Old Friends and New Craft Projects

Why do I always want to start my blogs with "Okay..." or "So..."? What in the world is wrong with my brain?!?

Anyhoo.

A week and a half ago, you would have found my little family attempting to keep ourselves busy in the front room. We almost never go in there unless we're having some sort of festive occasion or if we're visiting with someone. In this case it was both.

I fussed over the kids while Ben took pictures of me... fussing over the kids.

Why do things you're anticipating always take freaking FOREVER?

And of course, the moment our guests arrived, we were trying to get organized with a couple of neighbors who had come for a short errand. So, our rather weak facade of relaxed welcome was shattered. Oh well.

Scott came!!! Yay!!

We only found out he was going to stop by about two hours before he did, so it was a lovely surprise. He and his dad were making a big trip through Utah and Idaho to see family and friends.

We visited for about an hour. Scott is doing REALLY well. He's getting through his rehab faster than anyone expected. He's looking like his old self again too, which is wonderful! He's talking about what he would need to do to get back to work at a regular job and he's going to school (which is basically occupational classes preparing him to get back into the workforce).

His sense of humor is back and the only obvious residual effect of his accident is that he sounds like he has a deep southern drawl.

It also didn't take long for Ben and Scott to get back into their old antics.

The visit was far too short and Audrey has been asking to see "Uncle Scott" ever since. A trip out to good ol' Cali might be in order if we can scrape up the green.

We're so excited for Scott and can't wait to see how improved he is the next time we see him!

I stole (uh, borrowed) this idea from Jenn. I loved it so much, I just had to do it myself. It was super easy and I have enough screen left over to do about 50 of these things. Hmm... Christmas is only eight and a half months away.....

LOVE IT!!

Normalcy would be nice..

Okay, so this isn't going to be a real blog today. Just an update on where I've been.

Morning sickness hit me with a vengeance on Monday. I managed to not throw up on Tuesday, but Wednesday was a bad one too.

Speaking of Wednesday...

Ben got a call at 5:30 informing him that our former roommate, Scott, had been in a motorcycle accident. He was unconscious and they were taking him to the hospital right away. Ben literally ran from his class on campus to the hospital. He actually beat the ambulance.

Needless to say we've all been terribly upset. Ben spent the entire evening at the hospital. The Bishop's wife, Erin, showed up at our door around 7 and firmly told me that she was taking Audrey for the night and giving me a ride to the hospital so I could be with Ben and Scott. So, I spent the latter half of the evening in the hospital too.

Overall, Scott looks okay. Not great.. okay. He could be much worse for having been in a motorcycle accident, so that's a blessing. As of now, we're waiting for his parents to get into town. We're also trying to find a suitable place for them to stay as the hotels are mostly booked for Balloon Fiesta. We've offered our third bedroom and the Bishop has offered his spare room as well. So, we'll be a bit touch and go for a while over here.

I'm still here.. just not as available as I was just a few weeks ago. But, I will try to keep in touch.

Good Times

The church picnic was too much fun! Audrey was a handful since she just wanted to run (walk quickly and trip a lot) around and eat other peoples' food and look through their bags, purses, etc. The Gardners brought their dog Foxy and Audrey thought that was the neatest thing. Since Foxy is used to kids, he wasn't afraid of her and didn't mind her not so soft petting.. but Audrey was a little thrown by Foxy's enthusiasm and kept walking (stumbling) away giggling. Of course, the picnic was right during nap time and so Audrey was a little less than cheery. Anytime we tried to stop her from stealing from people or running away from us, she screamed like a banshee. So, we left a little early so she could get a nap.

After the blissful 2 1/2 hours.. siiiiiiigghhh.. we got Audrey up and trekked to the East Mountains to see Jenn, Jerry and Rachel. Audrey was so excited to play with another kid! She did very well and we didn't have to chase her around everywhere, which was just awesome! We talked a lot and ended every comment with "your mom" or "that's what she said".. even if it didn't make any sense whatsoever. I think that's why it was funny. So, after a few hours of goofing around and enjoying the cool mountain air, Audrey decided that she was a crabby stinker again and we beat a hasty retreat to get Audrey in bed for the night.

Sleepy babies are so great!