Today is 11/22/10 and I am sitting here in St Marks Hospital, watching my perfect little angel Cosette sleep. She is finally here and both Camille and I are so happy she is here safe, healthy and a good baby.
Saturday 11/20/10 We arrived at the hospital at 9 am, checked in, went through all the paperwork, went to our room and waited. I studied for the GMAT and responded to lots of Text requests from updates, while Camille did all the hard work. Cosette was born at 4:10 on 11/20/10, weighing in at 7lbs 5 oz and 19 inches. She looks so much like Afton to me. She had lots of dark hair when she was born, and was such a good baby right from the start.
The doctor asked me if I wanted to cut the ambilical cord, and I said, "no way. If we were doing a car repair, I would be a good help, but this medical stuff, I am no help. Heck this is what we pay you for!" LOL Camille did so good, everything went perfect!
Sitting here in the hospital I think about uncertainty at work, the upcoming GMAT, our pending purchase on the Highland house, Thanksgiving in 4 days, my drive to AZ to sell the factory five Cobra...then I look at my perfect, little, adorable baby girl and all of the other thoughts melt away and I notice I have been sitting here smiling, just smiling and looking at my beautiful little girl. Nothing else matters.
Papa Covey Sr. was right, "do you have a wife, do you have children?...then nothing else matters." Its peaceful times like this that allow me to take a step back and count how blessed we are.
Lance and Afton came yesterday with my mom. When Lance walked in, is eyes were scanning the room looking, and he asked Camille, "Where's the baby?" I said, "She is here in the rolling crib", his eyes were huge, and he had a big smile on his face, and said, "I think we should call here E." (he said that about 5 times. We have no idea where that name came from but Lance really liked it for his baby sister). I then asked if he wanted to hold her, and with a huge smile and big eyes he shook his head. Lance was so cute with her, he kept stroking her cheek and would say, "Give a little kick baby" (just like he did during the pregnancy). Lance is so cute with her, such a good, loving big brother!
Next was Afton's turn. When asked if she wanted to hold the baby she said "ya". So on the bed with Camille Afton, held Cosette, for about 6 seconds, then said "all done" and made the sign for all done. She is not even 2 yet, so she does not get it yet, but gave the baby a kiss on the cheek and was bouncing all around the hospital room.
We really are so blessed. Our children are Healthy, Happy, Smart, Fun, Caring and so darn CUTE!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Cosette Beth Bennett
Our sweet baby girl arrived!
Cosette Beth Bennett was born on November 20, 2010 at 4:10pm at the St. Marks Hospital in Murray Utah.
Here is the story of getting this beautiful girl here...
I feel pretty fortunate because I don't get a lot of crazy pregnancy-related pain; no swelling, or stretch marks, or heartburn... so, besides the 3 months of being deathly ill and not being able to eat anything, pregnancy isn't so bad! =)
At about 35 weeks I was having contractions every 12 minutes for 3 hours straight. We were at dinner in Salt Lake at Michael's Dad's house with all the family and just before we were about to leave the contractions started. Once we got in the car I started timing them... 12 minutes apart and getting uncomfortable. Michael and I were defenitely worried about having a preterm baby and wanted to be sure that if I really was going into labor that we would be able to get to the hospital in time to slow everything down and not have the baby yet.
We considered stopping at the hospital, but decided to head home to Lehi and possibly go into the Timpanogos Hospital in Orem; that way we could drop off Lance and Afton to Jennifer's house which is only a few minutes away. We got home to the Love Lane house, got the kids in bed, and I was still contracting. The pain was getting more intense, still 12 minutes apart, and with a lot of pressure... this baby was trying to escape!
I said a prayer and asked the Lord to let me know if we should go into the hospital. It was getting close to midnight and if we decided to go it would be a long night for all of us. I prayed that I would have a peaceful feeling if we didn't need to go in and our baby was okay. I felt at peace. I didn't hardly sleep all night because I wrote down the time with each contraction, but after about 3 hours the contractions started to slow to 20 minutes apart, then 30, then 50, then 2 hours... until they finally stopped. I felt so grateful that Heavenly Father heard and answered my prayers. I scheduled an appointment with my OB for that next morning to make sure I wasn't dialating and didn't need to go on bed rest (which I thought I might) and everything looked perfect. All of that contracting, pain, and pressure didn't cause any changes that would put the baby at risk so I was told to continue on as normal. What a blessing!
I made it through the next month and was SO anxious for her to come and kept thinking that she would come on her own before my scheduled induction on Friday November 19th. With my other 2 pregnancies I felt great right up until the very end but with this baby I was pretty uncomfortable during the last 2 weeks. It was difficult to sleep, and the baby was really low. I could regularly feel her little hands pushing down like she was trying to get out... impatient little girl! =) At one of my last appointments while my OB, Dr. Watts, was checking to see how dialated I was he got a confused look on his face and he took about twice as long as normal to do the check.
"Is everything alright?" I asked
"Yes, everything is fine," he said. "I was just trying to feel the top of your baby's head but there was something in the way. It was her fingers."
My baby's little fingers! Wow! I knew that was what I had been feeling! Ha!
Everything was ready for our little baby to arrive. I cleaned the house, got all the wash done, hospital bag packed for Michael, the baby and I, bags packed for Lance and Afton to hang out with their grandparents while we were in the hospital, car seat washed and ready to go... I was READY to have this baby! Wednesday the 17th I got a call from Dr. Watts. He told me that we had to move my induction to Saturday instead of Friday... No! I was so disappointed. It's only one day, but it's crazy how disappointed I was. I didn't want to have one more uncomfortable, sleepless night without my baby in my arms! But I guess I have to wait... Saturday it is.
We decided to make the best of the extra day and Michael and I dropped Lance and Afton off to my parents to sleep and we headed up North. We decided to sleep and Dad and Debbie's house so we would be 15 minutes away from the hospital instead of an hour away at my parents (which was the original plan). We picked up a free entertainment center that I found on ksl.com and headed up to the Park City Outlets and use our $50 gift certificates, that we got for $25!I guess if I can't have my baby getting free furniture, shopping, and spending time with my husband is a good runner-up. =)
I was told to call into St. Mark's Hospital at 6:00am on Saturday and ask if we could come in. The lady I spoke to a few days earlier said that they almost always have their induction patients come in as soon as they call, but on rare occassions they have too many ladies come in the middle of the night and they have to push the scheduled deliveries back.
I couldn't sleep that night. I was too anxious and excited and uncomfortable. I kept dreaming that I missed my alarm. I bet I looked at my phone to check the time at least once an hour. 6:00am finally came. I called in excitedly, ready to hear them tell me to come in right away. They told me that all the rooms were full and to call back at 8:00am. EIGHT O'CLOCK! No! I haven't really slept in weeks, and definitely didn't sleep last night, I was supposed to have my baby yesterday, and now they are telling me I have to wait another 2 hours! Ah! I politely thanked the nurse and said I would call back at 8:00am.
Michael was soundly sleeping and I knew I would just toss and turn in bed for 2 hours and wake him up, so I decided to shower and get ready. After I took my time in the shower to try to kill some time I laid back down on the couch and tried to relax. 7:45am. I can't wait another minute. I call in again. The same nurse answers the phone and tells me that we still can't come in yet. She writes down my cell phone number and says that if she hasn't called me by 10:00am that I should call back. I take a deep breath. "Thank you, I'll be sure to call at ten" I say.
I sit back on the couch. Wow. Things sure haven't gone the way I thought they would. But it could be much worse. I'll just wait patiently until 10:00am and call again.
At about 9:00am the nurse calls back and tells us to come in at 9:30am! Hooray! I am so excited and wake Michael up. I make both of us some eggs-on-toast for breakfast, get our bag together and head out the door.
When we check in the nurse asks me,
"You haven't eaten or drank anything today, right?"
"Right," I say.
Wheew... I got through lie #1... hopefully they won't ask me that again. Now, the only reason I DID eat breakfast and DID lie to the nurse was because my OB told me to. He specifically said, "the nurses at the hospital will ask when the last time you ate or drank was. Eat breakfast and tell them you didn't. You'll need your energy for the delivery."
"Good," says the nurse, "because the reason you got to come in this morning is because we just sent away a girl who ate a big breakfast this morning."
poor girl who got sent away, but at least I'm finally here!
Ah! I totally ate too, but only because of orders from my doctor!
We got checked in, into the labor and delivery room and all set up. Gown on, IV in, monitors attached, and ready to go. Everything went really well. The doctor came in and broke my water a couple of hours later and a few hours after that we had our baby girl!
Cosette Beth Bennett was born on November 20, 2010 at 4:10pm at the St. Marks Hospital in Murray Utah.
Here is the story of getting this beautiful girl here...
I feel pretty fortunate because I don't get a lot of crazy pregnancy-related pain; no swelling, or stretch marks, or heartburn... so, besides the 3 months of being deathly ill and not being able to eat anything, pregnancy isn't so bad! =)
At about 35 weeks I was having contractions every 12 minutes for 3 hours straight. We were at dinner in Salt Lake at Michael's Dad's house with all the family and just before we were about to leave the contractions started. Once we got in the car I started timing them... 12 minutes apart and getting uncomfortable. Michael and I were defenitely worried about having a preterm baby and wanted to be sure that if I really was going into labor that we would be able to get to the hospital in time to slow everything down and not have the baby yet.
We considered stopping at the hospital, but decided to head home to Lehi and possibly go into the Timpanogos Hospital in Orem; that way we could drop off Lance and Afton to Jennifer's house which is only a few minutes away. We got home to the Love Lane house, got the kids in bed, and I was still contracting. The pain was getting more intense, still 12 minutes apart, and with a lot of pressure... this baby was trying to escape!
I said a prayer and asked the Lord to let me know if we should go into the hospital. It was getting close to midnight and if we decided to go it would be a long night for all of us. I prayed that I would have a peaceful feeling if we didn't need to go in and our baby was okay. I felt at peace. I didn't hardly sleep all night because I wrote down the time with each contraction, but after about 3 hours the contractions started to slow to 20 minutes apart, then 30, then 50, then 2 hours... until they finally stopped. I felt so grateful that Heavenly Father heard and answered my prayers. I scheduled an appointment with my OB for that next morning to make sure I wasn't dialating and didn't need to go on bed rest (which I thought I might) and everything looked perfect. All of that contracting, pain, and pressure didn't cause any changes that would put the baby at risk so I was told to continue on as normal. What a blessing!
I made it through the next month and was SO anxious for her to come and kept thinking that she would come on her own before my scheduled induction on Friday November 19th. With my other 2 pregnancies I felt great right up until the very end but with this baby I was pretty uncomfortable during the last 2 weeks. It was difficult to sleep, and the baby was really low. I could regularly feel her little hands pushing down like she was trying to get out... impatient little girl! =) At one of my last appointments while my OB, Dr. Watts, was checking to see how dialated I was he got a confused look on his face and he took about twice as long as normal to do the check.
"Is everything alright?" I asked
"Yes, everything is fine," he said. "I was just trying to feel the top of your baby's head but there was something in the way. It was her fingers."
My baby's little fingers! Wow! I knew that was what I had been feeling! Ha!
Everything was ready for our little baby to arrive. I cleaned the house, got all the wash done, hospital bag packed for Michael, the baby and I, bags packed for Lance and Afton to hang out with their grandparents while we were in the hospital, car seat washed and ready to go... I was READY to have this baby! Wednesday the 17th I got a call from Dr. Watts. He told me that we had to move my induction to Saturday instead of Friday... No! I was so disappointed. It's only one day, but it's crazy how disappointed I was. I didn't want to have one more uncomfortable, sleepless night without my baby in my arms! But I guess I have to wait... Saturday it is.
We decided to make the best of the extra day and Michael and I dropped Lance and Afton off to my parents to sleep and we headed up North. We decided to sleep and Dad and Debbie's house so we would be 15 minutes away from the hospital instead of an hour away at my parents (which was the original plan). We picked up a free entertainment center that I found on ksl.com and headed up to the Park City Outlets and use our $50 gift certificates, that we got for $25!I guess if I can't have my baby getting free furniture, shopping, and spending time with my husband is a good runner-up. =)
I was told to call into St. Mark's Hospital at 6:00am on Saturday and ask if we could come in. The lady I spoke to a few days earlier said that they almost always have their induction patients come in as soon as they call, but on rare occassions they have too many ladies come in the middle of the night and they have to push the scheduled deliveries back.
I couldn't sleep that night. I was too anxious and excited and uncomfortable. I kept dreaming that I missed my alarm. I bet I looked at my phone to check the time at least once an hour. 6:00am finally came. I called in excitedly, ready to hear them tell me to come in right away. They told me that all the rooms were full and to call back at 8:00am. EIGHT O'CLOCK! No! I haven't really slept in weeks, and definitely didn't sleep last night, I was supposed to have my baby yesterday, and now they are telling me I have to wait another 2 hours! Ah! I politely thanked the nurse and said I would call back at 8:00am.
Michael was soundly sleeping and I knew I would just toss and turn in bed for 2 hours and wake him up, so I decided to shower and get ready. After I took my time in the shower to try to kill some time I laid back down on the couch and tried to relax. 7:45am. I can't wait another minute. I call in again. The same nurse answers the phone and tells me that we still can't come in yet. She writes down my cell phone number and says that if she hasn't called me by 10:00am that I should call back. I take a deep breath. "Thank you, I'll be sure to call at ten" I say.
I sit back on the couch. Wow. Things sure haven't gone the way I thought they would. But it could be much worse. I'll just wait patiently until 10:00am and call again.
At about 9:00am the nurse calls back and tells us to come in at 9:30am! Hooray! I am so excited and wake Michael up. I make both of us some eggs-on-toast for breakfast, get our bag together and head out the door.
When we check in the nurse asks me,
"You haven't eaten or drank anything today, right?"
"Right," I say.
Wheew... I got through lie #1... hopefully they won't ask me that again. Now, the only reason I DID eat breakfast and DID lie to the nurse was because my OB told me to. He specifically said, "the nurses at the hospital will ask when the last time you ate or drank was. Eat breakfast and tell them you didn't. You'll need your energy for the delivery."
"Good," says the nurse, "because the reason you got to come in this morning is because we just sent away a girl who ate a big breakfast this morning."
poor girl who got sent away, but at least I'm finally here!
Ah! I totally ate too, but only because of orders from my doctor!
We got checked in, into the labor and delivery room and all set up. Gown on, IV in, monitors attached, and ready to go. Everything went really well. The doctor came in and broke my water a couple of hours later and a few hours after that we had our baby girl!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Baby #3 Coming Soon!
I have been wanting to take some maternity pictures of the kids and I and finally did! This little girl will be here in a couple of days and we are so excited!
Lance and Afton are both SO sweet to her already. They both love to put their heads on my tummy and talk to the baby, feel the baby kick, and sing the baby songs.
These pictures are so priceless because they capture my beautiful children! I am so lucky to be a Mother!
Afton is Potty Training!
Afton decided that she doesn't want to wear diapers anymore.
One day she pulled off her diaper and said, "Potty Mommy! Potty!"
I was quite surprised and asked her if she wanted to go potty on the toilet. "Yes!" she said. So, I took her to the bathroom, set her on the toilet (making sure she didn't fall in) and she WENT! Wow!
So, I guess we are potty training out 22 month old... not by my choice! I did not think she would be even close to ready for potty training for a while. We didn't bring our little potty, or pull ups, or anything!
I did bring some stickers from the PG house (Marvel Super-Hero stickers), and I made a little chart for her to put a sticker in the box each time she goes potty. I also found an adorable little frog-potty for $5 on KSL.com... which Afton LOVES and calls "Ribbit"... and it is pretty cute to see that little naked bum running around the house!...
Here we go!
One day she pulled off her diaper and said, "Potty Mommy! Potty!"
I was quite surprised and asked her if she wanted to go potty on the toilet. "Yes!" she said. So, I took her to the bathroom, set her on the toilet (making sure she didn't fall in) and she WENT! Wow!
So, I guess we are potty training out 22 month old... not by my choice! I did not think she would be even close to ready for potty training for a while. We didn't bring our little potty, or pull ups, or anything!
I did bring some stickers from the PG house (Marvel Super-Hero stickers), and I made a little chart for her to put a sticker in the box each time she goes potty. I also found an adorable little frog-potty for $5 on KSL.com... which Afton LOVES and calls "Ribbit"... and it is pretty cute to see that little naked bum running around the house!...
Here we go!
We MOVED!
So... I have had a feeling lately that I should be praying for "the right thing to happen" in our family right now. I wasn't sure exactly what that meant, but have been praying for that regardless.
I now understand what the Lord has been trying to prepare me for, and not just the fact that we will soon be a family of 5... there have been so many changes going on and they have just fallen into our laps! The Lord's hand has most definitely been placing things in our path.
For example:
We found a buyer for our Provo house... without much effort on our part... a CASH buyer in our price range who would even let our current tenants finish up their lease (amazing)! Wow!
My Aunt Christine Segura happened to tell us about her next door neighbor's home in Highland that was going into foreclosure. It just happens to be our dream house in an incredible neighborhood... elementary school down the street, in a cul-de-sac, beautiful new home with a huge yard and plenty of space to grow, and surrounded by wonderful, fun, families (my aunt and uncle love the neighborhood). When we walked through it we loved everything about it!
The home was scheduled to go to auction, and seemed to be much too expensive for what we could afford. My aunt Christine talked to her neighbor and found out that she needs a Real Estate Agent and asked if Michael could give her a call. He called Angela (the owner) and became her agent! He stopped her home from going to auction (which is really good for her) and put in an offer for our family! We don't know if this house will be our next "home", but we feel good about the direction we are taking so we are going to give it a try.
We know that us actually getting this home in Highland is a long-shot because we aren't able to spend a ton of money on a house like this, but decided to post our current home in Pleasant Grove for rent just to see if there was any interest in it. We have always planned that whenever we sold the Provo House we would put the money of the sale of that home toward a more "long term home" for us, so we thought that now was as good a time as any to look around.
We found a great family who wanted to move in right away and suprisingly we felt really peaceful about it. As crazy as everything seemed, we felt really good about moving out of our home and into the unknown future! We actually signed a Lease Agreement with the new tenants for our PG house and then moved out 2 DAYS LATER! It was CRAZY and we couldn't have done it without all the help from our ward friends and family.... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all those who helped us out so much on such short notice!
So, now being homeless and not sure where we are going to end up, my brother and his wife offered to let us move into their house in Lehi that is currently vacant. They are letting us stay here for an incredible deal while we figure out what the Lord has in store for us! Thank you John and Christine!
All of these pictures are of our PG House. We loved that house and our neighbors. We have been very sad to leave, but know it is the right thing for us right now.
I now understand what the Lord has been trying to prepare me for, and not just the fact that we will soon be a family of 5... there have been so many changes going on and they have just fallen into our laps! The Lord's hand has most definitely been placing things in our path.
For example:
We found a buyer for our Provo house... without much effort on our part... a CASH buyer in our price range who would even let our current tenants finish up their lease (amazing)! Wow!
My Aunt Christine Segura happened to tell us about her next door neighbor's home in Highland that was going into foreclosure. It just happens to be our dream house in an incredible neighborhood... elementary school down the street, in a cul-de-sac, beautiful new home with a huge yard and plenty of space to grow, and surrounded by wonderful, fun, families (my aunt and uncle love the neighborhood). When we walked through it we loved everything about it!
The home was scheduled to go to auction, and seemed to be much too expensive for what we could afford. My aunt Christine talked to her neighbor and found out that she needs a Real Estate Agent and asked if Michael could give her a call. He called Angela (the owner) and became her agent! He stopped her home from going to auction (which is really good for her) and put in an offer for our family! We don't know if this house will be our next "home", but we feel good about the direction we are taking so we are going to give it a try.
We know that us actually getting this home in Highland is a long-shot because we aren't able to spend a ton of money on a house like this, but decided to post our current home in Pleasant Grove for rent just to see if there was any interest in it. We have always planned that whenever we sold the Provo House we would put the money of the sale of that home toward a more "long term home" for us, so we thought that now was as good a time as any to look around.
We found a great family who wanted to move in right away and suprisingly we felt really peaceful about it. As crazy as everything seemed, we felt really good about moving out of our home and into the unknown future! We actually signed a Lease Agreement with the new tenants for our PG house and then moved out 2 DAYS LATER! It was CRAZY and we couldn't have done it without all the help from our ward friends and family.... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all those who helped us out so much on such short notice!
So, now being homeless and not sure where we are going to end up, my brother and his wife offered to let us move into their house in Lehi that is currently vacant. They are letting us stay here for an incredible deal while we figure out what the Lord has in store for us! Thank you John and Christine!
All of these pictures are of our PG House. We loved that house and our neighbors. We have been very sad to leave, but know it is the right thing for us right now.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween Dinner and Trick-or-Treating
Every year since I can remember my parents host a fun Halloween dinner with soup and bread bowls where we all dress up in our Halloween attire, eat, then go trick-or-treating.
This year was a lot of fun! Christine made homemade bread bowls again... so good... and my mom made her 3 traditional soups. Creamy Vegatable (my personal favorite), Chicken Noodle, and Hamburger Macaroni. I had been craving the Creamy Veggetable soup for weeks and was so excited for our Halloween Party!
The theme this year was "The Circus" and we had a pretty good showing of characters!
Dad = Ring Master
Mom and Collette = Mimes
Kyle = Pilot... he was actually at work and couldn't come... but he really is a pilot!
Jacob = Nerd (he had a school dance that night and dressed up with his date and group)
Katie and Van = Lion and Lion Tamer (with his whip, of course)
Johnny and baby Davis = Elephant and Peanut
Christine = Clown
Johnny-boy and Lance = Super Boys (Spiderman and Spider-Flying-Ninja)
Michael = Bike rider
Camille, Afton and Evelyn = Trapeeze sisters
Aunt Tracy and Nikki = Tight Rope Walkers
This year was a lot of fun! Christine made homemade bread bowls again... so good... and my mom made her 3 traditional soups. Creamy Vegatable (my personal favorite), Chicken Noodle, and Hamburger Macaroni. I had been craving the Creamy Veggetable soup for weeks and was so excited for our Halloween Party!
The theme this year was "The Circus" and we had a pretty good showing of characters!
Dad = Ring Master
Mom and Collette = Mimes
Kyle = Pilot... he was actually at work and couldn't come... but he really is a pilot!
Jacob = Nerd (he had a school dance that night and dressed up with his date and group)
Katie and Van = Lion and Lion Tamer (with his whip, of course)
Johnny and baby Davis = Elephant and Peanut
Christine = Clown
Johnny-boy and Lance = Super Boys (Spiderman and Spider-Flying-Ninja)
Michael = Bike rider
Camille, Afton and Evelyn = Trapeeze sisters
Aunt Tracy and Nikki = Tight Rope Walkers
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Halloween Celebrations!
Halloween is always so much fun and Lance looks forward to it all year. This year for the past several months he has even included Halloween in his prayers. He thanks Heavenly Father for "Trick or Treating with Nana and Papa" and is sure to remind Michael and I to thank Him for it too.
PIRATE BOAT RIDE
One of the fun things we did this year was go on a Pirate Boat ride on the Provo River! Our Aunt Tracy was so thoughtful and bought special tickets for Lance and Afton. It was slow-paced, not scary, and just what Lance was hoping for! He LOVED it!
GARDNER VILLAGE
With the Covey family we went on our annual trip to Gardner Village to see the stuffed witches, let the kids ride on a horse, and pet all the farm animals at the petting zoo!
Gardner Village was especially fun because many of the husbands and Dad's were able to come! Michael, my Dad, John, and Van were all there!
It was SO MUCH FUN and Afton especially loved riding the "horsie" and wouldn't stop asking about it until she got to ride one like the big boys Lance and Johnny did!
SCARY TRAIN
We also dressed up and went with our good friends the Sloniker's (Janine, Rebecca, Joseph, Katelyn, and Aidan) to a Scary Train Ride! Lance had Janine cover his eyes for almost the entire ride when we went through the scary tunnels.
PIRATE BOAT RIDE
One of the fun things we did this year was go on a Pirate Boat ride on the Provo River! Our Aunt Tracy was so thoughtful and bought special tickets for Lance and Afton. It was slow-paced, not scary, and just what Lance was hoping for! He LOVED it!
GARDNER VILLAGE
With the Covey family we went on our annual trip to Gardner Village to see the stuffed witches, let the kids ride on a horse, and pet all the farm animals at the petting zoo!
Gardner Village was especially fun because many of the husbands and Dad's were able to come! Michael, my Dad, John, and Van were all there!
It was SO MUCH FUN and Afton especially loved riding the "horsie" and wouldn't stop asking about it until she got to ride one like the big boys Lance and Johnny did!
SCARY TRAIN
We also dressed up and went with our good friends the Sloniker's (Janine, Rebecca, Joseph, Katelyn, and Aidan) to a Scary Train Ride! Lance had Janine cover his eyes for almost the entire ride when we went through the scary tunnels.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Joy School Halloween
I am still doing Joy School with Lance and it has been a lot of fun! It has actually been really great to have something in his life that has stayed the same. It takes about 20 minutes each way to drive him to Joy School for those 2 days a week... but it has totally been worth it.
I got to teach in October and get the kids ready for the Halloween Parade and Program! The kids were so adorable!
We got to learn a song about carving a pumpkin, then carve one (the kids were pretty grossed-out with the cleaning of the pumpkin!), and sing a song about a Mean, Old Witch with a Hat... they LOVED that song!
I am constantly impressed with how quickly they learn! Cute kids!
I got to teach in October and get the kids ready for the Halloween Parade and Program! The kids were so adorable!
We got to learn a song about carving a pumpkin, then carve one (the kids were pretty grossed-out with the cleaning of the pumpkin!), and sing a song about a Mean, Old Witch with a Hat... they LOVED that song!
I am constantly impressed with how quickly they learn! Cute kids!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Love Lane House
We have enjoyed living at the Love Lane House (the home in Lehi) and feel so lucky and blessed to have this beautiful home to live in while we figure out where our next home will be.
Here are a few things we have been doing lately.
Wrestling with Daddy when he gets home from work
Walking up Provo Canyon to Bridal Veil Falls
Enjoying cold cereal every morning with our card table and folding chairs
And catching mice in the house! (We are up to 12 now... yuck!)
We call this house the "Love Lane House" because it is already so confusing and hard for Lance to try and explain why we are moving so much and which house is which.
When we were finishing up cleaning at the PG house late the night before we were officially out Lance starting crying and said, "I don't want to leave! This is our HOME Mommy!"
I almost started crying... this is our home, and we don't even have another "home" to go to because we don't know where we are going to be in a few months... moving is hard.
We decided to call this house in Lehi the "Love Lane House" because it is located on Love Ln., and it won't be our permanent home (probably only 2 or 3 months). We call our old home in Pleasant Grove the "PG House" and when Lance asks where our "home" is I tell him that I don't know yet.
He will often say to me, "Mommy, are we going to live in the Love Lane house forever?" "No" I say, "just for a little while."
The first time we went to the Lehi ward I told Lance how great it was going to be and how he would be able to meet new friends and that it was going to be a lot of fun. He got teary-eyed and said, "I want to go to the PG House church Mommy. I like those friends."
I didn't realize how hard moving would be on a 4 year old... it's definitely been an adjustment. He has been more whiny and sad and not quite himself lately... I hope he starts feeling better soon... poor guy.
Here are a few things we have been doing lately.
Wrestling with Daddy when he gets home from work
Walking up Provo Canyon to Bridal Veil Falls
Enjoying cold cereal every morning with our card table and folding chairs
And catching mice in the house! (We are up to 12 now... yuck!)
We call this house the "Love Lane House" because it is already so confusing and hard for Lance to try and explain why we are moving so much and which house is which.
When we were finishing up cleaning at the PG house late the night before we were officially out Lance starting crying and said, "I don't want to leave! This is our HOME Mommy!"
I almost started crying... this is our home, and we don't even have another "home" to go to because we don't know where we are going to be in a few months... moving is hard.
We decided to call this house in Lehi the "Love Lane House" because it is located on Love Ln., and it won't be our permanent home (probably only 2 or 3 months). We call our old home in Pleasant Grove the "PG House" and when Lance asks where our "home" is I tell him that I don't know yet.
He will often say to me, "Mommy, are we going to live in the Love Lane house forever?" "No" I say, "just for a little while."
The first time we went to the Lehi ward I told Lance how great it was going to be and how he would be able to meet new friends and that it was going to be a lot of fun. He got teary-eyed and said, "I want to go to the PG House church Mommy. I like those friends."
I didn't realize how hard moving would be on a 4 year old... it's definitely been an adjustment. He has been more whiny and sad and not quite himself lately... I hope he starts feeling better soon... poor guy.
Friday, September 24, 2010
More Birthday Fun!
I had another little party at our house to celebrate Michael's birthday.
We invited over the Davis, Moon, and Stout families (who are our friends... but more like family) and it was really nice to get together.
I set up a bunch of old pictures of Michael from his High School years, made scones, caramel popcorn, and cookies, and enjoyed the evening!
Be sure to notice Michael's beautiful smile... he chipped his tooth and had a veneer put on, but the veneer kept breaking off when he ate, or in the middle of the night, or for any reason really... so he gave up on going back to the dentist a million times and just lived with his tooth at half the size for about 2 weeks! Wow... I would not have been able to do that! I would be much to self conscience! And don't worry... he did get a permanent veneer and it has stayed on and looks great!
We invited over the Davis, Moon, and Stout families (who are our friends... but more like family) and it was really nice to get together.
I set up a bunch of old pictures of Michael from his High School years, made scones, caramel popcorn, and cookies, and enjoyed the evening!
Be sure to notice Michael's beautiful smile... he chipped his tooth and had a veneer put on, but the veneer kept breaking off when he ate, or in the middle of the night, or for any reason really... so he gave up on going back to the dentist a million times and just lived with his tooth at half the size for about 2 weeks! Wow... I would not have been able to do that! I would be much to self conscience! And don't worry... he did get a permanent veneer and it has stayed on and looks great!
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