Sun Kissed

Lando: 
He had a good long week of work and was on call this weekend. Lots of really hard pediatric cases that he ended up feeling really good about. Not all peds, but a lot of them were. He gave anesthesia to a 1 day old baby. Only 4 pounds. He also served a patient who had been shot. Luckily, he was already walking to the hospital. And then he also had a patient was needle phobic and in labor and potentially needing a c-section. He had to be pretty firm that he would not be apart of the picture unless she could get an ivy in her. 5 hours later..... Just a normal work week. He worked all day yesterday, and then we went on a quick date to South Hill Grill. He was on-call today, but never called in. Which was good because his powerpoint presentation for the youth fireside disappeared so he literally spent the entire day remaking the powerpoint that he had been working on for weeks. 

Becs: 
I'm definitely feeling the effects of gloomy Spokane. But this isn't something I can just, wait out anymore, because we live here. So literally any time I could see the sun, Luke and I would go outside and let it "kiss our faces." Even if it was 15 degrees outside. The days where I could get 15 minutes of sun in, I had way less back pain at night and was able to at least sleep til 5. Other than being intentional about that, and being mom & wife, I've been working on plans to build my table. And Kyla was nice enough to help me think through a few things. 

Jax: 
He babysat twice this week. Once when Lando and I went on a date and then tonight for the fireside. He only does it when the littles are asleep, but its crazy that we've moved into this phase. He had another hard basketball game, and its discouraging for him. They keep have days off school because of COVID but the boys didn't miss a beat, they just played with friends all day. He sat super close to me during church and put his head on my shoulder for a lot of it. I don't know if i'll have another boy love me like he does and has. I hope so, but his love is so special to me. 

Ty: 
He is just loving to learn all the things. He can sing a Chinese song, and write his name in Chinese. He loves his Ninja class and school. He was really bummed that his best friend couldn't come play this week because of COVID. Oh Covid. During church he sits and colors in his Old Testament book and I don't know when i'll stop being amazed at his creative abilities. I just don't understand where he got them from. 

Luke: 
I chatted with Lukes teacher this week and she said he is the leader at Recess and that he sticks with stuff and is determined even when he messes up. She also said he needs to get better at expressing his needs appropriately, and that just took me by surprise, Luke is always so calm and polite when he needs help with something. Landon and I both agree we feel him starting to turn the corner from toddler to little boy. But he still has all his adorable phrases: 
Dabin--Bandaid 

Good Goggy--Good Doggy 

Splice of Apple--Slice of Apple 

My shirt doesn't fik--My shirt doesn't fit 

Busgusting--Disgusting 

We read so many books and cuddle so much and I love him right now so much 

Briggy: 
Just as Luke has started to turn his corner into little boy, I'm sensing Brig turning the corner into toddlerhood. 9 years. I've had a toddler for 9 years straight. I'm so done. It will be 12 years by the end of this. But I can just tell that Brighams toddler life will be.... much different than the rest of the boys. Specifically those middle ones. He is basically only walking now, and still nursing in the morning but thats more for me than anything. He wakes up before 6 and I just, I can't be up yet. He is saying Uh-oh and mama. He loves books so much. SO much. He was teething at the beginning of the week and legit fell asleep on Jaxson in the swing(how cute is big brother Jax). At church today when he saw Luke on my lap and Jax with his head on my shoulder, he legit made his way to me and pushed Jax off and Luke as far over as possible. It was like he was say, "Uh NO! She is mine. Back off." I LOVED watching him assert himself. I am going to be all for that. Brigs has a role to play being the youngest of 4 boys. But I know he can do. 

Hoping for more sun kissed moments this week!  

 

A Ski Week

 Landon:
He started the week off by having his return flight from Phoenix cancelled. Which was both a bummer and expensive. Allegiant won't be our choice in the future. He was able to watch Brigs & Luke two days while I took the big boys skiing. And then on Friday, he went skiing with the boys. He's been reading lots of financial books, and making some big goals for our future. He took Jax and J and Claire to shoot hoops on Saturday. We went on a date with some friends last night and it was super fun. We are a pretty okay ax throwing partnership. Today he spent the day fathering while I went to meetings this morning and then laid in bed not feeling great this afternoon. He also has been working on his on calling stuff. Good fulfilling week for him. 

Becs:
I loved every moment of taking the boys skiing. It was so fun to teach them something that I'm half decent at. It was also a nice change to be the person out with the older kids while Lando was home with the littles. I think Brigs has felt a little traumatized by how much i've been gone lately. I've done my back workout 36 days in a row. I still have pain at night, but maybe its getting better? I loved our date last night with friends. And mostly I just love the community of people here that has taken our family in and made us feel so welcome. I accidentally made fun of an 8 year, to his face, in front of a bunch of adults. I will just say I felt awful and like a horrible human. But I was able to talk it through and apologize. Its probably a story i'll use often when I teach my boys about what to do when they make mistakes. Hiding the mistake just makes you feel worse. Bringing it out in the open, completely changes things. 

Jax:
The Packers lost. His team lost. He worked hard though! But he loved skiing all week and improved so much just in the 4 days he skied. I can really count on Jax to step in and help when things get a little out of control. Julianna said she feels the same way when she babysits. When Luke starts being hard, Jax jumps in to ease some of the responsibility of Julianna. I love that about him. 

Ty: 
Oh my gosh. He LOVED skiing and he LOVES ninja. He is really in his element right now. It was so happy to be teaching something to Ty that he truly enjoys. He just could not get enough of skiing. And he is a natural. He flies down the mountain. Lots of room to improve but i'm so excited for him to have this sport. He also loved his first Chinese class. He is really enjoying the process of learning. 

Luke:
Lukie was my favorite kind of toddler this week. Adorable, manageable, cute, and remorseful. He was really bummed that he didn't get to go skiing with his brothers 4 out of the 5 days this week. Sometimes being the younger sibling is hard. But we let him pick the movie on Friday night and we all cuddled with him and he then came an watched me do my exercises after the moving and just giggled and it all just made me so happy. I'm loving him. Also, when my mom had her surgery this week, and Mummy had COVID and Papa needed stitches, it was Lukes day to pray. So we were just reviewing all the things he needed to pray for and then he said, "But what about Scott and Jen's babies." And that made me so happy! He just really loves people. 

Brigs:
He is eating SOOOOO much. And starting to whine a little more. Blah! He LOVES to cuddle and LOVES to read books. And he is full on walking now. He is honestly just the cutest little thing and we are so happy he is ours. I am down to just one feeding with this kiddo, at 5:30 in the morning. And I know I will miss it. But also, I need to be able to sleep til 6. At least. Come on! Its been a long two years of little sleep! 

A Little Golf & A Lotta Ice Cream

 Lando: 
He started the week off finishing call. And ended the week in Arizona with Ty. I'm so happy he could be there this week and golf with his brother Logan. Just one of those things we talked about would happen once we were here, and its happier than I imagined. Also the Fagues gave us four tickets to the BYU Gonzaga game. And even though we got DESTROYED, it was SO fun! 

Becs: 
I had fun taking Luke and Jax on dates yesterday. Both good substitutes for Lando. I also gave a Konmari presentation and created a little website. I felt grateful again for all the people in our life here. I have been reading the bible every morning with my friend Brittney and I am learning so much. I went to Orange Theory for the first time in two years and had so many emotions. Some angry with how much pain I still have and how out of shape I am. Some grateful with how blessed I feel to be here and out of the last two years. And then mostly STOKED! At this point, with every other one of my children, I we either already taking medication or I was waiting for my first infertility appointment to start the process. KNOWING full well, that the moment I started, my mental state would decline only to then get pregnant and destroy my body all over again. But not this time. Briggy is over 14 months, and any day now i'll be done nursing him and have nothing in my future that will alter either my mental or physical state and I am so excited about this. Oh I got to see Mahyo this week. I love her. 

Jax: 
We all watched the College Championship with him on Monday! He was stocked that J was back in town. He is such a cute brother to Luke and helps motivate him to do things that he doesn't want to do. He went and played snow football yesterday and loved it. His basketball game and practice were cancelled because too many players on his team had been exposed to COVID. We watched Jumanji together and had cheesecake & Taco Bell on Friday night. Then went bowling together on Saturday. He's so fun! 

Ty: 
He lived his best life in AZ this weekend. Painting with Papa. Golfing and hiking with dad. TWO ice creams in ONE day. He didn't get to hang with Mummy because of COVID so he was bummed about that. But other than that, he had the perfect weekend. 

Luke: 
He announced twice this week when he came out of his room, that "There were no more skeletons." It both made me laugh and made me sad for his scared little heart. He also made Jax and I laugh so hard when he took Jaxson's seat on the couch Jax said, "Hey, Luke! I was sitting there." And his cute little sassy tone Luke said, "Uh... not anymore!" Maybe you just had to be there. 

Brigs:
He is eating like crazy. And taking independent steps in the teens. He loves to sit on my lap and look at books. He is down to one nursing at 5am in the morning. But after that, I think I will officially have my body back for a long long time!