Flu season

Our kids passed around the stomach flu about a week ago. First it was Talon, then Jaren, then Angelique, then Beauchene. Jileigh, Safia and Matt only got a touch of it. I think I got a touch of it too. I wonder if there is medical explanation as to why kids always throw up about an hour after everyone is asleep, and they can't possibly make it out of thier beds first! Thank goodness for washing machines and extra sets of bedding. Who needs sleep, anyways?!

Matt's latest book

Friday, Brandon Sanderson's latest book came into the library: Mistborn 3 - Hero of Ages. Matt stayed up until midnight Friday night, until 3:20am on Saturday night and had it finished Sunday evening at about 10 pm. Yeah! I get my husband back! As much as he would have liked to read all day during the days, I wasn't feeling too well, so he had to make all the meals and keep the kids on the laundry, keep up on the dishes, and he took the pool down Saturday afternoon as well.

Safia's messes for the week

Bathroom walls and sink: I heard water running in the bathroom and kids giggling. Jaren and Safia were wetting down wads of toilet paper and throwing them all over the bathroom, on the walls, the floor, and on the mirror. I was too mad to even think about taking a picture. The funny thing is, is that they did it in a matter of a couple of minutes. They were suppose to be washing their hands for dinner.

Bathroom toilet: A couple of days later, I woke up to find that Safia had gone to the bathroom. She didn't quite make it to the toilet in time and had messed in her panties some. So she had this mess on her bum as well. She didn't use toilet paper. She rubbed her bum all over the toilet seat and the toilet base and the floor. YUCK! Then I noticed that she had had fun in the bathroom the night before with the toothpaste. It was smeared all over the counter, the mirror, and the cabinet fronts. So Sunday morning I cleaned up the disgusting bathroom, (so much for keeping the Sabbath Day holy.) No pictures necessary!

Egg shells in the front room: A couple of days after that, we'd had eggs for breakfast and the shells were still sitting out in the carton. Safia found them and decided to smash them up and sprinkle them all over my front room floor.

Dental floss: She and Jaren unstrung almost the entire roll of my new Glide dental floss container all over my bedroom. While I was cleaning that up I heard them playing in the front room. They had gotten a hold of 2 bags of cereal that I have already put away and were eating the cereal and dumping it in the front room in the corner behind a couch. I sent them both outside to play!

I think this child just needs a creative outlet.

Saturday of Applesauce and Bread and Parents

Saturday, October 11th we made 8 quarts of applesauce and I made my weekly 4 loaves of bread. We were trying so hard to get everything cleaned up and done before my parent were to arrive from Orem on their way back home.

Our new pets

One day, a couple of months ago, we found a litter of 4 kittens in our front yard. My kids fell instantly in love with them. So I gave in and bought some cat food for them. Of course they stuck around. A couple of days later, the momma cat shows up (the light colored one.) Fortunately, we are able to get them all fixed and get their shots for FREE. I would really like to get rid of a couple of them, but I don't know how.

The one in the middle is the marbled tabby cat. Her name is Nicki. She is Safia's favorite. We normally don't allow the cats in the house, but Safia manages to bring that one in everyday holding her like a baby.

Matt's project

This is Matt's mom's old wood burning stove. Matt brought it home, cleaned it up, painted it and put new tiles on it. We are going to try to sell it for her so that we can buy some road base gravel for her sandy driveway.