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BUSY, BUSY, BUSY...SO MUCH TO DO AND ALWAYS SO LITTLE TIME...

LET THE SUMMER BEGIN!!!

    Hello fellow bloggers. Once again, I let myself become too busy with life and haven't sat down to journal for a while. So much has gone on and I know one day I will look at these books and get so mad at myself for not writing things down. So here we go…for the month of, man, may and June?

Well Work, School programs, recitals, end o season soccer games, tryouts, tournaments, doctor visits, End of school parties, Family Trips, and just recently Jason traveling, Cousins visiting, more tournaments, more n more work, and just summer in general has kept our family super busy. Today, while I should be finishing work, I've decided to BLOG! Our cousins left this morning. We had a super great time while they were here. Everyone was basically entertained since Saturday! It's been pretty nice! My sis. N law Kara got me seriously thinking about the importance of this journaling thing! The days are just going by way too fast.

So we just finally got a really hot day, today…and of course it was the first day of a weekend long tournament. We just finished up two soccer games for today in the tournament and we are tired of being in the sun. I felt so bad for both Hali and Kora as they were running up and down those fields. They both played so hard and I was very proud of them! They are excited for this upcoming season. They had their tryouts in mid-may and the results are: Hali is playing forward/mid on the premier State Wasatch Team and Kora is playing defender up a year on U10 district Strikers Team. We are looking forward to upcoming tournaments and camps!

The boys just recently, like within the past week or so, have been really into taking things apart. First it was Korbin, and just a minute ago I found Hayden in the toy room taking trying to take apart Kora's polly pocket car. While he was doing a great job at unscrewing the car, I was a bit upset because I had just put it back together from Korbin taking it apart the night before. We haven't told Kora yet, nor do I think she will really care. The problem is…I can just see them while I am gone one day working together to disassemble something big. Perhaps the wii, or the TV, or my computer, or my plotter, There are so many screws in our home! Oh the possibilities. I need Jason to come home and just fiddle around in the garage for a day with those boys. B.T.W. I do LOVE that they do this…just not things I have spent money on. They too are playing soccer in the fall and are attending a few camps this summer…can't wait for those. They need to release energy. It will be great to see them pooped! It's been a while.

The pictures on my blog are all very random, but have been taken within the last two months. Fun times at the Lynn Home!

Annual Hospital Visit

So, last year it was Korbin cracking his head open on Easter…last Saturday, Hayden got his turn. He got his head slammed in the van door. HE is fine, he had a CT scan and thought it was the coolest ride. He refers to it as a doughnut in space. As we were leaving the hospital he says, "That was super cool mom" I told him I hope he enjoyed his $50. Ride. Our family was quite shaken up that night. I had been trying to get them loaded after a church party for about 30min. I was chasing Hayden around the outside of the church and trying to get the rest of them, including dad, to get in the car. No one was listening!!ARG. Then once we finally got in the car the last person thought everyone was in and Hayden was crawling in and SLAM! In the car, I told my kids I couldn't be a mom anymore and I was giving up because no one listens to me. I of course, started a huge meltdown and they all were bawling. Korbin didn't want to go to sleep until Hayden came home. They were all so worried about him. So some blood and swollen sides of his head for us to all learn a lesson. My kids, obviously, was to listen the first time. Me, don't ever say you can't be a mom anymore and I am giving up. Jason, to listen to his wife, the first time also! I truly am grateful for all of our trials. We are just an ordinary family learning through each experience that comes our way. I was so proud of how big everyone acted once he got hurt. (except me of course) Hali was so brave and watched the kids. I called several times over the 2 hours we were there. She was crying with Kora and Korbin the first couple of calls and then I was amazed at how strong she was. She told me she gave them hugs and said a prayer together that Hayden would be okay. I LOVE my kids and my husband. This is what I LIVE for. They are my LIFE!

KID FUN!!!

I can't believe this school year is coming to a close! We have been so busy lately with parties, 2 birthdays, work, taxes, emergencies, housework, guests, and about a million soccer games! We've had a blast and I would love to be that mom that blogs and records every living moment. But truth is I'm totally not! This is as good as it gets! I'm blogging in the 45 min. until my kids come home and all h…. breaks loose. You know snacks, homework, practices, games, bath, dinner(sandwiches, taco bell, corn dogs) Freezer group where are you! HELP! Here are the latest in the Lynn home.

Hali: Total PEACE maker! As you can see from the pictures…it is very fitting. She has been great at helping around the house and has recently found her inner self with her friends at a party…she rocked the house with "Old MacDonald" She has also been playing lots of soccer 2-3 times a week. She truly amazes me. Not just the talent but her determination and strong mind! She has been our number 1 baby sitter and we appreciate her so much! She also just received her Faith in God award and is gearing up for YW. Scary to think about! She got a big kick out of me breaking my toe while playing soccer. Thought that was one of the funniest things!

Kora: Just got a HAIR CUT and is now a super diva. I will have to take photos with a good camera and post rather than my blackberry. She has been playing soccer 2-3 times a week and constantly impresses me as well. She just realized last week that she can totally run! She wanted to run with me and ended up going 3 miles??? She is having a blast with her friends and family. And just recently had her FIRST ever sleepover. It was her next door neighbor friend who is just as adorable as she is. Kora is getting so mature, it makes me sad when I look at baby pictures..but for sure would never go back. She is my shopping lover! I need one of those!

Korbin: Had a birthday. He is now 7 years old! He had a big birthday bash at the bowling alley. Lots of fun and I must say he acts much older now that he is 7. He got a motor scooter and now has a little more freedom to roam the neighborhood. WATCH OUT! On a more serious note, he takes very good care of that thing. Since mom has ran over his bike, he plugs his scooter in every day when he finishes riding it! Korbin is also playing soccer and still enjoys slide tackling the kids out there. He runs all the way down the field to protect his goal and then runs it back and scores…he is tired and happy when he is done! Just how we like him! He is such a good kid and tries to be kind to everyone. Definitely the most social out of us all!

Hayden: oh Hayden..remember the Lion costume? We've switched to a mullet wig. I'm about to kill Jason for ever getting that thing! Im not so sure why he likes it, but he seriously thinks he's a rocker when he wears it. I really laughed this morning when he was vaccuming with it on...my pics don't come out so well on my phone lately but you can see how funny it is for yourself. So his funny things lately is anything about poop, pee, bottom, puke???? I don't get it but everyone laughs. He is becoming sensitive to us laughing at him, but it is so hard not to. He tells me all the time lately to not laugh at him. My response is that he makes me happy! Maybe someone should tell him to not wear the mullet???

That's the wrap…till next time!

2 Down…2 more to go!

Here's Kora. Yep, that makes two for us in braces. She is in lots of pain today but constantly seeks advice from her older sister, on how to relieve it. I'm no help and neither is Jason since none of us had braces. It is my narrow mouth and Jasons big teeth that is giving us this craziness. We all had our cleanings yesterday and NO CAVITIES!!! Yeah. But, we got great news that Korbin will need braces within the next two years and Hayden needs to correct an overbite. Do teeth really have to be perfect? Cause Im tired of all these trips to the "TEETH PEOPLE". Nevertheless, Kora does look adorable. She has been trying not to smile, but realizes that it hurts when she does that. I told her to just let her lips go…they look AWESOME!!!

Lynns are blogging again!

Sorry Blogger friends, I have not been very good at keeping up with anything these days! Facebook is so much easier. This winter has been so dreadfully cold but a lot of fun! We have taken advantage of all snow activities this winter. Christmas came and went...we have had lots of visitors and lots of fun with family and friends. The kids have had so much fun with the snow, but I think we are all ready for the sunshine! We are planning on Disneyland soon and cannot wait for that trip with friends and family and SUN! Hali and Kora have been playing a lot of indoor soccer. They both LOVE their soccer teams! Koras comp. team took 1^st place this indoor season. They have both developed so much since our move and are proud of them both. Korbin and Hayden are anxiously awaiting their moments to shine in the spring in their sports! They are constantly putting on their football uniforms and playing basketball in the garage. They keep us very busy! I constantly hear Korbin singing Jonas Bros. songs and Haydens new thing is "Mom my tummy is scrubby" apparently that means he is super hungry. Jason and I are also ready for the sunshine and for all of the activities that come with it. I tried to surprise my Jason the other day and shoveled the whole driveway! I was so...sore! Really, I could barely lift my arms. Jason got a big kick out of this because I can run forever and never be sore and his favorite was that we had a snow blower in the garage. Whatever...I am ready for the SUN!

GOOD FRIENDS

Man I miss my good friends from Fruita. I guess, I don't really realize it until I am down/I have no one to run with/start planning holidays without them… I was so blessed to be surrounded by good people, and wish I would have taken more time to thank those who loved me. Well, this weekend I got a taste of an awesome friendship…my good friend Tasha came to town…I LOVE YOU TASH…And to all my friends back there, I MISS YOU TONS! It was so good to see her and Shania, her baby. Tasha went into labor the night that I left Fruita. I saw her with her mom and she was headed towards the hospital right as I was leaving Colorado. Then when I pulled upto my new home in Layton, I got a call from her telling me she had her baby…I cried like a baby. I cried again as she left, because I miss the true friendship that she gave to me. It was so great to see her again. Here are some photos. What a GOOD baby girl!!!

Halloween is over!

Halloween is over! Whew… I am so sick of dressing up my kids for parties. Im a total party pooper now! The kids got Halloween day off this year. There are so many corn amazes, haunted houses, parties. I have never seen Halloween celebrated like this. Needless to say, this year the kids were spoiled. I however, am so sick of make-up and washing costumes, and CANDY…I am ready for thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. We all had a great time dressing up. It seemed that we changed our costumes every time we went to a different event. Kinda frustrating all together I think we had about 8 or 9 different costumes. By the time Halloween got here, we were ready for it to be over. Jason and I went to the temple that morning. Kinda weird I know…but we needed the break before the days' activities. That night, Hayden chose the "lion" costume. I'm scared for whoever marries that kid because I think that he is permanantly attached to this one. Korbin was a dead football player(Hali and her friends did his makeup), Kora was a witch(she was a football player for a couple of parties and looked awesome in both costumes), and Hali was a dead soccer player with her friends. The kids had the time of their lives…Here are some photos.

Hayden is 4

Hey Hayden Turned 4 on the 20th. I can't believe it. My baby boy is getting big! He has been saying the coolest things to me lately. "mom you are so beautiful" His favorite place is walmart. Scary huh... We will be in the mall and he will say "Mom,when are we going to walmart?" I'm sure people think that we are huge W.T. And the other day Korbin told him that he has to be home schooled while he goes to kindergarten. It was kind of funny how upset this made Hayden. He went on and on about how he is going to go to a school. He is still not over the LION costume, monkey costume, power ranger, and now indianna jones costumes. And no, I'm not one of those people who lets him wear them in the stores. but, as soon as we get home he jumps right back into one of them. It's fun to watch him and love him. He really is a very sincere kid and is growing up too fast. He can not only do a 50 piece puzzle, Kora taught him to turn it over and put it together like that. He is truly gifted in working the puzzles! It is the first thing he does in the mornings now. I'm so happy to be his mother!

Family Photos!

I always dread this day…every year without fail, something goes wrong! So, this year was very last minute. It was really easy and nothing went wrong. I was forced to not go out and buy matching outfits and to make do with what we had. My girls decided to not curl their hair this year and so really, I DID NOTHING! One of our friends out here did these photos this year and I was so proud of her. She did a great job.

PUMPKINS...

All of our company left and soccer was cancelled last night and Jason was leaving this morning so, we decided we'd better get busy. This was our night to do pumpkins!!! So fun! We decided to go the clean route this year, as we have just finished cleaning for the last two weeks straight. We were all sick of big messes. We vinylized our pumpkins. It was a lot of fun everyone got to personalize their own. This is a very clean yet creative to do yours at home!

Catch up!

Okay, so here I am trying to play catch up for the last two months. So much has happened, a ton going on still, and if I don't get some of this now, it will be forgotten. I was laying in bed last night and was jotting down events on my blackberry that have taken place that I did not want to forget. The first being on Saturday, the 11^th, Kora got baptized. It was such a special day. She had grandmas, grandpas, cousins, aunts, uncles, and dear friends come and show their love and support for her. I am so proud of Kora, she has turned into such a beautiful young lady, I found myself just starring at her and adoring her the other day as I felt the gratitude of motherhood. She has become very strong, yet sensitive to peoples needs which is a quality that is so important to continue to develop as she grows older and becomes a mother and friend herself. After her baptism we had a huge party in celebration of her. It was a beautiful day…well, weekend, as we have had company come and go throughout the week. Thank you to all my family, Jason's family, and close friends(WE LOVE YOU ALL) for making that trip through the snow!

Here are just a few notes of exciting things going on in the LYNN LOCKERS!!!

- We have had two birthdays in the last month and two more coming up! Jason's birthday was on the 23^rd and Kora's was on the 26^th. We had a great time with friends celebrating Jason's special day! And Kora had a blast having a late night with her friends. There was screaming and dancing for about 4 hours straight. I found myself taking some Tylenol about half way into the noise. And Jason spent the evening in his bed with the door shut! Everyone had a great time!

- Kora and Hali are still in soccer. Kora just scored the winning goal in her last game…Grandma Lynn and Grandpa Schofield both got to see it. It was so fun to watch her! Hali just finished her 1^st season they took a close 2^nd place. She just got asked to try out for the ODT Olympic Development Team. They came through salt lake and saw her last game, then they asked her to try out, they are coming up soon. Who knows what will happen from here on out. I'm just happy for them both, they have so many opportunities here and they are eating them all up!

- Kora also just started basketball and Jason and I are coaching! Watch out, cuz I don't know what I'm doing. It's a co-ed team and both of us are needed, dang it. I guess I can say I helped out last practice. A girl got hit in the face and didn't want to come back…her words were, "I didn't know you could get hurt in basketball?" It was cute. I convinced her that we needed her help in coming up with a team name. She tried to convince the team of the Cheetahs..(cheetah girls) but they chose the Jaguars instead.

- Korbin is starting FOOTBALL soon and Hayden AYSO soccer. Im excited for them both to release their energy somewhere other than at home! It will be so great and so fun to see them interact on a team! We cannot wait.

- We have had Grandma Lynn here for the last 2 weeks and it has been so fun for the family. We love having visitors! Grandpa Schofield also just flew in on Friday. He was with us until Sunday and he will be with us next week, as he is making his rotations in Utah with all the family members. They both got the chance to be here for Kora's baptism.

- We got our first snow storm!!! That was very cold and exciting…I had frost on my eyelashes for my run this morning. The excitement will fade by the end of the week!

- The Presidential Debates…well the whole election coverage has been so intense! We haven't missed a beat. I have really taken an interest in this election, as it is so important for each of us to pick the appropriate candidate!!!

- General Conference! Once again…amazing. It is so nice to be comforted in our times right now. To know that we should let "the world be the world" and we do all we can to be good servants of the Lord. I got the chance to listen to EVERY address. That hasn't happened for about 3 years now. The things that were spoken were of such value and importance to me. I learned that I need to take the time to listen to EVERY session and not just those that are most convenient. And I've given up on rationalizing and saying that I will record it/ read it in the Ensign. Because, the truth for me, is that I don't. I LOVED this conference.

- And of course…the new season of THE OFFICE! Wow! Can you believe it. Pam and Jim are engaged??? And how about Angela and Dwight? Pretty sick and scary! If you haven't seen this yet. You ought to!

- Fantasy Football~ The coolest thing ever...by the way my team ROCKS! Cutler is something special this year. He's on a roll.

Hali's Soccer Tournament!

Hali's soccer team is undefeated!!! I got these photos from my friend. Her daughter and Hali defended each other the whole game. And they are good friends. Kinda fun huh. They are so serious here about soccer and Hali and Kora are loving it. Kora has not played games yet, as her season doesn't start til mid September. But, we cannot wait! They are having so much fun with soccer and school now that's all they do. They can't believe that they get their own locker in school! And I can't believe that I didn't have to buy school supplies!
Korbin's first day was yesterday also! I found myself bringing home a carload of boys all stinky and smelly and ready to play in the dirt. Korbin has 4 boys just on our block who are in his class. What a blast! And Hayden, well, he was a bit sad and not knowing quite what to do with himself yesterday. He calls himself, "mom's helper" and he thinks that is pretty cool.