garden is growing

We actually have some tomatoes, peppers and tomatillo's growing in our garden.

It is a miracle:)

 Look how big Kali's sunflower has grown.  

Krew just loves it, everyday he goes out and smells it and tells me to look at it 

through the window while we eat breakfast.

losing vision...in both eyes

Well the loss of vision has now spread to my right eye.  On Aug. 23rd, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. my migraines started on the right side this side.  My right eye was in pain.  I could not open it, it was swollen and red.  I took the migraine medicine, left over from the earlier episode in May on my left eye.  After taking 3 pills the migraine stopped around 2 p.m. on Wednesday.   I have been putting in drops of omnipred every couple of hours.  I got a blessing from Aaron which was amazing. The pain subsided for about a week.  Today, Monday August 29th, I woke up to another migraine, my eye would not stop watering and took another migraine pill, used the eye drops that dilate my eye and continued using omnipred every few hours and the pain and gone away.  Time to make some calls and find a doctor to help me get this figured out.  Right now life is rough,  I do not have clear vision in either eyes.  Life it just kind of hazy.

Family Reunion-Bear Lake

We had a great time at Bear Lake for our Wood Family Reunion.

Played in the pools, the lake, on the playground, on scooters and bikes and skateboards.

Lots of good family time.

 Check out Kolt.  He is pulling Krew's hair.

Kolt thinks he is funny.

 Krew is mad at Kolt for pulling his hair and Kolt thinks it is REALLY funny!

 Family pic

Aaron and I wake boarding.  

Something we have not done for a long time.

I can not remember the last time I went wake boarding.  sad.

 Wood Reunion Pic

more pics coming soon.

Kali's winnings

We went to the mall on Saturday to get some of Kali's school clothes

and they had several non-profit organization tables set up.

At each of these tables they had drawings for a $40.00 gift card

and Kali won one of the drawings.

She decided to spend her winnings on some new running shoes,

so she could be the fastest one in school.

We did not have any luck on Saturday finding these golden shoes,

but she did find a cool dolphin watch and this cute outfit.

I let her buy her clothes and her watch all by herself.

She got to slide the card and sign for it.

She loved it, she felt so grown up:)

 I did not want Krew to feel left out so we bought him a 

batman shirt and a gun, both of which he LOVES.

I hope I can get him to take the shirt off with out to much of a fight

and I hope I don't have to pry the gun from his hands

when we go to church;)

FHE

We spent FHE outside together on the skateboard.

Kali is a natural and loves cruising down our little hill.

She looks like she is surfing on her skateboard.

 Kolt enjoyed the action from the grass.

Kolt is 81/2 months and he started crawling on his knees today.

 Krew showed us his style of skateboarding

 and he always remembers safety first when riding his scooter

4th of July

Yes my blogging is WAY behind.  But I have the pictures and I must blog about them;)

Kali and I woke up early to run the 1st annual Parly P. Pratt 5K, while the men slept in.

Kali and I ran about 4 times to prepare for this race, and I had let Kali set the pace,

which had consisted of run a couple blocks walk a block.

She had told me she was concerned because she wanted to win the race,

I told her that she could possibly win in her age group but probably would not win

the entire race.  

Race day came and my little competitive athlete came to win.

She ran 3.2 miles in 30 min.

I was so proud of her, she was so determined to win, and I am pretty sure she did win

in her age group:)

Patriotic finger nails:)

Kyara and Kali after the race

Kali and Lilly

my little all star.

After the race we had a breakfast and then we met up with

the Cothran Family for some BBQ and fireworks.

the kids had some fun with glow sticks

Aaron sacrificing his body for our enjoyment

arial fireworks are now legal in Utah!!!!

glow stick ball 

sparklers

beautiful sunset, right before the party began

look who is in town!

We are so excited to have Kayla visit for 2 weeks!  

The kids have been so excited and have had so much fun!!

Since Kayla has been here, we have gone for a walk in the canyon,

spent two days at the aquatic center, one of which happened to be the 10th anniversary celebration,

so we got in for 1 dollar each.  They had music playing all day and then they had a dive-in movie.

We got there at 3pm and didn't leave until 10:30 pm.

Kali and Krew have LOVED playing dinosaurs with Kayla.

Kayla is such an amazing big sister!

We are getting ready for a weekend at Bear Lake, followed by some camping, rock climbing and shopping.  

It is going to be a busy week, and after things slow down hopefully 

I can get some pictures up!

picture pile up

It has been one month since my last post.
I have figured out why I struggle so much with blogging.
With three kids, (one being a baby that NEVER wants to be put down)  I am not taking pictures like I used to and documenting the kids life, like I like too!!!
Since I do blog posts off of pictures I have taken my blog is suffering;(

So here is a pile up of pictures that have been taken and have been waiting to be posted.

 Kali first learning how to catch a ball

her first catch

 a little hot chocolate club with Janica and Warren

 Kali, Emily and Lilly playing at the park

Lilly and Kali playing dress up

Kali and Krew love doing puzzles right now.

 Kali learning to blow up a balloon for the first time

 Kolt in his Aden and Anais swaddle blanket from Auntie Hillary.  It is the best blanket ever!

 Janica Larae Photography took these pics of Kolt and I.  I love mornings with Kolt, he just hangs out and makes noises and smiles.  I think this is why some mornings I never want to get out of bed because if I do I have to deal with fighting, crazy, whinny children and Kolt crying all day because I can not hold him all day.

 Kids love playing with Jo Jo!!!!

summer time + watermelon = cute pics of happy kids

 No matter where I hide the markers and no matter how high I put them, Krew finds them and decorates himself while the rest of us our in our REM cycle.  Sometimes he decorates innocent sleeping by standers.  He was so proud of himself when I had him look in the mirror to see what he looked like.  He said he was Iron man.  I guess maybe I need to buy him a costume so he does not feel the need to transform himself with markers.  Luckily they are washable, so the color melts off in the shower.

 And the kids can not get enough pancakes, they love them and they love to decorate them!