He did it!! Ross Graduated!!!

My youngest brother Ross graduated from Provo High today. And we are so very happy! : ) He is my parents last child to graduate (of 7 kids) and they couldn't be more thrilled! :D So what does the future hold? Architecture perhaps??? Maybe.....
Our little family with Doof!
Tai, Parker and Makenzie with Uncle Woss!
And his beautiful girlfriend Mayra!!!

Way to go you guys! We love you!!!

I got caught!! : ) In my defense, it was only one outfit. These were taken throughout the past week! (this one would not rotate)

Big beautiful eyes!

Cute dress from Aunt Monica!!

Cute shirt from Aunt Sharla!! Almost all grown out of it!

My real life doll to dress up and love!!! Too much fun!!

Fair Warning!

Kristi has been home torturing poor Makenzie - dressing her, taking a picture, undressing her, repeat, repeat, repeat...just to warn you she may be posting a lot of pictures soon.

Oh, and when I suggested she was torturing her, her response was "that's what you have a baby girl for."

Brief Update from Lance

It's been three days, and I have cooled down considerably (literally, because I rode the scooter to work this morning in the brisk 54 degree air).

I really wonder if I'm not better off than my co-worker. His car was hit as well, but only his left rear tail light (totally smashed in, I should say). He has full coverage and owes about $2000 on his car. Because he has full coverage, he has to pay his $1000 deductible, the insurance company HAD to do an estimate and officially total the vehicle, and he will be lucky to get $2000 in pocket to try and buy another car ($5000 car value, less $2000 still owed, less $1000 deductible). He does have the insurance company helping him try to recover the $1000 deductible from the poor female driver who hit our cars, but that doesn't make it any easier to get pennies from a dry wishing well.

I have my car, all banged up, but the insurance company hasn't stamped a "total loss" statement on the car. As you can see from the pictures, the front bumper is gone, but it's in the back seat of my car and can likely be reattached without problems. The left fender needs to be replaced, but that takes six or seven bolts and a used piece from the junkyard. My driver door still opens and closes fine. Chances are, after the left rear tire is removed and isn't jamming the back door closed, that that door may work again as well. The biggest problem is going to be getting the knuckle, control arms, and whatever other parts are needed to get the left rear wheel back where it is supposed to be. The hood pops up perfectly, the entire engine compartment is perfectly intact. Even the windshield washers still spray. I may need some connectors for some of the lights, a turn signal on the left side, and some duct tape and bailing wire, but I honestly think that the car will drive again.

If you know me, my motto has always been, if the engine and transmission are in great shape, I could care less what is wrapped around them. So until I have the time and energy to visit 5-10 junkyards (with the help of an experienced brother-in-law and his dad) and get my sweet Honda back on four turning wheels, my nips will be cold on days like this - and sweating profusely in the late afternoon heat of July. And with luck, I won't be out the $1000 deductible I would have been with full coverage.

Can't catch a break.

Pictures from the "wreck"Sorry if anyone was offended by the last post. Lance has actually taken it better than me. : ) The whole situation stinks big time. We are very sorry for the lady that has added more problems for herself and her family. She definitely has a harder life than we do, and we feel bad for her. We have also counted all of our other many blessing we have. We are just frustrated by the whole thing. She broke about 7 laws by driving the car (had an order against her that she wasn't supposed to be driving the car, it wasn't even hers) among others, (no driver's license). Now WE just have to eat it and take the loss of it. Seriously what are the chances you get hit parked on the side of the road.

About an hour after Lance got to work, his boss, who's window faces the street, heard a crash and said "Lance isn't that your car?" The lady then tried to leave the scene, Lance started running out after her while he called the cops on his cell. She hit our car so hard that it moved an entire car length, while the parking brake was on. The back left tire was jammed back into the well, then she slid along the side and hit the front left and Lance's co-worker's car. They will prob have to total it. We don't know yet. The cops told us we aren't going to get anything from this person, or the owner of the car, they both have a looong list of issues.

So what now? We don't know actually. But life bites sometimes.

When life takes a %*&^ on you, do you sit in it or get out of it, even if you stink either way?

1. Don't park your car anywhere near the road. Park in the bushes, in your back yard, in the church parking lot, in a dark alley, or in the reserved for employees parking garage behind your work instead of on the street in front of your work

2. SERIOUSLY weigh this though out in your mind ---- If some blankety blankety blankety blankety blankety blank woman with no insurance, five kids, a history of drug problems, a baby on the way, who just got evicted and is on her way down to try to get on WIC, Welfare, Housing support, and Medicaid has her brake rotor lock up and smashes the entire left side of your car to the point it is not drivable, doing more damage to your car than her own, and has to have someone come and take her toddler home because she is not fit to remain with the child after having had the accident, can you afford to have not paid the $30 extra per month over the last 36 months ($1080 for you who don't want to do the math) and instead have to eat the cost of losing your car? Really? You can? Hmmm...


ps - posted by Lance at the end of the longest day so far - and likely to be followed up by a more explanatory post by Kristi with pictures included.

Interesting Perspective

Since we've added Makenzie, all of you still tell us she looks like one or the other brothers, or one or the other parents - so here's a little photo I spliced together. Each picture is in the first three days for each of them, so it is cool to compare them side by side. They aren't perfectly comparable, and like it's hard to tell which one is Makenzie. Just being bored on a Sunday afternoon so I wanted to entertain myself.

Pictures from the weekend

*On Thursday night, we went to the Byu baseball game with our friends, the McLeans. The kids had fun playing on the stairs, annoying everyone around them. : )We didn't get to stay long on account of the 2 two year old's that were done early. But it was still fun to be there. I didn't get many pictures, because none of them would hold still for 2 seconds. Tai always enjoying himself!
*Friday night was the weekly softball game with the Lamb cousins. The other team forfeited so they played for fun and let Tai hit a few. He hit it out pretty far and got all the way home!! : ) : )
Sorry for the blurry action picture!! This was Lance's Home Run hit!!!
Parker and I made great bench warmers. I tried to hit, but it was very embarrassing!!
I chose not to post those pics!! : )

After the boys went to bed last night, we had fun playing with Makenzie. She is such a happy baby that loves her daddy!!

Looking a little chubbier!

She always gets this bug eye look when staring at something.

Tagged

The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
Finishing up high school, Traveling all over Europe. Dating Dorks : )

2. What was on my to-do list for today?
Put in a load of laundry, Take kids to Grandma's, Take Tai and Katelyn to preschool. Mother's day Program. Do hair, 6 week post baby checkup. Fill prescription, pick up Tai, Watch kids at mom's, Return a shirt to Dillard's, Dinner, BYU baseball game, Watch the office. Do a couple more loads of laundry. Stay up till 2 or 3 cause I can't fall asleep

3. What you do if you were suddenly a billionaire?
Get massages everyday. Help anyone in our families get out of debt, and give some extra for fun.: ) Big house. Buy places all over the world to stay in and travel too. Buy lots of clothes.

4. 3 Bad habits...
1. Not keeping my mouth shut when I need to.
2. Not being patient enough with my kids.
3. Being super Lazy a lot of the time

5. Places I have lived.....
Orem, Lindon, Provo, Ive never left Utah. Sad i know.

6. Places I have worked...
Wirthlin Worldwide, Bed Bath and Beyond, Provo Craft

7. 3 Things people don't know about me...
1. I can only eat bananas if they are cut up into slices. I can't bite into one whole or I gag on the squishyness of it!!

2. I have glasses that I am supposed to wear. Blah! I squint all the time and never notice it until someone asks "why are you squinting?"

3. I have been swimming in the Mediterranean Ocean! It's very warm!


I don't know who to tag, cause everyone I know has done it now. If you are in my contacts list I tag you, unless you've already done it.

In-house Entertainment

With the spring weather (winter weather would be a better description) I can't take the boys outside to do anything with them until it warms up. Luckily, Parker has devised his own method of entertainment (don't worry, Makenzie is not underneath him).