Our trip to the ER!

This morning I was crimping Katelyn's hair because she was going to be a "Rock star" for Halloween. She had a little bloody nose that she was dealing with and on the last piece of hair she told me she thought she was going to throw up and all of a sudden she passed out and fell hitting her head on my toilet. Needless to say... I freaked! I was trying to pick her up and she was really lethargic and I took her over to my bed and was screaming for Garrett to bring me the phone. I called James crying hysterically telling him something was wrong with Katelyn. He left work immediately and came home. Meanwhile, she said she was going to throw up again so we went back into the bathroom where I noticed there was blood all over the back of her costume and all over my hands. But I couldn't see where she was bleeding at. She just had a little blood round her nose from her bloody nose so I had Garrett call my neighbor where she came over to help me because I didn't know what to do. We looked through Katelyn's hair but still saw nothing. So when James go here we were off to the Emergency Room. There was no one there so they got us right back. When the doctor came in he was looking her over and I told him what happened. I told him she had blood on the back of her costume and I had it all over my hands but I couldn't find anything. He looked at the back of her head to see where she hit the toilet and there it was. A little split on the back of her head. That is where the blood came from. They put some numbing gel on her head and then put a staple in it. Now we have to go back in a week to have it removed. She was a great sport but I feel really bad this happened.


But after we left the Hospital she keep asking when she could go to school. So I went home and got ready and off to school we went. She was able to frost cookies, go to lunch (not to recess, I made her stay inside) and then they had a little carnival. I ended up staying at school for 2 1/2 hours to make sure she was okay because she keep feeling weak at times. But she is doing much better now. Now we will see how the night goes... I'm thinking it will be a long one because when she rolls onto her back I'm sure she will be waking up.

Ice Skating!

When the kids are off track we try to do a couple fun things while they are home. One day we went to the Sweets Candy Company and did a tour of their candy factory. I will have to say the Chocolate room is definitely my favorite spot through the whole tour. The smell of milk chocolate... Mmmm


Monday we took the kids Ice Skating. We went with Granny, Susie, Afton and Erin. And we were the only ones there the whole time so we had the rink to ourselves. I would have to say I like it that way. But Garrett had a hard time. He fell a couple times and hit the same side of his face twice. So now he has a couple bruises on his face. But don't think that will stop him from wanting to go again. He is a boy and boys are tough...

Drive through the Alpine Loop!

I just love driving in the mountains when the leaves are changing. It is so pretty. We drove the Alpine Loop a couple weeks ago because it was such a beautiful day. As we were going through the mountains, EVERYONE had the same idea. I have never seen the loop so busy and I hate that the road is so narrow to begin with but when cars are trying squeeze by I get nervous.
Here are my cute kids and the pup.

Then he comes Mr. Grumpy!

I love the expressions Katelyn pulls when I try to take her picture. Here is her "Granny" smile.

At least G smiled in this one.

Fishing at The Cove!

Granny and Grandpa Ed took the kids fishing last Friday to a little lake in Herriman. We meet them up there after James got off of work. It was a fun little place and there wasn't very many people. The thing I don't like is how the sun is going down earlier. By 7:00 it was dark. They had a couple lights but not enough to see anything. So it was short and quick.

Katelyn loved feeding the ducks.


Garrett loves going fishing. He just doesn't have the patience for it. He will cast his line out and then a couple minutes later he is reeling it back in. (But I think we all did that at his age) He caught a fish but I didn't get a picture because I left to go get dinner. But Good Job Buddy for catching a fish.


Here is my handsome guy fishing. He loves fishing too. We just need to make time to go more often.


Another "Granny" smile shot. We love you Granny!


If you look real close by Katelyn's face you can see the BIG fish Grandpa Ed caught.