It's a zoo out there!

On Pioneer Day I took Alli and Sam to the zoo. It was great, we saw zebras
and giraffes. Tigers and bears...oh my. There were elephants and even a
WHITE Alligator. Yes it was really white. Here are some pics.

My Little Artist

Allison took it upon herself to color on everything the other morning
while I was "napping" on the couch. I woke up when she tried
to color on MY FOOT!

Some of the other things she took advantage of are:
her ball,


some of her books,


Samson,
herself,
her dolly's head,
the COUCH,


the kitchen table,
and much, much more.

The couch was a beast to clean, it came out pretty good thanx
to some carpet cleaner I used. Needless to say, we now keep all
pens, pencils, markers, crayons, highlighters, any writing utensil
out of her sight and her reach. If she can see it, she can most
likely figure out how to get it.

These are all of the spots on just one of our couches that I spent the
day cleaning. When will I ever learn? I just can't have nice things with
4 kids living in my house!

Warning: Bilateral Ear Infections Suck

Both of my babies have been so fussy this week. We went to see Mike (Dr. Marsden)
today (Thursday...I have not slept yet) and low and behold they both have an
ear infection in both ears. It is kinda funny that they are fussy in different ways.
Allison has refused to eat since Monday. Samson has the nastiest slimy drainage
from the right ear...hmmm you would think this would be a great indicator that
there would be an infection in that ear. Anyway they both have oral Abx and Samson
has some lovely gtts (drops - in nurse lingo) for his "snotty" right ear. Those gtts are
freakin $$$- for this itty bitty little bottle! I have to say that Samson is such a trooper
though. He also had his tear ducts probed (yes, both sides) this morning.
Hopefully we wont be dealing with eye infections every other week from here on out.
Dr. Hendrix preformed the "surgery" and said everything went very smoothly.
I really liked his bedside manner.

Just FYI:

After you take your kids swimming, always dry out their little ears.
Dr. Marsden (the ENT) recommends a few gtts in each ear of a solution that is

1 part white vinegar and 1 part rubbing alcohol

Another thing that I read said to use a blow dryer (on a cool setting) for just a
few minutes pointed at each ear can help dry out the inner ear and
prevent swimmers ear.

Trip to SLC

So I took the babies up to SLC a few weeks ago. It was full of family
get togethers. On Sat June 7th, the women on my mother's side all
got together at the Lion House for a luncheon. We do this every year
with the Grand-daughters of Brigham Young Association. Yes we are
all decendents. I am a "3rd Great." All of my Aunts (moms sisters)
made it. All of my neices that are old enough were there too.

On Saturday night I met up with my old man...I mean my Dad.
My Grandmother that lives in West Virginia had made a finale trip
out west to see the family. Funny thing (at least to me) happened...
I asked her what year she was born, "1925" she said...then she went
on to say "I know how old I am, 82! and I know I may not make it our
here again." Here is the punch line...Wouldn't she be 83?