As sick as a...

DOG! I'm so stinkin sick. My nose has been running, my sinuses are stuffy, my nose is running, and I'm coughing like crazy. Amy is right, the sick leave package as a Mom is pretty crappy. Although I was lucky enough to take some time off yesterday when Mary came and picked up Hallie in the morning and took her to my parents house for the day so I could get some R and R. Although it was a little lacking in the relaxation category. Anyways, I'm actually feeling a little better today. Still coughing and nose running, but I FEEL ok. We had a fun night last night. Daniel and Alicia, Brady and Jessica, Joey and Christina, Kelly and Scott, John and Trina, and David all came over and we ordered pizza, and talked, and played catch phrase. We all had a really good time. Owen and Ada and Hallie all played together (as well as 2 two year olds and a one year old can play together without a riot breaking out :) ) And all of us semi-grown ups had a really good time. I love getting lots of people together and having fun. On another subject, Lara is getting married on Saturday and I feel like, being her favorite sister, I have not done nearly enough to help. :) J/K (about the favorite sister thing) But seriously I have done almost nothing to contribute and every time I ask her if there is anything I can do she just shrugs her shoulders and says, "not really". Her and Steve have pretty much done this whole thing on their own. I'm really happy for her and I really like Steve. I think they will be really good for eachother and really happy together. Well, I need to spend some time on the floor with Hallie.

Hallie at Grandma and Grandpa's house

Shooting with Matt and his Mom Hallie and her Cousin Broadie

Fun Camping Weekend

Matt's parents really were missing Hallie so they flew us out to go camping with them this weekend. They own some property up in the mountains near Salina. So we flew out Wednesday night and got back last night. We had a really good time! We shot a lot of shot guns and had really good food and visited with Matt's family and his grandparents. Hallie got kind of traumatized though. We were in Matt's parent's camper (which is about 3-4 feet up off the ground and has metal steps going up to it) and Hallie pushed on the screen door and fell out and hit her face on the bottom metal step on her way down. It was HORRIBLE! We thought she had broken her nose. It kept bleeding and it swelled up instantly and looked like it was broken. Matt's Mom was saying that if it didn't stop bleeding we were going to need to take her to an emergency room. I was FREAKING out (but maintained a calm face) and Hallie wasn't doing so good either. But after a few minutes the blood started to slow down and the swelling started to go down. She doesn't seem to have broken it (but I'm still taking her to the doctor today) but she did take all the skin off her nose. Poor little thing. But it gets worse. Just before we were about to leave to drive down the mountain we were playing with sparklers and Matt was holding Hallie, just after his sparkler went out he was holding it with his other hand and holding it pretty far away from her, but she lunged for it and grabbed it and burned her hand pretty bad. Matt felt horrible, but it really wasn't his fault. It was an accident. So basically...Hallie is a mess and it looks like we beat her or something. Other than those two awful events, we had a really good time and it was really good to see Matt's family. Here are some pics...

Back in business!

Guess what happened today....we got INTERNET and CABLE!!! YAY!!! My life as a monk is over. So we are in our new place now out in Tustin and I love, love, LOVE it. It is so cute, and 400 dollars a month cheaper than our last place. It is also WAY nicer than our last place. We painted some really cute colors and hung pictures and Matt is going to buy sod so we'll have a lawn in our back yard (that's right, we have a back yard). Right now the back yard is just dirt. The first thing I want to buy after we get a lawn....a slide. One of those little plastic ones. Hallie really loves climbing the play ground equipment at the park and going down the slides all by herself. It actually makes me a little nervous, but she is so stinkin independent. Basically, life is good. Hallie has her own bedroom (it's actually our walk in closet...but she doesn't know the difference), we have a really big living room, all brand new appliances, a DISHWASHER, and a fireplace!!!! YAY. Life is so good right now. I haven't felt like I had a home since we left our cute apartment in Rexburg almost a year and a half ago. Finally, I feel home again. Our ward is awesome. TONS of young couple with young kids and play groups and what not. There are two hundred and fifty members that live in our apartment complex, which is great. Our friend's front door and our front door literally face eachother. And Hallie loves to over to their house and play with Aida (their two year old)'s toys, and loves to have her come over here. Their age difference is really funny because Aida is two and ALL two year olds don't like to share, and Hallie is 1 and all one year olds go up and just take things away from people. But neither of them understands the other one. It is really funny. So basically, life is good. We are SOOO happy. We love Tustin, all the cute shops and restaurants, and people. It's a really nice area. So there is the update on our lives. To sum it up in one word.... amazing.