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." :)

Amanda napping

It is fun to step back and look at your child especially when they are sleeping and see how cute and peaceful they are! Roy took a picture of Amanda yesterday taking a nap before church. Later on we checked on her and Roy asked if I thought our next baby would be just as cute. I told him "yeah I think so, we make cute kids!" :) Hopefully I didn't ginx us! hee hee

Ammon's Soccer Game

Here is a couple of photos of Ammon's soccer game this past Saturday! We were able to get an action shot of him headed for the soccer ball. Looks like a couple of boys fell down. It was a good game and Ammon's team won! Yahoo!

Also here is a picture of Roy, Amanda, Jessica, Alex (Jessica & Ammon's half-brother) and Ammon.

Ammon's 8th Birthday!

Well, Ammon turned 8 years old on September 14! Happy days! He no longer has to sit in a booster seat in the car. Since this is a big birthday where he will be getting baptized we got him a new suit and scriptures. Well, the next day when we were getting ready for church...he was the first to be in his new suit with his scriptures in hand. :) He will be baptized on October 11 in Herriman. We are so excited for him and it is hard to believe he is growing up so fast.

Oh the Good Old Drill Team Days!

Well the beginning of last week, I heard that Michelle Boyack, Drill Team Advisor for Spanish Fork High School, was trying to get all the Drill Team dancers together to have a reunion and perform at the Homecoming Football game the same week. Well the reunion was on Thursday and the performance was on Friday night! My first thought was it would be so fun to do and I wonder if I still have any coordination in me and oh yeah...I am six months pregnant!! Well after thinking about it for quite some time, a extra push of a co-worker and supportive husband, I decided to give it a shot.

I showed up at the reunion and looked around and didn't see anyone I recognized and then from a distance I saw my sister-in-law, Vickie (Roy's oldest sister). Man, I was soooo glad to see her! Then shortly after we broke up into groups to learn our routines. I went with the 90's group. It was reassuring all the other girls were in the same vote as me in learning these routines...except they were not pregnant, but I kept plugging along. Well as I was talking to the other girls in my group and I realized I knew their older sisters which made it even more fun. :) Afterward we had dinner and practiced as a group with the 80's, 90's, and 2000's. I had a blast!

Friday, we got together again and went through the routines again one last time and then performed at the Homecomming Football Half-time. I definitely have to say I have no regrets doing this and not wondering "what if". I had a wonderful time!

Above is a picture of me, a friend of Vickie's, Vickie (my sister-in-law), Michelle Boyack (drill advisor), and another friend of Vickie's. :) I had other pictures but the flash did not work so the pictures are all dark...what luck! :) I am hoping to get a 90's picture of our group emailed to me...we shall see.

Finally Know Gender of Baby

Well thanks to a friend in my ward, she was able to hook me up with her sister-in-law to give me a free ultrasound. So I went in on Friday night at 9 p.m. and tried to get a second guess on what we were having. I almost thought we were going to have the same problem as the last ultrasound because the baby was crossing its legs at the ankles. It would stretch but just keeping its ankles crossed. So after drinking 2 orange juice glasses the baby moved a little just in time to let us know what it was and then SHE crossed her ankles again. Yes, it is a little girl!! :) I am excited! I didn't think I would have two girls straight in a row. It will definitely be easier since we already have a bunch of girl stuff. :) Now we need to start thinking of names...fun fun.