Scary moment

I took Zeke to Joyschool this morning and then came home and took a shower. When I got out of the shower, the back door was open and Porter was gone. It took all I had to not run outside screaming in a towel. I threw on some clothes and ran out the door. You see, Porter just learned how to ride his tricycle and LOVES it. So while I was in the shower he decided to go on a bike ride. He never has been able to unlock the dead bolt until today. Luckily, he went out to the street and then went down the sidewalk on the side street next to our house instead of heading down the busy street. I found him at the back neighbor's shop where we usually ride bikes in his parking lot. Scared me to death.

We have child safe things on the handles on our doors now.

A couple Firsts

Seriously, it's only the 2nd day and I almost forgot to post! How pathetic am I? I was preoccupied with stupid car stuff today. We picked up our car from the shop and drove it 7 miles, had it start smoking and found out they didn't put oil in the engine after they worked on fixing our oil leak. Unfortunately, they did everything they could to deny the fact and turn everything around. So, after 3 times having them tell us they fixed our oil leak, and almost burning up our engine, we drove away... with an oil leak.

But that's not what's important.

The important thing is that Porter went poop on the toilet today! Yes, I'm sure everyone wanted to know that. Having him freak out every time he did anything in his diaper and making me change him (we've been going through way too many diapers lately) and refusing to use the toilet came to an end. I guess it's time to potty train him for real. Yikes!

And real fast for other firsts... my kids went to the dentist today. I can't believe I'm that much of slacker and have never taken them before. I blame it on the fact that I absolutely hate the dentist and avoid it at all costs. The boys loved it, have great teeth, and completely showed up the scared older kids next to them.

That's all.

Is it May already?!

I hardly ever write on here anymore. That is why I am reinstating my "post a day in May". It's time to get caught up and fill in on all the little and wonderful things that my kids are doing these days. Let's start with a joke.

Me: Knock Knock
Zeke: Who's there?
Me: Boo
Zeke: Boo Who?
Me: Don't cry, it's only a joke! hahaha

Zeke: Knock Knock
Me: Who's there
Zeke: Banana Peel
Me: Banana Peel Who?
Zeke: Banana Peel makes you slip and fall down. Don't cry, it's only a joke!

And every day since then, this is how Zeke's jokes go...
Zeke: Knock Knock
Me: Who's there:
Zeke: (fill in with anything you can see)
Me: _________ who?
Zeke: __________ _________ (both random) Don't cry, it's only a joke.

Hahahahaha.......

Sick day... I mean week

We had a very long week over here. I started running a fever last Sunday night and never really recovered. I finally went to the Dr. on Wednesday and it turns out I had Pneumonia. Zeke ran a fever all day Tuesday, and Toby ran a fever on and off all week. Porter didn't start until Friday night.
Porter: Mommy, I sick. Take care of me.
Then he curled up in my lap and went to sleep. Lucky for us, he is a fairly pleasant sick child and hasn't been too bad. It is now a week later and we are still hiding out in our house but will hopefully be poking our heads out starting tomorrow.
Not leaving our house for a whole week has got us pretty stir crazy. The boys, on top of watching more movies than ever, came up with a few projects to keep them busy. Here is Zeke and Porter doing a project that Nana got for them.



Zeke is into turning himself into scary monsters. This is his St. Patrick's Day monster. I'm not sure if this is what he thinks a leprechaun looks like, but I wouldn't be surprised. Those pesky leprechauns turned our milk green again this year. They are so sneaky!


Have I mentioned lately how much I love Relief Society and grateful I am for them and all they do to take care of my family? I don't think we would have eaten all week without them.

Hens and Chicks

In case you didn't already know, Toby is pretty amazing. For the past couple years he has been building and working on a website for his parent's nursery. On top of that, he started a little side business with his mom and brother. They are selling these cute little plants called Hens and Chicks or sempervivum. You really should check out their website, blog and all their cool stuff.


I am so proud of Toby for all the hard work he does. He is so creative and good at everything he does. Here's to hoping this little side project keeps growing and continues to give Toby something to look forward to after his "other" job.

Way too long and personal...

I never know how open to be on my blog. After all, anyone that wants to read it can. I have thought about going private and spilling all my guts, because after all, the reason for my blog is to keep a journal of my family. Toby hates it when blogs are private though, so we’ll see.

Anyway, this last year has been a whirlwind, rollercoaster ride for us and I haven’t mentioned a word. I kind of want to remember everything… the good, the bad and the ugly, so here goes. Feel free to skip all this and catch up on the next post.

A few years ago, talk started in Roseburg about buying a piece of property and moving the store (nursery) to a new location. With that came a job opportunity for Toby to move back to Roseburg and work with family. I won’t lie; it took me a long time to get used to the idea. I wasn’t thrilled, but I knew Toby would be happy. They looked and looked for property, but nothing ever seemed quite right. This went on and off for a couple years. Then they found the ONE. It was ranch land and therefore a lot cheaper than other places in town. A nursery is one of the few businesses that could go on the land and everything else just seemed perfect. The only problem was the owner. It was a cranky old man that thought he was going to make a killing when they decided to develop the land. The land was NOT going to be developed. And seriously… the guy was like 80, what was he waiting for?! We tried working with him for a few months and then heard that some guy in California was coming in to buy the land. Bummer. The roller coaster continues… the deal with the Californian fell through and the owner of the other ranch land in Roseburg stepped in and bought the land. We were so excited. We had already tried to buy the land with this guy previously so that we could have a smaller chunk of it and things seemed to be all set. When he bought it, we were sure it was all going to work out. Toby and I were moving. Not! The guy threw a bunch of crap at us and it took forever to negotiate the price. Once we finally nailed that down we started planning on moving around the middle of July. Then the lawyers got involved. Every single item needed to be argued over. Toby’s dad was a champ and stayed patient through the whole thing. I was ready to call the guy myself and chew him out. Anyway, we were down to the final point on the contract and we weren’t budging on it. We have given him pretty much everything he wanted except this. He even got all the completely unheard of, so nice of us things. Well, Toby and I were still in wait mode… talking of moving in short notice whenever the papers went through. Well, the guy decided at the last second, to withdraw everything. The property was no longer for sale. I mean… we had finally set a date for moving. We really thought everything was going to be done. I told the people at Joy School that I was leaving. They replaced me! We were going to move Nov. 1. What a pain. This is seriously only the shortened (although it seems long) condensed version of events. I can’t tell you how many times we had dates on the calendar and then how many times those fell through. I can’t tell you how many times we all said, “We should know something next week!” It became a joke really. It was hard. I was actually excited to move to Roseburg. I was excited to buy a house, live by family and let Toby have his dream job. I think being on such a rollercoaster all year really brought Toby and I closer together. We finally wanted the same things to happen. (We don’t always have the same opinions on things.) Finally we bit the bullet, bought some last minute tickets to fly to Oregon for Christmas and said we were done. (Hopefully)

Then we set to figuring out what comes next. The best news was finding out that I was pregnant. We had been talking, planning and listening to Zeke talk and plan on another baby and finally I was pregnant. Just last Thursday I went in for my first appointment. I was 12 weeks along and excited to finally feel like it was official and start telling people. I had just finished feeling nauseous all the time and was starting to get a little more energy back. Well, I went to the appointment and the nurse couldn’t find the heartbeat. Then the Dr. brought in the ultrasound machine and again I was told that they couldn’t find a heartbeat. They measured the baby and it was about 11 weeks along. I was in shock. I had no symptoms of miscarriage and my last 2 pregnancies had been a piece of cake. I called Toby and told him the news and decided to get the D&C surgery. I called my mom and told her (she didn’t even know I was pregnant) and waited for them to call and tell me what time to head over to the hospital. They wanted me back in 2 hours. I scrambled trying to find a babysitter last second, which was awful because I was crying and trying to explain to people that didn’t even know I was pregnant. Finally my brother called and said he was on his way with my sister. I love having family close by! Toby came home from work and went with me to the hospital. I was there forever waiting. I guess there were a few emergency surgeries before me. We got home a little before 7pm. 2 different people in my ward had brought dinner over. Then somebody brought dinner on Sunday, which was really good because that is the day my body started to freak out on me. I am so thankful for a husband that has the priesthood. Anyway, Thursday was really hard and then I was fine. My body has taken a little longer to sort itself out, but I feel peace. I know that Heavenly Father has something planned for my family and I just need to trust in His timing. Zeke will get his “gril” someday and everything will work out. I am thankful for this experience. I hate that I have to start over, but I know that everything will be okay.

Wow, this is way too long. I guess that’s about it for now. Let the rollercoaster continue, but I am learning to scream and throw my hands in the air every time we go over another bump.

Fun at Home

It was my turn to teach Joy School a couple weeks ago. I am not meant to be a preschool teacher. I am very grateful that I only have to teach every 7 weeks. Anyway, we did a bubble activity and the boys loved it. They were trying to see who could blow the most bubbles and eventually connected all of them. They were so proud.

Zeke and Porter have become pretty good friends lately. They like to do everything together. My favorite is when they wrestle. They say, Ready, Set, Go and then run at each other. Porter grabs a hold of Zeke's shirt and then falls to the ground pulling Zeke with him. I've had to teach Zeke to be soft because he is so much bigger, but they have managed pretty well. Zeke especially likes it when Porter grabs on and then Zeke gets to pull him around the house. I'll try to get a picture of it sometime. I can't believe how fast they are growing up!