Happy Thanksgiving....kinda

Our Thanksgiving began peacefully with dinner at my mom's with her side of the family but ended with us taking Tanner to the ER. The boys were really wound up by the time we got home so we let them out in the backyard to play a little. Next thing we knew, Tanner was running toward us with blood dripping off his hand and yelling, "the measure! the measure!" He was playing with Brad's tape measure and somehow sliced his hand open between two of his fingers. We rushed him to the emergency room and luckily he didn't need any stitches. He had cut the webbing between his fingers so they just buddy taped his fingers together until it heals. The most amazing part of it all was that he never cried. This is a kid who cries if you look at him wrong. We are so proud of how brave he was and we are also surprised he was the first one to go to the hospital. We've always thought for sure it would be Ty. Needless to say, tape measures are now off limits to the kids.

OUCH !!!

Brad finished laying our new wood floor (which we TOTALLY love!) in the kitchen but then our cabinets looked really crappy on the backside of our island. Upon further inspection, we realized that it was a cheap piece of wood with a sticker on it to make it look like wood. Yep, that's right, a sticker! Well, we couldn't have that so Brad went out and bought some real oak to cover up that sticker. Little did we know this new project would come at a price. We went to my mom's house so Brad could cut the wood on my dad's awesome table saw. Right in the middle of the final cut, the saw kicked the wood back into Brad. It hit him so hard that he flew backwards and landed on his butt. The picture above shows just how hard he was hit. Luckily he is short and was standing just off to the side or he would have hurt his boys. Good thing we're done having kids. The poor guy was in so much pain that he could hardly walk and he looked like he was going to pass out. Anyway, thanks for your hard work Brad!!

Ty's first ear infection

This weekend Ty developed his first ear infection. We've been really lucky that he hasn't had one before now. Saturday he was pulling on his ears but we just thought he was trying to be silly. Later on we found him on the couch crying because his ear hurt on the inside. Then came the fever and vomiting. Good times. The silver lining in it all is that he is such a good kid when he doesn't feel well. I hope you feel better soon baby!

Demolition begins

Brad spent a good part of the weekend tearing out some of the tile in the kitchen to get ready for the new wood floors. The tile was installed so well that he had to jack hammer it out. What a mess! There is dust everywhere and it's only the beginning. He only took out about 1/4 so far. I know when it's done this will all be worth it but in the meantime, this really sucks! Oh, and to top it all off, the boys and I got sick.

We also took the kids for their yearly photos and our family photo. The boys did great and Taylor was quite the little model.

JDRF walk

This morning was the JDRF walk at Tempe Town Lake sponsored by Go Daddy. The kids were really excited to go because they got these "cool" neon green Go Daddy shirts. There were a lot of activities for kids and we were worn out before the walk even started. We had to wake Taylor up at 6:30 and she complained that no one should have to get up that early. She's funny!

Happy Halloween

The kids had a blast this year going trick-or-treating. Taylor was Belle from Beauty and the Beast and the boys were both Captain Jack Sparrow. Uncle Robert and Aunt Patty came along and they brought their puppies Paco and Kaia. Tanner, who is normally shy, was running down the street yelling, "I love candy!" I guess he felt more comfortable being in disguise. Taylor has already asked how many days until next Halloween.