New furniture!!!

I found the set for my living room! I didn't think I would be getting anything like this for another 5 years!! But It was late one night after I had worked a concert at USANA and I got online just to unwind and decided to look through the classifieds just to see if there was anything fun or interesting and I saw it. EXACTLY what I had always wanted in the front room. I had seen others similar but not for less then $700. These were $200!!!!!!! For the SET!!!!!!! So I bribed Joe (I won't go into details....) But here they are!

Soccer fun!

Katya Taylor and Brynn are all doing soccer this fall. Taylor by far is the one having the most fun. Brynn just cries every game cuz she didn't score a goal. Katya would rather watch the clouds and pick at the grass. Or socialize with the other girls on the team and sometimes the girls on the OTHER team! Here are some pics of them playing.

Ryan's News

Ryan is now officially potty trained!!!! WOOO HOO!!!!!!! He is still in diapers/pull-ups at night but he gets up in the morning and takes his diaper off goes potty and puts on underwear and gets dressed ALL BY HIMSELF!!!!!!

A few days ago we were driving home and Ryan started screaming. He said his penis hurt. So we told him that if he wore underwear then he wouldn't hurt anymore. He agreed and since then he has done really good. Only 2 accidents! I am so excited!!! No more diapers!!!!

The $100 penny

A few nights ago I came down to talk to Joe who was working. The older girls were leaving to go to the neighbor girls b-day party. Ryan came down and informed us he had swallowed a quarter.
I asked him "What color was this quarter?
He said "Brown."
I told him "It was a penny. You will be fine and tomorrow it will come out your bum!"
He laughed and said "My throat hurts"
He wanted Daddy to hold him. So I went upstairs and sent the girls out the door and went to finish cleaning out the hot tub so I could refill it. While I was out there with the shop vac going things were being thrown at me and Joe was yelling at me. So I turned it off and yelled back at him "WHAT??"
"Somethings wrong. Ryan. Not waking up. We need to go!"
SO i ran down and shook him and got him to respond but he kept wanting to go to sleep. We got him in the car and left Brynn at the neighbors at the party. We get to the ER and he was doing fine. His pulse ox was fine but they wanted to see where the penny was in case other damage was being done. We get back there take x-rays and it was all the way to his intestines! They gave him some snacks to make sure he hadn't eaten anything else that wasn't showing up on the x-ray. While we sat there Ry kept saying his throat still hurt. We asked if where the penny was and he said "right here!" and then he opened his mouth real big!!
In the end he was just fine. He just wanted a nap! So after the $100 co-pay we took him home.

That is the story of the $100 penny

Labor Day

What did you do for Labor Day??

We didn't do anything exciting over the weekend but we did go for a hike up near Heber on Monday. We went to Cascade Springs. The kids had a blast!! It was a beautiful drive and the springs were neat to see. Ryan was so upset that he didn't see all the animals that were on a trail sign to watch for. We saw fish in the water though so he was excited about that. It was a beautiful day and the drive behind Timpanogos was amazing. I have never been back there so that was fun for all of us.