new windowsills

"Hi my name is Bob."  We took out all the old windowsills and we're putting in the new ones little bit at a time... we only have 4 left.  Evelyn thought this piece of old windowsill looked like a man.

Seth LOVED doing this.

The Komen's were cleaning out their little kid toys.  They donated their duplos to the daycare.... Seth is as big of a fan as the daycare is.

 

All the other stuff

Ada's finished Biology project.

Since babies faces aren't all clear... this was meal time the other day.  They're all teething so they all like to be pretty close.

Jer had his first ever trip in an ambulance. Wed, Jer got hurt somehow.  He did a run, went sledding, and did some work in our bathroom putting the cabinets in place.  Between everything, he tore several muscles in his thigh.  The pain is in three places which then radiates down to his knee and up his hips and back.  We were trying to have him rest it.  My marvelous parents took him to the instacare on Thursday because I had daycare. They gave him meds for aggravated nerves.  Friday was okay, Saturday not so okay.  Saturday night, we watched a movie to keep it low key and still spend time with the kids.  About midnight we got the kids to bed and about 12:30 I tried to get Jer up and into bed.  He couldn't stand or sit.  We ended up laying him on the floor and propping him up as best we could.  By 1 am it had gotten worse, and Jer was shaking like he had Parkinson's. Jer asked me to call 911, so I did. I got Ada up to watch for the ambulance and got back down to Jer.  Ada said that they parked in our neighbor's driveway and knocked on their door.  Ada had to go outside and wave them over to us. 5 giant men came down, gave Jer an IV, took his vitals, got him on the stretcher and into the ambulance.  I conferenced with Ada, packed a bag and followed. They did x-rays to make sure nothing was broken and tested some stuff for his nerves.  They diagnosed with him torn muscles in his thigh.  They put him on a muscle relaxer and pain meds and sent us home at 6 am.  We stopped at the pharmacy for some lidocaine patches, grabbed breakfast and I basically dragged Jer into the house.  Sunday our sacrament program was based around the choir song we've been working on for the last two months... So I slept for 3 hours and the kids and I went to church for Sacrament.... then we came home and crashed.  

Sam was practicing the flute and Ada walked by and turned on the treadmill on her way by.  She said she was getting him ready for marching band. He just finished practicing and Jer kept joking that any time he made a mistake we would turn up the treadmill.

 

Sledding in January

We have had a lot of snow.  We've had more snowstorms in the last three months than the last three years combined. It makes for great sledding and Seth is a big fan. 

Jer and I got to go do sealings with my parents, Aunt and Uncle, and Tom and Inez.

Jer got the toilet in with the help of the kids.  I LOVE seeing him teach them new skills and to be unafraid of learning something new.

Our neighbors got the Orem decoration award.  They work so hard to make their yard fun and interactive.

Evelyn got her first temple recommend.  We're taking her to the temple next week for the first time.... then we'll go with cousins in February.

Last day out of school, the girls and I went to go dress shopping.  The place we were going was closed.... and the next store we stopped at was also closed.... so we stopped for pizza.

 

We're Starting fall!

First off, Hannah left for Japan today.  Ada and their group of girls are a mess.  I'll miss her, but I'm glad she's safe and will be somewhere stable and supervised.  Ada helped her DI clothes, pack and throw stuff on Saturday.  Then Sunday they had a birthday dinner and goodbye party for her.  Lots of hugs, lots of tears and lots of promises.

Last Sunday we had Emma and Steven over.  We played games, made sushi and watched a movie.

Monday, we took the kids for Menchies.  Evelyn and Seth were good helpers with Peter and watched him while we finished a movie, so they earned it.

Here's Jer's new shelf.  It fits and doesn't have the drawer holes.... Much better.  I'm getting new laundry baskets though.  These came with the house and have seen better days.

It was Spirit week last week for the jr high schoolers too.  Ada was in charge of Disney day.  She borrowed Disney stuff to wear for the day and created a trivia game that they played at lunch time in the common area.  This picture is red carpet day.  Sam was super fancy.... I love it.  Ada has better pictures on the kid's phone.  I'll get them off and post them sometime.

Evelyn had a rough week.  The ballet teacher said that she thinks Evelyn's trying hard, but that she would do better in the 2.5 class instead of 3.  Evelyn's sad to leave her friends.  But at least she got to have Luke over to do their homework project on Friday.  

Jer and I went to the Timpanogas Symphony on Saturday night.  It was fun.  It's not as high quality as the Utah Symphony, but it's low key and close.

Sam is officially off crutches.  He's excited to be allowed to walk on it.  He's not allowed to take the boot off for two more weeks and no running, jumping, etc.... for 4 more weeks.

The Friday before last, Seth got to go to his very first grown up symphony.  He's 8 now so he's now allowed in.  Jer said that he did a really good job and Seth said it was fun.  I grew up going to BYU basketball and football games.  I was okay watching the games, but what I really savored was the time spent with my Dad and my Grandpa Wilcox.  I remember vividly my Grandpa's car and my frozen breath walking out of the arena.  I hope that my kids can have the same love of one on one time with Dad and their Grandpa.

I have not been to very many games this season, but Jer's gotten a few pictures.  Ada made a goal last Saturday.  She says she sort of made a goal because she didn't have it kick it hard.  Hehehehe.

Jer got a good laugh out of the "swear word" (Brandon Sanderson style) on the back of the counter that he pulled out of the laundry room.

 

Finishing up construction

Seth and Evelyn were asked to break up the Styrofoam and put it in the trash before the garbage man came the next day.  They had a blast breaking it into the littlest pieces possible.... and then I sat on the grass and made them pick up every single little piece because they weren't actually putting it into the can.

Here's the after.  Jer put all the speaker wires inside the walls, moved his office to the basement, new paint, new carpet and a new entertainment center.

The carpet installer ran out of carpet 3 steps from finishing. He ordered some more, but for now we have the before and after comparison for everyone to see.

 

Construction

 

Hard, sleep deprived, worker

Downstairs with the new paint and carpet

Hoarder's house... We loaded our kitchen with most of our library and front room.

Basement after texturing the ceiling

Painting the walls in the front room. Ada, Sam, the sister missionaries and I all worked on this one together.  That was fun.