I went in for a Lasik consultation yesterday. I am going in tomorrow morning at 8:30 am to get my eyes fixed. I can't wait. The only questions I had for the Dr...."Do you sneeze often?"
I took Tyge in for an eye appointment with me. He was positive he needed glasses. I have never seen anyone more disappointed when the Dr told him no :)
Speaking of Tyge, he made SWAT team with his karate classes. It means that we fork over $300 more dollars for the privilege of driving him around for demonstrations :) I was actually really proud of him. He decided to try-out all by himself and did it even though he was really worried about making the team. He can't do the splits and that was strongly suggested.
Tade and a friend decided to go a month without candy...he asked what his reward would be:) We decided to pay him for his portion of the candy that I buy for treats, plus a couple of extra dollars for the self control. He is doing really well, especially when you take into account Easter just happened. He has amazing self control. He still hasn't spent the 70 some odd dollars he saved from Christmas for a DS Nintendo. If he can hit a $100 his dad will make up the difference in price.
We did get to go to Alisa's wedding. Ren sure is a nice guy. We hope all the best for them. Tyge did ask if he was going to have to wear a tux and carry the rings. (He is referring to his stint as ring bearer for Kim and Andy's wedding)
I am making it a goal to potty train Trex over springbreak (April 14-18) That means we are stuck at home for the whole week with the peanut gallery egging him on. Yippy.

March 26, 2008

I was getting ready one day in my bathroom, turned my head for a second, I heard Trex say, "owy mommy" I turned back around and there he was, trying to shave with Aaron's razor.

Trey decided he no longer needed to use a pull-up on his rear.......

This is our mature herb garden. I have made a mean red sauce with basils. The one herb I really needed (cilantro) had been traded out for thyme. Very frustrating. It has been fun coming up with new recipes to use for the herbs.

Pictures, FINALLy

Trey lost his very first tooth...now that I think about it, the Tooth Fairy has totally forgotten to visit, three weeks forgotten. CRAP!!
All of my boys.
Trex loves to shovel.

Well here it is March already. I guess I left off just before Tade's dr's appt. Everything went well. Dr. Tani decided to talk to his expert cronies and see about changing Tade's med's to Plavix. It should lessen the impact of trauma and bleeding in the chance that something happens. In the course of talking to the experts it was decided that Tade needs to get a heart cath done. We decided to have it in August, replacing the stress MRI that is scheduled. When the heart cath, they will determine if things are stable enough for the Plavix. If he goes on the new meds, it would also cut down on blood draws. Tade is relieved he only needs to do one test. He isn't a fan of going under and coming out. If any concerns are noticed he will also get the stress MRI. yeehaw.
Aaron had a great time in San Diego. His gifts to his children where the bus line maps.........
Our ward ladies basketball team lost our second game at regionals. The team we played had a lady that played at Penn State. We only lost by five points. Nobody believed me when I told them I had never played basketball before...atleast til they tried to give me the ball :) Everyone was really nice about it. It sure would have been nice to have been good at something being 6' and all. I think that was the hardest thing...dealing with my ego.
Trey had a cough for a couple of days last week. He tells me every morning that he is sick and needs to stay home from school..except when he is actually not feeling well. Trex has been feeling under the weather the last couple of days as well. He was up most of the night with Aaron last night, but acts fine during the day. Lucky me :) Tyge is growing up. He is struggling with balancing school work, extra curricular, and scouts. He misses not having free time every night before bed. He understands a little better now why we limit him to two activities a school year.
I am hoping before long to get some pictures up. Stay tuned.

The week is almost over. It has been uneventful. We did buy a really big TV. Our old one worked just fine but it weighed about 250 lbs. As most of you know, it sat on top of the fireplace in the corner. We worried about it falling on one of the kids. Especially in the case of an earthquake. So we moved from 32 in to 46 in. yeah it's big. I really hope we don't need to buy another one for many years. It is kind of cool. Aaron streams shows off the internet to the TV as well as Netflix for movies. It is fascinating when you stop and think about what you can do with technology.
We also had my cousin Brandon come help us make a master plan of our half acre weed patch. We are hoping with a detailed plan we will be able to add all the decor and such over the course of years rather than owe the bank money. Speaking of money....the van is starting to show tude and it is beginning to make me nervous, so we have our eye out for a 'new' one. We have heard in the course of listening to the news that a lot of cars are being repode because of the housing market and all the 2005 leases are coming up this summer, so maybe I'll get my dream minivan (it is possible to dream about a dream minivan?), be still my heart :)
Aaron is going to sunny San Diego on Sunday. Yeah, I'm bitter. Tade has a Primary's appt on Monday so I couldn't go with Aaron. Tyge is going to come with Tade and I. We think that it will be good for Tyge to see what happens on Tade's trips to the Dr. Of course this is the less drama one. He will be getting a regular echo. In August he gets the stress MRI. That one is no fun.
So we gear up for the 50's this week. Until the next time.......

Aaron is in Washington D. C. for three days. It was snowing big time when he left this morning. It always make me nervous when he flies out of state....especially to D.C.
The boys and I are surviving. We had karate and scouts at 4 pm, blood draw, then off to pick-up Trey from karate and Tyge from scouts at 5 pm, made some mac and cheese, took Tyge to karate at 6 pm then back home to eat mac and cheese, Tade did piano, and then back to pick-up Tyge at 6:45pm, then back home to put a VERY crabby Trex to bed. Tade read to Trey while Tyge ate. Trey to bed at 7:30 pm and Tyge did piano and then to bed at 8:30. whooooweeee! I did managed to program our new phones a bit in between all that. Our old ones were pushing ten years and not charging.
Wish me luck, we are having friends over tomorrow................eight boys.

I keep forgetting that I need to blog. We had another crazy week last week. I got a phone call from OCS from Tade. He got pushed off the slide and was having problems breathing. So we went to the doctor's and they ran some tests and took x-rays of his chest to see if he had any damage or bleeding. He is fine. It was the first time I have gotten a call from him about problems breathing. Considering it has been three and half years since he got sick, the odds aren't bad. Still, I had to keep reminding myself not to freak til I had a reason to freak.