EASTER

This Easter we had the older kids, (Matti, Kael, & Kylan) hide the eggs for the little ones.  They had a blast but were concerned that they wouldn't get a shot at finding eggs.



Oh, but we had different plans :)  We blindfolded them, then made them dig through a tub full of sawdust!  We hid golfballs in it and told them for every golfball they found, they had to give us a treat!  They were good sports and had a good time.

HOUSE

So, one of the reasons things have been WILD around here is because we are adding on to our home.  I dont want to reveal to much yet but here is one wall!!!  (Because boys outnumber girls around here!!)  Go Aggies!!

The mud room sink instructions said "five adults needed for installation".  Ummmm . . . YA!  A few more wouldn't have hurt either!  We turned the existing patio into a mud room so now we have a place to hose off before coming into the house.  I will post real pictures, I promise!

SHOW

3 weeks ago we had a the Cache Co. 4-H Show.  Trey and Kase were able to show in the Pee-Wee class.  Trey showed Nike and Kase showed Addison.  They are having fun naming our registered heifers.  My favorite still has to be Soggy Waffles (Kase's steer).

Matti waiting patiently to show.

Awwww . . .  great mommy moment!  They are actually getting along :)

Kael all ready to show!

HOUSE . . . again (because I am not a perfectionist today and I don't care what order things are in!)

 I've been dying to show you a picture of my new kitchen!!  It's about 850 sq.ft. and quite spacious!  It is so big, it seems like the appliances aren't even in the same room!  The floor is easy to maintain and I can even spray it down with the hose if I want!  If I had a complaint it would be the dust, but perhaps that is because we are still wrapping up construction.  The lighting isn't the best but what do you expect with such a large spacious room!!  So here it is . . . my new kitchen!

Sorry if you were expecting something else.  My fridge died about 3 weeks ago so the appliance company was nice enough to bring me one to get by but they didn't want to install it anywhere.  So they plugged it into the garage.  Oh.  My.  Hell.  You should all stop right now and be thankful for a working fridge in your kitchen!!  Here is some useless information for you:  It takes two loads from the fridge to make a sandwich.  At least three loads for breakfast, depending on what you  make, and I have lost count on the trips for the rest of the day.  Keep in mind, what comes out, must go back so you have to make that many trips back to the fridge!!  Wednesday baby Wednesday!!!! and I should have a fridge in my kitchen again!!!!! 

I have to end on a sweet note:)  Here is precious little Kaisley (newest member of the Platt family!)  Oh she is so cute and tiny!  She makes Stock look like a 2 year old!  It took a lot of work to get her here and healthy but we did it!!  So happy she is healthy and I am so happy for Warren, Randi, and their family :)  Love!

a glimpse . . .

 Yesterday my sisters and I participated in Race for the Cure!  This was out 5th year and even though they changed the route and it was unorganized and crowded, it was a blast!  We used Trax for the first time and loved it!  Good times :)  To top it off, we had cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory!!  YUM!

 Trax runs right to Gardner Village, my favorite place to shop.  I love it there for the history and atmosphere.  Matt's family came from West Jordan so I feel a real tie to there anyway.  The cemetery sits just on top of the hill across from the village.  We have many family members buried there and I couldn't help but snap this one of Stock and his namesake.  Can't wait to share it with Grandma!

 So this is what happens when you clean the pictures off your phone . . . a post of favorite pics (in no paticular order).  A sunset in Hawaii, need I say more??

 A favorite pic of the kids with their babysitter, (twinner Jordan), while we were in Hawaii.

 At All-Utah, eating leftover pizza.  It's been a busy week around here!!  We had a show in Ogden this week and between Matt and I we made 6 trips to Ogden in 4 days.  Whatever right?!?!? 
Matt and Jordan had great luck with 'Danika'. ( I don't have a pic of her yet but will let you see her as soon as I do.)  It is seriously a love affair with a cow, if that is possible.  Barbara has been widowed to it longer than I so I do have someone to lean on.  Whatever makes them happy!!

ACCIDENT #1:  We had a few accidents around here the first part of the year.  My brother Jordan mashed his thumb and index finger at work.  It was aweful.  Here they are all sewn up.  The index finger looked like a microwaved hot dog!  We had to bandage it multiple times a day for about 6 weeks.  It's been a long road for him. 

 I just had to share :)

 ACCIDENT #2:  We are living in a construction zone.  Kase was running in the new family room and jumped as he got to the window.  He sunk to the floor and was wimpering so I told him to get up and be tough!! Luckily the contractors were right there because when he looked up, he had blood everywhere.   Gary and Durren helped get him to the sink and washed up so  we could assess the damage.  I could see his bottom lip was cut and needed stitches.  He just kept bleeding.  Durren called Matt, luckily he was just down to the other farm, and he came and took us to the dr.  I was thinking how convenient it was that it happened during the day so we didn't have to make an ER visit, so we headed straight for Dr. Brown's.  He was nice, like always, took one look and gave us two options.  He would stitch it but it would scar, or we could call the plastic surgeon.  We voted on the plastic surgeon.  Plastic surgeon said to just have the ER stitch it and he would fix it later (ummmm, whatever).  So we ended up in the ER after all.  The first Dr. came and looked at it, confident he could fix it rather quickly.  I asked him to check the upper lip on the inside.  (It was really swollen but no outside injury.)  He took a quick look and said, I'll be right back.  Dr. #2 came in (I was standing at the edge of the bed at this point so I had a great view) lifted his upper lip and I saw straight up his nose.  I about puked right there!!  He called for the maxo-facial surgeon to come look at it and he ended up in surgery.  21 stitches in his bottom lip and 16 across the top gum.  We ended up staying overnight because of the late surgery time.  He did great and we came home early the next morning.  It was more emotionally draining than I expected.  Sending a kid into surgery is never easy.  Then when they start spouting off drug names that you have had a kid overdose on . . . uuuggghhhh!!  He wasn't home an hour when he tried riding his trike off the step!!!

 Matti showing her heifer last summer in Heber.

 Kase and Trey making their own fun while wating for the kids to show.  They are in the clipping chute.

 Kael-Bell in the Pee-Wee class

Kael after a long hard day!  He was drug by his heifer and wanted to be done with it all after this!

Oh, I have truly missed blogging . . . :)

November 14, 2011 - 5:07 pm

I'll spare you the details of why it has been so long . . .

However, I do want to introduce the newest member of our family

(now that he is 6 months old!!)

Stockton James

Stockton because I really wanted to name him Brock but knew that I would be the one calling him 'brock-le' (broccoli) and with a 'kale' and a 'tray' already, I didn't want Kayson to feel left out of our 'vegtable tray' theme!!  So, in honor of my Mom, and in memory of my Grandma & Grandpa Hunt being loyal Jazz fans, Stockton it is!!!  (p.s. if anyone ever comes across a Stockton 12 jersey PLEASE let me know!!)

James after Matt's Grandpa (James Hosmer Leak) and my Great-Grandpa (James Lorenzo Prince).  Stockton was blessed January 1, 2012 and that just so happened to be James Lorenzo's birthday (not that anyone cares but me!!)  (Another fun fact:  Trey was blessed January 1, 2006!)

Stock weighed 8 lbs 10 oz and was (and will be) my only baby born without anesthesia!!!  His blood sugar was low so he ended up in the NICU for a day but was otherwise a very healthy baby.  We were so excited to bring him home and feel grateful the Lord entrusted us with another little boy!

I had carpal tunnel in both hands while I was pregnant (never had this happen before)  It made my hands and arms week and I didn't have much grip.  Thankfully a few weeks after he was born, the symptoms started to subside but it made nursing hard because my hands would fall asleep so easily.  I was not able to nurse long at all and it took a while to get him adjusted to a good formula.   I have lucked out up to this point to not have fussy babies . . . he broke the mold! 

A lot of things happened in November in the Platt Family . . . Whitlee was born just 10 days before Stockton.  Justin & Chelsea were married on the 19th (We didn't make it because Stock was just 5 days old.  I cried . . . a lot, but knew it was what was best for Stockton).  Kylan was baptized and Whitlee was blessed Thanksgiving weekend.  A lot packed in to a month!!

*Stockton, Grandma G, Whitlee*

Names we call him: JJ, Stockie J, Little Man, SJ

Here is the whole crew now!!!  Matti is seriously outnumbered . . .

I am so blessed to have such good kids:)  I wish I could FREEZE time. 

 I am enjoying each of them at the stage they are in!!