What's up at the Wiricks?

This blog thing can get frustrating.  When something happens, I swear to myself I will blog about it.  Then I think that I will wait until I get pictures, and then I realize I haven't blogged about anything that I wanted to blog about.  Working full time plus busy callings, Tyler's business, and 3 naughty boys doesn't help.  Here's what's been going on at the Wiricks!

Tyler is really busy!  He goes to work every day and never ever sluffs his High Council responsibilities. :)

Jack has been taking skiing lessons on Saturdays.  Two weeks ago, he had a good fall that landed him in the ER.  The ski patrol gave him a cardboard box splint which he called the "box of shame".  The doctors in the ER thought that it was great and wrote Box of Shame on his box with marker.  Nothing was broken, but he was pretty bruised.  He got all bandaged up and given a set of crutches to walk on for a week.  I have never seen a more delighted boy.  He loved the attention.  It was scary to watch him as he cannot walk in a straight line minus crutches.  I also notices that he used them to point more than walk, so I told him it was time to give them up.  He was sad, but agreed.  My real reason for retiring the crutches was to save my walls.  Sam and Logan could not go a minute without using them as guns or banging them on the walls.  Good news, Jack is fully recovered.  We spent the weekend making the coolest valentines box ever.  It was a robot - the kids in class told him that if there was a contest, he would win.  He enjoyed valentines day and wrote me this cute poem:

Mom

Smart, honest

caring, amusing, loving

Most hard working

Parent

He also came into my room laughing hysterically as he tried to shove a conversation heart in my mouth.  I made him show me first.  It said, Team Jacob.  He thought it was hysterical.  He also wants to know what the deal is with Justin "Beaver", cuz the girls at school keep talking about him.  Jack is too funny!

Sam is my buddy.  Every day at lunch I look forward to asking him what he wants to eat.  Here are some of his answers: a turkey and cheese sandwich with peanut butter and jelly, a turkey and cheese sandwich with no cheese, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with just peanut butter.  Sam is going to the orthopedic specialist next week to have some tests done.  (Tyler will be taking him by himself!) He will probably be scheduled for an MRI to look at the anatomy of his hips and pelvis.  Results will determine if he needs surgery, physical therapy, orthotics, or all three.  Keep him in your prayers.  I am signing him up for soccer this spring too, and I am hoping he can keep up with the other kids.  Time will tell, I guess.

Logan - does anyone need a 2 year old, because I am exhausted?  He requires constant supervision.  Here is a demonstration of what happens when Tyler and I tried to have a 5 minute talk without keeping our eyes on him.

Isn't he darling!  He also screams MINE at the top of his lungs and dumps his bowl of milk out after breakfast every morning.  He is sweet too.  He stood at the window waving at Jack this morning saying, "bye buddy!"  He has also fallen in love with Woody from Toy Story.  He begs for Woody fruit snacks and carries around a Woody doll.  It is all pretty cute when you can get through the naughty.

I am just trying to keep my head above water.  I had a trip to Utah in January.  I just flew in for the day to attend meetings in SLC.  I have more meetings next week, so Logan and I are flying to Utah on Saturday and spending some extra time with family.  I have more trips coming up:  March/Seattle, April/Tucson, and May/Austin.