My parents best revenge

I remember my mother saying more than once in my life, I can't wait until you have kids one day. Well guess what? One day has arrived, and so have our increased car insurance premiums. For those of you who have talked to me in the last week, you know this is my biggest complaint of the week.

• Not the fact that we have put in a yard this week


• Not the fact that it is the last week of school


• Not the fact that we had to deal with an ex spouse this weekend (although this is my 2nd biggest complaint)


• Not the fact that all of our children hate us (my response to this...cool stay in your rooms for the rest of your lives then)


• Not even the fact that I have had at least 185 kids ask me to change thier grades this week. Nope, all of that is just great compared to my car insurance rates.

Being the model citizen that I am, when Corbin got his license I called my trusty insurance agent and asked him to add Corbin to our policy. The laws in Utah are kind of shady on this whole teen driver thing. Technically, your insurance follows your car, not the driver, as long as the driver has permission. So I originally thought, cool...I'll just wait until Corbin wrecks (notice I didn't say if, but when) and then say I gave him permission. The problem, I have discovered though is that insurance companies get cranky about teen drivers and if Corbin were to ever try to insure himself, it would show that he hadn't had insurance for years.

So back to me, being a model citizen. After hundreds of calls to my aforementioned trusty insurance agent, I finally caught him in his office between 2 and 3 pm one Tuesday. I guess those are his office hours. He told me he would take care of it and get me a great deal. Do you want to know what his great deal was? An increase in my premiums of $260 per month. Yeup, you heard me...TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS. That's triple what I currently pay. Needless to say, Corbin "currently has permission to drive my cars" and I am shopping for insuarance. So if you happen to be one of those "trusty insurance agents" looking to give me a great deal, lets have lunch. Let's just pick someplace that will be quick because I wouldn't want to interrupt you during your office hours.

Beautiful Baby Vince

For those of you following the story on my adorable new nephew, I got to see him again last night. Man I love that little boy! Here is the most recent update:

Today Vince was able to get his first amounts of milk. They started him off with 1/2 tsp. and because he handled that so well, at each of his following feedings he was able to receive more and more. He is getting his feedings through a tube that goes directly into his stomach. He seemed to really like having a full tummy and even got the hickups when he was done. Vince was also able to keep his blood pressure where it needed to be without any medication which is really good because his blood pressure has been all over the place. He had great chest xrays this morning and was able to come off of the jet ventalator and he was put on a conventional ventalator which is also good progress. Because he was able to switch ventalators, they have been giving him less sedation meds and he has been more allert. Michelle came up this afternoon and it was fun just to watch Vince peek his eyes open and wiggle around. When they checked his creatine levels this morning, they had risen just a tad, they are now at 4.13 but I talked with the nephrologist this afternoon and we are still hopefull that over time these levels will drop back off, it is just going to take time. The nephrologist also told me that where I am a blood match with Vince and his parent, as long as I have 2 kidneys I should be able to give him one of mine. We just have to get Vince health and to a point where he can have a transplant. Vince made great progress today. He is a tough little man and I just know he can do it. The swelling in his eyes is down quite a bite and I was able to see that Vince has the most beautiful thick eye lashes, he looks like his dad but I am proud to say he got his beautiful eye lashes from me!


For more on Vince's story, see his blog. Please keep praying for his little kidneys.

And on the 7th day...

What a weekend! After five years of marriage, Bryce has officially been inducted to the Price family. For those of you who know us, you know when we do something it is all the way. So yesterday I decided that if God can create the Earth in 7 days, surely I can put in a back yard in one. Let me just say, I have finally realized that I'm not God. I know that may come as a shock to some of you.

Talk about a day of work. We had to rake and haul everything off, put in a new step (thank you Colby) and haul in three yards of top soil. Now before all you Idahoans start telling me I'm a big whiner, there were no tractors in Utah. Nope, not even a skid loader. This lawn was put in the old fashioned way with shovels, rakes and wheel barrows. I have to say though, Bryce and the kids were troopers. Grandpa John would be so proud that his Utards learned how to work yesterday.

His, Mine, Ours

Welcome. I've finally got this blog up and running. I don't really have any excuses of why it's taken me so long but here's the one I'm going to give. I teach kids how to use computers all day long and when it's over....I wish I never had to look at another computer again. I do believe it's a great way to stay connected though and I love hearing about what all of you are doing. Here is a brief introduction to the stars of this site:

Corbin

Lexi

Cameron J.

Cameron B.

Payton

Yeup, that's FIVE. Never in my craziest nightmare did I dream that I'd be raising five kids but a funny thing happened. In 2003, I was floating along raising one little boy. Then BAM! out of nowhere comes this super cool guy. Well, I ended up marrying that super cool guy (maybe I'll tell you all that story later) and I inherit three great kids. Then two years and one failed IUD later (I'll definitely tell you that story sometime, okay...maybe not the "whole" story) we ended up with Princess Payton. So you can do the math: 1+3+1=FIVE!!! That's a whole lot of Larsens!It's been a whole lot of crazy and a whole lot of fun and I'm excited for you to share in our adventures. However, this is life uncensored so read at your own risk.