Poor Kaylee

Kaylee had a bit of an accident this weekend. Sunday afternoon we decided it would be fun for Charity and I to take Cody (the baby) on a four wheeler ride. Casey decided he would roller blade with Kaylee along side of us. We had a really good time, but I could tell something was wrong with Kaylee as she looked over at me with her sad eyes. I thought she was tired so I continued to cheer her on. When we got home Casey noticed the blood all over our driveway in the shape of dog paws. As it turns out Kaylee ripped up the top couple layers of skin on her paw pads. She couldn't walk for about 2 days and had to be bandaged up.
Todd had to carry her out to the grass to go potty...
I bandaged up her paws to prevent tearing.

Poor Kaylee!! She has gotten around a lot better today, she is finally walking around without falling or crying, so I think we are going to be fine.

Weekend Blues

We are feeling the blues today. This past weekend we had some friends of ours come to visit from St George. Charity and Casey are some of Todd's friends from high school, and Casey and I go back to my Phoenix days. We had a blast with them and are sad they had to leave. Todd took Monday off from work and we went to Lagoon for the day. It was a super fun day and we cant wait to head back. We bought season passes so be prepared to see some more pics as the summer continues.
If we look tired, hot, sad, and wet its because we were. This was at the end of the day as we were saying our goodbyes. We had a really good time hanging out with the boys and getting to ride the kiddie rides for a change!!

Garden Time...

Well I finally finished planting my very first garden. I am super excited and cant wait to see what actually comes through this year!!! Its a starter garden, so there isn't much in it, but it will help me learn what to do next year!!

I have...
4 tomato plants
2 watermelons
2 cucumbers
2 zucchini's
2 sugar peas
1 green bell pepper plant
4 Marigold flowers (to keep all the bugs away from my veggies)

I am excited to be a gardener!! Wish me luck

Im turning into my Father?!

I thought women were supposed to turn into their Mothers (not a bad thing in my case), but I had no idea I would turn into my Dad!!!

I have inherited many many things from my Dad, most great but there are some not so good...

*Weak stomach
*Kidney stones
*Migraine headaches
*Stomach ulcers
*The strange obession with being 2 hours early to anything, and the FEAR of being late (late=rude)
*Strange attraction to working with the youth
*Enjoy yard work....

Growing up did you ever hear "I thought I told you to mow the lawn" or "There are weeds that need to be picked" or maybe "go rake the leaves"? Well I never heard anything of those things instead I heard..."You can not mow the lawn so quit asking, you might chop your toes off" or "Hey everybody lets go outside and work in the yard". It was something I always found bizarre and never really appreciated, until now.

Today Todd and I finished up the majority of our yard. We woke up early and picked weeds, shoveled rocks, smoothed the dirt around to make it ideal for seed, and raked the flower beds and garden. We then experienced hydro seeding, we had a guy come over and spray our yard. It was quite exciting and we can't wait to see our beautiful lawn in 3-6 weeks.

Here is day one's photo...
Hopefully we will be bbq'ing in no time!!!

Here is my future garden...(I cant wait!!!)
All and all it was a hard, long, and exhausting day, but we had a good time!!

Correction

Ok so yesterday, May 23rd was my Moms birthday!! Thanks a lot Maegan...

Happy Bday

Today is my Mom's birthday!!! Since we live across the country its hard to get together on birthdays, and I have to say that is the one thing I miss the most about living at home.
I love my Mom for many many reasons, but the first and foremost reason, is she is always there. No matter what time it is I can always call and she will stop what she is doing to listen. She gets me through the tough times, and helps me enjoy the good times. My Mom is full of wisdom and strength. She knows a little bit about everything, and researches that which she doesn't know, she is literally my Webster.

I cant wait to head out there for Jeff's graduation in a few weeks, and properly wish my Mom a happy Birthday!! I love you Mom, thanks for being so strong and such a great example to me!!!!

Brace yourself...

Holy Macaroni....I was bit by the Twilight bug. I'm sure you have all heard of this series, but I was a bit slow to follow the lead. I remember hearing my Mom and my sister talk about this great book about vampires, a couple of years ago. I thought they were crazy and out of their minds, a book about vampires..HA!! But then I was having a girls night with some ladies in our ward, and these books were all they were talking about. I thought they were insane, but decided I would give them a chance. And man oh man was I hooked.

I started with the first on Monday morning and finished it by Wednesday morning. I immediately drove to over and borrowed the second book, I started it Wednesday morning and was done by Thursday night. The I started the third and final book Thursday night and was done by Friday evening.

I have always enjoyed reading, but these books took me to an all new level. Todd thought I was insane (and even got ignored for a week), but I could not help myself. I highly recommend the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer to anyone who loves to read. My only disclaimer is, don't start them if you don't have the time to finish!!!!