Family Halloween Party

My sister, Becky, had a halloween party at her home this past weekend. I missed out on it but I was able to see some photos of a couple of my siblings. I have to share them since I think they are pretty fun. The first picture is my sister, Becky, as the witch off of Snow White and the second picture is my brother, Pat, as the angel Moroni. hee hee. I love my family! Fun memories!

Ammon's Baptism

Well today was a special day. Ammon was baptized! Yahoo! It was a wonderful meeting. Roy was able to confirm him and did a wonderful job! A little before the confirmation the bishop asked if I would share my testimony after the confirmation was taken place. It was a neat opportunity and I did get choked up a little at first. Ammon was pretty excited of course and was very proud about his decision! Afterwards we all had lunch at Mark Anthony's Italian restraunt. It was nice to be able to have the family from all sides of the family to show their support. The picture up above was taken when the meeting was all finished.

Time to Have Some Fun

This week, I had been thinking, it has been awhile since we just had fun going somewhere with the kids (just our family) and family reunions don't count! :) Roy & I decided to go to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point yesterday before it gets too cold outside. We tried out a couple of the the corn mazes, rode the cow train, jumped on the "jumping pillows", rode the petal bikes, had duck races, walked through the dark insides of a fake creature, had balloons shaped into a penguin, sword and a bear holding on to a heart, slid down the black pipe slides (those were a big hit), and many other fun activities. We had a blast and it was fun to see the kids reactions.

I've Been Tagged!

Alright Jackie got me! I was thinking I was feeling pretty lucky not being tagged by anyone. :)

Two names I go by: Mommy and Lala

Two things I am wearing: Black dress pants and stretchy pregnant shirt

Two things I want right now: Be able to know what to make for dinner tonight and be able to go home from work.

Two things I did last night: Went to Joe Banditos with Roy & Amanda for dinner and watched the "Biggest Loser"

Two things I ate today: Turkey Sandwich and grapes

Two favorite drinks: Icy cold water and any kind of fruit smoothie.

Alright I tag Laurel, Denise, and Jeff! Then you tag three people. :)

The Seam Ripper Incident

Last night didn't turn out what I thought it would be like. My usual Wednesday evenings are to go with Roy and Amanda to pick up Jessica and Ammon from their mom's in Herriman. Come back home, have kids work on homework, have dinner, then have family home evening and then take the Jessica & Ammon back to Herriman.

Well there was a bit of change of plans for me yesterday. My sister, informed me a couple of weeks ago about a class Nebo School District was doing at Springville High School (right by my house) on making cloth diapers. It was just one night and for 2 hours. I would learn to make an all-in-one diaper and see if it was something I wanted to pursue for my next baby to save money. So the plan was I would have dinner with the kids and then go to this class with my sister. I even picked out a lesson for Roy to give for FHE so that things might be easier with all the kids.

Well I got to the class a little late, and we learned all sorts of neat things. Then the last hour we started learning to sew these diapers. It has been a long time since I have sewn anything and I wouldn't call myself an expert. But I have to admit I was proud of myself for what I still remembered. Well, I goofed up a bit on the diaper and my sister mentioned the instructor had a seam ripper to help unstitch some of the stitching and it was a really nice. (Side Note: The seam ripper was bigger than your normal "little" seam ripper. It was around 4 inches long and had a bigger point on it). :)

I started to unpick my mistake on the diaper. I was almost done with it when...the seam ripper flipped out of my hand and I put my legs together to try to catch it from falling on the floor and then next thing I know, blood is squirting out of my leg through my pants!! I was shocked. I put my hand over my leg and called for my sister, Diana, for some help. I didn't want to draw attention to the other people and I was trying to stay calm. I told Diana what had happened and
we got some paper towels and ran to the bathroom. We pulled my pants up to see what it looked like and it cut a little over a inch long and about three layers deep of skin (could have been deeper but it punctured a vein)...it was definitely enough for me that I couldn't look at it any more...otherwise I would freak out.

Well to make a long story short, I ended up going to the emergency room in the hospital, had 4 stitches put in my leg and a tetanus shot in my arm and yes I stayed calm through the whole situation and laughed quite a bit. It was embarrasing to even tell the story to the different hospital staff. My sister and I had a good laugh along with the hospital staff ...who would think a seam ripper could do so much damage.

I am more sore today in my arm from the shot than my leg...crazy! Roy is now calling me "Peg Leg the Pirate." :)