Jackson's worst toe

This all started about a month ago when we were walking into church and I opened the heavy door right into Jackson's toe. He was wearing his sandals that day and it scraped his big toe pretty good. I felt really bad, but he was tough and only cried for a minute. Then two days later at swimming lessons he stubbed that same toe on the cement. The very nice lifeguard helped to clean him up and gave him a band aid to put on it. (Of course the band aid was gone by the time we got done swimming. Don't you hate it when you find a used band aid in the swimming pool? Gross!) Anyways, the very next day we went to Shopko and I walked in first with the other two kids and Jackson was close behind. Then I heard him start to yell so I turned around and saw Jackson who was trapped. The automatic door had shut on him and he was stuck between the door and the security thing that beeps if you shoplift. One of the Shopko employees came running over and helped me free him. But poor Jackson's big toe got the worst of it. There was blood and a lot of tears. The employee went and got a first aid kit and helped to clean up the bloody toe. The whole time Jackson was in tears and kept telling me "mom, I hate this toe!" over and over again. Needless to say his toe has been very tender and anytime he bumped it or if anyone else accidentally touched it, it would hurt and so he has been calling it his worst toe. We knew he would loose his toenail and this past week it has been just barely hanging on, but he wouldn't let anyone touch it. It was really gross, but on Saturday it finally fell off. He told me that as soon as his new toenail grows back, it won't be his worst toe anymore, but until then it is still his worst toe. He carried around this nasty toenail all day in his pocket and that night when we were putting on his pajamas he told me he was going to put it under his pillow so he could get a dollar. So I had to crush his dreams and tell him there was no such thing as a toenail fairy. And now the toenail is in his piggy bank because he insists on keeping it. Totally disgusting I know, but some fights are just not worth fighting.


Here is Jackson with his worst toe's toenail

A work in progress

Okay, so one of the reasons I decided to start this blog was because I am so horrible about journaling. So I thought a blog would be a great way to account for the doings of our family. I really enjoy looking back through the archives and reading what I wrote about even just a few weeks ago. So for all the friends and family that read this I apologize for all the pictures of the house. I think it is going to be so cool to go back in a few years and see the pictures of our house when it was just a work in progress. We have a few pictures of the house we are in now when we first moved in, and it is neat to see how much things have changed! When we moved in there were no houses south or west of us. There was nothing but a huge field and the oquirrh mountains. What a difference now. Thanks for bearing with me and my ramblings, thank you for reading and I always love to hear your comments. Thanks everyone!!

Tired

Man, I think I have forgotten how much work it is to move. I feel like I haven't left the house all week because I have been getting things ready to put the house on the market. All the little repairs and things that need to be done always take longer than you think. Fix the screen door, repair a door stop, make sure the smoke alarms work, patch the small hole in the wall, repaint the bathroom, touch up paint everywhere, and the list seems to be endless. Every time I get one item accomplished I always find one or two more to put on the list. But I am beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel. I also can't believe how much crap we have accumulated over the last nine years! Brian has already made two truck loads to DI and now after this week I think I probably have about three more for him. I will be so happy when all of this is over with and we are in our new home. But then comes the fun task of unpacking.

Happy Birthday Kella and Tyson!

On Sunday we went to Grandma Jo's house to celebrate aunt Kella and cousin Tyson's birthdays. We had a fun BBQ and Papa set up the spiderman pool and the slip-n-slide in the backyard. All the kids had a blast!

Coming right along

They are coming right along on the house. Here is what has been accomplished in the last week.

First Day of First Grade

Trevon started first grade this past week. I can't believe my baby is old enough to be in first grade! He Had to start a little sooner than we had thought. Right now where we live they are a traditional school schedule, but where we are moving they are year round. When I went to register him three of the four tracks had already started a few days before. And the one track that starts at the end of the month had a waiting list. It took about a week for me to jump through all the hoops to even be able to let him go to his new school. They didn't want to let him start until we were three week away from closing. The reason is because the school is so over crowded, they have to be really strict and you can only attend if you currently live within the boundaries. I had to get special permission from the principal, and I had to bring a copy of our contract with the builder to prove we were really going to be living within the boundaries. But finally I got the go ahead and he is now enrolled in first grade, but he still missed the first eight days of school. The district is currently building another elementary school that will be opening next year, so it won't be so full next year when Jackson will be there for kindergarten.
Those first few days of school Trevon came home so exhausted. It took a few days for him to get used to all day at school. He is a smart kid and catches on to things so quickly, I know he will do great in first grade. We laugh because his whole day is based on whether or not lunch was good. After school when we ask how his day was he will say "It was good, I had pizza for lunch" or " It was alright, the chicken nuggets are not as good as Wendy's" His day revolves around lunch time. (kinda like his Dad! Just kidding hon)

Foundation

The builder has been cruising on our house. The footings were poured before I even got a picture of the hole! And now the foundation walls have been poured. I hope they keep up this pace.