Lorien & her Apartment

The day AFTER our household goods arrived, was Lorien's move in day for her apartment at UVU.  That whole weekend was such a blur because SO many things happened.

I left my kiddos & Trek at home to start unpacking our house & drove down to Orem & spend the entire day with Lorien getting her settled & unpacked into her apartment.

She learned VERY quickly that "less is more" when moving into a college apartment.  She learned how to organize & simplify her things so that everything would fit.

My little chef had to learn how to fit all her kitchen supplies into 1 cupboard & 1 drawer (which is SO hard when you cook for a living!)

She was excited that she had a desk next to her bed to study & do homework.

She met her roommate for the first time & I think they're going to get along pretty well.

The apartment complex was offering Cafe Rio & lemonade for dinner for all the residents moving in that day so we grabbed some, & had dinner together in HER apartment.  I'm so proud of my kids & all they are accomplishing in their lives as they grow into adults.

 

Taya & Chick-Fil-A

So. . . not only did we have movers moving us in, & 2 back to school nights, but Taya started her first day working at Chick-Fil-A that day as well.  WHAT A CRAZY DAY RIGHT?

This is Taya's first job & she is SO excited about it.  Chick-Fil-A is a great company & we are excited for her to be part of the Chick-Fil-A team!

(I snuck some pictures of her working on her first day.)

 

Back to School Nights

Of course the exact same day our household goods arrived, it was back to school night for 2 of my kids.  After Trek returned from the hospital, I had to swap with him. . . he watched & helped the movers while I took Canyon to Back to School Night.  I ended up having to call Lorien & had her come up to take Craiger to his back to school night since I was with Canyon & Trek was at home directing the movers.  It was a crazy day.

Canyon was SO excited about his new school & his new teacher.  He is in 5th grade this year (his last year of elementary school) & is SO happy to be part of the "big kid group."  We absolutely LOVE his new teacher this year.  She is the best of the best.

 

It's FINALLY HERE!!!

After having an "expected date of June 25" on our household good shipment, we finally received it on August 18, almost 2 months late.  This whole move was such a mess from start to finish that I was SO happy to just have my things again. . . to sleep on a REAL bed (for the first time since May 1st).  The kids started school 3 days later so I had 3 days to get their clothes & school things unpacked & set up. . . & boy was I excited to FINALLY have my kitchen things so I could cook again.

Of course, moving day would be complete without some sort of adventure.  As the packers were pulling boxes out of the crates, somehow one of them left a crate lid propped up against the truck & as Trek was crossing off numbers of boxes, the crate lid fell over on top of him.  He put his hand up just in time to save it from hitting his head, but a nail from the crate lid when straight through his hand & ripped it between his pinky & ring fingers.  Blood gushed everywhere (we now have a bloody driveway).  When he showed me, it looked like his pinky was hanging to the side because of where it ripped through his hand.  Ugh.

Still being brand new to the neighborhood, we had to knock on a neighbor's door & ask if he'd be willing to take Trek to the hospital so I could continue working with the movers at the house.  Sweet Bob was more than willing to help.

After a few stitches, his hand was as good as new.  I was amazed at how small the injury actually was.  It was sliced through at just the right place that I was worried he might lose his pinky seeing it hang like it did, but once it was stitched up, there was barely even a cut.  Our bodies are so weird & amazing.  Thank heavens for doctors who work their magic.

Hooray for being able to officially MOVE IN!

 

August Happenings

August flew by this year.  So many random things happened from kiddo date nights to golfing to fixing up the house to just hanging out & having fun together!!

We finally got to see the fruits of our labor in our yard.  After having to replant grass TWICE (once in May & once in July), repair the sprinkler system, fix 1 pipe burst, & all the valves in the front sprinkler system. . . .we FINALLY started seeing some grass in our backyard.  The front yard started to sprout too, but not as well as the back yard.  It was beautiful.

The boys went golfing for the first time in their lives with our church group.  They had so much fun.

Trek & I love to take our kids out on "date nights" for some one on one time with them.  We talk about school, friends, life in general.  It gives us an opportunity to be with them alone where all our attention can be just about them.  We love our date nights.

Trek & I got a crazy idea to build a LARGE desk in our living room where all 4 kiddos can sit & do homework after school each day.  IKEA for the win.  We have a nice long wall on one side of the room & we didn't know if our household goods would arrive before school started or not, so we wanted to make sure they had a good place to work.

One week after getting braces put on, Canyon managed to lose 4 teeth in 24 hours.  He lost one molar right before bed one night, & the somehow managed to lose 3 others throughout the next day.  It was the most bizarre thing ever.  He was pretty excited to get 2 tooth fairy visits in 24 hours.

After our household goods FINALLY arrived on August 18th, the kids were SO happy to have their beds, toys, & blankets back.  I went to tuck the boys in that first night after getting our things & this is how I found Craiger in his bed . . . 

He was SO happy to have his stuffed animals back!

Taya & Bladen started fund raising for Band/Orchestra Tour right after school started the 3rd week of August (literally 3 days after we got our household goods).  Bladen was the mattress mascot & stood on the corner for HOURS trying to get people to come buy a mattress.  Taya flipped a sign next to them.  They were hilarious.

Here, both Bladen & Craiger have to make the bread for the sacrament so both of them have been practicing how to make bread.  I am very proud that they both can bake bread without my help.

And August gave me lots of time for snuggles with my kiddos.  They grow up way too fast.

 

Cowabunga Bay

My kids' dentist & orthodontist (who are both in the same building) provided all their patients a free night at Cowabunga Bay in Draper, UT in August!  All the patient's names were put in a drawing & we won the drawing as well & got to have a little covered cabana with couches all to ourselves the whole night.  The kids were in heaven!  They could swim, go down slides, play in the lazy river, & just have fun however they wanted to for 3 full hours.  It was such a fun night.