Lagoon!!!

Just a bunch of pics of our trip to lagoon

Joey on the swing ride.Abby and Jason riding in the boats, they loved this ride, and of course it had the longest line in the kiddie rides, but it was worth it to see their smiles.
Here is adorable Alli, the reason we went to Lagoon is for her dance competition. In her duet with Michaela they took first!!!! And in her group they took second. She did great and we are so proud of her!

Here are the Talbots, and the Carrolls, well some of them, on rattlesnake rapids. And yes they got soaked!!!

Brian and Zach are in the last row, they are riding the bat roller coaster, they loved it.

This is the cute little trophy Zach got at an awards assembly for reading over 2 million words! Wow what a kid. He must take after his mom. Grandparents day, Grandpa Dave, and Grandma Barbara drove up to be with all the kids on grandparents day, we are so grateful for them for doing that for us. Plus we had a good time, who could ask for anything else.

During this crazy time in our lives, Brian also turned 40!!! Wow can you believe that.

And here is cute little Abby, she has been so much fun to have with us.

Only in Downey !

This is what I saw the other day when I was expecting the kids home from school, and they hadn't shown up yet. Sure enough they were outside chasing down the neighbors cows. It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. And they ran out all their extra energy. And yes they did get the cows back to their home!

Zachs birthday cake! He even managed to blow out all the candles! uncle tj, zach, kami, and alli hanging out after lunch.

My big 12 year old!

Grandma Carroll and Zachary.

Happy birthday Zach!!!!

I can't believe that you are 12 years old now!

Here are some fun pics of Zach during his first year of life. Zach is such a fun kid, he has been since he was born!

Yes, this is me and Zach, its amazing what 12 years does to a person.

This was always one of my favorite pics, This is my mom, and Zach sharing a chocolate chip cookie. Now 11 years later, he still loves them!

I have legs!!!

Jason getting ready for his first day of swim lessons. He was so funny, I put his swimsuit on him, and he was shocked that he had legs!!! He held them up so I could take a picture, and said " I have legs" I guess after a long winter of jeans and sweats, actually seeing his legs was a bit of a shock. But very funny!!!

Alli doing her swim lessons She has turned into quite the little fish.

Jason with his teachers at swimming lessons, His teacher today let him ride on her back for most of the class. He loved that. That is his kind of lesson.

Swimming Lessons, the top group of pics is Joey. He is doing really good, but he won't go off the diving board yet, maybe next time. Zach, is such a little fish. He is really doing great too.

Hogle zoo adventures.

We also went to the zoo yesterday.

These are just a few cute pics of the kids posing on the animal statues there.

Grandma and grandpa Carroll had an easter egg hunt for the kids.

Here is Jason running around looking for the candy.

Joey and Allison racing for the eggs.

Where could they be??

Jason gave up early and decided to pick flowers for me and grandma.

On our annual easter egg hunt at grandma sally's and grandpa Roys house, we send the older kids on a scavenger hunt for their 'loot' I posted these backwards, but you can get the picture. This is Joeys shoe in the road, because he was running so fast he left it behind. Here are the kids with all thier goodies
Looking for the next clue

Another clue????????????? How many did you hide?

Zach helping Jason find his eggs

Jason has been so sick the past couple of weeks. The other night, he got so tired, he told me good night, and went to bed, about 10 seconds later I followed him into his room and found him like this. How cute!!!

This is Jasons collection of sippy cups, with him being sick I have been trying to get him to drink as much as he will, he is stubborn, so he needs options, however I thought there were only 3 cups down: sprite, apple juice, and ensure (he doesn't eat when he's sick) then he found 2 more that I thought I put in the sink, He held on to them tight, taking sips out of all them in a row. ---- at least he's drinking right.

The missionaries came to our house, and they survived!!!

On Joeys birthday last month (I am a little slow) we had the missionaries over for dinner. I have not been able to do this before because Brian is always out of town, so we really enjoyed having them over, plus they were great entertianment for the kids. Too bad they can't babysit......

Over spring break we did get to go see a movie the kids have been dying to see. It was pretty good. Jason wouldn't wear his 3-d glasses, but he didn't seem to mind the fuzzy picture. We all loved the movie. Great family night idea.

Sooooooo tired

Ok those of you out there with kids know where I am coming from, so first of all please do not be annoyed at my many typos, I am going on 4 nights of no sleep!!!! Jason has been so sick this last week, and it is catching up with me. This is the time when I would love a tag team partnter, but he has to work so I am out of luck. Again I may be whining but please ignore that, remember no sleep. ok so Ilooked at my pics in my camera and realized I stopped blogging. I have so many pics to put on, but am too tired to go get my camera now that I am by my computer so you get me rambling instead. Things have been pretty crazy lately, we just had a late winter aka: spring break in Idaho, I didn't get to do much with the kids, but they were sick anyway so we wouldn't have done much. But we are looking forward to going to slc this weekend for easter, and hang out with the family. Also the Big easter egg hunt here in town that I am in charge of this year is this saturday has been keeping me pretty busy. But I am excited to see it all come together. I will try and take pics for the blog on that day. Well I thought I had more to say, but I think I am done. Stay tuned for new pics, and a better less whiny blog!

Funny story

Brian was packing up to go back to work again today, We sure have loved having him home with us for the last week. Its always hard to have him leave again. But we had a little neighbor girl over at our house today that made it a little easier. Alli's friend Torrie went up to Brian when he was leaving and was talking to him about why he has to go away to work, so far away, then she said...................... "Oh yeah its cause your a semi-person" It hit me so funny. Most kids would say a truck driver, but I couldn't stop laughing when she called him a semi-person. So now that is our joke for Brian, He can get away with anything, cause he is a
semi-person. Kids are so funny. Thanks for the laugh torrie.

Does anyone recognize this cute baby?

Its my birthday boy!!!!!

It is so hard to believe how fast time flies. 10 years ago today I was being handed this little bundle of joy trying to figure out how to raise another boy, and now... 10 years later, I am still trying to figure it out. Joey is such a fun kid. He is full of personality, and humor. He definatley keeps me on my toes. He is growing up so fast. I am going to turn around again, and he will be 20! Once again we need to find the pause button on life, or at least the slow down button. But as hard as it is to see your kids grow up, it is just as fun to see all the changes in our lives. Joey isn't the little boy who liked to play cars anymore, now he wants to play with horses, and bb guns, and ride his bike all over town- ALONE, or hang out with his friends. Now he talks about driving cars instead of playing with them, thank goodness that is still a few years away. But anyway enough ranting from an ever aging mother. Happy Birthday Joey We all love you so much!

joey 6 months old

zach 2, joey 4 months

joey 1 month old

one of my all time fav. pics Joey 8 months, zach 2 1/2

Joeys Birthday!

Every year grandpa carroll lets the kids take a handful of change out of his 'birthday money bag' this is Joey counting out his loot!The birthday boy and his daddy
We went out to chilis for his birthday lunch. Brian ordered him a special dessert for his b-day. With a little help from and eager brother and sister, they managed to polish the whole thing off.

Joeys diagnosis

Well what there is of it. I have had a few people ask what we have heard about Joeys dr. visits. I guess I haven't posted yet, because of my continued frustration!!!!!

So here is the deal. The diagnosis of cushings that I was 100 % sure of we were told was negative,(I am still not so sure) but what he does have is high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and reduced kidney function. According to my dr. there is no plan of action, we are to see the dr. every 3 months for checkups. However, I have been emailing a dr. at primary childrens, and shriners, trying to get a second opionion so we will see. Hopefully we can get Joey feeling great again!!!!! And back to normal---well I am not sure Joey has a normal, but we will get him healthy again!!! Thanks all for your concern.

Draper temple

This is considered on of the smaller temples, and they don't have much parking. So to go to the open house, we had to park at a church house, and get bussed to the temple, so I don't have any cute pics of the kids by the temple, but it is a beautiful temple!

Draper temple trip

Last week we had the opportunity to go to the Draper temple open house. We went and we didn't even get hit by lightning!!!

We had such a great time. Grandpa Roy, Grandma Sally, grandma great, aunt Kami, and Saydee all went with us. This is all of us on the bus ride from the church house to the temple. Jason especially loved the bus trip!

Alli's Dance competition in Idaho Falls. One dance took 1st place and she took 2nd place on her other dance. She looks so pretty in her lyrical outfit. She is definatly our princess. Next showing is in Malad, ID in the middle of April. She gets to do a duet with her friend Michaela. We are all looking forward to that competition. And last but not least, May 9, we are heading to lagoon for comp again!!!! yeah we get to play too!

After Alli's first dance Mindy took her to Red Robin for lunch. Alli loves onion rings so we let her order the tower of rings I think she is in heaven.

Where is the Ark???

It seems like every spring (dare I say its almost here) we get some flooding in Downey. And it has been bad before, but this is getting really bad. My mailbox is across the street from my house, and at least for the time being, I can't get my mail without sending one of my kids in to brave the fierce arctic waters. Ok so its no big deal to them, but I wouldn't do it. So here are some pics of the flood. If you double click on the pictures you can see them bigger, and get a little better idea what is creeping across my street. I will keep you posted if I need that ark.

Doctor Doctor give me the news.........

Ok so I have never been a very patient person. And this recent trial is no exception. I took Joey into the Dr.s last month for some blood work, and bone scans. I am sure most of you know that He has been having some difficulty in his little life. I have been taking him to a couple different dr.s and finally found one to listen to me, and do some tests. Well now I am waiting to hear the results. I have already waited 11 days. I wish I was one of those people that when stressed out they can't eat, lose weight, you know the type, but no, I get stressed out, and can't stop eating. It is horrible. If I don't hear from the dr. soon, I may be the next contestant on the biggest loser!!! And on top of all the stress, my little Jason Jett got really sick yesterday. We were up all night with coughing, and fever. Poor baby he is so miserable. So we are playing hooky from church today to take care of my little one. And maybe if all goes well, a well deserved nap!