Finally a Post!! Fall...

This summer has pretty much consisted of building our house and trying living at the doctors office and primaries with Josh (that is a whole other post). We are finished, with the house (still have no idea whats wrong with Josh). We moved in at the end of August. We love it, and we love not living so far away from everything. Here are some pics from the past six months. I am so horrible at this blogging thing. It is just really not at the top of my list

PUMPKIN PATCH
My boys love this pumpkin patch. They have wheel barrels that are just their size. They fill them all the way up, figure out they cant move them, and then unload them. Then we move to the next row. They did this about 10 times. There is a small corn maze there that is free and there are tons of tractors that my boys loved to sit on. They kept asking us why they wouldn't start. Josh tried so hard to figure out how to start them up. He was determined. Who knew you could spend almost 2 hours at a pumpkin patch!

Taylor

We had to do some serious wheelchair cleaning after this venture

CARVING PUMPKINS!
Josh was really sick this day (big surprise there). He looks a little drunk in some of these pics. They both picked out what they wanted to carved on their pumpkins. They each had their own little carving knives (i know, it wasnt the smartest thing) and they went to town on their little pumpkins while I carved their big ones! This is our new back yard!!

Taylor

Josh (I told you he looks a little out of it)

At least Taylor was in the smiling mood!

THE WITCHES AT GARDNER VILLAGE
This is a tradition every year. Taylor isnt so much into all of the scary Halloween Decor. My mom has a witch that cackles when you walk by on her front porch. Every time we go there he begs to go through the garage door. He told me that he would sit in the car with dad while me and Josh and grandma went to see the witches. He was okay with them because we told him they werent scary ones but nice ones, oh and he got a cookie after!

Taylor would barley hid behind Lonnie to take this pic next to the witch. Josh wouldnt get in the picture because he would have to stand on the other side of Lonnie by the witch. So, this is the only picture we got that is anywhere near a witch. Oh well, maybe next year.

They really didnt want to sit by this witch, can you tell. At least their both looking at the camera.

Smiles, No witches. They really did like the witches, as long as they were far away.

Well, that is all for now. Everyone has been begging me to post pics of my new house. I really will try and do it soon. Hopefully I get Halloween pics on before Christmas!. I am not making any promises though.

Catching up! This summer...

Taylor

Josh

My boys are always "fixing stuff with their tools. I am not sure where they got laying down under things to fix stuff but they take it very seriously.

We spent a week in Park City, with my family, this summer. This is the tram ride. My boys LOVED it.

It was on of my nephews birthday while we where up there. He did a Star wars party. This is Taylor enjoying every moment with a light saver.

Josh does so well swimming on his own as long as he has his floaties on (park city)

This is at the splash park in Liberty Park. Dont worry that my boys are fully clothed!

Josh (Liberty Park)

This was at Liberty Park as well, notice Josh's wardrobe change. Also, notice how nasty that water is he is next to. He did a head dive right into it. He smelled like raw sewage after. He was covered, you couldn't see any of his face. It took me 4 washed to get the smell out of his clothes.

Tiny little Josh.

Family Pics

We had family pictures done a couple of weeks ago. I was so excited to hang them in my house but, we sold our house and will be homeless in 3 weeks. We are so excited but really nervous to start all over again. Wish us luck. Enjoy the pics

6 Years

6 years ago on Saturday I watched my husband walk for the last time. I will never forget him running up the stairs and then running back down again to give me another kiss goodbye. I went shopping with my mom that day. I remember I was in buckle and I dropped the bags I was carrying and stopped dead. My mom asked me what was wrong and I said "somethings really wrong." In the pit of my stomach I knew it was Lonnie. About 45 min later I received a call from his brother. They had to haul him in the back of the truck through the desert, to the ambulance, and then he called me. He spent the next 4 months in the hospital. The first 3.5 weeks he was literally hanging on by a thread. It was almost daily he would code and all the doctors and nurses in the ICU would be running into his room. You know when your in the hospital and it comes over the intercom "code 2 in room" yep that was Lonnies room quite regularly. I prayed and prayed and prayed, seriously all day long everyday. I sat in the corner of his room and prayed. I told Heavenly Father I would deal with anything as long as he didn't take my husband. And here we are today.
I cant believe its been 6 years. I remember when we were in the hospital another quad came to talk to us. He was 3 years post injury. I remember thinking "3 years of living like this? That sounds hard". I know that sounds horrible but Im just being honest. Now we are 6 years out and I cant believe it.
I could go into great detail of how horrible those 4 months were but really I just want to talk about how wonderful life is. We have been so INCREDIBLY blessed in our life. We have amazing family and friends that have literally made our life possible.

Lonnie and I always talk about how life would be if the accident never happened. What kind of people would we be, what kind of parents would we be. I am not so sure we would be happier. I am grateful for this trial giving us a different perspective on life. It has made us see things so differently. Lots of things just dont matter any more. I am grateful for all of the blessing that have come into our lives because of this. Mostly I am grateful for how we have grown as a couple. We had an amazing relationship before the accident. So amazing that I would always worry some big trial was going to happen because our life was way to blissful(I know Im wierd). We didnt get sent to earth to not be tried. But, I could never describe the depth we have now.

Our boys are already amazing little helpers to their dad. They always say "dads fingers don't work, broken." And yes you better believe they will NEVER ride motorcycles.
Our lives have definately been made possible to cope because of our family. Thank you guys for everything you have done and everything you still do. Words can never describe how grateful we are. We often question why we have been so blessed while so many suffer. Thank you to everyone from the bottom of our hearts. We love you all!

Playing in the snow

Disneyland Trip