GO EAGLES!

We took Corbin in for his first day of school...again!

Camren was not very happy about Corbin leaving him!

He was already making friends. The little boy in the grey was so cute. He had put "peeJAMahhs" under his pants so he wouldn't be cold! The little girl sitting next to him just giggled at everything he said.


This is his new teacher. I think she might be LDS. When the lady that was helping us register him took one look at his birth certificate and said Mrs. Ford would be perfect. I didn't understand until we walked up to the classroom and saw a big BYU flag hanging just outside her door. Then they were talking to him about where he was born (Utah) and not where he moved from. HMMMM!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

How was your New Year's Day? Mine was Awesome!! My sister Shalisse and her husband Scott flew out for the holiday, making them our first house guests in El Paso. Shalisse and I spent most of our time in the kitchen cooking. For those of you that know Shalisse, don't faint, it is true she WAS cooking! We steamed lobster tail, made stuffed mushrooms, baked pizza, and munched on a vegi tray all night. I was totally lame and fell asleep before I could watch the ball drop. The inability to keep my eyes open past 10 pm was something I inherited from my mom!
I know to the average person our night was low key, but I loved every minute of it!

HELLO FROM TEXAS!!

We made it! After a 4 hour delay in Phoenix we finally made it to El Paso at 9:30 pm last Friday! The boys were surprisingly well behaved during the four hours of staring at a blank departure screen in the airport. A lady that I sat next to in the kids area had been in the airport for 31 hours waiting for another flight to Oklahoma...I didn't feel so bad for myself after talking to her!
Saturday the movers arrived at 7:00 am. I was hoping my husband could take over, but after spending a week in the ice storms in Arkansas he was sick and dead to the world! Thankfully they unloaded the truck quickly and I could join him on his death bed! We were all so sick and tired and stressed to the hilt that is was nice to all be under the same roof and in our own beds.
Monday the UNPACKERS came and unloaded ALL of the boxes and hauled ALL of the garbage away. I am telling to this whole experience has been unreal!
We love our house and the town is really easy to navigate! We haven't been to our new ward yet but the boys are really looking forward to it. In Corbin's words "When I get friends this place will be A LOT better"

FIRST TOOTH

Corbin has been patiently awaiting the day that he will loose his first tooth. Well folks that day was today!

He tells the story much better then I do, with the gestures and the pacing and the slight exaggerations. But I will do my best!

He has had this wibbily tooth for some time now. He wasn't willing to "work on it" so ignored it. Today he wanted me to open toy for him that was wrapped in plastic. Being slightly distracted with my book I have been reading I shooed him away. Taking matters into his own hands he tried opening it with his teeth. I heard a loud snap and looked up to see what his was doing. His eyes were two big saucers and his face was pale! I walked over to see why and he showed me is tooth dangling! I finished the job with some dental floss and distractions about how I couldn't get the knot tight enough and bamm his first tooth was out!

Camren took more consoling then Corbin. He instantly started crying and put himself between Corbin and myself. The constant protector!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

(LOVE MY CURLS!)
My birthday was on the 19th and I was all braced for it to be the worst day ever! This is the first year that I didn't not celebrate ME all month long. Jody has been gone since the end of October and my family doesn't not live close, so who was there to spoil me? My totally awesome, amazing, incredible friends that's who!
Natalie, Jenny, Meagan, Kaylynn, Jen, Tory, Robin and I went to The Cheese Cake Factory to celebrate. It was sooo much fun. We laughed and ate incredibly rich delicious cheesecake and had a blast. The next morning I woke up with a sugar hangover (if that is possible). Loved every minute of it. Thank you guys you are the best!

THANK YOU MOM!!!

I must be the luckiest daughter in the world! My mom came to take care of me this week while I was "ill". She dropped everything in S. Utah and flew here within 12 hours of finding out I miscarried.

She put up with my grumpy children, did my laundry, made my boys two pairs of pajama pants, AND permed my hair to help lift my spirits! She is totally awesome!

I have to tell the story of my awesome perm:

When I was younger my mom would hold a perm-athon. She would perm us three girls (me and two sisters), my aunt, and my grandma's hair. She was amazing and the house ended up stinking for days afterwards, but we all looked adorable! So we decided to perm my hair while she was here. The day before the perm we drove to Sally's to by a perm and rods. We wanted to make sure everything was laid out and ready so we didn't have to get up. Well have was through her rolling my perm we realized that we shouldn't have combined the perming solution until AFTER we were done rolling not before. So we finished rolling my hair and off to Sally's we went to buy the second box of perm solution. We got home and I cut a top in of the bottle and started applying the STINKY, EYE BURNING solution. Well, I cut the whole too big and the bottle only covered have my head!

We wrapped a Wal mart bag around my head and went back to Sally's for perm number3! We didn't want the timing to be too off so we decided to apply the solution in the parking lot! It was awful!

Curlers

It turned out really good!

CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

In our case it didn't kill him...but it did soak him down pretty good! Cota (our BOY cat that starts with the letter C) is attacked to Camren's side. Cam will torment this cat to no end, Cota must love it because he curls up on Cam's bed to take naps and will run up and bat Cam in the head (no claws) if he is not paying him enough attention.
Today Camren was taking a bath and Cota would not leave the bathroom. Cota would balance on the edge of the tub or hide in the shower curtain and attack Cam. While sorting the laundry I heard a splash and a ROAR of laughter then saw the drenched cat take off out of the bathroom.
I tried to take a picture but Cota was so upset he hid his smelly wet self under my bed!