Twilight Addict!

I had completely intended to update my blog today with all of the things we've been doing over the past month or so (since I posted last) . . . but I finally started reading Twilight yesterday and have been putting everything else off today to read! I hope to get it finished tonight! The bad thing is that Melissa just dropped off New Moon, so I might be up all night reading that too! I've got a bit of a cold, so it was actually nice to just relax, read, and be sick! Too bad Monday morning reality is coming quickly!

When I read about Bella passing out in Biology when they tested their blood it reminded me immediately of when I did the same thing! I'm a wimp, I know! It's not the sight of blood . . . it's the smell (sound familiar?) Not the smell of the blood though, it's the smell of the alcohol wipes that make me sick! Too bad that I didn't have a vampire to carry me to the nurse! Luckily, I did have a great friend that took care of me!

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I already have tickets to go with a bunch of friends to the premier of New Moon (I think I'll have a couple of extra tickets, so let me know if you want to come!). I turn 31 that day, but I hope I can party all night like back in college! Oh, the good old days of being young!

Updating my blog is still on my list . . . I just may need to get through the other three books in the series first! My friend Amy joked that I'm the last person in Utah to read them! Yeah, I'm a slacker!

In the dentist chair . . .

Mason is loving watching Handy Manny at the dentist. He didn't like it when the girl tried to polish his teeth. Hopefully the dentist can get to them! He wants the chair to go up and down.

Update:

Mason did NOT want to let the dentist look at his mouth either. Fortunately, I was in the chair in the other room and it was up to Dan to hold him down while they did the polishing. They found 2 cavities :-( Poor guy! We have to take him back in a few weeks and he'll have to be sedated in order to get them filled. There's no way they'd let him do the work without it--even if he can watch Handy Manny! I guess we'll have to be strict about no bedtime snacks after teeth brushing!

He did get to ride the chair up and down and got to pick a prize for "being good" (I'm sure they say that to all the kids). He picked a mini flashlight. We bought a couple at Walmart over the weekend, so he's been walking around with all three flashlights on.

Someday he'll cooperate . . . someday!

Squeak, squeak, squeak

Here's a video of the squeaky shoes I bought Tristyn at Swiss Days. They're super cute now, but I'm sure I'll be ready to shoot myself before she grows out of them! Thank goodness for the silencing plugs!

I wish I had video of when I first put them on her last night--she thought they were the coolest thing ever and it was funny to watch her take each step and revel in the noise she was making. She's a shoe fanatic and likes to go 'shopping' in our basket of shoes. She's already pretty good in heels. A girl after my own heart!

What we've been up to . . .

Just to catch up on a few things from the past couple of weeks:

We went to Bear River Mutual's 100th Anniversary party and the kids loved it! They had a yummy dinner, cotton candy, popcorn, and sno cones. Mason loved all the 'rides' (blow up playlands) and especially liked the miniature golf. After spending a few hours there, we stopped by the primary activity for a bit.

We had Suzy, Kambry and Melissa over for Cafe Rio and to play in the back yard. We had the ice cream truck stop for the first time and Mason picked the batman popsicle. He actually had a few good licks before it melted on the plate. Tristyn had a blast riding in the Jeep with Kambry and she even learned to push the pedal on her own.

The fun teachers at day care must feel bad for Tristyn since I never take time to fix her hair in the morning. So, occasionally she comes home with super cute hairdos. I love that her hair is long enough to do fun things with and just wish she'd hold still so I could fix it!

We skipped out on the Jenkins reunion at Grey's River because the weather wasn't going to be great. So, Melissa and I decided to make jam to send to Charlie in Rhode Island. I made strawberry and a couple of batches of peach and Melissa helped me make peach raspberry. So yummy! Too bad both batches of rolls I attempted to make for Charlie turned out terrible! I need practice baking bread (notice that I didn't include the photo of the rolls).




After several months of waiting, the day of the Poison/Def Leppard concert finally arrived! We had a great time with Melissa, our friend Ryan, and Dan's brothers Ric and Dave. The bass guitarist for Poison has a home by Ric's property in Mtn Green, but unfortunately he was sick that night so one of Bon Jovi's old band members filled in for him. I haven't seen that many tattoos and mullets since we went to Lagoon!

In honor of Bret Michaels, I pulled out the bandanas and the kids rocked out. This was the last photo before Dan shaved his facial hair (he was teaching a church lesson and also starting back at BYU).

This is Dan with just a 'stache. A little too Tom Selleck . . . he had it for about 10 hours.

We found this super cute 'dinosaur' (dragon) costume at Costco and I really hoped it would fit Mason for Halloween. As you can see, it's way too small, but he still had fun roaring while wearing it. Tristyn roared right back. I may put it on her one of these days!

Karen and Steve came to town to celebrate her birthday. They invited us to join them at Tucano's and it was soooo good! Thanks Dan for staying with the kids! Afterward we say The Proposal for the third time . . . so funny!

We took corn on the cob to a BBQ the other night and had a ton left over. I gave some to the kids the next day and Tristyn loved it! Mason also held it and nibbled a little bit, but no bites. He has loved helping us pick peas and apples from our mini garden and actually ate one single pea the other night. At least it's a start. He does like the apples from the tree even though they're a bit tart! The corn on the cob came from Dan's parent's garden. We were there last Sunday to celebrate his mom and brother's birthday.

Today Dan started his 2nd year of grad school. This is his official 'first day of school' photo. It was also the official start of the college football season and USU got womped by U of U. Mason and Dan still showed their Aggie pride and Mason has been saying 'Go Aggies' all day. Maybe it's time to introduce him to the bull in Logan!

And as if I need one more thing to occupy my time . . . I signed up to sell Miche Bags. Dan's sister, Julie, signed up a couple of weeks ago and she talked me into doing it with her. I've been maintaining her blog for her and am not sure when I'll get my own blog going--especially since I just created one for CTMH. Feel free to visit her blog by clicking the Miche link to the right. We are doing a booth at Novemberfest in Logan Thanksgiving weekend and I'll be doing a table for CTMH at a neighbor's house in a few weeks. So, wish me luck in squeezing that all in!

Mason starts preschool again next week so we went to an open house this week to meet his teachers. He still wants to go to his old classroom, but I think he'll transition okay. I'm grateful for the progress he's made in communicating since he started last November. He likes to type words on the computer using Word or Notepad. He'll type them from memory or copy words that are put in front of him. His favorite saying right now is "not yet".

We took Tristyn for her 15 month appointment this morning and she was 20 lbs 3 oz and 31 1/4" tall. I can't believe she's already that old! She's climbing and running and teasing and doing everything a healthy 15 month old does. She was super mad after her shots and I felt so bad. Mason had his flu shot as well . . . it's a good thing they're quick to forgive! Tristyn still likes dogs and will put her lips together to make the 'm' sound when we ask what a kitty or cow says. She'll say 'all done' and 'oh no' (mostly when eating). She loves it when Mason kisses her goodnight--it's so cute!

So, there you go! Thanks for reading!