April 14, 2008

So the week end is over, and the rain has arrived!

Saturday my family and I participated in the MS walk for SLC, we love this event and look forward to it every year. Not only is it a great cause to raise awareness for, it is a good time to spend with the kids and extended family.

This year the 2 older boys (Weston and Logan) could not attend because they are practicing for thier play, so we grabbed one of our "adopted" children to come along (Madison's friend Hunter). We woke up early on Saturday (7am on a week end!!) and set off for Trax to ride to the Gateway.

Once we arrived and checked in it was a long wait until the walk started at 10am. We were able to spend that time talking to the other family members that were there, and get on our team uniforms. Brandi had chosen matching shirts that said "All you need is love......and chocolate", and I have to tell you we all looked pretty spiffy!

Luckily Shirley (Dawn's step mom) had brought a wheelchair for us to use, because we knew Dawn would not be able to walk the full distance with her foot not quite healed up from surgery. She made it about half the way, but pushing her (or Savannah as it turned out) in the wheelchair was not half as bad as I thought it would be. Madison and Hunter helped us by pushing Colin in the stroller when Dawn was not up to walking.

We have always come in last place in the walk every year, but this year because it was a bit cooler we decided not to be the last ones to leave the rest stop (a park on 300 West) and so we finished in the middle of the pack.

To our suprise, when you finish the walk while there are still volunteers around (i.e not last) you get a medal! We would have never known! Afterwards we all went to Crown Burger to totally blow all the excercise we had just done on the 3 mile walk by consuming yummy fries and onion rings and VERY fattening burgers!

Of course I had to keep telling Madison Happy Birthday about every 10 minutes because it is tradition (her Birthday was actually Sunday 4/12, but last year it fell on the day of the walk, but I wanted to annoy her this year too)

The kids went back to their mothers house on Saturday night for Madisons birthday, so Dawn and I decided to take Colin to the Zoo for Easter. It was a pretty nice day, a little cold with the wind, but overall a good day. Unfortunately because of the cold I didnt think about wearing sunscreen, so yes my noggin got a bit red, and I had to suffer through a round of "I told you's" from Dawn (I told you not to get sunburned this year, I told you to wear sunscreend, etc. etc)

We were going to get the kids tonight and go to Grandma Stacey's for Madi's birthday celebration, but she just called and told me she got invited to the Brittany Spears concert tonight so we had to cancel. Me I would much rather eat pizza and cupcakes than go to that concert, but I am not a 14 year old girl (I only play one on TV)

My boys!!

Yesterday we found out that Weston and Logan both got parts in the Rodgers Memorial Theater production "Joseph and the Amazing Technicholor Dreamcoat".

We are so happy for them, this is the first time they have tried for anything like this. I have to be honest that I didnt think they had it in them, and we did not expect them to get the parts.

They received a call back after their auditions, but were out of town with their mom so they were not able to get back in. The word we recieved was that the producers were sorry, but they could not use them because they could not get back in for the 2nd audition.

THEN we found out that they had made such an impression that they decided to give them the parts anyway. I guess Logan especially knocked them off their feet because he looked and sounded so cute. He had a cold a couple of days before his try out so his voice was a little scratchy when he sang.

I still cant believe that both of them were able to sing in front of strangers like that! Their mom was not able to go into the try out with them (parents were not allowed) so they were completely alone in this room of strangers, but they still did it!!

Madison is also in a school play this year, and it is only time before Savannah gets in the act. Out of all of them she is the biggest performer! If there is ever a play that needs a toddler to scream and growl then Colin is in! :)

The only down side to all of this is that tomorrow is the MS Walk, and the boys have their first practice tomorrow as well so they will miss it. The rest of us though are ready to go out there and battle the rain and complete it again (and hopefully come in last again!)

Wednesday April 8 2009

Well I thought I would start a blog for my family, it seems like everyone is doing it so I thought I would actually get with the times

This Saturday we will be participating in the National MS walk, we have done so for the past 3 or 4 years. Dawns sister Brandy and a couple of my friends have MS so it is a personal thing for us to raise funds and awareness for this disease.

Every year our family has the distinct honor of coming in last, it is not something we have planned, but with 5 kids it makes us one of the slower entrants into the walk. At first it was kind of funny, but now actually the kids take it as a badge of honor. Just like their dad they are into tradition, and just last night Savannah reminded me that we always come in last and she laughed, so I guess I better make sure we pace ourselves to bring up the rear again.

Colin is just getting over "Slap Cheek", it is a viral rash that honestly looks like someone slapped him in the cheek. It was all over his body and looked pretty bad, but the doctor assured us that it is nothing and will just go away, he is starting to look better today. When the Dr. told us about it I remembered that Weston had the same thing when he was little, but his was just on one cheek.

The older 4 (Madi, Weston, Logan, Savannah) just got back from a trip to Hurricane with their mom and uncle Matt where they rode 4 wheelers. Weston had a little scare when he rolled his, but he was wearing a helmet and only had a couple of scrapes and cuts. He was very lucky he was not hurt worse. Both Logan and Savannah drove one of the ATV's by themselves (although they did have an adult on back with them helping) so they were very proud of themselves.

Both Weston and Logan recieved call backs for their auditions for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) but they were out of town and could not participate. But we are all very proud of them for doing so well and I am sure they will have many more to come!

Madi is coming up on her big 14th birthday this Sunday, and suddenly I feel old! She is pretty excited to bring her friend Hunter along for the MS walk.

Dawn is doing well, still recovering from her foot surgery, but getting better day by day. The MS walk will be a big test for her, but we will be brining along a weelchair for her just in case. She is getting ready to leave us all for her big trip to Cancun in a couple of weeks. Luckily one of us gets to vacation otherwise we would be an extremely boring couple.

Me, I am still the same old boring me. Work, home, sleep, and work again. Honestly that is all I do! Cant think of anything to write about me!