My Birthday

WOW, my b-day came up out of no where this year. So what did I do for my b-day? Sunday night, the night before my b-day, my family got together at my parents house to do the annual b-day dinner. My dad made an excellent meal, as always, and then he had a fudge brownie frozen yogurt for me since I can't eat icecream much these days. It was devine and the nice part was that it was SO rich I could only have one scoop. On the actual day, Monday, I started running outside with a friend of mine so I got up at 5:30 so I could meet her at her house. When Kaily got up she imediatly told me "Happy Birthday". She was very cute all day about it. Later, Clint, the kids and I all went to TGI Fridays for dinner and then to see A Christmas Carol. Kaily had been bugging me about it since the PR event with the train. Dinner was really good, I had a turkey burger and sweet potato fries. MMMM...The movie was really well done, but there were some really scary parts in it. Kaily liked it and has plagued me with questions about Marley ever since. After that I went straight to bed, I was exhausted. It was a good day and I talked to all of my brothers between the two days. It was good to hear from everyone.

What a weekend!

What a weekend we had. Last Thursday Conner got really sick. Kaily got sick on Tuesday with a slight fever and then came the coughing and a cold. I had been watching Conner closely to see if he was going to get Kaily's cold so I knew when he starting acting funny that something might be wrong. We were at the store when IT hit him hard, the H1N1 virus. At first we didn't know that's what it was though. Friday, after having a pretty high fever for almost 24 hrs even with Tylenol, we took him in. They ran some tests and after all of it was done they said they were fairly certain it was H1N1. GREAT, I thought! Well, at least he can get over it and hopefully we don't get it too. By the time the night rolled around his fever had dropped and by the next day he was fine. We waited the appropriate 24 hrs after the fever was gone to take him out, that was Sunday. Sunday, because both kids were feeling better, we went to a family get together in Saratoga Springs. We had a great time meeting new family and chatting. When it was time to go home our car wouldn't start. We said many prayers and pleaded with the Lord for help and all the men came out to see if they could help. NOTHING. That car was stuck and we were stuck 1 1/2 hrs from home. Luckily my parents just live 30 min away and they have an extra car they don't use very often because I don't know what we would have done. The next day we called around to see if we could get help to tow the car back up here to have it looked at. A good friend came through and helped us out. We found out it was our fuel pump. It just died. The mechanic said, I think, "It just got old and quit wking." So, what now...Well, Kaily still has a cough, Conner DID get Kaily's cold in the end and our car is better than it was, but I'm afraid the getting old part is just a sign of things to come.

Thankful

Today I am SO THANKFUL for a great family that helped us get home last night. I'm thankful that we could get together last night and get to know each other better. I'm thankful today that Conner had a very mild case of the H1N1 flu and that Kaily is getting better from her cold. Today I am Thankful for the priesthood in my home and for a wonderful husband who strives everyday to be the best he can. Today I'm thankful...

First hair cut

Conner's hair had gotten really long, as you can see from the previous post. It was time to cut it. I debated with Clint whether or not I should take him to have it done professionally or not. I cut Clint's hair, so if it looks bad it's my fault. Finally on Sunday I couldn't take it anymore. We strapped him to his booster seat and I cut away all that beautiful blond hair. He actually did a great job sitting there until the very end. Now he looks older and I think I did an okay job. He was such a brave boy! I think I cut at least 2-2 1/2 inches off. It also looks like he has more hair because it's all even with the new stuff growing in.

Happy Halloween!

Clint was able to spend Halloween with us this year. We had a great time trick or treating and getting the kids ready. Conner didn't appreciate the costumes I borrowed so we improvised a bit. I drew glasses on Conner and Clint drew a lightning bolt. For Kaily, she was Cinderella, we put my make-up on her. She LOVED it! We let them go for about an hr give or take. They had so much fun and Conner thought he was in heaven. We were glad it was a nice night and not too cold. After we finished TT we went to Wendy's for dinner. It was a great ending to a great night.

Loaded in the car ready to go.

Yummy food at Wendy's

Enjoying a fry, pure happiness

The loot

The best part, the sucker before bed.