Father-Son camp out

Friday night was our ward's Father-Son camp out. The camp out was at Camp Cowles. Jeff took both boys, his dad, my dad, and my brother Michael also joined them.

Mason in Papa Borders' truck on the way up.

Cooper in Papa Borders' truck too.

The weather wasn't looking like it was going to cooperate, but it only sprinkled on them while they were setting up the tent.

Mason and Papa Borders

Cooper wanted to sleep on Papa Meador's foam pad, or maybe he just wanted to be a stinker.

Cooper with both of his papas.

Mason playing with the flashlight.

*Sorry for the really boring pictures. You would think that all they did was sit in the tent. I guess that's what happens when you leave a MAN in charge of taking pictures. Jeff said that he and Mason went on a hike and played on a ropes coarse, but there are no pictures of that. Men.

Preschool Graduate

We now have a preschool graduate! Can you believe it? Me neither! I cannot believe Mason will be in Kindergarten next year. Here are a few pictures from graduation this last Friday.

Sitting at the table with the rest of his class, while Miss Jolinda told the parents about some of the exciting things they did this year.

Mason receiving his diploma with Miss. Jolinda. What a cheese head!

Jeff was really happy that Mason shared his cap with him.

Baby check up

Today I had a check up with my OB. I have lost two pounds since my check up last month. No shock to me there. I don't think I've never lost weight between check ups, only gained. I guess I can blame that one on the sickness and lack of appetite. My nurse had a difficult time finding the heart beat, which is really weird because she has been an OB nurse forever and with me has never had a hard time finding the heart beat before. It took probably two minutes, but felt like forever. The baby was hidden under my pelvic bone. Once found, the heart beat was really strong, 156 bpm. I don't want to hear any predictions on the sex based on the heart beat. Last time it was 171 bpm. I don't believe the heart beat has anything to do with the sex and neither does my Doctor. So there!

My next appointment is July 2. I have an ultrasound that day, hopefully baby will let us see what sex it is.

I am 15 weeks 2 days pregnant.

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I am now 15 weeks pregnant. I have been sick now for 8 weeks, pretty much non stop. I feel like I should be feeling much better, or at least starting to feel better. I am not. I don't like it. I hate complaining about being sick but it is what consumes my thoughts every waking moment of the day.

Yeah yeah I hear all you positive thinking 100% of the time kind of people. (Now say this next sentence in a really annoying voice, cuz that's what I hear when THIS is said to me) You should just think about what you doing and the big picture. This will only last a short moment in time.

Really? Thanks for those uplifting thoughts. For me all I can think about is: Don't puke. What sounds good to eat? I feel like poop. Huh I wonder if this will it make me sick as soon as I get the last bite down and then have to run to the bathroom to puke it all up? Oh I'm going to puke. Don't puke. When is the last time I ate? Don't puke. When do I have to eat again so I don't wait too long between eating so I don't puke? Don't puke. Don't puke. Don't puke.

I know there are women out there who have "morning" sickness way worse and I used to be one of those "oh come on it can't be that bad" kind of people. Now I will have way more sympathy for those who have it bad.

On a more positive note, most days my energy level has improved a bit. It's not quite back to normal, or even "pregnancy normal" but it has improved. For that I am grateful.

Car Woes Update

It has been five weeks since my 4Runner broke down and I still don't have it back! Ugg. So why is it taking so long?

It took 1 week for engine #1 to be shipped to the mechanic. Once they got the engine in, they ran all the normal tests on it to make sure it didn't have anything wrong with it. The engine turned out to be no good. So back that engine went.

Then they had engine #2 shipped to them, which again took 1 week for it to get to them. This engine had only 70,000 miles on it, our original engine had 113,000 miles on it. What a great deal for us! They again did all the normal tests on it and the engine checked out fine. So in the 4Runner it went. This process should have taken about 1 week. It turned into 1 1/2 weeks due to a bolt on the radiator busting and a slow down in shipment of another part for the 4Runner.

Last Wednesday they finally got all the parts in and fired up the car. The car ran beautifully for about 5 minutes, then began making a clanking noise. The head of the engine was taken off to be tested. Upon taking the head off, they found a pin (or something) was bent and there was coolant that they didn't put in, in places it shouldn't be. So engine #2 is no good.

So now it's back to square one. Finding engine #3. Waiting 1 week for it to get to mechanic. Testing it to make sure it is in working order. Putting it in the car. Translation: at least two more weeks without a car! Yeah for us!

Sunday Best

Mason got a new suit for church. He was SO excited about it, which is rare for him. He is usually very picky about what he will wear. Since Mason got a new suit, Cooper got Mason's old one that was too short for him. I love this one because it looks like Mason is choking Cooper. Cooper thinks he is really pretty in mommy's dress shoes.

SICK of being SICK!

Warning: This post contains a lot of whining and complaining.

This pregnancy has been my hardest yet. I began feeling sick on the day I turned 7 weeks. I am nauseous most of the time and have absolutely no energy. My poor husband has had to take on most of the duties I normally do, add that to a very busy work day, where he, at times, brings home work to do in the evenings, and volunteering at the fire station, he is one BUSY guy!

With Mason's pregnancy I began getting sick around 9 weeks, and was feeling better by 13 weeks. I was usually sick in the mornings and once I could get a good meal in me, or could puke, I'd be fine the rest of the day. I was also able to take plenty of naps.

Cooper's pregnancy was better by far, I was sick for about the same amount of weeks. I was nauseous but never threw up and the nauseousness would go away as the morning went on. Even though I had a busy little Mason to take care of, he was a great napper, so I got lots of naps in too.

This time around I am lucky if Cooper will lay down without fighting me for an hour first. Which I don't have the energy to fight him. Then once I lay down, our lovely neighbors let their yappy little dog out for his afternoon piddle break. Our neighbors house has a really weird layout. Their slider is on the side of their house, the side that our houses share. To make it an even sweeter deal, our living room is on that side, and our bedroom is above the living room, so no matter where I try to nap, I hear the yappy little poop head. I have visions of opening my bedroom window, taking out the screen, and throwing Mason's basketball at the little fur ball's head.

Have I mentioned that I have NO energy? I have no energy to do the most basic tasks like showering. I will usually shower, more for Jeff's benefit. Forget the make-up, hair do, or even regular clothes. Yup it's pajamas 24/7 for me. I'm sure Jeff loves seeing me in my PJ's all the time. If I can get the dishes in the dishwasher everyday, its a successful day!

This morning I was not feeling well. After eating breakfast, I started to feel a bit better, no energy, but at least I didn't have the urge to puke. So I decided to spend some time organizing the boys' toys, cleaning the shelves on their two-shelf toy shelf, and vacuuming the toy room, their bedroom, and my bedroom. All this took me probably 45 minutes, and I made sure I snacked and drank water the whole time, so I didn't get sick. As I was finishing the last of the vacuuming, I got really hot and nauseous. Mmmm that snack sure was great coming back up.

I love to have a clean house. I wish I could get some stuff clean without getting sick.

Someone asked me yesterday if I was excited about this pregnancy. My honest answer was "no, maybe I will be when I am not sick every waking hour". Has anyone else ever felt this way?

News

Cake anyone?

This week Safeway is having an AWESOME deal on Betty Crocker cake mixes, frosting, and brownie mixes. For every 2 that you buy, you get 3 free! I found coupons for $0.75 off for every cake mix AND frosting you purchase. I bought 10 cake mixes and 10 frosting. The total before the 12 free ones and 10 coupons came off was $31.80. My final total was $4.43. Or instead of paying $1.69 for the cake mixes and $1.49 for the frosting, I paid $0.22 each.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Star Wars Movie

Here is the latest and greatest from the Borders Production Studio. I think the boys are having way too much fun making these.

A Cooper fit

The video should explain it all!

Mother's Day brunch

Mason's preschool had a Mother's Day brunch on Friday. Mason made me this marshmallow flower bouquet, he painted a flower pot and potted a flower. For brunch we had crepes with a strawberry cream sauce, strawberries and whip cream on top and we had a hash brown, egg, peppers, and cheese casserole. The food was really yummy.This is what Cooper did most of the brunch because he wanted one of the flower marshmallows.

Aw and last of all...me with my Mason man. I love him so much! He is such a great son, sweet and loving, with a side of, well shall I say "spice" at times.

Camping...Borders Style

A few nights ago, Jeff set up a two man tent in our play room. The boys were so excited! We told them they could sleep in the tent as long as they went to sleep. They did and made it until about 1 am and both went to their beds. They have had a lot of fun playing in the tent. It will be a sad day when we take it down. I love this one.

Car Woes

Wanna hear a really good story?

Last Wednesday night, I was driving girls home from mutual. We were stopped at a red light. Light turns green. We go. We get through the intersection. As the car begins to accelerate, I think to myself, gee the car sure is hesitating right now. Just as this thought goes through my brain I hear a big BANG! Yes a bang from under my hood. Followed by my car shutting off. The girls in my car think I have hit something, yeah right! (I would have had to have been pretty oblivious to hit something big enough to make THAT big of a BANG.) I look down at my dash, all the lights are lit. I pull over to the right hand side of the road. My power steering goes out. As do my brakes. This can't be good. I make it over to the side of the road pretty quick and coast to a stop- luckily I wasn't going over 15-20 mph when the big bang happened. I get out and look under my car. Fluid, fluid, and more fluid is gushing out. I get on the phone and call my dad, who comes down to help me out. (moral support more than anything) I then ask a few girls to call their parents to come pick them up. Then a fire engine passes us and turns around to make sure we were all OK. The 12-13 yr old girls LOVED this. Oh a man in uniform. So irresistible! The fire fighters put some kitty litter type stuff down on the puddles of fluid forming everywhere, and make sure we are OK. They pose for a few pictures with the girls and take off. In the craziness a few moms show up to take all the girls home. It finally dawns on me that I am not going to be able to drive my car home, so I call a tow truck. About 9:15 (an hour after bang) the tow truck shows up. My car was towed to a mechanic, where it sat until today because they couldn't get it in till then.

So here's the verdict: a piston broke off (I think) or a piece of the piston, which smashed a hole in the engine. So what does that mean? A) put in a used engine (with about the same amount of miles on it) for just shy of $4,700 B) Get a remanufactured engine installed for just shy of $7,300 or C) junk the car and get maybe a few hundred for it, then buy a different car with (probably) a huge car payment. What option are we going with? A.

(PS: the mechanic says engine problems are REALLY rare in Toyotas and doesn't know why ours did what it did. Weird huh?)

Oh the joys of car ownership.

The End