A Big Day Around Here...

Ty got his shots for Kindergarten. He has seriously been looking forward to this day for months!! He has asked me and asked me over and over again when he was going to get his shots. Finally, the day came. I didn't want him to be scared but I didn't want him to be surprised either when they pulled out a needle and poked him. So I said, "You know these shots are going to hurt." He would just tell me that Shaylee told him that they only hurt a little. (my niece). Well, I wasn't going to argue with him there.

When we got there the nurse had to prick his finger. She asked him if he knew how to count and he proudly said "YES! I know how to count to 100" And that he did. She pricked his finger at 20 and then had to wait while he counted the rest of the way to 100. He sure was proud of himself.

He didn't do too good on the eye exam. I'll have to take him to an eye doc for that. Ty didn't seem concerned though because he said he could see them just fine when he got up close.... One funny thing is he was covering his eye with one hand reading them. When he was having a hard time the nurse said, "Let's try it with both eyes." So Ty covered both eyes.

The doctor came and gave him a check up. He weighs 36 lbs and is 42" BIG! And everything looked great!

Then the time came that he had been anticipating! SHOTS!! They gave him four in his legs (because the boy is so skinny everywhere else). There were two nurses that did them two at a time so it went fast. And all he did was say Ouch the first time and OUUUUUUUUUCH the second time he got poked. But no tears. He got five treats from the doctor because they said he did so good! He was pretty excited about that.

When we were walking out to the car I told him how tough he was. He looked up at me and said "Mom, I'm not tough...I was crying in my head. Just not on my face." That's what makes ya tough, Buddy!!!

Today he woke up with a fever and is VERY sore in his legs. Poor kiddo.

Let's Hear it for the Boy!

Today is Scott's 33rd birthday and I don't know if in all my blogging years Ive ever done a post about him!

I love this boy!!! We met when he was 18 and I was 16. Ive pretty much liked him ever since. For the most part. ;-) He was THE sweetest boyfriend. Always leaving me flowers or love notes in my car. He even did the love notes long into our marriage... but for some reason they have stopped...I'm going to have to talk to him about that one...




THINGS ABOUT MY BOY TOY..
1. He is always worried about me (and the kids) . ALWAYS.
2. He is a great provider. He is a hard worker!
3. He is a great dad.
4. He knows how to fix cars. I never have to pay a mechanic.
5. He loves helping people.
6. He is a great son, brother, uncle.
7. He's pretty dang smart. Well, I think so, at least.
8. He is pretty good lookin'.
9. He is older and taller then me.
10.He loves loves loves black Friday. (I think that's pretty funny)
11.He teaches my kids.
12.He puts up with me. Believe me!! This is not easy. I used to do some mean stuff to him as he slept and I was up with Jentry in the nights. Many of times he went to work with a map drawn on his back or his nails painted when we first got married...
13.I never have to tell him something twice. If I say something needs to be fixed or done...even if I'm not meaning by him or its just in passing and I'm not really worried about it...he will get it done ASAP!
14. He brings me flowers for no reason.
15. He likes Cindy Lauper.
16. He talks in his sleep. He constantly is hiding under the blankets from his brother or yelling out funny things. He makes me laugh almost every night.
17. He can pick out a deer/elk/moose (whatever) miles away.
18. He is a Toyota man.
19. He loves learning new things.
20. He loves Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica and AC/DC...who woulda thunk it...
21. He can eat a box of orange sticks in one sitting. (GROSS!!)
22. Everytime we go to North Orem he takes us on a tour of his old neighborhood. He had a great childhood.
23. He cant cook. This saddens me.
24. He still opens doors for me.
25. He would love love love to be a cop. (But I would never let him be. Dont tell him that though. I like to pretend I support his dreams)



What Chase likes about his dad.
Everything. He lets me go to bed. He hugs me. And he kisses me. And he hugs me. And he hugs me. And will kiss me. And hug me. (get the point?) He lets me write on the driveway. And I WUV HIM! I'm done.

What Ty likes about his dad.
Sometimes he helps me and lets me play Angry Birds on his phone. He lets me play on his computer.

What Brinley loves about her dad.
Why does he hunt? He lets me play a lot. And he is really nice to me sometimes. I said sometimes. He took me to Disneyland and I liked it. A lot a lot. Once when I lost my tooth I kind of woke him up and I told him about it and he slep talked and said "Oh man!! I didnt mean to fall asleep! I just lost all of my teeth" It was so funny.

What Jentry loves about her dad.
He lets me have sleepovers with my cousins almost every weekend. And most the time he doesn't complain. He likes cool 'electronical' things like ipods and iPhones. He stops every five minutes when we are listening to something in the car and explains things to me.



Scott, I hope you have a great birthday! You are pretty much my favorite person, ever. And I love you AAFE.

The Food and Care Coalition

I almost forgot to post about this until I watched this video today. This is a song that Ive heard a million times (since I'm a country music listener). But it never hit me like it did today.



The reason it hit me hard today. (hard as in I was bawling lol) Is the part where the homeless man is eating out of the garbage can. It reminded me of something that happened when Jentry and I went to the homeless shelter a few weeks ago.

Scotts mom had set it up for us to go MONTHS ago. Which is awesome that it takes THAT long to get a spot to volunteer. We went with his mom, sisters, nieces and his brother and a couple of his brothers friends. So there was about 11 of us there. They have a new building and its GORGEOUS! Wow, I was taken back by how nice this building was. We went to serve dinner and showed up at about 4pm. We got ready for the people to start showing up at 4:30. Dinner is served until 5:30. We were told instructions about not telling 'these people' our names, schools, or offering them rides.

When they started coming through the line was I very surprised at the variety of people that were coming through. There were the obvious homeless people. But then there were couples that came through that you could just tell they needed a little help. There were some people that were obviously on drugs. (one kid (18 years old maybe???) was higher then a kite). There were some that were probably mentally ill. There was also one lady that I swear didn't look homeless or destitute...but what do I know? But, there were no children. Which I was surprised about and which I was also grateful for. I didn't know how I could have handled seeing a child go through the food line. (Tho, I know they do it every day).


I was grateful to see the meal that they got. A hot bowl of soup, a casserole, a piece of bread, fruit, corn and a dessert. Jentry, Shelbey and I were in charge of dishing up the food. And Shelbey and I totally think the same. We were both trying to give them the biggest helpings we could. (Three hot meals a day are served from here)

But the thing that got to me the most was when we were cleaning up. We were throwing away the casserole tins and one man came in and asked if he could have the garbage so that he could lick the tin foil. I about lost it right there. I thought...how blessed are we?!!! My kids throw food away like it will be there tomorrow. And it most likely will. But what happens when it isnt. It definitely made Jentry think. She is our most picky eater. But, she got to see that these people eat what they are given. They dont complain and they were very grateful. We got "God bless you" from a man about 100 times.

I could go back to that place 100 times over and come back with different experiences, Im sure. I should go more often. It was a great experience and I highly recommend everyone go!

What do you eat when you are hungry...

Chase wraps up a carrot in a piece of bologna.


Poor kid. Maybe your mom should feed you once in awhile. Later that night he was also caught with a bologna/ grape wrap.