I went here today...

Tonight as I am waiting for Mr. Jones to come in from plowing snow that we received today, I looked out the front door and in my mind I went through the gate and went to a place far away. This place was green and had beautiful spring flowers, it was warm and I could feel the sunshine streaming on my face.

As I walked down the path and close to the fence I could smell the sweet roses, blossoms spilling down the rusty old gate.

It was a place far, far away but just imagining it in my mind made me feel inspired. I want to trim a tree like this some day and walk down the path to the barn up ahead.

I can breathe in the smell of the freshly snipped herbs and can't wait to put my hands in the warm dark earth.

Then on my old trusty bike take a trip to the neighbor to deliver an armful of pink, amber blossoms.

The colors of spring are so vivid in my head.

But for now I will just look out the window and see just the white, and remember the place I went in my head.

It snowed and the lights went out

In the night when I was awake I could here these soft creaking sounds and I wondered what they were. After Ryan came and kissed me goodbye, I lay there waiting to hear him pull out of the driveway instead I could hear scraping sounds so I thought,"It must have snowed" I tried to go back to sleep but noticing that he hadn't left yet kept me from sleeping. In a few minutes I heard the back door open and he came up the stairs and came in the room and started taking off his shirt and tie. So I got up and looked out the window and we had a lot of snow fall during the night. He hadn't parked in the garage because Isaac, Mary, Lincoln, Jess, and Mac had come up Sunday afternoon and he had come after them so he never thought to park the car in the garage. The soft creaking sounds I had heard during the night was the snow falling off the roof and there was about a 4 foot pile of snow that had landed on his car. After several minutes of shoveling Ryan realized it was going to be useless to shovel and get to work on time. So he changed his clothes and started shoveling and plowing for half the day. It was pretty but I really wish I had taken a picture the day before because the snow was about gone.

Now the banks are back where they were earlier. The electriciy went off for about 3 hours in the middle of my bread making so I had to knead it all by hand. Man I admire those pioneer women who had to do all the work by hand all of the time. I bet there arms were strong and buff.

The mound in the middle is back where it was.

Believe it or not the deck was cleaned off when we went to bed.

It was fun to have everyone come up and we got Dad to hold little Lincoln, he is always afraid to hold babies because he thinks he is going to break them.

He looks pretty little when Dad is holding him.

I had to get some naked pictures when Mary was changing his clothes.

I love the way he holds his cute little lips.

This week...

This morning as I ate my cereal by the computer, this seems to be my morning ritual, I get my cereal, read my e-mails and then check my blog, then go to Mel's, then Rachel's, Mac and Jess, Rainee's then Isaac's and Mary's. All while eating my bowl of cereal, I guess I do this to make sure that everyone is still out there and nothing has happened while I was sleeping.

I saw some cute pictures of Lincoln on Mary and Isaac's blog and Mel's comment of, "finally some pictures." I thought I have some cute pictures of him I better get them where she can see them so here they are.

This one almost looks like he is laughing, I don't think he really is but his expression right as I took the picture makes it look that way.

He is getting to look more like Isaac but there are some cute expressions he makes that remind me of Mary.

In this one I can see Mary's lips.He is starting to fill out in his face, but he is still just a small little ball when you hold him, I love it when babies are like that, they are just so fun to put up on your shoulder and hug.

I catch him often having this little furrowed brow look, it makes me wonder what he is thinking.

Here is another of kind of a smile while he is sleeping, Mr. Jones always said that when they do this as babies they are dreaming of big jugs of breast milk.

There is nothing as sweet as a sleeping content baby.

Tydon came up to visit and I had him model one of the hats I knitted, he liked it for awhile then had to run and play with Grandpa.

Here are some more little Mary Jane shoes, they are so much fun to make and I am still thinking of more combinations.

Kace and Tydon were playing tag with Grandpa they would do these,"Na, Na, Na's," and then Ryan would chase them around the house, catch them, throw them on the bed and tickle them and they would jump off and run for more of Grandpa's chasing. I totally thought some one would break some bone or have some laceration but they came through with no injuries.

Tydon loved this part.
Then we played the water game and if any of you know Kace you know this game. The person who is it thinks of a category and then the participants say what they think the person who is it is Not thinking and the person who is it walks around with a teaspoon full of water, if you say what he is thinking you get doused with the teaspoon of water. This is Kace's absolutely favorite game.

Here he is after saying what someone was thinking.

Of course Tydon plays it too but when he throws water on you he throws it back over his head instead of at you and I think he gets more wet than the person in front of him.

Maybe I'm not so old...

I still have YW on my forehead and if you remember I was released from the stake YW about a month or so ago. When I was released I had the feeling that it was probably the last time I would be in YW's because I was too old, I think I even told some people that. Well maybe I am not so old because today I was sustained as the second counselor in the Cub river ward YW. I am really excited to be back although it kind of took me by surprise, (doesn't all callings take you by surprise?) You would think that I would have some inside information since I do sleep with the bishop, hmm... maybe I should rephrase that, any way he lives at my house. No, he didn't tell me that it was coming because I was called by the second counselor in the bishopric because the bishop calls the President and the first counselor calls the first counselor and so forth.
So I have decided that maybe age doesn't have a lot to do with callings although I am definitely the oldest in the group so now I am thinking that when I die that someone should put one of those fake tattoos on my forehead, Mel maybe that can be your job, and when everyone walks by my casket they can say, " Yup, she had YW tattooed on her forehead, may she rest in peace.
It will be fun to work with all of the women that have been called and I am looking forward to getting to know them and the YW in the Cub river ward. That was one thing that I really missed in the stake calling, you kind of got to know the girls but it just wasn't the same. So forward and onward the work goes on and I LOVE the YW of the church.

Super Cute and almost super tiny feet

Okay, I know you want to get to the pictures, but I just have to say that yes he is a pretty cute baby and as far as I could see he was a pretty good baby as well. He made cute little cooing sounds and I didn't really get to hear him cry but Isaac had made a video which was taken right after he was born and he had a cute little soft cry. His hands are big and his feet match his hands, Mary thinks he has Isaac's nose and ears, Isaac thinks he has Mary's lips, so it was a great combination and he is SUPER CUTE!

The feet to fit the shoes.

His hands,he has really long fingers.

I love yawning pictures.

Cute little eyes.

Cute little lips.

Cute little Mom.

Cute little face.

Cute Parents.

He is just cute.

Cute family.

Okay, happy Grandma.

Isaac and Mary are thinking that his name will be Lincoln.

He is pretty strong and already holding up his little head.

Isaac at work came up to visit his new little boy.

We are so happy he is here and Mary and baby will be going home today. Way to go Mary and Isaac, we are glad to have another cute little boy to add to all of the other cute little boys!

We have some teeny tiny feet to fill the shoes!

Okay, the teeny tiny feet have arrived, he arrived last night at 8:58 pm weighing 7 lbs. 11 0z. and is 19 inches long. After less than 5 hours of labor (lucky Mary) he is here! We haven't seen him yet but according to Isaac he is "super cute", we are going down now to see this cute little guy so we will update with pictures as soon as we have them. I am so excited!

I have a baby shoe Fettish!

I have always loved shoes and I really love little tiny shoes. Mel got me started on the hat and then I saw these cute little crocheted baby shoes and I had to get the pattern. I think I'm obsessed. Now I have all of these ideas that I can do with these little shoes and I can't sleep at night because I am thinking of something different that I can do with these, little baby loafers and cute Mary Jane's, aahhh, they are just so cute. They will be even cuter on some teeny tiny feet, I can't wait!

My day got interesting and bloody...

OK, I won't complain anymore because things can go worse. Yesterday is definitely a day I don't want to repeat. After all that Caitlin has been through we had more to come. Early yesterday morning like 2 AM, Caitlin came in our room and said she was bleeding, so I got up to help her. We were told to gargle with ice water for 20 minutes if that happened so she stood at the sink and gargled and spit out the blood and water in the sink. I looked down her throat a few times and could see the blood but wasn't sure where it was coming from. Well to make a long night short ( or long story short) she stood at the sink for 2 hours and in our minds if we would just keep the ice coming it would stop. It slowed down so we thought we were winning and I got in the tub to get ready for work and she then came to the door and said that it was still bleeding. I called the Dr. and we then got in the car to drive to the Emergency Room, she brought her ice and an emesis basin and she kept the ice going. When we got to the ER she started vomiting and there was A LOT of blood. When the Dr. started examining her it was making her gag and so then she was throwing up buckets of blood. It was pretty gross and she started getting shocky and I could see that she was in trouble. The Dr. wanted to take her back to surgery so I called over to the OR, they knew where I was because I had called on the way down telling them that I had to make a stop at the ER first, they had an extra person so my spot was covered and the first case in one room canceled so as soon as we signed the papers she was on her way back to the OR. Dr. Keyser found a vessel in the back of her throat and cauterized it and then put a tube down her stomach to suck out all of the blood. Well when she woke up she felt so much better and she definitely looked a whole lot better and when she felt good enough we took her back to her house because I still had the appointment at the dentist to finish my root canal so I left her sleeping and went to the dentist and after 3 hours I was glad that my interesting day was coming to a close. Caitlin said today that she feels better than she has for a long time, she still has pain in her throat but overall it is a whole lot better. I am feeling better too so I am kind of glad this week is coming to a close.

This last week was interesting...

Actually these first pictures were inspired by Mel. She had me look at these cute hat patterns and I thought, "I have to make one." So I have spent the last day making this hat, it was not that hard once I figured out how to do a FPDC which means front post double crochet but I started over several times before Ryan found it on the Internet and after seeing a video, it was much easier. So thanks Mel, I also am getting a pattern for these cute little baby shoes and I can't wait to try them as well. I have had more time this week because I have been home with Caitlin who had her tonsils out this last week and today I got the rest of my root canal finished. It was pretty bad because it was in the last molar in the top of my mouth and I had to have my mouth opened for 2 hours, so my jaw is pretty sore. ( He had a hard time finding all of the roots).

But I am not complaining because I definitely have not had it as bad as Caitlin has had it. When you get your tonsils out as an adult it is much worse. Then to top it off she had an allergic reaction to the pain medication so she spent the best of one day vomiting her guts out. the allergic reaction made her face swell up like a balloon and then because she was vomiting so hard she burst the blood vessels in her eyes. She looks like she lost the fight because it also made the outside of her eyes go black and then she bruised around her mouth from the surgery. I guess on a positive note though she lost 20 lbs.

This is her uvula the size of her thumb, it was pretty gaggy because it goes down her throat.

Here is her balloon face, at least Dad got her to smile, she hasn't been doing too much of that.

Here is her blood eyes, I really hate throwing up and I can't imagine doing it right after having your tonsils out. Sorry Caitlin, that you have had a bad week, it is supposed to get better by week 2.

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