First almost stitches

Well Monday morning I got a call from Elizabeth's teacher. Somehow she slid on a LEGO and slit her leg open. I was sure she was going to be freaking out and bawling, but she never cried a tear. We got to the doctors office, yes, all 4 kids, and were in there for about 45 min before we walked out with some glue, bandages and a few suckers. I tried to find a neighbor to help with my kids, but I only really know 2 well enough to ask and one wasn't home and the other was leaving. How I miss my old neighborhood! :( So, we all went. I couldn't believe how brave Elizabeth was. She skipped out to the car on the way to the office and was coloring while waiting on the table. I'm so glad she didn't have to get stitches! After a few "moments", I caught Cooper making faces in the mirror. Didn't catch a great one, but thought it was funny he was doing that.

Anniversary Weekend

Well we made it to 7 years. Yipee! Brian and I decided to take turns planning our anniversary. We couldn't remember what we did last year, but I was sure I planned it. Come to find out, the anniversary we thought we did 2 years ago was last years. Boy that was a long year! So Brian ended up planning the last 2 and he did a fabulous job! We stayed down town at the Hilton for 3 nights, kidless. Special thanks to all my family for helping with all of them. I was really nervous to leave Isabelle, but it ended up being a great break. We did see her 2 times though, so that helped. Friday night we went to see the musical "Into the Woods". It was fun. They did a great job. That's one of Bri's favorites, I think mainly because he performed that one in HS, but none the less, it was a fun play. Oh, before that we went to Ruby Tuesday's for dinner and had an hour before the show started, so we went to Cracker Barrel and walked though their store and then ended up outside on the rocking chairs to play a game of Checkers. Brian was convinced it was played like Chess, but I corrected him and ended up winning. :)

Saturday we woke up and got our Continental breakfast and then headed down to the gym to work out. I know right? Are we awesome or what? Well, we had to do it because of all the great food we were eating! After that we headed over to my sister Jill's real quick and then out to lunch at Cucina in Salt Lake. Yummy! After that, we were off to see the play Noises Off. It was a real funny play with a lot of craziness! After the play we went back to the hotel and just relaxed for a bit. We got some little snacks at the hotel and then Brian surprised me with a massage. Loved it!!! I haven't had one in over 2 years and it was just so wonderful! Then we went to the Executive Floor (doesn't that sound cool) for dessert and then fell asleep relaxed!

Sunday we woke up and walked over to Music and the Spoken Word. It was great. Every time I hear the MoTabs sing I really feel like Brian should be in it. Of course I'm sure I'll hate it because that's 2 more days I'm parent-help-less, but I know he would love it and I'd love to see him doing it. He has such a beautiful voice and loves to share it and is so great about sharing that talent. He'd also really like to sing under Mac because he had him at BYU and really enjoyed him there, so we'll see. I went ahead and made the plunge and told Bri I think he should do it. He thinks it'll be better in a few years, but is there really a good time to abandon your family? JK. So we'll see. Auditions are in July so we have a little time to think about it. After the music we just walked around Temple Square. I can't remember the last time I went in the Visitor Center. There was so much I hadn't seen. Also, we got to watch the Joseph Smith movie that came out a few years ago. Brian missed half of it because he had to take Caroline out, so we had the chance to watch it uninterrupted which was lovely. As I sat there I realized so many things I'm doing wrong and so many more that I need to be doing. What amazing sacrifices all the early members made and how little I feel I sacrifice for the Church now. I'm so far from where I need to be. Will I ever get there?!!! It was fun to be at the Salt Lake Temple since Sunday was our official anniversary and that's where we were 7years ago. Afterwards, we laid in bed and watched tv uninterrupted. No one asking us to get food, or drinks or this or that. How lovely. I even got to take a nap! That never happens. We got some lunch at Tony Caputo's. It's fabulous. They have a meat ball sandwhich that can keep you full for hours. We actually didn't even get dinner because we were still full. We took a little dip in the pool and relaxation time in the hot tub. I know.... we're so bad 'cause it was Sunday. I think we'll be forgiven though! I'm sure the Lord knows how important a little relaxation time without kids is and how rare it can be! Okay, I'm just trying to make myself feel good about it. Don't judge me! :) We ended up getting a little too much tv/relaxation time and neither one of us had a great sleep.

Monday we woke up, ate breakfast and headed over to Costco to grab a few things before we were off to see the new James Bond movie. (Hence the picture of the gas prices. I think it's even lower than when we were married! Well, not quite yet, but I was shocked at the price.) The move was good. Your typical violence and action happening so fast you have no idea who's who. But still entertaining. We had some good alone time and I'm grateful to Brian for planning such a wonderful weekend for our anniversary. I love that guy and he does so much to help make my life easier. I love being able to spend time with him and just talk about life, where we're going, what we need to do and just be with him. I think I'll stick around for another year! Love you Bri!

FYI

I just thought I'd throw out there that I printed off my blog into a book through blurb.com. It turned out great and it was so fun. I can't wait until next year to do it again. They have this way easy way to do it called slurp. I had a friend try it a week or so ago and she said that slurp wasn't working, so you might want to wait until it does because it's so easy. You can choose where you want your words, which pics on what page, how many on a page blah blah blah. Way fun, so don't waste all your memories you take the time to put on a blog. Print it off so you can remember them forever. It's so fun!

What a sweetie

Caroline fell off her chair at dinner the other night. She fell right on her head on the tile floor and was really hurt and upset. Elizabeth asked me to paint her face like a clown. I asked why and she said, "I want to make Caroline laugh and feel happy." I thought that was so cute.

Miss Isa

So we've hit 4 months old. Well, 2 days ago. Surprisingly considering the fact that she's "loved" all day by her older brother and sisters. She's doing good though. She's 25.5 inces (92%) and 14 lb 6 oz (70%), so she's thriving! :) She's into her hands and feet and is getting close to the roll over milestone. On the sad side, she cleared up her infection on her right ear, but snagged one in her left ear. Hopefully we'll be sickness clear for a little while.

Another one down.....

Elizabeth has lost another tooth. It was pretty loose, so Bri finished it off and pulled it. She was so brave. I thought for sure she was going to cry because it looked like it hurt, but she didn't. We got new callings in church on Sunday. Bri and I were called to team teach the 12 year old Sunday school class. They waste no time here. This was our 2nd week and already called to duty. It'll be fun though. We're excited. We also had the Primary program. Elizabeth had a short line and froze. All she had to say was, "Read the scriptures", but she got up there and put her fingers in her mouth and they kept saying her line again and again to her, but she just wasn't up for it I guess. She finally whispered it. We asked her about it later and she said, "there were just too many people". I wouldn't label her as shy, but the past few weeks she put on a little "shy act". Oh well. I'm sure she'll be out of it soon!

We made it....

Yup, we did. We're here in our new home. All seems to be just fine. The house is really nice and we've met some really nice neighbors, but I really really miss our old neighborhood. I try not to think about it too much. I didn't realize how much I really loved our ward and friends, and now... we have no one. Well, time will tell I guess. Plus, this is short term and then we start all over again. Yikes. So I'll post a picture. The outside isn't that great, but the inside is really pretty. It's got a loft that we throw all the kids toys in, so we love that.

Liz is doing well in school. Her teacher told us she's one of the very advanced kids. She is a great reader! She's doing well making new friends. The first few days she kept saying she wanted to play with someone, so we walked around the neighborhood and found some kids. Our backyard opens up to more backyards and the first day we were here there were like 10 kids running around back there. There are 4trampolines and 4 playsets, so it's like a giant playground. It's good we moved in when it was still a little warm, 'cause now everyone is hiding out. It's been good though because Caroline and Liz have been playing together more and I like that.

Brian and I finally joined a gym. How's the Hawaii deal going you ask? Well, we're pretty much at square one. No gain, no loss. But we're motivated now! Hopefully it lasts until we reach our goal. It's hard working out with kids. We take them to the daycare there and work out, but part of me feels guilty. I know this is good for me, and for them, so I gotta just do it. I worry about the germs going around during winter, but we'll stock 'em up on vitamins!

Other than that, all's going well. I have some Halloween pics to join the rest, then a few random ones. Halloween was good. We made it to the ward party the night before we moved. Ended up loading the truck after the party. Thanks to the fam and friends who helped us. They got it all done super fast. Thanks to Mom, Dad and Caroline for getting it started. Halloween day was Mom's bday, so we went over there and trick-or-treated and had a little party. Fun to all be together. I had to throw one in of the Porter house because I love it!