Friday, August 14, 2009

We are excited!!!!

In N Out is coming, and it's going to be SUPER close. Maybe a little too close, seriously, .7, not even a mile away.
We have been running passed a construction cite for a few weeks now, and just today I noticed a sign, In N Out coming SOON.
I told Hailey and we both just were smiling, and saying "Oh, how fun, and exciting!" Hailey said, "like the one in California, with all of our friends?" I know she will love the food, but the lack of friend part, not so much. We miss our friends in California EVERYDAY!!!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

A LOT!!! VAN, California, and grapes.

I have not posted in a long time:
This is what we have been up to. In the middle of July, I got a new car, not any car...a mini van. I know what many of you are thinking, because I thought the same feelings for many years now. But I love the van, and so do the kids. They have so much room. We ended up getting the KIA SEDONA, it's just great, seriously, love it. The kids have a van dance, and they always point to other vans and say we have one too mom.



We also went on a trip to California, and it was amazing. The kids did not do so good on the plane ride there, but on the flight home, some amazing things can happen when they get doughnuts....if you know me good enough....doughnuts are not in my house very often, so the kids were in heaven. I don't think Ryker knew what to do with himself.



We stayed with our wonderful California family. They were soooo nice, and very accommodating. We LOVE you guys so much. We loved every minute with you all. Mike loved, absolutely loved the outside shower, so did the kids. We cannot thank you enough.
Thursday we flew in, and some good friends were so kind they came and got us from the airport. Thank you sooo much, I was not used to getting a ride home, because when we lived there I just ran home, well, they said they would not let that happen, and they came and got us. We enjoyed an awesome mexican dinner at their home later that night. We saw a lot of their family that night, which was so nice, it seemed like old times. We just picked up from where we left off. Hailey and Ryker were in heaven. We watched some funny America's got Talent, which to this day I laugh out loud when I think of that girl, who all of a sudden when punk, hilarious.
On Friday, we saw some of Mikes' former co-workers, and saw his former desk. It was great seeing them, and catching up. Then we were off to the beach, we went with
many friends, and my little family. It was sooo much fun. We had never been to the bay beach, it was so nice not to have waves. I appreciate Daniel for saving Hailey. She went under water for some brief seconds and he got her up, she is one brave cookie! We then carried the water fun over to the house. Ryker was asleep, but Hailey had fun on the water slide with the boys. We as parents, just enjoyed each others company in the shade, as some of us, who will remain nameless, got sunburned. After the water was over it was on to Plasma bikes, they are awesome, and that is all Hailey has talked about since. She had so much fun. Thanks for sharing your bikes, Ryker loved them as well. We then had a pizza party and just enjoyed the night as friends.




On Saturday, after airing out our swim stuff all night, we were off to Wild Rivers. We had never been. It was sooo much fun, I went on three water slides, which is great considering I had not been on any since I was 12. Thanks Mike for watching the kids so I could go. It was great seeing Ryker in the water, and Hailey sure enjoyed herself. She went down a water slide and so did Ryker. They did awesome!!! Ryker and Mike LOVED the lazy river, and Hailey loved just being in the water with her friends. I love seeing them have fun, and enjoy themselves just being kids. After that we went on to see the baseball game. During the second game, we took orders and went to In n out. We needed our fix!!! We had a lot of fun watching the game, and the guys did great.

On Sunday, we woke up and got ready for church, and ready for the wedding, and packed our bags to leave....yes leave already...too soon. Church was soooo great. Man I miss that ward, and the feeling of unity there. I loved seeing all the people that were so easy to love, and we saw a lot of new faces that were so welcoming. It was so nice. Then we went to the wedding, of our good friend and his lovely bride. It was a beautiful wedding, and we are so happy for them. They looked so happy. It was nice to see him find such a sweet woman to be with, and grow with. Congrats to you!! The kids were ready to go, they had a few melt downs, so we left before I got wedding cake...I had waited all day and took the necessary steps so that I could have cake.....so Mike stopped by Yum Yum doughnuts and let me get some. We got enough for a treat that night and in the morning. They were so yummy. That night I talked with "mom" for a long time, and I just wanted to tell her thank you for listening and being such an awesome friend, and mom. She is sooooo wonderful. I wanted to thank her wonderful husband too, he is so supportive and just a wonderful man.





Monday, we woke up early and headed to the airport. It was really sad, I didn't want to come home. Like I said the flight was great, and no crying from my section of the plane this time.

This week has been just a whirlwind of things to do, work to catch up on, schedules to get back to, kind of craziness. We did a lot of laundry, went running, went to the library came home with 15 books, read them all day every day, and went to parks.

Today we are grateful to have our kids. Ryker choked on a grape, it was totally caught in his throat, turning blue, not making a sound, eyes closing, his jaw was also locked so Mike could not get in, I was in panic mode, trying to remember what I had learned in EMT classes. But really all I was doing was crying, Mike told me to leave, and he kept hitting Rykers' back, it was soooo scary. I tried to call 911 but my phone could not get service in 3 different rooms, trying 3 different times. Mike finally got it out. We are blessed to have our kids tonight and every other day. This incident has taught me that life is so precious. It was so hard to see such a full of life little guy lifeless and not breathing.
I'm reading CPR books, and trying to catch up on my stuff, as I write this. I am so grateful for Mike, who didn't panic, and helped and saved our little guy. Hailey has said all day, "my dad is a pretend fire fighter and saved my little brother Ryker."