Oliver's contest!

Oliver is entered in a great american photo search for gerber baby. check out the link to cast your vote!! http://gapc-vote.com/?p=2063370

just some pics of us...

Annie likes to go on "trips"..alot. She drags a suitcase around until she decides to "come home."

My new cheetah print chair! Grrrr....I've since got a pretty pillow for it!

My new "coffee/cocoa table"...it's huge I love it!!

Another view...recognize the pink chair!

Oliver and me....

I love this face and make out with it 10 times a day!!

Over the River and Thru the Woods.....

Hey Ya'll......We're here! South Ashevillle North Carolina!!! And what a welcome we've received...10 inches of snow this last weekend!! Crazy?? We were seriously snowed in...Ok, mom is a whimp and was certain the whole town shut down and found no reason to venture out. Except when we found out that life goes on and people are sledding!!! What fun we had. No we didn't have the proper attire, but we didn't care...these AZ folks we're just happy to be in the snow! I swear our new neighbors thought our kids jumped the gun a bit when it started snowing and they were trying to make snow angels in 1/2 inches of snow. But as you can see it didn't take long before they were buried!! We love our neighborhood, we've met so many friendly people here. They actually just knock on the door and introduce themselves and hand out their numbers like candy at Halloween...But more of that later just wanted to share some pics real quick...

Coco's oh so sad holy boots

Bartel sledding backwards!! Brave kid...

Annie eating a wintery snack..I hope that's not yellow...

A warm bath after a hard day in the snow.

Bartel...taking a nap..;)

Holy Snow!!! It got even taller then that!!

just beginning to snow..

Asheville High..looks like it should be in a movie!

Our rental....ok fine, it's the Biltmore here in Asheville...

Fall colors picture from our hotel window

Accidents Happen...

It's crazy when you can look back on a time of life or situation that was probably one of your most trying times, and see all the good things and blessings that came from it. What a bumpy ride we've had these past 4 months. There are things we;ve had to deal with that we never thought we'd deal with. I guess the real test is just how you endure them. Barts accident was a crazy fluke thing, but because of it so many opportunities and insights have come along. It's a bummer when your proved to be mortal. But it's a blessing when you can regognize the Lord's hand in sparing your life. It's a good time to reflect and re-prioritize your life...We've done just that.

Bart's doing great. His hand is healing remarkably his Dr. told us it's nothing short of a miracle that he has the use of his hand at all. He nearly lost his hand, and he is back drilling and filling and pressing on. He is happy and cheerful and enduring physical therapy. I think the most amazing thing to me has been Bart's attitude thru all this. He's such a trooper, so optimistic and as funny and happy as ever. He is such an example to his family.

Bart we love you, we are so blessed to have you in our life, you truly have been watched over, you could have been taken from us but, the Lord knows we need you and your contagious smile and spirit in our life a bit longer....

Bart and Jeff Lewis ready to begin Whiplash 09'

Safety nets and 5 point harnesses

Putting on a brave smile that only Bart can do....

Again smiling for his visitors....

Skin graft from his outer thigh to be put over his wrist and hand.

Incision that went "all the way up" his inner thigh to remove muscle for muscle graft.

Fraken-hand

Looking like his hand was going to fall off...

GETTING READY TO RACE!

Bart's oh so fast sand rail that he will be racing on the 5th!

My beautiful offspring...Bartel, Annie, Coco,and Oliver...

Just the girls...

Just the boys..

How did I get so Lucky?

Part 2 :pictures...finally

Bartel was very proud of these nachos he made and asked me to put them on my blog ..so here you go. :Nachos Ala Bartel...

Dirty Camping kids....

Aunt Jenna

Holy Yummy See's Candy Sucker I had to pry this out of his hand.... 

And toes.....

Everytime I turn around my girls are stuffing there shirts!!!

Oliver has a clogged tear duct off and on, when he wakes up like this we call him "One Eyed Willie"...

Tamara and Randi going glam with extensions....I forgot to put the extension picture of Tamara up....shoot.

More Glam....Thanks Natalie!!

Forgot to turn this one...Nephew Brian having trouble tucking in his shirt while camping...who tucks in their shirt when there camping anyway right?

My sister Carly, Coco and Annie At Disney World!

Honey...I shrunk Coco and annie..ooops!

Arrrggg there be the pirate sisters....

Frumpy in Flagstaff..not so Glam in this one....

Bart cooking his famous dutch oven burritos..

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more dirty children...

Camping with our friends the Woffindens...

Soooooooooo Dirty, but soooooooo cute!

Where did the summer go.....

I know it's been forever since my last update, I'll be honest though...I have been lazy. Not with all things but for sure with my blogs..all of them. With a busy summer with 4 kids i really have to pick and choose what I want to spend time on and sadly blogging has not been a priority. But school starts tomorrow...sing "halleluliah" with me!( You know you want to) so I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things and get a regular routine down complete with time for blogging..

SO our summer? Crazy...We actually did alot. From swim parties everyweek, Disney World, st.george ut, MArysvale Ut for the fourth, Flagstaff, we were quite busy. I think the kids had a good time. But even good things have to come to an end....Hooray for school! Hooray for school! Honestly I know what your thinking..."what a mean mom, I can't believe she is so ready for school to start!" Well....if the shoe fits... bring it on! Seriously they are as ready to go back as I am ready to have them go back! Besides, I'm only thinking about their education.....(right.....) 

I'm thinking about all the projects I'm going to start and all the organizing I'm going to get done while their gone. It's been a real challenge trying to keep the house in order 24 /7 with 4 kids working against me...in fact I haven't been able to do it..at all really. and I'm tired too. I pick and choose what I have energy for and house cleaning has not been top O' the list.. It seems like if I work out then anything else I may get done is a perk..like a shower for instance. Or like now, I'm still in my sweaty gym clothes but darn it, I'm determined to blog today and if I get nothing else done today then thats' ok...yes, I will feed the children and make sure they are all alive and well, but that's my limit. Luckily, for me I have a sweet husband who doesn't demand perfection from me, which is a good thing or else i would have a very dissappointed husband on my hands. 

So we took my sister Carly with us to Florida, it ended up being kind of a girls trip..no offense Bart, Bartel did not want to go with us. Shocking I know! who doesn't want to visit the wonderful world of Disney?? Bartel... He didn't want to fly in an airplane. "had he flown before?" you ask.. "why yes, he has." But for some reason he has developed a fear of flying. Much like his fear of bed bugs...don't get me started again. (chole sleeps on the floor now by the way) Maybe he reads to much has my encouragement of learning coming back to bite me in my not so toned rear? He also heard from a "friend" that Disney World wasn't so great...remind me to find out who this friend is and have him sent "poo in a bag" because he is a party pooper!!! Anyhow, not to be runde but we still had fun without Bartel...We left Oliver as well, but they had a great time at grandma kim possibles' house...so no worries. although, I desperately missed Oliver and wanted to munch on every baby I saw at the magic kingdom...mothers protect your children......

here are some pics I'm not sure yet what I'll put up. Probably some of everything...It's great to be back!!

ok, for some reason I can't download pics right now..so I'll try it later