Old Pictures

So, I have had pictures stored on my camera (not the card, but the camera itself) for a very long time without the know-how to load them onto my computer. Well, I was bored while Cory was in his appointment, so I was messing around with my camera, and TA DA....I figured it out - although if I had to do it again, it's anyone's guess if I could figure it out again.

So, here are some old pictures. This group is from last summer when we went to visit John at his work.

Cory on John's lap driving a backhoe.

Bryson on Matt's lap on another piece of equipment (I want to call it a loader?)

And John, showing off his stuff to his kids and wife

The next couple pictures are of my grandparents when they visited our house while we were in Escrow, over two years ago, I think I was about 6 weeks pregnant with Dallin when these were taken.

Banana and a rose from our rose bush. That plant is like three times that size now.

Snow storm in 2006, the kids just look so little!!!

Cory building a snow-goat with Nanny's help.

Bryson and Nanny with the snow-goat.

Bryson (looking a lot like Dallin does now) at 2 1/2 years old, all bundled up for the snow.

And potty-training Bryson. Again, he's about 2 1/2. I take a day and stay in a tiled room and give them TONS of salty treats and juice to make the process a little easier. We have lots of games and toys to play with to make the time pass quickly. Here's the little guy in big-boy underwear.

Cory was a good big brother and helped potty-train and entertain Bryson too. Here's Cory driving the train he built.

Another trip to Phoenix with Cory-son

Cory had another appointment in Phoenix with the NACD yesterday. As I've said before in an earlier post, we just love this one-on-one time together, we have a LOT of fun.

Here's Cory out in the parking lot of the building where we meet with Bob Doman, the founder of the NACD.

And here's cute little Cory waiting patiently and quietly for Bob, even after 3 1/2 hours in the car. He's such a trooper!

Cory and Bob Doman. He's been so helpful with tips on how to deal with sweet little Cory.

On the lookout

Then, as is our tradition, we went to the temple. He ran in saying he was excited to learn about Jesus. It was cute.

He had fun pushing all the buttons on the display. We also saw a video presentation about families and the Christus.

And of course, the highlight of Cory's trip to the temple: petrified wood.

We also went to Subway and Bahama Bucks. Oh so much fun.

On our way home, we hit a major Thunderstorm. And of course, we happened to be in a construction zone when it hit us, so there was nowhere to pull over. At one point I just had to stop on the freeway because I couldn't see ANYTHING out the front windsheild. There was also large hail, and I was just praying it wouldn't crack the windshield. We finally got out of it (with my knuckles white from gripping the steering wheel) and we hit ANOTHER storm. After making it through the second storm, there was an alert on the radio from the national weather something-or-other saying that there was a severe thunderstorm warning for Tucson (where I had just been), and to watch for damaging winds, large hail, multiple lightning strikes and excessive wind.

Yep, sounds about right.

All in all we had a LOT of fun, though. I love my little Cory.

4th of July and my b-day

I just love July! It's got my b-day, 4th of July, monsoons, and Bryson's b-day (plus of course my dad's and Sarah's too!) We are off to a good start so far. Monsoons have come early this year, so we've been having lots of fun watching these powerful storms roll in. My birthday was great, spent time with the fam, went to a free movie, and had a free dinner, I totally scored! Here's Reenie with my birthday cake she made me, which was actually a fruit pizza...soooo yummy!!!

And of course, the 4th is wonderful. My two sisters were in town, and then my aunt, uncle, cousin, and her hubby and two kids joined us. So much fun, and we had a wonderful fireworks show. If we ever move, I'll miss this part of SV the most.

Bryson has never seen the fireworks before because the loud noises always scare him, but this year he actually peered out from under the blanket, and ended up liking them. Cory did fantastic, and Dallin slept through most of it.



Ahhh...good times.

If you get it, you'll get it.

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Who needs a new recipe for dinner tonight???

I'm constantly looking for new dinner ideas, especially ones that use ingredients I usually have in the house, and I found a fun one on http://allrecipes.com/ The recipe on the website had over a thousand reviews, and had five stars, so I figured I couldn't loose. It's super dooper easy, but it does take a couple of hours from start to finish.

I've never been a HUGE buffallo wing girl, but these are tasty, and the kids and hubby loved them, so I thought I'd share!

Buffallo Wings

1/2 cup flour

1/4 tsp paprika

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup hot pepper sauce (tabasco, or whatever you have)

1 dash ground pepper

1+ dash garlic powder

oil

10 chicken wings or tenderloins (I used the tenderloins because I hate dealing with the bone)

1. Combine flour, paprika, cayenne pepper and salt in small bowl. Place defrosted chicken wings in a large nonporous glass bowl, and sprinkle flour mixture over, until evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for 60-90 minutes (don't skip this!)

2. Heat oil (preferably in a deep fryer, but I used a frying pan, and poured the oil about an inch deep). Place coated chicken in oil and cook until no pink in the middle, flipping over as needed (about 10-15 min).

3. Meanwhile, in a small sauce pan, melt and combine butter, hot sauce, ground pepper, and garlic powder.

4. Pour sauce over cooked chicken and serve.

I didn't put the hot sauce on the kids chicken, and they enjoyed chicken fingers. Also, if you'd like a more mild sauce, you can increase the butter:hot sauce ratio, or if you like a little more flavor, vice versa.

Oh the places he'll fall asleep!

Does this make me a mean mom??

Dallin was being such a fuss-bucket the other day, and I was kind of reaching my wit's end with it, so, I decided to draw a mustache on his face.

I really couldn't help myself.

Somehow after that it was harder to get frustrated with him.

We have been getting used to having Cory around all the time now that school is out. The first week was filled with competition/rivalry, but things are returning to normal, and they're back to being best of buds and enjoying eachothers company.

They do everything together. Check out this video, they had no idea I was recording this through the kitchen window.

And here is Cory getting off the bus his last day of kindergarten. Yay, Cory!!! We're so proud of all your hard work, and all that you've accomplished this year! I love you, bud!!

I have had some questions about Cory having an IEP and doing OT next year. I met with the school about a week before school got out and had some questions answered. We now have a 504 plan in place. This is similar to an IEP, but just doesn't involve as much. This will help him get the extra help he needs, things like a special pencil grip and having his own desk away from other students, as well as a desk with the students so he can move back and forth as he needs. As for OT, since he does not have an IEP, OT can't take him out of class, but they will observe him in class and work with both him and his teacher to help him with writing. If this does not help as much as we need, then we will consider doing an IEP.