Saturday, November 1st. It was a beautiful day. Pleasant weather. Perfect for roofing a garage addition.
But then the phone rings and it's my father-in-law. (That's not the bad part... hee, hee, hee!!
(Love you Loren)) He's calling to tell me that everyone is at our niece's baptism and we aren't there. They've already done all the talks and are just waiting for their turn to go to the font. Oh crap! Nate's in the middle of roofing the garage and can't leave. So I hurry and get the kids in their Sunday clothes. I'm trying to get their shoes on and I get another call saying they were heading back to the font. There's no way we'll make it so I tell him to tell my niece and her parents I'm sorry we forgot about it and missed the whole thing.
We go about our day doing the usual Saturday things and Nate keeps working on the garage. We were invited to dinner at our friends house in Provo so we head out around 6:00ish. On our way Haley has a coughing attack and throws up all over herself, carseat, etc.. We decide to stop by my parents house to clean her up and the car since we go right by it on our way to our friends house. The only clothes I could find that fit her were some black sweat pants and a green camo sweatshirt. She looked awesome!
We eat dinner and have dessert, but I realize Haley is feverish and rubbing her ears. (I know deep down inside we should've stayed home... actually I didn't have to dig very deep!) We decide to take her to the after hours clinic which is in North Orem. We gather up all the kids and head out. Nate drops me, Haley and Rachel off at the doctors office and he and the boys go to the store to get some pork ribs for Sunday's dinner with Nate's family that we are hosting. It takes close to an hour at the doctor.
Haley's ears are infected and she needs a prescription filled. By this time all the pharmacies are closed except the few that are open 24 hours. So we have to go back down to Provo and we wait a good 30 minutes for her prescription to be filled. Kaden, Tye and Haley have all fallen asleep in the car by now, but when Rachel and I get in the car it wakes Tye up. He was the devil!! Screaming, crying, coughing. Oh please, why couldn't we just teleport home?!! After driving 20 minutes we get about 3 blocks from home and he starts coughing and GAGGING.... No, not the gag reflex again! Yep, he started throwing up so I grab a diaper out of the diaper bag and try to catch the rest of it. Mmmmm, theres' nothing quite like the smell of freshly eaten hot dogs!!
Finally we were home! I get some ibuprofen for Haley's fever and for Rachel because her leg was aching, but failed to get the lid screwed on and just set it on top. I go to give Tye a bath and Nate knocks the medicine over and it spills. But to top that, he was getting the groceries out of the car and the only thing that falls out are the eggs! He salvaged 4 of 18. At some point I glance at the ribs he bought and realize he paid nearly double what he should have. Apparently they weren't on sale at every Macey's and he forgot the dog food!
Seriously, it was the crappiest day. I'll never forget it! I WANT to forget it, but I'm pretty sure it's ingrained in my memory forever!!!
He tried to open his eyes and smile, but he wasn't really awake. So I had to pull his lip down and try to snap a picture. [How do you like the dried up tooth paste on his upper lip?!]
The next morning..... "Hey Kaden! Show me your missing tooth. WHOA! Thanks bud!"
It just made me laugh because I wasn't expecting to find her shirtless again. It was actually the 2nd time today I found her that way. I've never had a child who liked to undress so bear with me as I find it funny and worth note. She woke up happy, but when she saw I had the camera and I wasn't picking her up right away she got ticked off!
I found her shirtless and proud!!
But couldn't!
Next thing I know she's mad as heck trying to get out of the house and I'm just laughing because she REALLY is mad that her shirt won't come off! I love the entertainment I enjoy from my children!!
This little kitty joined us for dinner tonight. We were very surprised! We didn't even know we owned one, but she is the cutest little feline we've ever seen!!
And here's the culprit!! Rachel was rather proud of her "face painting" skills. She got a little time-out, but how could Nate and I really be mad about that??? It's hard to try to look disappointed when we're laughing! [In case you are worried- it washed off just fine.]
Rachel smiled and looked at the camera. "Hi, Rachel!", I say. "Hi, Mom!", she utters back.
"Hello, Kaden! Hello! Helllllloooooo!" He wouldn't even look at me. I think he gave his Dad 5 or something then went on his merry old way. I did not exist to him! He must have been concentrating on the line of kids and where he was going next. Yep, that's what I'll tell myself so my feeling won't be hurt!
Poor girl! It was so loud in the gym, but sleep over took her!
Here are our little stinkers! Rachel was a witch. Kaden was Optimus Prime from Transformers. Tye was a Hot Wheels race car driver. Haley was a lady bug and wasn't very interested in gettting her picture taken!
We didn't do anything fancy this year. We just used whatever came with the costume. I'm determined to be more creative next year, though.
Our ward does a trunk-or-treat every year on Halloween day. I have mixed feeling about it, but our kids seem to like it and didn't care that we didn't do any traditional trick-or-treating this year. Our neighbor is in the top right picture. He's very creative every year and didn't disappoint! Our bishop's "trunk" was the llama... it wouldn't look at me, though! Maybe if I would have dressed up it wouldn't be so afraid of me!!! According to Nate I don't need to "dress up" to be a witch!! Ha, ha! No one's ever heard that joke before! Sorry... moving on....
Our fun filled day ended with Tye grabbing his stomach and saying, "My tummy hurts!" I hurried and emptied the treat bowl and handed it to Nate. Within seconds Tye was throwing up. Apparently, Nate wasn't ready for it because the first heave landed on the carpet. I didn't think he had eaten that much candy, but I'm guessing he sneaked more than I thought. He was fine after that. Nate didn't think it was necessary to take a picture. I assured him it was!!