Dangerous Jobs

In the middle of their neighborhood BBQ, Tim's pager went off yet again. Tim (yes--Lindsey married a Tim too--pretty sure she idolizes me!) rushed out to save more lives while Lindsey finished up the night. At about 10:00 Lindsey called me to chat. She was slightly concerned that she hadn't hear from Tim yet and he was not answering his phone. I had muted the t.v. when she called, but I had seen some sort of big accident on the news. After we were done talking, Lindsey got on ksl.com and looked for the story. Sure enough, the accident was in American Fork. A tanker had hit into an overpass, and one of the tanks it was carrying was knocked off and landed on another car. Lindsey looked through the comments and found a link to a photographer's website who had just happened to take some pictures of the action. The man holding the firehose is Tim! He was the first man on scene--how's that for impressive?

I'm Ready to do some Cookin'!

Jace and I had some much needed one-on-one time yesterday morning. I decided we should make cookies for the Young Men that would be coming over to learn car stuff with Tim. When I told Jace we were going to make cookies, he jumped up and ran to Lady's room yelling "'Kay Mom! I get my cookin' stuff!" He came out toting an apron, hat, wooden spoon and oven mitts. "Help me get on my stuff so I can cook too!" I guess the gender neutral blue/red kitchen was a good plan--at least he's not in a pink apron. We made gingersnaps, and as you can see, he really worked hard stirring that dough. This is definetely one of the benefits of only one left at home in the morning.

Being 8 is great!

Today was Carter's baptism. He was a little nervous and a lot excited. His hand made an appearance from under the water, so he had to get baptized twice. I told Carter that since he was baptized twice, he had to be twice as good. "Ahhh, that's not fair!"--I'm pretty sure he didn't believe that at all. It was a special day for Carter with lots of family and friends, and we are so proud of him. We topped off the day by going to the BYU game (BYU ROCKS--even though they fumbled--a lot!).

The Time has Come

Hey all you Cougar fans! Are you READY TO PLAY?

No More Sleeps! Today is Kindergarten!!

The long awaited first-day-of-kindergarten arrived today. Laityn was up and dressed by 6:30. (She wanted daddy to see her new outfit before he left). After some "hooray for me!" jumping, we were off. Lady lined up so cute with all her friends and marched right into her new classroom. I teared up for just a minute---I think that is inevitable--it happens to me every time. When I asked her what the best part of the day was she said "Recess! And coloring a picture of my room and my bed. Teacher will hang them on the walls so we knows what everyones is!" Too cute!

$$ the Quest for the Dollar $$

Every year our kids play soccer and every year the deal is the same---If you score a goal, you get a dollar. Up til' now, we have never paid out a cent. Carter and Lady are both playing this year. Kenzie and Maddy finally reached the conclusion that soccer was not going to be their sport (no tears shed about that decision!). We told Carter that this would be his last soccer season unless he really worked hard (He is usually more interested in throwing grass, dumping his water out, and tackling his friends). His first game he scored one goal--we were shocked! And we gladly paid him his dollar. On Tuesday, Carter scored 4 goals---how on earth did that happen?! If he keeps this up, we're actually going to have to use more than spare change to pay him. When we asked him why he was playing so hard he said "Well, I really want to play soccer again, and mostly, I want the dollars!" Sometimes you just have to go with whatever works!

Oh Happy Day!

Well, we survived the first day of school--Hooray! When the kids came home, I asked each of them to tell me the best part of their day.

Kenzie 6th grade-- "I'm the oldest in the school, and I have Ellie (BFF) in my class!"

Maddy 4th grade-- "We did mostly math and hardly any reading--it was awesome!"

Carter 2nd grade-- "I don't know, but no homework today!"

Laityn was severely put out that Kindergarten doesn't start for another week. I'm sure she'll survive--somehow--although I'm not sure I will survive the "How many sleeps til school?" question about 50 times a day!