First day of the next 18-24 months of my life!

My sister's husband, Joey, just graduated from Orthodontist school last December. He has 2 practices here. One downtown and one in Post Falls. It's going to be sooo nice to have an Orthodontist in the family! When I was a teenager, my dentist told me that I didn't need braces... um, turns out he was wrong. After I went in for my x-rays, Joe determined that I will need to have them on for 18-24 months and I even GET to wear rubberbands! Aren't you soo jealous!?!? They haven't been too bad. It just kind of sucks that I have to have them for so long. oh well. At least I don't need to wear head gear! LOL I'm excited to see the end result! Thanks Dr. Joe!

Family fun part 2

Then we took Logan, Hailey & Hudson skiing. We had soo much fun! It was Hudson's first time going and he loved it. At first, Grandpa took him on the bunny hill, while Rob and I took the kids on the 'more advanced' runs. Which turned out not to be the best idea to Hudson. After a couple runs, I came down to the bunny hill and my dad said "We are NOT having fun." LOL Hudson's head was hanging down and he had tears and all he kept saying was that he wanted his mommy. Broke my heart! So, we went in for lunch and I asked him if he wanted to go skiing again and he said yes and that he wanted to race me.

He did soo awesome skiing! He was just being a pill for my dad, because he didn't want to be left behind. He was racing down the hill and loving it. I'm so glad I had the idea to stay with him on the bunny hill, because he seriously had so much fun! For our last run of the day, Rob took Hudson up on the 'big, fast' chairlift and he LOVED it! It was such a great day. I am so grateful to my dad who has taught Logan and Hailey (and now Hudson) both how to ski. I am really excited to have this as our family time together during the long, dark, dreary winters of Spokane.

Family fun!

We had such a fun week last week! Rob didn't have to go to Portland for the first time since September 1st. So we had some major family bonding time.

Rob helped Logan finish his Pinewood Derby car to get ready for the race on Wednesday. Logan was in heaven. He had daddy ALL to himself 2 nights in a row finishing it. The Pinewood Derby was really fun. Logan's car raced REALLY well, but in the end, it didn't even place in the top 3. Oh well. We were fine with it, because then we didn't have to go to "Districts". One Pinewood Derby a year is good for me thanks. I told Logan's den leader that the Pinewood Derby should only be every 4 years, like the "Pioneer Trek". She thought it was a great idea! LOL

Where have you been doing laundry in the meantime?

Melanie's question reminded me that I meant to do a post about that. So, when they told me that they were going to order the replacement part for our washer and that it would take 7-10 business days, I told them that I had a family of 6 and that that was not going to work for me. They didn't seem to care. So I did a few loads at my Grandma's house. Or should I say, Grandma did them for me. :) She's so awesome!

The next day, I received a prompting. I called Fred's Appliance and told them the situation and asked our salesman if they ever give anyone a "loaner" washer while it is being fixed. So they came and took out our broken washer to our garage and installed the loaner for us. Fred's Appliance has been great throughout this whole ordeal. It's Bosch who has been extremely difficult. They weren't willing to take responsibility for anything.

Washer update

We finally have a new washer.!!! After having the service guy from Fred's replace the shattered window on our washer a month ago, then taking it to their "shop" for 2 more weeks to run a few cycles to "wash out all shards of glass", Bosch finally decided to give Fred's the OK to replace our washer. I seriously almost started crying when the guy from Fred's told me they were going to be bringing us a new washer last Saturday. Such a tremendous relief. I was willing to go to court over it, if I had to. My video would have been 'the smoking gun'! hahaha Speaking of the video, I am laughing so hard at myself in it. I didn't realize that I sound like I'm on that show "Ghost Hunters" or something!! LOL Soo funny. But it just goes to show how totally freaked out I was. You guys would have freaked too!! LOL It was like 12:30 at night, Rob wasn't home, and the walls were shaking! LOL

Oh, and one last little tidbit: I'm totally the type to think that Bosch/Fred's are trying to pull a fast one on me, by say, "replacing parts on our old washer and saying that it's a new one", so I checked the Model # and Serial # on the new washer and it's definitely not our old one! LOL Hey! I've got to cover all my bases!

Washing machine video