I love these nights. Greg and Ethan are at the temple for mutual tonight and so that means that I get to have Girls' Night with my three sweet girls.
When I started this whole mom gig I told Heavenly Father that I wanted all boys. I only had brothers and I knew all about Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and Little League… I had no sisters and had no idea what I would do with a little girl. Now that I have three of them I could not imagine not having all of the amazing fun I have with these beautiful girls that Heavenly Father knew I needed.
After the traditional french toast dinner, nail polish and hair doing we snuggle up and watch shows together like Say Yes to the Dress. What I love most about this is the comments and conversations we have. I love hearing about my girls' plans for their weddings, the dresses they want, the colors they want to decorate with, the flowers, the hair, the rings, all of it. But my favorite part is when they tell me about the men they want to marry; how he will honor his priesthood and take them to the temple to be sealed for eternity, how he will be funny and make them laugh even when they have a bad day, how he will be "as handsome as Dad and Ethan", and how he will be their best best friend. I am so happy to hear that even at 9 and 7 years old my daughters can't wait to build a marriage not just have a wedding. My girls are so rad :)
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Emma and the (Hopefully Not TOO) Bummer Summer
It was a sunny and hot Thursday in May. All of the kiddos were in a great mood because not only was it the last day of the school year, they had also all passed to the next grade! I can remember being so concerned every school year, ripping that report card open, and nervously flipping the cardboard over scanning for the ever important "Grade next year" line. I guess my kids are no different...
They had spent the entire day playing outside, eating otter pops and making big plans for the summer, the first of which would be swimming lessons starting Monday morning! Greg was home for the rest of the day and we had been in the kitchen visiting with each other. I might have mentioned something about how lucky we had always been, never having had any serious illnesses or accidents, no broken bones or real stitches in our family...
It was starting to get later in the evening and Emma and Rory asked if they could "scooter around the block." We said sure have fun. About 2 minutes later Rory came in and said "Emma got hurt."
My sweet Emma has a slight tendency toward the dramatic so I told Rory to tell her to come inside and I will look at it, assuming it was just a skinned knee at worst. Rory proceeded to insist that, "No! She is REALLY hurt!!"
So I ran out front to find Emma bloody from head to toe and screaming as she stumbled toward the house. I told her to come to me and I would help her and she wailed, "I'M TRYING!!"
We brought her inside and started to clean her up and assess the damages. Nose was bleeding like crazy and mouth was covered in blood but all of the teeth were intact (after shattering my own front teeth as a kid that is always my first worry), she had a huge deep scrape on her knee and bloody road rash all down her legs. We started cleaning up the blood and we noticed she was holding her hand funny so I asked if her arm hurt and she held it out whimpering "yes..." By the sickening angle her whole hand flopped down at, I knew it was broken and that covered in blood or not, it was time to head to the emergency room.
Greg was amazing as he very quickly and effectively got the other kiddos situated and ready for us to be gone. We loaded Jo into the car and Greg called our friend Tom to meet us at the ER to help give Emma a priesthood blessing. Emma was in a lot of pain and was sobbing pretty hard the whole way. We waited about zero minutes at the ER before they got her back into a room (which by the way the new Winslow ER is absolutely amazing!!). They were able to get her some pain meds and started cleaning her up while we waited for Radiology. Tom and Saleena arrived and Tom and Greg gave Emma a sweet blessing that eased her mind and body. The cookies Saleena brought Emma didn't hurt either :)
The radiologist arrived with their new fancy schmancy portable X-ray machine and they did her X-rays right there in her bed. The X-ray machine was called something like RadPro 2000. I could tell Emma's pain meds were working because she kind of giggled and asked me, "Mom is it called the RadPro because it is a Professional at being Rad?"
The X-rays were visible right there on the screen and we could see pretty easily that yep, it was broken. The good news was it was the best kind of broken; stable, already aligned, and away from the growth plate so it would only need a simple cast. The bad news is being in a cast for a month meant cancelling those long-awaited swimming lessons. :)
They were concerned because her knee was so badly banged up so they X-rayed it too but it was perfectly healthy so YAY! Cleaning the rest of the road rash was pretty painful for her but she made it through. She had to wait a week for the swelling to go down so she was in a sling and splint for that time. Her siblings sure loved doting on her and protecting her arm, it was incredibly sweet. :)
Well the cast is still on and she has spent the summer on the side of the pool watching her siblings swim and cursing her stupid cast. But hopefully she will get it off this Saturday and then she is pool bound every free afternoon this summer :)
For all of you who love this kind of thing:
They had spent the entire day playing outside, eating otter pops and making big plans for the summer, the first of which would be swimming lessons starting Monday morning! Greg was home for the rest of the day and we had been in the kitchen visiting with each other. I might have mentioned something about how lucky we had always been, never having had any serious illnesses or accidents, no broken bones or real stitches in our family...
It was starting to get later in the evening and Emma and Rory asked if they could "scooter around the block." We said sure have fun. About 2 minutes later Rory came in and said "Emma got hurt."
My sweet Emma has a slight tendency toward the dramatic so I told Rory to tell her to come inside and I will look at it, assuming it was just a skinned knee at worst. Rory proceeded to insist that, "No! She is REALLY hurt!!"
So I ran out front to find Emma bloody from head to toe and screaming as she stumbled toward the house. I told her to come to me and I would help her and she wailed, "I'M TRYING!!"
We brought her inside and started to clean her up and assess the damages. Nose was bleeding like crazy and mouth was covered in blood but all of the teeth were intact (after shattering my own front teeth as a kid that is always my first worry), she had a huge deep scrape on her knee and bloody road rash all down her legs. We started cleaning up the blood and we noticed she was holding her hand funny so I asked if her arm hurt and she held it out whimpering "yes..." By the sickening angle her whole hand flopped down at, I knew it was broken and that covered in blood or not, it was time to head to the emergency room.
Greg was amazing as he very quickly and effectively got the other kiddos situated and ready for us to be gone. We loaded Jo into the car and Greg called our friend Tom to meet us at the ER to help give Emma a priesthood blessing. Emma was in a lot of pain and was sobbing pretty hard the whole way. We waited about zero minutes at the ER before they got her back into a room (which by the way the new Winslow ER is absolutely amazing!!). They were able to get her some pain meds and started cleaning her up while we waited for Radiology. Tom and Saleena arrived and Tom and Greg gave Emma a sweet blessing that eased her mind and body. The cookies Saleena brought Emma didn't hurt either :)
The radiologist arrived with their new fancy schmancy portable X-ray machine and they did her X-rays right there in her bed. The X-ray machine was called something like RadPro 2000. I could tell Emma's pain meds were working because she kind of giggled and asked me, "Mom is it called the RadPro because it is a Professional at being Rad?"
The X-rays were visible right there on the screen and we could see pretty easily that yep, it was broken. The good news was it was the best kind of broken; stable, already aligned, and away from the growth plate so it would only need a simple cast. The bad news is being in a cast for a month meant cancelling those long-awaited swimming lessons. :)
They were concerned because her knee was so badly banged up so they X-rayed it too but it was perfectly healthy so YAY! Cleaning the rest of the road rash was pretty painful for her but she made it through. She had to wait a week for the swelling to go down so she was in a sling and splint for that time. Her siblings sure loved doting on her and protecting her arm, it was incredibly sweet. :)
Well the cast is still on and she has spent the summer on the side of the pool watching her siblings swim and cursing her stupid cast. But hopefully she will get it off this Saturday and then she is pool bound every free afternoon this summer :)
For all of you who love this kind of thing:
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Where does the time go?
Oh that's right, it goes to:
So yeah, consider the blog caught up for now :)
- my school
- the kids' schools
- running a law practice
- working in the lab
- taking/editing pictures
- HESI exams
- birthday parties
- getting into Nursing School
- YM activites
- YW Activities
- Stake Dances
- Ward Conferences
- Branch Conferences
- Girls Camp planning
- Scout campouts
- getting a new perfect nephew
- friends having babies
- everyone home for Christmas
- school spelling bee
- district spelling bee
- County Spelling bee :)
- baritone practice
- learning to read
- homework packets
- ADHD
- Asperger's/Autism
- Diabetes
- making new friends
- visiting with old friends
- dear friends moving away
- cleaning the house
- laundry
- laundry
- laundry
- living room dance parties
- super fun game nights
- family movie marathons
- laughing
- crying
- humbling
- fun
- family <3...
So yeah, consider the blog caught up for now :)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Just Do It! Or Don't! It's really up to you though...
I hate political rants and posts on Facebook and such but I saw something today that said:
I am a woman and my birth control has always been my own decision and I have always paid for it myself. Even as a flat broke student.
So I am making my own:
There is always the option of not having sex... and that is free. I just don't think I should have to pay into a system so that others can continue to enjoy biologically consequence free sex.
Ok, climbing down off my soapbox now... :)
"like if you believe birth control should be a woman's decision, not a politician's."
I am a woman and my birth control has always been my own decision and I have always paid for it myself. Even as a flat broke student.
So I am making my own:
"Like if you believe your birth control should be your responsibility and not the taxpayers'."
There is always the option of not having sex... and that is free. I just don't think I should have to pay into a system so that others can continue to enjoy biologically consequence free sex.
Ok, climbing down off my soapbox now... :)
Friday, October 5, 2012
Ok, I admit, I suck at this...
I can't stand the feeling of shame I get everytime I log on to the internet any longer.
You see our home page is our blog and well as you may have noticed I haven't posted anything since January 26th. Almost ten months... Now, don't get me wrong, I still love reading all of your blog posts and seeing all of the cuteness that is your families, and truth be told, plenty has and is going on in our lives, I just can't seem to find the time to blog it, what with my very busy Facebook and Pinterest schedule... :)
So here is a quick recap of us for the last ten months:
- Still working out of the new office and we love it and it was the best decision for us for sure!
- Finished working as a TA for my professor in Holbrook. So happy to never autoclave again if I can help it!
- Passed my CNA boards and am now basically licensed to be a mom... :D
- Kiddos all passed their grades this year (DUH) and we had a FAST summer break. Tons of swimming lessons (all 4 kids can swim across the deep end of the pool now), playing outside and short trips for the family. Our favorite: a quick trip to the Grand Canyon! It was Greg's and the kids' first time, and they all loved it!
- We had our first Girls' Camp as the Stake YW Presidency. It was absolutely fantastic. We have to give credit to all of the amazing ladies who did know what they were doing because we sure didn't and a lot of the time we were just running on faith. Implemented a new plan for YL's and it was a bit sticky but a huge tesimony builder for me and I know it was the right thing to do. I love serving with the ladies I get to. They rock!
- Ethan turned 11 and since our 11-year-old scouts meet with the rest of the scouts in our ward, he has been getting to go to Mutual with Greg for 3 weeks a month and he is absolutely loving it! Greg is loving having his Buddy there too. :)
- School is back in session for the kiddos and for mom! Ethan is in 6th grade and is super lucky to have Ms. Leonard. Emma is a 3rd grader and in her first year at the Magnet School. She has Ms. Garner and boy has she loved it all! The twins are now over at Jefferson in 1st grade with Ms. Bratt. I love that we actually know all of our kids' teachers and that they are all such fantastic people! I have started my Anatomy & Physiology I class and yes it is hard but I really love it. I will be applying for the Nursing Program in January so I am really getting close now.
- Somehow I got roped into being a TA again this semster. I have got to learn to say no!! But it is good (so far), and this semester I am in Winslow with two other TA's which makes my job infinitely more easy! Luckily I have already told the professors that there is no way I can do it next semester. It is a great way to get extra study time and Christmas money though...
- Greg and I are still being band boosters and it is so much fun to work with the music teachers in our district and the great kids in the music programs. Ethan is playing the baritone this year and he is so in love with it. The kid has loved music since he was a baby and I am glad that he has a real passion (and talent) for something NOT technology related.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)