"There will be many more times we spend without our children than there are times we have with them."
I just want to bottle them up and keep them little forever. I love my little ones...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Fall (Change) is in the air...
Fall is definitely my favorite season and it always reminds me of change. The leaves changing and falling off the trees, weather changing, the time change (yuck to this though!), the beginning of school, and on and on. This year is no different. Fall is in the air and change is happening at the Greener household.
This Friday is Cam's last day at JD Clark and Company. He has accepted a position at Goldman Sachs in SLC, as their new Tax Manager. Leaving JD Clark has been a difficult decision filled with sadness, anxiety, and tummy aches!
Cameron has worked there since 2003-his first job-using his degree. He has been successful and JD Clark has been good to us. JD Clark is less than 3 miles away from our house. It is also "family friendly." Cam can come home early to tend the kids so I can be to work at 5pm, he could pick up Carson at school if I needed him to, attend activities, etc. Again, JD Clark has been good to us.
But change can be good and we hope this change is. Cameron is excited for his new job and new opportunities. He feels like this is a step in the right direction, when he thinks of where he wants to be in five years...
With this change, I have cut back working even more (if that is even possible!) I used to work 3-4 days a month, and now I am working only my required call each month (18 hours). Besides call, the next time I actually work a shift is on Jan 6th!
Cam will be spending (a lot!) of time in NYC training for his new job, and we are making a little family vacation out of a few weekends of it-which I can't wait for.
This change is also making us think about relocating. It wouldn't be for awhile (bad season and time to try and sell a house!) but it doesn't make sense for Cam to drive to work and for me to drive to the University of Utah for school...We really love our house though, neighbors, ward, Carson is in the best program at school, the list could go on. If and when that change comes it is going to be difficult.
But what change isn't?
This Friday is Cam's last day at JD Clark and Company. He has accepted a position at Goldman Sachs in SLC, as their new Tax Manager. Leaving JD Clark has been a difficult decision filled with sadness, anxiety, and tummy aches!
Cameron has worked there since 2003-his first job-using his degree. He has been successful and JD Clark has been good to us. JD Clark is less than 3 miles away from our house. It is also "family friendly." Cam can come home early to tend the kids so I can be to work at 5pm, he could pick up Carson at school if I needed him to, attend activities, etc. Again, JD Clark has been good to us.
But change can be good and we hope this change is. Cameron is excited for his new job and new opportunities. He feels like this is a step in the right direction, when he thinks of where he wants to be in five years...
With this change, I have cut back working even more (if that is even possible!) I used to work 3-4 days a month, and now I am working only my required call each month (18 hours). Besides call, the next time I actually work a shift is on Jan 6th!
Cam will be spending (a lot!) of time in NYC training for his new job, and we are making a little family vacation out of a few weekends of it-which I can't wait for.
This change is also making us think about relocating. It wouldn't be for awhile (bad season and time to try and sell a house!) but it doesn't make sense for Cam to drive to work and for me to drive to the University of Utah for school...We really love our house though, neighbors, ward, Carson is in the best program at school, the list could go on. If and when that change comes it is going to be difficult.
But what change isn't?
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hannah's no good, very bad day
Hannah's day started off not too bad, we went for a walk and then came home and got ready for Hannah's follow up appointment with her pediatrician. Hannah has had a cough since the beginning of October. It has progressively gotten worse, where you can "hear" her breathing from another room. She sounds like a purring kitten sometimes or a pack a day smoker-you get the idea.
At her well child check up on October 15th, I talked to the Dr about it, and she said Hannah could have a cough for 4-6 weeks after a viral illness. At that time the cough was not too bad, but like I said over the last week it has gotten much worse.
At the Dr. office today, Hannah had a breathing treatment...which as you can imagine she really enjoyed (wink, wink). But it did the trick and she was doing much better. So we now have a rx for Xopenex (at the low cost of $94.00 a box-and yes that is the price after insurance!) and are the proud new owners of a nebulizer. I don't care about the price, as long as it helps Hannah.
Hannah's great day didn't end there, later in the evening Hannah and Carson were playing chase as I was watching them. Hannah was crawling as fast as her little arms could and laughing hysterically at Carson as he was chasing her. The only bad part was, that her little arms could not keep up with her head, and she did a major face plant smack into our hard wood floors.
Her little teeth cut her top lip. There was a lot of blood involved, and her lip swelled to twice its normal size in a matter of 30 seconds. Obviously she would not cooperate to let me check out the damage, so I wasn't sure if her teeth were intact or what. Luckily they were. I also thought she might need stitches, but by the time the bleeding stoped and she calmed down it looked okay.
Poor Carson felt SO bad, and was crying right with Hannah. He thought it was his fault that Hannah got hurt. After lots of hugs, loves, and reassuring he finally understood that it wasn't his fault and Hannah was going to be okay.
Here is my little sleeping beauty about 3 hours after this happened. The swelling had already gone down quite a bit. If you click on the picture, to make it big, you can really see it. FYI..Hannah also has a little rash around her mouth so you can see her rash cream too. Poor kid!
At her well child check up on October 15th, I talked to the Dr about it, and she said Hannah could have a cough for 4-6 weeks after a viral illness. At that time the cough was not too bad, but like I said over the last week it has gotten much worse.
At the Dr. office today, Hannah had a breathing treatment...which as you can imagine she really enjoyed (wink, wink). But it did the trick and she was doing much better. So we now have a rx for Xopenex (at the low cost of $94.00 a box-and yes that is the price after insurance!) and are the proud new owners of a nebulizer. I don't care about the price, as long as it helps Hannah.
Hannah's great day didn't end there, later in the evening Hannah and Carson were playing chase as I was watching them. Hannah was crawling as fast as her little arms could and laughing hysterically at Carson as he was chasing her. The only bad part was, that her little arms could not keep up with her head, and she did a major face plant smack into our hard wood floors.
Her little teeth cut her top lip. There was a lot of blood involved, and her lip swelled to twice its normal size in a matter of 30 seconds. Obviously she would not cooperate to let me check out the damage, so I wasn't sure if her teeth were intact or what. Luckily they were. I also thought she might need stitches, but by the time the bleeding stoped and she calmed down it looked okay.
Poor Carson felt SO bad, and was crying right with Hannah. He thought it was his fault that Hannah got hurt. After lots of hugs, loves, and reassuring he finally understood that it wasn't his fault and Hannah was going to be okay.
Here is my little sleeping beauty about 3 hours after this happened. The swelling had already gone down quite a bit. If you click on the picture, to make it big, you can really see it. FYI..Hannah also has a little rash around her mouth so you can see her rash cream too. Poor kid!
Halloween 2008
I love Halloween, I always have. This year was no exception. Carson wanted to be Indian Jones this year and he played the part well. He had this awesome "whip" that played the Indie them song and made "whipping" noises. Hannah was the cutest ladybug ever-with a costume made by Grandma Newman (AKA professional sewer).
In our neighborhood the houses are close together so our ward does not do the "Trunk-or Treat" thing, and I am so glad. Going from house to house is part of the fun. Hannah was so cute and I think she understood what she was supposed to do. At each house we would help her out of the wagon, she would walk to the door, choose a treat, put it in her bucket, and walk back. It was so stinking cute.
The top two pictures are taken at Cam's annual company Halloween party.
I just wanted to show the back of Hannah's costume.
Our neighbor across the street's house. (She is also a "grandma" to my kiddos) They go ALL out for Halloween so we had to get some pics. Unfortunately Indiana could not escape this adventure...:)
In our neighborhood the houses are close together so our ward does not do the "Trunk-or Treat" thing, and I am so glad. Going from house to house is part of the fun. Hannah was so cute and I think she understood what she was supposed to do. At each house we would help her out of the wagon, she would walk to the door, choose a treat, put it in her bucket, and walk back. It was so stinking cute.
The top two pictures are taken at Cam's annual company Halloween party.
I just wanted to show the back of Hannah's costume.
Our neighbor across the street's house. (She is also a "grandma" to my kiddos) They go ALL out for Halloween so we had to get some pics. Unfortunately Indiana could not escape this adventure...:)
Surfing Utah Style
My parents treated the entire family to a night of surfing at the "Flowrider" in Ogden. I was a little nervous, but it was SO much fun-something that I already want to do again. Cam mastered stand up surfing, but I stuck with kneel on the board "surfing." I tried the stand up thing twice and after my ride of 0.5 seconds I decided to stick to the beginning level! :)
Carson is not much of a fish so after one attempt he was done. On the way home though, Carson said "I wish I would have tried it one more time."
I have the best parents and the best family. Isn't it strange how much you realize this when you are older!?
The best parents and the cutest little girl...
Carson's first and only attempt. :)
Hannah instructing us on how to do it...
These pictures crack me up the top is me after attempting to stand up and surf and the bottom is Cam before he mastered standing up. If you are thinking of trying this, don't worry-I have pictures of us doing this successfully! I just thought these pictures were funny. It took Cam only about 5-6 tries before he could stand and you can easily kneel and do it right away.
Carson is not much of a fish so after one attempt he was done. On the way home though, Carson said "I wish I would have tried it one more time."
I have the best parents and the best family. Isn't it strange how much you realize this when you are older!?
The best parents and the cutest little girl...
Carson's first and only attempt. :)
Hannah instructing us on how to do it...
These pictures crack me up the top is me after attempting to stand up and surf and the bottom is Cam before he mastered standing up. If you are thinking of trying this, don't worry-I have pictures of us doing this successfully! I just thought these pictures were funny. It took Cam only about 5-6 tries before he could stand and you can easily kneel and do it right away.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Beus Pond
We discovered another little secret in Ogden recently. Carson had been here fishing before with Nana, but I had never experienced Beus Pond before. After coming here for the first time for family pictures with the Greener's I knew this was a place I wanted to come to often!
Beus Pond is a little pond about 4-5 miles away from where we live (About as far East as you can go on 42nd street-above the Dee events center). It has a walking trail around it (probably 1/4 mile in distance) and has beautiful mature trees and a bunch of ducks and geese in the pond.
A few days after pictures, I took Carson and Hannah to the pond to feed the ducks and walk around it. We were in for a little suprise! These ducks and geese have been feed so many times that they are not afraid of humans and are actually quite aggressive when it comes to being feed! Within a few seconds of the first bread being thrown, little Carson was surrounded by birds (especially the geese)! They were getting closer and closer to him as he stepped farther and farther back. One bit my foot which would have hurt I'm sure, if it weren't for shoes! Finally we had to take of running to get away from them! Now we only feed the ducks from the little bridge, so they can't get to us.
We have been to the pond many times now, and each time we buy groceries we buy an extra loaf of bread for the ducks. I love living in Ogden. There are so many things to do, we love our house, our neighborhood, and couldn't ask for more!
Close
Closer
Time to RUN!
Hannah loves going to the pond and has learned to "quack" when asked what a duck says! Very Cute!
Beus Pond is a little pond about 4-5 miles away from where we live (About as far East as you can go on 42nd street-above the Dee events center). It has a walking trail around it (probably 1/4 mile in distance) and has beautiful mature trees and a bunch of ducks and geese in the pond.
A few days after pictures, I took Carson and Hannah to the pond to feed the ducks and walk around it. We were in for a little suprise! These ducks and geese have been feed so many times that they are not afraid of humans and are actually quite aggressive when it comes to being feed! Within a few seconds of the first bread being thrown, little Carson was surrounded by birds (especially the geese)! They were getting closer and closer to him as he stepped farther and farther back. One bit my foot which would have hurt I'm sure, if it weren't for shoes! Finally we had to take of running to get away from them! Now we only feed the ducks from the little bridge, so they can't get to us.
We have been to the pond many times now, and each time we buy groceries we buy an extra loaf of bread for the ducks. I love living in Ogden. There are so many things to do, we love our house, our neighborhood, and couldn't ask for more!
Close
Closer
Time to RUN!
Hannah loves going to the pond and has learned to "quack" when asked what a duck says! Very Cute!
Pumpkin Picking Pictures
Late, I know but I still wanted to post them. We went to Carlos Market to get pumpkins this year. Carson of course wanted the BIGGEST one he could find. Hannah was just happy to be outside!
Don't their homemade Halloween shirts look cute?
Don't their homemade Halloween shirts look cute?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Pictures
We had family pictures done by a wonderful, super talented, friend of ours named Karyn last week. They were done at Mt. Ogden Park. They turned out GREAT! I am so excited about them! I would love for you all to view them here. Once you get to the site click on Greener family.
There are so many great shots that I can not decide which ones I should order. So, if you have time I would also LOVE it if you want to offer any suggestions as to which ones are your favorites. On the top of the page it has the photos numbered so write down in the comments here, what number(s) you like!
And the last thing I have to say is-aren't my kids so cute?!?! I love them! (you will see my point after looking at the pictures!)
There are so many great shots that I can not decide which ones I should order. So, if you have time I would also LOVE it if you want to offer any suggestions as to which ones are your favorites. On the top of the page it has the photos numbered so write down in the comments here, what number(s) you like!
And the last thing I have to say is-aren't my kids so cute?!?! I love them! (you will see my point after looking at the pictures!)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Black Island Farm and Bad Luck Happening #2
On Saturday, Cam and I and the kiddos went to Black Island Farm in Syracuse. This is a huge farm that they turn into a Halloween event each year. They have three different corn mazes (one haunted and two non-scary), hayrides to the pumpkin patch, huge slides supported by hay bales, a corn pit (in place of sand), and many other fun things to do.
These pictures aren't the best (too dark!) but you get the idea!
We started our adventure at around 7pm-a little late but the only time Cam could join us. By 9:15 Hannah was tired and "done." We started heading out the car only to realize that somewhere in the 10+ acre play area/corn maze area the keys had fallen out of Cam's jacket.
Looking for them was pointless and the lost and found was empty. We called Cam's brother Grayson and asked him to go to our house, get the spare house key in the garage, open our house, and bring our spare car key out to us. Grayson went to our house and the spare house key that was supposed to be in the garage was nowhere to be found. He ended up just driving out to pick us up (THANK YOU!)
The kids crashed out in Grayson's car-no carseats (locked in the Escape...not good)
When we got home, Grayson and Cam "broke" into our house, got the spare car key and returned to Syracuse to get my vehicle. Cam returned home at 12:45 am. Needless to say it put a damper on the evening.
Maybe our luck is turning around though because on Saturday the farm called us and they actually found our keys! I can't believe they did. I am also so very grateful for Cam's brother who did a lot of driving around and chasing to get us (and our car) home on Saturday. We don't know what we would have done without you Grayson.
These pictures aren't the best (too dark!) but you get the idea!
We started our adventure at around 7pm-a little late but the only time Cam could join us. By 9:15 Hannah was tired and "done." We started heading out the car only to realize that somewhere in the 10+ acre play area/corn maze area the keys had fallen out of Cam's jacket.
Looking for them was pointless and the lost and found was empty. We called Cam's brother Grayson and asked him to go to our house, get the spare house key in the garage, open our house, and bring our spare car key out to us. Grayson went to our house and the spare house key that was supposed to be in the garage was nowhere to be found. He ended up just driving out to pick us up (THANK YOU!)
The kids crashed out in Grayson's car-no carseats (locked in the Escape...not good)
When we got home, Grayson and Cam "broke" into our house, got the spare car key and returned to Syracuse to get my vehicle. Cam returned home at 12:45 am. Needless to say it put a damper on the evening.
Maybe our luck is turning around though because on Saturday the farm called us and they actually found our keys! I can't believe they did. I am also so very grateful for Cam's brother who did a lot of driving around and chasing to get us (and our car) home on Saturday. We don't know what we would have done without you Grayson.
Tag
At first I didn't like these tags-but now I do! They are pretty fun and I can't help when I read others, I think about my own answers. So here is the latest tag from my
friend.
8 Things I am passionate about:
1. My family
2. The Gospel
3. Primary
4. Music
5. Education
6. Spending time and doing fun things with my kids.
7. Pictures-I take WAY to many.
8. Being involved in my son's school
9. Health care (sorry I had to add another)
8 words/phrases I use often:
1. Wow! Cool! (in response to Carson's many inventions and concoctions)
2. I love you!
3. Please
4. Thank You!
5. Hannah say "(whatever ever it is I am trying to teach her :)"
6. Carson-time to wake up!
7. What are you doing?
8. Time to go
8 Things I want to do before I die
1. Learn to play the guitar proficiently
2. Finish Grad school :)
3. Go on a vacation and spend whatever money I want to (I might need to medicate Cam before this can happen)
4. Learn more about the Gospel
5. Volunteer more
6. Raise my kids and see them as happy adults
7. Travel
8. Write down my personal history and all the little stories of my kids.
8 Things I have learned from the past
1. Now that I am a mom, I appreciate my mom so much more.
2. "you are in charge of your own happiness"
3. Cam's idea of a fixer upper and my idea of a fixer upper are completely different :)
4. It doesn't matter how much money you make, you just buy bigger things and your expenses stay the same.
5. I am happiest when I am doing what is right!
6. I love my children more and more each day.
7. No matter what is happening to me, there is always something worse someone else is going through. We all have trials and if everyone wore them on their sleeves we would all probably treat each other a little nicer.
8. My family makes me happy
8 things I currently want/need
1. My laundry folded
2. To pass my patho class
3. My vehicles oil to be changed
4. Hannah's cough to go away
5. November 15th to get here
6. A pedicure (or toe jam extraction as Cam calls it :)
7. One or two more family hikes before the season ends
8. A new good book to read
8 places I want to see/visit
1. Europe more specifically...
2. Germany
3. Switzerland
4. The Grand Canyon
5. Hawaii
6. NYC
7. Go on a medical mission somewhere...
8. Disneyland again with the kids
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. El Matador
2. La Ferrovia
3. The Olive Garden
4. Market Place Grill
5. Tamera Newman Restaurant :)
6. Orange Julius (not a restaurant but I love this place!)
7. Artisian Grill
8. Chili's
8 shows I like to watch
1. Remember-no tv.
I won't tag anyone but feel free to tag yourself!
friend.
8 Things I am passionate about:
1. My family
2. The Gospel
3. Primary
4. Music
5. Education
6. Spending time and doing fun things with my kids.
7. Pictures-I take WAY to many.
8. Being involved in my son's school
9. Health care (sorry I had to add another)
8 words/phrases I use often:
1. Wow! Cool! (in response to Carson's many inventions and concoctions)
2. I love you!
3. Please
4. Thank You!
5. Hannah say "(whatever ever it is I am trying to teach her :)"
6. Carson-time to wake up!
7. What are you doing?
8. Time to go
8 Things I want to do before I die
1. Learn to play the guitar proficiently
2. Finish Grad school :)
3. Go on a vacation and spend whatever money I want to (I might need to medicate Cam before this can happen)
4. Learn more about the Gospel
5. Volunteer more
6. Raise my kids and see them as happy adults
7. Travel
8. Write down my personal history and all the little stories of my kids.
8 Things I have learned from the past
1. Now that I am a mom, I appreciate my mom so much more.
2. "you are in charge of your own happiness"
3. Cam's idea of a fixer upper and my idea of a fixer upper are completely different :)
4. It doesn't matter how much money you make, you just buy bigger things and your expenses stay the same.
5. I am happiest when I am doing what is right!
6. I love my children more and more each day.
7. No matter what is happening to me, there is always something worse someone else is going through. We all have trials and if everyone wore them on their sleeves we would all probably treat each other a little nicer.
8. My family makes me happy
8 things I currently want/need
1. My laundry folded
2. To pass my patho class
3. My vehicles oil to be changed
4. Hannah's cough to go away
5. November 15th to get here
6. A pedicure (or toe jam extraction as Cam calls it :)
7. One or two more family hikes before the season ends
8. A new good book to read
8 places I want to see/visit
1. Europe more specifically...
2. Germany
3. Switzerland
4. The Grand Canyon
5. Hawaii
6. NYC
7. Go on a medical mission somewhere...
8. Disneyland again with the kids
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. El Matador
2. La Ferrovia
3. The Olive Garden
4. Market Place Grill
5. Tamera Newman Restaurant :)
6. Orange Julius (not a restaurant but I love this place!)
7. Artisian Grill
8. Chili's
8 shows I like to watch
1. Remember-no tv.
I won't tag anyone but feel free to tag yourself!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Wow. I can't believe my baby is already 15 months old-she is growing so fast! Today she had her well-child check up here are her stats:
Ht: 31 1/4 inches (75%)
Wt: 24.9 pounds (80%)
Head Circumfrence: 47.5 cm (90%)
She is perfectly healthy and happy! The only comment the Pediatrician made was that she was VERY slow on "growing teeth"-but that was okay for now...if she does not have any molars (or any signs of molars coming in) by 18 months I need to take her in again. So we will see. This was also the worst visit for immunizations. She has never cried that hard/long before but today was quite traumatic for her I guess! Poor baby.
Here are all things great, good, cute, adorable, funny, lovable etc about Hannah!
She is quite the professional walker and has gained a lot of independence from this skill. She wants to WALK everywhere instead of riding in the stroller or being held. She also tries to "jump" and gets very close to getting both feet off the ground.
She continues to "dance" on command and has added "singing" on command to her many talents-very cute.
She shakes her head yes and no appropriately.
She LOVES to wave bye bye.
She says her own version of Carson-especially when prompted in the morning to wake him up.
She loves, LOVES, loves playin in her brother's room-which he does NOT love. I swear she knows it is off limits and therefore loves it even more.
Much to her mother's dismay she is an early riser. But she also goes to bed early, so I can't complain.
I can finally put a teeny tiny ponytail in her hair-if she allows it and does not rip it out (which she is constantly trying to do and succeeds at most of the time).
She (and her mom) are currently suffering from seperation anxiety-many tears are shed and leaving is no fun.
She loves to play chase.
She LOVES to be outside.
She won't give real kisses anymore but she will make the "kissing" smack noise.
She gets so very excited when Carson comes home from school-I think she misses him.
She is beautiful and unique, with dark big eyes and light blondish hair that sometimes looks like it has a little red tint to it. I can't wait to see how her features continue to change and grow with her.
Her new nickname is Bell. We have always called her "Hannah-bell" but that has been shortened to just plain Bell. I love that nickname for her and it seems to fit.
We Love our little Baby!
Ht: 31 1/4 inches (75%)
Wt: 24.9 pounds (80%)
Head Circumfrence: 47.5 cm (90%)
She is perfectly healthy and happy! The only comment the Pediatrician made was that she was VERY slow on "growing teeth"-but that was okay for now...if she does not have any molars (or any signs of molars coming in) by 18 months I need to take her in again. So we will see. This was also the worst visit for immunizations. She has never cried that hard/long before but today was quite traumatic for her I guess! Poor baby.
Here are all things great, good, cute, adorable, funny, lovable etc about Hannah!
She is quite the professional walker and has gained a lot of independence from this skill. She wants to WALK everywhere instead of riding in the stroller or being held. She also tries to "jump" and gets very close to getting both feet off the ground.
She continues to "dance" on command and has added "singing" on command to her many talents-very cute.
She shakes her head yes and no appropriately.
She LOVES to wave bye bye.
She says her own version of Carson-especially when prompted in the morning to wake him up.
She loves, LOVES, loves playin in her brother's room-which he does NOT love. I swear she knows it is off limits and therefore loves it even more.
Much to her mother's dismay she is an early riser. But she also goes to bed early, so I can't complain.
I can finally put a teeny tiny ponytail in her hair-if she allows it and does not rip it out (which she is constantly trying to do and succeeds at most of the time).
She (and her mom) are currently suffering from seperation anxiety-many tears are shed and leaving is no fun.
She loves to play chase.
She LOVES to be outside.
She won't give real kisses anymore but she will make the "kissing" smack noise.
She gets so very excited when Carson comes home from school-I think she misses him.
She is beautiful and unique, with dark big eyes and light blondish hair that sometimes looks like it has a little red tint to it. I can't wait to see how her features continue to change and grow with her.
Her new nickname is Bell. We have always called her "Hannah-bell" but that has been shortened to just plain Bell. I love that nickname for her and it seems to fit.
We Love our little Baby!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Body Worlds
On Thursday, my Mom, my sister Melissa, and my nephew Connor and I went to Body Worlds in SLC at The Leonardo. I have mixed feelings about it. I was expecting great and for me it was "good" I have the feeling of "did that don't need to do it again."
We were in a bit of a rush the entire day. My sister Carrie stayed in Heber to tend my kids, so after the museum we left SLC and headed to Heber, to get the kids and drop Connor off at home. I also had to be home in time to get myself and the kids ready for family pictures with the Greener family that night-but we were on schedule and I would have plenty of time....or so I thought.
About five miles up the canyon my Mom's car overheated and died. We poured our two water bottles into the water coolant place (sorry I am car illiterate :) let it "cool" for awhile and tried to start it. We drove about 10 feet before it overheated again and we turned the car off.
By this time I was getting panicky. It was looking like there was no way I was going to make it to Heber, get the kids, get back home again, and make it for the family pictures.
Well, to make a long story short we all made it home and it only took 4 men and three vehicles to do it. This was bad luck happening #1.
Oh, and we did make it home for the family pictures and if you would like to view them please go here. The pictures turned out great so at least luck was on my side for a few moments that day...
We were in a bit of a rush the entire day. My sister Carrie stayed in Heber to tend my kids, so after the museum we left SLC and headed to Heber, to get the kids and drop Connor off at home. I also had to be home in time to get myself and the kids ready for family pictures with the Greener family that night-but we were on schedule and I would have plenty of time....or so I thought.
About five miles up the canyon my Mom's car overheated and died. We poured our two water bottles into the water coolant place (sorry I am car illiterate :) let it "cool" for awhile and tried to start it. We drove about 10 feet before it overheated again and we turned the car off.
By this time I was getting panicky. It was looking like there was no way I was going to make it to Heber, get the kids, get back home again, and make it for the family pictures.
Well, to make a long story short we all made it home and it only took 4 men and three vehicles to do it. This was bad luck happening #1.
Oh, and we did make it home for the family pictures and if you would like to view them please go here. The pictures turned out great so at least luck was on my side for a few moments that day...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
For Rent! Finally! Yeah!
The upstairs apartment is finally ready for renters in our duplex. I could not be happier. Cam and I spent most of Saturday deep cleaning it. How can I describe it? Here are a few words..Filthy, disgusting, gross....The kitchen cabinets were so bad I had to scrap off an inch of film with a razor blade-regular scrubbing would not get the scum off. I swear those things had never been cleaned. Here are some pics of only the upstairs...if you want to see the "before" shots go to my April posting-"fixer upper"-and the two after that. More pictures are on the KSL website.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Waterfall Canyon
Two weeks ago our little family hiked up to Waterfall Canyon. It is probably 4+ miles round trip. I INSISTED on going that day, even though the weather was not the greatest. I really wanted to go before we couldn't go anymore, so this was the day. Cam tried to talk me out of it, he said it was going to start raining and we would get soaked, but being an optimist (and a boss) I said we were going to be fine.
We started out and the weather was fine. I started carrying Hannah in the Kelty for the "easy" part and then Cam carried her during the "goat climbing" part. The hike was a little more difficult than we anticipated-but by this time we HAD to finish!
We finally made it to the top, and the waterfall was beautiful and worth the hike. I had packed a lunch and we sat down to eat and it started pouring rain. We immediately started heading down the hill and the trail was soaked, muddy, and slippery. Everyone but Hannah (protected by the rain hood on the Kelty) got soaking wet! I will admit for everyone here to read this....Cam was right and I was wrong-it was a bad day to go on a hike. :)
Monday, October 6, 2008
A moment...
Lately more and more I have been thinking about becoming a graduate school dropout. I am having an overwhelming, make me want to cry/dropout, at any moment school week. I know I won't really do it but man the thought sure has sounded good this week!
I have an advanced patho test this Wednesday that I feel completely unprepared for. Have I studied? Yes. But it is pretty much like this..."Study these 1000+ pages, know everything, and you will do great on the test!" I have been studying but have no idea as to where to focus my studying on or what we will be tested on. Believe me, we have asked the professor to guide us and no assistance has been offered...very frustrating. It's not easy stuff either..example-ATP and ADP work with PIP kinase, fatty acid chains of outer lipid monolayer of plasma membrane blah blah blah....Don't worry, I don't know what it means either.
So instead of studying I am blogging-go figure! I really just had to get that off my chest though. Sometimes school is not so fun and I question my decision to go back to this stinking graduate school. Okay, I've had my moment and I'm done now.
I have an advanced patho test this Wednesday that I feel completely unprepared for. Have I studied? Yes. But it is pretty much like this..."Study these 1000+ pages, know everything, and you will do great on the test!" I have been studying but have no idea as to where to focus my studying on or what we will be tested on. Believe me, we have asked the professor to guide us and no assistance has been offered...very frustrating. It's not easy stuff either..example-ATP and ADP work with PIP kinase, fatty acid chains of outer lipid monolayer of plasma membrane blah blah blah....Don't worry, I don't know what it means either.
So instead of studying I am blogging-go figure! I really just had to get that off my chest though. Sometimes school is not so fun and I question my decision to go back to this stinking graduate school. Okay, I've had my moment and I'm done now.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Tagged
4 RANDOM THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY HUSBAND
1-He is such a hard worker
2-He still looks like he is 19 yrs old
3-He is an excellent piano player
4-Good dad, good hubby, good provider-the list goes on (most days...:)
4 MOVIES THAT I COULD WATCH OVER & OVER
1-Dirty Dancing
2-Enemy of the State
3-Sommersby (if you haven't seen this-you must rent it now!)
4-Pride and Prejudice (new and old)
4 T.V. SHOWS I WATCH
1-We don't have "TV"-only the capability to watch movies/DVD's but I do make it a point to be someplace where there is a TV for American Idol.
2-
3-
4-
4 PLACES I HAVE BEEN
1-Washington DC/Maryland
2-California
3-South Carolina
4-Nauvoo
4 PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1-Deborah
2-Cam
3-School People
4-Lindee
4 PLACES I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT
1-Europe (Cam owes me a trip there)
2-Hawaii
3-Grand Canyon
4-NYC (going there in November! Yeah!)
4 OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1-Macaroni and Cheese (still number one after all these years...)
2-El Matador Chips and Salsa
3-Cilantro lime rice
4-Raspberries
4 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE UPCOMING YEAR
1-Our family trip to NYC
2-Being that much closer to school being over...
3-Carson and Hannah's B-day's-I love to do their parties, make the cake etc.
4-Being released from playing the organ (if anyone would like to hint this to my husband (or another bishopric member) I would greatly appreciate it :)
4 PEOPLE THAT I WILL TAG
1-Cristy
2-Deborah
3-Brooke
4-Keisha
1-He is such a hard worker
2-He still looks like he is 19 yrs old
3-He is an excellent piano player
4-Good dad, good hubby, good provider-the list goes on (most days...:)
4 MOVIES THAT I COULD WATCH OVER & OVER
1-Dirty Dancing
2-Enemy of the State
3-Sommersby (if you haven't seen this-you must rent it now!)
4-Pride and Prejudice (new and old)
4 T.V. SHOWS I WATCH
1-We don't have "TV"-only the capability to watch movies/DVD's but I do make it a point to be someplace where there is a TV for American Idol.
2-
3-
4-
4 PLACES I HAVE BEEN
1-Washington DC/Maryland
2-California
3-South Carolina
4-Nauvoo
4 PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1-Deborah
2-Cam
3-School People
4-Lindee
4 PLACES I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT
1-Europe (Cam owes me a trip there)
2-Hawaii
3-Grand Canyon
4-NYC (going there in November! Yeah!)
4 OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1-Macaroni and Cheese (still number one after all these years...)
2-El Matador Chips and Salsa
3-Cilantro lime rice
4-Raspberries
4 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE UPCOMING YEAR
1-Our family trip to NYC
2-Being that much closer to school being over...
3-Carson and Hannah's B-day's-I love to do their parties, make the cake etc.
4-Being released from playing the organ (if anyone would like to hint this to my husband (or another bishopric member) I would greatly appreciate it :)
4 PEOPLE THAT I WILL TAG
1-Cristy
2-Deborah
3-Brooke
4-Keisha
Saturday, October 4, 2008
An ambitious moment
I had great plans for conference weekend, none of them included Hannah being sick with a cough and fever. Needless to say my plans changed and because we were stuck in the house I decided I wanted to do something drastic in the house.
I started thinking about our "red room" as we call it, and how it is basically nothing but a storage room that is getting junkier by the minute. When we bought this house I wanted to make it a mud room, but Cam didn't. Later we thought we would make it an extra/guest bedroom. It is pretty small and would basically fit a queen bed tightly and a small dresser. Well we have never made the effort to have enough funds to buy the bed etc.
After Christmas, and since we have had Hannah I started putting all the decorations and baby items Hannah grew out of. It was not pretty.
Today, I cleaned, boxed, and organized and made the "red room" into a Play room for the kids. I am not done yet, I want to get some shelves and Carson painted some pictures to hang on the walls. I also have only moved in a few of the kids toys. But overall, I am happy with the project!
Before....
And the semi finished after...
I started thinking about our "red room" as we call it, and how it is basically nothing but a storage room that is getting junkier by the minute. When we bought this house I wanted to make it a mud room, but Cam didn't. Later we thought we would make it an extra/guest bedroom. It is pretty small and would basically fit a queen bed tightly and a small dresser. Well we have never made the effort to have enough funds to buy the bed etc.
After Christmas, and since we have had Hannah I started putting all the decorations and baby items Hannah grew out of. It was not pretty.
Today, I cleaned, boxed, and organized and made the "red room" into a Play room for the kids. I am not done yet, I want to get some shelves and Carson painted some pictures to hang on the walls. I also have only moved in a few of the kids toys. But overall, I am happy with the project!
Before....
And the semi finished after...
Present I bought for myself...
Carson has been begging to go hiking but we are limited in what we can do because of our little Hannah. I have been carrying her in the Maya wrap and that is adequate for easy trail walking but nothing more. Also my shoulders and back start aching pretty quickly now that she is getting bigger. I have been looking online for a used Kelty backpack for the past 2 months and after a few lost bids and a few not being exactly what I wanted I finally found one!
I got it off of KSL for a great deal and it looks like new-it came with lots of "extras"=like; attachable backpack, cooler, changing pad etc-I decided these are for the professional hikers (which is not me :).
Of course right after I got it we had to try it out. It was a little overcast and cool but we still had fun. Carson, Hannah, and I trekked up Mt. Ogden (3.1 miles round trip). I think Hannah liked her carrier-she actually fell asleep in it.
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I am looking forward to many more adventures and love my new present for myself (and Hannah-right?)
I got it off of KSL for a great deal and it looks like new-it came with lots of "extras"=like; attachable backpack, cooler, changing pad etc-I decided these are for the professional hikers (which is not me :).
Of course right after I got it we had to try it out. It was a little overcast and cool but we still had fun. Carson, Hannah, and I trekked up Mt. Ogden (3.1 miles round trip). I think Hannah liked her carrier-she actually fell asleep in it.
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I am looking forward to many more adventures and love my new present for myself (and Hannah-right?)
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