Gas, skunks and dogs don't mix

This dog is definitely in the doghouse.... A couple days ago Perry was fixing something on his dirt bike and accidentally spilled gas all over the floor of our garage. It stunk up our whole house to say the least and has been terrible trying to get rid of the smell. Fast forward a couple days....Last night Perry let Sport outside and as he came back in he yelled "Oh no, I think Sport was sprayed by a skunk!" Within about 10 seconds our whole house reeked so bad. It smelled like the worst burnt rubber smell you have ever smelled and made me nauseous, feeling like I could taste it. After Sport ran around the house we finally got him in his cage and I did a search to see how to get the smell off him. We had no tomato juice so we tried a mixture of white vinegar, baking soda and dish detergent. It worked wonders on him-but our house still stunk. After buying a new bed for Sport and using a deskunk solution on all of our carpet- it has helped. Last night we were sitting in a freezing cold house with all of our windows open trying to air it out. It seems better today-but who knows when it will be completely sink free?? lol-Gas, skunks and dog smell definitely don't mix...Does anyone want to come over to our yummy home??

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!

Can't believe my little girl is 4 now!!! Holy cow! To celebrate we had Perry's family over for dinner and cake. Logan was also excited to have my parents in town to join in on the fun too..

My mom helped me with the cake and it actually wasn't very hard to make.

The only thing Logan wanted for her birthday was a princess helmet to match her bike-so she was pretty excited when she opened it. (her little brother also likes to wear it)

Things for me to remember about Logan at this age:

She loves playing pretend. She is content to play by herself for hours just talking to her dolls playing "princess" and being the mom. Cache is usually the dad or husband. This past year she has also had a couple "play dates." She likes playing with other girls and as much as she loves her brother-she also gets sick of his teasing and pestering.

She is really coming out of her shell and is getting more confident at talking to others. She used to be very shy, but now she is more independent and not as afraid.

She loves princesses still. Her favorite right now is Tangled, but she loves all of them.

She loves to learn. She pulls out her workbooks all the time and wants to do the activities in them. She amazes me with her memory. She can remember names, faces, small details that I don't even remember. She has really enjoyed mommy preschool this year and I think we will put her in a real preschool next year.

Although she has her occasional melt down moments-she is a sweetheart and we are lucky to have her in our family..HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!

DANCING QUEEN

I put Logan in Farmington High's drill team dance clinic. They practiced an hour and a half for 3 days straight then they performed during half time at the boy's basketball game. She thought she was so big. It was fun to watch her dance, and I am glad she wasn't afraid to do it. I think she had a lot of fun.

Logan, Jaima and Miquelyn

Grandma and Grandpa and mammy and pappy even got to see her dance. It was fun that my parents were able to be in town. Cache was cracking us up when we got home from the game. He kept stealing Logan's pompom and kept shaking them calling it "his pompom." Perry wasn't too excited about Cache's new favorite toy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Hope all had a Merry Christmas...We did....besides the fact half of everyone kept passing the stomach flu around..All of Perry's siblings (7 besides him) came into town and I think at least half of everyone got sick at some point during the week. Poor Perry got it twice for our family. (Luckily I never got it or the kids) Besides everyone being sick we had alot of fun though. It was great to see everyone and we had the privilege of having his oldest sister Chanel and her family stay with us for a little over a week. We had fun staying up late watching movies and playing kinect. Chanel put together a "Night at Bethlehem" where everyone dressed up and got gold coins to purchase food that would have been eaten during Christ's time, and we also had a little program. One night we played wallyball and another night we played elimination at the church. It was great to see everyone and hang out. Now that everyone is gone the kids and I don't know what to do with ourselves...Its back to our boring "real lives" I guess.. Here are some pics!
The kids had fun helping us put ornaments on the tree.

When we were in Utah for Thanksgiving we went to temple square to see the lights.Perry and I missed the ward party so we took them to the rec center to see Santa. Logan told Santa she wanted "something special" for Christmas. I have no idea what "something special" is..... These are taken with my phone-so crappy quality.

Here's the boys playing dance-kinect. It was so fun and so funny to watch!!

Tubing at Hesperus. The kids loved it..

Here's my fat man in a "little coat"

Logan and Eva tubing down the hill

Christmas morning...Santa did come...(I love that our kids are getting older and really "get it"-its fun to experience Christmas through their eyes)

Hope everyone has a great New Year!!!!

GUESS WHO'S 2??

Can't believe my baby is 2 already..I still think of him as my baby-but he is far from a baby anymore...He is definitely a little boy now-and "all boy." I feel bad because I didn't do a big party for him. The timing was off and it just never worked out. (what was I thinking having a December baby?) Anyway-we had a party with our little fam. I made him a baseball cake that looks terrible. (the icing was too thick- don't look very close:)) He opened his presents and loved all of them...He is really a cutie and we love having him in our family. Here are some pics-but they are taken with my phone so they didn't turn out very well.

digging inPresents

One of his favorite presents was this camero from Pappy. Here are some things that I want to remember about Cache at 2.

- He is really into Cars right now. Especially Mater and Lightning. LOVES THEM so much they are his cuddle buddies at night. As I said before he also loves cameros. When we pull into the dealership he points them out right away. "Look mom, Camero." Totally cracks me up.

-He also still has a fetish with shoes. He always asks for us to put on his tennas (tennis shoes)

-He loves nursery-when we are done with sacrament meeting he gets excited because he gets to go play with toys.. (took him a month or two to get used to it-but now he loves it)

-Loves to talk..He is a little chatterbox that never stops talking. (Clams up a little around other people-but at home he is nonstop)

-Loves to play with Logan...The older he gets the better they play together and they get along pretty well for the most part. They always play house and Cache is the husband. I am usually the grandma...lol

-This one keeps me on my toes. He is such a sweetheart, but sometimes can have a mind of his own like last night when I couldn't find Lightning and he had a complete meltdown. For the most part though he is a happy go lucky little guy and I love him...