Sunday, September 28, 2008
Happy Birthday to ME!
Yesterday was my 40th Birthday! (40 is the new 30 right?) I had a really fun day. Jon took me to the massage school for a nice massage. After that he had a job to do at an art gallery. I had fun taking pictures of some of the unique statues there. When he was done, we drove up Little Cottonwood canyon to see the change of season. The colors havn't fully changed, but it is still beautiful! We hiked around this stream and the forest for a few minutes. When we got home, I had gotten a floral delivery from my BFF in California, Toni and her mom, Sharon. Judy made a nice steak dinnerwith all the trimmings. Then my friend (and visiting teacher) Gail brought me the cutest little birthday cake. It made being "40" not so bad!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
One Crazy Friday
Friday was a bit crazy. So many out of the ordinary things happened. When I woke up, my back was really sore on the lower right side. Since a cute 3 yr old boy with knobby knees slept beside me all night, I dismissed it.
I went to take a shower and found only COLD water. I am fearing the Hot Water heater has gone out. I call my plumber husband to trouble shoot with me over the phone. We do a bunch of tests, only to find out small fingers had adjusted the heat setting to low/off. Boy, what a great way to wake up Mommy!
All the kids were out of school for the day, and I the house felt more like the Hogle Zoo than home. Lots of snarls, barks, and other animalistic characteristics. I became a task master and made them all do chores to get their aggressions out. Talk about UN-popular! They really wanted to vote me off the island. The feeling was mutual at time I assure eyou!
At dinner time I was heating some butter on the stove and got side-tracked. Needless to say the butter bubbled over onto the stove and sent smoke into every room in the house. So, you wonder, why is she going on and on....well, we have a home security system. It is linked to our smoke alarm. Needless to say, I got to meet some very nice West Valley City fire fighters. They didn't even laugh at me when I explained how stupid I was. (Jacob LOVED the fire truck though and begged me to call them again!) After they left, Jared came running home. It seems the alarm co. had called Jon's cell phone to tell him we had an alarm at the house and crews on the way. He tried calling home, but couldn't get us, so he called Jared. LOL! Duh moment.
After dinner, I felt horrible. My back pain was really bad. We decided to go to Urgent Care. Two shots and 4 prescriptions later, I was sent home to recover from a Kidney infection. Go Big or Go home right?
Now it's 1am. I am loopy from my pain killer shot and trying to make a couple of corsage orders sold for a local Homecoming. Jon and Jared were joking with me (making fun of me) and these loud cars go screaming past our house at like 100mph. Woosh, Woosh. Then about 3 seconds later, 1 police car, then another. We are astounded. Then a 3rd police car screams around the corner and just as it passes our house, flips a U-turn and screams out of the neighborhood again. Talk about better than TV! We can only guess kids were racing and tried to out run the police. It looked like they were doing a fairly good job!
Nothing awful, or amazing, but it sure made for a LONG, out of the ordinary day worthy of blogging about.
I went to take a shower and found only COLD water. I am fearing the Hot Water heater has gone out. I call my plumber husband to trouble shoot with me over the phone. We do a bunch of tests, only to find out small fingers had adjusted the heat setting to low/off. Boy, what a great way to wake up Mommy!
All the kids were out of school for the day, and I the house felt more like the Hogle Zoo than home. Lots of snarls, barks, and other animalistic characteristics. I became a task master and made them all do chores to get their aggressions out. Talk about UN-popular! They really wanted to vote me off the island. The feeling was mutual at time I assure eyou!
At dinner time I was heating some butter on the stove and got side-tracked. Needless to say the butter bubbled over onto the stove and sent smoke into every room in the house. So, you wonder, why is she going on and on....well, we have a home security system. It is linked to our smoke alarm. Needless to say, I got to meet some very nice West Valley City fire fighters. They didn't even laugh at me when I explained how stupid I was. (Jacob LOVED the fire truck though and begged me to call them again!) After they left, Jared came running home. It seems the alarm co. had called Jon's cell phone to tell him we had an alarm at the house and crews on the way. He tried calling home, but couldn't get us, so he called Jared. LOL! Duh moment.
After dinner, I felt horrible. My back pain was really bad. We decided to go to Urgent Care. Two shots and 4 prescriptions later, I was sent home to recover from a Kidney infection. Go Big or Go home right?
Now it's 1am. I am loopy from my pain killer shot and trying to make a couple of corsage orders sold for a local Homecoming. Jon and Jared were joking with me (making fun of me) and these loud cars go screaming past our house at like 100mph. Woosh, Woosh. Then about 3 seconds later, 1 police car, then another. We are astounded. Then a 3rd police car screams around the corner and just as it passes our house, flips a U-turn and screams out of the neighborhood again. Talk about better than TV! We can only guess kids were racing and tried to out run the police. It looked like they were doing a fairly good job!
Nothing awful, or amazing, but it sure made for a LONG, out of the ordinary day worthy of blogging about.
Friday, September 19, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA NICK!!!
Happy Birthday Papa Nick! Thanks for loving us so much! We sure LOVE you too! Wish we were there to help you celebrate!!!!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Ward Campout
This weekend we went camping with our Ward in Big Cottonwood Canyon. We had a great time being with our friends, enjoying nature, and of course the campfire. Stayed up late chatting with friends and munching on junk (thanks for the M&M's Janet! You ROCK!) We froze overnight, we shouldn't have gone to bed! In the morning after our yummy pancake breakfast and defrosting by the fire, I hiked with Allison Burkholder and a few other kids to see the stream. The boys went off to find snakes. All the kids had a GREAT time! Before we went home we walked around Silver Lake. It was the perfect ending to a great time. 
Nathan and Jacob
The kids rock climbing
Kayleigh at Silver Lake
Kloe checking out the campground
Jacob taking a walk
Jonah
Kaitlin, Summer, And Cassidy
Allison waiting for me to hike up the hill to see the stream!
Nathan and the snake he found
Silver Lake
Cassidy and Kaitlin
Paisley showing off her bedhead!
Stephen cuddling Jacob by the fire
The stream by the campground
Chomper!
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