So back in July we had tubes put in Nick's ears. Everyone said it would not be a big deal and that the surgery would be quick and easy . Ya know what...they were right. However, everyone failed to mentioned (I think on purpose) the horrible affect of the anesthesia on kids. I had no idea that after the surgery the anesthia would turn my sweet little boy into a banshee. They brough him back to me kicking and screaming at the top of his lungs (literally). This behavior continued non-stop for a half an hour. It was difficult for Mike and I to watch as he was completely unconsolable. Then suddenly (as the nurses had predicted) at 30 min he just stopped and asked for a popcicle. Within an hour he was acting completly normal again and asking to go play at daycare! Crazy!!! This picture is him before the surgery, he hated wearing the dress.
In August we had my cousin's wedding in our/my grandparents backyard. Thanks to everyone who spent a lot of time helping us get it ready. These are the pictures of the backyard but they don't do it justice! It really turned out georgous even though the morning of the wedding we woke up to a downpour!
After the wedding we had all the flours left at the house. Andrea was having a blast holding the bride's boquet. Of course I had to take some pictures!
While taking pictures Andrea's little best friend Izzy came over to play, so we had to take some pictures of them as well.
I also tried taking some pictures of Nick. He, on the other hand, did not think this was such a good idea. This is a picture of him screaming at me to stop taking his picture...he was definately serious! Hope this phase does not last too much longer.
Andrea begged me to hand over the camera so I did. She then proceded to tell me exactly where and how to sit. Then she came over and gave me the flower and carefully positioned my head and said "perfect, now smile." This is the resulting picture! I think I have a little photographer on my hands.
The next weekend we decided to head up to Bear Lake for a much needed relaxing weekend. We found a beach on the side of the road and let the kids loose. This was when I learned another life lesson. As we walked out to the beach I thought to myself "Oh great, it is yucky sand with broken shells everywhere, this will be aweful...lets find a new beach!" At that same moment Andrea exclaimed very excitedly, "Mom look there are sea shells everywhere!" After which she grabbed her bucket and started filling it with shells. Suddenly the beach did not seem so bad after all. We got out a little rubber raft we had bought and the kids played in the water for the next 5 hours. It was awesome!!!
Last of all we finally moved into our house!!! It took forever to close on our loan but other then that the entire building process was pretty much painless and even enjoyable! We love our new house and feel very blessed to be in it. We have even alreay made lots of new friends already in our neighborhood! Here is the picture of the finished house that everyone keeps asking me for. Please let me know if you want our new address and I will send it to you. For obvious reasons I don't really want to post it here. Thanks everyone who helped us move in and a special thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson for letting us live in their house while this one was being built!
