Eight cavities!!!!

Sam went to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned and yes I am ashamed to say he had eight cavities!! Yes, I am a dental hygienist with a son with eight cavities. I knew when he was two years old we were going to end up here. I remember hearing something in the middle of the night so I got up to check and see what it was. I wasn't surprise to find Sam sitting in a chair eating candy. He was sitting in the middle of a pile of candy wrappers!! He also used to, well maybe he still does, have candy stashes in the house. I have found them in shoes, under his pillow and stuffed between books. A sweet tooth is putting it mildly!

He was a very brave boy getting the sleepy juice. He watched Tom and Jerry through the whole procedure. Dr. Moulton said he would never think of Tom and Jerry the same again.

Bowling for the first time

Our kids had never been bowling before so when the Tietjen family said they were going, I jumped in and invited ourselves!! Jeremy's hunt had started so the kids and I are always looking for something to do while he is gone. And since it is 110 degrees outside, indoor fun is always welcome.

Check out Sam's perfect form.

The floors of the bowling alley will never be the same. My boys left there imprints!! Sam would throw the ball like a baseball!

Ethan won with a score of 105!

Ethan and Koden

I let Ava push the ball down the alley. The first time the ball just stopped before it got to the pins so Wesely walked down the gutter and gave it a little push. So from then on I gave her push a little extra speed! Her brothers were there giving her much needed support. After she pushed the ball she would wave to it and tell the ball "bye."

Yes, she ate them!!!!

I think the picture says it all!! The sweet sticky taste of toe jam!

Oh the funny things kids say...

*Sam and Ethan were discussing how they could get up to Heavenly Father and Jesus just to visit them for awhile. Sam thought a rocket ship would get them there. Ethan told Sam that Heavenly Father and Jesus sit on the clouds and watch over us. Sam looked out the window and said "I don't see their faces in the clouds."

*We went to visit my Dad. Grandpa Keith took the boys and their suitcases up to the room they would be sleeping in. Sam looked around the room then looked up at my Dad and said, "Grandpa I can't sleep in this room because the bed has pink sheets and the wall has pink on it." Ethan said he didn't care. He was too tired and he didn't care what color the sheets were, he was going to bed. Sam and I did end up sleeping in another room that night.

*When traveling, Sam informed me that he was hungry and he needed a hamburger with pickles and cheese. So I pulled over at Wendy's. We were going thru the drive thru when Sam asked the gentleman working where Wendy was. The gentleman was very confused. Sam again asked where Wendy, the girl with the braids, was. I finally stepped in and told Sam she probably went home for the night.

*One night we were eating zucchini for dinner. Jeremy had me look the other way so he could steal my zucchini off my plate. Sam started yelling, "Mom, dad is eating your bikini!" I hope he didn't say that at Sunday school.

*Speaking of church, I was getting Ethan his shirt for church when he informed me that the shirt was growing out of him so he needed another one.

*Jeremy was fixing the TV when he finally got a picture on the screen. Sam looked up at Jeremy and said, "Dad you're a geneius."

*Ethan had an ear infection so while I was putting ear drops in his ear Sam said to me, "mom why do you have to put a hairy ball in his ear when your done?"

FHE at the pond

The Bulloch Family, Hardy Family and Eaton Family invited us to the pond for family home evening. We had so much fun. Thanks for the invite:0)

My kids love Travis! He is so good to them. My pics didn't turn out so good but he was throwing the boys up high in the sky into the water. They loved every minute of it. Sam kept saying "again, again!"

Ethan jumping off the rocks!

Sam never got brave enough.

*some of the gang We worked up an appetite after playing in the water. The boys grilled up some hot dogs and hamburgers YUMMY! On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen. Jeremy was inhaling his ice cream and told the kids he got a brain freeze. Sam immediately responded "I have a cheek freeze!"

You know it is summertime when...

You go pool hopping

*Washington Rec Center pool*

*Mesquite Rec Center pool*

Huts are a permanent fixture in the living room

You get to show off your bikini body

You get to enjoy the mountains

You perfect your diving manuvers

You get to eat cotton candy for breakfast

You get to catch up with cousins

cousins

cousins

and more cousins

You have tea parties at the lake

Your fish stories get bigger and bigger

Yes, we have had an amazing, crazy summer so far!

Frightening

One of the reasons we went to Salina for the fourth of July was because Devyn was being blessing on the fifth. The blessing was beautiful and so was Devyn. After the blessing Michael and my Dad had lunch at the house. All the cousins were playing outside. When it came time to eat Ava didn't want too. She was intrigued with baby Savanna. Ava was sitting on the porch rocking Savanna in her car seat. Bree sat down next to them. I sat Ava's plate down next to her in case she decided to eat something. Bree started yelling "what is wrong with Ava!" I looked down and saw Ava's eyes roll back into her head. Then she closed them and stopped breathing. Her body was lifeless and she began turning blue. All three of my brothers called 911. At first we thought maybe she was choking. But when I looked in her mouth her teeth were clenched and it dawned on me that she might be having a seizure. Jeremy fell to his knees crying. He wanted to do CPR but my Dad, Danielle and I could feel a heart beat. It was absolutely awful to see her unresponsive. Sam was crying and everyone was worried. When the paramedics arrived they strapped Ava and I to a gurney and loaded us in the ambulance. They put oxygen on Ava and she was breathing but it was a grunting breathing. They would only let one of us go with her so Jer followed in the truck. They took us to Sevier Valley Hospital. Jeremy gave her a blessing as soon as he got there. I am so grateful for the priesthood. What would we ever do without it. The ER doc ran a lot of tests on Ava. He informed us that she indeed had a seizure. He told us 50% will have another one and 50% will not. He kept reassuring us that she is going to be okay. He said we probably will never be the same. It was the most frightening experience I have been through. Our children are our most priceless gifts and to think for a second they could be taken is almost hard to bear. The veil is so thin. Jeremy and I haven't been the same. We take turns every other hour at night checking on her in fear she will stop breathing. It is so hard to get that picture of her turning blue and not responding out of my head. Not that I didn't hug and squeeze my kids before but now it is a little tighter.