I'm taking home a baby bumble bee

Lucy got stung on her knee. Only it wasn't a bee. It was a hornet!

Sty in the Eye

Lucy found the Windex and sprayed her face thinking it was water. We thoroughly rinsed one of her eyes. Needless to say, she did not like having the stream of water in her eye. The next day her other eyelid was red and swollen. It took 3 days for a sty to appear. We found out what to do for sty's. Apply a warm compress to infected eye. Use tear free baby wash on a Q-tip to wash sty. Rinse with warm wash rag. Apply a warm compress again. She hates it when we have to clean her eye out.

A few months ago, before Lucy's 2nd birthday, she severely burned the back of her right hand on the toaster oven. Aaron was able to get silver healing pads from the hospital to apply to her hand daily. It worked beautifully! It took the pain away and quickly healed.

Lucy's first dental cleaning

So cute'

Air R U Daddy?

Daddy is gone to New Harmony for 3 months. Class work is finally over and clinical rotations begin. He chose a physical therapist in Cedar City for the first one. His last two are in Vegas. Rachel came down to help us for a month while Aaron is away. She is so great with the kids. Bedtime is when I need the most help.
We sure miss daddy during the weekdays. We are thankful for Skype which is how we stay connected during the week. The interaction between Lucy and Aaron on Skype is priceless. I recorded Lucy and Daddy playing...
We love the weekends when we are all together again.

There are 2 Sides to every story & Hungry Hungry Henry

Dental: Welcome back to prison. Inmate: My girlfriend was in an accident. They said I violated my parole to be with her. Dental: I am sorry to hear that wait... is your girlfriend on parole too? Inmate: drops his head to his chest and says 'yes'. Dental: Were you both in another state? Inmate: drops his head to chest and says 'yes'.

It seems the case with those who have lived in the back house. There are rumors in our ward about how they are being kicked out. Have they not liked the situation from the beginning? YES. Have they been receiving free rent for 5 months and refused to pay for rent when asked? YES. Have they refused to sign a contract? YES.

Henry is about 16-17 lbs. He is 4 months old and hungry hungry hungry. I started feeding him solids - Buckwheat and mashed bananas. He loves it! Rachel has been staying with us for 1.5 weeks now. She steamed some carrots then used the magic bullet to blend it with the buckwheat. He loves that too. He gagged when I gave him peas. He loves the watermelon juice. It is so fun to feed him. His hands are so quick that if you don't make it into his mouth you'll feed his hand.

Henry is also rolling over now and tells you how he feels.

Bless all the food in the refrigerator

I have on occasion continued to pray during our evening prayer even though I have fallen asleep. Aaron got a good laugh when I started to bless all the food in the refrigerator. I have said a few other classic ones but I can't remember them. Too bad.

I have 4 Nectarines in front of me ready to eat. Aaron came around the corner looked at the fruit then at me and started laughing. I had already eaten 2. I laughed with him and explained that these nectarines were going to go bad and I can't let that happen to such delicious fruit. Aaron ate 2 of them. Boy was I glad he did. I was feeling pretty full.

Annie, for the first time

Super Summer Theater at Spring Mountain Ranch presents Annie June 2011. Lucy is the lead character. No really, everyone around us watched or heard her more than the show. Our Lucy loved the musical Annie. She sang every song with enthusiasm. Her arms would rise and fall throughout each song especially when the orphans would sing their parts. She made friends quickly. At one point during the show she took off and bolted down the isle towards the stage. Aaron chased after her, but wondered what she would have done if he hadn't got her. Would she have ran on stage? Who knows. We had a delightful experience under the stars. Lucy's first play, first time seeing the stars, first time staying up til 11:30pm, first time singing to a large audience. I love seeing things for the first time from her eyes. Henry was a trooper. He was a little frightened because the sound was so loud. I couldn't have asked for a better evening with my wonderful family.