Reunion

Friday night was my 10 year High School Reunion. A few of us decided to go without our spouses. We meet at Sara's house so that we could ride together and talk about all the people that we thought would be there. Then be able to talk about those that actually were there on the way home. Unfortunately there were not too many to talk about on the way home. I thought there was going to be a lot more show up. Here we are at Sara's house getting ready to go. There is Sara, Stacie, Shannon, Becca and Me.

Amber was the only one who wanted to bring her husband so we just met her there. We were at the Maddox Lodge. We had a great dinner and the ROLLS we excellent.

We had a great time, but then again anytime we get together we have fun. Becca was laughing so hard she was crying. Something must have been HilAriOus!!

I know they look like they are trying to keep some type of secret from us but really they are just talking about someone that was close by. He he he.

Here is one of Becca's profesional "take one of yourself" pictures and Hey, she did a pretty good job. All in all we had a great time.

After the reunion we stopped by and watched Becca's brothers sing. Her one brother is in a band and then her two other bothers kinda started there own hip-hop part during the show. We only stayed for a little bit, but they were pretty good. This was there first paying gig so it was exciting for them. The bands name is The Kristian Heald Project. I have yet to figure out how to take good pictures in the dark, Sorry.

Sick Girl

Kimberlen has been complaining of a stomach ache the past couple of days and I just blew it off. I figured that she has done this same kinda thing in the past and got better in a few days. Last night she got up around 3 came upstairs and into my room to inform me that she was going to puke! I told her to get in the bathroom(that's the last thing I want to clean up in the middle of the night) After sitting with her for about an hour with no puke and replacing the cool washcloth on the back of her neck I got her some blankets and a pillow and made her a bed on the floor. When Eric and I got up to get ready for work I moved her into my bed and there she slept until 8:30 (just as I was getting ready to leave for work) She informed me as I kissed her goodbye that her belly still hurt, so I told her to take it easy while I was gone. I decided on the way to work that this was a little worse than last time and for peace of mind I would call the Dr. My father-in-law called about 10 and said she had a fever of 101 and he was going to but her in the tub and give her some Motrin. The Dr wanted to see her because of the fever. When I returned home to get her to go to the Dr. my father-in-law said her fever got up to 103. WOW!!
We got to the Dr's and they took her temp, it was 107. No wonder she didn't feel good! The nurse immediately got her some more Motrin.They made her give a urine sample (that was interesting) and after seeing the results she had to get blood work taken. Ouch!! This little trooper that was crying the entire time after I got home didn't even cry when they drew her blood. She watched the blood go up the tube and into the vial. I think the guy that took it was more shocked than I was. Even Eric just about cries when he has to give blood. We had to wait around for the results and finally the Dr. decided that she had a Kidney Infection. How does a little girl get a kidney infection anyway? By the time we left the Motrin kicked in and her temp was down to 100. Now she is on a very expensive antibiotic and we have to call tomorrow to see if all the results are in from the blood work. Good thing I didn't make her suffer through this one, Poor Little Girl.
Lets hope she gets better, I love you Kimberlen.
And by the way a two hour Dr's appointment is not the place for a One year old. We went through a couple of tongue depressors, a roll of tape, my whole purse and a popsicle from the nurse who could tell she was over her limit!

Who needs a Water Park......

When you've got a Pool and a Slide!?!?

So this is how we got wet yesterday, how the Girls got wet yesterday. Kimberlen kept trying to tell me that we just needed to put the slide inside the pool and I kept telling her that it wouldn't lift up high enough to get the pool under. Needless to say the 6 year old won again and it worked.

She had a blast sliding down in all different directions. She tried forward, backward, on her stomach and even on her back head first.

Maycee was just as happy to sit on the end of the slide and put her feet in the water every now and then. Kimberlen didn't think it was such a good idea that she sat there. She was always in the way!

Then they decided to run and jump in from across the yard, as if they needed all the running room for speed. I love the tube Kimberlen has around her, like the pool was deep or something.

Maycee took her turn running as well. Although she came short of jumping in she just loves to do what Sisi does.
Kimberlen kept saying "Mom do you think I can do it this way without getting hurt?" I would say you'll just have to try it and after her splash at the bottom she would let me know she was ok and not to worry it didn't hurt. I think that a few times it did hurt her a little but she didn't say a word worried she would have to stop playing.

In and out all day is what Maycee did. She would put one leg over and sit on the pool and bounce for a while and then lean forward to swing her other leg out. Just then SplaT, she would hit the wet ground every time.


I think that finally Maycee got tired of the water and went over sat down at the picnic table and just sat there like "Ok, where's the food?" I'll tell ya that girl can eat. If she thinks your getting food out or ready she will go over to her high chair and try to get in. She is a funny thing, that girl.

July 4th Girls

FUN, FOOD, FAMILY/FRIENDS and FIREWORKS!
The four-f's of July. (I had to put Family and Friends into one.)

This year we didn't go to the parade and I have to say that getting to sleep in was awesome. It would have been better if Eric would have been home but he had a race in Las Vegas that I was not attending. He did great there and I am really proud of him, out of 22 cars he finished 11th and that was with all the big time racers from California. It was a quick trip. He left Wed morning and raced on Thurs and was home at 10 on Friday. That's why I didn't go. They rode in the semi hauler that transports the cars and had to shower at the truck stop.....not my type of Vegas trip. But I was sure glad to get him home. I do have a hard time being without him!

Eric had another race here on Sat and we all ventured out in the heat for it. He didn't do too hot at all here. Something went wrong with his car and he didn't get to finish the race. I still love him and as long as he is safe it doesn't matter to me win or lose as long as he has fun. (He did report this time was no fun) A lot of work goes into this whole race car thing

Although we didn't go to the parade the girls looked fabulous all day, (if I do say so myself) in their cute festive dresses that I made them put back on the next day to take pictures cause I forgot.

We had a great 2008 4th of July!

Congrats Party

So here is the Party we had for Larry and DJ. They were married in March in California were they reside. It was nice to visit with them again since there last trip up for Chrsitmas. I too, like Desiree', do not have many pictures of the adults. It was a very hot day, but luckily there was a breeze and the pool always helps the kiddies cool off. It was a small gathering mostly just our immediate family. Small and nice and not too crowded.

Cake

My cousin from Cali and her new husband, DJ and Larry, came up for the holiday and we kind-a threw them a congrats party since this was the first time we have seen them since they became the new couple.
Once again I tried to better the last one and decided I would make flowers out of the fondant I use to cover the cake.The flowers are the same that she had in her wedding and were very fun to make. Kimberlen, my little helper in all this, kept saying "Wow Mom they look just like the real one (I had pulled up a picture on the internet to make sure they looked real) and you are a great creator". She meant creative but that's in her own words.
The cake is off white and the decorations are white. It's a little hard to see the color contrast in the photos.
Here is the latest and so far greatest.

Here is the website that I have used to help me try and master the whole fondant thing:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm

Taylorsville Dayzz

This past weekend was Taylorsville's annual celebration for the City, or what ever you call it. We usually try to go to the Parade so we don't have to fight our way down to the parade for the 4th. But, this year Kimberlen was able to be in the Parade with her Dance Studio. I was up at 7 to get her ready after she had already woke up once at 6 because she said she was too excited. The had told us they wanted all the girls to wear curly ponies, so I had put foam rollers in her hair the night before to make it easier. I got her ready and down to the meeting place at 8 and then back to get Maycee and Eric to go watch the parade at 9. It was fun this was Maycee's first parade (well we took her last year but does that count?) It was funny to watch her look at all the people and things as they went by. Here she is

Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of Kimberlen due to all the Mothers and what have you that were walking with the girls. So here is what I was able to get, her taking off her head band and then as I tried to walk backwards to get a picture I cut off her head in this shot. After the parade we had to walk quite a ways to pick her up and then walk all the way back to the car. Next time we will definately watch at the end of the parade route. Kimberlen said she never wants to do that again. It was too hot and too far to walk (2 1/2 miles is far for little kids) She said she would be in a parade again if she could ride on something.

Afterwards we went home had lunch and took naps. We got the pool out and Eric and I laughed our buts off at these two little girls. Sorry no pictures of this, but it won't be the last time we get it out. We had a nice wet time.

The day was so fun then Eric made a great dinner and we were able to eat outside. We called some friends to see if they wanted to go the fireworks

later and the night was set. We piled up in cars

about 9:00 and headed over to the park. We

were able to get really close to the fireworks,

probably too close as some of the ashes came

down on top of us.

Maycee was not too thrilled with the loud BooM that some of them put off but did like seeing the colors in the sky.

Here she is with her dad who is trying to protect her. He he he

So I have yet to master the art of taking a picture of myself or at least trying to get Eric to look at the camera so this is the best I got. And yes, I do have clothes on.

PoPSicLe!

So what are we doing these hot days of summer?? Eating popsicles!!! This is the first popsicle that Maycee has ever had and she just loved it. Kimberlen also says that popsicles are her favorite too, she even asked for them all winter long.

Since Maycee loves to eat and suck on ice, I figured that she would love this cold, sweet treat. And, of course she did!! They were so cute sitting on the front porch in the shade with their treats.

Maycee was really good about sharing with me and her sister. She let both of us taste her treat. Kimberlen was not as willing to share with Maycee and I. But, I made her share so that we could both taste each flavor.

I could tell that she was getting a bit chilly when her lips and face around her mouth were cold to the touch. Even with that she was not letting go or giving it up.

What a hard thing to understand, that fact that when it is gone there is no more to eat! I am sure that she would have sat there for hours eating one after another. It was fun to watch the juice drip down her chin, and the laughter between the three of us was just HilArioUs!

Race Day

Another fun day at the local Rocky Mountain Race Track. It turned out not to be that great of a day for racing but we sure had a fun time. It was 90+ degrees and breezy, prefect for a getting a sun tan and thanks to Cory for demonstrating how it is done.
Kimberlen in her Flower Hat that the clown made for her. She thought she was pretty cute, which she was, until she stood too close to the fence and it popped. Bummer!!

Maycee was quite content in the shade of her stroller sucking on ice. Her she has her thumb up through the center of it. And we used the silicone earplugs for both girls and Maycee left them alone all night and was not bothered be the noisy cars. Hurray!! She made it through her first night of racing. Last time I brought her she started bawling and Uncle Cory took her home for the rest of the night.

Once again here is Kimberlen being her goofy self. We signed her up for Rocky's Kid Club and she got a free T-Shirt and was able to ride in the Pace Car. She was so excited, she stood in line half the night waiting for her turn. I didn't get a picture of her on the track but as they drove through the Pits the driver stopped in front of Eric's trailer so she could say "HI DAD" and he was able to see her in the car. Pretty exciting for a 6 year old. Now Maycee and I are the only ones that have not been around the track in our family.

Here is a In Motion picture of Eric racing. It looks pretty good and he just passed the yellow car behind him. Yeah! Unfortunately one of the cars in front of him broke an oil gasket and laid down a bunch of oil as they came around the corner and he spun out and was hit a couple of times, but not too much damage this time. He ended up finishing 8th out of 13 cars, so that's pretty good considering the wreck! Way to go.

And this is probably the most exciting moment of the night for Kimberlen. James, Eric's teammate, let her get in his car and "drive it" as they loaded it into the trailer. So all in all we had a pretty event full night. We had a bunch of family and friends that helped support him show up and this is what racing is all about!!