July 28, 2010

Mendon Celebration and a Happy Birthday!

To start off this fun filled day, my sister-in-laws and I ran a 5k race. I was so excited because this was my best 5k I've done. Time: 26 min and 29 sec.
I got 1st place in my age group and was 2nd overall female to finish! My sister in-law got 2nd in our age group :) Ya, we're cool like that.
They had little kiddie races and this was Brayden's first race! He was so excited to run like Mommy. Before the race:
And they're off! Go Brayden! Run Run Run, and stop looking at me, silly
They had to run to the stop sign! next year he'll be 5 so he gets to run to the stop sign and back :) It was so funny to see all the parents running with the kids, cheering them on.
Wahoo, he did it!
He was so proud of himself :)
Fun at the parade
Pony rides
playing on the inflatable toys

Brayden did this one all by himself!
Helping Tyson
Brent played in the Horse Shoe Tournament with his brother. They got 3rd place
Brent is 28 yrs. young today! Happy Birthday Brent! He borrowed Rock Band from one of his friends, so we enjoyed playing that. I've gotta say, I'm pretty good on the drums. (on easy mode) Also got 100% on the singing a couple times, on medium mode. I love this game! Then we went and saw the movie, Despicable Me. Pretty funny and cute! Came home and made a cake, thought I ruined it cuz I put 3 1/3 cups of water, instead of 1 1/3 big difference! I was so mad, but then I added more sugar, flour, another egg and a few other things and it turned out very yummy! We had alot of batter so we made a cake and cupcakes. Mmmmm
I had my sister-in-law make Brent a Raiders quilt for his B-day, to hang up downstairs. I was nervous he was gonna be mad at me, cuz I used the Raiders logo from one of his old coats that he never wore. So the coat is gone, but we have an awesome quilt from it! He actually liked it and didn't mind that we ruined his coat. I'll post pics once I get it hung on the wall.

Bear Lake

We got to go to Bear Lake last week, even though it was for only one night. My family went the weekend of the 24th and every year we spend that Saturday in Mendon enjoying the festivities there. So we got to two fun things in one weekend!
Playing on the beach


Sand and water can keep kids busy for hours!


Brayden, jumping the waves
We stay at my Great Grandpa Lee's cabin. He has past away now, but everyone in the fam takes turns staying at the cabin. The street is even named after our family :) It leads out into a private beach, so only the people that have cabins there can beach there. It still gets way crowded!


My nephew, Chase


My sweet baby niece, Azure. I got to stay back at the cabin to watch her and have Tyson take a nap, while her parents and the rest of their kids played on the beach. Did I ever say I want a girl next? Well, I do!!

We had lots of fun at Bear Lake and hope to visit again soon! Happy Summer everyone!


July 17, 2010

Stiches and Getting Lost!

Tyson, Tyson, what am I going to do with you?!
On Wednesday Brayden and Tyson were running around the house. I told them plenty of times to stop! Of course they don't listen and this is what happens. When Tyson was running by me I grabbed the back of his shirt to stop him from running. He then smacked his head on the corner of the table. He hit really hard, and as soon as I saw the blood dripping, I knew we would be taking him in to the ER. Part of his ear got torn off! Sounds worse than it really was, but it was the grossest thing, seeing a little piece hanging off. he only had to have 2 stiches to hold up the skin. Tyson was a very good boy and sat real still. The doctor even said he wished he worked on more kids like Tyson. They didn't even have to hold him down, they just had their hands on him just in case. He just made an ow face when he was stiching, but that's it! No cry or sound from him. I'm glad the numbing stuff worked. It was just a local anesthetic, he didn't have to have anything else.
You can see that the table went right through his ear and punctured his head. That's what that little dot of blood is behind his ear.
Front side and back side
Poor little guy
You can see the little blood droplets on his shirt :(

Yesterday I was watching a friends little boys. (Same ages as my boys) They play really well together. I know Tyson can open doors so I always have the doors locked. My friend said she would pick her kids up between 7 and 7:30. We were downstairs and sometimes I can't hear when someone is at my door, so I go up and unlock the door at about 7:15 so she could just come in. I come back downstairs everyone was playing and I was balancing my check book at the computer desk. I noticed the 2 youngest boys weren't down there any more. I go check to see if they went upstairs....nope, checked in the garrage...nope, checked in the backyard...nope. Where could they be?! At that point I started freaking out ran outside the front door, calling their names running up and down the neighborhood, asking people if they've seen them and trying to find them. They've been lost 10 min. by then. I went back to my house checked all the closets, made sure they weren't hiding, said a prayer before I went out looking for them again, praying that I would be prompted where to look for them. I was hoping I'd find them before my friend came, but I didn't. So she pulls up, sees me wandering around, I told her that the boys were gone! She was very calm and said that we would find them. She went one way and I went the other. Looking in open backyards of other peoples houses, asking around and a teenager said he saw them walking toward the busy street along the fence! what?! In my head, I'm thinking, why didn't you stop them?! But at the same time, this was my sign. Thankyou boy! I start sprinting toward the busy road, once I turned the corner, I still couldn't see them, but a man was pulling out of a shop and got out of his car, cuz he saw me running. He pointed to where the boys were and asked if I was looking for them. Yes! Yes!! Thank heavens! By then I was balling and still running toward where the man pointed. I get to the shop and a Woman had them in her car, to keep them safe. She had already called the police, so we had to wait for them to get there before I took them home. The Woman said she saw them walking along side of the busy road, and stopped to pick them up and call the police. Thank you lady!! She kept apologiesing that she called the police, but I kept telling her thank you and that's what she was suppose to do. I could't believe this happened! They could have easily been hit by a car, or been picked up by someone else! I am so thankful that they were safe and that this lady found them. I really believe that they were guided and protected by angels. As soon as I said my prayer, they were safe, even though I couldn't find them yet and I didn't know they were safe yet, they were probably walking along the road by then! Wow, what a crazy and very scary experience this was for me. Even as I'm typing this, I'm trying not to cry, because it was so scary for me! they were lost for 30 min! And not only did I lose my own child, but somebody elses! My friend said she wasn't mad at me and that it could have happened to anybody. Still though I feel so bad. I know now, that the door will be locked at all times no matter what. If I can't hear the door, owell, they'll have to call or something. So this week hasn't been the best for me. I'm so glad it's over and that everyone is safe! phew

July 9, 2010

I love Summer!

Last Saturday we went to Brent's parents house to celebrate the 4th of July. We ate, set off fireworks, let the kids play and had smores.Starting the fireworks, and Grandma is getting our smore sticks ready :)
Brayden is still scared of the fireworks so he would always stand way back and hide behind this table.
Tyson lovin it!
Brayden still lovin it, but keeping his distance.
Ooooh, cool!
Gotta love sparklers
Had to really bribe Brayden into doing one. he held it for 2 sec. then dropped it. He was done








Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa!
Roasting marshmellows with Grandma












Tyson roasting marshmellows with Mom












More sparklers
Brayden will stick with the Pop its.













Good job at lighting those fireworks Brent!














Brayden loves to be silly! he cracks me up!
Shoot the fireworks!














Tyson going for a ride
My in-laws have a field behind their house where the kids can ride. It is so much fun! See ya Tyson


















I ran the Freedom run Saturday morning up Blacksmith fork Canyon. 15k run (9.3 miles) My goal was to run it in and hour and a half. I ran it in 1hr. 23 min.!! the downhill helped alot, but there were a few uphill points.

Camping in the backyard, the weekend before. Trying to get Tyson used to it. He had a hard time going to sleep, but once he did he slept the whole night! yay! We will take an actual camping trip soon.














The boys, so excited!

Mowing lawn with Granpa Mike














The joys of summer!!!