Sullys adventures

On Monday Zacks dog got out and came to visit Kennedy while they were outside. Zack lives just right down the road from us so her and Talia (the babysitter) walked down to see if anyone was home. No one was so they left a note. His brother Zeb, who lives with him while hes building his house, came home for lunch just a few minutes later and saw their note. Sully had taken off from our house and Kennedy told him which way he ran. He was able to go get Sully, who in the process of getting out tore a hole in his side.

Zack was so thankful for Kennedy helping find Sully he went and bought her two of her favorite candy bars

Hes SO wrapped around her finger!!!!

329- Dads Birthday

This cute man had his 52nd birthday on Monday. He still looks so different to me now with a mustache! Im too used to him not having one! But this is one of my favorite pictures of him.

They had dinner at his house. Spaghetti, salad and bread. So yummy. Then it was presents and cake time! He wanted a funfeti cake this year. Mom put all 52 candles on his cake for him.

 He had to have Kinlie and Kennedy help him blow them out!

Happy birthday Dad!!!

328- Tooth Fairy

Kennedy spent the night at Grandpa Todd and Grandma Jana's Sunday night since I had to work Sunday and Chris was still gone. The tooth fairy came and visited her that night! I guess she was so excited the first thing she did was run to see if she left her anything! 

327-Saturdays Adventure

 Chris was still up in Bozeman freezing his buns off. He sent us pictures of the job site. They are grating areas, doing concrete work etc for a Smiths Fuel Center

That morning Willard City was having a craft boutique at the city offices. We got ready and headed into town to do a few things first. As I came out Kennedy says to me "Woo woo sexy mama! You look hot!" That just makes my day right there!

 

We picked up Jana and met my mom and sisters at the boutique. When we walked in the twins and bought the kids these adorable hats.. so of course Kennedy needed one too. They were only $8! It goes Kennedy, Kinlie, Parker and our cousin Ty (my dads half sisters daughter) who is in town for the weekend from Kansas. Auntie 'Sha was soon called Auntie Sucker too because she bought them ice cream cones. They were only $1 for egg nog ice cream.

There were all kinds of cute crafts and neat things set up. I had planned to make Kennedy an apron for Christmas but saw this one and couldnt pass it up! Tell me its not adorable! It was $8!! I had to.

We also saw Santa and had our picture taken with him.

She has had a loose tooth for weeks. Now that the first one has been pulled out and the new one almost all the way in she has no desire to pull her other loose teeth. The new one started crowding this one so I told her we have to get it out. The only way I could get her to keep wiggling it was to give her a mirror to watch herself.

It was this close and she was an emotional mess... so she went and took a nap. I cleaned her room with two garbage bags. She had SO much stuff I got rid of. I swear Im not buying her any toys for Christmas. She has too many as it is!

We went to my parents house after her nap. Mom and I were going to the movies and she was staying with my dad, and his sister, her boyfriend and Ty. Liz and Kyle were there. She let Kyle try and pull her tooth for her since it was hanging by a thread. One pull and it came right out!

Mom and I went to see Catching Fire. I loved the Hunger games series books. I wasnt sure how this movie would be. I liked the first movie but didnt because it didnt seem as in depth and left out so much. 

OH MY GOSH!!
I LOVED CATCHING FIRE

I would go see it again. 

It was an emotional movie and Im pretty sure I was tearing up in the first five minutes. You have to have read the books to understand. Its not a happy feel good movie. Its like watching a movie about the Holocaust. Very similar. Very similar to how things in this country are going now and how hopefully they dont end up. Even though Ive just made it seem very dark and dim its about hope. About changing the world they try to force you to live in. The movie is almost 2 1/2 hours long. I was afraid I would be bored. It was so intense when it was over I looked at my mom and said what!?? Its over already?? That was not two and a half hours! I love Katniss.. her makeup and clothes in this one. I want her wardrobe lol!

This is for sure one to buy.

326-Fridays Adventure

Friday morning Kennedy had a Parents and Pastries day at school. Parents/cousins/grandparents etc could come with them before school, read books with them and have donuts. She wanted Grandma Jana to go. She just happened to be off that Friday. We got up early, which she cried about, got her ready for school and she cried over her outfit because she had to leave her hoodie on during the day. I told her she couldnt take it off and wear just a t shirt. Grandma picked her up and off they went. I went back to bed. I was tired. I figured I would sleep til about 930 or so. I never sleep in because there is always something I have to do. .. next thing I know I wake up at 11:10 and I have to pick up Kennedy at 11:20.

Since Dad was gone Kennedy felt it was her responsibility to assume his role in the house. First off she took over his smartassness...wholly cow. She wasnt mean or mouthy.. just had a smartass remark for everything. It was like Chris wasnt gone. She also cried over everything. And she wanted to assume the roll of fire fighter. She wore his pager for the adventures on Friday.

She also found it necessary to change her jacket and shoes once she got home. 

She wants to be a fire fighter (I mean surprise there lol!) 

 We were going to pick Grandma Jana up for lunch and go to the Old Grist Mill. Kennedys FAVORITE place. As we were leaving I noticed the dogs didnt poke their heads out. I went to look into the kennel and they were gone. Sigh. Of course. Chris is gone. Bailey loves to go hunting but she is gun shy. Weird I know. So if Chris leaves in the truck and doesnt take her it pisses her off and she tears apart the wire in the kennel. Well he took his truck Thursday night to go to Montana and didnt take her. She tore apart the wire and made a hole big enough for her and Tank to get out of. I found them up by the highway and took them home.  Normally if they are out they dont leave the yard at all. But if Bailey thinks Chris is hunting with out her she takes off. They got to stay in a crate for a while for running away while we went to lunch.

Little miss Kennedy at lunch informed us she loves her family and wants to be like us all when she grows up. I asked what that meant. She said "Well I want to be like you and wear camo even when I just didnt get back from hunting (I had a camo jacket on) I want to be like daddy and duck hunt a lot. I want to be like Grandpa Todd and Grandpa Corey and be a fire fighter. I want to be like you Grandma Jana and just sit and read books all day. And I want to be like Grandma Chris and buy a lot of TV dinners. Ouch.. from the mouth of babes...

When we got back from lunch and little running around town I went to fix their kennel. Of course Chris has the tie wire in his truck and the tie downs and about everything else I would need to fix it.. So it got the redneck fix while he was gone and I tied it back with rope.

They better not think about escaping again.

 My mom came down for dinner and I learned something interesting. Macee has this thing called a lip tie. I had never ever heard of it before. But basically the flap that connects your gums and lip at the top of your mouth is extended down to the bottom of the gums. It causes her to be a loud feeder, a gassy baby because of how the lip works and have issues breast feeding. She said if it goes untreated it causes the front teeth to gap and can cause a lisp. Its genetic and she told me to check Kennedys mouth. 

See here is Macees. The piece of skin goes all the way down to the gums and you can see how it attaches. 

Well I checked Kennedys and sure enough!! She has one. She always has been very lispy and I thought it was just her. She talks clearer at some times but mostly shes a little dutch. Her pediatrician always told me she would probably need speech therapy in school to correct it. But not once did anyone look at her gums to see if that's the issue??!? WHICH apparently is SUPER common. They just clip it and life goes on as normal. Especially if they are babies then it doesn't affect how their teeth come in and their speech. Its not as clear in this picture but it comes clear down to the split in her teeth.. which causes the split. Kennedy also was a very gassy baby, she did not nurse and ate just like Macee sounds. Its a very loud eating.. it always reminds me of a snorty pig. Its all because the lip doesnt move how it should. Thank you GOOGLE!

 For dessert that night I tried pull apart cinnamon bread. Its so hard. You take a can of rolls. Cut the rolls into fourths. Dip the pieces in butter. Roll in brown sugar and put in the crock pot for two hours. 

 Kinlie had a sleep over. They played fairys and dress up. Watched movies and giggled until 1130 that night.

325-Thursdays Adventure

Wednesday afternoon I got a text from Chris while we were working that said "we need to talk" Ha those are never good. His good friends own an construction company and are swamped with work. They really needed him to go help them with a project this weekend.... In Bozeman Montana.. He was worried I would care lol! They need his help and he needed to leave from Thursday as soon as he got off work until Sunday night. So the whole weekend. One weekend that I have all 3 days off and we were supposed to put our fireplace in. Luckily he married a woman who understands and wasnt upset. I told him have fun and enjoy. All I cared is he got paid for his time and behaved himself. Thursday while he was at work I made some jerky

Mom and Dad took Kennedy and I to lunch at The Grille in Tremonton. He spends a lot of time for the Fire Marshall job in Tremonton and out further so he has been eating a lot out there and trying new restaurants. He told us this one was really good so we all went for lunch. The food WAS really good! A must try. 

After that we went to Alco and shopped. Went to Shopko. Picked up Kinlie from school. Then K and I went home. Chris already had his bags packed. He called me on his way home and said the guy who he was supposed to ride with's (one of the owners)transmission went out that morning so he needed to drive. He got home. Showered. Put his bags in his truck, kissed his girls goodbye and left. It was just after 5. They were all driving to Island Park to spend the night at the cabin and then head to Bozeman by 7 in the morning. Kennedy made her Thanksgiving project.

Then we went up to the archery range that night. I had been telling my dad about the issues I was having. I was pretty much consistently staying one arrow high. One centerish and one low. I also was using new arrows this season. They have feathers instead of plastic veins and they are helical (meaning they have a curve in the feather when they are glued on) instead of the straight fletched ones I had been using. Feathers are less forgiving for error vs plastic veins. AND some bows just dont like helical ones and they shoot better with straight fletchings. There are so many little things in shooting that can affect it. The new arrows I was shooting were also fatter. They are an indoor target arrow not a smaller outdoor one. All these things including changing my string can factor into how my arrows shoot. Monday night I had gone back to my old thinner arrows that I shot last year and was getting a little better group but not like I was before. All these things I was explaining to him and he said it just didnt make sense because my bow was tuned for the thicker arrows and they should be the ones flying better. SO when we got to the range he said let me see your bow I will shoot it and figure out what the heck. He took it down to the line and as he was walking down there he realized my arrow rest was loose.

This is an arrow rest. Your arrow sits between the circle part and when you draw your string back the arrow rest goes back and flat. When the string is released it flies forward.. so with it being loose it moves all over the place. When my arrow was being released into flight it was hitting it and throwing it off... of all the things!

I shot so much better. Not amazingly but really good considering where I had been!. My group (even though I dropped a few arrows) was ten times better than it had been. . I shot a 240. I feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better now ha! Now that its all taken care of I can focus on bringing in my group instead of just hoping I keep it on the paper!

Chris text me about 1030 that night, they had made it to Island Park.. he also sent me a picture of how effing cold it was there!

321-324 Week review

Sunday night after dinner we were at Todd and Janas in the basement. Chris was sitting on the couch and I was on the floor in front of him sitting with my back between his legs. All of a sudden the pager goes off. He jumps up and is running up the stairs and out the door before the tones even finish to hear what it is. I look at Todd and start laughing. I walk up the stairs. Put on my shoes and drive to the station... since my husband left me and all. I made it still in plenty of time to make the first truck. Silly boy was so excited all I could do was laugh and give him shit for leaving me :) We did get to play with fun toys checking the air for gasses.

 Monday morning was a music session on the way to work. This is one of my most favorite songs 

 Monday night as soon as I got home we went to the archery range to shoot for the night. I have been having some serious issues shooting.. like all over the freaking place so I didnt score.. Like Ive been shooting a 160 out of 300.. normally my lowest is around 240. I consistently am inconsistent. Chris shot a good score and I spent the night trying to figure out what the heck was going on. Miss K fell asleep when we got home and looked so sweet and peaceful cuddled up with Strawberry Marshmallow 

 I love sleeping baby pictures! She still has that slight look of baby to her

Speaking of no longer being a baby.. her school pictures came

Tuesday evening I did something I hadn't done in over two weeks.. it was FABULOUS. I sat on the couch and didnt do anything for a good 30 minutes.

 Of course the same cant be said for Chris who cant hold still. Him and Tank practiced retrieving inside where it was nice and warm.

During drill Tuesday night Kennedy got to go in the fire truck with us. We just had to go fuel them up. She loved it. She was talking to Lindsay (one of the other girls on the dept) about Chris and said to her "Dont worry, his bark is a lot bigger than his bite" Oh my I started laughing so hard I couldn't stop. She has him figured out!!

 Chris driving us back to the station

Tuesday night was a long one.. ended up going out on a psychiatric/drunk problem at a trailer park... and long story short... they forgot me at the hospital. I had to take a vehicle up for an officer and the squad was going to come pick me up.. Well that didnt happen. Id left my phone at home. The squad went back to the station because they thought someone else was picking me up. We called them on the radio and someone finally heard and sent them up to get me, after I had to go back to Brigham Fire Dept with the ambulance crew.. And when I got back to the station I still had to fill out the run report. I didnt make it to bed until after midnight. I had to be to work at 6am that next morning. It was only fitting I had Mt Dew and donuts for breakfast. Sometimes you just need it!

Wednesday night Kennedy had archery class and did so well. It all finally clicked. Her form was really good. Her draw was awesome. AND she hit paper woo woo! She had a hard time going that high because the target is taller than her so she kept wanting to shoot the lower one thats more her level. She got paper twice! We had to take a picture

 Wednesday night we came home from archery with Macee. We were babysitting her for the night and this was her first sleepover at our house. 

 Chris had to go over to his dads so we all went. I was nervous about how Chris would handle Macee spending the night. He was fine with it but when it comes down to a baby at night it can be different. You know how women think.. this is kind of 'the test' for when we have kids.. how is he going to do? what happens if she cries all night? How will he handle getting woken up a lot?

 He was so funny and cute. He would not let me carry the carseat. He could do it. Thats what the guys do. So he packed around her car seat anywhere we went. He buckled it in the car and all. When we got to Todds him and Chris pretty much fought over her. Macee LOVES Chris. She gives him the googly eyes every time. AND she just ADORES Todd. She lights up every time she sees him.

 Jana was at Bunco so he made me send her pictures to rub it in that he got the baby.

 She started to get fussy and it was late so we headed home. He changed her diaper. Put her jammies on. Just because he wanted to and she needed it done. It was so weird for me to not have to do it.. and that he wanted to.

 She was kind of fussy and wanted nothing to do with me. She wanted Uncle Chris. So they cuddled and watched TV.

Miss Moo apparently according to her mom.. sleeps through the night. Well she just was NOT having it at Aunt Jessys and was pissed and threw a fit for two hours pretty much. Then she got so tired she just fought sleep. After about two hours I called Elysha to see if she had a special routine. I'd tried all her normal tricks. I pulled out every trick I knew to get a kid to settle down and go to sleep. I mean this isn't my first baby or first time with one. She didnt want me either she wanted Chris so he held her, rocked her, put her in the room in her bouncer to sleep..Not a chance. When none of that worked and she was still screaming my mom came down (she watches Macee a few times a week at night so Macee is used to her putting her to bed) And she was not having it with my mom either. After a good 30 minutes she finally got her to calm down and a little bit later to fall asleep. She left about a quarter to 11. So I went to bed. Elysha says she sleeps all night so we should be good right. Nope. Chris's phone went off at 11 and she woke up. She just needed a few sips of her bottle and she was back asleep. Then at 1230 she woke up and wanted 3/4 of her bottle. Woke up again at 230 for a few more sips. And then at 5 which was her normal bottle time. Chris was getting ready for work and in the kitchen as we came in to get her milk. He held her while I got her bottle ready and said "so does this make you not want to have more kids now" I laughed and said no sorry. Its easier when they're your own. You know their routine and what they need/want a little better. Miss Moo and I went and cuddled in our bed and fed her since Elysha was going to be there at 530. She was all smiles and giggles. I wasnt sure how Mr Tough guy was going to think of the night because he pretends like he doesnt want a baby but he really does.. Well leaving for work he took 5 mintues to love on Macee and kiss and cuddle her and tickle her with his beard. Im pretty sure he told Macee he loved her more times than me before he left :) So all in all I think it went good!

320-C.E.R.T

Saturday morning I worked an overtime shift from 06-12.. That wasn't smart. I was already exhausted from this weekend plus it was the first real official snow day. Thankfully its not a huge commuting day because it was a hectic day at work!! As soon as work was over at noon I had to leave Ogden, stop in Willard pick up Kennedy and go to Deweyville. Dad was teaching a C.E.R.T class. For those of you who don't know what C.E.R.T is...real quick over view.. If there is a disaster the C.E.R.T teams stand for Community Emergency Response Teams. Its groups of volunteers in the community who go through a basic class teaching them how to respond and assist a community during a disaster. Searching for patients/deceased/victims, triage, basic medical care. When/If something big happens ie tornado, earthquake, flooding etc the emergency resources will be completely over stretched for the firs 24-72 hours. Thats where C.E.R.T comes in to play. So they go through a class. Learn about triage, how to search buildings, make medical centers etc. Where we come in is we are victims in a mock disaster situation. We hide in the building. Some are injured. Some are dead. Some dont follow directions. They have to find us. Triage us (rate our levels of injury with a piece of flagging tape. Blacks dead. Red is critical. Yellow is hurt pretty good. Green is walking wounded) So that the most severely hurt get the critical care first and also is a way to group the injured so that you know what you have. We (my sisters and I) have done this for years. My dad has taught C.E.R.T classes as long as I can remember. He used to travel back to D.C and teach them, also has taught them at embassy's over the world. So we met to get all bloodied up. It really is a shock for them to walk into the building and see someone 'hurt.' Especially if there are kids. It completely throws them off. BUT in a real disaster there will be hurt kids. There will be hurt elderly. Pregnant women. Injured responders etc. So we try to make it as real as possible.

We got all gooped up but kept it pretty mellow

 Macee thought it was pretty awesome ha! This was her first victim class, along with Parker, Kinlie, Kennedy and Klint. 

 She ended up falling asleep during it. Some of you may see this and think what!?? Seriously!? But just remember this really will be the case or worse in a real disaster. The more people are prepared and ready the better its going to be. 

 The Deweyville city offices are seriously like the size of a room lol! You walk in and have two bathrooms (male and female) a small kitchen, an office and then an open area and thats all. Kennedy was in the open area with me, mom, Kinlie, Liz and Grandpa walking around. That also is where the medical treatment area was. She didnt want any gore on so she was dead. She wasnt too happy about that. Kennedy is a very detail oriented person and has to know the whys, ins and outs of everything. All the time. SO trying to explain a natural disaster to her, why we do this and what her role was got confusing for her. She kept asking they arent going to take my blood sugar or give me a shot are they?? We let them find her 'dead' and tag her and then she got up and walked around with Klint and I. 

 This little girl who was 'injured' in the bathroom was awesome! She was shaking and fake crying. She rocked it! The have to stop/treat any immediate bleeding, threat to life, and make shift splint. Then transport the patient into the medical care area. 

 Kennedy and Klint hanging out in the kitchen. Elysha and Macee were 'found' in the kitchen. Elysha was not alert, didnt follow directions and kept yelling for them to find her son. She was holding Macee so they were really confused.  Parker was in the kitchen hiding in a cabinet. He did so good staying quiet and hidden, except the little giggles every now and then. They are supposed to search all over finding all victims. They eventually found Parker with Kennedy's help ha! In a real disaster kids get scared. They hide in cabinets, under blankets etc so when you clear a building you have to search everywhere to make sure there is no one left behind. Because once you've searched a building and gotten everyone out the building is tagged so they know its been cleared. 

 Elysha, Mom and Macee hanging out in the medical treatment area

 Happy 'victims'

 Kyle was hiding too.. well more like pinned. He was trapped under some debris and they had to get him out, splint his arm and backboard him.

 Oh and hey dont worry.. all the stress of the natural disaster sent Liz into labor in the medical area. REALLY PEOPLE THESE THINGS HAPPEN!! This was actually a mild going search/building size/ injury scale than some C.E.R.T classes we've done. They didnt have to put out any fires or anything like that in this one. 

 Hanging out in the medical area eating some pizza. We know how to have fun!

 Baby Koree is getting so big! Liz was so shocked to see a picture of her and how pregnant she looked.

 After that I was exhausted. We still had so much more to do! I met Chris back at Todd and Janas where he had been all day. They were unpacking more things and hanging stuff on the wall. We played the game of where does this look best. Im sure the boys were thrilled haha!

 They have had several neighbors come over and introduce themselves. Bring cookies, help unload boxes. The bishopric stopped by on their first night there. The Bishop is actually one of our good family friends who is also on the fire department. He was shocked when they stopped by for their visit and saw me, Chris, mom, and Liz there! They said they've met more people and felt more welcome than the entire 20+ years the lived in Brigham.  I told them welcome to Willard. Thats how we do it here!

 Kennedy drew a picture of me saving patients :)