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My not so white Christmas part 3: Desert Excursion

2012-01-02T12:22:00.000-08:00

Jeremy had never been up close and personal with a cactus until our PERFECT Christmas trip! We called upon my brother Morgan to find us the PERFECT place to explore the desert! HE DID!!! It was SOO fun! WE explored and explored we now loving refer to our desert excursion often! :)

What might one do on a desert excursion you might ask? Well, I am glad you asked... because I was going to tell you whether you wanted to know or not! :)

1. One might pose for pictures :)

2. One might collect rocks!
3. One might put collected rocks in this.
4. One might be in AWE of a HUGE cactus! :)
4. One might ... uh... stand around...
5. One might find crazy bug** things
6. One might put creepy bug** things on arm...
(Not pictured)
7. One(Jeremy) might try to see what a jumping cactus does after being warned to stay away from it and get poked by it repeatedly and finally have to ask Ones brother to use tweezers to get it off.

8. One might kick over TONS of rocks to find creatures.

9. One might just stand outside in the desert enjoying the scenery and warmth of the sun since One is from Utah where there is MUCH different scenery and no warmth.

10. One WILL have the time of their lives and not want to return to frozen toes and fingers and snowy roads!

**These are actually not bugs... they are cactus spines from a saguaro cactus! :)

My not so white Christmas part 2 : Hair cuts

2012-01-02T12:12:00.000-08:00

Warmth, fun, family and Christmas, what more could we ask for? ..... A hair cut maybe?
My sister Alicia gives the BEST hair cuts of all time! Proof to follow!

1. My already cute son Kason

BEFORE

DURING
AFTER

2nd. My already wonderfully adorable son Karver
BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

3rd. My incredibly handsome husband
BEFORE

AFTER

The best right???
Thanks Alicia!

My not so white Christmas part 1 : Randomness

2012-01-02T12:00:00.000-08:00

I had, THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!!
I am NOT kidding about this... I was able to spend a WARM Christmas in Arizona, I took so many pictures and memories home with me i am in HEAVEN just thinking about it! It was the most PERFECT trip EVER!!!

Before I show you ALL the wonderful pictures, I will show you some random pics that dont really fit in with my other post ideas.

1st My beauitful sister Christa, and my wonderful son Kason (this was not taken on this trip, this was actually about 7 months ago, but Christa was gone at her brother's wedding, so we didnt get to see her much, so I thought I would throw this in there.)2nd After being there about a day Kason got his first battle wound! A bloody nose! :(
Jeremy enjoyed driving my mom's mini around. We felt pretty cool seeing as it has flames on it and all! :)
These are some pics of my and my brother Morgan, (I dont know why mine is upside down, but oh well! :)

There, hungry for more? well.... they will come.... they will come

Family time!

2011-12-19T20:08:00.000-08:00

We have had such a fun adventures this past few weeks. I will start off with one.

One day Jeremy came home from work and said, " Don't plan anything for next Monday because we are going to take the short bus to see the lights at the temple." I was thinking WHAT??!!! But that is exactly what happened.

We took the short bus....

to see the lights at the temple..

We were all very excited.... some more than others....

We had some FUN people to go with.... and fun memories were made...

We took cute we took fun pictures

We saw some neat things...

It was WAY fun! We are already planning our next trip in the short bus!! :)

Give of our selves.

2011-12-17T10:33:00.000-08:00

This video is of my sweet, kinda friend. He is a REMARKABLE singer, and even more importantly he is a REMARKABLE person. He is an example to many.

This song really connects to what I have been thinking of Christmas this year. I have thought so much about those around me in need. I wish I could do more, but I am glad to be able to do something. Let us all please remember this year, this season, the season that we celebrate our Savior. Lets honor him through our actions. Love those that he loves, help those that he would help, be kind to those he would be kind to...... "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God."

house, tree, bum :)

2011-11-29T10:33:00.000-08:00

We have had a lot of fun lately. We are finally getting over our crazy pink eye. I am still not wearing contacts or makeup because I have a little extra goop oozing out (TMI?)

We have also had a NASTY stomach bug going around. I was sick all of thanksgiving, it stopped me from eating too much, playing too hard, but it didnt stop me from having fun!

We built ginger bread houses!! That sure was BLAST!!!
Kason was on team Tanner ( Chelsey and Steven's team!) They have a few half eaten gum drops to show for his hard work! :)

This was team AWESOME!!
And Karver was on team Huot (Grandma Huot's team) Karver was very cautious and neat ... does that surprise anybody??
Then a few days later when I was feeling better and Jeremy was on the mend from the same nasty stomach bug, Kason woke up with a yucky tummy, but that didnt stop him from enjoying our Christmas Tree cutting adventure!!

This is the gang. We stomped our way up the mountain, through the snow, and found us the PERFECT Christmas Tree's! :)
This is the BEAUTIFUL tree that Jeremy picked out for our family!! Beautiful right??? Yes... but TALL!!!
When we brought it home it was clear we could need to do a little trimming.. We had cut it down to size, and we were in the process of decorating it when we found this...... EWWWWWWWWW
I guess that's what we get from nature!
Anyway we are in the process of decorating it (the tree no the mouse) and I am sure you will see the finished product soon.

This last picture I had to add. One night the boys were "helping" daddy in the shop, I walked over to see what kason was doing and this is what I saw! Reminds me of the Charmin commercials! :)

Very excited for this Christmas season! :)
trying to hold in my pre-mature Christmas attack!

bummer

2011-11-13T15:02:00.001-08:00

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dun dun dun

2011-11-09T09:22:00.001-08:00

The dreaded pink eye has come to the crozier home. Poor kason

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thoughts of a workin mom

2011-11-08T05:34:00.000-08:00

A few months ago I accepted a job at the local school district to be a Sign Language Interpreter. I have soo enjoyed the time I have spent at the school working with with the staff and student. I LOVE using my talents and I LOVE helping pay our medical bills and get us out of the whole financially. I do not LOVE, however, being away from my boys. It is hard when they are sick or just want to be with me, to leave them with a family member or friend and go off to work. I wonder about them constantly, I think about them always.

I have found a great quote that I read everyday and it has helped me while at work.
"What a shame it would be to spend all this time away from home giving only a half hearted effort."
I think about his often and it pushes me to do my best. Another positive thing I have found from being away from home is that when I do come home I cherish EACH SECOND spent with my kids. I dont want to let them watch a movie, because I want that time spend with the two of us. I dont want it to snow because I want to run around outside with them. I dont want to put them to bed because I want to laugh and play with them. I am more in awe of my wonderful blessing than I have EVER been before. I look at their smiles and glow from the heart out! I hear their laughs and joy bursts out my own mouth through the form of giggles! I love them... they are my heart!

Speaking of my heart, Jeremy has been so wonderful helping me with keeping things up around the house. Being soo supportive of me. He ,too, is my heart.

I will be done working in December, and as hard as it has been, it has been worth it. It seems like I have heard somebody say that before "He didn't say it would be easy, He only said it would be worth it." hmmmmm :)

I know that my Heavenly Father knows me. He knows my needs even more than I do. He loves me and my family and blesses them to no end. He is wise, all knowing in fact.

:)

October

2011-11-04T11:36:00.001-07:00

Halloween fun, family fun. We decided to be the incredible this year for Halloween, for many reasons,

1: we are incredible

2: ever since kason was born people have been telling me he looks like jack jack.

.3: I have always wanted to wear tights with underwear on the outside for the entire world to see.

(One of those reasons was sarcastic)

We had a fun sleep over with mud masks and all, Jeremy looks good in green don't you think?

And its getting cold....

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A nerd and a Chinese man walk into a room...

2011-10-25T14:34:00.001-07:00

THis year our ward Halloween party was put on by the young men and young women. Jeremy and his teachers got roped into being in charge. They did a great job and we all had alot of fun.the costumes were kinda a last minute decision. Kason wore Karver's costume form a few years ago....
and luckily we had this in our closet from a bag of baby cloths given to us by my sister Bonnie..
It had a cute hat that had a black braid sticking out the back, but Karver was in no mood for a hat. So he was a blond Chinese man.
and this is just because he is soo stinken cute! :)

while up loading the pictures my computer decided to go a little Halloweeny on me and change my adorable family pic into something a little more creepy......

ohhhh spooooooky

on a side note, I am not sure when Halloween costumes changed from being scary monsters witches and ghost, to princesses, nerds, and Chinese men, but I'll just go with it, as long as I... I mean my kids, get candy out of the deal! :)

Let me sum up.... again...

2011-10-20T09:24:00.000-07:00

So, what happens when a mommy has to work, and has a few days off, but wants to spend every waking moment of those days with her beautiful kids??? Alot of sum ups.. :) Sorry no time to right in lots of detail.... These were things not really on my to do list, but they were VERY WELCOMED!!

Beautiful spontaneous trip to Tony's gove (a lake hidden somewhere in-between Logan and Bear Lake)?

CHECK!

Sit and enjoy the amazingness of this earth?

Check!!!
Go to Bear Lake (since we were half way there any way, why not??)?

CHECK!!!
Enjoy a beautiful, fun, exciting four wheeler ride with my AMAZING hubby and wonderful sister and brother-in-law??

CHECK!!
Look at most of Northern Utah from "Inspiration" point with said company??

CHECK!!

Come home with half the dirt of Northern Utah our my faces??

CHECK!!Look at this cute face??

CHECK!!!

Play with this sweet boy???

CHECK!!
Spend a relaxing evening at grandma Huot's playing in the sand box??

CHECK!!!

(notice Kason is sticking something in his mouth in this pic?? I just did! I dont even want to know what it is! :)

Other items not pictured,

Visit with family in Boise for Lucy's baptism??

Check!!

Enjoy a ward Halloween carnival??

Check!!! (pictures to come)

Get a juicer and juice everything in site???

CHECK!!!

Sing a musical number for our ward activity?

Check!!

Thanks for tuning in to my sum up! More to come... maybe

Lions and tigers and Kason... OH MY!!!

2011-10-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

This is my adorable, lovable, handsome, wonderful, sweet, happy boy.. look at that smile, and angel right? He is CRAZY... and to quote a really good movie, "let me splain (explain)... no theres too much... let me sum up...."

Hey!! What in the world could that be!?? What?! I'm not standing on a glass table?

hmmm.... whats in here?


Let me through a glass cup, and them play with it.... ouch

And for your viewing pleasure... the cute little crazy at work! Doing what he does best... terrorizing!

We sure do love him!

Camping Crozier style

2011-09-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

(four wheeler ride with aunt chels and uncle steve)
(playing in FREEZING water all day!)
(seeing strange dead animals on the side of the road)

(eating cute campfire cup cakes)
(getting VERY dirty)
(just chillin)
(four wheeler rides to the flushing bathrooms MANY times a day)
Going on super fun hikes with the family!

Enjoying the BEAUITFUL hike!

This is SOOO MUCH FUN!! Cant wait to do it again!! :)

Fun

2011-08-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Just some fun we have had.

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Fun being us

2011-08-30T18:33:00.000-07:00

You know, its fun being us... the things we do are fun.... like

Going to a parade is FUN!!

seeing the missionaries in the parade is FUN!
Seeing a tractor in the parade is FUN!
Playing with cousins is fun!Being cute is FUN!!

Taking silly pictures with Mommy is FUN!!!Getting into everything you can is FUN!!! ( or that is what kason thinks!)

Dressing up like a fire fighter is FUN!!
Kason taking a ride with Grandpa Crozier in the tractor is FUN!!!

Kason helping daddy mow the lawn is FUN!!
Karver giving Kason a ride on his 4-wheeler (that goes 2 mph) is FUN!

P.S. camping is fun too... and pictures will come soon of our fun camping trip, but here is a sneak peak!

What we have been "UP" to.

2011-08-11T10:34:00.000-07:00

So, what we have been up to.... just having fun as always

Both the boys are getting so big and lively! Karver is like a little man talking and figuring things out... Kason is talking a bit too now, and figure way to many things out. He is climbing and eating everything. I LOVE HIM and his mischievous ways.

Karver has developed a new fashion sence. He loves his hat and boots... We are always sure to get lots of compliments and comments as we go out on the town looking like this...Also we got to go to a parade of homes, I LOVE THEM!! The best part was we saw a house that looked like this... you recognize it?
well, if you had seen "UP" as many times as I have, you would know in an instant what it is. We got out of the car and I said, "karver do you see Mr. Fredricksons house?" he looked around for a bit then said "I SEE IT!!!!" Super cute...

There was even a cute Mr. Fredrickson there! :)
The chairs :)
Russle's badges, and the jar for paradise falls!
This was in the living room
It was SUPER fun!! The kids loved and karver kept saying... "ya i know this.... up" hahaha thanks Grandma Crozier for thinking of it and taking us there! You are a trooper!!!

Kason's party pics promised!

2011-07-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

So i found some pics of kason's party.... I will help you feel like you were there with us! It started out soo peaceful and happy, like this!

Then we ate some food.. like this! :)Then we opened presents.....(with help)..... like this!Then song happy birthday and kason blew out the candles like this...(yes I said Kason, and Yes this is Karver, kasons lungs arent strong enough yet! :)Then we ate birthday cake, like this...Then the sneak attack happened.... like thisThen we had a water melon eating contest like this...and it ended like this.. THen we started the water games like this.....everybody through a balloon at Jeremy!everybody....If you hit him then he dumps water on the person next to him.... but if you miss....then you become the person next to him..... and he dumps water on you...if you want him too or not!!!When it was said a done we all had tons of fun (yes that rhymed and i didnt even try!), but what do you do when there is some cake left over??? Well, I will show you what we do! :)The only problem with that is Jason (Jeremy's younger brother) is a little bit protective of his brother.... like this (note Jason's face of pure rage as I smother his brother with ((yummy)) cake) So then he protects his brother.... like this....Then we all end up looking like this....and kason's not happy about that... like this.....But then we kiss and make up.... like this...... It was fun... I hope you feel like you were there, and I hope you can come next year! :) (it maybe a bit less messy next year! :) maybe!! :)

oh JOY, Kason's bday!

2011-07-26T11:26:00.000-07:00

We got to have Joy in our house this last week.. and by Joy I mean my niece!
We took a trip to D.I. and found this nifty .... Shirt??

I couldnt believe it was in the Womens section!

But believe it or not... it was a one size fits all.. and by "fits all" they mean newborn to the full grown!! hhahaha it was AWESOME!!!
One night we went to the skating rink in town. We were pretty much professional, or something like that!We had so much fun! We watched movies, ate junk, went on walks, and just chilled!!
The day after Joy left, we started prepping for Kason's 1st b-day!
Our little boy is 1!! I didnt get pictures of the party, I was too busy partying! But here are a few pics that were taken on or around his bday!
and this is a very yummy... very not natural, CAKE!!!!
This was the back up cake just in case anybody didnt like chocolate, or if we didnt have enough of the first cake! .....
If you are wondering why it says "birthday pal" .. It is because we only had a few letters left! :) haha So this is what it ended up being! :)

We had soo much fun and hopefully I will find somebody in the family that actually took pictures of the event! A brief overview of what happened at the actaul party!

*Ate finger foods (because that is how kason eats all the time!)
*Had a watermelon eating contest! (Jeremy's dad Max won!!:)
*Answered questions about Kason and his 1st year!
*Opened presents from family and friends!! Thanks everybody!!
*Sang happy birthday in 3 langauges! (English, Chinese, and ASL)
*Watched Kason DIVE INTO his cake! :) There will be pics as soon as a find some!)
*Ate yummy cake!!!
*Played water games!!

mixed into those activities there was a little bit of sneak attack water dumping!! haha GOOD TIMES!!
Thanks to all those who came, and to those who couldnt, next year we will be expecting you! :)

P.S. the day after Kason's b-day is mine.. and my sister Heathers!

We celebrated by having a tin foil dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Hewys house.. these are the only pics I have surrounding that evening...

The pictures have no relations, and no connection to the birthday celebrations, besides the fact that they were taken on the same day! POOR KID! :(

Jack Jack Attack!! Kason 1? SAY WHAT?!?!?

2011-07-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

It amazes me how different he and Karver are! Kason is a dare devil! Karver is cautious. Kason is BIG, Karver has always been little. Kason has to be in the actions, Karver likes to sit back and watch the action. Kason eats everything, Karver eats nothing. Kason is loud and rumbustious, Karver is content. But, even with all these differences their is something that they DO have in common... They are AMAZING! They mean the world to me! They easily get smiles and laughs from people around them.

I love them!! Life wouldnt be complete without both....
Today, I am going to focus on my littest angel! It is his birthday! And he is super special!

We have had some good times with this cute kid!And some hard times!

He loves animals, food, water, karver, and to walk!
He is SOOO much fun and can make anybody laugh!!
He is the CUTEST thing in the world and I just want to kiss his face everyday!! and i do!! :)
We are soo incredibly blessed to have him in our lives! My heart is so full to the point of almost BURSTING! He is perfect for our family! He is FULL of life and personality! Things he has accomplished in a short year!!
*He can crawl and take a few steps
*He can say ball, mama, dada, bubble,
*He points and grunts whenever he sees an animal
*He signs all-done
*He melts his mamas heart!
*He makes Karver laugh!
*He climbs on everything and gets into everything!
*He eats everything

HAPPY B-DAY KASON!!! I love you!!!

Rain check anniversary, Sick baby!

2011-07-11T11:05:00.000-07:00

Since Jeremy and I were states away for our anniversary, we had to take a rain check for any fun activities!

This last weekend we cashed in our rain check, I didnt know mother nature would take it so literally...

It was SOOO fun, I felt like a gitty little school girl! We went out to eat and laughed and talked an hour a so, when we decided to head out, it was POURING... Jeremy said "Lets take the long way!" So we (I) giggled, and we ran through the rain! By the time we got to the truck we were both DRENCHED!!

This is supposed to be my, OOPS we got wet, face, but it ended up being my, my face is half numb but I'm trying to smile, face!

We stopped the truck in front of my sister in laws house, played in the puddles and KISSED IN THE RAIN!!! :)
Our orignal plan was to go up the canyon and camp, but after our soggy dinner date, we decided to go watch a movie with snacks and snuggles! :)

AHHHHHHHH I love this man! :)

In not so happy news, our little angel boy is sick! :( He got an ear infection while in Az, and hasnt really been the same since. Sunday his eyes got glazed over and he started falling asleep everywhere... Seconds after that top pic was take, he fell asleep on daddy's face! :(

Today is Monday, and although he is a bit cranky, he seems to be doing much better! YAHHHH!!!!

To Az and back

2011-07-06T07:37:00.000-07:00

We (Ruth, Karver, and Kason) were SOOO lucky to be able to spend time in Arizona with family while Jeremy was at Scout camp!

We hung out in 118 degree weather,

We played with relatives,

went to a WMBA game
(my brother Morgan got us a GREAT deal!! FREE Tickets to the Mercury game. Did I mention we watched it from a SUITE!! There was all you could eat food, cake, and drinks! :) Thats what I call a GREAT DEAL! THANKS MORGAN, and company! :)

went frog hunting :)
(we saw probably 40 frogs or more! This is my beatiful niece Sarah Ruth with our 1st frog of the night!)

ate at memorable places,

(this is a pic of karver at Peter Piper Pizza)

saw my old stomping grounds...

and much much much MUCH more! :)

There were a few accidents and sicknesses, but it was worth it without a doubt!!! I LOVE my family and am soo happy I was able to spend time with them. The boys did GREAT on the 2 flights! It was one of the best trips I have taken in a LONG time!!

Thanks to everybody for your hospitality and love! :)
I'm already planning my next Az trip! :)

Update Smupdate! :)

2011-06-15T08:22:00.000-07:00

Jeremy has been at a skills camp this week, so its just me and the boys! We have been doing good getting stuff done around the house. Jeremy is doing well at his camp, he took his first pediatric trauma assessment test yesterday and got a 92%!!
GOOD JOB BABE!!
He said the first lecture of the day was tough, it was about child abuse, too many pictures and stories for his liking, but he still thinks that working with children would be fun!

We have missed him, but are soo proud of him.
I am taking a certification test today for my sign language!
Wish my luck!

We are prepping for a yard sale on Saturday and a fun trip to Az, in a week and a half
Jeremy has scout camp that week,
that week is also our anniversary,
we will be celebrating it the week after!

Happy, excited, proud!! Those are good words to describe me now! :)

Love you and wanted to give you an update!!

I love him... and this is why

2011-06-10T13:13:00.000-07:00

I love him...
and this is one of the many reasons why...

p.s. can you see kason holding onto the toilet at the bottom... this is his new favorite toy, I'm not so excited about that.

Family reunion month!

2011-06-05T09:06:00.001-07:00

We are having a fun filled month! June has just started and we have already attended 2 family reunion, and the boys and I have one "family get together" in a few weeks in Arizona.

The 1st reunion was in Idaho, at the Crozier family ranch What a fun group of people! :) We had alot of fun talking and getting further equanted with one another. This is actually the family reunion that Karver broke his leg at last year. This year there were no accidents, just fun.. and a few memories.

The next morning we attended the Potter family reunion ( this is Jeremy's mom's family) It was loads of fun! We got their and saw this!
So we laded the boys with sun screen and other necessary "sunny" gear!
Karver immediately went to play,

and Kason immediately went to rubbing and scratching and sneezing and coughing and rashing and ... well you see for your self...
I guess our sweet boy is allergic to sunscreen. This is not a big deal, unless of course you are planning on going to one of the sunniest places on EARTH in the next few weeks... oh wait.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

We quickly washed him off and gave him a few drops of children's Benadryl. It took about an hour but, finally his swelling, rashing, rubbing, sneezing, and itching stopped. poor kid!

We had FUN, FUN, FUN, and are expecting more soon! :)

Just to be healthy! :)

2011-06-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

We have changed a few things at our place. We are eating better, and feeling pretty happy about it too!
I have enjoyed learning new recipes and figuring out different ways to adjust to our new life style.
We feel more energetic, healthier, thinner, and I feel really good about feeding my kids such great stuff.

For my own records, and for yours, I have started a blog to help us on our way. It is a simple basic, recipe blog. It has some of the recipes we have tried and LOVED, and some we have tried and didnt love. Look if you'd like!! :)
Healthycrozier.blogspot.com

How'd I get so lucky?

2011-05-25T09:45:00.000-07:00

They are cute and fun, how'd I get so lucky?
They are strong and precious, how'd I get so lucky?
They are innocent and perfect, how'd I get so lucky?
They are happy and sweet, how'd I get so lucky?
They are best friends, and adorable, how'd I get so lucky?
They make me happy, they make me smile, how'd I get so lucky?
I am their mom.... How'd I get so lucky?

Birth, Life, Death

2011-05-23T08:43:00.000-07:00

WARNING: this is a disorganized and choppy post (that's what I get when I procrastinate my blogging) Read at your own risk!

We have had it all the past few weeks. We have celebrated two birthdays (three actually) a death, and a lot of life!

Two Saturdays ago Karver was able to go to his friends birthday party! He really enjoyed it.

They had alot of fun games and things to do, Karver preferred to stand on the side lines like usual, until they had a fishing game. The kids each got a plate with some Swedish fish on it, and some chops sticks, they had to eat the fish without using their hands. Karver figured it out rather quickly... he is his mothers son.. motivated by sugar!

We then had a REAL BIRTH day!! Jeremy's brother and wife had their baby on Thursday. He is BEAUTIFUL, he loves his aunt Ruth, and she loves him!

Braxon Crozier!!!We then attended our Grandma Huot's funeral on Friday! This is the rose I was able to place on heir casket, the service was wonderful and very fitting for what a wonderful life she lived! We love you Grandma Huot! :)
As always there is alot of life going on at our place!!

And of course we cant forget my personal favorite birthday party! KARVER"S!!! He is 3!!! WHAT??????
For weeks now Karver has been excited for his "Police car, firetruck and ambulance party!"
So, it was on me to make it work out
(I only had my phone to take pics, so there are not very many! :( SORRY!) Aunt Chelsey got some and hopefully I will be able to post them later!)
This is Karver cake... it is a house on fire.. and who showed up to the scene of this house fire? Well as you can see, a fire tuck, police care and ambulance!We had fun with family, friends and food! :)

Support your troops!

2011-05-02T09:58:00.001-07:00

We are soo blessed to live where we live. This BEAUTIFUL TOWN, with an AMAZING temple, living literally just houses away from the fair ground! Many people are excited for spring, and summer, but not as excited as us!!!!!!!

During the summers here the fair ground have NON STOP fun!
This last Saturday we had our first family fair ground adventure! A truck show!

The girl scout troops put on a "truck show" as a fund raiser. We decided to support out troops. It had different kinds of trucks the kids could look at and honk the horns and play! Karver obviously LOVED IT!

There were a few interesting things there, like this... and a mail carrier truck!
Even Jeremy enjoyed himself. I cant believe I didnt get a pic of the fire truck... ohwell

So as you can see we have been having a great time here in BEAUTIFUL Logan.

Karver is growing up TOO FAST!! He often is telling me he cant help out because he is "BUSY" well... okay....

Kason is growing even FASTER!! We took him to his 9 month check up and here are is states

Height 75%
Weight 25%
Head 25% (WHAT???)

He is sure keeping us on our toes!

Just another day

2011-04-29T12:06:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my life... It is full of cuteness...

and some more disturbing things...

To easter and beyond!

2011-04-26T10:22:00.001-07:00

It was a GREAT Easter here at the Crozier house! We celebrated the Resurrection of our Savior!! He lives again and so can we!

I was able to go to Boise to visit my sister and her CUTE family!! The family got even CUTER (if thats possible) when this little one arrived!It was great and a true blessing! I have been missing family lots lately, it was good to spend time with them, and GREAT to hold little Archy! :)

I know you are thinking "CRAZY WOMAN to drive the 4 1/2 hour trip to Boise with a 2 year old and a 9 month old, but they did GREAT!!! AMAZING in fact!!

When we returned, we had a BIG Easter hunt with the Crozier family! It was a BLAST!!

The next day we went to Brigham to have the Easter fish. I was able to "help" the Easter fish show my in-laws how it is done! It was FUN FUN FUN!! I even heard somebody say, "I may like the Easter fish better than the bunny! :)

I'm sorry I didnt get many, or any, pictures of them fishing. But there was an old Polaroid camera there and we took a few pics of us just goofing off... Here they are
Okay ladies, back off, he's mine!!!!

If you notice the last picture is of the gang doing a fishy face, in support of the Easter fish! :)

I loved this Easter, I loved being with family, having fun, getting and giving candy. I loved continuing traditions, but mostly I really felt a WAVE of gratitude for my Savior and all that He did for me. He came to Earth, LIVED, suffered, died, and LIVES again! I KNOW THIS!! I love Him.

HAPPY EASTER!!

Spa Fishing

2011-04-19T06:58:00.000-07:00

Jeremy and I spent a WONDERFUL and much needed outing at the SPA!!! We got FULL body massages! There were rose peddles, dimmed lights and relaxing music!! I AM AN ADDICT!! So is he! :) YES!!!!!!!

Then we stepped into a room with sparkling cider, chocolates, cheese cake, cooling masks, neck warmers, and again, rose peddles, dimmed lights, and relaxing music! There we got WONDERFUL pedicures... I LOVE a good pedicure ( I must be my mother's daughter! :)

Jeremy actually enjoyed his pedicure as well. He was disappointed that I discouraged pink toenail polish for him, but not too discouraged when he realized he would have a nice paraffin waxing.

Soo much fun and sooo nice... and sorry, this is the only pic I have to show for it! We went to Red Lobster after and my toenails werent dry yet, so I wore these fancy shoes in there! They dont look so bad in the pic, but they are pretty much made of paper! OH well!

The next day we went to Tremonton! There Karver got his 1st fishing experience! Thanks Uncle Jason for the help! :)

We are lucky because Jeremy's Dad has this creek right behind his house! We just step in the back yard for a good fishing trip!

These are the fishermen!Love you all!!

"Time to update your blog"

2011-04-13T09:43:00.000-07:00

A funny story, I was getting on the computer to update my blog, when I noticed a new comment on my previous post it said "Time to update your blog" hahaha Thanks parents!

So here ya go!! We recently discovere the BEST PARK IN LOGAN!! It is FABULOUSE!! We went with some good friends of ours, the Cronins. This is a picture of their daughter Jaedyn. She loves babies, which is a good things since her mom is due in a few weeks. Jaedyn insisted on holding Kason. Hahahha he is almost as big as her!

She and Karver play soo good together.

(karver came up and saw me blogging, he looked at this picture, what he said will be the caption)
"OHHH mommy look! Karver, Jaedyn, Sayson, playin on slide, playin at park.. ya... OHHH holding hands... ya thats right!"

*I love the look on his face...
A few days ago Karver had an entire weekend in Karver Heaven also known as grandma's house. Although we miss Karver terribly when he is gone, it is a time for Kason and I to spend time together! These are a few things we did.

*Went to Joannes Fabric... I know he just looks THRILLED to be there!
*We went on a date to Chilli's! He LOVED IT!! We shared our food and drink, although, after he had a few drinks I generously allowed him to finish it.. Chunky water isnt really my thing!
He had the run of the house!!! (in case you were wondering yes this picture is of Kason crawling up the stairs, and yes I shed a tear of fear when I found out he could do this)

A lady I know

2011-04-07T18:16:00.000-07:00

There is a lady I know, There is a lady I LOVE! She is strong and brave and wonderful. She is an example to all. A few days ago she wrote on her blog
"I am praying lots and trying really, really hard to trust in the Lord. I was really struggling with this for a while, the whole "thy will be done" was very hard for me. Then I finally told my husband to please give me a blessing (a special prayer in our religion, where the Lord can speak to you through a priesthood holder), and I was reminded that the Lord is in charge and to place my faith in Him. No matter what the doctors say, or the "survival rates" may show, the Lord is the one who will decide when I should come home! This was very humbling and encouraging for me because HOPE was the element that was missing for a while and it is amazing how much your life can change once it is there. So, for now we have hope, faith, and a really great support team surrounding me, so I can't think of any greater medicine in the world!!!!"
To her I say, i HOPE!
I hope you live for MANY MANY more years to be with your family and loved ones..
I hope you stay around to be the example and strength you are always have been..
I hope you are happy and your family is too..
I hope miracles will happen, I mean, I hope MORE miracles will happen..
I hope I can show you how much you mean to me, how much you have impacted my life..
but most of all, I HOPE I can be half the mother, wife, woman that you are :)

Love you!!

Feel free to join in the hope for this wonderful Lady!

There is a Lady that I Know....

2011-04-05T09:54:00.000-07:00

It has been an adventure to say the least at our house. All I have to say is the potty train can wait a while untill it comes to our house again.
This little cutie has been working SOOO hard..

His mommy has been working pretty hard too if I do say so myself.. and I do.

I guess these pictures dont need too many words! :)
As you know April 1st is the day of one of the WORST holidays ever made. I'm sorry, but I have never ever been a fan of April fools day. A day where people try to fool people into looking like fools...hmmm... it may be because I am a bit gullible, but I hate being on edge all day wondering what trick will be played next, who will be the fool? who will do the fooling?

I wanted to do something FUN for April fools this year. I remembered a few years ago my sister Bonnie made fun treats... I thought to myself, "self, you like treats... lets do it!"

So here are our April fools day treats...... Sushi & mini hamburgers. mmmmmmmmm

THey were made and delivered, and didnt make anybody look like a fool
Well, the messy kitchen maybe made me look like a fool, but it was worth it! :)
Also an that DREADED holiday, we enjoyed some time out side, Karver and I love running around outside. My heart broke when I looked at our house and saw this.. Kason was LONGING to play with us...
I put some slippers on his feet and let him enjoy... and enjoy he did

hey, maybe next year I will even look forward to April fools day...... maybe

A woman of few words

2011-03-31T17:30:00.001-07:00

I had kidney stones, I had surgury, I dont have a kidney stone any more! :)

Mom came to help me, we had ear candles, dont have mom here any more! :(

Karver wore diapers, we bought him a Mcqueen, he doesnt wear diapers anymore!! :)

We have a big boy potty, Karver wont use it, karver hasnt rode his Mcqueen yet. **

We had a happy baby, he is now teething, we dont have a happy baby anymore.

I had some time, Kason woke up, I dont have time any more ... hahaha C-ya

** Karver was Scared to death to pee in the potty. I got this genius idea to let him pee in the shower to show him that it is okay to pee without a diaper. Now he will only go in the shower. He is kinda potty trained, as long as their is a shower where ever we go. He doesnt want to pee on cheerios, he wont try it sitting down, only in the shower standing up. hmmmmm..... my next step is to put the potty in the shower, try to convince him to try that... we will see.

Sunday Sickness

2011-03-13T14:10:00.000-07:00

I am home from church today with two sick boys... Well not REALLY REALLY sick, but getting over being sick, since I am the nursery leader I cant take a runny nosed coughy boy to nursery, and since Jeremy is teaching... I'm home with the boys.
So, what am I doing with my time at home, well
blogging
baking cookies to deliver later
and as of the last hour or so I have been trying to make my self feel better.... how? Well let me explain....
The other night I woke up in the middle of the night in the WORST pain I have ever been in...the WORST!!! I was throwing up and on the verge of passing out for nearly an hour... KIDNEY STONES!!!!!!!!Ahhhhhhhhhhhh my HERO (Jeremy) gave me a blessing which QUICKLY healed me and I was off to sleep within 10 min.

I have been thinking about this.... am i a pansy, a weakling, a wimp, a wuss, a frail thing? hmmm.... so I was going to find out.... that brings me to this time... researching this:

What do kidney stones feel like?
This is what I have found... :) and I am happy :)

*this is some of the worst pain you would ever feel
*the stones dropped me to my knees!
*extreme pain, nausea and vomiting occur
*EXCRUCIATING pain
*I wanted to die it hurt so bad and there was absolutely no letting up once the attack started. I was doubled over and could not stand straight.
*Passing a large kidney stone can feel like a freight train ripping through your lower body.
*Unbearable." "Worse than labor.
*It WILL send you to the ER!!
*The worst pain I have EVER felt.

**** and my personal FAVORITE!!
"Excruciating, agonizing, debilitating, back-over-me-with-the-car-and-put-me-out-of-my-misery-now-please pain. "

Now that i feel better about myself, I am happy to say.. the pain has subsided, although I have NOT passed the stone/stones, it has moved to a more comfortable position for now!! :)

P.S. If any of you have experienced, or have seen somebody experience Kidney stones,, please feel free to add your input about the HORRIBLENESS of them :)

P.S.S. Lilly.. your my hero

What happends at Grandma's Stays at Grandma's

2011-03-09T07:48:00.001-08:00

Since Jeremy is currently gone for a skills camp for his Paramedic class, Karver, Kason, and I stayed a few days at Grandma and Grandpa Huot's house (Gampa Hewy according to Karver) There we had fun.... almost too much fun!

*Karver picked himself out a neat pair of slippers :)
*He was put to work .... splashing in puddles
*Giving the dog treats
*and filling the puddles with rocks

Some of the other "duties" that Karver has while at Grandpa and Grandma Hout's is to get all the toys and sctter them through out the house
Watch every movie in the house, while eating all the food in the house,
And of course climbing on over and around each piece of furniture.
Its a rough live but somebody's got to do it!

And here is a pic of Kason, because he is soooo cute!!!

He too is starting to learn the duties of grandma and Grandpa's house. His obligations include, but are not limited too
*Squirming enough until Grandpa holds him
*Screaming enough to Grandma holds him
*learning to crawl
*eating plants
*eating toys
*eating everything he can reach
*running into everybody with his walker giving painful bruises up and down you legs
*and finally just being DARN CUTE!!!

numbers, where zero's once were

2011-02-27T10:16:00.000-08:00

RUN FOREST RUN!!! Today is a GREAT GREAT DAY!!!! This is an activity that Karver does OFTEN! HE runs from one end of the house to the next, over, and over, and over, and over again. I am just happy he CAN run. He has been healed and back to normal for a while, but we were still suffering the affects of the accident that happened almost 9 months ago. Suffereing how, you might ask, well, if you were to look at our budget you would know. There were alot of zero's and negatives in most of the categories having anything to do with medical. But now, today, just like Karver has healed, and recovered, our budget has too. It didnt really hit me untill we put the numbers in the collums, it looked strange to see numbers without a negative infront of them. Then it hit me, WE ARE DONE!!!!!
There may of may not have been tears of happiness that we TRULY TRULY ARE DONE!!!

Thank you to all those who helped us. Thank you to my parents.. I LOVE YOU!!! Thank you!! THANK YOU!!!!!

* In other news look at the gift Jeremy made me for VALENTINES!! I love him!!!
that is all.

Cool Karver and Monster Trucks

2011-02-21T09:24:00.000-08:00

Can you believe the weather? For those of you in Az, I dont want to hear it! :) It was BEAUTIFUL for a few days. WE went on a walk for 2 days in a row. Notice the attire, a light jacket, pants, and a must: the upside down sunglasses
It got cold, it snowed... ALOT!!! I cant wait for SPRING!! COME ON ALREADY!!!!

In other news, Jeremy took Karver to his 1st MONSTER TRUCK SHOW!!!!

This was the half time entertainment!These are the handsome boys that came. Jason, Steven, Grandpa Crozier, Karver, and Jeremy behind the camera!
They made sure to give him ear plugs. These re high quality plugs from their cabenit shop. Look at the looks on their faces... It says it all

Cute kid
I guess he REALLY enjoyed it... was their any doubt he would? NO!! He was soo excited and LOVD EVERY minute. It may have been too much excitement. When they finally got back at 11:00 at night, I heard them moving around. I came to see and jeremy came rushing down the hall with Karver naked, and throw up all down the front of himself. I asked Karver if his tummy hurt and he said no. Then I said do you want to go to bed, he said Ok. The next morning he had forgot all about the puke, but TALKED all about the Monster Trucks.. I think it was a success

To you St. Valentine!

2011-02-16T08:12:00.000-08:00

We sure had a FUN valentines day!! It consisted of
*Chocolate chip, heart shaped pancakes for lunch

I love the above picture because Karver was soo excited for the heart shape pancakes, and kason is peaking in the background too.

Valentines also consisted of
*A MYSTERY dinner with Jeremy's brother Jason, his wife and step daughter, and our family!
*This is the table set up!

*This is the mixed up menu
*Our yummy heart shaped pizza!! SOO YUMMY!!

I know you are thinking "what is a Mystery dinner?" Well... for your 1st course you order 3 things off the menu. For example,
1. Bleeding heart
2. Puppy love
3. Cupids arrow
Then you end up with something like this..You have 5 minutes to eat your 1st course. You cant eat with your hands, you have to use the utensils given to you. The above picture is Jason's 1st course, a toothpick, a drink, and some pizza sauce.
The below pic is Heather's 1st course a knife, a drink, and some pizza sauce YUMM

The below pic is Jeremy's 1st course... a drink, pizza, and cake... but no utensil so he couldnt eat any of it!!
Hahha It was really fun. There was a point in time when Jason had a slice of pizza and some cake, and some pizza sauce, and a toothpick. It was fun to watch him eat his ENTIRE cake with just a tooth pick... by the end we all had everything, and we were able to enjoy what turned out to be a rather delicious dinner. After dinner we blew out the candles one by one while saying something we loved about our spouse!

Even karver got a special valentine. He was pretty excited... thanks to his cousin kenna! :)
I have always loved Valentines day, it is fun to show people you love them. Thanks St.Valentine.. this if for you! :)

All around the Crozier house

2011-02-13T14:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines day tomorrow!! This is what has been going on at our house!! Karver has been SICK! I think this is the most sick he has ever been. He had a HIGH temp for a good 3 days solid. it ranged from 102-104.2 for those 3 days. He had a rough cough, but mostly wanted to sleep and cuddle (I LOVED THAT PART). We took him to the doc after he complained profusely about an ear ache. Turned out he had a double ear infection and strep. I was soo excited to get him on the antibiotics and feeling better. It took more than 24 hours to see a big difference, but 2 days later he was UP and goin.. slowly, but going!

i remember being sick and laying in my moms bed while she brought me juice and anything else i needed. It was as heavenly as getting sick could be. So, I passed on the LOVE.. I dont know that he really cared, he was CONKED out for pretty much 2 days.

While Karver was taking his endless naps I was busy trying EVERYTHING i could to keep Kason away from him, and healthy. I would keep Karver upstairs, and Kason down. If I was up helping Karver and needed to go help Kason, I would quickly wash my hands and run down to get kason.. It was alot of work, but worth it..

Kason was busy doing things himself like ...

*practicing his modeling
Working on his pull-ups and growing a full head of hair... it is alot of work for such a young kid
In other news.. you will not believe who made it to our Valentines party last night.. go ahead and guess....

JUSTIN BIEBER!!!
ok.. that is just jeremy :) but i had you there for sec right?

These were the yummy treats I made for the Valentines party... They were fudge covered OREOS!! Yes Bonnie, I made them, I ate them, and I LOVED THEM!!

P.S. My attempt of keeping Kason healthy.. just plain FAILED! He is in the other room coughing his little heart out.. didnt sleep more than 3 hours last night, and can barely speak from his lost voice.. PRAYING it doesnt get worse.. feel free to join in on those prayers!! :)

Superbowl and Mommy time!

2011-02-09T08:58:00.000-08:00

Football time!! Okay, so I was not that excited, but it was fun. I made these fun football treats, they turned out VERY uh... VERY..... rich... They were yummy, but I could only eat half at a time. They were more decorations :) hahaha

The game went well.. I was kinda rooting for the steelers ( I say kinda because I want my sister to be happy, and for her to be happy her husband should be happy, and for her husband to be happy the steelers need to win :) okay anyway.. they didnt pull through, but it was a decent game, with decent commercials (my personal favorite being the Darth Vader VW comercial) After the game we all went home, except Karver. He had a grandma and grandpa sleep over. It was just me and Kason after daddy went to work the next day.
We had fun playing just the two of us!! He really livens up when Karver is gone, but he gets board too. He isnt used to all my attention and to be frank, I think he got sick of it after a while! :) hahaha

Karver is home now and we are happy and mostly healthy.

I love technology! :)

2011-02-01T17:07:00.001-08:00

We um.... had fun....

We were literally crying we were laughing so hard... hope you enjoy them as much as we did! :)

My front porch looking in..

2011-01-27T12:34:00.000-08:00

"The view I love the most is from my front porch looking in."
Okay so we dont have much of a front porch, and I know it is super cheesy to quote a song, and even cheesier when it is a sappy country song, but.... lets face it... its true! :)

Mountains are beautiful, snow is pretty, rainbows are colorful, the sunset is amazing, but nothing can compare to the beauty of this>>>>>>>>>>>Karver's OCD tendencies..
Kason in grandpa Art's hat
Karver living like a KING at gma and gpa huot's house!

If you looked in from our front porch you would see a lot of different things... you might see Karver rolling cars
Karver rolling anything and everthing (after he has lined them up properly)
Kason walking in his walker
Karver yelling at Kason for walking over his newly lined up cars
Jeremy and I snuggling :)
Kason rolling over and trying to crawl
Me crying because Kason is ALREADY rolling over and trying to crawl
Jeremy studying
Karver being a technological genius with my phone
Me cooking
Jeremy playing "wrestling" with the boys
The boys LOVING jeremy playing wrestling with them

As you can see the into our house may not always be clean, but it is BEAUTIFUL!!

P.S. As many of you know being a mother is a wonderful thing. Among the wonders of being a mother is "NAP TIME!" in fact, nap-time is the reason I CAN blog.. as I am blogging this, this is what my boys are doing and Karver

(if you notice Karver is sleeping on the floor. Why? well.... I guess he felt his bed had more important duties... like keeping all his shoes lined up and safe...)haaha this is what i found when i peeked in his room to make sure he was sleeping... oh that boy!:)

Merry Christmas Bonnie

2011-01-12T12:16:00.000-08:00

This is written while the boys are napping. That doesnt last long, so it is really just a bunch of pictures from my phone that I have downloaded. Since Bonnie, my sister, asked me to put up more pictures this is for her! :)I wanted boys, and I got them. This is them relaxing in their "Cars" camping chairs, holding cars, watching football
I asked Jeremy to grow out his beard for me, i just wanted to see what it looked like. Since he had a bit of time off school, he decided to do this for christmas. It looked GOOD, but he didnt love it, so soon after this pic was taken, it was gone.
Lately Karver has been able to go have some sleep overs and his grandparents' homes. This is him waiting oh so (not) patiently for his Grandma and Grandpa Huot to arrive. Every car the drove by he would say "OH!.... oh not that car, OH! oh... not that car" hahaha he loves his sleep overs.
Kason has become quit the little kid. He is laughing and rolling and moving around in his walker. He is sticking EVERYTHING in his mouth (nothing new there). Here he is showing off his flexibility, and hunger! :)

And one of the biggest events that took place within the last little while was our POTTY PARTY!! I took Karver to the store to pick out his potty party treats and the following is what he chose. LOTS OF LOOT!!!
He was soo excited. We left this LOOT on the table for him to see for 2 days before the party. Everyday THOUSANDS of times a day he would look at it and say POTTY PARTY! (I even tried to sneak one and he looked at me with the look of death and said "MOMMY!!! thats potty party ....ok?......OK??!!!??) When the big day came.... it was a mess.. literally about 12 or 15 messes in fact :) needless to say we will be trying again in a few weeks.

Every Crozier down in Logan liked Christmas a lot!

2010-12-20T08:05:00.000-08:00

We had lots of fun this week. We were able to see Gramma Karen and Papa Lund.. or Papa Karen as Karver calls them! :)

**We had a FUN FHE gingerbread making competition/disaster with our friends the Cronins. Sorry no pictures, but it's probably better that way! :)
**I had a very fun cookie exchange party at a friends house here, we had lost of fun talking and Jeremey was happy to see me come home with over 5 dozen cookies!
**We were able to see Grandma and Grandpa Crozier during our annual Christmas party.
**We were also able to see Grandma and Grandpa Huot for their annual Christmas Party. We made fun treats!

Kason had his 1st staring roll as Baby Jesus in the Live Nativity!
I love this nativity picture. The classic family nativity! We have muscle man Hunter, pouting Tyson, distracted Olivia, bored Abby, and Wiggly Kason.

Both boys did great with Santa this year!
You can imagine my surprise when Karver was MORE than willing to go sit on Santa's lap and chat with him. **I was able to perform in our wards Christmas program by singing in the choir, performing in a quartet, and signing 2 songs!! Jeremy was a HUGE help by taking the boys!
**We were able to do some secret Santa gifts to 2 families in our ward!

All in all it has been very fun and successful, and there is only MORE Christmas fun to come!!

How could the Grinch hate Christmas, the whole Christmas season?

uh....

2010-12-10T12:44:00.000-08:00

Cant think of a good title for my mess of a blog today. So, uh... is what you get!
Sorry, but this is a SUPER LAZY blogging day today. "To blog" has been on my list of "To do's" for a VERY long time now, so here I am, blogging.... kinda...

Enjoy the pictures...

1. Halloween Kason
2. Our home this Christmas
3. My OCD son's (aka Karver's) idea of a good time
4. Staying warm for our 1st family Geo Caching trip... ( Mikey i need help.. we didnt find either of the two we were looking for!:(
5. Cute Kason, and in the background the AWESOME office nook Jeremy built us! :) Better pictures to come, possibly.

I'M LATE!!!!

2010-11-12T12:02:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween... or wait... am I late?

(dUH mom... Halloween was SOOOOO long ago)

Oh right!! Sorry... better late than never !:)

Karver and Kason were WWF wrestlers. Not because we are huge fans... we actually arent fans at all.. I actually dont like WWF.. but anyway... They were TOO cute... I didnt get any pics of Kason. He had a onsey that my brother Morgan drew abs on. And he also had a cute little WWF belt. Karvers outfit was bought at DI and the belt was made out of a "little caeser's pizza" box, old potty training CD, canning lid, and some Rollo wrappers! :) I love living on a dime!

The next pics are of Karvers new hair cute!! It was difficult cutting his hair by myself,, trying to hold him down with one hand and use the buzzer with the other. Turned out ok... try not to look to closely at the last picture, near his ear, where I slipped ..SHOOT.... since i said that you are going look! :(
And for those of you who know karver know that if there is a camera, he must pose! So I let him do a few...
Pucker up! His personal favorite.. chubby baby!

No, the next pictures arent of halloween, or of my new hair cut.. Jeremy and I were watching a movie (Iron Man 2) and we had Starburst as a treat. I got bored (Iron Man 2) and decided to make my own YUMMY dentures... what do you think?Now dental work like this.. I can doo! :) YUMMMM

FHE

2010-11-08T18:03:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Crozier FHE! Tonight we talked about prayer. Karver showed Kason how to fold his arms for prayer and we talked about how we can pray anytime, and all the time. Heavenly Father will help us. Then we had a fun activity to help our house get ready for Thanksgiving.. can you guess what that activity was>???

WE'RE DONE!!!

2010-10-31T08:32:00.000-07:00

Almost 5 months ago our spunky 2 year old son Karver was in an accident. We were attending a family reunion at a Ranch in Idaho. There was alot of fun to be had. There was food, family, four wheeling and games. Karver was playing near the Ranch home when he was hit and run over by a four wheeler. His femur was snapped in half. I tried to grab him but fell.. I was a little fron heavy at the time being 8 months prego. Jeremy then took him and examined him. He had an obvious fractured femur.... like this.....
When we rushed him to the ER which was over an hour away (unless you are driving over 100 mph then it is much closer!) His grandpa Max laid his hands on Karver and gave him a blessing.
We arrived at the hopsital and the doctor set his leg like this.
After 10 days of adjusting to this.

We went to see the doctor again. And we saw this.
Not good. So we waited a few days. Then went to primary childrens and got thisWe went back to primary childrens a week later and saw this.She said that was good.. so we continued like this.
We went back to Primary children's and she took an x-ray like this

and he got his cast off like this..
then he was back to normal like this.
I mean like this..
well, you get the point..
Then a few days ago we went to the Primary Children's hospital for the last time. We took an x-ray like this...
and now we are all happy.... like this!!!

Hey everybody it's family night!!

2010-10-25T18:37:00.000-07:00

This is a quick look into our Crozier FHE!! It was alot of fun tonight!!
Unfornutaly I didnt get a picture of our lesson which was AWESOME thanks to my wonderful husband Jeremy. We had a bucket of water, some pepper, and some dish soap. Jeremy did a great job of showing Karver that;
the water=us
the pepper= sin ( not sharing or not listening)
the soap= The atonement (Jesus)

We let Karver dump lots and lots of pepper into the hot water. Then we put some Jesus in... The pepper immediately dispersed. He explained that Jesus can make our bads go away too!! After a few of the same demonstration. There was a VERY sweet spirit in our home when I said "What does Jesus do?" Karver said "all better"!! He kept saying with a huge smile "Jesus,, all better!" I think he felt that this was true!

The activity that followed was pumpkin decorating.. Still not old enough for karving... i mean Carving.. but it was alot of fun

Then we placed our new decor, outside.. and we withstood the cold for a few pictures!!

Then we had a yummy dessert! Carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!!

(the following pictures were from our fun Sunday night!! We had alot of fun with the camera that night.. mostly Jeremy and i making funny faces and taking pictures.. unfortunately they didnt make it onto the blob... i mean blog! :)
Jeremy having fun with the camera.. transparent feet.... and finger!!
"who stole my teeth?" OH my mommy did!
People always say my boys look just like their daddy... doesnt Kason look like me,,, even a little bit.... (this is me doing my "classic Kason face")

Family pics by Chalant Moments!

2010-10-22T08:05:00.001-07:00

Have you heard people say, a pictures is worth a thousand words.... well this is what our family pictures are saying....I think this picture is saying....... I LOVE to make my boy smile!
I think this pic is saying..... mom needs some camera time too!
I think this pic is saying.... I have have some of the CUTEST boys in existence! :)
I think this pic is saying.... Karver LOVES his little brother...
This pic is saying.............huh??
I think this pic is saying..... Kason is seriously contemplating why this lady has a camera in his face.
I think this pic is saying..... Karver should be a model! :) just sayin
I think this picture is saying that Karver got the Johnson drama jeans
I think this picture is saying.... CHEESE!!
I think this picture is saying... my son has the cutest cry face in the land !:)
I think this picture is saying.... karver is very impressed with Kason's model face! :)
I think this picture is saying... Karver wouldnt take family pictures without a truck in hand! :) and kason is concerned..

I think this picture is saying we are a HAPPY FAMILY!!

Thank you soo much Anbre from Chalant Moments... She did GREAT work and was SOOOO awesome to work with....
chalantmoments.blogspot.com

Kason and Mommy time!!

2010-10-21T15:44:00.001-07:00

Grandma Huot came to pick up Karver for a sleep over and to celebrate Grandpa Arts birthday. He was acting like a little kid on Christmas Eve... and karver was excited too!!
As for me and Kason.. well we had fun just the two of us...

"Not a popularity contest." Who wears the pants?

2010-10-06T13:13:00.000-07:00

"Being a parent is not a popularity contest." This is a quote from the resent General Conference (which was AMAZING). Its true. Karver is at the age where he is not only learning from watching. He is not only learning from trial and error, but he is at the stage where I need to teach him. I am trying to teach him to clean up after himself, be soft, to be kind, to not through things at my face, without saying "mommy catch" first! And many more things. Unfortunately, because of this new stage in life, the words "time out" and "1-2-3" are becoming VERY popular around our house! Its not easey, and sometimes he doesnt like me because of it, but I know he needs to learn On the BIG PLUS-side he is learning, and I get to watch him do it. That is incredible!! I LOVE THIS KID!!

He is soo kind and loving to his little brother. If he ever hurts him it is because he just wants to play with him SOO BADLY! I have caught him trying to sing him, kiss him, hug him, rock him (scary sight! :) and my personal favorite when Kason woke up from his nap I walked in Kason's room just in time to see Karver up on the side of Kasons crib reaching his little arm as far as he could while holding a binky! :) SOO CUTE!!!

My new craft projects. I really wanted more pictures of Christ and we nEEDED the The Family: A Proclamation to the World" in our house! So I went to deseret book at let karver pic a picture o Christ. I picked one for Kason's room and did you know you can get the Proclamation for free at deseret book? Well I got those and a few frames from D.I. !! Spray paint, modge podge, black paper and WHAM-O-!!!!

Yup.. being a parent isnt a popularity contest, but it sure is fun!!

Who wears the pants at your house?? We have to many to keep track of! :)
(I was doing laundry and just couldnt resist!! This makes me smile! :)

2 Month Anniversary, Bangs and Sickness

2010-09-28T08:29:00.000-07:00

Yes folks that right tomorrow it will be two months since we have had to deal with this...

and that means no more taking walks like this
and no more playing with cars like this
no more car rides like thisNo more baths like this

no more laying there like this
no more helping mommy like this
It has been a JOY!! What a miracle!!
I remember when Karver got in his accident feeling so much peace that everything was going to okay. Jeremy gave karver a blessing while he was waiting for the doctor, and he said "this accident will not hinder you in the future, you will be able to do anything you want to do." And I am here to tell you it hasnt hindered him at all! He is just as crazy as ever!! The other day he was running around like crazy (like usual) and a lady stopped me and said, "How old is he, he is really FAST for a 2 year old." She had no idea that just 2 months ago he was confined to a body cast and his little bone was working like crazy to repair itself! I've said it before and i'll say it again WHAT A MIRACLE!!

In other news, I GOT BANGS!!!

So besides the bangs and anniversary, our family has been down sick!! Achy bodies, runny noses (to ensure to spread as many germs as possible), coughs (incase the runny noses dont spread the germs fast enough) and sneezes! Just last night I was SOO ready for bed since I had been chasing Karver around all day while I was not "up to par". Karver woke up a total of 5 times crying last night. He is laying on our kitchen floor with his blanky as i type! :( poor kiddo! We are doing our best to keep daddy from getting it... he really doesnt have time to catch anything.

The road of life.. and stinky ducks!!

2010-09-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

Life is full of twists and turns. It is not "smooth sailing" and its not supposed to be. It is a crazy road filled with twists and turns, ups and downs, pot holes and black ice, dead ends and u-turns. I LOVE IT!! Some of the moments I love the most are the ones when you arent paying attention to the turns and speed limit, but focusing on the beautiful mountains you are passing, or the wild flowers that are growing on the side of the road! Sometimes i just want to get out of the car... and walk, take a breath of fresh air and notice the beauty of the earth.

Photo's by Jason Natzke

These last few days I took time to "get out and walk" through my life and notice "the beauty of my earth" These are the things that i noticed....

*Sometimes while I'm doing chores around the house, I happen to glance over at Kason and he is watching me very intently, when he notices that I'm finally looking back at him.. he smiles!
*Sometimes allowing myself and the kids to stay in our jammies for a while is nice!
*Karver sticking his hand down his pants and showing me whats on his finger is no reason to vomit... although i almost did.
*Kason has dimples when he smiles real big! :)
*People respond to a friendly smile and honest complement!
*Old family videos allow for lots of laughs! :) hahaha
*After lunch, if i go read books with Karver instead of IMMEDIATELY cleaning up the dishes, our kitchen doesnt become infested with mold, and contrary to what i've always thought, I dont receive a surprise visitor who wants to go inspect my kitchen.
*Karver likes to snuggle!
*Kason enjoys tummy time
*Karver has AMAZING eyes.. blue/green. orangish!
*Jeremy is VERY handsome while sleeping
* Jeremy is even more handsome while playing with our boys!
*Karver's a good little football player
*I love to sing
*Prayers are answered
*Money doesnt make the world "go-round" (thank goodness)
*2 year olds repeat EVERYTHING YOU SAY AND DO! :)
*Jason Natzke is an AWESOME photographer
*Ducks stink.. literally... they smell bad

These are only a few of the beauties I noticed while walking down my road.... What beauties are down yours?

you may not want to look at this.

2010-09-15T12:03:00.001-07:00

My boys are asleep and now i have time. I wanted to sit and just write. I am not sure what to even write about. I wanted to talk about what i am thinking and feeling lately. I think my plate has become sooo full that i have forgotten what is even on it. I think i will sort through my plate....

Making sure the boys are fed and clean
making sure there is food in the house and it is clean
Making sure Jeremy is fed, and clean (although he does the last part by himself)
Making sure to do my Visiting Teaching
Finding Ideas for Relief Socitey meetings that will help the sisters in my ward strenghten their testimonies and strengthen their homes and families.
Praying for family members that are in GREAT need of my prayers and faith.
Studying and pondering in order to develope that faith.
Teaching Karver not be HARD with his little brother
Helping Jeremy with his homework
Helping the kids be happy and feel loved
Budgeting
Budgeting..
Budgeting
Budgeting
Figure out how to pay thousands of dollars worth of medical bills with the hundreds of dollars that we have
Doing service
Going to the temple
Spending quality time with my husband
Blogging
Writting in the boys calenders
Spending quality time with each child
Make money as a stay at home mom (Although Kason and Karver give me SOO much happiness, they dont pay well. :)
Studying for an upcoming interpreting certification exam
putting my name out to interpret for local places
interpreting
Play dates so the kids can socialize
Play dates so i can socialize
Sell camera, coat racks, and other things on KSL or craigslist
copying notes and flash cards for jeremy
Organizing to fit our stuff in little amount of storage space
Cut down our monthly expenses
Loose weight
Thinking about potty training
Get more physically active
Figure out what to do with my not so perfect teeth situation
Sleep
Eat
Go to Poky and get computer fixed, make a trip to costco, and see friends
Helping Jeremy Get ready to take on his new church calling
QUESTIONS ON MY PLATE!!!
?What is wrong with Karvers teeth?
?What is wrong with my teeth?
?What is that noise the truck is making?
?How is Christa and her family?
?What can I do to help?
?How is Breana? When will she have her baby?
?What can i do to help?
?Does Jeremy have too much on his plate?
?What can I do to help?
?Am I a bad mom if I interpret and leave my kids with a sitter?

There!! WHEW!!!! even though I know I haven't sorted through everything on my plate I know I have sorted through a good chunk. Appetizing huh!? Well I know I can eat it! Just one bite at a time! Here a few things that help me swallow it down a little easier
This post isnt supposed to be a downer... just helping me sort through my thoughts! Now, I must go feed my son....

Just the family! :)

2010-09-07T08:21:00.000-07:00

Karver and mommies photo shoot!! We could be models.... for something!

Kason wanted in on the action!!

Sunday was Kason's blessing day. It was a wonderful day filled with the spirit and family and fun! These are my boys!
And these are there evil twins!This is the father-son pic!! Doesn't kason look perfect!! Kason was able to wear the same outfit that Jeremy wore on his blessing day, and Karver wore on his blessing day! So fun!
Onto other news.. I am afraid so say it, but i think the days of Karver's consistent naps are gone. :( As I hold back the tears I will tell you a story. A few days ago I laid Karver down for his daily nap. Now he has been off and on with his naps lately (sniffle sniffle!). Sometimes sleeping sometimes just playing for a few hours untill I come and get him. This day I put him in his Porta Crib thinking if he couldnt play around he would go right to sleep... good idea right... well.. I guess I put it too close to his dressers (SOB SOB). When i entered the room 2 hours later.. he had pulled all the cloths and socks out of the drawers he could reach... as you can see he was very busy, and proud of his accomplishments.

We now call it quiet time. He can nap if he wants. Or just sit in his room for 2 hrs and do... well.. whatever i guess! :) He is such a good boy and never complains about his "quiet time".... I just PRAY I dont loose quiet time too!

We got SKUNKED!

2010-09-02T08:41:00.000-07:00

This is a continuation of the previous post. I forgot to mention a few IMPORTANT details for my future prosperity to know! This is the side of Chelsey and Stevens camper... notice anything.. well if you could smell this pic you would know exactly what i am talking about. One night we heard the dogs bark like crazy then cry like crazy then the suspicious smell of skunk permeated our camping grounds... well poor tilly, and poor camper! :)
You see Heather in the pic? Notice her hair and clothing seem DRENCHED? well that is not from jumping into the river, it is from the RAIN!! We had a HUGe and AWESOME rain and lightning storm. It rained huge drops during the day, and at night at about 1:30-4:30 there was a HUGE storm.. lightning that light up the entire sky, and thunder that shook everything! :) Karver was a champ and didnt get scared at all. We were in a tent and didnt get an ounce of water inside. It was really neat!
Last but not least. Heather and Jason.... enlarge this and look at Jason's face, that tells it all!

Camping at Cub River

2010-09-02T08:12:00.001-07:00

Oh the many adventures of camping!! Our family in a canded moment! :) hahahaha

I hope you dont mind that there is about 1/2 a million pictures in here! I would have put a million but i thought i would spare you! We go camping ever year up by Cub River (near Preston Id) IT IS AWESOME!! This is a view from the hike up to the natural spring!

This is us at the top of the spring!! WOW every year i am amazed at hour beautiful it is!
Karver's ride up to the spring!
Kason's sleeping quarters. Yes, it is a rubber made thing.... WHAT>??
This is Jeremy threatening to throw his new sister in law in the water! And her threatening to HATE him if he does! :) P.S. she did it and took the FREEZING water like a champ,, her husband on the other hand/// well.... never mind! :)

We took an AWESOME 4-wheeler ride up to the "Paris Ice Caves" It was ALOT of fun! Excpet the cow pies we drove through that left our legs well... poopy! :)
The newlyweds in the Ice caves

Here is the group of troupers that drove through rain and lightning and cow poop to see the wonders of the earth! :) GO US!!Chelsey and Steven Tanner by the Ice Caves! ( P.S. all these pics are Chelsey's we forgot our camera so she took some AWESOME pics for us to blog with!! THANKS CHELSEY!!!)
I cant help myself he is soo cute and the Ice Caves were soo ROMANTIC!!! We found a small opening and went exploring, there was NO light in there, but we could see a glimmer of light in the disntance, so we were slidding and slipping to the light, then we realized that it was TOO hight to get out, so we went slipping and slidding back to the other opening!! It was really fun!!
Just a cute kid wishing he could have a refreshing drink!
He wore his camo overalls! AWESOME RIGHT!!!

Keeping him hydrated. Notice his feet, yes those are plastic bags! His shoes were soaked within 10 minutes of us being there, so we slipped plastic bags in there so his feet wouldnt get TOO wrinkly.

All in all it was AWESOME!! We loved the river, hikes, spring, rides, cave, and most of all, spending time with family!! We hope to do is agian soon! :)

Didnt know my boy was a ball-a, did ya?

2010-08-19T14:19:00.001-07:00

So I have been loving life as a mother of two! I just havent been able to spend as much time with my biggest boy! So yesterday he arranged for my mother-in-law Karen to come over and baby sit for us. We made Kason a bottle and headed out!! We went to a new restaurant in town "Aggy's", pretty good!!
Then we headed to the batting cages just about a block away from our house!
It was SOOO FUN!!! We hadnt anticipated it being soo much fun! It was $1 for 20 pitches! We each went twice and would have gone more times but decided to save our date money so we could go on more than 1 date! :)
I didnt realize until i was there that I had never seen Jeremy play baseball. I knew he played football and wrestled in school but never baseball. BUT THAT BOY IS GOOD!!!! He was hitting them out of the park everytime * that is if there was an "out of the park" to hit it to).
I was a little rusty , but it was fun to hit a few! We will DEFINATLY be going again! And if anybody wants to come visit, we will sure pay a dollar for you to have a few pitches as well :)

All in all it was a great time spent together! We laughed and played and then came home to our FABULOUS kids!! Its a rough life, but somebodies got to live it! :)

2010-08-15T16:37:00.000-07:00

Things are getting back to "normal" around here! (knock on wood) We have been having a crazy summer but since we have no more pregnant mommy, no more casted son, and are getting used to waking up in the middle of the night to feed a baby, we have decided to Start our summer! I know what you are thinking, START YOUR SUMMER!??? Well, we didnt have much of a summer so now that fall is almost here, our summer is beginning!

To notice in this pic:
1: very cute little boy wearing his daddy house!
2: How messy my once spottless house is because we are more focused on life than cleaning.
3: The baby swing in the back. We have brought all our baby stuff out for Kason, now our house is a little crowded!This is Jeremy and Kason at the fair! We went to the fair Saturday night and had a great time walking around the fun things and paying WAY to much for dinner! :) We are fortunate enough to live a few houses away from the fair grounds here. So we always make it down to the fun events that are going on there!
This is my COOL kid looking at the tractors! in his stroller and NOT his wagon, he fits in his stroller now!! :)
Earlier that day we went to Bear Lake with Jeremy's mom's side of the family!! Karver LOVED playing in the sand, and Jeremy loved playing in the...... well...... Jeremy just LOVED PLAYIN.
I dont know if you can enlarge this pic.. but if you can DO IT!! You will see Karver's Sand mustach
Jeremy and I decided we LOVE LOVE Logan! It is BEAUTIFUL HERE!! and it is so close to alot of realy fun things! Only 45 min away from Bear Lake for example! :)

This is Kason and I sittin int he sun/shade!! It was fuN!
NEedless to say we were VERY tired when we got home that night! But it was WORTH IT!!

What does it mean to live?

2010-08-12T14:36:00.000-07:00

Lately when i think about what i means to LIVE i have a very different view than what i used to have. I found this quote and it describes my feelings perfectly!

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someones garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."-Marjorie Hinckley

Home Alone.... Kinda

2010-08-10T12:24:00.000-07:00

I have been soo blessed lately having family come and help! Karver has LOVED spending time with his cousins Joy, Lilly, and Elliott! He has missed them alot since they have been gone! We will see them soon I hope! My sisters Heather, and Bonnie, have both come down to help me with the kids and house! I LOVE THEM!!!! and am soo grateful for their help!!

Monday was my first day "home alone" with the boys! I was nervous and excited to see how things were going to work out with my TWO boys! It was perfect!! Their schedules worked great together and Karver was such a helper! I asked him a few time to throw away Kason's diapers, the last time he just come over and grabbed it and threw it away himself without me aking!!! what a champ! :)

So we have been busy getting the house back in order, getting the boys schedules set, jeremy working and getting ready for his school to start, paying medical bills, getting teeth fixed, getting people married :0)... and so much more!

Last night i woke up to feed Kason and noticed i was SOOO itchy... it was crazy! This morning i woke up and had a few read spots that were VERY itchy, and 2 HUGE cold sores!! WHAT???!!!! oh well.... . My scalp is itchy as well... I figure it is an alergic reaction to something.. or my body just going CRAZY, either way I'm totally OWNING the fact that i'm staying at home with my beautiful boys and my body is going slightly manic.

Speaking of our lives..... Jeremy recently attended his orientation for his paramedic program! It was Fabulous and he is getting PUMPED for what is to come! It is going to be ALOT of work.. but he is cut out for it!! We spend some of last night watching this.... this is one of the kinds of test Jeremy will have to take during his Paramedic Program! Just watch some and you will see how intense it is going to be!!!

Not ordinary, but EXTRAordinary!

2010-07-30T07:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we said goodbye to a good friend. Although this friend was A HUGE help and a great support, it was time for us to say goodbye. He was getting stinky and we needed to go on without him. He will always be remembered as a friend that changed our lives forever! I will always be grateful for what this friend did for my son (besides the making him a bit stinky.) So to this friend I say "Thank you for your support and help."
I woke up yesterday morning thinking, TODAY IS THE DAY!!! I have waited for July 29th for many weeks now! We gave Karver one last spung bath, and then headed to Brigham City Ut. There, all three of us napped and waited patiently for a few hours before we headed off to SLC. Both boys were a DREAM in the car ride there. We got there and headed to the Pediatric orthopedic center. THey said that Dr. Holmes was 60 min behind with her appointments. Again we waited patiently, for 15 min then they called us in the room. They took karver in for an x-ray, more patient waiting followed. The door opened and my heart beat quickened! In walked Dr. Holmes singing, YES SINGING!!! "TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!" She said things had healed wonderfully and showed us the x-ray. You can still see where the brake is but you can see the bone healing and remodeling itself. She said it is strong enough to take the cast OFFFFFFFF

Jeremy and I couldnt help but smile, even karver let out a little WOO HOO!!! The doctor then got a very serious look on her face and said "I need to warn you about what he will be like when he gets the cast off." I was ready to hear what she had to say because i had heard it isnt all fun and games when the cast is finally off, it is quite the healing process. The doctor proceeds by saying "He will be VERY sore, and VERY achy. His leg will be weak and stiff. He will be cranky and fussy for a while because it will probably hurt for awhile. Just go home and give him alot of warm baths and let him relax."
Me: "How long do you think the soreness and pain will last?"
Dr: "It is not strange for it to last up to 2 weeks. Dont be worried if he doesnt walk for up to 3 weeks."

The nurse came in and took his cast off. He hated it as expected. But as soon as it was off he smiled!

The ride home was....... well it was........ A DREAM!!!! Karver was SOOOOOO happy! He kept pointing to his leg and saying OFF OFF!! BYE BYE!! He was bending and straightening and moving and itching and itching and itching!! He was giggling and smiling to no end! We stopped for something to eat and Jeremy and Karver got out to eat on the grass and Karver wanted down. At first his legs were in the same position as the cast, but withing a few seconds they were stretched out, a few seconds later he was rolled over trying to crawl!

By the time we stopped to see Grandma and Grandpa Huot, Karver was happier than we have seen him in a long time, well... 8 weeks i guess! :)
At grandma and granpa's he started rolling and crawling and STANDING!! He tried to walk but tumbled a bit. I couldnt believe it!!

My son is obviously not ordinary!! BUT EXTRAORDINARY!

We got home and bathed him for A LONG TIME!! Alot of soap,bubbles and scrubbing later. We put him in his PJ's and he went to bed!

This morning he has been doing great! Walking with help and loving having his cast off!

oh and loving his little brother of course! :)I have said this a million times but this kid is my hero! I cant believe his attitude and strength.
I will upload some video of his walking and crawling. he does his best to keep his leg in the same position it was in when he had the cast on. That will take some adapting, but if there is anything i have learned, it is that this kid is a PRO at adapting!

Random pics!

2010-07-26T11:11:00.000-07:00

My sister Bonnie had a blog post with just some random pics describing whats been going on lately! I thought to myself, "self, that is a great idea!" So here you go, for your viewing pleasure!
Whats been going on at the crozier house!
Gramma Karen helping Karver with play in the water time (or more secretly known as bath time.. SHHHHHHHHH dont tell!)
Karver Kason and daddy playing ball!
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This is a CUUUUTTTEEE kid!! He loves cameras, and thats okay with me! Everytime he sees one he sais "CHEEEESE!" Since he has been in his spica cast for almost 8 weeks, it is starting to,, well starting to STINK!! So he is now lovingly referred to as the "stinky cheese man!" (thanks to gramma Karen!) As many know, I dont love puns, but this just fits! :) We love you, our stinky cheese man! :)

I go walking in the, in the middle of the....

2010-07-23T08:23:00.000-07:00

This post is about my little hero, my little trooper.... KARVER CROZIER!!! Karver standing up eating animal crackers!

Next picture, well, just because he is cute! Kason enjoying his new swing!

I thought that many people would really enjoy this video of our little super hero, or my little trooper... HEY he is my little SUPER TROOPER! :) I cannot believe how incredible he is. WHen he got this cast on we thought he would do nothing but lay on his back for 8 weeks. BOY WERE WE WRONG!!! He has done everything from crawl to stand, to walk! I am amazed! He never gives up and has shown me what it means to persist and be optomistic! I love this kid and I am so happy that he is in our lives. He is such an example to all of us and will be a GREAT older brother!

NOW, watch and be amazed...

P.s. Dont worry. He has also learned how to fall! The fall at the end was no big thing, he actually laughed about it! He just falls and rolls!

I need to learn to laugh more when i "fall"

SLEEP in heavenly peace!

2010-07-22T12:34:00.000-07:00

There has been ALOT of this going on at our house!

It is soo crazy to me because Karver was awake SOO much for a newborn. I remember thinking "people say newborns sleep all the time, ours must be broken." Now i see what people were saying. Kason is a sleepy head! Not to mention yesterday he got a circumcision and so he slept for like 6 hours straight! I was freaking out, this was not in our schedule, and I was hurting from not feeding him for so long. So, out came the trusty old pump! THANK YOU to whoever invented the breastpump! No matter what we did he wouldnt stay awake. I figured it was okay since he had been through something that would drain out even the toughest of men! :) kason took it like a champ!

Things are going great! We are counting down the days for when Karver will get his cast off. I know that when the day does come, he will be weirded out! he has been in his cast for almost 2 months and that is along time when you have only been a live for 2 years!! Thats a huge portion of his life! I know his muscles will be sore and tender. It will take alot of getting used to. He wont walk for a few weeks, but I"m soo excited to be able to hold him again, and have him wrap his little legs and arms around me! I literally dream about it almost every night! I havent been able to pick him up at all for the past week and probably wont be able to for another week or so. I have held him on my lap, but its just not the same. :(

I want to give a HUGE thank you to my mom! She has been here helping not only since we had the baby, but for a few weeks before that also! She has been a huge help. Doing dishes, making dinners, cleaning up, keeping Karver entertained, being Karver's highchair (since he doesnt fit in his any more) reading books, changing diapers and brightening our day! We love you sooo much mom and cant thank you enough for all you have done for us!

Kason Lund Crozier

2010-07-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

This will not be long, but it will be cute!!

Karver didnt want anything to do with his little brother at first. NOw he loves to show off for him and give him nuckles and "5"! I am soo excited!! We love our new addition to our family!

I went into labor and wednesday night and because i had a scheduled c-section for MOnday, and I had everything planned EXACTLY how it was supposed to work out, i just waited patiently for the contraction to go away. Around 1:30 i relized the weren going away. Luckily Gramma Karen was here to stay with Karver and Jeremy and I went to the hospital. At 6:00 the next morning Kason came into the world. 7lbs 3 oz. 20 inches long. He didnt have the same plans i did obviously.

THings went perfectly and I came home from the hospital on Saturday. I am moving around okay, and with the help of Gramma Karen we are gettin thing back to normal at our house (whats normal?)

Whats going on!

2010-07-14T09:33:00.001-07:00

A short update with no pictures... sorry!! We are busy getting things ready for the new baby, and keeping Karver happy! My scheduled c-section is on Monday and that is creeping up on us! We are almost completely ready expect a few things here and there. Karver is doing VERY WELL!! He is crawling like a champ and he is even standing up on his own (holding onto the couch). I am doing what i can to get some pictures of this kiddo in action!! I am more and more amazed everyday at what he is accomplishing in this cast. I am sure that if he were to have the cast on for another month or two, he would be running around in it, IT WOULD LOOK A BiT STRANGE, but he would do it!
My mom has been here helping out and that has been SUCH A BLESSING!!! We love to have her here.
Well, i said it was going to be a short update, and it was! Karver is now crawling into the kitchen yelling "MA!!" *my new name! So i will go to my Ma duties!

The car show!

2010-07-05T07:30:00.000-07:00

My mom has been coming to help with Karver. CAN YOU SAY HEAVEN!!! He loves being around her and Jeremy and I both have noticed how much Karver has progressed with her here. he is happier and more of himself. He has started crawling all over the place! SO THANK YOU MOM!!! Anyway, We were able to walk a few doors down to the fair grounds and walk around the CAR SHOW!! It was really neat! There were tons of old cars there, but these were my favorite!!!!

THe batmobile!! AWESOME!!!!!!
And then of course for all you back to the future lovers! The delorean! The sign says "Flux capacitor is on back order!' hahah!! FUN!!!

There were alot of fun cars there, we had fun walking through and trying to figure out which cars matched which character of the movie "CARS". We went 4 times! There were over 1,000 cars there.

Even super hero's need rewards. RIGHT!?

2010-06-30T07:28:00.000-07:00

LLOOOOKK!!! What is that? It's a bird? It's a plane? NO! It's SUPER KARVER!!!! He is flying to the Living Aquarium in Sandy Utah!!
Okay so he didnt fly, but we drove fastish. Anyway, we thought we would reward our little hero with a fun trip to Sandy doing fun things he loved! So we packed up and went to the Living Aquarium! I started out pulling Karver in the wagon, but he wanted to be MORE in the action (dont all super hero's?) So His amazing father picked him up and carried him around, while i dragged an empty wagon around! :) YOu can see my boys enjoying the sting ray exibit. You are allowed to touch them Jeremy did and said they felt VERY SMOOTH like velvet. Karver wouldnt, uh not because he was scared or anything. super hero's dont get scared. He was just observant! :)
This was Karver's Favorite part by far. IT was the penguin section. They were being fed while we were there so they had TONS of energy. They were diving in and OUT of the water and would come right up next to the glass. At first Jeremy was showing Karver the penguins and saying "LOOK LOOK LOOK" Well, Karver caught on fast and so the next 15 minutes or so we sat in front of the penguins with Karver pointing to them and saying "LOOK LOOK LOOK" haha he was soo excited!
"LOOK LOOK LOOK"
I was soo happy that he enjoyed it soo much! Everytime he would laugh or smile my heart would be soo happy. He deserved this!!!

When we were leaving Karver noticed the big NEMO on the window outside! He had to give him high 5! It was sooo cute!! he loves NEMO!!! We took Grandma and Grandpa Crozier with us! It was soo much fun! On the way there I road on the back hump. It was fun to sit next to Karver, but i wasnt loving the bum pains I was feeling at the end. Needless to say on the way home I did not ride on the back hump.

After the Aquarium, Grandma and Grandpa Crozier took us to the MAYAN! This is a really fun Mexican food place with ehhh okay food but FUN entertainment and atmosphere. The entire restaurant look likes you are in a cave or some kind or Jungle rain forest, "mayan :)" ! Every half an hour they have cliff divers come out and they dive from high rocky cliffs into a pool of water! We had the BEST seats in the house.
I'm not going to lie to anybody to sound brave, like my son, but I was TERRIFIED that these cliff divers were going to kill themselves! Now, super hero's are known for being brave right? Well if you look really hard, you can see the fear in Karver eyes! He had this look on his face everytime the divers dove!
Such a cute kid! It was a perfect little reward for Karver. He enjoyed every minute of it, and it wasnt too bad for us either! :) Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Crozier for coming!!!

p.s. Notice at the top of Karver's cast we have mole skin, that is to keep the edges soft. but it doesnt stick to the fiber glass cast very well, so we duck tape it on. For a long time there was silver duck tape all over his cast. THAT WILL NOT DOO!! so we bought him some camo duck tape. Now he is SuPER CoOl! :)

The story continues, but the end is in sight, or the beginning... uh...

2010-06-25T12:48:00.001-07:00

The spica car seat is wonderful! When we first took Karver home from the hospital he wouldnt fit in his car seat. I am horrified thinking we wouldn't be able to drive him anywhere, but after searching the internet and some help from other mom's that have gone through similar things, I learned that you can call local hospitals and see if they have a SPICA carseat, made for kids in a spica cast. We called Ogden and they had one! As you can see it is not the most comfortable looking car seat ever, but its safe, and he fits!
We have been doing alot of things around the house to keep ourselves happy. Since we have been home and we dont have grandma Huot and Grandpa huot to help out, we have gotten a little creative. This karver "helping me with the dishes." I just handed him the silver wear and he put it in the tray! HOW NICE AND HELPFUL!! He loved it! I dont know if you can tell but he is in his wagon. I have decided that since I am three weeks away from my due date, it probably isnt the best idea for me to carry him around. But he really wants to be involved (what 2 year old wouldn't). So i drag him around the house in this wagon and he helps me do my chores!This is Karver helping with the laundry! He would hand me the cloths, when it was done, he would put the cloths back in! He is such a good helper!
This is Karver in his fantastic BEAN BAG CHAIR!!! He wanted to be outside, but it was TOO HOTT so i just set him infront of the window with some toys! It seemed to fill his craving for the outdoors!
Since Karver isnt moving around much and he isnt as active as he use to be, he doesnt eat as much as he used to. As you can see he has found "better" things to do with his snacks that just eat them. Mater will give them a ride.... then..
They will all pile inside a car and go for a ride!
he loves taking his fruit snacks on a ride on the kitchen counter! :)
I know i say this alot, but he has been soo strong and happy through this all. Whenever we see people and we get talking about what has happened, they always look at karver and say, well you still have a good smile on your face! He does! WOW!! I love this kid and am so proud of him!!

P.S. We got back from Primary Children's yesterday and the doctor said that his bone has moved again!! "Your femur just wants to be in a certain position!" Although it has moved again, it is not as bad as the first time, and it is starting to heal, which means that it wont be moving anymore in any direction, so we dont have to reset and recast again! CAN I HEAR A WOOT WOOT!!!
Anyway, the bone will first heal, then it will re-model itself. She said because he is soo young his bones can do that!! LUCKY!! We set a date to get his cast off on July 29th, 10 days after baby is due! He will then learn to crawl, then after a few weeks learn to walk, then he will have a limp for 4-6 months. She said after that he should be good as new! :) thanks for the prayers and keep them up! :)

A day to honor all Fathers!

2010-06-20T13:34:00.001-07:00

I'm soo happy to have these men in my life!!!!

***My husband is WONDERFUL! He has been so strong and faithful! He is such an example of a faithful, honorable, priesthood holder! I have asked his many times (escpecially lately) to give me a blessing. He is always more than willing and the power that he holds is amazing. He is so respectful of this Priesthood power . I'm so grateful that my sons have him to look up to. He is soo kind to tell me I'm beautiful even when I have been up late, no make-up, and 9 months pregnant! He is always showing and telling Karver he loves him. Karver will never grow up not knowing he is loved! It is rare to see a child who is as by his father as Karver. Jeremy is soo humble and confident! I LOVE YOU BABE!~

***My dad! Lund Johnson! I, like Karver, grew up KNOWING that my father loved me. I never was afraid that his church callings or other duties would take presidence over me. He has always taught me how important it is to put your family first! He too honors his priesthood and has always been willing to give me blessings when needed. He is kind. He is loved by everybody that knows him, and those that dont know him, will!! LOVE YOU DAD!

***Karver- my son- some day to be a dad! Karver is a wonderful man (little man). He has more strength and patience than I have ever seen. He has a sparkle in his eye that attracts smiles from any person no matter the situation. He has taught me more about love than any person. If I ever get caught up in the business of life, Karver is there to remind to me to smile and play! I LOVE YOU KARVER!!

Back on the Straight and Narrow!

2010-06-18T19:49:00.000-07:00

I am exhausted!! My eyes are really heavy, my heart is sore! I wanted to give a quick update before i head to bed, for you, and for me to vent! Things went well today, alot of waiting. Karver had to stop eating last night by midnight, but what 24 month old stays up untill midnight. So really the last thing he ate was at 8:30. Then he had to stop drinking by 10:30 this morning. His re-set was not scheduled untill 1:30, we didnt end up getting into the O.R. untill 2:45. He was a HUNGRY boy! We decided to not eat in front of him, so I was a hungry mommy too!

While we were waiting in the Pre-Op they gave him a medicine that made him act, well.. drunk! He was COMICAL!! I wish we would have had some video footage of it! He was taking into the O.R. and Jeremy and I rushed down to the cafeteria and grabbed something to eat. We hurried back to the waiting room and sat there for just a few minutes before the doctor came to talk to us. She said things went really well and that he would be in pain for a few days but he would be okay. The bones were in alot better position.

We waited a few more minutes than they called me back to be with Karver while he came to. I walked in and he had been crying for me they said! I was happy to hold his hand and sing him some songs. He looked pale and out of it. He had to eat something before he left. They gave him some cookies and he started to choke on them. Even though his leg was sore they had to lift him high and I grabbed in his mouth to get the cracker out! MUCH TO MUCH EXCITEMENT! We got them out and then he looked at me and said "more cracker". haha i was reluctant, but he was starving. So we watched him closely as he ate more. They gave him some more pain meds and eventually Jeremy was able to come in. We ended up leaving the hospital at about 6:00.

Jeremy and I both have mentioned how dead tired we are! I dont know why but it took alot out of us today. Karver did a great job! Not excited for him to be in pain again. Not excited to work witha new cast possitioning! But VEERY excited to be back on the straight path!

Thanks for the doctors who worked with Karver!
Thanks for Gramma Karen for coming to stay with us yesterday and this morning!
Thanks Karver for being as happy as he could be in the situation!

Primary Children's Update

2010-06-17T07:36:00.001-07:00

Primary Children's is wonderful! I feel like they really know what they are doing. I was excited to go there because whenever we go anywhere around here everybody just stares and says "WOW" haha I figured Primary Children's would be used to seeing this kind of thing and MUCH MUCH worse. We headed int he doors and the first thing we heard from a man waiting by the elevator was "WOW" hahaha! As we waited int he waiting room there were TONS of people there. Most of the little kids had casts on their arms! SO MANY LITTLE KIDS WITH CASTS! I tried to point them out to Karver and say, "look they have a cast, and so do you!" I heard one mom say as she pointed to Karver "Arent you glad you dont have to wear that?" All the kids would point to karver and say "WOW !!! mom look at that little kid!!!" So in the waiting room we got pretty much the same reaction we had been getting here, but as soon as we saw the doctor, things were MUCH BETTER!!! She came in and had the x-ray's in hand. She said it hadnt healed as well as she had hoped and she thought we should re-set and re-cast.

She explained why she thought it happened. She said that it was because the way the bone had broken and the way the muscles are pulling on the bone the bone just wont stay set. She will need to set a special cast. She was not SHOCKED by his situation, she never once said "He is just so small it will be difficult!" I was soo happy!! She seemed very confident! We set up an appointment for Friday and we will be doing the re-set there. I am not excited for the pain that will follow, and they have to put him under again! But we are excited to work with primary children's!

We were hoping to get it reset sooner, each day seems like a million when you are waiting for your child to get better, but the doctor said that this is the perfect time to reset! Here's to hoping!

And here are the X-ray, not for the weak!

2010-06-16T07:52:00.001-07:00

I still cant really look at these without getting sick! It makes my stomach TURN!! But if you are brave go ahead and look.

1. This is the first x-ray taken, I didnt have the guts to look at it untill just a few days ago.

2. This is the much easier one to look at. This is when they set the bone for casting the first time.

3. This is the last one we saw. This is after he had been int he cast for 10 days. We were hoping it would look a little better than this. Interestingly enough the doctors said if it was for sure the bone would stay like this then he would just leave it and let it heal this way. He said children's bones will heal and mend incredibly. But he isnt sure that it wont move more.

So we are headed to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake today to talk to some experts. There we will see what the next step is. I will keep you updates as I can.

AGAIN, thanks for your prayers and love and support. The support helps so much!

How did we get off the STRAIGHT path?

2010-06-15T12:03:00.001-07:00

Sorry no pics this time. I have pictures of all his x-rays that i really want to post but we cant copy them to the computer yet. They will be up soon I hope. They would look something like this.......
The first one would be a 90 degree brake of the femur bone near the hip.
Second would be the bone together, but still obviously broken (this is when they set the cast.) The Third would be the ones we just got done today at Karver's doctor's appointment. It would look in between the two. Meaning..... the bone has moved and we are going to have to go reset it and get a new cast.

When we took Karver to his appointment today we were very excited to see the progress that had been made. Jeremy took Karver into the x-ray room because they frown upon pregnant women around all that radiation. When he walked about he was not smiling. He told me it had moved..... we needed to go talk to the doctor.
The doctor mentioned many things about how it was swollen when they put the cast on, and now the swelling has gone down, since he doesnt have alot of muscle to hold the bones in place it has moved. He talked about how it is hard with such a small femur to have a good cast on, blah blah blah. The doctor was very nice and said he was going to call Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt lake to see what they recommend. We were thinking he would have to go in for surgury and get pins put in. But alas that is not the case. Primary Children's will reset the bone, and THEY will put the new spica cast on. I am happy with this decision because they have done this ALOT before and I wont have to hear about how it is hard because he is sooo small. They will be used to working with small kids.

So as my mom said, "All my donations to pennies by the inch are worth it" I agree! haha! We are really excited to be able to work with some pediatric orthopedic surgen. And get Karver back on the STRAIGHT road to recovery.
I asked the doctor how long he will be in this spica cast. He said "well spica casts are usualy 6-8 weeks." I said, "Ya I know, he has already been in one for 1 1/2 weeks, does that count??" Sadly I knew the answer. So, looks as though Karver will still be in the cast during my c-section and recovery and NEW BABY!!! What an adventure we will have!

We are soo blessed to have such wonderful people to work with, Primay children's so close, and family that are such a great support! We love you all and thank you for your prayers. Karver is doing well, his spirit is strong and smile still bright!

Just down the road a bit...

2010-06-14T14:34:00.000-07:00

We are doing all we can to help this 2 year old feel as independant as possible. That includes alot of "THAD WAY!" then we follow the chubby little finger whatever direction it is pointed. He loves to throw rocks from one bucket to another, I dont know why but whatever works!! Here is that chubby little finger I was talking about!

Jeremy has been getting in alot of arm exercise. Hahah And karver likes it as well.

We finally got him to do some tummy time. He kinda sits like a awkward stink bug but it allows his back to be free of the pressure for awhile, hopefully making it so there are no pressure sores.

This video is another activity we discovered that he seems to enjoy. hahaha I imagine we will get kinda creative these next few weeks.

When Karver is so happy and willing to work with us, I feel like the full recovery is just down the road a bit. I know that baby is coming soon and things will be interesting with Karver re-learning to walk, my struggling to walk, and a baby that wont walk for a year, but we will work through it as a family!

Jeremy gave me a blessing the night of karver's accident and in that blessing he said that Karver will be a strength to me and in turn I will be a strength to him. I cannot tell you what a strength Karver has been to me! His strength inspires me!

Many faces of Karver:)

2010-06-11T07:18:00.000-07:00

We found it!!! We have been searching for good bean bag chair for ALONG TIME!! We had people all over utah and Idaho searching for one. My wonderful sister Charice found out that Fred Meyer in Idaho has them, but we dont have a Fred Meyer here in Utah, but we do have Smith's Market Place. They are pretty much the same thing. Charice was SUcH a big help. She called Smith's Market to see if they had them, THEY DID!! I made a trip down there a few days later and now we have a chair that he can CHILL in. He really seems to like it! THANKS SO MUCH CHARICE and all those who looked.The above picture is something we see often. It is karver watching a movie with snakes in hand. This is just one thing we are doing to keep the kid happy. The rest of the picture are some other things.

Visit the horses, and play with some water in a bowl with a towl covering the cast, it still is scary for his momma you can see how closely I am watching.

I have also discovered that he loves to take pictures of himself with my phone. So the following are the many faces of Karver.

FISHY

CHUBBY BABY

CHEESE!!!!

Karver is feeling ALOT BETTER! He seems to be in ALOT less pain. He is wanting to get up and walk around. My back is a bit achy from luggin around this cute kid in his awkward cast, but it is worth it. I am so happy the pain is gone and now we are just working on keeping him happy! Only about 5 more weeks! We have a doctors appointment on Tuesday and we will see what is happening then! I will keep you upated!! ThANKS FOR THE PRAYERS!! PLEASE KEEP THEM UP!!!

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Huot for letting us stay at their house and sleeping in their bed and eating their food! :)

Thanks to Charice for helping us find the bean bag chair, he loves it!

Thanks to Karver for smiling and making me SOO HAPPY!!

The adventure begins!!!!!!

2010-06-09T08:21:00.001-07:00

( i know this picture is sad, his drugged face, but it is more so you can see the contrast of how good he is doing now!)

The new adventure begins! The first adventure i guess you could say, was the actually two second EVENT! Now the adventure of recovery begins. We have been going through a big trial and error type of experiment day after day. We are trying to figure the best way to move him without hurting him, and of course how to keep a 2 year old imobile fire cracker entertained.

We are taking a day at a time (not so easy for my because I am for sure a PLANNER!) Each day is different somedays he seems to be in more pain than others. Sometimes I feel so sad that he has to go through this, then i walk in the room and he gives me this smile!! It warms my heart!

Karver has always loved being outside! he is not one to sit and do nothing! It has been hard! Jeremy, the most wonderful man alive, thought he would help karver do this one thing he loves most! Enjoy the outdoors. So Jeremy rigged up this little contraption!

Materials used:

**1 red Wagon with BIG wheels so as to not tip over! (bought by Grandma and Grandpa Crozier..... THANK SO MUCH)

**1 car seat made specially for those in a Spica Cast (Got it for a $50 down payment at a local hospital! Again thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Crozier for picking it up for us.)

**2 pieces of wood to keep it in place

**1 tie down rope to tighten the car seat in place to calm a paranoid mothers mind!

**1 AMAZING man to put it together for you

**1 Wonderful boy in a spica cast (spica cast optional!)

This is Karver LOVING every minute he was able to enjoy out side in his contraption! he didnt stay out long for fear of him getting sweaty in the cast, causing a rash!
Another one of Karvers favorite activities Pre-cast was to roll cars down this ramp. Since he cant sit on the ground we (meaning Grandpa Art) set up a seat for Karver and rigged the ramp up. He LOVED IT!! as you can see in the next picture he is LOVING IT!! These smiles help me soo much!!

This is a video of Karver on his FIRST wagon ride, even before the outside one. He is just chillin as we ride him around the house. Then he decided he needed his toys and a treat with him. I dont know if he thought we were going a long distance or what, but whatever makes him happy!

more special thanks to

Mikey- Thanks for going to Pharmacy school and being SOO HELPFUL! Also thanks for calling that woman in your ward and getting some tips and advice! We have used it all! It has been a world of help!

Jeremy- Thanks for being patient with me. Working so hard. Being so AMAZING and making karver's Wagon

Grandma and Grandpa Huot- Thank you SOOOOO OO much for allowing us to move in for bit and sleeping in your bed, eating your food, and for helping us with Karver.

Grandma Crozier- thanks for coming and helping me with Karver.

Everybody- Thanks for searching so hard for a bean bag chair and helping us out in SOO MANY WAYS!! Mostly thank you for the prayers.

Karver Info

2010-06-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

I know many of you are concerned about karver, so I will do my best to take pictures and update! This next post is all about our experience, it is a bit of a hectic post because I have been stopping and helping Karver and life is plan CRAZy now! But it should give some info! If there is anything you would like to know just post a comment and we will do our best to keep you informed! Love you all!

He makes a big impression!

2010-06-07T15:58:00.000-07:00

Our little sweet boy was in an accident on Saturday and broke his femur! We were terrified when we saw his leg and the OBVIOUS break! We quickly rushed to the hospital (which was an hour away, we got there in about half an hour or less). We arrived safetly and there was nobody in the emergency room waiting. The nurse rushed us in and said "WOW there is an obviously factured femur." We waited for the orthopedic surgen to arrive for about 2 hours. A lot of wonderful family memebers came to support. Many tears were shed as we saw our sweet boy laying there on the bed.

The nurses would walk up to me and say, "how are you?" then they would notice my belly and say "OHHHH how ARE you??" They kept trying to keep me calm so i didnt go into labor. I did my best.

LIke I said there was ALOT of family there. They were sitting in the room while we were waiting a nurse walked in and said "All these people for just one little guy?" Then Grandma Huot said " Well, he makes a BIG impression!" You know, she is right! This little guy is one remarkable man.

The dr. showed up and all went well. They were not used to working on such a little guy, so they were limited with what equipment they had. For the rod in between his legs they used the handle of a plunger.

He has been home for about 2 days now and is doing WONDERFULY! Prayers are answered! So, thank you for praying! I have many people to thank, all our family and friends that helped. The doctors, nurses and others that worked with him, but mostly thank you to my husband. When i saw Karvers leg I FLIPPED, Jeremy put karver in the car seat and said "get in the car." When we were at the hospital I sat by Karver's side, Jeremy called family and friends and gave a priesthood blessing. When they hospital staff needed an extra hand I almost passed out, Jeremy was there to do anything they needed. When I got home and tried to sleep that night, I cried and cried as I replayed the situation in my head, Jeremy gave me a blessing of peace. I slept wonderfuly shortly there after. I have said to Jeremy many times since this accident "Honey, thank you for being so strong, so i can be weak!" and "Honey, thank you for being so calm so I can freak out!"

I love him and he is a wonderful husband and AMAZING father!

Also I must say thank you to Karver. Karver has been AMAZING. He has slept through the night both nights. Takes his YUCKY medicine, and the best of all, he smiles.

Memorial day outing!

2010-06-07T14:40:00.000-07:00

Jeremy mentioned a few days before memorial day that he really wanted to do something that his family did when he was a kid. They would go buy some chicken from KFC and then drive up Logan canyon and find a spot to eat! So, we did! It was alot of fun! Here are some pictures to enjoy! All karver wanted to do was to through rocks into the water and watch them splash! WE HAD FUN! great idea honey!

The party of the Century, or at least of the last two years! LOT OF FUN!

2010-05-30T08:02:00.000-07:00

WOW!!! Karver is 2 and boy did we celebrate this event! I wanted it to be something special because it will be his last birthday as an only child! It was really fun! We are grateful for all the people who were able to attend. We were really worried because it had been raining off and on for the past few days and the day of party rolled around and it was not TO sunny! But it worked out, it was a little chili but worth every shiver! We will have alot of pictures for this blog so those of you that couldn't come can feel as though you were there! The theme for this party was CARS like the movie! :)

We started things out with eating a wonderful chicken salad sandwich and enjoyed my mom's FAMOUS potatoe salad (okay so maybe not famous, yet! But i should be). Also we had Jeremy's sister Chelsey make a WONDERFUL creamy raspberry and orange salad! AMAZING!!! It was alot of yummy yummy food to start the party off right! Then we had a little getting to know you game about karver! We asked questions and whoever got it right kept track of their points, in the end the one who knew the most about karver got a treat! Good job Grandma Crozier!

Next we started our edible car race! We had a lot of stuff set up so everybody could build their own cars. There were alot of fun and cute cars made as you can see

Then we raced the car down the ramp, if it would actually move down the ramp, mine didn't, then we would race the successful cars in the end! It was A LOT of fun and the Crozier boys got really into it! My nephew Christian did really well also, not to mention my dad won the "two wheeled" race. Hahahah Notice in the picture my dad's was the one with the Marshmallows as the body and two Oreos for wheels. His was VERY fast, but some of the team thought maybe it should be in a category all of its own. (I think because the knew they didn't have a chance next to him!) When the race was all said and done we gave the prize to Jeremy's brother Jason! Good job Jason! But other honorable mentions should be given to
*Christian Hegstrem for building an awesome car that worked REALLY GOOD!! Giving the older boys a run for their money. Great job Christian!!
*Max Crozier for building a FAST potatoe car the probably would have won if it didn't CRASH after the first round. GREAT WORK!!
*Papa Lund for winning his own division of edible car racing! LOVE YOU DAD!!
*Mellissa Potter for making the coolest looking mow-hawk car!
*Ruth, Heather, and Chad for making cars that didnt work at all! :) We are AWESOME!!!

When the race was finished Karver had his turn to roll the winning car and some of the other losing cars, down the ramp! It was alot of fun! Thanks for participating

Okay, so after the cars, we opened presents. Karver really got lucky this year with alot of SUPER GREAT GIFTS!! His cousin Christian even gave Karver his old bike so Karver could enjoy it as much as he did!! It was soo sweet!

Then we had a balloon release in honor of Karver's other favorite movie UP! ALOT OF FUN!!! All the little kids helped. There was a lot of waving bye to the balloons and some crying for accidental release! hahaha!!

We finished up with our Happy birthday song in 3 languages! English, Chinese and ASL!! Lots of fun!! Thanks for coming and hope to see you next year!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARVER!!!

P.S. Did I mention it was A LOT of fun! :) :)