Rainy Sunday Afternoon!

Tim and the older four headed off to church this morning while I stayed home with the youngest five. We had three cats spayed and Yoda was snipped yesterday, so we needed to stay close to home to supervise the recovering animals.  This also gave me one more day to recover from the crud that a few of us caught while we were on vacation.

Tim returned after running a few errands after church and was happy to enjoy a quick Sunday afternoon nap which just seems to make a perfect ending or beginning of a week for him.  The younger crew played with Legos and the older kiddos and I played cards until we received a surprise visit from some friends who used to live a couple houses down from us.  The kids scampered outside to play with Brady and Carter for the little time they were here.  When the twins and their dad left it had already started to rain and the littles were already deeply involved in the game they had created involving "sledding" down the muddy hill so we just let them continue.  Usually rain sends the kids inside to play, but today they enjoyed it for a couple hours....until the sun went down and it got cold quickly!

 Johnston said if it hadn't gotten so dark he would have continued to play because it was so much fun!  Check out the smile!

 Jameson was soaked and had mud dripping from his hair.  He said he liked how the mud squished between his toes!

 The back of Davidson's legs! Not hairy, just mud and grass covered!!!!

Little Miss Holly was just as dirty and in the middle of everything as each of her older brothers! Love her smile!

Every six months = Dentist Time!

Every six months I start making the trips to the dentist.  A couple this day, a couple another day and Lord forbid they need to go for a second appointment! We usually end up taking two months from start to finish.  Today was a day to rejoice for a mom with 9 young people who need to have check ups and abstractions performed.  Today the dentist office saw all of them....in one day!!!!  It was so wonderful!  8 cleanings and one kiddo who had to have his top primary cuspids pulled.  It was two and a half hours and we are done!  For six more months!  Well...actually...four of them need to return on Monday for small touch up stuff...but then we will be done for six months.  I love it!

 Jensen showing off his new Lego Creator set he received for having NO cavities!  Good job on the brushing and flossing! Proud of them all for good reports!

Davidson also got a positive report of NO cavities!!!  He's collecting the "Jurassic Park" Legos and was so excited to get his second set!

Johnston had to have two teeth extracted so his permanent teeth that had already started growing in can shift into the correct place.  He will have another checkup with the Ortho in 6 months to see if they've shifted enough for braces to be put on.  He wasn't able to get his teeth cleaned so he gets to return on Monday for his 6 month check up, but so far no cavities so...knock on wood...I'm hoping to hear a good report!  He was really excited about starting a new Lego collection and after watching the Avengers this week he decided to take his birthday money and purchase his first two sets in the Avengers Lego collection. 

Becca and Holly went to spend the night at Katie/Gracie's house for the night which I know they will have a fabulous time as always. After we got home from our errands the boys settled in to play Legos while the older three and I played some cards. Max and Johnston had been asking to watch Iron Man for the past few weeks so when the little boys went to bed we all settled in with our blankets to finally watch it.  They of course loved it!  I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of Iron Man/Avengers dress up play around this house for the next week or so.  All in all...it was a very busy, but blessed day!