Odds and Ends

So lately we've been up to projects. Cordelle has become quite the electrician around here. We finally hooked up a brighter light (ceiling fan) in our mega dark living room (which took an entire Friday evening). Then Cordelle wired and cemented a lamp post for our front yard which I love. And finally after 2 years of nagging he finally caulked our bathroom (a project they so lovingly forgot to do when we moved into our home). Anyways its nice to have a handy man around the house...its so...Handy! :)
Also I have to tell you about Seth's funny story mostly so I dont forget it. We were outside playing baseball the other day when a helicopter flew above us, and Seth said "MOM! (with all of the dramatic emphasis of a 2 year old), "its an airplane!" "Actually," I said, "its a helicopter. Can you say helicopter?" To which he then looked up, WAVED, and said "H-e-l-l-o copter." It was pretty funny and clever all at once. The other thing that I just love lately is whenever we suggest something that he wants to do, like if I say "lets go outside and ride bikes," he says, "OKAY, Thats a good idea mom." I feel like such a genius by the end of the day because according to him, I've had tonze of good ideas. And then he is such a lovey dovey boy and I love it. He is constantly putting his arm around me and saying "I love you TOO much!" I almost corrected him one day that it should be "SO much", but I kind of like it the other way. Cute. Anyways thats us recently. Jaq still doesnt really roll over and I know I should talk to my pediatrician cause she's like 7 months old. But all she wants to do is sit, sit, sit. And she's mad if she's laying down at all. But other than that she's doing well also. Today I had my first go at sharing time in Primary. That was interesting....however junior primary is the best though, those kids are hillarious. And pretty forgiving if you look like a dork up there. But thats what kids like best....dorky teachers.

EASTER CAMPING

As is tradition, this easter we went back near Green River and went Easter camping with my entire extended family on my moms side. Theres over 200 people who come and go throughout the weekend and its really a lot of fun! Heres some pics from the weekend. This holiday is almost bigger than Christmas in our family so theres a lot of pictures. Sorry...OR enjoy.

We found the Easter Bunny Trail

Leave no trace of it (eating ground jelly beans in the dirt is not encouraged)

Finally the basket (well in this case the truck)

But J only loved her new ducky!

Our Family

This year we were missing my little sis and her hubby and new baby (who came up later) and of course my little bro who is still on his mission in Italy

No sense in just walking on all of this sand.

This is C...he's supposed to be watching all the little kids play in the sand....notice no kids and yes he really did fall asleep like that for like 15 minutes.

This is my little cousin J whom I decided should come home and live with me forever! She took S hiking, played in the dirt with him and loved it! Bless her! Between her and Uncle S camping with kids never was easier.

Even though Saturday was mostly rainy it did have some wicked sweet kite flying wind for us too!

Okay, J LIVED in this chair all weekend and it was fantastic. Outside or in the trailer she was happy as can be and I could put her anywhere...I totally recommend these for kids her age when you want to camp.

Nothing like a little desert soccer with the kids.

And of course the Easter Egg Hunt is epic with rocks and crevaces to hide eggs in.

Well that was it! It was a bast and I cant wait till next year.

CONFERENCE

Although some in my home were not as enthused with all of conference...I thought it was really good! What a good way to start off the week! (But this was pretty funny)

"Its POOP again!!"

Okay first thing, we used to say that Title in college and I cant remember why or where it came from. Britney or Laura---do you remember?
Anyways so poop has been filling my life and I am wat SICKED out. Two quick stories. So S has recently been fascinated with pooping in the potty, which is awesome. So like all his friends we went out and bought those little chairs that they can sit and poop in themselves. Only problem is their NASTY to clean out. Cause you have to clean all of it out after every use....TOTALLY worse then changing him cause I'd have to stick my hand in there and "stuff" would get on my wrist and... okay you get the picture. So we switched to the seat you just put on the toilet. Much better, but one day I was out feeding J on the couch and S was in there doing his business (it usually takes awhile sometimes so he was singing and waiting on the pot...). Anyways then I hear this loud sound and I am thinking why is he flushing, he knows he cant get a cookie (the reward which we have inevitably begun to think was a bad idea because too many cookies were actually making him have to poop more...but thats besides the point)...where was I? Oh yea, he knows he cant get a cookie unless I see the poop before he flushes (toddlers think they cant trick their parents with a poopless flush of the toilet). But then before I could investigate, S started SCREAMING!! I ran in the bathroom to find the toilet spurting pretty forcefully like a fountain, enough that it was definitely spraying on him totally exposed. So he freaks (naturally), wont let me console him and takes off running to the kitchen bare bummed. I look outside and see the city workers flushing out the sewers! First who does that? And why do they need to do that? And why did my toddler who FINALLY decided pooping was fun have to be sitting on the toilet when they did it? It was gross. Not to mention S had by this time done his business already and so the fountain of fun created an even bigger mess. I spent the rest of the day cloroxing both bathrooms and praying that S would believe me that the whole experience was cool and it was kind of like the fountain in front of the St. George Temple where people throw pennies in....we'll see if he EVER come close to a toilet again OR if I start finding all my lose change in the bowl.
The next story was ALL C's FAULT. (No offense babe). S was in the bathtub and started calling out for his daddy for like a good 2-3 minutes. C just thought he was talking and was ignoring him or he didnt hear him or was too zoned into who knows what on the TV...anyways when he finally did go in, he found that Seth could not hold it any longer and the bath tub and all his toys were covered in more POO. Sick. Yea, after the episode the day before this one was all C's clean up.
This potty training stuff is not for rookie moms. I need a nanny to do all this business cause its grossing me out. Ah, the joys....Maybe this will be one of those things I'll look back at and laugh.....maybe.