Chicken coops, Egg coloring and Flowers

Well, i cleaned the house today, than it got torn to bits again like ten minutes after i cleaned... the best part of having kids:) let me tell ya... anyways..  Took Samwise to the vet thinking he had an ear infection, it turns out he as an anal infection instead... wow.... poor dog.. anyways.  It was quite the experience .. poor thing got raped by a ..thingy ma-gig.  Hes on anti biotics now.  And he also got his shots. :)   Ben, Jasper and Shiloh and I went on some adventures today. To lowes  and pet co  and a farm store to buy chicken coop stuff:) Its time to take our chicks out of the house and into the real world of outside.    And can i just say, the reason why i dont take my kids shopping with me is because they become little hellions ...Shiloh screams bloody murder and Jasper likes to run around and take things off shelves and tease Shy.  And Shiloh reacts... so   Ben expierenced first hand what it was like... all this time he has said, " it cant be THAT bad." HA!  
Jasper and Shiloh got to color easter eggs today, and Ben and I went on a date to see G.I Joe....I CANNOT BELIEVE CHANNING TANTUM DIED WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF THE FILM!!! holy crap....   well it was a productive day!  I got some flowers too and some cant-elope seeds and watermelon seeds!

Sick day.

Thats all there is too it.  I have been in bed all day, Its one of those days where I was depressed, sick and miserable all in one.  thats all i have to say about today..

And for that moment, everything was perfect.

Today I got up,  fed Jasper and Shiloh their breakfast, And than we went outside....again:)  I am loving this weather so much!  We decided to go on another mile walk, but this time, in a jogger. Can i just say, MUCH EASIER than the stroller... wow!   Anyways.  The horses came out today in the fields:)  I was sitting on my couch, wishing my grass was green  but besides the point, it will get that way soon, i was looking out my huge window and seeing the horses, looking at my garden, and at the trees and the beautiful sun and my two kidlets and i thought to myself. what a awesome life i have! And for that moment, everything was perfect.

Just watching the horses in our backyard.

they love the mile walk!

loving the sun!

Best friends forever!

Gardening

Today was a pretty much out door day.  Went to the garden shop with Jasper and Shiloh. Bought some onions, leeks, carrots and some flowers of sorts and fertilizer etc.  Came home, pulled weeds for about 2 hours and raked, made the soil workable,  planted the stuff and just as i planted the flowers and put them in the ground....Shiloh steps all over them.... the most expensive ones too...it was rather frustrating.. But i fixed it.  Than Shiloh got a hold of the weed whacker thing and stabbed me in my eye with it ( on accident of course) so, i officially have a eye that is swollen. Jasper just played and helped dig, climbed trees, etc.. Im going to put a waterfall in the backyard and stepping stones with some trees in the back so im trying to get it all set up.  And i cant wait to get my garden set up!  In a talk once in conference someone said, " one day i promise you, you will be living off of what you grow"   so i'm making sure we got all the good stuff just in case:)  

This is my crew!

Just the best little helper.....poor flowers....

of course, Jazz is climbing a tree and Shiloh is following close behind

relaxing with Jazz while Shy took a nap

this is his bed head hahaha

Kidney stones and easter eggs in trees

Today, my last kidney stone is coming out... it hurts :(   i had the kids sent to grandmas while i go through this ..last time they were in the living room watching t.v and i was screaming of pain in the bathroom.   It was hard to NOT cry around them.  It got Jasper very worried.  He automatically knew something was wrong this morning and brought me cereal in bed and said, " Mom i think i'll go to grandmas today," and than when Shiloh started walking in with Ben, Jasper said, " Your not allowed to go in there mommy is sick and i'm her guard." ha ha ha what a sweet kid.    
Jasper helped grandma put up Easter decorations.  It was cute:)  my mom always hangs plastic eggs on the trees at her house.   Tradition as you may call it:)

Im gonna do this.

Alot has happened.  We finally are in our house.  Its so wonderful. In a good and awesome ward which we love, great neighbors, our yard is huge. Lots of space.  We are very grateful! Ive decided im going to write a blog a day, even if they are boring, im gonna try. :)  Its been nice living walking distance to both sides of the family. I walk up to my parents almost daily. Its a mile walk. But its good for the kids and myself.   My health is doing great!  Besides the kidney stones of course haha
We gave a talk in church on the 24th of March :) i think it went well.  Ben did great too! On other note. Our old town house complex has been giving us hell. Personally i dont think it should be our responsibility to paint  or pay for it.. seriously.  but we set up payment plans to pay off the 1000 dollars we owe to move out of that hell hole.   I keep thinking positive though. We are out of that horrid place!!!
Easter is coming! Jaspers favorite holiday,  he loves finding the eggs and putting up the decorations.   We just had both Shilohs and Jaspers birthday's!  Jazz turns 3! and Shiloh turned 1!  love those pups!
We got chicks!  They are adorable.  All hens.  Gonna do that whole egg laying thing:) Cant wait to get my garden started! Already planted the peas!

Walk time!

Merry, Pippin, and Dumbo

Jasper and all his friends at his birthday party! After which we went to kangaroo zoo!

Shilohs birthday~

Our chicks

Just a ton.

Welp, its 2013!   So many new things to write about.. I had to get another surgery. It went alright and things are doing better,  i sat there for months asking god to help me and to help me get through this.  I wasted 12 months of my sons lives being sick and having a hard time watching them.  It was heart wrenching.  BUT.  things are really looking up now. Im starting to feel alive again and healthy.  We Bought our new house and first house!  Five bedrooms, Two bathrooms, 1/2 acre lot with horses in the backyard AND its in Bountiful.  Yes, my home Bountiful.  Just down the road from my parents. Not even a mile. Its amazing. Things around this apartment/townhome are really dull, i go down to bountiful every day just to avoid hearing the constant yelling of our neighbors or gun shots. or dog fights, etc.  I hate it here. Its literally a living hell. only less than a month left.  Well.. we take possession of the house on the 28th of this month. So were ditching here and going to move into our house once that hits. Its terrible here.  We despise this hell hole.. Glad were going into a house.   FINALLY!!!!  We found the perfect house at first and we put in an offer, the man that was selling the first house didn't know what he was doing and had major anger issues and completely pulled out of the market, which sucks for him because that would cost him a hell of a lot of time and money... so we searched more and more... we only had two months to find a house before our contract here would be done... than we finally found an even more perfect house. six houses down from the other one.. bigger and better.   And let me just say, that house buying IS SO FREAKING STRESSFUL! especially if your a control freak like me or a competitive person.. its so stressful and you CANNOT get your hopes up at all and you cant say ANYTHING until you have signed papers, gotten the appraisal done, which takes a week, and an inspection done, which also takes a few days, and than you have to discuss the appraisal rate compared to the people who are selling its rate.  like for instance.  it was clocked in at 200,000   after we got the appraisal it said it was worth 180,000  so we tried to tell the seller that were not willing to pay 200,000 and he had a stick up his butt for about 3 days. So at that point we were put on hold. We offered him 188,000 which is a pretty good deal.  FINALLY he accepted the offer.  He signed the papers saying that we and he took it " as is"    and FINALLY, it was in our hands and under contract and no one else could purchase it.   Than he had to sign other papers saying it will be ours on the 28th and until than we pay 1000 just to say" we want the house"   anyways bottom line, its a done deal and we move in on the 28th....MAN I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.  I have now 3 ulcers from that stress. Holy Hell.... anyways ill post pictures of that.

ill post inside pictures when we are all settled in.   Jasper is going to turn 3 in two months!!!! And my little Shiloh is turning 1 in a month!! Time flies... Love them with all my heart and soul. 

Love these buggars! Taylor,   Bens brother comes home from his mission in 4 days from Hawaii. I really cannot wait to see him!  Missed him and his spirit around so much.  He is an AMAZING man. Love that stud muffin a ton!    Were doing taxes this saturday, lets hope we get some big moolah back!!!!:D  Anyways.   

Shiloh got to meet Great Grandma TT for the first time and i fear probably the last time.. She is sick..:(  she basically helped raise me. Took me for the summers. always made me smile.   She was my best friend no doubt about it.. I had heard that she had lost her memory quite a bit.. she couldnt remember anyones names and that made me hesitant to even go for fear i would get heartbroken, but i wanted her to meet my Shiloh before she went.   I went up and i took a deep breath before walking into her room and when i saw her, i about cried, she looked so frail.. i went over and held her hand and she called out my name :)  she remembered me even after a year.  and i replied saying " yes its me grandma"  she cried and i of course balled. And than i showed her Shiloh,  she told me she was so proud of me.   I love my grandma tt so much. it was so hard to see her in so much pain and agony... not in her home, in a hospital care center, i didnt want to leave.. :(  it was a happy time for all of us.  

if she does go before we see her again, at least ill know she is happy now and that she is proud of me.