Nothing exciting.

I made my way to the Orem library today, mostly cuz Hadley needed internet for school and my in-laws internet is painfuly slow;)
Nothing going on yet, we are still waiting to hear from the bank on the house we have an offer on. We are seriously starting to go stir crazy living in the basement apartment with not much to do. Hadley is convinced life can't get any worse, he goes to school with all his friends then has to watch them walk home together to play while he gets to jump in the car and go hang out in a basement with his family...poor kid. He actually sobbed the whole way home yesterday, it broke my heart. We are getting really anxious to get into a new house. This whole living in limbo thing is getting old really quick.
We took Devin to the dr, his fracture is really stable so they said he doesn't need the hard cast for 6 weeks like they originally thought. He just has to keep the soft one on for another week and then he is done, YAY!
With no internet, and no dvr and pretty much just living in a hole:) I have had to come up with stuff to do. I decided that what better time that to catch up on some reading. I thought I would see what all the fuss was about and start the "Twilight" books. Well, I bought the first one thinking it would last me a week or so...I finished it in 4 hours. I started 2 days ago and am almost done with book 3:)...it's safe to say I am hooked! I don't know what I am going to do when I finish them...any other good bood suggestions??
(this did remind me why I quit reading...it is pure torture for me to put down a book before I have finished it...can't/wont do it! So, I pretty much neglect the rest of my life when I read:) )

and to top off our week.....

....we were in the ER til 2am last nite.
Devin fell off the bunkbed and broke his arm.
He is in a soft cast and sling for a week til it's done swelling, then he will get a hard cast next week. He fractured his elbow so he has to have one all the way up his arm, with his arm bent in a sling. Poor kid. He is doing good though, good thing he is a lefty:)

a few thoughts....

Living in a rental sucks!
We still don't have a new house:(
I am sick of driving from Orem to American Fork 3 times a day for school...and it's only been 2 days!

Stupid people.

The stupid sellers of the house we put an offer on....just decided they don't want to sell their house anymore.
it's been on the market for a year and a half, but the week we put in an offer is the week they have decided to stay.
pooey on them!
so begins the house hunting again.....

Trouble maker.

Lexi has figured out how to climb up the chairs and onto the kitchen table. It has gotten to the point where I don't even try to stop her anymore. Even falling off a couple times hasn't phased her. She climbs up there every chance she gets.

In this shot, I was saying "get off the table" and she put her hands up by her ears and started babbling! She watches her brother's way too much!


Then she was taunting me "looky at me on the table mom!"




SOOO proud of herself. She thinks she is such a big girl *sigh* I swear she was just a little baby yesterday...

Lexi has been so funny to watch during this move. She is not happy about her surroundings changing. She is terrified of the boxes, especially when the boys get in them. She walks from room to room and points at the walls and places things used to be and looks at me like "mom, where did it go?"

She gets very stressed and upset when we pick up and move furniture, literally starts shaking and crying and tries to push it back onto the floor.

I think the reality of it all is starting to sink in. I had to tell Hadley and Devin's soccer coaches that they wont be coming back for spring season today and I almost cried. We don't have alot of attatchments around here but soccer and preschool are our big ones. Hadley has played with and gone to school with these kids for 3 years now. And Devin just loves preschool. It makes me so sad to take him away from all his friends just 5 weeks before the end and graduation.

We are excited to move and begin a new adventure, but change is hard. I know that by the time summer rolls around and they are running around everyday with the gazillion kids in our new neighborhood...they wont be sad about leaving here anymore...but until then, I get a little misty-eyed everyday.

Olson family indoor football.

Our kids have been having to find new ways to entertain themselves since I have been packing up all their stuff. Between very few toys and lots of room to run cuz lots of the furniture is gone, they decided to play football last night.

Lexi got the ball and was running from the boys.

Hadley and Devin fighting(nicely) over the ball.

Devin desperatlely trying to keep Hadley from touching the wall and scoring!

Some of the kids new favorite toys are boxes, probably cuz they are lying all over the house. Devin was setting this one up to use as a basketball hoop.

Hadley making a basket....with a football???

Crafty.

Now I know there are better things I could be doing with my time right now:) but I was packing Lexi's room yesterday and found all the stuff I had bought to make her a holder for her barretts and stuff.
Well, I have been meaning to make it for months and I knew that if I just packed it up then it would be months (if ever) before I got around to making it. So, I put off packing for a while and made this for Lexi.
For the self-proclaimed "uncraftiest person on earth" I thought it turned out kinda cute.



A shot of the whole thing

Close up of the words

with some of her hair stuff on it...I underestimated how much stuff she had and couldn't fit it all on...oh well.

If you thought riding a horse naked was fun....

.... you should try dancing!







Lexi is enthralled with Ellen and her dancing, and alway's dances with her. The bottom picture is a little blurry cuz she was going crazy. Normally she just kinda bobs around but she was a crazy woman dancing all over the room....guess it felt good to dance in the nude!

*I promise I do dress my daughter:)

4 Days.

I figured I had better start preparing all my loyal followers...only 4 days left until I don't have a computer for a month!
I know it's going to be really difficult to not have my totally awesome posts to read, or receive any wonderful email's from me or facebook status updates:) You will make it thru, I promise! Believe me, I know how hard it will be...I am around myself all the time and I still can't get enough:)
And maybe if you are lucky, I will make my way to my in-law's once in a while to at least check email...that is if I am not sick of being in the car 24/7 taking kids to and from school!

Buddies.

This morning I had another moment of needing Lexi to leave me alone for a few minutes. I turned on Barney. I have only does this a handful of times and she usually only watches for 5 minutes max, but I will take it:)
This morning I put in the video (yes video) and she started clapping and sat down(it was very cute) I went in the kitchen to get my stuff done and I peeked around the corner a few minutes later to see how she was doing. Devin had gotten her a pillow and they were laying next to each other watching it, it was sooo cute! Only lasted about 3 minutes but it was cute while it lasted!