Busby Reunion

I love the Busby reunion. Jaydee rode the zipline a million times. She wanted to be just like Grandma Flake & Diego. (Grandma Flake rode a zip line in Costa Rica, I need to get some pictures of that.) There is unlimited ice cream, snow cones and delicious food. Plus it is fun to see all of my cousins.

Here are a few pictures of the reunion:
















































The kids were "taking a nap" when I went to check on them they had found baby powder and were making "snow" in the trailer. They got in big trouble!

May

May has passed in a blur...we definitely had our fill of graduations!
Jaydee met with the ENT and he agreed that we could take her tubes
out. So I had two choices of dates May 14th or the 21st. The 13th we
were going to be in Mesa for Vicki's graduation and the 21st was my
brother's graduation from High School. We opted for the 21st so Sam
got to stay home with kids instead of sit through a graduation.
Jaydee has not had problems with her tubes the last year so they are
out and we will know in a month if they healed properly. We are
praying they do because we do not want to deal with another surgery to
get her ear drum repaired.

Sam & I were able to take off work and go to Vicki's graduation from
ASU. It was fun to hang out with everyone, we definitely had nose
bleed seats but it was fun to be there to support Vicki and to see
President Obama speak. When we left we ran into the road block for
the motorcade and thought we would be sneaky and walk around, but we
walked all the way around aaannnnnd (Jaydee was helping me type)
anyway we got under the police tape and they told us to go back so Sam
& I had front row seats as the motorcade went by. It was a fun night
and a once in a lifetime experience. Plus it was a nice trip without
kiddos. It is amazing how little luggage we need for only the two of
us.

Jaydee's surgery went well. She had a rough day the first day, but
has bounced back well. Vandee's youngest brother Tyler graduated from
high school that night. So Sam stayed home with the kiddos.

Van's wife Marcia and son Joseph were able to get their visas in order
and come up from Chile. It was wonderful to meet them and have Van
home on leave for a few days before he is off. We will miss him, but
we are proud of his service.

Sam is very excited for summer and spent the last week of May on
projects on our house. By the time summer is over, we will have our
addition done, new windows, a new paint job, a new patio and a new
counter top. We hate being in the middle of construction, but we are
excited to have all the projects completed.

Jaydee-isms

Jaydee says the funniest things:
She fell down on the cement and scraped her knees, Sam was cleaning her up and explained to her that she needed to start walking. (The scrapes from running into the fence, the wood, etc. still haven’t healed.) She said “I tell my feet to walk but they just Run!” and began to kick her feet to show us. She runs everywhere and hence usually runs into things.

My sister Deedra is looking at houses, we stopped to walk around one that Deedra is considering. The next day Jaydee asked if Deedra wanted a new house because she didn’t like her old house. I confirmed this and then Jaydee said “We are going to buy it for her and then she (Deedra) will say Thank you and we will say You are Welcome.” I wish I did have the money…

President Obama

My sister in law, Vicki graduated from ASU last week. Sam & I had the awesome opportunity to go down and support her and listen to President Obama speak. We were sitting in the nosebleed seats, but at least we were in the shade. We watched Air Force One fly over and then the motorcade come in. The President's speech was awesome. I don't care if you agree with him or not, I would highly recommend going to one of his speeches if you ever get the chance. Some of my favorite lines were when he spoke about the controversy of receiving an honorary degree, then he turned that into the subject of his speech. It doesn't matter what our title is, how much money we make, what car we drive; our character is more important. He challenged the graduates to make this world a better place and to serve others around them. It is an awesome speech. It was neat to see the swat teams and snipers on the roof, they were in black and full gear out in the sun in the 100+ degree heat.
On the way out, we had to walk around to try to get around the barricades for the motorcade, we were crossing under the police tape when the police offers chased us back, so we were right on the corner when the motorcade and the Presidential limo went by. The guards were with him and the police escort. That was cool.

It was also neat to see Vicki graduate! And we are proud of her.

Jaydee isms

Jaydee says the funniest things:
She fell down on the cement and scraped her knees, Sam was cleaning her up and explained to her that she needed to start walking.  (The scrapes from running into the fence, the wood, etc. still haven't healed.)   She said "I tell my feet to walk but they just Run!" and began to kick her feet to show us.  She runs everywhere and hence usually runs into things. 
My sister Deedra is looking at houses, we stopped to walk around one that Deedra is considering.  The next day Jaydee asked if Deedra wanted a new house because she didn't like her old house.  I confirmed this and then Jaydee said "We are going to buy it for her and then she (Deedra) will say Thank you and we will say You are Welcome." 
I wish I did have the money...

Update

Just some random thoughts and funnies from the last little bit:

Jaydee told me this morning “Oh no someone is knocking on our door…. (dramatic pause)  is it someone scary??”

I laughed at Jaydee and then let Deedra in. 

 

Scary is her new word or phrase.  The oddest things “scare her” lately.  The stick on the ground, her toys, being alone…  It is for attention but it is very funny.  

 

She also told me the other day that she had to work so hard at Deedra’s house.  Deedra kept putting all the toys in the toy box and she had to get them all out.  

Big houses are too heavy to buy… (Deedra is looking at a new home)

 

Why do big people wear white pajamas? 

 

In the car driving, Jaydee tooted really loud.  We have been working on manners so I asked if she did it.  She replied “Yes… no Grandma did it.” 

 

I got the kids new pajamas and Jaydee got really upset because she wanted blue dinosaur jammies.  I looked through and I had accidently gotten Hyrum a 3T instead of a 2T to grow into.  So Jaydee got those, she pranced around and declared those were her princess jammies.  A few weeks later the kids stayed the night with my mom and Jaydee threw a fit because Nana put her jammies on Hyrum.  She complained about it for 3 days. 

 

Hyrum is scrunching up his nose when you look at him now, it is so cute.  He cruises everywhere and is really fast.  He is very hard to bathe because he won’t hold still and you  have to constantly catch him when he slips and falls because he is standing up in the tub.  He can’t figure out the walker, he can only go backwards.  He loves to let go and try to stand by himself.  He is 7.5 months old…  He loves food, and loves to feed himself with the baby mesh thingy.  He still loves his bottle and gets so excited if he sees you making it.  J 

 

The kids are great.  Sam has a job next year, Arizona really needs to get their priorities straight.  It is ridiculous to cut education.  Any way enough of that rant.  So life is good.  I’ll post pictures soon.  My camera is very full.

 

Questions

Jaydee:  “Why is the moon up in the morning?” 

Mom: It gets confused.

Jaydee: I don’t like that.  Why is the moon up in the morning? 

Mom:  Well the earth spins in a circle and the moon goes around it and sometimes it can’t keep up.

Jaydee: Mmm, I don’t like that.

Mom: We will go to the museum and ask them.  (Anyone know a good children’s museum???)

Jaydee:  WHY IS THE WIND BLOWING?

Mom: It is Spring in Snowflake… Actually I said “It is blowing in a storm.”  (I had watched the weather on the news last night).

Jaydee: There aren’t any clouds. (I thought she said cows, because we were driving by the Johnsons where there are usually baby cows.)

Mom: Maybe he put them away.

Jaydee: Oh there are the clouds, is it raining over there.

Mom: Doesn’t look like there are enough clouds for rain yet.

Jaydee:  How does it snow?

Mom: The rain clouds get cold and freeze into snow, but it is not cold enough for snow.  (It is 51 degrees)

Jaydee: It is too COLD!

So, all the years of school and college have just been wasted.  I am not even smart enough to answer a 3 year olds questions.  Of course I was driving so I couldn’t even pull up google for a quick answer to some of these.  What questions do your kids ask?