On Porter's first day back to day care from Park City he decided to do some dare devil stunts and jump off a dinosaur, and cut his head open. When they called me I was imagining the scene: blood spewing from his head, Porter in hysterics, Burk and I both with the help of 5 nurses holding him down while the doctor checked his head to even see if it needed to be stitched. I could not have been more wrong. I actually met Burk and the boys at the doctors office and Porter was not even crying. He had the ipod and was playing angry birds, patiently waiting his turn. When we went in Dr. Carl took one look at it and said no way could it be glued, it was going to have to be stitched. Porter held my hand and squeezed when it hurt but was determined not to cry. Dr Carl told him he was doing so good he had stitched adults who were bigger babies. Porter took pride in that, telling everyone he saw for 10 days "six stitches, zero tears and there are adults who can't do that". The next day the dinosaur became "extinct" at the day care. Porter's favorite teacher Mrs. Judy, was the one who was with him when the accident happened. She was so worried we would be upset. But in truth we were so thankful she was there to keep him calm until Burk could get there. I guess the life of boys and their many accidents has begun.Sunday, August 22, 2010
6 stitches, 0 tears...........................................
On Porter's first day back to day care from Park City he decided to do some dare devil stunts and jump off a dinosaur, and cut his head open. When they called me I was imagining the scene: blood spewing from his head, Porter in hysterics, Burk and I both with the help of 5 nurses holding him down while the doctor checked his head to even see if it needed to be stitched. I could not have been more wrong. I actually met Burk and the boys at the doctors office and Porter was not even crying. He had the ipod and was playing angry birds, patiently waiting his turn. When we went in Dr. Carl took one look at it and said no way could it be glued, it was going to have to be stitched. Porter held my hand and squeezed when it hurt but was determined not to cry. Dr Carl told him he was doing so good he had stitched adults who were bigger babies. Porter took pride in that, telling everyone he saw for 10 days "six stitches, zero tears and there are adults who can't do that". The next day the dinosaur became "extinct" at the day care. Porter's favorite teacher Mrs. Judy, was the one who was with him when the accident happened. She was so worried we would be upset. But in truth we were so thankful she was there to keep him calm until Burk could get there. I guess the life of boys and their many accidents has begun.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Do people really pay to use Hot Saunnas?
Upon arriving home from Park City we were greeted with this.
This picture was actually taken around 11 p.m. after at least an hour of every single window in the house being open and literally six oscillating fans and the ceiling fans had been running. When we got home the temp was 89. Keep in mind the temperature gauge is downstairs and our bedrooms are upstairs.
This is what we found when we took the front off the furnace. Yep, you guessed it. The white stuff is ice. Pure, solid ice. I seriously don't know how ANYTHING was frozen in our home that day.
Pops said we would have to thaw it out and then it would run and cool us down again. He gave us a good idea about blow drying it. Check out my straight out of the 80's blow dryer.
She may be old, but she did the trick. I really thought that poor blow dryer would blow up on us. I guess if she made it through all the years of helping me sport the Utah Claw the ice was nothing.
Apparently this is what a "healthy" furnace looks like. So I urge you all, please, please, clean your filters every once in a while. The filter actually said once a month but I find that excessive.
And if you go out of town for 4 days turn up the temp a few degrees. It was HOT lesson, but we learned it. Another fun thing about being a home owner. :)
This picture was actually taken around 11 p.m. after at least an hour of every single window in the house being open and literally six oscillating fans and the ceiling fans had been running. When we got home the temp was 89. Keep in mind the temperature gauge is downstairs and our bedrooms are upstairs.
This is what we found when we took the front off the furnace. Yep, you guessed it. The white stuff is ice. Pure, solid ice. I seriously don't know how ANYTHING was frozen in our home that day.
Pops said we would have to thaw it out and then it would run and cool us down again. He gave us a good idea about blow drying it. Check out my straight out of the 80's blow dryer.
She may be old, but she did the trick. I really thought that poor blow dryer would blow up on us. I guess if she made it through all the years of helping me sport the Utah Claw the ice was nothing.
Apparently this is what a "healthy" furnace looks like. So I urge you all, please, please, clean your filters every once in a while. The filter actually said once a month but I find that excessive.And if you go out of town for 4 days turn up the temp a few degrees. It was HOT lesson, but we learned it. Another fun thing about being a home owner. :)
Another pictureless post. BOOOOOO!!!
I know post without pics are lame but I want this memory to make it into our blog book.
The week of 24th of July Burk and I and the boys got to go stay in Park City in Grandpa Great's timeshare with papa and Boggy for a few nights. It is in Sweetwater lift lodge which is right at the mountain resort so we always walk up to the alpine slide and the chocolate factory (like every night). We spent a lot of time at the park playing with a giant frisbee disk. That thing was a riot. Porter talked Burk into mini golf on the dumbest course ever and the boys went on the coaster a few times. There was no alpine sliding as we have banned it since the "incident" last year. We spent lots of time in the pool, and Rebb had his first swimming experience. He was pretty cute with his fat round belly poking out over his swim trunks. Porter, Burk and Papa went fishing Wed. morning and Porter caught the first 8 fish. He had been itching to use his new pole Papa bought him for his birthday along with the super cool spiderman tackle box. It was such a chill couple of days and I enjoyed myself so much. I took the camera but didn't even get it out. (oopsy). I loved every second of down time with this great fam. I feel so lucky to have all of them. :)
The week of 24th of July Burk and I and the boys got to go stay in Park City in Grandpa Great's timeshare with papa and Boggy for a few nights. It is in Sweetwater lift lodge which is right at the mountain resort so we always walk up to the alpine slide and the chocolate factory (like every night). We spent a lot of time at the park playing with a giant frisbee disk. That thing was a riot. Porter talked Burk into mini golf on the dumbest course ever and the boys went on the coaster a few times. There was no alpine sliding as we have banned it since the "incident" last year. We spent lots of time in the pool, and Rebb had his first swimming experience. He was pretty cute with his fat round belly poking out over his swim trunks. Porter, Burk and Papa went fishing Wed. morning and Porter caught the first 8 fish. He had been itching to use his new pole Papa bought him for his birthday along with the super cool spiderman tackle box. It was such a chill couple of days and I enjoyed myself so much. I took the camera but didn't even get it out. (oopsy). I loved every second of down time with this great fam. I feel so lucky to have all of them. :)
Monday, August 2, 2010
Swim Day
Around Porter's birthday in June he started asking to go swimming and go on the water slides at Cherry Hills. Since Burk's company was closed on Friday the 23rd in honor of Pioneer day we thought it would be the perfect day. I took off work and Rebb went to daycare. We went early and got there just as it opened at 10:30 we got all sunscreened up and started the journey in Cardiac Canyon. Porter loved it. we went down a few times and then decided to try out pirates cove. In Pirates cove they have a baby slide which Burk went down and tore he crap out out of his hand on some lava rock. From there we hit the Lazy River. This was by far my favorite. After a while in Lazy River we decided to try the dragon slides (the original slides) and then back to Lazy River. We grabbed a quick bite of lunch and then back again to Lazy River. Every thing we went on Porter said was his favorite. He loved it all. I loved it too and would recommend a day like this to any family. (We got $10 off coupons at Wendy's) Although I have to admit I am not sure it was Cherry Hills I loved as much as spending a day with two of my boys. It was really nice to give Porter a day without Rebb, that was all about Porter. Aside from Burk and I both being crispie, (this is literally my first time ever in life to peel) and Burk being injured in the kiddie pool it was one of my best days. I will remember it forever. I hope the boys will too.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Splash Pad!
Burk recently heard of a new splash pad in the middle of Riverdale City Park so we went there last weekend to check things out. It was such a blast. It is awesome because it is in the middle of a group of big trees. We took some blankets and a cooler of drinks and Burk, Chelsy, Booge and I sat in the shade and let the boys play in the water. Next time we will take some grapes and picnic food but it worked out o.k. You have to love FREE fun. 
Here is a random picture of the whole thing. It is probably 40 feet wide and 50 feet long. (If you know anything about me and measurements, you know that could be severely off) Big enough for the kids to run around but not so big that you can't easily keep track of your kidos.
Rebb, my little fish loved it. He always loves the bath and this was combined with his other great love the outdoors. He gets a little frustrated because he can't quite keep up with the big boys but he will get there soon enough.
Here is my nephew Jace with one of the squirt guns. He didn't like the water as much. He liked the idea of it and would run over there but as soon as the water squirted he would run back to us. 
Here are Porter and Diddy filling up the water guns and chillin in the sun. I don't know exactly what Porter is doing with his face. He is really into weapons right now so I am sure he was "really sticking it to a bad guy" or something.
Man I love this kid, snot nose and all. he is so freaking sweet.
A better picture of Porter
It was such a great time. We will be going back for sure. Probably more than once this summer. We were so happy to have Boooge and his family go with us. We always have a good time with them and Porter and Dax are close enough in age they have a blast. I can't wait for Rebb to get big enough to be good pals with Jacer. (actually I can wait, I wish he would not grow so fast)
Anyway we give this two thumbs up. You should check it out. Call us if you need directions, or want company. Happy Splashing!!
Here is a random picture of the whole thing. It is probably 40 feet wide and 50 feet long. (If you know anything about me and measurements, you know that could be severely off) Big enough for the kids to run around but not so big that you can't easily keep track of your kidos.
Rebb, my little fish loved it. He always loves the bath and this was combined with his other great love the outdoors. He gets a little frustrated because he can't quite keep up with the big boys but he will get there soon enough.
Here is my nephew Jace with one of the squirt guns. He didn't like the water as much. He liked the idea of it and would run over there but as soon as the water squirted he would run back to us. 
Here are Porter and Diddy filling up the water guns and chillin in the sun. I don't know exactly what Porter is doing with his face. He is really into weapons right now so I am sure he was "really sticking it to a bad guy" or something.
Man I love this kid, snot nose and all. he is so freaking sweet.
A better picture of Porter
It was such a great time. We will be going back for sure. Probably more than once this summer. We were so happy to have Boooge and his family go with us. We always have a good time with them and Porter and Dax are close enough in age they have a blast. I can't wait for Rebb to get big enough to be good pals with Jacer. (actually I can wait, I wish he would not grow so fast)
Anyway we give this two thumbs up. You should check it out. Call us if you need directions, or want company. Happy Splashing!!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Happy Birthday America!!!!
Everyone who knows me well, knows that Independence Day is by far my favorite holiday. I love everything that comes along with it. The weather, the friends, the food. I think it is all so fun. And this year was exceptional. Having the 4th fall on Sunday meant 3 days of parades, and parties instead of just one. HOORAY!! 
This year Burk and I decided to add a new little twist to our Layton Liberty days celebration. We made a list of 35 people that we always see at the park on the fourth but rarely see other places. People we have worked with, old high school friends, random people that we both know or have funny stories about. Then we each drew 24 out of a hat and made Bingo cards. The free space was a girl with too much cleavage and a tramp stamp. The loser was going to have to be in charge of date night once a month for a year. That means they had to plan it, pay for it, and arrange a babysitter. The game would begin Monday morning when we got to our saved parade spot and end when the fireworks began at ten. Sadly, after tons of trash talking by both of us neither of us ended up with Bingo at all and we both ended up with exactly nine spaces filled. DOH!! We loved it anyway and are thinking of expanding our game next year to include our whole "group" and making the bingo squares be things like mullet, bikini top, wife beater tank top, etc. rather than people, and buying prizes for the winners.
We went over Sunday night and roped off a space for all our family who sit at the parade with us. We were worried because our usual spot is "under construction" and unavailable. But we ended up in front of the library in a spot that worked out great. It had shade and everything. It was also really close to the parking lot and restrooms. Perfect for Tata who was due 2 days later. (Hazel by the way has still not come out to meet us, Tata said she must be building a city in there and planning to never come out) Sorry Tata that must be miserable)
Porter did get to feel Hazel kick though which was super cool but surprised the heck out of him.
The parade was the same as always. Mostly politicians and local businesses. LAME!! And I loved it as much as always. I felt a surge of pride as the flag went by and I stopped to reflect how lucky we are to live in this great country where men and women give their lives so we can enjoy this lifestyle. (thanks guys)
I was a little sad to see that my very favorite part of the parade, Ruben, was riding this year and did not flex for us. But I am glad we saw him, he was on both of our bingo cards.
I found it a little funny, and thought only in Utah, would the float voted "best of show" say "church going, temple attending, tomato picking people" But I have to hand it to them it was a pretty float. I also giggled a little and took a pic for Sammy at both Clearfield and Layton's parades because the "Elders" were handing out candy. We thought they should have had tiny BOM's to hand out. HA HA
Porter has had a plan for months to have a mo-hawk on the fourth with red and blue spikes. Here he is feeling very cool in his "glasses and awesome hair". The only thing missing was his "tank top walk" which is very cute but that will have to be another post.
After the parade and carnival we set up Porter's waterslide, blew up a few pools and put out a few lawn toys and had a BBQ. There was tons of food. We had burgers, hot dogs, chicken, fruit, green salad and cookie salad. It was such a great time. I have to admit I got a little too caught up in the food and visiting to take as many pics as I would have liked to.
After the BBQ it was on to Grandpa Great's to watch the fireworks. Masen and Heather always brings fireworks to light while we wait for the city ones, which is bonus for us. This year they had peculiar names and we all had a good laugh. We brought glow sticks and the kids all had fun with those.
This year Burk and I decided to add a new little twist to our Layton Liberty days celebration. We made a list of 35 people that we always see at the park on the fourth but rarely see other places. People we have worked with, old high school friends, random people that we both know or have funny stories about. Then we each drew 24 out of a hat and made Bingo cards. The free space was a girl with too much cleavage and a tramp stamp. The loser was going to have to be in charge of date night once a month for a year. That means they had to plan it, pay for it, and arrange a babysitter. The game would begin Monday morning when we got to our saved parade spot and end when the fireworks began at ten. Sadly, after tons of trash talking by both of us neither of us ended up with Bingo at all and we both ended up with exactly nine spaces filled. DOH!! We loved it anyway and are thinking of expanding our game next year to include our whole "group" and making the bingo squares be things like mullet, bikini top, wife beater tank top, etc. rather than people, and buying prizes for the winners.
We went over Sunday night and roped off a space for all our family who sit at the parade with us. We were worried because our usual spot is "under construction" and unavailable. But we ended up in front of the library in a spot that worked out great. It had shade and everything. It was also really close to the parking lot and restrooms. Perfect for Tata who was due 2 days later. (Hazel by the way has still not come out to meet us, Tata said she must be building a city in there and planning to never come out) Sorry Tata that must be miserable)
Porter did get to feel Hazel kick though which was super cool but surprised the heck out of him.
The parade was the same as always. Mostly politicians and local businesses. LAME!! And I loved it as much as always. I felt a surge of pride as the flag went by and I stopped to reflect how lucky we are to live in this great country where men and women give their lives so we can enjoy this lifestyle. (thanks guys)
I was a little sad to see that my very favorite part of the parade, Ruben, was riding this year and did not flex for us. But I am glad we saw him, he was on both of our bingo cards.
I found it a little funny, and thought only in Utah, would the float voted "best of show" say "church going, temple attending, tomato picking people" But I have to hand it to them it was a pretty float. I also giggled a little and took a pic for Sammy at both Clearfield and Layton's parades because the "Elders" were handing out candy. We thought they should have had tiny BOM's to hand out. HA HA
Porter has had a plan for months to have a mo-hawk on the fourth with red and blue spikes. Here he is feeling very cool in his "glasses and awesome hair". The only thing missing was his "tank top walk" which is very cute but that will have to be another post.
After the parade and carnival we set up Porter's waterslide, blew up a few pools and put out a few lawn toys and had a BBQ. There was tons of food. We had burgers, hot dogs, chicken, fruit, green salad and cookie salad. It was such a great time. I have to admit I got a little too caught up in the food and visiting to take as many pics as I would have liked to.
After the BBQ it was on to Grandpa Great's to watch the fireworks. Masen and Heather always brings fireworks to light while we wait for the city ones, which is bonus for us. This year they had peculiar names and we all had a good laugh. We brought glow sticks and the kids all had fun with those.
All in all it was a super long , super great day. As much as I always love the fourth this one may have topped them all.
Thanks to EVERYONE who spent the day with me. I truly love you all. I can't wait until next year.
Thanks to EVERYONE who spent the day with me. I truly love you all. I can't wait until next year.
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