We have had some attitude issues since school got out! I think they are a bit sleep deprived, and schedule deprived?? That is all about to change. Starting last night I put the kids to bed early (8pm is early compared to the 12-1am bedtimes that have been happening lately). It went ok last night, they were mostly asleep by 9:30. I got them up at 9am (ok... fine thanks to the neighbor boy who rang the door bell)to do some summer school things, then morning chores, and now they are happily playing, for the moment......yesturday however was the pivital point for me though. I barely made it to church (20 min. late). After classes while trying to find a good seat in the sacrament room Evan was filling me in on how bad Sam was in Sunday class. Cody found a whole empty bench, the long ones. Except in the middle :0/ I prefer the back, less people to anoy. We hadn't even started the first song when Whyett started with what I knew would be a string of fits. About 10 fits later, Sam smacking the back of a ladys head, various ins and outs for bathroom, and drinks, and a couple of fights from the older boys it was finally over. I escaped as fast as I could, and vowed to get them on a schedule!! We will see how it goes.

Emergency Room Drama

Summer is definatly here, sort of. We had about one week of perfect summer weather. We were all loving it, until the constant RAIN. We were even braving the summer mishaps pretty well too. Even the first hospital run of the summer. Right before the rain came Sam got a hold of the ax that was left out by his older brother the night before (Cody was chopping wood for the fire pit). Can I just say little toes bleed a lot. He ran through the house looking for me, and I could follow exactly were he went, I actually slipped on the blood in the kitchen ugg!! He only cut his one toe almost half off. I had to take everyone to the hospital. It was the fastest trip through the emergency room we have ever had, and we have had our share of trips to the emergency room. They were very patient with my kids and I, they even gave the kids some juice. I think they could tell I really wanted to get out as fast as possible. I have sat in the emergency room for 5 hours before just to stitch Evans thumb up. I think the the key to getting out fast is to make it a group effort, and bring all the kids.