7-27-08

Hello Hurdsmans! This past week Gwen and the kids went to see Nana in Brigham City. I was hoping it would be considerably cooler, but no such luck! We were about 103 most days although the evenings were nice. Unfortunately I was struggling to get the kids to bed at a decent hour but it never worked! Finally Nana told Reagan that the sun doesn't know how to tell time in UT (daylight savings time). Monday Jim dropped us off and the kids did pretty good on the plane, John fell asleep as we were landing and Reagan REALLY had to go to the bathroom before we got off the plane but luckily she made it to the airport bathroom! We spent the afternoon on Temple Square and then headed to nana's house to see Jake. Tuesday morning Gwen and kids went to 2 parks and then lunch and off to The Bay with Uncle Jake and some of his friends. It was fun and Reagan loved the tube - John and Gwen tried it but he freaked out. Wednesday we hit the dinosaur park and of course the adults were ready to leave before the kids were. John loved feeding the ducks and Reagan loved the moving dinosaurs inside the museum. Thursday we headed to Logan for the 24th parade. It was so much fun and the kids loved playing in the irrigation water that was running down the gutters. Then it was off to Sam's and home where we did some fireworks that night. Friday Jake and Gwen took the kids to the city pool. Reagan was nonstop on the slide and even did several turns on the diving boards! John was happy to sit and play and go on the little slide. After that it was prepping to come back to AZ. We flew in Saturday afternoon - thank goodness Nana was along to help! Saturday evening we went to Noah Smith's birthday party and then off to Thornley's for a BBQ. It was a lot of fun and of course the kids love being together, Reagan couldn't wait to see them! Thornley's have the entertaining house now! Sunday was church and then a pretty mellow day. We hope everyone is well, love jim gwen reagan and john
p.s. jim worked, iced his foot and enjoyed the quiet!!!!

7-20-08

Hi all! This past week seemed a little busier than normal. Monday Reagan went in for a followup on her waffle iron burn. The doctor said it was doing very well but Reagan was disappointed when the doctor said no swimming for two days. Monday also Jim went to the doctor, his foot had been bothering him and wasn't getting better, so now it has been determined he has a stress fracture on his foot. So Gwen is trying to be bossy and telling him to sit and ice it as often as possible. That night we had the Petersen dinner at our house and it was good to see everyone again, we had kind of gotten out of the habit of monthly dinners since Lois' work schedule had changed. Funny how we don't see them all much and we live in the same city! This week we continued with swimming lessons. pretty sure John had a crush on his teacher because he couldn't stop smiling when she came to help him and he would only float on his back for her! Speaking of John, his new game is to pretend he is asleep in his high chair :-) Also on Tuesday, Jim and Steve went to a Blues Traveler concert, this did not help the foot situation as it was standing room only! Wednesday Gwen and the kids went visiting teaching and thursday we watched the kids of someone she visit teaches while she had an ob/gyn appt. Friday Gwen and kids went bowling after visiting with Cake for awhile. Saturday we didn't do much since Gwen was on call. Now looking foward to a visit with nana. Hope everyone has a good week! love jim gwen reagan and john

7-13-08

Happy Birthday Jenn! Glad to hear that Bishop Dave could sneak home after church to enjoy the family time! This past week has been busy...Monday Gwen's van went right into the shop to have it's AC fixed, luckily Cara let us use her car that day and then Lois let us use her van until Thursday (we didn't expect it to take that long!) We are grateful for the help with vehicles this week! Also Jim got his windshield replaced and we started another week of swimming lessons (mom is getting worn out). Tuesday was Jim's church night, Wednesday Reagan had her last tumbling class for the summer, she loves doing the handstands against the wall - remember that girls? :-) Thursday we had a candy order come, swimming lessons and then drop kids off to grandma's so that Gwen could get her "real" fake tooth and some fillings done - ugh. Then we got our van back with nice cool AC. That night while fixing dinner, Reagan burned her finger on the waffle iron - it's a pretty good burn and so she can't get in the pool until we see the doctor on Monday. Friday Jim worked in Tucson and Gwen was supposed to have jury duty but it was cancelled. Thankfully, Cara was able to still babysit for a bit while Gwen got some things taken care of. Then we all hung out at Cara's pool for awhile. Saturday we went to IHOP for breakfast and Jeremy was there twisting balloons, then we had to run to grandma's and then to a baptism which was a complete hassle. It's a family Jim used to hometeach and someone had failed to notify the stake people of the baptism so the font was empty when we got there and the family didn't even arrive until the service was supposed to start. We really weren't suprised by this but it turned into a hassle for Jim. Right after that we went to a surprise birthday party for someone in the ward. It was fun but the kids were up past bed time and it showed! Sunday was pretty mello and now on to another week. Hope everyone is well, love jim gwen reagan and john

7-7-08

We hope everyone had a good holiday weekend! Monday Gwen and the kids started swimming lessons at the jr. high near our house. Gwen gets in with John and Reagan has her own class - the kids sure like it, but oh my, what work it is for mom. That night we had Harvey over for dinner and we just visited. Tuesday morning John saw his ENT doctor and everything looks good. His hearing test went well this time and so we don't see the doctor for 6 months. That afternoon Reagan went to a birthday party for a boy from preschool and church -it was held at a big bounce place and she had a blast. That night was Jim's church night and then Wednesday was tumbling for Reagan, along with the swimming lessons going on every day. Friday for the holiday Jim worked in Mesa and Gwen had the work phones so we really didn't go anywhere except to check on Cake's house while she was at Lake Powell. On the way there, the AC in the van went out and so we just decided to switch and take Cara's car while she was gone - lucky for us - July in AZ is no fun without AC!! That night we BBQ'd and had to trick Reagan into going to the fireworks. She loves to see them but last year was scared of the loud sounds they make. So we got into PJs, brushed teeth, got blankets and Jim put the "earcups" (big earcovers used when chainsawing) into the trunk and we took a "drive" and ended up at fireworks. Reagan loved the fireworks but did indeed wear the "earcups" again this year. John loved it - loud noises and all! Saturday Jim worked at his parents and Gwen and the kids got in the pool while she had a few hours break from work phones. Then we just played around the house. Church was church, Jim started at 8:30am and didn't finish until 6pm that night, longer than normal. It seemed like a long weekend, Jim going nonstop and Gwen with work phones (3 calls for gypsies this week). Hope everyone is well - love Jim Gwen Reagan and John