Kindergarten

Yah! We all survived Topher's first day of kindergarten!!!! The morning started out early. I had told Toph that he could shower and dress when he woke up and then to come and get me to make his breakfast. I didn't know that he would wake up at 6 o'clock. All was well though. He had his favorite breakfast(one-eyed sailors) got his teeth brushed and still had plenty of time to make his bed, get pictures taken, and to become nervous!!! I think he is trying to get back into the house in this picture. He ended up doing just fine though!

He got a little scared when he didn't recognize anyone but when we found his teacher and he saw the other kids waiting he went over and got in line. He walked right into the school without looking back.

He got to lots of fun things and the other kids were excited when he got home. I offered to take him out to lunch to celebrate. Somewhere like burger king or artic circle. He asked if we could go to Texas Roadhouse because he loves the peanuts there. We didn't go for lunch though because i wasn't about to take all 3 kids into a nice restaurant by myself so maybe dad will be able to go with us tonight. What a spoiled kid. Oh yah he is very proud of his kung fu backpack.

Summer

Well i can't believe how long it has been since i have written. We have gotten t.j. a new leg, been to redfish, had all my brothers and sisters here at seperate times. It so nice to see family. We have done lots of swimming. And swimming lessons for the older kids. Oh and my brother Nathan and his wife had a little baby boy, his name is Boston Jay Waddoups and he is adorable and i am just now realizing that while they were here i didn't get any pictures of him.

in front of the lodge

Redfish was wonderful. We had the greatest time. We didn't get to stay at our regular campsite, but the only real downside to that was there was no flushing toilets. We played on the beach all day, we skied and tubed to our hearts content. Christopher and Creedance even both kneeboarded. T.j. thought he wanted to try to but he didn't like the cold water very much and i wasn't sure he could hold on!!!

Christopher
Creedance

The kids loved going to the store and getting treats and trying to make sure they all got something good while they were there with some of the toys that they bought they decided to make a band and decided my brother jake would be the band conductor. I have to say it was really cute watching them play with their cousins. I threw in a couple more pics of the vacation.

The drive up was long.

T.j. really seemed to enjoy just being there And here are my crazy brothers cliff jumping

This week Topher starts kindergarten and Next week Cree and t.j. get to start dance lessons. So i guess we are coming to the end of our fun summer!!!

The House

Well life has been busy lately. We are having a great time being in the new house. The kids seem happy most of the time and even though Tyler is still doing more than he can handle it is starting to feel not so hectic. Of course i'm not so sure i should say that since me and t.j. get to go back to Salt Lake tommorow to hopefully get a new prosthetic. His is to tight, he has ripped off the big toe and the strings that hold it on are falling apart. Anyway i thought I would post this family pic we had taken this weekend. I also thought i would send some pic's of everything when we had finished but hadn't moved in yet!!

The Kitchen



Living room

Master bathroom

boys room

creedance's room

Laundry room.

I can't find the pictures of the master bedroom or the basement. So when i figure out where they went maybe i will post them.

We are moved!!!!

So we didn't get to move over the weekend but we did get to move in on Monday!!! It has made it a fairly crazy busy week. I don't seem to be able to get enough done in a day, and it seems that i just keep finding more and more boxes, and more and more things that have to be done. but i'm so excited about being here that it all seems worth it. I'm not sure Tyler agrees I think he is still stressed out to no end. Well i got a ton to do, just wanted to let you know that we are in!!!!!!

So this weekend is suppose to the weekend to move hey i have been saying this for forever and i'm not even sure i believe myself anymore. Tyler finished the bathroom and has finished most of the little things in the house i'm suppose to finish touch up paint and clean up today. But the problem is we still have no cement, and if you don't have steps into your home they will not let you have your certificate of occupation. Which of course you need to move in!!!! We have been waiting for weeks for the cement people to come. They only ever show up on days that is poring and tell us there is nothing they can do. But of course on the nice sunny days they are no where to be found they always wait a couple more days again until it rains and show up again and pretend it is our fault that they can't lay the cement. Anyway enough of being mad at the cement men.
Topher had his first t-ball game yesterday. Of course it was beyond hilarous because of all the little kids out there that don't know how to play not to mention don't have enough of an attention span to pay attention so they start playing in the outfield. Plus our coach didn't show up instead he sent his mother who acted like the kids were ten ( they are 5-7) and was yelling and telling us all our kids need to go to the batting cages. I actually thought we did great since the majority of the team and only played t-ball at the previous 2 practices. Anyway topher loved it and is very excited to get to play more.
Creeedance is looking forward to getting to do a cheer camp next weekend in Rigby. This of course is going to cause problems if we end up not moving this weekend and we have to do it next weekend. Anyway they go to camp for 4 hours on friday. Then there is a parents performance. The next day they get to be in a parade. Cree is excited but i'm not sure understands what a parade is!!!
T.j. continues to be more and more wild!!!! Every time i turn around he is terrorizing something or someone. He has figured out how to open doors and things just tend to get more and more crazy. But we love him and he sure seems happy most of the time now.

Summer begins

It is almost here!!! We should hopefully be moving in next weekend. I am going to just stick with hopefully still for now. Tyler should be finishing up the bathroom and trim this weekend. And the plumber and electrician should be there to finish up next week. We may not have a driveway right away but hopefully it isn't to far out. I am very excited to move can you tell!!!!

The big dance recital was last week. It was fun but also overwhelming, there is always so much to do and not enough time to do it. My good friend Jessica got married on saturday. Creedance was one of the flower girls and she was really cute!!!! Then me and tyler's anniversary was on sunday. We got to spend a little time together which is always nice since it has been so hard to come by lately. Overall last week was great.

So far this week we have had the last dance parties were the kids get trophies and prizes. Creedance and Topher loved it!!! Christopher had his last day of preschool yesterday and was kind of sad about it. He wanted me to call his teacher after we got home and see if he could come see her again. Hopefully starting t-ball tonight will get his mind off of that!!! It will have to stop raining though for the little guy to be able to play. Then tomorrow my father-in-law is taking me and T.j. down to Shriner's. His leg has been to short for awhile now and we need to get that fixed.

So life stays busy as always, and hopefully it will stay happy!!!!!@!

Life goes on

Wow I can't believe how long it has been since i have written. We have been keeping very busy around here and it doesn't seem like i get a whole lot of time at the computer.
The house is coming along great we have drywall, paint and cabinets. Things are getting close to the end and now it feels like it may never get done. The siding is on but the yard is still the same as before the snow so we have all the outside stuff left to do. Tyler and I have layed the tile floor in the bathroom and our next project is to tile the shower and around the tub.

Topher is still loving preschool. He has really gotten into legos lately, which means i am really getting sick of stepping on legos and finding them everywhere while i am trying to get things packed up. He has also decided that he needs to help me more and had me make him a chore chart that he carries around all day until he gets it done!!!!

Creedance turned 4 in February!!!! She is growing like crazy. We went up to Green Canyon for her birthday. She loved swimming ,playing, presents, and her strawberry shortcake Cake that i made for her.

Copyright 2008 - Tyler Hopkins Photography

T.j. is getting even wilder. He falls down all the time. He has figured out how to get to everything we try to hide from him in the house. So i know to run like crazy if i even hear a tiny squeek of a chair because that means he is getting into something. I'm constantly finding him on the counter with his mouth full of chocolate. We did get rid of the bottle a month and a half ago. I'm so proud of myself!!!! He also loves to shove dvd's into the vcr. He thinks he can watch shows that way and gets really upset when it doesn't work.

Tyler is soooooo busy all of the time. I can't wait to get to spend some more time with him eventually!!! O.k. so we did take a weekend off for his birthday and went down to Utah to get some photography stuff that this guy gave to him. I think he is more excited about the photo stuff then alot of the things on the house.

I've been sick off and on. It hurts so bad to breathe sometimes, that all i can do is lay on the couch and try to relax. I try to help as much at the house as i can but know that sometimes me and the kids just need to be out of the way more than anything. I'm starting to get tired and stressed out , but can't wait for warm weather so we can go outside and play. Can you believe we had snow this morning. Crazy, huh!