Shriner's Trip and Back to School!!!

So we went to Shriner's last week, but since today was T.j.'s first day of school I'm going to start with that and then back track to last weeks adventures.

T.j. has been looking forward to school for awhile. We weren't actually sure if we would send him this year or wait. But in the end we decided to just send him and then deal with problems as they come our way.

So Toph is a 3rd grader this year!! Creedance is a 2nd grader! And T.j. is a Kindergartener!!! It is so strange sending all three this year!! T.j. had no problem going to school he ran off to do all the the chalk drawings and to talk to everyone. I on the other hand am not sure how ready i am to let go. He has always been my snuggler and the one to tell me he loves me and it was hard to leave him there!!!!

Anyways, I better move on before the crying starts.

The Shriner's trip was very eventful this time. T.j. got a new doctor since his old one no longer works there. We are suppose to be seing a dr. every year and haven't been able to before now. He got all new x-rays. He also got crutches and walker this time. He is sooooo in love with them. He doesn't want to wear his foot just use his crutches. Hopefully they novelty wears off soon and we only have to use them when he needs them. He also got fitted for a new foot since his is falling apart!!! But we won't be able to get it until they have time to make it and right now they are really busy. So we will be making another trip down in a couple of weeks hopefully!!!

Waddoups Family Pic's and Jake's Wedding!!!

We finally have gotten all the Waddoups kids together, and actually got a photo!! It was sad that we didn't have all spouses and children. But i consider us lucky just to get all 7 of us and our parents in one place long enough to take a picture. And what better place than in Mom and Dad's back yard.

And what Waddoups get together would ever be the same with out a little football!!! Tyler climbed up on top of my parents playhouse, walked all the way out on the edge so he could get some pictures of the game.

The next day was the Wedding!! Jake and Stacey are so cute together!!!! The Temple was great, the lucheon was great, and the reception was great. We did alot of visiting and playing with all the family that came. My kids found they have "cousins" other then Jen's kids that are their ages. They are actually my cousins but my kids loved playing with them!!!

American falls camping and some climbing!!!

A couple of weekends ago we went camping and climbing with some of our good friends the Hansens. We had a good time, wait other than the bus did not want to make it to American Falls for the camping trip. As we were driving along, it kept just completely stopping. We gave it a break and eventually made it!

The kids love camping, and they love camping even more with friends. They played and helped set up and eventually we made it to bed that night. The next day they went down to the lake and Toph managed to fall in twice!! No one else got wet. We even took a little hike out onto the Jette(Spelling?).

Next we headed to Pocatello to do some climbing. The kids had a good time running around and they all tried to climb the rock. Though i only seem to have pictures of Toph doing it. After the kids climbed the men climbed. These Pictures were nice but you can't really tell whose climbing so no point in putting them on here. Anyway we had a great time with friends!!!

Pearson turned 2!

Ok so this post is really late!!!! And is going to be quite pathetic but i have to still write about his birthday because i love him sooooooo much! He seemed to have a great day!!! He had his bestest friend over all day! (Ryan's mom had just had a baby so it worked out great to get to have him over!!!) We played all day, and then let him make a huge mess out of Spaghetti for dinner. Pearson loves to make messes but HATES to be dirty which never seems to work out!!! Then we moved on to cake and ice cream and from here on out you will see that I was not a great mom for this birthday!!! I usually make the kids a themed cake, i buy the special pan, and then star on all of the icing. This did not happen he got a plan old regular cake, but there was candles. And this next picture even shows how much i didn't doo.......... nope no wrapping paper even. We left the gifts in the bag and just let him pull them out!! wow looking back makes me feel even more guilty. The good thing is he had such a good time and loved it all. Loved the toys, loved the cake, hated having to share with his brothers and sisters. I am so grateful for my baby!!! And can't believe that he is already 2!!!!! Happy Birthday Pearson!!!

redfish and other fun

So Tyler was able to move the pictures to this one but not the words so until i have more time to write more words, everyone can enjoy the pictures!!!!Pearson at the Hopkins reunion! The only pic i was able to find on my crazy computer! We had such a good time with Tyler's family! The kids got to see all of their cousins, play in the frog pond, they all loved the playmill theatre!(even Pearson which suprised me!!) We all stayed in a big cabin together so pretty much it was non stop fun unless you were asleep! First Day at Redfish. Alot of the family had gone to the gold dredge when we arrived but Jake, Stacey, Mom, and Dad were there, and the kids made a killer good Sand castle with some help!!!The Next day we skiied some and played on the beach but then some of them ran up to the other end of the lake. There was hiking to the Lily ponds and cliff jumping. Toph and Cree went with all of their cousins and others, and had a glorious time!! Dad gave driving lessons to a bunch of the grandkids. I think they had alot of fun!!
Pearson was not a very happy camper. He ran a fever part of the time. He did make some trips to the beach and would have spurts where he didn't screeam the whole time. Yes I waterskiied! Yahoo i am so excited that i was able to get up!!!

Fun!

bad time

Just posted a blog about Redfish and Hopkins Reunion but did it on the wrong blog. Trying to figure if i can move it but not looking good. GRRRRRR

Catching up!!

Sorry about the space. I am having the hardest time with blogger!!!!

So we have been up to alot lately which hasn't left a whole lot of time to blog. (OK i have had time but I have been using my spare time for other things). Anyway now I get to try to play catch up!!! Just have to pick where to start. Since I didn't get any pictures of Creedance's Dance Recital maybe I should start there. Her whole team did soooo good! They are just so stinking cute! She did her regular two dances and then her Ballet class did a dance! I know i should have taken pictures, but Tyler stayed home with all of the boys, and recitals are sooooooo crazy for me. I always seem to be like a chicken running around with its head cut off! Anyway since dance is done for the year, things should be a little slower for me! Oh wait the kids are out of school so things will probably be more crazy!

We have been working on getting another room done in the basement! I am attempting to help but not doing so good! I can sand the walls just fine but i am not very good at mudding! Tyler also has other helpers who don't really help!

The kids watermelon juice stand!

Toph had pack meeting a couple of weeks ago and recieved a bunch of awards. I think is favorite being the pocket knife one! The kids love builing forts! They are trying to come up with all sorts of fun plans for this summer!

Oh and T.J. graduted from Preschool he is very excited about this and keeps asking me about when Kindergarten starts. I was a little bummed at the graduation. They forgot to call his name and he had waited so patiently through more than 30 kids. I took him up to get his stuff though, so in the end it all worked out!