Fun in Utah

We are having a great time on our trip to Utah and Oregon. On our way up to Oregon we decided to stay a few days at my Grandma's in Utah. It is so beautiful up here. The weather is in the high 80s and nice and green. We enjoyed a few days with family and we are now on to the next part of our trip.
Heres the boys playing farm with my cousin Kevin. Kevin was a great play mate.
Oh how we love our Grandma Mary. She gives the boys rides and plays with them all the time. We also love our Papa Kurt, he too plays with the boys. (His picture didn't make it in the running for the blog.)

We are having a relaxing time and enjoying the beautiful weather. Can't wait for our next adventure. We should arrive in Oregon in about a 12 hour car ride. The boys did great on the way to Utah. Hopefully it is the same for Oregon.

What Moms Will Do for Their Children

I decided not to show you the nasty pictures of my nasty toe. Needless to say I broke my big right toe. Heres the story. I was getting Karsten off of a really high barstool chair and it started to fall over. Of course I held on to Karsten and the chair landed on my toe. It hurt so bad I buckled over and knocked Karsten's face into the counter. He was okay but crying. My toe hurt so bad I thought I was going to throw up. I debated on going to see the doctor because I always heard there is nothing you can do about a broken toe. I waited until the next day and decided I better go because it still really hurt. The doctor put a whole in the nail and drained a lot of blood out to relieve some of the pressure. Then he sent me for x-rays. I didn't find out until this morning that my toe is broken. Now I get to hobble around on a hard splint shoe for 4-6 weeks.

Anyways we leave to Utah and Oregon for 10 days tomorrow. I am excited to see our family. It will be a little interesting wearing my new shoe!!

Finally a New Post!

I have had some requests from several people to update our Blog. We have been really busy lately. About two weeks ago, Tom and I were priviledged to go on our stakes 4th year hike for Girls Camp. There were 17 girls and 4 leaders. We hiked 4 miles into a river raveen and camped by a little river. It was lots of fun. Some of the girls went swimming. The next day we hiked out of the raveen about 2 miles. One mile was straight up hill. It was a hard hike. We were rewarded that night by a nice steak dinner. The next morning we went canoeing. I had a great time. Tom was done with 14 yr old girls by the 3rd day. I wouldn't be surprised if he was asked to do it again, he would.

We have been also renevating Tom's parents back court yard and bathroom to get ready for Tom's Dad to come home. If you want to see pictures Megan has some great ones. Tom's dad, Bob, came home about two weeks ago. He is still not doing well but he enjoys being at home.

We also have been doing alot of swimming lately. I have felt like the worst mother ever because I enrolled Brecken in swim lessons. He hates it. He has always hated getting his face wet. He is taking a 2wk class that is four days a week. This is our first week. He is actually learning how to swim but still asks me every morning if he has to go to swim lessons. I don't know if he will ever like it.

Before todays swim lessons, Brecken was throwing a big fit about going. When we were almost there he finally stopped crying. We walked into swim lessons and everyone was out of the pool. Swim lessons had been cancelled because someone pooped in the pool. The teacher told Brecken what happened and he looked at me and said,"I am so happy!!" He didn't have to go to swim lessons today!

I feel like an awful mother making him go but it is really important that he knows how to swim. At least we only have 4 more lessons. I also think it is funny that Brecken is crying that he has to go to swim lessons and Karsten is crying because he can't go to swim lessons. Next year I will definitely enroll him.

Anyways, this is what is going on in the Bogle family. Sorry about the lack of photos but I can't seem to get me wireless photos to come up. When I can I will post some. I did have a few pictures that I can put up. Enjoy!

Baking with Aunt Megan!

Brecken woke up the other morning and wanted to bake cookies. He found these really cool cookie cutters that he wanted to make into cookies. Karsten had been sick and I was going to be really busy with my online school class, I told him to ask his Aunt Megan. Of course Megan said she would bake cookies with him. What a nice Aunt! Brecken even got to have Zo over to help in with the fun. Brecken picked out a long neck dinosaur, T-Rex, a bus, a tennis racket, bear, and reindeer cookie cutters. Zo picked out a heart, flower and an X.

Here is Brecken is his apron. Megan had this really cool robot apron he could use. He is pretending to be a robot.

Zo was a great cookie decorator!

Brecken was a little frustrated with his decorating.Here is the Before. Here is the After. Brecken wanted black and green frosting. Zo wanted blue and yellow.
Brecken had so much fun decorating his cookies. Thanks Aunt Megan!!!

On a different note, this is what happens when you let your kids get dressed all by themselves. Brecken is great at putting his own clothes on. Today he wanted to wear his beani, vest, and snow hat. Of course little brother had to join in in the fun.
Isn't he so cute!!
Here is Brecken with his outfit. Do you notice anything? He has his shorts on backwards! We have been learning that the tag goes in back. I thought he had it down but we all make mistakes. As Tom was helping him fix his pants, he noticed there were two tags. One in the front and one in the back. No wonder why he got them on wrong. I would be a little confused too.

The healing power of Love

This picture is of last time Dad came home from the hospital.

For anyone who doesn't know, my dad suffered a severe stroke Wednesday morning. He is still in the ICU at Scottsdale Osborn and is doing okay. He has little to no movement on the entire right side of his body and is not able to communicate verbally. He is able to listen and understands and can respond to yes-or-no questions. He will probably be in the hospital for quite a while.

On Wednesday morning, Reuben and I drove Mom to the hospital. Dad had already been flown via helicopter. Reuben and I gave Dad a priesthood blessing and as it took place, I was overcome with the feeling that having so many people around Dad that love him is one of the most powerful healing tools and that as his friends and family show him how much he means to us, that he will continue to improve. Now, I'm not making any promises of miracles, but please do what you can to let Dad know what impact he has had on your life and how much he means to each of us. If you can visit, visit. If you can send pictures or a card, do that. If all you can do is pray, then do that. Everything is appreciated.

Also, for those who might not know, Dad can by kind of rowdy and beligerent in the hospital, so Mom pretty much has to stay there 24/7, so she can use some support and visitors too. Thank you to those who have helped the family thus far and visited. Just keep this idea in your mind for a while. Love is the most powerful force in the world. Why can't it heal people?

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I don't want to overshadow Natalie's awesome post, but just check out this link when you get a chance.

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Fun in Spring

Here is our family picture from Easter. We have had a great time in the wonderful weather. Nothing is really new but we are enjoying the out doors. This morning the boys and I walked around Fulton Ranch. The lake was beautiful. The wind was blowing and glistening off the water. At the end of our walk we went to the park. Brecken enjoyed watching the little boys play baseball. He was really sad that he did not get to play. We went home and played a fun game of baseball in Nana B's huge yard. Brecken bats left handed. He even can hit the ball. Karsten loved hitting the ball too. Daddy helped him. Addy did a great job hitting the ball also. Tom of course hit the ball on the roof! Nana B even got out to play with us. It was a fun Spring baseball game. Here is a picture of all my handsome boys!
Tom's farm is going good. Tom and Reuben went to a farmers market with the left overs of the winter crop. They did not make much money but their self-esteem was boosted. They realized that they could do it! We are patiently waiting till the summer corn and watermelon come in.

Here is a picture of Tom's first Preschool tour of the farm back in March.
The kids really enjoyed seeing all the food that was growing. They also enjoyed the carrots!
Tom and Reuben are working hard to get the farm going. Once the food is ready to harvest I will let everyone know. We are all doing well and enjoying the spring time weather.