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.

Little Swimmer

Aaron and I both love our Lucy. She loves the water. Our neighbors have a pool and have invited us over anytime to go swimming. Lucy has such a fun time playing with daddy. She is a die hard swimmer. She will jump in the water no matter the temperature of the water and with or without someone there to catch her (which is a little worrisome). We bought her an inflated pool tonight and she just couldn't wait to get in. She just climbed in and out of it while we pumped it up.

Lucy's newest phrases are: "ousy air r u..." translated: Mousy where are you? Every night we play that game. She loves it. "Oh, ma..." translated: Oh, man! She is so funny!

Aaron is off for 3 weeks before he starts his clinical in Cedar City. So he is playing Mr. Mom. He does a great job with Lucy and Henry. I love his willingness to serve our little family. I came home from work today and Lucy ran up to me saying.. Mommy, mommy and hugged my legs. I loved it.

Aaron has always loved watching TV or Movies especially when we can watch them together. Our latest TV show is America's Got Talent. It is something we both enjoy doing with each other.

Lucy is a fun little singer. We sing I am a Child Of God every night together. She knows the tune very well and all the words (at least in her language she does). I think Aaron and Lucy should sing a duet in Sacrament one of these days.

Ben visited us last night. He was one of Aaron's roommates at BYU. I liked him because he talked to me like I was a good friend of his. None of his other roomies took the time. He is stylish, intelligent, and is a world traveler. I love listening to his stories. We had a delightful visit, I must say.

I listen to this on my drive to Prison:
It's amazing how well my day goes. It is as if the Universe knows who I am and what I want and things flow to me in such a timely way. It is as if I'm dancing with the universe. Emergencies are non existant in my physical experience. The people that come to me are benefiting by their exposure to me. It is as if I have a secretary in the sky that is taking care of everything and just feeding it to me with such ease and grace and comfort that my day unfold so magnificently.
When I wake up in the morning, I am infused with the energy of well being. I am just glad to be alive. I can hardly wait to exercise my body and I am thankful for my children. When they awaken my children and spouse are joyful and happy to be alive. We have such fun interacting with one another. This is some of the most precious time of our day interacting with one another.
As I am making my way to different events of my day, it is always such a lovely time. I am so appreciative of all the wonderful people I have in my life. I am grateful for the spiritual support and the angelic help that is taking care of the details and making sure that this day is going to unfold in a magical way. I love seeing their attention to detail and I love seeing them eagerly finding more ways to make everything go comfortable. I love recognizing that they are helping me bring my life into balance.
I love being a wife. I love being a mom. I love getting into a space wherein I realize that I can deal with anything. I love connecting with the infinite power and knowledge of my life. I love knowing the benefit I offer to others. Most of all I love the joy of the unfolding. I love new surprises that come, my ability to move with them, and the inspiration that comes effortlessly. I love knowing that I can participate in anything I want to participate in. I love knowing I have infinite choices.