So, I'm a little late.. Happy Thanksgiving!!! I hope your went very well and it found everyone happy and healthy. This Holiday seems to be the hardest for me because it is close to the time that I lost my Father. I try really hard to look at my blessings ( I have 6 in my house right now) and enjoy the day as much as possible. Thanksgiving this year was pretty mellow for us. Ian ended up with a fever and that canceled our plans to see either of my grandfathers. We'll just have to go out their and visit them one of these weekends! It's always good to visit with family. I hope yo uhave many things to be grateful for. My sister inlaw mentioned writing a list of things that you're thankful for in an alphabetical list...she never posted hers...I thought about it but did not go any further (the story of my life). I AM grateful for many things I'll list a few
My Savior
My husband
My children
Family
My church
Mountains
Home
Sunlight
Fluffy white clouds against a blue sky
Sunsets
Computers
Books
Love
Health
Happiness
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Family weekend
This weekend has been very nice and it's not even Sunday yet. My brother in law and his family are here from Northern California. We've spent the last two days at Trav's parents house just hanging out together. The kids have had a great time riding bikes, jumping on the trampoline, and spending time together. Tonight all the guys played Risk and earlier a few went shooting together. My poor hubby came back with a battle wound to the head..but they all seemed to have had fun. I am so very thankful for all of my family. Travs family is great and have always been a wonderful support to us. I'm grateful for the holidays and the excuse it gives all of us to spend time together :) I wish we all lived closer so we could have more times like this.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Twilight
My dear Krystia turned 13 this weekend and wanted tickets to Twilight. So I bought 3, one for her, a friend, and myself. We went to an early morning show and Sophie was almost asleep when the trailers came on. What was the 1st one for? A freakin' Friday the 13th movie. The woman been chased down by the psycho lets out a blood curdling scream and Sophie follows suit. MInd you my 13 year old and her friend ditched me for better seats so ther I was a 30 something mom, with an infant coming to see a teen movie. I had a few rude comments and saw half the movie standing near the exit, swaying the baby to sleep.
Onto the movie though..I heard it had bad reviews, I heard that it would be laughable to non-fans, but I was not prepared for what followed!!! I am a fan...I'm that 30 something crowd that Stephenie Meyer speaks of. However. it was really pretty bad. Edward was all wrong in my mind..appearance and manners. Inthe book he's an old fashioned gentleman not an impatient teenage snot. Bella, Kristen Stewart, was so emotionless at times I wanted to slap her. Some serious parts were actually funny due to the lack of acting and directing. The meadow was wrong and the SPARKLE...don't get me started....
So I was disappointed and secretly hoping that the movie would NOT do well enough to warrant a sequel. I woke up this morning to learn that I'd be disappointed again. The movie has made enough to ruin the 2nd book in the series. Bummer.
Onto the movie though..I heard it had bad reviews, I heard that it would be laughable to non-fans, but I was not prepared for what followed!!! I am a fan...I'm that 30 something crowd that Stephenie Meyer speaks of. However. it was really pretty bad. Edward was all wrong in my mind..appearance and manners. Inthe book he's an old fashioned gentleman not an impatient teenage snot. Bella, Kristen Stewart, was so emotionless at times I wanted to slap her. Some serious parts were actually funny due to the lack of acting and directing. The meadow was wrong and the SPARKLE...don't get me started....
So I was disappointed and secretly hoping that the movie would NOT do well enough to warrant a sequel. I woke up this morning to learn that I'd be disappointed again. The movie has made enough to ruin the 2nd book in the series. Bummer.
Baby's got a big butt....
My dear little Sophia was sick AGAIN this week with another fever. Not sure what this is all about. While I had her checked out by the BEST pediatrician EVER I asked him to take a look at her leg creases again. Some days they just did not look symetrical to me and I was hoping he'd see what I meant. Well, unlike the car that's making a weird noise until you take it to the mechanic, the leg creases were doing what I had been seeing off and on.... This means my already rolly polly baby has to wear 2 diapers again. So I put her in a size 1/2 (what is withthat odd size at Sam's club???) and then put a size 2 diaper over that. This limits most of her 3 month sized clothing options now because they become way too tight. BUT (hahahha) she does have enough 6 month clothes to get by for now. Unfortunately she has to be int this 2nd diaper set up until she is 6 months old. We are praying that this will allow the hip to grow in the socket properly. Until them my dear lil' Sophie has a big bum and fusses that her diaper changes take a bit longer. She's working on that rolling from side to side thing while I change her..so that does not help :)
Utah
Well we made it home a week ago from Utah and I've had yet to make time to blog... Our trip went very well considering we had a sick baby in tow. Sophie came down with a fever on Wednesday and I took her in to urgent care. The dr gave me the green light to travel with her and so it was set. We left Friday at 12:00 in the morning and after packing in the kids with their blankets, pillows, etc we had to then fill up the gas! Ooops..I forgot that part. Well Sophie did cry inconsolably for the first 10 minutes of this trip and then Josh joined her because he couldn't fall asleep. At that point I joined them and prayed that we would not spend the next 11 hours trapped with a cranky baby. Just like that Sophie fell asleep and the journey went well.
The kids woke up at State line and through Vegas around 3:30 am and then again as went through the gorge in AZ. The sun was beginning to rise and it was absolutely beautiful! They settled down to sleep again for a bit. Then around 7 we entered St. George and Trav took us on a short detour so we could drive by the temple there. Yes, you can see it from the freeway but driving right next to it was wonderful.
We arrived in Provo around 11 and visited with a couple that are very important to Travis. The husband, brother McKell, was a teacher of Travs at church when he was just a young pup and left quite the impression on Trav. We visited their lovely home for a good hour and then went onour way to Trav's sisters house. She and her hubby when kind enough to let us stay with them and the kids LOVED being able to spend time with their cousins.
After we unpacked we went to see Grandpa Earl J. He is in his upper 80's and is facing the sunset of his life. The main purpose of our trip was so we could see Grandpa Earl J and Grandma Alice. The kids got to play their instruments for them and Ian was very proud to play the trumpet..the same instrument grandpa used to play. We got to hear the fun story of how Grandpa got his first trumpet, that he still has! The kids also got a demo on latch hooking and enjoyed their visits.
We then traveled home early Sunday morning and all I can say id THANK GOODNESS FOR THE DVD PLAYER! It took us over 12 hours to get home and that thing saved us from many hours of "he's touching me" "She's inmy space!" and such.
On our trip home Trav and I did come to a realization..we actually like Utah...we'd LOVE to move to Cedar City. This comes from the 2 of us who said we'd "never" move to Utah. But the air is so clear, mountains so pretty, ..sigh...it was very nice. I can't wait for the next trip!!!!
The kids woke up at State line and through Vegas around 3:30 am and then again as went through the gorge in AZ. The sun was beginning to rise and it was absolutely beautiful! They settled down to sleep again for a bit. Then around 7 we entered St. George and Trav took us on a short detour so we could drive by the temple there. Yes, you can see it from the freeway but driving right next to it was wonderful.
We arrived in Provo around 11 and visited with a couple that are very important to Travis. The husband, brother McKell, was a teacher of Travs at church when he was just a young pup and left quite the impression on Trav. We visited their lovely home for a good hour and then went onour way to Trav's sisters house. She and her hubby when kind enough to let us stay with them and the kids LOVED being able to spend time with their cousins.
After we unpacked we went to see Grandpa Earl J. He is in his upper 80's and is facing the sunset of his life. The main purpose of our trip was so we could see Grandpa Earl J and Grandma Alice. The kids got to play their instruments for them and Ian was very proud to play the trumpet..the same instrument grandpa used to play. We got to hear the fun story of how Grandpa got his first trumpet, that he still has! The kids also got a demo on latch hooking and enjoyed their visits.
We then traveled home early Sunday morning and all I can say id THANK GOODNESS FOR THE DVD PLAYER! It took us over 12 hours to get home and that thing saved us from many hours of "he's touching me" "She's inmy space!" and such.
On our trip home Trav and I did come to a realization..we actually like Utah...we'd LOVE to move to Cedar City. This comes from the 2 of us who said we'd "never" move to Utah. But the air is so clear, mountains so pretty, ..sigh...it was very nice. I can't wait for the next trip!!!!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Got brakes, will travel..& stop too!
So this weekend was a bit unordinary. My hubby came home Thursday night to proclaim that he was taking off Friday to do the brakes on our van. (Our van by the way, has quite the taste for brakes. that sucker eats them up at least every 6 months. And NO it's not my driving..it's really a proven fact that our monster van has a rep of going through these suckers like crazy. Don't believe me? Google 2004 Kia sedona and brakes) I thought this was wonderful news. That would mean we could use our Saturday for family fun, or cleaning the house, or something. With in 10 minutes of his declaration he threw his back out!!!! How? By walking, I guess. So he was down for the count and there were still brakes that needed changing.
So how did he spend his glorious day off? Lying on his back. Come Saturday he's still hurting but those brakes were still calling. So we loaded up the fam, went to the inlaws and Trav showed me how to change the brake pads. My dad would be proud. Of course I did not do much of it. Part way through the baby woke up and needed to be fed. I took care of that and headed back to the garage. Trav really did most of the work and a great bro in law, who knows how to do everything, helped out when I got a lug nut stuck in the one wrench thingy. However, I do know how to take off my tire now, how to put them on, how to jack up my car..safely, yeah. So my poor hurt hubby still did most of the work..but I lent a helping hand and am happy that I gained a little bit of knowledge about things mechanical. Ohhh and it was i who noticed the car sounded funny as we left and that the van was shakey....the lug nuts were not tight enough. So the other important lesson....make sure you tighten your, uh, lug nuts! If not, the tire might fall off...ooops!
So now I'm off to go get 2 stinkin' tires for the van...That'll be the last of our van prep for our up coming road trip to Utah... Next will be making sure I have winter clothes for my kiddos...That's another post for another day....
So how did he spend his glorious day off? Lying on his back. Come Saturday he's still hurting but those brakes were still calling. So we loaded up the fam, went to the inlaws and Trav showed me how to change the brake pads. My dad would be proud. Of course I did not do much of it. Part way through the baby woke up and needed to be fed. I took care of that and headed back to the garage. Trav really did most of the work and a great bro in law, who knows how to do everything, helped out when I got a lug nut stuck in the one wrench thingy. However, I do know how to take off my tire now, how to put them on, how to jack up my car..safely, yeah. So my poor hurt hubby still did most of the work..but I lent a helping hand and am happy that I gained a little bit of knowledge about things mechanical. Ohhh and it was i who noticed the car sounded funny as we left and that the van was shakey....the lug nuts were not tight enough. So the other important lesson....make sure you tighten your, uh, lug nuts! If not, the tire might fall off...ooops!
So now I'm off to go get 2 stinkin' tires for the van...That'll be the last of our van prep for our up coming road trip to Utah... Next will be making sure I have winter clothes for my kiddos...That's another post for another day....
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The end of an era...
for our family that is. When Krystia went off to speech in 99 we had no idea how many years we would spend in speech therapy. She'd go to a special pre-school twice a week and participate in speech therapy there. Then in homeschooling we'd travel down to the church building the charter school used to have more speech therapy 2 times a week. Off to public school and she was still in speech. Even in middle school she was still in speech... Well just last year she was exited out. I teared up a bit and was very happy to know she had reached that point.
In the midst of Krystia's speech career Mr. Josh came along and decided he didn't need to talk because everyone spoke for him! When he did begin speaking we could not understand what he was trying to say and he'd get soooo mad!!! I tired to get him into speech at the age of 3, no luck (darn therapist..I KNOW he qualified) anyhow before Kindergarten he "qualified" and had been in speech since. Just last week I had his annual IEP and he had his triennial review/test that we were going to go over. Well, he no longer qualifies! I have to admit he's improved dramatically...if only we could get him to slow down it'd be great!
Sooo after 8.5 years of speech, 13 IEP meetings, countless speech homework forms and a mountain of parental rights notification forms, we are done! I'm proud of my kiddos and how hard they work. I'm grateful for the wonderful speech therapists we've had throughout the years. Let's see what little miss Sophie does....speech or no speech. That question will be answered in about 2.5 to 3 years....
In the midst of Krystia's speech career Mr. Josh came along and decided he didn't need to talk because everyone spoke for him! When he did begin speaking we could not understand what he was trying to say and he'd get soooo mad!!! I tired to get him into speech at the age of 3, no luck (darn therapist..I KNOW he qualified) anyhow before Kindergarten he "qualified" and had been in speech since. Just last week I had his annual IEP and he had his triennial review/test that we were going to go over. Well, he no longer qualifies! I have to admit he's improved dramatically...if only we could get him to slow down it'd be great!
Sooo after 8.5 years of speech, 13 IEP meetings, countless speech homework forms and a mountain of parental rights notification forms, we are done! I'm proud of my kiddos and how hard they work. I'm grateful for the wonderful speech therapists we've had throughout the years. Let's see what little miss Sophie does....speech or no speech. That question will be answered in about 2.5 to 3 years....
A politically minded child...
I'm not very political, anyone who knows me could tell you it's not my cup of tea. I research issues, candidates, and make an informed choices. But I do not get wrapped up in the hype of it all. Trav is more informed and up to date, but political issues do not rule the dinner table. That's why I am surprised that Ian had such a strong opinion about issues and candidates. He was telling me why I should vote for Obama over Mc Cain and what propositions he felt were important and why he'd vote yes or no on each. I was impressed. This morning the first thing he did after falling out of bed with his blanket wrapped around him, was to mosey on over to the computer to see what had changed since bed time. He enthusiastically announced what props passed that he agreed with. Then I had to chase him away from the computer to get ready for school...but not before I peeked at where prop 8 stood.
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