OUR LITTLE FAMILY HAS MOVED!!!!!

As many of you know, I have been writing on another blog for a while now, but it was set to private. Well, I have taken the privacy setting off of it now because it is just too hard to find everyone's email adresses. So GO CHECK IT OUT!!!
http://www.weloveournewsweetlittlefamily.blogspot.com/

WOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE!!!

Hi everyone!
This is Courtney!!! It I for those of you who don't know, I have started a new blog because this one stopped recognizing me. However, it is set to private, so if you would like to see it, then just send me an email and I will send you an invite!!!

A FEW RECENT PICTURES!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Dad!
I just wanted to take a minute and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
We are so greatful to you for all that you have done to help us out! We love you very much, and hope you have a wonderful day!!!

I'LL PREPARE MYSELF WHILE I AM YOUNG!!!

Today when I picked Kyle up from nursery, his teacher gave me this book that he had colored! I thought that it was very cute, and wanted to share it!!!

OUR LITTLE BLUES CLUES GAME!!!

Kyle absolutely loves BLUES CLUES. When the show is on, he watches it, and when it is not he is either pretending to skedoo, or pretinding to find clues. So a few days ago, I decided to make a little Blues Clues game of my own.

I got 5 envolopes, and on the front of each one was a chatacter from Blues Clues. Inside, was a letter from that character sending him on a little hunt for the next clue. At the end of the game, we ended up at the car where I had placed a treat for them in each of their carseats! Kyle was a little confused, but he had lots of fun looking for the "letters" (I alsonforgot to mention that he also loves to pretind that he is getting mail. His favorite character is mailbox. That is why I used the letters as clues instead of regular blues clues.

Below you will see each of the clues, and a few pictures and videos that Aaron took for me while I was helping Kyle find the clues!


CLUE#1



CLUE#2





CLUE#3






CLUE#4




THE PRIZE


There is suposed to be a video right here. But for whatever reason, blogger won't accept the html code for it. And I am really mad about it too because it was so cute! It was when Kyle found his prize. Oh well. theres not a whole lot I can do about it :(

OUR NEW VAN!!!

This post is for those of you who have not seen our new car. Well, OK It is not exactly new, but it IS new to us!!! And it works perfectly for what we need!
Aaron's favorite part is that we fianally have room for our groceries!!!

JUST A FUNNY LITTLE STORY!!!

I am not sharing this post to show off my drawing! I CAN NOT DRAW!!! I think that if there was a contest to see who the worst drawer on the planet was, I would have a pretty good chance of winning that one!

However, I am sharing it to help tell a funny story!

Last night I was writing various letters of the alphabet, and having Kyle guess what they were. After a little while, we switched to guessing what pictures that I drew were. His answers were really cute, and I wanted to share them! Please don't laugh too hard at my drawing!

I think that a cup is quite passably the thing that I can draw the best. Kyle says it is a drink which is close enough in my opinion!

Kyle started guessing while I was still drawing this one. His first guess was a pillow. His second guess, a letter. Then when it was done he knew it was a house!

I know that this one is NOT GOOD! But kyle knew what it was after a couple of guesses!

OK, hopefully you can all tell that this is water. Kyles interpretation......."It's a goat mom"

This is my infamous shoecar! And yes, I know that it looks NOTHING like a car. But, surprisingly Kyle knew exactly what it was!

He knew that this one was a flower!

However, he also thought that this was a flower.

I AM SO RELIEVED!!!

This is how my mouth looked after my dentist apointment.

Trying to smile with a numb face!

Today I went to the dentist. After filling out the new patient paperwork, they got me right back to see the dentist. He took a look at the tooth that has been hurting me, and sied that his wife had mentioned that I thought that I might need a root canal, but that after looking at it, a filling would fix it just fine YAY!!! Fillings are MUCH cheaper than root canals! Then with the cupon that I got we were able to afford for them to fix it today! WOOHOO!!!

The doctor gave me a shot of Novicane, and let me sit for a little while. The dental asistant happend to be from a city near where my grandparrents have their second house, so we spent the time talking about it while we waited.

After a few minutes, he came back in and started drelling. OUCH!!!!! I COULD FEAL EVERYTHING!!!! So......... He gave me about 3 more shots and let me sit for a little while longer.

When he came back and tried again it was a success!!! They got it filled very quickly, and told me to come back when we get out insurrance so that he can work on the rest of my teeth. I really liked this dentist! I just looked kind of funny for a few hours because the amount of novicane that it took ended up making me go numb clear up to the bottom of my right eye! It felt kinda funny.

I felt a little bad because my younger brother Kyler got stuck watching the kids, and they can be quite a handfull! But he did a great job and I am thankful that he was able to do it for us! Aaron joked that this was our first date in a few months. Not exactly my first choice for a date, but hey, atleast my tooth is not hurting me anymore!!!

I WISH WE HAD A DENTIST IN THE FAMILY!!!

Last Friday, I woke up with a really bad tooth ache. I havn't been to the dentist since before I got married, and the one that I went to before did a wonderful job, but he is just way too expensive for us. And I am really sad about that because he is actually in our ward.

Anyway, I called around to a few places, and pretty much everyone was either closed on Fridays, or away from the office because of a meeting of some sort. So..... Aaron decided to call his old phlebotomy instructor. She had told all of her students that her husband is a dintist, and if they mention that she was their instructor, the student, or any member of their family will get a discount.

Unfortunately, she was teaching a class at the time, and Aaron had to leave a message.

The weekend came and went, and luckily I wasn't in too much pain, and I was hoping that we would get a call back yesterday, but we didn't. Then, thismorning just after Aaron went to work, she called WOO HOO!!!She said that she will leave a $50.00 cupon with her husband. WOO HOO AGAIN!!!! She also thod me that they are headed out of town this thursday, so I need to try and get in to see him ASAP so that if necessary he can write me a perscription to get me through this coming weekend.

I just am NOT looking forward, because I know that I have a few cavities, and Aaron can't get insurence with his job untio he has been there for six months. We still have about 3 months to go. So we are going to have to pay it ALL out of pocket. And I am afraid that atleast the one that is hurting me will end up needing a root canal. I have an appointment tomorrow, so that he can look at my teeth, and decide exactly what needs to be done. I am very greatful to Aaron's teacher for helping me out even though she has never met me. However I am really dreading going to the dentist.

I got to thinking, we have lots of people in our family who have various professions which are very helpful to us. I mean for example, if it wasn't for my uncle Joey, our cars would have NEVER lasted! However, right now it would be very helpful to have a dintist in the family!!!

80 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME!!!

1. When I was little, I got so sick that the doctors told my parrents that I would not live through the night.
2. I have a tramatic brain injury (I bet you never would have guessed that)
3. I have been in a coma
4. The first thing I asked for when I came out of my coma was frenchfries (and ofcorse I got them!
5. I used to be left handed
6. I have been parilized on my left side, and had to learn how to walk all over again.
7. I was once COMPLETLY blind
8. I will never drive a car
9. Around the time I turned 16 I used to cry myself to sleep at night because all of my friends were starting to drive, and I knew that I never would.
10. People are surprised when I tell them the story of what happend to me because I don't look diferent from anyone else.
11. I was given an IQ test when I was younger, and it showed that I am at a genious level.
12. My favorite color is purple!
13. Purple was my first word
14. My aunt used to draw a purple mark on my hand, every day(she lived next door) and repeat the word purple over and over again until I said it. It was her favorite color too!
15I said my first full sentence at 6 months old!
16. I sang my first solo in Sacrament meeting when I was 3 years old! (It was I HEARD HIM COME and I sang it by memory)
17. I absolutely LOVE to sing! It is the ONE thing that I turely can do well!!!
18. I miss highschool, but I am so glad that I am done with it!
19. I am terrible at math
20. I love to just sit down and write a story without doing all that prep work that they teach you that you have to do in school.
21. I absolutely Love to cook, but never have the time.
22. I am obsessed with collection recipes!
23. I am absolutely terrified of ALL LIVING THINGS except for people and plants
24. I am so so so scared of heights.
25. I wish I could dance!
26. I hate most vegetables! (don't wory, I eat them anyway)
27. I love sweets! (way too much)
28. I am best friends with my family! I love to hang out with them!!!
29. I love to unload the dishwasher, but I hate to load it!
30. If I could live on chocolate, I would!!!
31. When I acrually practice every day, and keep my voice trained, my voice teacher found that I have a second break in my voice. (that means I can sing really really high for those of you who might not know what that means)
32. Other than my sister, I think that I just might be the most emotional girl on Earth.
33. I love to play goard games but I don't play them because I take too long and slow all the other people who are playing down.
34. I LOVE to go camping!
35. I havn't gone camping since before we got married, and it makes me sad.
36. I have always had a secret dream of being a gymsist in the olympics (I know that sounds dumb)
37. When My sister and I were dressed exactly alike at our brother's wedding, her friends who had never met me thought that I was the younger sister, and it made me feal really good about myself.
38. I love to go swimming!
39. I am not a good swimmer.
40. I absolutely love to read the love stories from Deseret BOOK.
41. I absolutely LOVE being a mommy
42. I wish I could go on a vacation!
43. In elementry school, I tried to learn to play the flute
44. I am extreemly shy!
45Once I get to know someone, I just don't shut up! (just ask Aaron, I don't think I said more than 2 sentences to him on our first date)
49. I used to want 9 kids, but now that I have had a couple I think that number is down to 4 or 5 LOL
50. I wish I could play the piano!
51. I once auditiond to sing the NATIONAL ANTHEM at a SUNS game. Unfortunately I sent it in too late though.
52. I knew that I was going to mary Aaron from the moment I saw him!
53. I met Aaron on an lds singles site!
54. When Aaron first asked me out, I kept putting him off, he was very presistant though!
55. I am alergic to simething in the rays of the sun (I know it sounds dumb but it is true.
56. I stay inside almost all the time because the sun makes me feal really sick.
57. I absolutely LOVE bean and Cheese burrito's
58. I hate to eat anything that used to swim in the ocean! It just tastes disgusting to me!
59. I eat my cheeseburgers plain. I don't like anything on them other than the cheese.
60. I love to go shopping!
61. I hate to spend money.
62. My favorite toppings for a pizza are peperoni & black olives!
63. I can't wait until the time comes when we will have another baby!( NO that is not a hint, it will be a few years)
64. I have never been more than one state away from home!
65. I love to TRY to draw!
66. I can't draw to save my life! You should ask my sibblings about my AMAZING shoe cars!
67. I love a clean house!
68. I hate to clean.
69. my ears are double pierced.
70. Now I only use one hole in each ear.
71. I absolutely LOVE myspace!
72. My all time favorite movie is THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!
73. I love to have cute hair do's
74. I can't do hair to save my life!
75. I love the fact that my mom and sister are great with hair, and will help me whenever they can!
76. My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family!
77. My kids are my life!
78. My favorite flavor of icecream is BLUE BELL slowchurned mint chocolatechip!
79. I love rainy days
80. I absolutely loved the tv show FULL HOUSE, and wish it never went off the ait! (yes, I know I'm wierd)

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES AT YOU!!!

So today it was Aaron's turn to work the Saturday shift, so I sent him off to work and the kids were still asleep so I went back to sleep myself.

When the kids woke up, we had a fun day as usual, and we were all having a great day!

Pretty soon, I realized that it was time for Aaron to come home from work, so I waited, and waited, and pretty soon I got a phone call from him. He explained that the computer system had just gotten fixed about half way through his shift, and he was really backed up and was going to be atleast an hour late. I said OK, and he fianally got home in a great mood. We started getting ready to go out to dinner when all of a sudden Aaron started fealing really sick. So, we ended up deciding to stay home when the next thing I knew, Aaron was in the other room throwing up.

I sent Aaron to bed and decided to have a pizza delivered fore Kyle and I to eat. I wanted to do something fun for him since he had been stuck inside the house all day. We had planned on going swimming at Kimber and David's house as a family but that went out the window when Aaron got sick.

So, I called Kimber, and we decided to go ahead and take the kids swimming ourselvs so that they could get out of the house for a little while.

Kimber came and picked us up and we were on our way. When we got to Kimbers house, we realized that Kenzie's little float toy was not in the car. So we sent David back the way we had come and luckily he found it. We then walked to the pool closest to their apartment. There were some people there having a party, so we decided to walk to one of the other pools. Once there, we saw that it was kinda green, so we decided to walk to the main pool. Once there, we saw that there were like 20 people there, so we just decided to go back to the origional pool.

We fianally got there and put our towels and things down, and all of a sudden, Kyle just started throwing up and sweating really bad. Kimber called David with her cell phone and asked him to please bring some water for Kyle to drink. When David got there, Kyle was so hot that David just picked him up, and immediately took him into the water to cool off. As soon as Kyle got into the cool water, he immediately began to calm down, and his temperature quickly went back to normal.

We stayed in the water for just a few minutes so that Kyle could feal better, then we decided to go back home. Kimber drove us home, and I got the kids bathed and ready for bed. I know that he was fealing better because once I got him dressed he got up on our bed and started jumping. (One of his favorite things)

I had also sent Kimber and David to the store with some money and a list of some upset tummy friendly foods. They soon came back, and Kyle hot a sippy cup full of Gatorade. Then to my surprise, he put himself to bed! He must have been really tired because he just dosn't do that. He usually will not go to bed unless either mommy or daddy are sitting right next to him.

I guess we probably won't be able to make it to church tomorrow. Because Aaron and Kyle are both sick, and I can't drive, and there is nobody to watch Kenzie while I lead the music since Aaron won't be able to be there tomorrow. I am kind of sad about that because tomorrow would have been my first day in my new calling. But I am sure that they will understand. Sometimes we jsut have to take life as it comes at us!!!

AFRICANIZED BEES?????? THATS NEWS TO ME

A few days ago, one of our neighbors who I don't know very well came and knocked on our door. I opened it, and asked if there was something that I could help her with. She then told me that two buildings away from me there were two behives, and the bees are Affricanized. GREAT!!! She then handed ma a paper and further explained that tho man who owns that building does not want to have them romoved properly, so he is only having a small portion of the bees romoved. He was going to leave the nony combs there, and the bees would smell the honey, and soon return to it. And the scaryiest part was that because of the way that they were going to be romoved, the bees could swarm up to a mile away for up to 5 days afterwards. That is scary! I know that Aaron and I arn't alergic to them, but I DO NOT know about my kids because they have never been stung.

After she left, I sat down and read the paper that she had given me and it gave the name of te owner of that building and two diferent telephone numbers to reach him at. I decided not to call because I was not having a very good day and I personly hadn't seen any bees and I pretty much just stay inside my house anyway, so I just decided to leave the matter as it was.

The next night at about the same time, the same lady came to my door again. When I opened the door this time she immediately said :THEY'RE GONA BE REMOVED THE RIGHT WAY!!!) When I asked her what made the guy change his mind, she said that so many people had called and complained, and the city attorney had gotten involved so the guy just decided to do it correctly so that he could be left alone. Mabey it was wrong of me not to call like everyone else, but I am just not the kind of person who likes to pester people. I like to quietly live my life, and spend time with my family and friends and NOT GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS UNLESS I HAVE TO.

Anyway, as soon as the sun goes down tonight, the crew is suposed to come and remove the bees. So we may have to wory a little about them swarming tomorrow, but it shouldn't be too bad because they will be removing everything. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

THEY FIANALLY FOUND OUT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A CALLING

Last week, I wasn't able to make it to church because Kenzie's teeth have really been bothering her lately, and last Sunday was a really bad day for that! Anyway, Aaron was stopped by the bishop and he asked if I would be able to meet with him later in the day. Aaron told him about Kenzie and he said that he had a calling for me and would just catch up with me at another time.

So, I have spent the past week wondering what my new calling could possably be.

This morning I walked into Sacrament meeting and before I even had a chance to sit down, I had the executave secretary next to me asking me if I could meet with the Bishop right after the block.

After church, I walked into his office, and sat down. Kyle was NOT in a good mood, and I ended up having to hold him still on my lap because he kept trying to run out of the door.
My calling ended up being the chorester for Relief Society. I am ok with this calling I mean I have had it before. The only thing is thatwith my vision problems I CAN NOT read music. I have been taught, and I know how but my vision does not allow me to do it so I have to do it all by ear. So, music time in Relief Society should be pretty interesting from now on.

OUR FUN 4TH OF JULY!!!

We had lots of fun yesterday! First we went over to the other side of the valley to spend some time with Aaron's family. His mom was nice enough to pick the embroidery (I know I spelled that way wrong) out of his lab coat. It had his school emblem on it, and his boss wasn't very happy about it, so we just had it taken off.
Aaron's sister and her husband also came over so we all had lunch together and it was lots of fun to see everyone!
We then drove back to our side of town, and went to my grandma and grandpa's house! There we met up with my mom and most of my sibblings, and had hot dogs for dinner and root beer floats for dessert! We also watched fireworks on tv. We had wanted to go somewhere to see them in person but it is SO DANG HOT HERE, and we would have had to find a way to keep our kids occupied for A LONG TIME so we just decided that it would be a lot easier to spend time with our family!
Normally the Christian church down the street from my mom's house has a really good fireworks show. We usually get to sit on my mom's front lawn and watch them come right up over the top of the neighbors house. But for some reason this year they decided to postpone it until August 30th. I don't exactly understand their reasoning behind that one. Oh well, atleast it will give us something to do on that day!
I hope that everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!!