CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

I LOVE Chips birthday!!! I LOVE the time of year that it is, I LOVE to plan out a fun day with just the two of us, I LOVE to look for an opportunity to have a party and hang out with friends, and I LOVE the chance to celebrate my husband. For our celebration I tried to think of something that describes Chip and chocolate was the first thing that came to mind. I remembered a Chocolate Festival we went to in Boston years ago. It was a buffet with every kind of food you could think of and everything had chocolate in it. We nearly ate ourselves to death. I still remember our kids faces when we told them they had to have one of everything.
I decided to try and recreate this Festival. We invited several friends and assigned each person with either an appetizers, side dishes, drinks, or dessert. Everyone had to come up with their own recipe. We provide the main dish which was white chocolate salmon, chocolate covered pizza (which I loved), chocolate fountain, white and dark chocolate pudding cups, chocolate covered popcorn and Chips favorite chocolate peppermint cookies. I listed everything so that if anyone wants to steal this idea to do with your friends because it was sooooo much fun! Someone made potatoes with balsamic chocolate gravy, chocolate dressing on a salad, white chocolate bread, and tons of yummy desserts. We ate ourselves into a frenzy, took a small break and then went for round two! My mouth beginning to water as I think about it again. Chocolate truly is the sweet nectar of life and thanks to all of our good friends helping us celebrate Chips birthday we were able to indulge!!!

A dark rain cloud

It feels like a dark rain cloud is hoovering over our house that is causing accidents to happen to my kids. First it was Wyatt's hands got slammed in the door. He was in the parking lot and and trying to get into our car and swung the door right into the loaded Range Rover parked next to us. Tyson was already in our car and saw what was happening he tried to save the more money then life it's self Range Rover. Wyatt tried to stop the door from closing and sure enough the door caught 4 fingers on his right hand. I ran to the car to open the door to release his fingers and tried to stop the tears for the next 15 mins.

We were on our way to Braydens baseball game so a quick trip to the gas station and purchase of an ice cream stopped all tears. When we got there we had brought sandwiches and scooters to pass the 2 hour games we sit at 3 times a week. Wyatt took a ride on the scooter down the side walk and hit a bump and I turned right in time to see his forehead hit head first. I ran over to him and when I picked him up I saw a bump that looked like someone had cut a snickers in half and stuck it to his forehead. I couldn't even look at it. Chip held him as I ran to grab ice. We held it on for an hour and he seemed to be alright then suddenly he said he felt like he was going to throw up, a classic symptom for a concussion or fractured skull. We drove straight to the insta-care where the receptionist was so disturbed at the sight of his forehead that we didn't even check in, she sent a doctor out the the waiting room to check him out. She said that because of the size and the softness of the injury that we needed to go to the emergency room. Tears started to stream. They called over and got us straight in. The doctor there wanted him to have a cat scan. We prayed and prayed he would be alright.


This picture was taken after 4 hours after holding ice in the goose egg. It was double this size when it first happen.


The results came back and said he would be fine. We truly felt blessed but the doctor told us to be very careful the next few days because it it was so large it could still break threw the skin and in a few days the blood would probably fall down to his orbital area and he would have a black eye for a while. I carried my sweet precious little boy to the car with a new policy that no one rides anything at our house without a helmet. I put him in our bed and watched him all night. In the morning I rolled over and checked him and it was the biggest miracle, the goose egg was gone.



These pictures were taken the next day

There was a very light blue color if you look really closely. Eight hours ago his bump was so large every hospital staff could see it a mile away and now it was gone. It was such a blessing!

The next day was Chip's day off so I went with Brayden on his field trip. Half way through I get a phone call from Chip saying the school just called and Tyson hit his head on a metal poll and it's bleeding really bad and he probably needs stitches. I was all the way in Park City and stuck because I rode the bus with the kids. And to add to that Chip didn't have a car because we dropped it off at the dealership to get fixed that morning. Chip put London in the stroller and walked to the dealership, picked up the car, picked up Tyson, and stitched up his head at home and made homemade bread (Im just kidding about the bread part) but talk about Mr. Mom!!! My stomach did a double flip when I heard the news. I guess I should expect this with three boys but still it rocked me to the core. I need to remember this when London has her mood swings I will welcome them with open arms!!!

Belly Flop

I don't have any pictures for this story but you will be glad that I don't!
I woke up this morning at 4:02 a.m. with my sweet little London whimpering at the side of my bed. My eyes focused just in time to watch her throw up all over the carpet. After cleaning it up I put her in bed with me and passed out again. I awoke to the same whimpering sound around 6:00 a.m. and tried to carry her to the bathroom but she wanted nothing to do with me and flung herself to Dad. Right as Chip woke up she threw up on him and all over our down comforter. Chip picked her up and was caring her to the bathroom when I noticed Wyatt was in bed also. The sound must have woken him up in a state of shock because he jumped right up on his feet then suddenly, for no reason at all he belly flopped into London's throw up. Really, I wish I wasn't lying but it's true. You should have seen the look on his face when I explained what he just landed in. CLASSIC!!!!

Get ready for cuteness overload!!!

For London's birthday I didn't give her any presents, instead I put all her birthday money towards some professional pictures and oh all I can say is I am so happy I did. This photographer captures all of my little girls personality in each shot. My little London is pure joy!!!



















My photographer was Skye Johanson and you can look her up at www.skyejohansonphotography.com
She is AMAZING!!! I aspire to be as good as she is one day!