Academic Night

Falling Apart

We have been in our house for nearly 8 years now, and I feel like everything is falling apart!

My pool looks like a swamp.

Two different pool guys and $500...well, it's almost clear.  He's coming back tomorrow to check it again.

The wall in our guest bedroom has a mysterious crack in it. It just showed up one day.  We have no idea why, and no idea how to fix it.

There's also some crack lines from where our house has settled.  My dad has tried to fix them a few times, but they are very persistent.  I don't know how to fix them, either.

The carpet on my stairs is nearly worn through, and is so dirty that I don't think it will ever come clean.  I can't afford to re-carpet, so it will just have to hang on.  I have been tempted to rip out the carpet on the stairs and just paint the wood underneath.  It may come to that...

I can't keep up with the cleaning, laundry, or dusting. 

 It's like a slap in the face when my children decide to write their names in the accumulated dust.

On the bright side, the same child that writes his name in the dust also makes his bed EVERY day, so I guess I can let the dust writing go.

 

But...I know that there is a time and season for everything, and right now, it's BASEBALL season, so all this nonsense can wait!

Crazy Doctor Visit Day

This morning started with a visit to the Pediatrician with Ty to figure out what is wrong with him.  He has been sick for weeks and not improving, and I had had enough!  After the doctor tried to tell me that it was just bad allergies, I told him that I didn't think it was...I had them test him for strep, mono, and valley fever.

Well, it has been said that "momma knows best" and it turns out that I was right.

He has mono.

 And a double ear infection. 

 And bad allergies. 

 And he had lost 10 lbs. in the three weeks since we were at the pediatrician last.

I should have been a doctor. 

After I took Ty home and got him settled, I fed Payton lunch and then we headed to the Veterinarian with Lucy to have her ear looked at.

It is swollen up like giant pork rind.

She's hilarious because she thinks going to the Vet is fun.  She panted and panted and panted, and licked the face off of the poor Vet.  He seemed to like it, though, so I didn't stop her.

It turns out that she has a dog's version of cauliflower ear.  It was (apparently) caused by some traumatic injury (????  she doesn't even leave the house except to use the potty). 

The options were to leave it (which is what the vet said he would do), or do surgery ($1100). 

We opted to leave it. 

When the swelling goes down it's going to look like a crinkly, hard, potato chip.

Nice.

Anyway, she's still fat and happy, and she doesn't care what her ear looks like, so I guess it's all good.

It was a busy, busy day.

Treyson's First Scout Camp Out

Golden Scholar

Moooooooo

Payters and I had to run some errands at the mall.  After we finished, she chose Chick-fil-A for lunch.

She's such a bright spot in my day!

 

WARTY

My poor little buggy has warts.

Big, bumpy, disgusting warts.

All over his hands.

And he keeps having to get them removed.

He was so brave, and didn't cry even though the doctor froze off

23...yes, that's TWENTY THREE warts on his hands.

When we left the office and got in the car, he cried and cried.

All the way to school.

Poor fella.

Me and My "Littles"

While Kevin, Tanner, and Ty went to the Priesthood session during our last LDS General Conference, Treyson, Tate, and I went on a little adventure.

Our favorite restaurant, GECKO GRILL, finally reopened, and we decided to brave the crowds to eat there.

Luckily, we went directly after Tate's baseball game, and it wasn't too crowded yet. 

I sure love my "littles" and the time we spent together.

 

 

High Jump

The Augusta Ranch Annual High Jump Competition is something my boys look forward to every single year, and this year was no different.  For two weeks before the competition they went to school early to be able to practice jumping and counted down the days 'til the competition. 

They both did well!  Tate tied for 2nd out of six 3rd graders that qualified, and Treyson cleared 3'11" but got out when the bar was raised to 4'1".