Oh Jocelyn, Jocelyn, Jocelyn

Jocelyn just keeps us on our toes!  Sunday was quite a day.  In the morning I spilled a few cheerios while pouring a bowl of cereal for Kal.  To which Jocelyn stated, "Mom, sometimes your not an artist of doing that."

On the way home from church, she was telling us what she learned in Primary.  Then she said, "Carter asked a question and it goofed me up, so I'm not going to talk any more." And then proceeded to talk the rest of the way home.  Where does she hear these phrases?  Silly Goose.

Later, she tried to curl her hair with a comb and it got stuck.  After doing our best to get it out, we got the scissors.  I thought it wouldn't be so bad, the comb was stuck at shoulder length.  Brandon loves Jocelyn's long hair, so he took a closer look.  He said it was a clove hitch knot and got the comb out in 30 seconds.  You never know where those Eagle scout skills will come in handy!

This story cracks me up.  Jocelyn sat up on the stand during sharing time.  When asked to return to her seat, she cried.  The Primary president took her in the hall to find out what the problem was.  She replied that she had prepared a talk and needed to give it.  She had a crumpled paper in her hand where she had written it.  The Primary president asked if she could do it without any help (of course she can--it's Jocelyn we're talking about!!).  So, the kind hearted president announced at the end that they would be having a talk by Jocelyn Flammer.  Jos got up there with her paper and gave her one sentence talk and sat down.  (She said, "Heavenly Father and Jesus are nice.  In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.")  I am thankful for an understanding Primary president and for a little girl who always keeps us laughing!

That's disgusting!

That's what my sweet Mr. Kal tells me every time I change a messy diaper. Well, don't read the following while eating:

During Sacrament meeting last week, we sat in the overflow. Kal was super grumpy and when spinning in circles made him happy, we decided it was less disruptive than grumping at us. Well, he got dizzy and fell over, so I pulled him up on my lap. He puked. All over me, IN the diaper bag, and all over the floor. Luckily, we were by a garbage can and the door, so I pick it up and held it under him as I took him out to the bathroom. Unfortunately, it happened as the closing speaker was finishing and I was supposed to say the benediction. So, I stripped Kal, put his jacket on him and gave him to Brandon and ran back to the bathroom to wipe myself off and made it back just in time to say the prayer.

This morning:
Jos was up in the night with a tummy ache. I gave her tums and put her back to bed. She got up with a tummy ache. I got her breakfast, but she didn't eat it. She just drank water. I felt so sad for her, so I pulled her onto my lap while I ate. Two bites in, she puked. Right into my bowl. I ran her to the bathroom, leaving a trail of vomit behind. Poor girl. As I was holding her hair back for her, I saw River rolling towards the mess. Luckily, Jos finished in time for me to grab Riv before she entered the puke zone.

A shower later, I found River pooped up her tummy and down both legs. Awesome. I pulled a "Grandma Flammer" and had to wash her off under the faucet (at least it was the bathtub and not the kitchen!!).

At least everything was cleaned up by 9 am. We are having a jammy day today (at least Jos and Kal). Though I feel sad for Jos and her fever, I am really enjoying the snuggles. I was holding Riv at one point and Jos needed to snuggle, so I put Rivi in her exersaucer. She was happy until she saw me snuggle Jos. Jocelyn just laughed and said, in a baby talk voice, "Oh, Little River. She's my mommy, too!" Then Jos chuckled and River calmed down. It was a cute moment. River just adores Jocelyn.

Jocelyn is tough about being sick. She will be back to normal by tomorrow, so I am enjoying my snuggles today. I love my kids!

6 Years ago today . . .

We were sealed in the Bountiful Utah Temple for time and all eternity.

Since Brandon is back in Ohio, I celebrated with our little sweeties.
We went to the Bountiful Temple.
It was fun to talk to them about the temple on the drive over.

Here are some photos:

There was another couple there getting their post ceremony photos taken. A lady gave Jocelyn the bouquet to hold for a minute and after chatting, pointed at us and told the couple, "Ok--6 years from now, guys!"

Afterwords, we went to IHOP for lunch.

Bugga met us there and gave River a fancy hat
She thought sitting in the high chair was the coolest thing ever.
River just wants to be where the big kids are and she loves it when she can do anything they are doing!

Jocelyn and Kal had choc chip pancakes with funny faces.
In talking about her pancake (above), Jocelyn said, "My pancake's eye is kind of lazy."

River and Candice and their afternoon nap

Watching "Tinkerbell" with Grannie Tannie

After kiddos went to bed, my parents toasted to us with sparkling grape juice.

I love being married to my best friend. I cannot believe it has already been 6 years and that we have experienced so much in this short time. We have added 3 kids to our family, graduated from BYU, lived in 6 places in 3 states, made several wonderful friends, had at least 10 jobs between us, almost finished med school (Brandon graduates in May!!), started massage therapy school (I graduate in August), flown over 15,000 miles each in trips to Utah and Texas, driven 6,600 miles in trips from Utah to Missouri/Ohio, have seen several Church history sites in Missouri, Nauvoo/Carthage, and Kirtland, and have had many ups and a few downs. We are really enjoying our life together. Marrying Brandon is the best decision I have ever made. I am filled with joy every time I experience the consequences of that decision--the best of those are Jocelyn, Kal, and River and being with my best friend forever.

I love you, Brandon! Happy Anniversary!

Almost normal . . .

For those of you who care

(I know you are just dying to check my blog daily to see the progress--wink)

This is by no means a flattering photo of myself (keep in mind this is not an acne treatment, but a treatment for acne scarring) but I look almost normal! I don't think I scared too many children at the grocery store today!

Good 'ol Kal

Just playing around this morning

Kal's sheer joy in showing off his gloves, hat, and shoes with silly faces for the camera was very reminiscent of a certain Flammer uncle . . . any guesses???

Kal's toes were poking out of Jocelyn's old crocks (which they both enjoyed wearing on the wrong feet). He was super excited about trying on all sorts of shoes. There were very few shoes that fit his gynormous (and super thick) feet, luckily they were shoes he liked that he can put on and take off all by himself! He likes to stomp around in these because they light up!

Day 3

Getting better & better! Just super itchy!

Peeling

YUCK! No pain today, just itchy! But I can smile today!

Racoon Eyes

Day 2:

My brother-in-law, JJ, gets some great tan lines on his temples from his sunglasses every summer. I think I may have him beat on the "sunglasses tan line" look. What do you think?

Ny fafe iv num

Brandon did a rotation with a plastic surgeon (Dr. David Dellinger) at Ohio Valley Plastic Surgery. He does laser surgery, among other things, and I went in for a consultation because he gives students a great discount. I have never loved my complexion, so I went in for a consultation. He said a laser peel and profractive laser treatment should get rid of my acne scars (thank you Argentina). The best part . . . he did it FREE!

Here I am right after (Jocelyn took the photo for me--she's getting good!)

I'm not mad. My face is numb!!! Here is a short video of me after, for your viewing pleasure. I talk funny. My eyes were numb, too. It was wierd because it felt like they were closed, but I could see. I was dentist numb all over my face.

Ok--now after watching that (I was a little loopy at the time) it reminds me of Joker. Scary what drugs will do to you!

TODAY . . .

After dropping Jocelyn off at school, Kal, River, and I went to the YMCA. We went to the padded room first . . . to play! Kal had a blast while River watched and cooed.

When we got home from the Y and picking Jocelyn up from school, the power was out. So we ate and played at McD's. The cable company was laying new lines in the complex and cut a major power line. Instead of calling the power company, they tried their in-house electrician first. Three cold hours later, they finally called the power company. Brrrrrr!

Here are the kiddos watching them work through the back window.

The electric company guy was fun. He saw them and came up to the window and made faces. They got a kick out of that!
We finished off the evening with pizza bread, fruit and Scooby Doo! We ate in the living room. It was a fun pizza party!

What's a party without donuts? Mmmmm. . . . All snug in their jammies!

We are enjoying our family journey.

Here is a video of our girls enjoying each other!

Aren't sisters great!

Kal's Birthday

Kal turned 2 on September 11!!

(he'll tell you he's 4)

We went to Price Park with some friends to celebrate.

I made 2 cakes for the occasion--one for the kiddos, and one for adults.

Kal had a baseball cake. It was almost impossible to frost (you can see why . . . tiny fingers)

He was definitely spoiled by grandparents and friends!

Thank you!

Miss River is so big!

Here she is enjoying her exersaucer and bumbo chair!

"Talking"

Focused

Tiny Mouth

Bumbo!

Tuckered Out