8 Kids @ the Fair!

Thursday and Friday, my cousin's kids came to spend the night. We love it when they come!

Thursday was a little low key...the kids pretty much lived in Grandma's treehouse, with intermittent breaks for bathroom breaks and meals. In the evening, we all went down to the Farmer's Market (it's only a block away from us). That night, we put 7 of the 8 kids up in the loft for a movie night with sleeping bags and popcorn....they loved it, and were actually all asleep by 11:30...shocking! :)

Friday, we headed for the Davis County Fair. We had a bet how many stares we would get...pregnant me walking with 8 kids :) It was pretty funny, actually, but we only had one person actually ask so not too bad. I think people go to the fair in part to look at the extremes of people...I know I do :) We all had lemonade slushies and got cheap toys that were made in china that probably didn't make it home before they broke, but that's what the fair is all about, right? :)

Then it was time for them to head to their next destination.

See you again soon, Carlee, Taylor, Christian and Jenna!!!

The Saga Continues...

Good news for the day:
-We are having a cousin party...11 kids including my own at one point (2 babies, a 2 year old, a three year old, two 4 year olds, three 6 year olds, a 9 year old and a ten year old). I love having a full house. We watched Mr. Magorium and Bridge to Terabithia on the projector with some fabulous microwave popcorn.

-My cousins' 91 year old grandma went through the temple today for the first time...how cool is that?!?

-We got our structural engineering stuff back. Not really sure what that means, but I know we need it, so woo hoo!

-Bryan got into the doctor, and the doctor is cool! He wears hawaiian shirts, drives an old, beat up truck and saw Bryan for over an hour!!! Hoe-Lee Cow!

-I successfully got all 8 children to sleep before midnight...my house is now silent!

-Bryan's doctor says that all the other doctors Bryan has gone to in the past took it upon themselves to tell him what he didn't have, but that his job is to figure out what Bryan does have.

-On his to do list, the doctor even wrote "follow this through to the end." Kind of sweet :)

-The doctor says that since he has had these problems for 3 years, it most likely isn't something scary.

Optimistically-challenged news for the day:
-I didn't get pictures of today with all the kids because...did I mention I had 11 kids here?!? I will try again tomorrow.

-It looks like the sale fell through on our house...again. Kind of a bummer, they are really nice people.

-Our house project has become a circle....see below.

In order to get our loan, we have to rent out our house

To rent out our house, we have to move to our new house

To move to our new house, we have to finish the kitchen and bathroom (at least)

To finish the kitchen and bathroom, we need a loan

Repeat.

-Bryan's doctor says that since Bryan has had his problems for 3 years, they are probably here to stay. He will have a bunch of tests in a couple weeks, so we'll see what that brings, but just having someone validate Bryan that there really is a problem was a great step for him.