapes, and a black eye!

So my parents put him in the pickup and headed for the hospital! Sam called me and let me know so i also headed to the hospital. She also called Dr. Wilson, the Dr. we work for who is also a plastic surgeon, and he said that he would meet us there!! So we got to the ER and Dr Wilson checked him out and said that he would need to take him to the OR and put him out so he could debrid and suture his lip and ear. So after about an hour of surgery he came back to the room, and he looked so much better!! Thanks Dr. Wilson, your the best!!

The missing tooth...

So it's official......Seth lost his first tooth!! Finally! (and of course it has to be a front tooth!) It's been loose for about two weeks, and i have been so excited for him to finally lose it and of course it happens when he's at his dad's house! I am kinda bummed that i missed it, but Seth was so excited to show it to me! I just can't believe how big Seth is getting! He is an amazing little boy, he is always making me laugh!! Its crazy that he is almost finished with first grade! I went to his parent-teacher conference a couple weeks ago and his teacher told me that he is doing awesome! He had A+ in Spelling, B+ in Reading and B+ in Math. She also said that she really enjoys having Seth in her class, she said that he can always make her laugh! She said that one day in class he was kinda hyper and wasn't paying attention and she said, "Seth, sometimes you make me want to thump you" (which by the way she would never do, she is the nicest lady ever!) and she said that Seth replied by saying, "well, its a good thing you like me so much then!" : ) Yep, that's my Seth!

On Saturday I took the boys to see Monsters vs Aliens in 3D, and if you haven't seen a movie in 3D you should definitely try it! It was so much fun!! The kids LOVED it!! Especially Seth! Connor, however, wanted nothing to do with the 3D glasses! I tried to get him to wear them and he just kept saying "no mommy" and telling me "shhh..." so he watched the whole thing without the glasses. I am always a little nervous taking the boys to see a movie, because as most of you know, my boys can get a little rambunctious!! ; ) But they were soooo good!!! They both sat through the whole movie! (and for Connor that is quite the accomplishment!!) I was so proud of both of them...they are getting so big!! I also got my mom to go with us, and she loved the movie too! I was so happy that she came!! Then after the movie we went out to my parents house and rode four wheelers, until we got too cold!! Then on the way home last night, Seth said, "mom, your the best mom ever!" Which pretty much made my day! = )

Happy Birthday Seth!!!

On Sat. March 7th my baby boy will be 7 yrs old!! I can't believe it!! He is growing up so fast!! He is an amazing little man, i love him with all my heart! I just wanted to post a few things that i love about Seth:

* How he is more than willing to try ANYTHING

* How much he loves his little brother and Lexie

* His crazy ideas and how he always gets "the babies" to go along with them

* when we watch Supercross he always roots for whoever i am not, ok actually that one is a little bit annoying...lol!

* how much he loves to ride...anything, four wheeler, motorcycle, snowmaching, bikes, skateboard...so basically anything with wheels or a motor!

* his crazy terminology...everyone who knows him will know what i am talking about!

* how he ALWAYS kicks my butt at anything on Wii...ok again kinda annoying...lol

* how he is always willing to sing with me at the top of his lungs in the car : )

* how much he likes to battle his little brother at guitar hero (because he can beat him!)

* how much he loves his grandpas' and would do anything with them!

There are sooo many things i love about Seth i could go on forever! He is really a great little boy, and i am very lucky to be his mom! I love you Seth!! Happy Birthday!!

...:Connor's new ride!!:...

My dad suprised Connor with his very own fourwheeler!! Connor and Seth shared a fourwheeler all last summer which worked out great, but dad said its time that Connor gets his own!! Connor was so excited!! He loves it! I can't wait til it warms up a little more so he can start riding! My dad plowed little trails out in his yard so the kids could do a little bit of riding, it was so much fun!! Although Connor was still pretty sick so he didn't get to play outside too much. But me and Broc broke them in! And just so everyone knows i smoked him when we were racing!! lol!! (just had to mention that because we all know how bad broc hates losing!!) = )

What I've done...

Bold the items you have done:

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band - Jr. high
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
20. Slept on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - do those kid's playgrounds count?
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check- unfortunately...oops!
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Tied a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglade
s75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a Bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book -
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby- two of them!
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit- divorce...yuk!
98. Owned a cell phone- lots!
99. Been stung by a bee- many times!!
100. Visited Italy -

I tag Sam, Melissa, Brandalyn, and Carie

An update on Connor....

Connor got his IV out on Thursday and he was more than happy to see it go!! It was so funny to watch him try to play with it in. At first it made him so mad that he had to take his IV bag with him wherever he went, and then he started getting used to it and would just drag it around. (or yell for me too!!) He got some of his energy back on Wed night and was playing with Lexie, and she thought that Connors IV bag was a purse so she took off with it, and yep it was still attached to Connor...ouch! I tried to keep Connor in most of the weekend, but on Sat. he got a new fourwheeler so i had to let him ride it!! So I bundled him up and we rode! We had a blast!! I am so releived that Connor is feeling better!! Next year he is getting the Flu shot for sure!!!

My sick little bug....

I took Connor to the Doctor this morning because he was running a fever, coughing and was breathing really shallow. They tested him for influenza and it came back positive. So now we are starting him on medication and because he is dehydrated and has lost two pounds in two weeks they are also starting an IV to give him fluids. I have to take him back to the Dr. tomorrow and let them check him again. I feel so bad for poor little Connor, i hate seeing him like this. So hopefully after the IV and meds he will be feeling better and he will be back to himself!!

An update...

So it's been a while since i posted anything so i thought i should do a little update. We had a wonderful Christmas, the boys got spoiled and so did i thanks to my parents and Sam and Broc!! I love those guys so much!! I also found out that i was going to be an aunt again, and i am so excited!! We also had a great New Years, we spent it with family and friends eating and playing wii, i couldn't have asked for more!! : )

Seth is still loving school and doing very well in it! He loves riding the bus and playing with all of his friends. He also had me get him some boy perfume (as he calls it) so that he will smell good so that he can have 6 girlfriends instead of just 3!! Boys are so funny!!

Connor is also still loving school! He goes two days a week and they he has speech two days(soon to be three days) a week and OT one day a week. He is a busy little guy!! I think he is starting to make progress, which is so nice!! His new favorite movie is Wall-E, and its so funny because he can say Wall-E just like they say it in the movie!! Sooo cute!!