Last week of October

This week we went to the annual North Logan Pumpkin Walk. This is where they put on pumpkin displays of many things. We always have fun going there and taking a look.

He is Finally doing it. Tait has finally gotten brave enough to take his first steps without anything to hold onto. The past couple of weeks he has been pushing a toy around the house but would never try to walk by himself. He finally tried and loved it. Here is some footage of this great achievement.!

Third Time the Charm?

I wanted to share my recovery story with you from when I had my appendix out. I had the surgery about 6 weeks ago. Two of the three incisions healed really well. The incision that was above my belly button however didn’t do so swell. The staples were the first try. After the surgery I had staples to hold the incisions closed. Once they came out the top incision didn’t hold and I tried to let it heal on its own for about 5 weeks. On my check up they looked at it and said it would heal on its own but it would take about 3 more months. The doctor said he could cut some incisions on the top and bottom and then stitch it up with dissolvable stitches. I opted for this option as he said it would only take about 10 days to heal. So I had him stitch it up. It was numb for 8 hours and the medication keep it that way. I woke up on Thursday morning with it hurting. I had a plastic bandage on it and he told me not to take it off until that Saturday. He said it would hurt a little and be bruised so I thought that was it. It hurt all day and I thought it would be better on Friday. It didn’t get any better. It looked like it was getting infected and it was red and sore. That night I eventually took the bandage off and puss and blood came oozing out. The hole had opened back up. The infection pushed open the hole again but because he had cut it more, the hole is bigger than when I had the surgery. I was going to go to the doctor but of course he was closed on Fridays. So it hurt all weekend and I finally went into the doctor Monday morning. They looked at it and said that it was infected. He then asked, “didn’t I give you antibiotics last time you came in?” NO. So he said lets give you some and we can stitch it up again. This was on Monday. He put some gauze on it that was soaked in antibiotics and prescribed me some pills. On Tuesday morning I removed the bandage to find a second belly button sized hole. The infection was being removed but left behind what was actually there. A huge hole. Kind of gross. It is about a half inch deep and ugly. I have added a picture to share with all. Hopefully, tomorrow, he stitches it up right and keeps me on the antibiotics so that it will heal. This will be the third try at it. Wish me luck.

Contest Anyone?

So most of you know that I am creatively challenged but I sure get a lot of ideas from my friend Dianne. She lives for redecorating and is an accomplished quilter. She has a blog that showcases all of her wonderful things and you can even purchase them too. Stop by her blog now to check out her contest and look at her awesome creations.

Fall Cleanup

Where to begin!!

Life has been a little crazy and busy and I could go on with the excuses but bottom line is that I let our blog slide. Trent and I literally are falling into bed at 9 with our eyes immediately shutting on impact. So when I couldn't sleep tonight or this morning I thought that I would get caught up. What we have is a hodge podge of family activity so bear with me.

First we will start with Armstrong vacation!! This was a short weekend filled with fun with parents, sisters, and kids. Oh and husbands too. We kept it close to home so that the old folk wouldn't get worn out so much but it ended up being just as fabulous. Here are a few pics that I will post after work tomorrow. I promise!!

Trent and his companions crashed a mission reunion due to the fact that they haven't had one since coming home. The reunion was hosted by the president who took over after Trent and fellow comps had already left. We appreciate their hospitality for letting Trent and friends catch up!! We also loved reminiscing about the mission and the memories that Pres. Stevensen left behind.




Then what Trent has looked forward to all year... the DEER HUNT. We had a great time in Richfield especially the kids with their cousins. Trent found a deer that was good and brought it home for us to look at :) I got caught up on some sewing (who only puts 3 belt loops on jeans :( ) along with some coupon clipping. But then spent the rest of the time being followed by our cautious little puppy dog who didn't want to be left behind by his mommy. Thanks fam for watching out for him so I could have a small break. We almost have him walking. But like I said he is so careful!!

On an ending note. I am looking for a Spanish class textbook on a high school or college level that someone will give me or that I can buy for under $25. I am trying to learn a bit more for my job!!

**this is Trent...my deer is actually the one below. I just like to dream a little bigger than what I usually get. Thanks Daniel for letting me Dream!

Another Tag the '8's

Trents are in orange

8 TV shows I love to watch
1- Heroes - The Unit
2- Chuck - Chuck
3- CSI but not Miami (anyone else love Horatio Caine?:-( ) - Heroes
4- The Office - Same
5- NCIS -I like this one too
6- Smallville (but it is time to end it) - Amazing Race
7- Criminal Minds - College Football...BYU
8- Ghost Whisperer (I cry in every episode) - Baseball...Redsox

8 Favorite Restaurants
1- Café Sabor in Logan - Wok on Wheels
2- Iron Gate Grill in Logan - Olive Garden
3- Olive Garden - Golden Corral
4- Market Street Grill - Fire House Pizza
5- Costa Vida - Copper Mill (seafood Pasta)
6- Papa Johns Pizza - Old Gris Mill
7- Wok on Wheels - Pizza Hut
8- Village Inn - Chili's

8 Things That Happened Yesterday
1- Got Makenzie ready for school - Took Makenzie to school
2- Cleaned the kitchen then the bathroom - changed the bandage on my stomach
3- Clipped coupons (grocerysmarts.com) - Went to work
4 - Blog Hopped - Beat Ryan Johns in our Table tennis tourneyment at work (at lunch)
5- Balanced the checkbook - Got Dinner for Family Night
6- Made lunch for me and the boys - Watch Heroes, Chuck
7- Helped Makenzie with homework - Helped kids brush teeth and put them to bed.
8- Stayed up late with Trent - Watched Redsox on internet but missed the last inning when they won, Kevin called me and told me they had won.

8 Things I am Looking Forward To
1- Deer Hunt - Deer Hunt!!
2- Christmas - Thanksgiving
3- Next time Melinda comes for a sleep over - Not having to mow lawn anymore
4- Fantasy Football being over - ALCS (American League Championship Series...Go Sox!)
5- Getting into shape - Yup, getting into shape (for the deer hunt)
6- My next meal - Playing with the kids
7- Crawling into bed - Spending time with Megan after kids are in bed.
8- Every day off I have - Deer Hunt!!! (Rusty's Stories about hunting)

8 Things On My Wish List
1- New Deck - Lose weight
2- Gardens in tip top shape - Get Bathroom and Storage area completed downstairs
3- Finished Bathroom - New flooring in our dinning and living area.
4- My kids would learn to clean up - Kids to listen and not whine. (do you want cheese with that)
5- Dad to get his health back- Fishing in Alaska for King Salmon
6- Awesome food storage - Taking Megan on a cool vacation
7- New Carpet - Back yard fixed up
8- Melinda would move closer to me - Kids turn out right when they are older.

8 People I tag
1- Jenny
2- Melinda
3- Ardis
4- Kanoe
5- Marianne
6- Dianne
7- Janelle
8- Whoever else wants to

Tait Update!!

We just have to include some fun facts about our little guy Tait. He has been such an entertainer to us... maybe it's because he has such big blue eyes! After some grouchy teething days he has been crawling (yep that is what I said, they assure me that he can enter the nursery still crawling though :-) ) around the house like a happy bulldog. We are learning animal sounds but he only wants to repeat the lion, dog and the kitten. Though sometimes Mak can get him to sound like a jaguar. Here are some videos of him crawling up on a bench at the end of our bed. We can get him to say "ta da" but not in the same video. Notice his grunts as he pulls himself up on the bench. As you can see he is also like Colton in that he easily gets distracted by driving cars.