Lagoon Season Passes

After three years of having Cherry Hill passes, we decided we needed a change so with much insistance from Makel and Kirsten, we decided to buy Lagoon season passes. The passes are good from April to the end of October. So far, we have been three times. After going twice your passes are paid for. Elizabeth has a friend who gave her Lagoon tickets that were good for last Friday. It was alot of fun for my kids to spend a day at Lagoon with their cousins. We let the older kids go ride the big fun rides (they were able to ride on Wicked for the first time) and Elizabeth and I stayed with the younder kids on the kiddie rides. The kid section is fine with me.

Kindergarten Graduation

Jared's kindergarten program was last Thursday morning. They sang songs about the alphabet, counting, and a song called "Magical Me." It reminded me about a book called "Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten." I really liked his kindergarten teacher. She is so good with kids. I was a little sad as I sat there and thought about this fall when he will start 1st grade. What am I going to do?

Moving on to Young Womens

Kirsten received her Faith in God Award today in Sacrament Meeting and was able to attend Young Womens. I went into her class and was asked to "spotlight" her. I can't believe how fast my kids are growing up. I now have two in the Young Womens program.

No More Braces

After two years of not being able to eat carmel popcorn, eating an apple without having it cut up, and corn on the cob, Makel is finally free of metal (well, for the most part, she has to wear a retainer). She likes her smile much better without the braces. One down and three more to go!

Before and After

Last Monday, while I was fixing dinner, Jared was climbing a russian olive tree with two of his friends (which I did not know about). I had my kitchen window open because of the record breaking heat we were experiencing and I could hear the chitter chatter of children playing outside. Suddenly, I recognized a cry and knew it was Jared. It was a hurt cry, so I ran outside and he was walking toward the house with all this blood coming out of his mouth. I looked in his mouth and saw that one of his front teeth was completely knocked out and the other tooth next to it was dangling by the root. I could also see a cut in his bottom lip. I ran into the house and retrieved a cold washcloth, and drove to the emergency room at Mckay Dee Hospital. Makel had called Gregg who had been working late all week. He came to the emergency room and looked into Jared's mouth and then turned and looked at me and said "I told you we should have named him Huckleberry." I thought it was ironic that the doctor who was stitching his bottom lip had told me his two front teeth were false. These were Jared's baby teeth which is good. Our dentist met me at his office at 9:30 at night and told me he is a year ahead of his time. He doesn't think there will be any damage to his permanent teeth. People keep telling me "He's a boy." I don't dare think about what may be next. I love him despite the fact that I am more of a girl mom.

Disneyland 2006

We had a unique experience when we went to Disneyland. One hour after arriving in California Jared was climbing up a ladder to get to the top of the bunkbed and fell and hit his left arm on the air conditioning vent that was sticking out of the wall next to the ladder. Gregg and I hurried and took him to the nearest emergency facility where we waited forever. There were a total of 3 patients in there -- a girl who had a migraine, another girl who had an inner ear infection and my screaming crying little boy with a broken arm. They took some x-rays and determined that it was indeed broken and that he would need to have surgery. So, Gregg went to the hotel room to be with the girls (who were crying because they thought they wouldn't be able to go to Disneyland) and I rode in the ambulance with Jared to the Childrens Hospital of Orange County where 30 minutes they performed surgery above his elbow. They put in six pins and I slept next to his hospital bed in a hospital recliner. The next morning when he woke up he said to me "Mom, I can't believe I broke my arm." It turned out that we were able to stay an extra day in the hotel room for free and we just postponed our Disneyland trip for a day. We went swimming the day he was released from the hospital and I kept giving Jared Tylenol with Codeine every 6-8 hours. It will always be a vacation that we look back on and laugh about. Although, it wasn't very funny at the time it happened. (These pictures are for you Chad).