May has been an eventful month. Brigham kicked things off by turning 10, Yeah! He got just what he wanted, the SLITHER, WooHoo!


He earned his Bear and is now in the Weeblo Den. His leaders are awesome, he is going to have a great year in scouts.
We found out that we are pregnant? The boys are very excited. John is happy. I am so sick that I don't appreciate it yet. Gabe will be 17 years older than this one. Holy What?!*?#?!
Gabriel turned 17 the day after UCAS let out for the summer. He did well this year, he doesn't have to retake any classes, woohoo!He chose JCW's for his B-day lunch. It was soooooo good! Best onion rings in town!
He finished his meal in about 5 minutes. Good thing he brought a game to play while we finished our food.He got exactly what he wanted too! Teenagers, they are so easy to shop for.
Luke has grown too tall for all his pants, so he is skinnier than ever now. He has some mad skills on Wii sports now. He is just growing fast, trying to catch up to his big brothers.
John has been working hard on the attic, gotta get a room done before we add another little body to our home. And now, we get on with summer, hope the weather gets warm soon.

Brig made bird feeders this year and everyday we have lots of little birds visit our tree. We can here them when we are eating breakfast and we open the curtains to watch. I got these pictures after lunch today. We opened the door and they stayed. When we walked onto the porch they took off. But, if we would sit still they would all return. So cool!

Cleaning tip.For those times you have a bum knee and climbing on and off chairs is too scary for you. You may enlist the help of any 4 year old who loves to climb on counters. I am lucky that I own one of the above mentioned 4 year olds and, yes, he love to climb on counters. So I didn't have to pay him even. He just loved helping out. He climbed right up in that cupboard and handed me all the junk we needed to clean out.
Thanks Lukey

Inexpensive activity for your kids. Brig and Luke were watching the Curious George Christmas show and the Man in the Yellow Hat made a triangle tree count down to Christmas so, of course, we needed to make triangle tree count downs too. They had a great time coloring on this lovely Saturday morning.

Thursday the 22nd was the end of my life as I knew it. I am now confined to my bed till monday. I had surgery to replace my ACL (anterior cruciate ligament)
Right now, I am thinking that they should come up with some better pain relievers. I guess I am on something pretty strong, but it never really relieves the pain all the way.
I can not believe how horrible this is. I would much rather have gone through natural childbirth again.
Karina was so kind to take Luke for 2 days. Today he spent a lot of time in bed with me, with his little cold and netflix movies. Mom was super helpful as well, she sat at the hospital with me while John went to parent teacher conferences with Gabe and she also came over and sat with us while John went to the BYU/TCU game tonight. (That was worth it. Ha Ha) Poor BYU, poor John, poor me and poor mom. Luke is asleep in the picture above. No wonder I smiled.

I love to read all of my families blogs! But everytime I look at mine there is nothing new. I wish someone would update mine for me.
It has gotten cold since the last time I blogged. Not surprising.

We decided to put Brig in public school this year. So far he is loving 3rd grade. It helps that his whole primary class is in his school class. He is a great student, his teacher is a Grandma who decided after her kids were all gone that she would go back to school and become a teacher like she always wanted. It really is never too late.


Gabe is going to UCAS, Utah County Academy of Science. It is a fancy name for a Charter School. But it is a fancy charter school, run out of a trailer. He is getting his high school diploma and working on his Associates degree at the same time.
He likes the school, he hates History class. I can sympothise with that. Never was my favorite subject.
He is still taking Tae Kwon Do, against his will, mostly. I told him last week that he had to keep at it until he is a black belt. At least once a week he has to get up and do something besides sit at the computer doing homework.
He gets to ride the UTA Bus to school which is in Orem, right next to UVU. He has a UVU ID badge and bus pass. He has learned to take a wallet every where he goes now. What a grown up thing to do. His favorite thing to do is walk over to the UVU caffeteria and get a hamburger for lunch. I think he would give his life for a hamburger. I pick him up at least 3 days out of the week and he is always hanging out with the girls when we get there. I rarely catch him talking to his "best friend". Gotta keep an eye on this guy.


Luke is now a big 4 year old. You will be glad to hear that he is now Binky free, Yeah!!!! We were trying to ease him off of it, like we did the bottles. No good. We had to make him quit cold turkey. He wanted a certain toy that was too much money for someone his age, but he agreed to cut up all his pacifiers and throw them in the outside garbage, so we got him the toy. It has been 6 days now, and he has asked a few times, only when he is tired. But he gets over it pretty quickly.

Why is getting rid of a binky so hard to do?
It is a lot like trying to get rid of wasps. You can spray them, knock down their nests. But somehow there is always more. They come back mysteriously like the binky. We rarely see the beginnings of a nest, it is just there one day full grown, and full of little baby wasps. The binky will get lost, we don't know how. It's in the mouth, you turn your head and it's gone. But it will find its way home somehow. Perfect example is 'Zebra Binky' in Lukes mouth, it was lost for at least a year and then one day he had it, back in his mouth, cause, "I need it!", he tell's us with his little voice and puppy dog eyes. What ya gonna do? Just wait for someday, I guess, or be mean? He such a baby!

Little Boys
Author: Unknown
Little boys come in all shapes and sizes, Shy and adventurous, full of surprises, With misshapen halos and mischievous grins, Small dirty faces, and sweet, sticky chins. They'll keep you so busy, and yet all the while Nothing can brighten the world like their smile. And no greater treasure has brought homes more joy Than a curious, active, and lovable boy!