Seven kids? Ya we could swing it!!

So our favorite thing about having friends is to give them a break from their kids for a little while. Believe it or not we LOVE your kids. We had a free evening this past week and so I called my friend Ardis knowing that her husband was home for a rare weekend during his internship and asked if I could take her kids that evening. She has been so good to help me out with my kids on more than one occasion so I wanted to return the favor. I'm so glad she took me up on my offer. Little did I know that Trent was offering our services for the night with our grand friends the Smiths. He asked what I thought and I said the more the merrier. Our friends have great kids and we always have a good time. There were no mishaps or fights (except between our own) We had a fabulous time with this gang but came to the conclusion we will never have seven of our own. We will leave that up to the Smiths. :)


We have Brayker, Makenzie, Hannah, Bubba and Colton (Henry is upstairs and Tait is in bed)

Hey Colton, Tag Your It...

So thanks Todd for tagging Colton. It helped us remember all the things we love about him after a week of wanting to forget :)(long multiple stories) So here it goes:
Some things you may or may not know about Colton.
1. He loves rockets and airplanes, or anything that has flying potential.
1.5. Because of his love of flying his fav movies are Jimmy Neutron and Buzz Lightyear.
2. He is a candy sweet addict.
3. He loves meat his favorite being sausage, he would eat it morn, noon, and night.
4. He doesn't like to try new things so we usually have to bribe him.
5. He is a BIG tease.
6. He is a snuggle bug and will give anyone a hug and kiss. We have to watch that when adolescence comes.
7. He is usually very polite.
8. He will sneak up and sleep on our bedroom floor. We notice it come morning time.
9. He is a giggler like his mom.
10. He looks like Grandpa Armstrong when comparing childhood photos.
11. He is a button pusher and doesn't care if is a button on a phone or the car (watch out on that one guys)

We love you Colton and think that you are a fabulous kid!! Keep flying.

We tag Hayley, Paige, Brayker, and Steven.

Catch up with the Rowleys

Sorry we have been slacking on the posting. Life is really busy, improvised and we fly by the seat of our pants these days.

Since school has been out I have been filling in at work until they hire someone to cover a shift. So needless to say our nights have been a little chaotic. My kids also don't believe that its bedtime cause it is still day outside. This summer experience will take some getting used to.

We have really enjoyed the moments of nice weather we have had. We have been working out in the yard and have gotten some bare patches of lawn planted. I have also put together my flower beds. I am now making sure that they last a long time and I get my moneys worth out of the flowers.

Trent and I have felt so happy for the amazing life we have, we keep hoping that things will last and that life will continue on that way for us. Unfortunately, our Heavenly Father has a broader picture of things and knows that we will face a few trials along the way. This past month has been a difficult one as we have adjusted to changes in our family life. I don't have an eloquent way of telling this so I have borrowed the words from my sister's blog. I hope Melinda that is okay. You say it much better than I could.

The last big thing I have been going through involves my great dad. Three weeks ago, he was have such severe nausea and vomitting that I got him to come down here and see Dr. Lowe to try to find out the problem he's been having. He had an upper endoscopy with no findings so next on the list was an ultrasound to check for gall stones. Sure enough, some gall stones were there but so were some spots on the liver. Dr. Lowe sent dad right over to the hospital to have a ct. guided liver biopsy so they could get just the right spot. Sure enough, his bladder cancer had returned and was now metastasized to the liver. Never a good thing. In the space of one week and still a tone of vomitting, he was sent to a surgeon to have the gall bladder removed, to the oncologist to see what could be done for his cancer, and then off to surgery to take out the gall bladder and put in a port-a-cath for chemotherapy. As many of you know, my dad almost died on his first treatments of chemo by developing ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Disorder) which caused him to be life flighted to Ogden and spent two weeks in their ICU. You can imagine how he's feeling about repeating the chemo. Right now we wait for two months to see how the chemo is working and then we go from there. The prognosis for this kind of cancer is never good so we ask everyone out there for your prayers of quality time for my dad on this earth. Pray also for comfort to my mom because she needs it immensely.

Trent and the kids have been so supportive of the time I have spent helping mom and dad. I just wanted him to know that I so appreciate him and love him +++. I'm grateful that my kids have an opportunity to learn about service and that you can't expect something in return for helping others. Though grandma does give them a laffy taffy for being good on errands. I sure enjoy helping my mom and dad as well. I hope that she reads this so that she can know how proud of her I am. She faces a lot and she keeps her chin up and tries to on my dad as well. I know that our Father in Heaven loves us and has a purpose for everything so I will keep praying for faith and know that He will bless our family no matter the outcome.

Back to Picture taking

So, here is the most recent update on Colton and my Cell phone pictures. Looks like instead of taking pictures of everything, he has now starting taking self portraits