May

I got the coolest thing for the boys, it is in case something ever happens to help. They even have an ink strip for finger printing. Then I was told to put them in the freezer. I hope I never have to use them but it is really cool just in case.

I had Sierra's kids for 10 days. WOW! There was a little calm before the storm.

They were so happy to see each other. The first day we went to the last story time till summer. The kids had so much fun reviewing all the alphabets. Then Mom and Dad stopped on their way to Trujillo's for Nathans baptism. The next day we went to Ceder City for Nathan's baptism. What a crazy fast wonderful time. We had to leave early since Greg had to go with his brother to pick up a swing set. He was going to be back in 2 hour 4+ later he was back. The first Sunday was a zoo. Greg took all the boys out (not Mace). The next Sunday was better because Greg threatened them with life or death :). I could never show all the pictures or tell all the fun stories. We really did have a good time and the kids loved being around cousins. Mace had the hardest time but that was to be expected. Here are some highlights; I made up a song to the tune of Wheels on the bus. The poop on the bus goes flush flush flush..We had to sing it 100 times. Naps were not optional. We tried no naps one day and that was #$%#$W^@#%@#$%@#%@#$% and more. Denali and Katana made mother's day cards. Katana spend about 20 min on her mom’s. Denali did one for each family member in 20 min. We took them to the Lehi fun center but it was windy and I forgot jackets. We did not stay long, that was ok with Greg and I. Thank heavens for our tramp and lot. They played outside 90% of the time. We were ALL so glad when Sierra and Preston came home.

Denali wanted his dad to take him to one speech class. Greg took him to his last speech, I am so glad I have a husband that really cares about his kids. Mom and Dad brought us down the first test batch of McCarty and Brenden milk. Fun to see!

Denali had his preschool graduation. It was so cute!! After graduation we went to the reservoir, but the wind blown the umbrella away so we came home. Then later that night we went to the park with pizza. Greg lost/got his wallet stolen.  I was thinking about graduation that in 13 yrs for high school graduation we will have a very similar day. I know that day is going to come sooner than I would like. I know it did for the parents this year.

BIG NEWS we got grass out front and we ALL love it. One step closer.

For mother’s day the boys picked out necklaces that say I love you to the moon and back. I know right now that is a fad but I will always say it to my kids. I also got colored pictures from church so cute. For mother’s day we stay home had hamburgers and went on a big family walk. Perfect!!

See Colvin's b-day blog but we had a ton of cleaning to do. It took me two days. One day for the laundry and upstairs and one down stairs. The sad thing is the day I only worked on the upstairs I had about 3 different people come to work on the house. Yep house is a mess people will come. Ok story I made dinner and had smoke billowing out of the oven. (I had made monkey bread and had not cleaned it) Greg gave me a task the next day. Clean the oven!! The boys crashed and then lazy morning. We had to do some recouping.

The boys had dentist appointments. To Denali that was like Christmas. He was sad when Colvin had cavities and got to come back and he did not. Colvin was very brave. For his cavities we did oral sedation and it was wonderful. Watching a drunk 3 yr old was so funny. The only bad part was waking him up. He was so tired, he was a monster for about 2 hrs till nap time. Then perfect.

I have a water mark of our wedding pictures on the Proclamation to the Family. Mom has wanted one forever. I keep telling her I can do it. I finally had to show her, and that it was her mother’s day present was. She loved it!!

SAD news my cousin Amy and her unborn baby died. Amy had heart failure and the baby could not take the stress. It was a very rough few days. Timber came to my house, we picked up Sierra, and then we all picked up McCarty mom and dad and drove to Washington. All the husbands kept the kids. It was so fun to get to talk with all my sisters. Dad misses all the chatter. Amy's baby was one of the most perfect babies of all time. Watching Alex with his boys was one of the hardest things I have ever seen. That night we had pizza at the park. It was so nice to have to happy memories with a very sad time. Something kind of cool I use to work with one of Alex's cousins.

I was so glad to be home but a 48hr 13+ hr. one way trip was rough. I had to sleep the whole day I got home. Colvin was happy to see me. Denali did not say anything but just wanted me to hold him.

We had to end on a happy memory so I took the boys to 7 peaks. We all had a blast. First of many many many!!

Stories:Denali has started putting Colvin to bed for Nap. Two reason he likes being the boss and it so cute. 2nd his knows as soon as Colvin is asleep he can watch a movie.
*Colvin gave his first FHE lesson, Heavenly father made all the animals. We need to be nice to all the animals he was so proud of himself.
*Jimmy Johns had there $1 sub day again. We went as a family this time. Cheep dinner
* I always asked Denali something fun he did at school. One day with out even thinking he said, I finally farted and it was awesome" yep I have a boy.
*We woke up one morning to SNOW in MAY that is just not ok.
*We finally got our bed up!!
*I went to the park for RS they were doing a summer planning meeting. They are awesome. They have something every day in June to do. I don't know how many we will make but so awesome.