heimlich, college and more!!!

Exciting stuff around our house. Sam started school on Tuesday. Its the beginning of the long process but so glad to get going. He is really excited and ready to get it done!

Yesterday Lucy was sitting in her chair eating when all of a sudden she start choking. I can't figure out what she is choking on. I swipe her mouth and nothing comes out. I grab her and do the heimlich and a fruti snack wrapper comes charging out. Her siblings walked by and just set it down in front her. So you think it is ok and done...nope! I was changing her diaper today...another part of a wrapper.

So we have added to the list of things found in diapers...

Giant pink button

Wendy's chicken nugget box-part of it.

A nail-yes, a nail.

Fruit snack wrapper

And they have all survived.

We don gun lost our minds!!!

Sam and I are doing a triathlon. As if we don't have enough going on right now we thought we would throw this in the mix. Sam starts school next week so his triaining will slow down but right now we are in it full force.

I have always run, sometimes faster and longer than other times, but always done something. Can I tell you that training in Utah at the TOP of this mountain is KILLER!

Today we ran 2 miles and swam .50 miles. Took almost an hour and was hard. We have 5 weeks to be ready. Think we can do this?

Easter, California and more!!!

Finally getting caught up...

The kids had so much fun in Califronia on our little adventure!

We left vegas and headed to Temecula, CA to stay with our friends the Greens. The kids had fun staying and playing with them. After a night in Temecula we headed to Santa Ana, where we stayed for 2 nights. The kids swam and had fun spending time just our little family for a change.

Easter morning....and then it went bad!

Egg hunt with the cousins!!

We visited Disney and California Adventure for 2 days.

The kids had SUCH a fun time.

On our last day we hit the beach! It felt so good after being in the cold for so long!

It was a much needed and fun break from all the stress for all of us! Thanks to everyone who took us in and had fun with us!!

Live from VEGAS!!!!

Well here we are on the current leg of our wandering travels. We booked 2 nights at circus circus for 20.00 a night. Great deal, right? well it get's better. I was flying in the with the kids and Sam drove from Utah to meet us. He stopped at the hotel to get it all settled and then would pick us up at the airport. Well they could not find our reservation. They made him pay full price for the night.
We get here and the fire alarm is going off as we are putting the kids to bed. We call and call and call and no one ever comes. They finally come 2.5 hours later at 10:30 at night. The next morning I pay a little visit to the manager. Now our bath tub is not working as well. Uhhhh, we have 3 kids.
So Janet, the manager, and I become BFF's. Priceline says they sent over the reservation and circus circus says they didn't. Sooooooo, after an hour with Janet and on the phone with priceline, we get it all straight. Janet feels bad for the mixup and we get free passes to the all you can eat buffet for the day. Kids are IN HEAVEN. Janet also gives us a booklet of passes for games and rides in the adventure dome. No one ever came to fix the tub.
So we go use all the free stuff including the food. When we get back there is a message to call the front desk. We are recieving a full refund for our stay due to the mix up and all the trouble with the room.
So far we have spent 0.00. The kids find a souvenier shop with a clearance
section and proceed to use the change out of their wallets for a monster truck shirt and a key chain. We are heading out now to California...think we will be as lucky?!?!?!??!