Paul's Birthday!!

Well in all of the shuffle this past week we also celebrated Paul's 28th birthday!! It was a little underdone this year because of my dad' visit but he did get an Iceberg shake and Present from me on his actual birthday the cake and more presents came for him today at his parent's house. he got Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, and howl's moving castle. he also got some spending money. I think he enjoyed his birthday but to really know one would have to ask them himself to see if they got the same response as me!:)

Front Runner

Well on Saturday Paul, Lily, Brooklyn and Myself went on Frontrunner for the first time we rode it with my dad and Uncle Steve. Lily was very excited to just ride Trax when we got off of that and got onto Frontrunner we went on the second level and she sat down and looked out the window and said "wow are we on an airplane?" It was really cute she really enjoyed the ride on Frontrunner and I enjoyed it as well It is very smooth ride and the seats are comfortable and they even have a bathroom on the train. It was nice to look out at the different scenery around us. Here are some of the pictures :).

An eventful week!!

Well my dad got into town last Sunday. It was so great to see him we had dinner on that Sunday and it was just good to see him and visit with him:) Well the next three days he was too busy with his class but I talked to him on the phone. Thursday night we had dinner at our house and then we went downtown to Temple square and we went on the roof of the conference center it had an amazing view! then we walked around the grounds of temple square and down to The Gateway. It was a nice evening. The next day I got to spend the afternoon with my dad. We went to lunch and then to the D. I. where my dad and I found some good books to buy even Lily found herself some books:0 Well then we went and got Paul and we met my uncle Steve and Aunt Terry and Uncle Wally and Aunt Dixie and my Aunt Leslie and her boyfriend Jeff for dinner. They were all glad to see my dad and we had a nice time visiting and catching up with one another. Well on Saturday we had a barbecue and swim party at my Uncle Steve's house. that was alot of fun and very relaxing. Lily had a blast with her cousin Serena. My dad enjoyed spending time with Brooklyn and watching Lily swim. We ended the night by relaxing at our house and watching some of the Olympics.

"If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” John Heywood

This post is more for me today and many of you may not understand it but that is okay because that is what a blog is for is to share feelings. Wow I have been thinking about alot of things as of lately and although this started back in July I am finishing it up in August. I have been thinking alot about family and relationships and time. These thoughts have come up as around the first week of August I got a phone call one night from my sister telling me that something was wrong with our dad and if I knew what hotel he was staying in on his business trip in Indiana. I didn't and this is when the worry and stress started to set in. I decided I needed to be proactive and do something to help so I went over to my friends house to use their internet to find the number for the missionaries so that when my dad was found that they could give him a blessing. Well then I ended up staying over as I came up with the idea for the police to track where he was at with his cell phone well they got the name of the street he was on but not an exact location so next ensued a conversation with my dad where he sounded very confused and disoriented to ask him where he was at. We got some landmarks from him and my friend started to plug them into google to track down his location, after many keystrokes and street views we were able to find out for sure where he was at and I called my mom with the information to pass onto the police and they ended up finding him about one or two miles away for that location and the paramedics came and discovered that his blood sugar had crashed down to 45 and they were amazed that he was not in a diabetic coma. It was a long night but thankfully it had a good ending. I appreciate my friends so much for the use of their time, help and internet on that long night. When my dad finally talked to his doctor, his doctor said that he believed it happened from to much medication as my dad has lost weight and his doctor has been adjusting his medication to try and keep up. So everything is good with my dad now. I am just so grateful because I do not want to lose my dad or my mom though if for someone reason I do i am just glad to have anytime and all time that I can with them. yeah for this because my dad will be on the 10th of august. I like the quote that I started this post with and that is what I am trying to do with the troubles that come. So another update will come later:)

Mommies and daddies!

I just had to share what Lily said when we were watching The Spoken Word on Sunday. She was looking at the screen when they panned out and showed the men and she said "Look mommy there are all of the daddies" I just laughed and continued watching. Well a little after that they panned out and showed the women and Lily said " There are all of the mommies" and then she noticed their necklaces and said " Oh mommy they have sparkly necklaces on and they are pretty" It was just really cute and it reminded me of the statement that Kids say the darnest things!!!!

Pioneer Day!

Well my day started out busy and stayed busy. I went to work from 9 -12 where we got slammed with over a hundred kids but I made it through and it was fun. After I got off though I got to relax and retreat to my Uncle Steve's house and his pool. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to spend time with some of my dad's family. Paul is a big hit with my cousin's kids they were all very excited to see him walk in and they had a blast playing games with him in the pool. I have to say my favorite part was getting to eat one of my uncle's burgers they are very good. Well when we left my Uncle's we went over to Paul's Aunt Kristine's house where we continued to enjoy good food and good company. We had to duck out on the fireworks though because Brooklyn was not feeling well as she is teething. overall it was great day and I was exhausted by the end of it. I am very thankful for the pioneers and the wonderful legacy they left us!!

July 4th

Well another fourth of July has gone bye and once again I am very grateful to live in this country. I talked to my parents and sister through phone calls and I really enjoyed being with the family that is here in Utah. It was a good day I went to work for a little bit and then Paul and I went to my Uncle Steve's house it was so much fun he barbecued and we went swimming Brooklyn even went in the little inflatable pool though only her feet got to go in. she enjoyed and Lily had a blast. I really enjoyed getting to see my dad's family that I do not see much it was nice catching up with them. We stayed there until about six and then left for Marlene's house that was great as well to visit with alot of Paul's family and to celebrate our niece's second birthday! The fireworks show was amazing and I loved the music they played especially Proud to be an American and God Bless America. Brooklyn loved the fireworks she just seemed amazed by them Lily like to watch the fireworks but she did not like the sound and noise from the fireworks!