Catching up

Wow, it's been about a month since I posted. We have definitely been busy this past month. I just discovered a neat little feature on MS Word, it can post blogs for you. I think it will make it easier to update it.

We went to the eye doctor. The girls can see great. Daddy is getting glasses, and I get new ones. I am actually really excited, my frame broke when I was in the hospital with Ashlie, they have been super glued together since then. The hardest part about getting new glasses is picking out the new frames. I have tried contacts, but my eyes would just water the entire time I wear them.

The Cache County fair was also in August. Since we didn't go to the Lagoon this year, we made a deal with the girls. If they did extra jobs for me, they could earn money for ride passes at the fair. Mom & Dad would pay for half of the pass, but they would have to earn the rest. Lindsay worked really hard doing extra jobs so that she could earn half the money for a ride pass. Kaylee didn't quite get the idea, but she did help out more. Unfortunately, I didn't get to Lee's in time to get the discount wristbands for $15, so we decided to buy them at the fair. We thought they would be a few bucks more, but when we got there they were $25. I had discount passes to the Lagoon for $28, so we decided to make a trip to the Lagoon instead. Lindsay wasn't the happiest about the change of plans, but she finally accepted it. We walked around the fair for a bit, checking out the animals. This pig was noisy, talking to everyone. I don't think I've ever heard a pig that was so loud. Lindsay kept entering all the drawings. Most of them were limited to those 18 and older, so I would enter my info in under her name. At one of the booths all of us won a t-shirt. The girls wore theirs to bed that night, they thought it was the neatest thing to win something. The next night, Saturday, at about 10pm we got a phone call. I had won a playhouse. I knew my girls were going to love it. We needed to pick it up that night at about 11pm or the next morning early. We decided to go get it that night. It barely fit into the back of the truck.

The next day was Sunday, so we didn't unload the house out of the truck. We allowed the girls to climb up into the truck to check it out though. Monday, it was still in the truck. The plan was to unload it that night. Well, the kids climbed back up into the truck. I was right there with them, so I wasn't too worried. Ashlie needed a diaper change and I was going to switch laundry, so I went into the house for a minute. I had a chance to change Ashlie, and Lindsay came running in saying Kaylee was bleeding all over the place. I handed Ashlie to Lindsay, and went out. Sure enough Kaylee has blood pouring down her face. Our neighbor saw it all happen, she was backing up and fell of the end of the truck. I didn't know where she was bleeding from other than it was in her hair right above her forehead, so I just covered it with my hand and put pressure on it to help it stop bleeding. Knowing it was on her head, I knew that it was normal to have a lot of blood. After it had stopped bleeding so badly, I tried to see what exactly was bleeding. I couldn't see much of anything. It was all under one of her twists. I decided that I should probably take her in and get it checked out. She wasn't letting me look, I thought maybe she would at least let a doctor look at it. Our neighbor kept the other two girls and I took Kaylee into Insta Care. After taking her twist out, and getting it numbed a little bit, the doctor was able to check it out. Then he decided that she would need staples. So they gave her about 4 shots in her head to help numb it up more, they put three staples in. I was okay while they did it, but after it was done and I looked at the staples, I was glad that I was sitting down. Kaylee was a little trooper. She was very clingy while we were at the doctor, but when we got home, she was fine, playing like her normal self. Lindsay was so sweet with her, taking her hand and leading her around. They were showing the other kids her staples. Other kids in the neighborhood went out of their way to make her happy. Like letting her ride their bike, or play with a certain toy.

With me having a new baby, family reunions, and working on the house we haven't gone swimming at the Aquatic Center at all this year. Lindsay won passes at the 24^th of July celebration, so we had to go once at least. Farm Bureau had a summer swim party and BBQ so we decided to go. We had decided this, and told the kids before Kaylee got staples. Kaylee isn't suppose to go swimming with staples in, so we basically told her that she couldn't put her head in the water, or go under the mushroom. This kid is a fish, so this was a huge trial for her. I figured if it wasn't going good, me and her would leave daddy and Lindsay and go to the park instead. She did really well, she kept her head above water and still had fun.

I had a friend bring me a Lagoon pass for only $20.50, so we invited my mom & dad to go with us to the Lagoon. The girls had a lot of fun, and my dad even went on Wicked, twice. Nuts I think, but if given enough time I might have tried it. I finally got Lindsay to go on the White Rollercoaster. The first up and down she was screaming and burying her head; after that she was still screaming, but with her hands in the air. Kaylee got to go on the Bat, first time on and we were right smack in the front, she loved every minute of it. They both loved the new ride the Odysea and the Tilt-A-Whirl is always a favorite, especially when we got it spinning good.

School started last Thursday. Wednesday was Back to School night, and daddy didn't get home until the very end so I ended up with all three girls by myself. It was nuts, it would have been nuts with just Lindsay, but with three it was really crazy. The school has no air conditioner, neither does our house, but it was so hot there. The girls were rather well behaved actually, but there was just too many people. I think Lindsay will like her teacher and her class. She made a friend while waiting in a line, and she was surprised when I told her that they were in the same class. She was talking to him, and found out that they were both adopted, and he was brown like her. She told me "We talked about it, and decided that we would be friends." I love the fact that kid of mine can make a friend anywhere, and in no time at all. I wish her mommy was a little more like her in that way. I am slower to make friends. Not that I don't want to, it is just harder for me. Now we just need to get into the homework routine. One more reunion and I hope life is more normal. Then again who knows what normal is.

Winston reunion & Beads

This last weekend was the Winston Reunion. It was held at West Piney Girls Camp Lodge. When we got there the girls went to play in the meadow, they were shocked that there was a bowling alley. Yep, right there in the meadow was an alley with pins, balls, and even a ball return. In the meadow there was also tetherball, swings, volleyball, baseball, frisbee golf, a stream to play in, and a 4 story tall slide.

Kaylee went on the slide by herself. She loved it. Mommy could only watch her go once by herself, after that I couldn't watch her. ;The first time she went down it was with grandpa, then she went by herself. Later she went down with me and then wanted to go by herself again. On the way up the stairs she wanted daddy to go also, I mentioned that she might have to go with him. So she gets to the top and said "Daddy, am I going to have to take you down the slide?" it was really cute the way she said it. She ended up taking daddy down the slide.

My mom had a few games planned, and they were all a hit. The first game was one that you pass a present around while the music played. When the music stopped you unwrapped a layer off the present. Inside the present were a pair of red long johns, if you were the last one to open it, you had to wear the long johns. Uncle John ended up opening the last layer. They were cute longjohns, mom had made out of a couple of socks. The next game was the Mickey Mouse Olympics. Everyone had fun with that one. Lindsay was one of the cheerleaders, her and Kaitlyn were even doing pyramids. There were two teams and for each event they had to pick someone from their team to participate. The events weren't explained before the people were picked. The events were things like the high jump, who had the longest measurement from waist to floor, and the foot race, who had the biggest foot. Lindsay won an event for her team, I don't remember what the name was, but she got down on her hands and knees and put a beanbag on her foot. She then used her foot to trow the beanbag as far as she could over her head.

The last game was specifically for the kids. They all got a bowl with gum in the bottom, then a pile of whip cream on top. The goal was to get the gum out and blow a bubble. Whoever could blow a bubble first won. As you can tell by the picture, they couldn't use their hands. They both had a great time with that one.

We had a lot of fun while at the family reunion. Ashlie and I basically hung out in the lodge. There were actually quite a few of us that mainly stayed in and around the lodge. The actual lodge was up on the hill, then you could take the slide or the stairs down to the meadow. The lodge would sleep 115 in beds. They had so many rooms you could get lost in there. The first night we were there Wade had taken Ashlie to bed, and Lindsay and Kaylee were watching a movie. After the movie, I started seeing kids come upstairs, but not my kids. After awhile I decided I better go find them. I found them, sacked out on the couch. It was cute. It would be a blast to go back for another family reunion. Maybe when it is our turn to plan Wade's family reunion. Not that it will be our turn for another 5 years.

I have Kaylee's hair fixed in 40+ twists, and each twist is finished off with 5 beads and then a little snap. Kaylee hasn't seemed to be able to leave her snaps alone, and keeps taking them off. When she takes them off she loses the beads. Last night she decided to try something new. She put a bead in her nose. Why she decided that it would be fun to try, who knows, but she did. Anyway, she started crying saying her nose hurt. I had her blow her nose, but she said it still hurt. Finally she said something was stuck. I looked and sure enough I saw a bead. This is a typical pony bead, so it has a big hole in the middle. I finally got her to blow hard enough that the bead went flying across the room. I don't think she will try that one again, at least I hope she doesn't.