Joey's Baptism!!

We had a GREAT day on Saturday!!! We had family come in from both sides and it was really good to see everyone ;) You don't realize how much you miss someone until you see them again!!
Joey was the cutest on stage singing his favorite primary song and had a huge smile for everyone ;)
We had a great dinner at Roberto's , yes mexican food but with 30 people it turned out to be the easiest! We filled the restaurant lol! It was a great dinner and a fun little reunion for all of us.
It just wasn't the same eating at Roberto's without Dave and Kristi!!
The next day I asked Joey if he still felt good and he said, "The same as when I got the Holy Ghost" with a huge smile on his face. Brian gave him a great blessing and felt really good about the whole day.

We love you so much Jo Jo!!!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who came!!!

Family Reunion

Last weekend we had a Nevitt family reunion at my dad's house in Payson, AZ. It was so much fun to see everyone!! We all took tents and slept on his porch! Ha!
Well, Mel did have the rv, but the rest of us roughed it ;)
We played a family game of softball, played a little football and of course ate some good food. Ryan even talked the kids into a watermelon eating contest!
The weather was perfect even if a storm blew over for about 1 hour and it was an all around good time!!
Thanks for coming everyone!!

Joey

Joey has a tooth coming in way up high and completely sideways and straight forward. I know sounds weird but the Dr's always told us he would have problems with his teeth where the cleft was.
The tooth was cutting into his lip and making him sore so I took him to the dentist today to see if we should pull it. The orthodontist that is working with him had taken xrays about 4 weeks ago and said we'll probably lose it anyway but he wants to try to bring it down.
The wonderful dentist really, I love him!, said we need to do anything we can to save it and he suggested pulling the two baby teeth on the side to make room then we'll deal with the others when they come in.
So Joey got a little laughing gas and about 7 shots that were painful to numb it then out they came! I was cringing and holding his sweaty little hands. The Dr felt horrible that the shots hurt so much, you could see it in his face.
He also gave me an antiseptic to apply twice a day and some gauze to help keep his lip away from the tooth so the lip can heal. He said there is so much scar tissue on his lip that it is catching the tooth so that's why it's cutting.
My poor JoJo!! He is such a trooper and I made sure he got some extra loving today and a rootbeer float to end the night!!
Now let's just hope the tooth fairy doesn't forget ;)

Football Stars

My boys are so cute when it comes to sports! Sorry the pics are dark, a storm was coming in.
We had family football night on Monday and the kids had a blast! It raised all of our spirits when we saw Tom Brady throwing the ball around!! ;) I'm sure every parent says this but these guys are really good!
For as tiny as Joey is you would not believe the arm on him!!

Marley & Me

My kids and I have been wanting to see this movie since we saw the previews..it looks so cute and funny!
WRONG! We rented it last night and it was soooo depressing! It got towards the middle and the kids wanted to switch movies... "it's disgusting and scary!" I fast forwarded "the scene" and when the girl got stabbed well, my kids were scared that could happen right in her yard.
I told them to just see it through to the end.
Here is the best part.... JJ had his head on my tummy the whole time. This kid never sits still!! It was awesome. He laughed when the dog was silly and was very quiet when the dog was sick. I heard sniffs from everyone and I thought I heard JJ sniff.....What? Is he understanding this? More sniffs all around and JJ sniffed, he DID get it! Holy cow that is funny!
"JJ, are you ok?"
"OOOOOOO MARLEEEEEEYYYY OOOOOOOOO" The poor boy broke down!! I was laughing and crying at the same time. He was crying so hard I could not believe it!!
All he could say was Marleeeeyyyyy between gasps of air, I thought it was a joke, he's only 3 after all. It was at least 2 minutes before I got him to calm down and of course the other kids lost it when they heard JJ!
It was a fun family night!! It was about 11 when Marley got over and we started bedtime stories. The kids cheered up to say the least!!

Last Day of School!!

It's officially summer!! Wa-hoo!! My mood got better and better when I went through my phone and deleted all my reminders!! Yes, I'm lame, I have to put in reminders for everything..
The kids had a picnic for lunch with pb&j with chips mmmmm!
Jacob is now in 4th, Joey 3rd, and Haylee is a 1st grader... Yikes!!!

Pretty Dancer!

Look at how much difference a year makes! I love this background shot of her! She tells me she's getting used to dancing so she likes it now ;) Her teacher is offering a 2 week summer course including gymnastics that I'm signing her up for. I'm living through her, I've always loved dance and gymnastics but never had the chance!!