New Floors

So we decided after years of consideration to redo our floors. Of course Mike has always wanted to tile everything, but not me. He decided wood floors would look good too (way better than our old stained yucky carpet). We found a nice laminate wood that we both really liked and he has been installing it (I'm lucky to have a handyman hubby who can do it all). The living room and hallway are done and look amazing! We are going to do the kids rooms as well. We ended up tearing out the fireplace tile (that we have hated sine we bought the house 10 years ago this month) so now that is going to be new as well. Mike already has a tile all picked out that is pretty neat and we are also going to do a new mantel and then new carpet for the stairs and our room, and then.....One thing always leads to another right!

New Everyday Events

These 2 pics are becoming normal occurrences around here since we got Moe! (we decided to stick with Moe for the new puppy) He is a snuggler and I love it! I love seeing him all cuddled up with Jenna and Mike and I love his warm little body laying in my lap with his sweet eyes staring up at me. The other thing he is good at is annoying Truman. He wants to play and play and Truman is like an old man, not enough energy and too annoyed. Moe will bark (the only time he barks actually) and jump and bite at Truman until Truman either joins in for a minute or growls at Moe to just leave him alone.

Lucky Brother

I just got home a little bit ago from Provo. I got a call this afternoon from my dad (he & my mom were on there way home from San Diego and in Las Vegas with my sister Sara) that my brother Devin had fallen at work (he is a framer) and was at the hospital and having trouble with his memory. I was worried about him, but also worried about his wife, Karissa. She is a school teacher and I knew she would probably be very freaked out when she found out and I didn't want her to be alone at the hospital so I headed down to Provo. I wasn't sure the extent of his accident or injuries until I arrived. WOW! He is so lucky/blessed! He and a coworker were on plywood on a lift about 20 feet above the ground when the plywood broke. My brother fell forward and hit his head on the lift (steel!) before falling to the ground and landing on his head and back. He was knocked out and they called an ambulance to take him to the hospital. He needed stitches above his left eye and after xrays and cat scans they decided to do surgery as well. He fractured his skull just above his left eye so they will be repairing that. He should recover just fine and be ok. His friend broke one ankle, sprained the other and sprained his back. They are both very lucky that they were not hurt worse. Devon looks like he got in a fight and I only took pics with my cameraphone. I will have to take more later, which is probably better anyway. I am sure after surgery he is going to look even tougher!
The funny aspect of this story is that Devin gets hurt quite often. Usually at very inoppurtune times like sisters' weddings and such. With him it always seems to be a close call to being a lot worse than what he ends up with. My one sister asked him tonight if he was a cat....

Christmas Snow!

More Merry Christmas!

Here are some pics of the kids with their gifts Santa brought. Cole got the electic guitar he has been talking about for months! Noah got a digital camera, which is one of the things on his list! Rylee got a surprise gift from Santa, a snowboard! Jenna got Dora's Talking House like she wanted as well as a stuffed horse with wings (she wanted a real horse with wings, but is happy with the stuffed one)! The other pic is of Cole playing hi snew guitar with Grandpa Gary (I think he is part of the reason Cole is interested in the guitar, now I jsut have to find him a good teacher).

Merry Christmas!

What a great time of year: more time with family and friends, the oppurtunity to give to others, playing fun games and gifts, enjoying the snowy weather, and making & keeping family traditions.
We had a wonderful Christmas this year, we are very blessed and hope you all were blessed with all you hearts desired. We spent Christmas eve morning at home getting last minute things done (luckily shopping was done). Mike's mom wanted me to make sugar cookies for Christmas so the kids and I baked and decorated a few dozen Christmas sugar cookies (thanks for the recipe Julie). It was a lot of fun and I think that will be a new tradition for us. Then we headed up to my parents home in Layton. How lucky we are to have them close again so we can spend holidays and special times together as a family. We all just hung out and ate pizza (a Delozier family tradition) and then opened some presents. The kids had a blast hanging out with their Smith cousins who even though we live 5 minutes away they don't get to spend enough time with. My dad (yes that is him in his favorite tie die shirt) read the story of the Savior's birth to us. I remember as a child acting out the story, I guess we could have done that with all the grandkids, maybe next year. It had started snowing on our way to Layton and by the time we headed homw a few hours later the ground was covered in about a foot of snow. When we woke up on Christmas morning it was blue and clear above the fresh white snow: BEAUTIFUL and PEACEFUL! Luckily the kids let us sleep in a little on Christmas morning, 7:30. Then everyone got to see what Santa had brought them and then we opened presents from each other. Another friend posted on her blog about her boys being so excited to give to each other and my kids are the same each year. Their favorite part of Christmas is drawing names and finding and giving gifts to each other. It makes me so happy to see them so excited to make their sibling so happy, I guess they really do care about each other. After we opened all the gifts they played for awhile before we headed back up to my parents to hang out, eat, and play in the snow. Rylee even went sledding with Uncle Devin and Aunt Karissa and had a great time! We left a few hours later to head to Mike's parents for the annual Christmas craziness! We opened mroe gifts and ate a yummy prime rib dinner and then jsut relaxed for a few hours. The kids all stayed the night at Grandma and Grandpa's (another new tradition that started last year). Yesterday we just took it easy and tried to recover from all the fun of Christmas. We did take the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks and to Target to use their Christmas money that was burning a whole in their pockets. Today I need to clean up. Is it just me or does Christmas cause your house to look like abomb went off too? I am not sure how much cleaning up I want to do since we are thinking about putting pergo floors in and I know that if we start the house will jsut be a disaster til it's done. Hmmmm... Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our family and friends!

Big Announcement!

Mike finally convinced me it was time we increase the number in our family.
So, the big announcement....drum roll.....Introducing the newest member of our family:















Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen?!?! We have talked off and on about getting another dog, but just haven't really found the right one until now. This poor little guy was left out in the cold we think to die. Someone found him and he was skin and bones. She took him home and loved him and fed him for a few days but wanted to find a good home for him. Lucky for us Mike was in the right place at the right time and met the little guy (and his temporary mom). We went over this afternoon to see him and I fell in love instantly (and I am really not much of a dog person)! He was so sweet and snuggly (who knows if that will last) and when he put his front paws up on Jenna's chest and started "kissing" her face I knew we were not leaving without him. I mean come on, how could I say no to those 2 cute little faces. Anyway, we don't know how old he is or even for sure what kind of dog he is. We are taking him to the vet on Friday and hope to have a better idea, but for now we think he is about 8 weeks old and probably some kind of boxer mix, maybe pit bull. The kids had no idea and were so excited when they got home from school today. Truman's not too sure about him yet. And I can't believe how huge Truman seems next to him. Now I get to add "potty train a puppy" to my to do list over my break from school. We also have yet to name him. We were thinking we would tak suggestions and let the kids vote. So any suggestions are welcomed! Mike would prefer something from the Simpsons, but we'll see. He is definetly not a Homer or a Bart. Ry's gym coach suggested "Moe" which I kind of like, but please help us name the cute little guy! Oh, he is so cute! Right now he is all curled up at my feet sleeping. There is jsut something about sleeping babies, whether human or dog or whatever. SO CUTE!