Montana's 8th Birthday Party!!

Montana had her very first slumber party! Four girls came and they partied from 10:00 in the morning (because they are neighbors, they are always here) until 9:30 the next night. It was CRAZY!! They watched movies, had popcorn, swam in the kiddie pool in the back yard, played dress ups in our overflowing costume box, barbies, house, "Hannah Montana" all that fun girl stuff. Grama and Grampa came over for cake/ice cream and presents. Holy smokes, the girl is SPOILED. She is all set for school and playdates for a while. One of her presents from her friends was to take her to the Dinosaur Park at Thanksgiving Point. So after we sent all the girls home, Brooklyn and Montana headed of for the dinosaur park. They stayed for a long time at the dinosaur park and then decided to have pizza and go to a drive inn movie to finish off the night. So she was gone all day and then we got a knock on the door at 9:30 pm. They had just gotten to the movie and Montana started feeling sick. They had gone to see Daddy Day Care. Montana's "cousin", and Brooklyns nephew are both in the movie, so they really wanted to see it. I knew something was wrong when she came home so early. She had to head straight for the bathroom. Good thing they came home or it would have been all over their car. I felt bad but it was for the best. Anyhoo- she partied til she puked. Now that's what I call celebrating!!

Lagoon

We spent the day at Lagoon with just our little family. It was a work party for the Larry Miller Corp. So it was a huge party but I didn't see one person I knew. They gave us great discount tickets and a nice bbq dinner for at least 1000 people. I was hoping they would have another prize drawing- turns out it was a raffle for a 7 day cruise to Mexico or a set of golf clubs. Winner to be announced on the 28th?? Lame. So I will enter that and see how my luck is holding out.

We had a great time running from ride to ride. Montana was super brave and rode all the big roller coasters for the first time. She LOVED them. Justice still wanted to stick to the kiddie rides. We did manage to get all of us on the River Run- and we all got drenched. It took half the day to dry out. The new roller coaster "Wicked" looks amazing. The line was just WAY too long and we decided we wanted to ride other rides rather than stand in line forever. We came home exhausted and funned out!! It just made us want to get busy planning our next trip to Disneyland. :-)

Sierra's Leg Part 2

We finally got the news from the doc. There is a small break in her hip. Right in the joint so it is very hard to see in the xrays. She will not be casted or on crutches but she can't do any kind of jumping or heavy impact for 4-6 weeks. This will be like death for her. She has so much going on at dance and cheer this month. But she will be on the sidelines for a bit. That is much better news than we were expecting. She is resiliant and will be fine in no time!!

More about Dad

This past weekend Mac-Daddy-D and his loveliness and I went to Price to clean out Dad's house. It was an emotional time for everybody. We stayed up until 1:30am Sunday working then got a hotel room and finished up Sunday afternoon. There were tears and lots of laughter.

One of the coolest things that happened were the people that stopped by. Everybody we talked to said what a wonderful person he was and helpful he was. One of his close friends told us stories about how they would have coffee and talk. I think Dad needed someone like that. They played tricks on each other and would have coffee via the Internet. She also helped up out a lot with organizing and disposing of the trash.

It is clear that Dad will be missed by more than just his family.

And So It Begins

I woke up this morning to find the yard had been attacked by a small band of terrorists. Here are a few pictures. I don't so much mind the T.P. everywhere but the little darlings opened a can of chicken noodle soup and poured it on the steps and they put Oreo's all over Babe's car.

So you little terrorists, I am putting you on notice. I have declared war on terror. My four legged army and I will be waiting for you.

P.S. Sierra get home and clean this mess up. hehehe

Update

I found out last night that I am going to be learning to do live events at work. That means that Jazz Games, NFL games, Blaze & Grizzlies games, College or High School Games, or breaking news from Channel 2. We are big on sports at KJZZ, of course. I basically have a headset and we are talking live with production crews that are on the scene. I put the event on air live. So if I screw up- the whole station viewing audience will see it live. Not too much pressure. I am excited to do this because it is a HUGE bonus. I get paid an extra $25 per hour to do these live events. I can schedule to do as many games as I would like. Plus it is fun behind the scenes work. I trained a little bit on this about 7 months ago with the newscast that KJZZ broadcasts at 4 and 9 pm. But once I got my grave shift- I haven't had to do any of that. Plus I had so much to learn at the time that I opted not to learn it for a while. So- here comes a new adventure at work. I should be starting that in the next week or two. Yeah me! Ha ha.

We had to go into get more xrays on Sierra's leg/hip area at Primary's yesterday. The doc is thinking it could be tendinitis of the pelvis. She thinks the pain is just radiating downward. Whatever that means. So she wanted more specific xrays to make a final determination. It was just a regular old quick xray. We haven't heard anything yet but should know by tomorrow. We are biting our nails with anticipation of the outcome. I am just praying that it will be something that can heal with time and care. She is so young for an injury like this. We are keeping a positive outlook and praying for good news. More info to come.

It is really an eye opener to go to Primary Childrens Hospital. There are so many kids up there with every imaginable ailment. Lots of kids are being pulled around in wagons with their heads on pillows because they are too sick to walk. (Justice wanted one, but I had to explain that they were for the sick kids.) Your heart goes out to them and their parents. You can see the worry in their parents eyes. I was touched by the lady who registered us. She gave each of the kids a homemade toy to play with while we were waiting. She had genuine concern for us. Also in the waiting room- there are playstations, computer games, crayons/paper, toys, fish tanks. It really is a special place to be. It feels like you are in a bubble of love and it is surreal. Each of the rooms have been decorated especially for kids. They have videos to help the kids relax. We have been up there many times for Tana's eye checkups, and now again with Sierra's leg, and many years ago when Sierra had the operation on her mouth.It makes me feel so grateful for the health of my three babies. We have truly been blessed. Some of these kids are saddled with deformities, ailments, and disease right from birth. There were so many babies. I was trying to hold back the tears most of the time we were there. Anyhoo- I wanted to promote a few things that I know support Primary's financial relief for some of these families 1. The Festival of Trees 2. Pennies by the inch and 3. The Ronald McDonald House. Please support these if you are able. This hospital is a very special place and the kids who are here are in great hands. God Bless.

Sierra's Leg

Hi All-

We have had lots of questions about Sierra's leg problem so here is the low down. She has been having pain in her right femur for a couple of months. We have just been assuming that she was working too hard, maybe had a pulled muscle that just wasn't healing all the way. She has been cheering and dancing a lot this summer, so she is always using those muscles. So we finally took her to the doctor to see if there was a problem. The doc thought it might be a stress fracture. We had xrays taken and it didn't show anything. So our doc scheduled a bone scan. We did the bone scan yesterday at Primary Children's Hospital. It was a bit traumatic for Sierra. They strapped her into this MRI machine. They had her feet turned in kind of pigeon toed to put pressure on the area that was hurting her. The machine took about 30 minutes to scan so she was in pain and crying softly but it wasn't too bad. They gave her an injection of dye that gets into the blood stream. When they do the bone scan the dye shows where there is a concentration of blood flowing to. This indicates injury or other problems. Well, while watching the screens I could see that there was definitely a mass of some sort in her right thigh. The xray tech said it would show bruises, breaks, tumors, anything that was going on. So we are waiting to hear what the docs say after they examine the scans thoroughly and consult with each other. I will post more info as we receive it. Sierra is scared and understandably so. We are trying not to worry too much until we know what is really going on. Hopefully it is nothing- but better safe than sorry.