Extra! Extra!

My daughter Lauren has been in the newspaper not once but twice here in Logan. I barely made it into our school yearbooks when I was a kid. Not only am I a proud mom, but I stand in amazement at how much she has grown. The first picture was front page news (yes this is a small town) about a big sister to be class, she went to when I was pregnant with Chloe. The last one, she was voted by her coaches to be the athlete of the week on her cheer team. Probably, because she tells the other girls to quit being babies, suck it up, and work harder. She gets that from her dad, whose favorite saying is "Cowboy Up" He is not a cowboy so don't ask where that came from. It was funny how many people saw and recognized her in the paper, apparently people still read it here. I thought everyone got their news from the internet these days, but apparently not in Logan. Anyways, she is a great girl and now the whole valley knows it too!

It's a long gross story...

This weekend we went to yet another cheer comp down in SLC, when I woke up I wasn't feeling too well, I had the chills and was quite dizzy, but being the sweet husband Zak is, he told me to get in the car because he was sure once I ate something I would be fine. I, too hoped I would feel better and I didn't want to miss the girls competition. First I should tell you a couple of days before (NOTE: You may want to stop reading now, it gets gross from here on out) I went swimming in a public pool, not sure if this has any relevance or not, the next day I noticed a boil on my leg ( I have had these before but never like this) I hurriedly go to the doctor to have them fix it, that entails them slicing it open and draining it (SEE I WARNED YOU) Immediately, I feel slightly odd, but think I am just traumatized from what I have been through. Cut back to Saturday, I am at the Cheer Comp, my sister comes, and Zak is right I feel a little better. We are just chit chatting away when all of a sudden I feel cold again and about 1 minute later this happens.......

And about 15 minutes later I end up here.......

I completely turned white and started shaking all over. My sister rushes me to the hospital, without Zak even knowing, he's off chasing Ethan somewhere and can't hear his phone.

Luckily once I got to the hospital they got me right in and gave me some massive antibiotic shot (which hurts like a mother). I pretty much slept for two days straight and woke up today feeling closer to myself. The doctor thinks the infection started to spread and my body was trying to fight it off.

I am okay today and no worse for the wear, except I may never go in a public pool again. So, that's my long gross story!

Zak and Ev- still together!

Whenever I see these pictures, I can't believe that those punk kids are still together after 14 years. There have definitely been some hard times and times when one or both of us thought is this really the right thing. I think what has saved us is that we are both very stubborn and neither of us wanted our kids to go through what we went through with our parents divorces. When it comes right down to it I think marriage is mostly about two people who dont give up when times get hard and are always willing to say they are sorry. It also helps to have a husband who can deal with all of my craziness and a wife who can deal with all of his messiness! I love you Zachary!

Spiderman Birthday! Ethan turns 4!

Ethan had a blowout Spiderman birthday party this weekend. Spiderman even stopped by for the festivities! We had Mindy and Tricia's kids over and played lots of games (note: no need to plan lots of games for four year olds they are happy running around playing with each other)

We had a Spiderman Pinata

We had fun shooting the bad guy (Zak) with our webs (silly string)

and no party is complete without a Spiderman Birthday cake!

It was fun to see how excited he got, because he watched his sisters get parties for the last few months and it was finally his turn. His first comment when we got the table set up was "All of the children are going to sing Happy Birthday to me, right mom?"

The last four years havc been crazy, adjusting to raising a boy after two fairly easy daughters, but it certainly makes life more interesting. I know there will be a day when I will miss all of his mischief and wonder where my little baby went. There is nothing better than having his little arms around me and telling me he loves me, even if the next words out of his mouth, are him calling me "Poop"