Updates

Dayv and my brother in law Dan have now gotten three walls sheet rocked and the new wall framed. It's coming along really nicely. It will be really nice to have an extra room for when we have company staying in town.
Landon had his first test done today. His ENT (ear nose throat) doctor wanted to do a swallow test first. They take an x-ray while he drinks to see where it goes. The results showed that when that when he eats the food hesitates before going down his esophagus. Why? Who knows? Does it have anything to do with his breathing problem? Don't know that either. I am suppose to follow up with both his pediatrician and his ENT.

Carson also had a visit with the ENT and has an appointment to get his tonsils out July 14th. He's not too worried about it....for now! I am hoping this solves his sleeping problems.

Demolition Time!

Well, we have started our renovations. Today three other guys plus Dayv torn down all the paneling and sheet rock. They also torn out the carpet that was destroyed. They even did a fantastic job of cleaning it all up! I am so thankful for living in such a wonderful neighborhood with people who are always willing to lend a hand!

This is actually a picture of the demolition Dayv did last night:

This is a picture of the wire that was totally burned in the fire:

This is a picture of the bubble wrap that we think was the stuff that caught on fire in the first place. Now here's the question, why in the world would you put bubble wrap inside a wall? Anybody have the answer to that?Here is what was done today:

We have been thinking are very lucky we had a drop ceiling in our basement or we would of lost the house. That was only way we were able to see that the fire had spread.

Sebastian still has not shown up. I'm still praying that he will. Thank you for all your prayers!

Missing Sabastian...

Sabastian is one of my three cats. Following are yesterday's events that preceded his disappearance.

It was a very warm, sunny day. Dayv decided to get the swamp cooler going. He took the hose and sprayed it down. He then came back into the house and discovered the basement had flooded. He found the cause of the flood to be the pipe to the outside water had burst. He then, of course, tried to fix the problem. He went and bought new parts and attempted to sauder them together. This is when his loving wife came into the room and told him he was going to start the insulation on fire. About one minute later she hears: "Get the fire extinguisher!!!" He puts out the small fire. His wife then looks up at the ceiling and notices that it is glowing. The ceiling is now on fire. She then panics and starts screaming, "FIRE, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!!!" and grabs her four sleeping children. The firemen come and make sure the fire is out while everybody stands outside. The wife is very worried now about the animals in the house. Dayv puts the dogs outside and tries to keep an eye on the open front door to make sure the three cats do not escape. After everything calms back down the cat search begins. Keltin is calmly sitting in the living room, Marlowe soon appears....Bastian....where's Bastian??? We look, and look and look. Alisha becomes very upset. Pets, to her, are just like family. The search has continued and Alisha is having a hard time with his disappearance but has been trying to keep busy cleaning up the huge mess so that she does not have to think about it.

Please pray for Bastian's safe return. It may sound silly to some of you but I really do miss him and worry that he is not well at this time. He recently had to have all his teeth removed because they had all rotted. I am trying to have faith that he will come back to us but it is very difficult for me.

On a more happy note, our insurance is giving us $2500 to pay for the damage. I would also like to thank everyone who was there for us at this great time of need.

Random Recent Events

It's been a while, as usual so here is the update on everything:

VROOOOOOOM

Somehow Dayv was able to talk me into letting him get a motorcycle, don't ask me how! I think it was because out of all the things he has been bugging me about, this was the cheapest. He has been riding everyday that the weather has cooperated and even looks for excuses to get out on it. He took Carson out around in our cul-de-sac, that is as far as I'll let him go and even that was making me a little nervous.

MORE ZZZZZZZZZ'S AND POUNDS

Landon is sleeping through the night! I couldn't believe considering how horrible he was for the first month of his life. Last night was the best with a total of 6 1/2 straight hours! YEA!! I recently weighed him at my parent's house and he is now up to 16 lbs! I think he has now surpassed Carson's phenomenal weight gain record when he was a baby. My Dad said maybe you have a lot of fat in your milk, whales do...thanks Dad!

MY NEW HOBBY

I have now picked up a new hobby, couponing! I have been into this whole grocery money saving thing with Deals to Meals which has helped A LOT in getting my food storage AND saving money on my weekly groceries. Then my SIL introduced me to Penny Pinchers and A Full Cup. I have never been much of a coupon fan until she kept telling me about all these things she was getting for pennies or even free. It works better if you get the Sunday newspaper but I went out last night with only coupons I printed online and got all of this:

4 wheat thins
4 Mayo
4 salad dressings
6 granola bars
4 bagelfuls
2 Special K
4 BBQ sauce
5 lbs apples

How much $$$?
A total of $16.87! I actually got paid to buy the BBQ sauce! Thanks Christy!

WHEELER FARM

I took the kids to Wheeler Farm last Thursday and they had a lot of fun. I didn't think Tahirah was go after our last trip to Wheeler Farm but as long as we stayed away from the "Bee Tree" she was ok. The cutest animal had to be the little donkeys that just loved to be pet and kept following the kids along the fence.

LOST

Last night I lost my debit card during my couponing trip. This is actually the SECOND time I have lost my card within the last two weeks. The first time I found it in my van AFTER I had canceled my cards. We got new cards and pin just a couple of days ago and I've lost it again! This time I just put a hold on my card to see if it turns up again. So frustrating!!

We have a WINNER!

Or rather two winners. Victoria and Christy got the "Who's Who" correct. The correct order is: Noah, Tahirah, Landon and Carson. Congratulations you two. Your prize is the satisfaction of knowing that you could tell my children apart better than their own father could!

Busy Month!

(FYI, referring to my last post....nobody has gotten them all right yet. Not even their own Dad!) Well, this has been quite the busy month for us. Landon is now one month old! Time has just flown. A week after he was born my mom stayed with us for a week. The day she left my sister in law Toni and her kids came up from Vegas for a week. The kids swapped houses nightly between ours and Michael and Christy's. We also kept their two dogs here. It was so much fun having Toni here. She, Christy and I were able to have lunch and Toni and I were also able to have a day of shopping. I can't wait until she moves to Draper! I was almost kid free for three days. I drove the kids up to my Grandma and Grandpa Denton's house to meet my mom. She took the older three kids to my grandma Campbell's house for the Easter weekend. They are still talking about all the fun they had especially being able to hold the new baby kittens. My Grandma even made up some Easter baskets for them. The day after the kids left Dayv's parents, Ron and Janelle, came into town and stayed at our house for another week. It was a lot of fun having them around. We didn't think they were going to make it because Janelle had gotten shingles in her eye and herpes down her throat! Her throat was all better by the time they came and her eye had much improved. We blessed Landon on Easter Sunday since Ron and Janelle were here. Janelle made his adorable blessing outfit.Easter afternoon all the cousins had a Easter egg hunt at Michael and Christy's and then we all ate a fabulous Easter dinner prepared by Christy.

To top off all this madness Dayv and I celebrated out 7th anniversary! I can't believe it's been 7 YEARS! It has gone by so fast. I guess time flies when your having fun! We met Thanksgiving weekend in 2001. One of my roommates from college set us up on a blind date. We played laser tag and saw the first Harry Potter movie in the theatre. When I said goodbye to him that night I honestly never thought I'd see him again. I was definitely interested in him but just didn't get the feeling that he felt the same way. I tried to go home but they closed the canyon because of the snow. I was going to just sleep in my car at the gas station but Dayv had called my roommate and told her to tell me to call him. I did and he convinced me to come back to his aunt's house (where he was living) and spend the night there. Apparently I was wrong and he asked me out again and we visited the art museum at the university. Then he asked me to go to Vegas with him to help one of his brother's get his copy shop ready to open up. I'm still not exactly sure why I said yes, it sounds rather crazy now. It felt like we had known each other forever so at the time it really didn't seem crazy to me. Everybody was teasing me saying I was going to come back from Vegas married but instead I just came back engaged, two weeks after we had met! We got married four months later in the Logan temple and moved to Salt Lake. Now, here we are seven years later with four kids, three cats, two dogs and move in love than ever!!

Who's Who?

We get told all the time that our children look so much alike and we don't disagree. In fact I have a hard time telling some of their newborn pictures apart. Here are pictures of our kids all within their first week. So, take a guess...who's who?