Back to school and The End to Summer

Summer was fun for us!!! In June we went to see Grease in St. George!! Had a blast our entire extended family on my side went! The week we returned this kids and I went to Heritage Park and the Zoo!! They had tons of fun! We also celebrated Madi's and Zachs Birthdays! They each invited a couple of friends and went to a movie and lunch! Madi turned 9 and Zach turned 8! Zach was also baptized and Cole was blessed!!! Busy month but a great month! In July we went and watch Stadium of Fire from BYU with our neighbors and my aunt! I had surgery on my foot again and Jon had back surgery.? They removed about a 1 1/2inches of his disk. He will be grateful to see the picture I posted of him. The lovely picture is of him in a hospital gown and me giving him a polygamist blessing and in it he was advised to be one of my many husbands.....You can tell his is loving it! He will be home three months!!! This kids started school this week Madi is in 4th grade and Zach is in 3rd how the time flies!! Hallie is still being Hallie funny as ever but by far the hardest kid we have and Cole is growing like a weed! We are loving these kids!!! Thanks goodness for them because Jon and I are a mess......our bodies are crapping out on us and we are no good!!!

Cole Levi Linton

He made it!!!! Cole Levi Linton born 4/15/2011 at 12:24pm 7lbs 7oz 17 1/2 inches. He is the cutest thing and the shortest kid we have had. The kids love him to death and are very helpful! Hallie calls him "her brother" she will not call him by his first name! We have so enjoyed him! He was only home for a week and had to go back into the hospital. He has an infection in his right leg. Poor guy. He is making a good recovery though. We sure love him and feel so blessed that he is here with us.

Holding nothing back.......

Well I think that it is fair to say that we have held nothing back the last two years.........If it was possible, if it was hard, if it was easy, if it was happy, if it was sad, if it was insane, believe me we have done it.....Sometimes not by choice. I follow a blog and the key theme that she is always saying is "I CAN DO HARD THINGS" My family can definitely do hard things. When I get discouraged I always think of that. The last 4 months have been nothing short of eventful......So let's start at the beginning. We moved to CO for Jon's job. For the short 5 months we were there Jon's work closed down and Jon got transferred back to North Dakota (our move to CO was our 5 year plan, that was a good one). The home we rented went into foreclosure, this ended up being a blessing, it is interesting how the lord works. We moved yet again back to UT. I really loved CO, I was a pessimist and I can tell you that I learned so much in my move to CO just not about me but about my family and my faith and I would not change that for ANYTHING. I have become more of an optimistic, which is good, because what was about to happen next I was not at all prepared for........ We moved to Spanish Fork, we got all unpacked the house put together, Jon kept saying what is your rush it does not have to be unpacked and put away NOW, take your time. We went to church one time, Jon went back to ND, the kids started school! Things were going good and just when I took a breath I was reminded that I can do hard things! I gracefully fell down and broke my foot. I have 18 screws and two metal plates. The easy part of this was I was 31 weeks pregnant. The best part is I cannot put any weight on my foot for 8 weeks....The last three weeks have been interesting to say the least but can I tell I have never seen so much love. As I mentioned earlier we had only lived here for one Sunday, our ward has been amazing, we knew nobody, and the service has been incredible I can honestly say I have never seen anything like it. My family, I should not say that I am surprised, but I am surprised they have tolerated this because everyone has pitched in to help. My poor mom has run herself ragged and I have no idea how I will ever repay her. Today I am doing much better pain wise, I am 33 weeks pregnant, I am determined to have a baby without crutches in hand. My kids are adjusting. Jon came home so my mom has a week vacation from me. I CAN DO HARD THINGS is something I think of everyday. I often have to remind myself WHY NOT ME instead of WHY ME??? The last 2 years have been the hardest for Jon and I. I am so grateful we have had each other through all of this. Some of the events I would rather not experienced but I can tell you I have learned so much. I ,now, love unconditionally, I take nothing for granite, I am grateful for my husband and the sacrifices he makes for our family, If you don't like your situation you can change it and only you can change it. Enjoy every moment with your kids good and bad you don't want to regret it later. This was a long post sorry, once I can move a little better I will post pictures. I CAN DO HARD THINGS

Halloween

So we went to the Pumpkin Patch and boy oh boy what a surprise we had....We must be really cheep Utahans(if that is even a word)....3 Pumpkins were 25.00! In SLC we get our whole family for 11.00.... a little surprised but none the less the kids had a blast! They had a huge slide, the kids loved it, a petting zoo and huge corn maze! Carving I think was even more fun! Hallie was so excited to get a pumpkin she kept caring it or should I say dragging it all over the house and then when Jon carved it she let a big scream of excitement "MY PUMPKIN"!! The older kids decided they that maybe next year they wont get as big of pumpkins, Zach's was killing him... As you saw Hallie hurt her arm she fractured her wrist and elbow when she fell off of Zach's bed..busy busy girl!We have all transitioned well! We miss everyone but the kids are adjusting. Our new ward is great! Smiles :)

AMAZING

Finally I am blogging so it is AMAZING ......... Lots and lots has happened...
1st Madi got Baptized!!! We are so proud of her!! She said the water was freezing, but a great feeling!! 2nd Madi got braces....boy kids grow up fast! 3rd Zach turned 7 and Madi turned 8! 4th Kids Bday parties at Cowabunga Bay! 5th Baseball Baseball Baseball and I must say Baseball......we played baseball like crazy! Zach did awesome, Loved every minute of it!!!! 6th Family fun 4th of July...minus Jon :( We went to Riverton Park for fireworks and had a bbque...7th We went to Vernal for 5 days loved catching up with friends...sure miss many of then and love them all! We took the kids to the Flaming Gorge Dam they loved it and went to a little Reservoir Madi had a blast catching water snakes (yuck she loves them even more yuck) and she got 113 misquote bites. Thank goodness Grandma Darlene and Aunt Jen was able to give her first aid....Zach had fun catching crawdads and Minos...it was a boys heaven! 8th We went to the Zoo! 9th Hallie is growing and going like crazy...new words like, I SEE YOU! She goes around the house yelling ZACH OR ZACHY...and she loves to skype with Jon! She is convinced that if she reaches the computer monitor he can pick her up!! 10th MORE TO COME! Love everyone hopefully I will update my blog before my camera hit 389 pictures on the memory card....Maybe

Fun Fun Fun

We have had tons of Crazy fun!!!
Where to start!
First we got some new pets the last couple of months. We are now proud owners of a tortoise, a love bird, two frogs and JONS scorpion (Jon got him on the desert in Vernal). Next up, Hallie got her first hair cut! Her cute cruels were crazy and it was long over due!!! She did really good! Zach had a major crash at school on the monkey bars and killed his face. He decided he was to big to have them call me so when I picked him up his shirt was cover in blood. YUCK!!! Sorry the pictures are a little gross, but he really wanted everyone to see his cool bruise in his mouth. It was so bad it bruised the out side as well. We had the chance to got camping with my mom and the Hamilton Family, cousin fun, over Labor Day. Jon and Sarah got in the freezing cold river so then the kids began to follow it was so funny, all I could think about was a Seinfeld episode of George swimming. The kids loved it! Rushed home to go to the Aquarium, Hallie love to see the animals, the kids were not interested at all in touching the sting rays....but enjoyed the rest! (Thanks Katena for the free passes!) We then journeyed to the Greek Festival with the Lintons! Loved the food. That is the one thing I can honestly say I miss about Price!! We have had tons of fun the last couple of weeks, it was a nice way to close out summer!!

Back to School!

The kiddos went back to school this week! Maddy is in 2nd grade and Zach is in 1st! Maddy started on Monday! She loved it!! I can't believe she is in 2nd grade. Time Flies!!!! Zachs first day is today! This one was a little bit harder for me. I got a little emotional! He looked so sharp!!
We went down to Spanish Fork for the 24th. Enjoyed the parade with my mom and then went to a bbq ! The kids got to swim! Hallie loved the water!

Birthdays,Fireworks,Swimming,Temple

We have had lots of fun over the last month. We went to the new temple open house which is beautiful. Lucky for us we were there when the Angel Moroni got hit by lighting. June the kids celebrated their 6 and 7 year old Birthdays. It was exciting. They are getting so old. Hallie has started crawling like crazy, and in the nutty house with all of the stairs it has been crazy...... For the 4th of July we had a bbq with Kayla and Adderly then went to Riverton City Park and watched the fire works. The kids had a blast! I posted a picture of Hallie watching them her face is great! The kids start school in three weeks. So to do something for the next two weeks we are doing swim lessons! It is so good for them!!! Have a fun summer!!!

Visiting Friends!

We finally went to SLC! The first time since January, it is really sad considering we have family there. The kids were excited to see Family and Friends! We had a BBQ with my moms family!Coltan played ball with the kids and they loved it. Then we saw friends in Herriman Maddy got to see her friends Abby, Jaycee, and Marina! She got to hold Marina's birds and loved it!! Zach got to see Ethan and Parker! They got to go to church at our old/new ward they were so excited!!! Which leads me to my next news we are moving back to Herriman, the funny things is we are moving right across the street from our old house! We are so excited to be in our old ward and our old school!! Our official move date is the 30th!! Costco here I come!! Zach had his kindergarten program they sang tons of fun songs and he had a little speaking part!! Super cute!

Crazy Fun!!

Boy it's been a long time since I last blogged! The kids just finished indoor soccer and now have started outdoor! It is fun to watch! Zach is finally able to play with his age group and Madison plays with all girls. Zach loves it! Maddy, this will be her last year, it still trying to figure it out. We went to Moab with my mom and Craig!! We had lots of fun! Zach and Jon road 4 wheelers for two days and had tons of fun, Zach loved it! We hiked to the Arches one day and I realized how out of shape I am..... The week prior we went to Huntington to visit family. We got to see Grandma and Grandpa Bowman and my dad! We went and meet my cousin Clarks new little baby they adopted she is super cute! The kids are way excited to have school come to an end! Just 5 weeks but who is counting! Hallie is growing like a weed! Her hair is super crazy I have no idea what to do with it! We are surviving Vernal! Really really ready for summer, heat and the sun! Our good friends the Johnsons came and visited us the kids loved it! They were bouncing off the walls they all were so excited to see friends! We will try to be better about blogging!!! Have a great May!