The Caruthers' Blog

Skyler is 7!

Stephanie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:40 +0000

The big day was August 31st. We took the boys out to Incredible Pizza and then went back home for cake and icecream. Skyler changed his mind about 5 times on what cake he wanted, but finally he settled on a sports car. He said he wanted it blue and yellow. He also got 3 different Transformer toys and his birthday spankings!

Visiting Grandma

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:48:37 +0000

We’ve been at grandma’s house since Thursday evening, having fun. Friday the boys played with their cousins and Saturday we had a joint birthday party for Dallin, Lily, and Brennan since their birthdays are within 10 days of each other.

This morning we went to church. After a lunch of homemade chicken and noodles we rested a bit and then headed to the Complex in Sikeston to play with cousins again. We stayed for 2 hours and played on the playground, with kites and frisbees. I took lots of pictures of the kids so I wanted to post them on here to let you all in on our fun. Enjoy!

Bad Mommy

Stephanie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:42 +0000

We had a day trip to the beach last week for my friend Cindy’s birthday. It was our family, the Chlarson family, Joni and her boys, and Lex and Barb. So, I was so busy chatting and soaking up the sun that I neglected to put sunscreen on my kids until lunchtime. Skyler and Gavin fared fine. They are little tan boys–little brown beans (as Joni would put it). Brennan pinked up a little on his face and shoulders. Hunter, who is my redheaded, freckled guy didn’t come out so well.

His right arm looks like it’s had a 1st degree burn, and it is definitely going to scar a large area of his arm. I took pictures of it after the blisters started popping 2 days after. (Actually, they were helped along by Skyler who purposely twisted his brother’s arm to hurt him since he knew Hunter’s sunburn hurt. He was punished severely too.) The 2nd picture is from this morning–5 full days after our trip. It has crusted over like a scab and most of the pus is gone. Every time I look at him I get a twinge of guilt. But I think I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll NEVER forget to sunscreen them again!

Oh yes, and Brennan had his 2nd haircut. He looks so much older! He’ll be 1 on July 9th. I’ll post pictures later since he’s sleeping right now.

ouchie wahwah

looking better

Camping Trip

Stephanie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:32:28 +0000

We left for Stockton Lake Friday evening for our first weekend camping trip this year. We didn’t get to go last year, so we stayed through Monday evening. We all had a great time and got to spend it with lots of our good friends! Our group was us, Lex and Barb, Chuck and Michelle, Mike and Charlie, and Tyler, Paige and baby Beau. We got to go fishing, to the beach, to the playground, swimming and night fishing. The food was awesome! We played games and visited, and Barb and I even found time to go back into town for a baby shower!

Here are some cool pics I took at the beach.

Hunter turned 5!

Stephanie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:01:30 +0000

Hunter turned 5 on April 6th and we had a celebration with just our family and some friends of ours. Hunter was so excited when an Iron Man costume arrived in the mail from Grandma. Even though he wanted her to make it, he was more than happy with the one he received. In fact, he didn’t take it off long enough for me to wash it for about 2 weeks! It definitely has gotten a lot of wear.

He looks cross-eyed!

Hunter is very excited to go to Kindergarten next school year and told me he wants to attend ALL day! I think I’ll welcome the break since I won’t be home-schooling Skyler half a day either. Two kids gone at school all day! What will I do with all the free time? Hmmm…. probably spend time with the other two!

My family

Stephanie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:09:22 +0000

Okay. Here’s my family. The most recent pictures of us were taken at mom and John’s wedding at the Nashville temple. It was a little chilly. From left to right standing: Leigha holding Dallin, Adam, Liliana, Hunter, Brian, and me. Seated: Skyler, mom holding Gavin and Brennan, John, and Jaiden.

And here are some random pics of the boys in the food court inside the mall that’s connected to Bass Pro in Nashville. We visited one of Brian’s good buddies, Paul Waller, while we were in town. It was great to see you again, Paul! The boys loved testing out the 4-wheelers in the store.

Skyler-ism

Stephanie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:15:04 +0000

So, I’ve decided that I need to keep a blog since Skyler keeps saying such clever things. Here’s the first one for the record:

While reading a book about volcanoes, Skyler wanted to know if bugs died during the volcano too. I replied that of course bugs would have died. He commented, “When we step on spiders, they go to heaven and become spider angels.” Too cute. It kind of reminded me of what my dad would do when he came across a spider in the house. He would bend down to the spider and carry on a conversation that went something like this:

Oh! Hello, little spider! (pauses) What? Nobody loves you? Well, my mommy loves you and my daddy loves you, and you know what little spider? God loves you! Would you like to see God? (stomps on the spider)

LOL I thought it was so great that my dad would put on such theatrics to justify killing one of God’s tiniest creations. It is one of my favorite memories of him.

In other news, I have agreed to work for the census. Training lasts a week, and goes from 8-5. I hope my little munchkin can do it. It’ll be hard for me, I know.

Also, mom got remarried on February 7th in the Nashville temple. The lucky guy is John Holbert. He’s really a good man who treats mom right. I haven’t seen her this happy for a long, long time.

Just married!