Tuesday, November 24, 2009

confessions of a shop-a-holic

hmmm...what does this say about me?

cole brought me the peter pan dvd and asked me if he could watch

Tai Pan


poor kid, apparently he has been dragged there one to many times.

on a different note, I have given up any hope of finding my camera cord to upload my pictures...hence the clip art updates, but I was able to find a replacement cord on line for cheap so hopefully actual pictures will grace our blog soon! just don't judge me if halloween pictures show up Dec. 1st!

a "toad" ally fun night

the other night one of Justin's co-workers was kind enough to give us tickets to the Dixie State production of "a year in frog and toad". when we arrived we found that we had been given front row seats! the play was fabulous. it was obviously meant for full family enjoyment. the jokes and songs were entertaining to all ages and I must admit Justin and I laughed out loud many a time. Cole also loved it! he was so excited and was glued to the play the whole time. but the big surprise of the night was how much Ali loved it. she was captivated through the entire first act. the music started and she, while sitting on daddy's lap, began to bust out her dance moves. it was hilarious. when they flew a kite on stage, she reached out her hand to try and grab it and turned to us with a look like "this is amazing!" she only got antsy for the last 15 minutes of the entire show and that was because she wanted to walk around...and get to the stage. at intermission the snail (who was one of our favorites) came out to have some fun with the kids. when all the kids followed him up the stairs ali hopped off daddy's lap and tagged right along with cole. at the end all the characters sat on the edge of the stage to talk with the kids. cole got first dibs due to our amazing seats. the cast was so cute with him and he was awe struck. all in all great family night out.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

she got her wish...

Yesterday after a very long and full life my "other grandma" went home to be with her sweetheart.

(this was taken when cole was 2 weeks old)

the term "other grandma" although odd sounding to outsiders, was a term my grandma loved and encouraged. she signed all notes, letters, and referred to herself as other grandma. it was not a definition just a term she heard her tiny grand kid say and decided to make it stick.

she was born in 1917 and was 92 when she quietly slipped away at my parents home, in her bed. to those of you who knew her, you know that she has wanted this for a long time. in fact each time I would go visit and tell her she had to stick around for another grand baby or something like that, she would put her hand up over her face and say "oh heather, don't wish that on me!" she had had a long life with plenty of experiences and was so ready to be reunited with my grandpa. my grandpa died when I was 11 months old, and all she wanted was to be with him again. so, yesterday afternoon she finally got her wish.

I was lucky enough to get to spend time with her just a few weeks ago when my parents brought her up with them to visit the grand kids. she loved just watching my oh so entertaining children. and then the day before she passed I was able to speak to her on the phone and say goodbye. and when I told her to say hi to other grandpa for me I am told she got a huge grin across her face. there is no doubt in any of our minds that other grandma is happy and that other grandpa is too.

just a few thoughts...

juicy fruit, her big red-ish car with cushion so she could see over the steering wheel, hiding her keys, 7 up, broccoli and avocado dip, the brown bowl chair, the way her bedroom smelled like her, neapolitan ice cream, drum sticks, baseball games, clapping her hands together once when she was so happy about something, broaches, tough, being the audience when david and I put on award shows with categories like "best other grandma" and where the awards were forks wrapped in tin foil, being our customer when david and I made up restaurants with menu items like "piece of bread", visiting her at her ward and in the church library, the house in vista, passing the landmark of the big guy and knowing we were almost there, the bag, how much she approved of and loved justin, her watching my kids, the pictures of her grand kids all over her house, how proud she got when she talked about my dad, stories about when she met my grandpa and stories like how her pictures were on public transportation as adds for the photo studio, how strong she was, how much she loved us.
xoxoxo

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

here piggy piggy

ok, since I still can't find the silly cord, I will update what I can of the non-picture required posts. aside from computer drama the other reason posts have been non existant is the craziness of this:


while we are not 100 % sure (due to the fact that St. George has seen so many cases they stopped swabbing to confirm) it appears that justin was hit with the swine flu. he had all the symptoms on the page and they told him not to bother coming in unless he had respiratory problems because they are only giving medication if you are under 5 or over 65. so he was quarantined to our room and I lathered everything he touched with hand sanitizer. After 3 days all that remained was a sore throat and we seemed to be in the clear.

then a week later I developed symptoms (minus the fever) and we thought we were in for it...but I was better by day 2 and sore throat free by day 3. so we don't know what I had because justin looked like he had been hit by a truck for 3 days and I bounced back in 1.

then a week later after I had stopped freaking out that the kids were going to be afflicted cole said "I feel sick...in there" (pointing down his throat). after it was clear he felt yucky we took him in and I have never been so glad to get a diagnosis of strep in my life!

so while they still insist that it sounds like justin had it, cole only had strep. and thanks to apparently fast acting antibiotics he has not complained once today of any soreness...hallelujah!



technical difficulties

Our internet finally decided to start working again...now if I can just find that camera cord amongst the packed boxes we will be in business!