Princess is 7!!!

Princess turned 7 on Sunday. Part of me is amazed that she is that old and part of me is amazed that she isn't older. She is super mature and so brilliant that I have to remind myself sometimes that she is only 7. She is very particular about things so I was crazy stressed about her party. She was so detail obsessed that she wouldn't let me do the invitations. She made each one (12 of them) by hand and catered each one for the person she was inviting. They were pretty awesome. We had a slumber party (in the middle of the afternoon) and all of the girls wore p.j.'s. The hit of the party was playing "telephone." Who'd a thought. You can't tell from this picture, but the girls were laughing hysterically almost the entire game and kept asking to play it.
After the party we went to dinner at Burger King, birthday girl request, and then Dairy Queen for dessert and then home to open presents. Thanks to everyone!!! I love this picture because she is so excited opening a $2 book light. What a girl!! We love you Princess!

OUCH!

One of the major perks of being married to a Doctor is knowing that if anyone needs stitches you won't need to go to the E.R. When you have four crazy kids, that knowledge is reassuring. I never imagined in my wildest dreams, though, that the first time Doctor would use his suturing skills on a family member it would be ME! This morning when I went to get my spoonful of sugar for my cheerios, the sugar container spontaneously combusted on me slicing my finger in the process.

Bless Doctor's heart, he came home and stitched me right up. Megaman was enthralled in the process. Six stitches later, my finger now looks like this.
Aren't you jealous?!?!

Happy Birthday Doctor!

Doctor's birthday was last Sunday. After conference we celebrated with birthday brownies (with lots of frosting), birthday hugs,

and birthday tickles!

When Doctor opened the Indiana Jones movies, Megaman grabbed them and said, "That's mine, actually." Happy Birthday Doctor!

Random Act of Kindness

Megaman is the recipient of a new "Cars" scooter. I hope that whomever sent it reads this blog so that we can say THANK YOU!!!! Since I don't know who sent it, I don't know if you are aware that he LOVES the movie cars and is kind of obsessed with it. He is thrilled beyond words. What a sweet and thoughtful thing to do. Now, come forward and identify yourself!

Lets go to the Stampede!

I love the town we live in! Every year they have a mother-son stampede full of fun activities for moms and sons to do together. I had a great time with you Dude, thanks for going with me!
We went to the archery station first.

Then on to steer roping. Yee Haw!

Next was the obstacle course.

Then some yummy hotdogs.

Next were the s'mores. Poor Dude is allergic to marshmallows but he kindly roasted one for me. Thanks, Bud!

New Addition

No, I'm not pregnant, ha ha ha! We have a new puppy, Lily. She's a Cavapoo (St. Charles Cavalier and Poodle mix) and she was 8 weeks when we got her. My mom has been awesome taking care of us and potty training a puppy. :) The kids adore her, Megaman a little too much, and they have been really helpful with her. The moral of the story is, never say never!

Its Soccer Season!

And I actually have a child who wants to play! Honey Bunch had her first game the Saturday after my surgery so I wasn't able to go. BUMMER! Thank goodness Doctor took video of most of it for me. Our all-star scored 3 goals!!! The best part of the video is her flirting with the other team's goalie after she scored. Classic Honey Bunch. :)

A Lovely Afternoon

Well, my September has been nothing like I thought it was going to be! I thought Doctor would be in Buffalo for the month and I would be running around crazy shuffling the kids to school and all their other activities. Instead Doctor stayed in town, my mom flew out with 11 hours notice (THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!), and I had a surgery scheduled, rescheduled, and then had a completely different surgery than the one planned. CRAZY!!! Anyway, thanks so much for all the well wishes, calls, and prayers, I feel so loved.
Since my Friday surgery was rescheduled for Tuesday, we were able to spend a lovely Saturday afternoon at the conservation department.




We also went to the car wash which was not a hit with Megaman.

Totally Random

This post is a compilation of several random things that have happened this last month.
We don't have any pets, much to the chagrin of our children. Thankfully our neighborhood is full of frogs and toads that an eight year old can love and take care of! I've been calling Dude the frog whisperer because, amazingly enough, the frogs he catches don't jump out of his hands. Crazy as it sounds, I think they really do like him!
Princess caught this stick bug and kept in a bug catcher (a.k.a. death trap) for a couple of days before we convinced her to let it go free. She named it Sticky.
Megaman loves books, especially car/truck/train books. This one apparently wore him out. He has also developed a love for NASCAR. We need to move back to Idaho soon!!!
Honey Bunch is a character. The other day I told the girls that they needed to clean their room. She not only convinced Princess to clean it all, Honey Bunch had Princess make her a special fort in which to watch her sister work.
In the last few weeks several different people have come up to me to tell me that Honey Bunch is their child's best friend. They have told me how their children talk about her all the time, and how much their children love her. She is so gregarious! She has a way of making everyone feel special and loved. Way to go Honey Bunch!

Big Pile of Dirt

Doctor started the landscaping around our yard this last spring with Dude's help. He placed an order for a truck load of topsoil in April in order to finish the flower beds. Due to an abnormal amount of rain the topsoil was too wet to deliver. Doctor persisted, though, and tried all summer to get the needed topsoil. His attempts were unsuccessful until the owners of the company came into his office this last week. Amazing enough we got topsoil right away. :) We filled the flower beds and raked quite a bit into the yard. I didn't have the foresight to take a picture of the dirt before we started shoveling, but here's what it looked like after half a days work. The original pile was at least twice this size.

This is what it looked like when we stopped Saturday night. It was quite the job!

Here's the landscaping. Oh, and he made the trellis for the clematis, also. Again, isn't Doctor amazing?