Tuesday Night 8:00= One of my FAVORITE times of the week. Why? AMERICAN IDOL!!!!
Being the nice mom that I usually am, I agreed to let my children stay up a little later and watch the entire show live (as opposed to the DVR).
After the show was over, I was doing the idol recap with my friend Debbie on the phone. We were going on and on about how awesome David Cook is and how we kept rewinding the show and watching him over and over and how we can't wait to download his song. You know, the usual. Well, these two decisions- letting my kids stay up late and talking on the phone when I should have been tucking them in, cost me 3 hours in the ER.
As I was saying good-bye to Debbie, I was pointing Westin to the direction of his room. He ran ahead of me, tripped and fell into his wooden block container. Who would have ever known?? When he was one, he had stitches in the same place. This accident re-opened the wound (there was no denying that it was opened)!
We got to ER at 9:50, parked a mile away (it felt like it when I was carrying Westin), walked through all the construction and signed in promptly at 10:00. Westin fell sound asleep on my lap. We were called into Triage at 11:00 (I think they have a rule about making people wait at least an hour for this), sent back out to the waiting room, sent back to billing at 11:30, sent back to the waiting room, brought back at 11:50 and released at 1:00 this morning. CRAZY!!
Westin was so brave. Never cried at the hospital. It was funny because I let him see his face in the mirror when we were waiting for the doctor to go get the blue stitches. We looked at it and said, "Thats what stitches look like?" He thought that when I woke him up to go to triage that he got his stitches then (they just put a band-aid on). While we were waiting for the doctor to come back- I snapped these pictures with my PHONE (I have just now figured out how to download them to my computer)!
So... here they are. Just be glad I didn't take them with a quality camera. I was brave too and watched the whole thing. I wanted to take pictures so bad during it, but didn't think it was appropriate.
Eight stitches later! I think we will both be tired in the morning- my alarm goes off in 3 hours. (At least I can go to bed proud of myself for posting so promptly).
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Warning- Not for the faint at heart
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Spring Break- finally!
I hope that you are as excited as I am that this/these posts are finally finished! We had a wonderful Spring Break and are excited to share our pictures. Before I do, let me give a little background on our trip.
This is how our first conversation went:
Carynn- "I can not wait for Spring Break! We will finally get two weeks off that we do not have to share with a major holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas. I want to go somewhere where I can relax, read books, eat and get a tan. Somewhere where the kids will have a blast but do not have to be with us every second of the day. I want a VACATION!!!"
Steve- "I have been thinking about this vacation and know exactly what we will do. I will plan everything. Don't worry about a thing!"
Carynn- "That would be awesome! Not only will I get a great vacation- but I don't even have to think about it. What could be better??"
Okay- in case you are wondering- I was thinking along the lines of a cruise. Great food, fun, relaxation. This was not what Steve was thinking, however.
I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed when I saw his blow by blow itenerary of the trip, but I would NOT change it for the world! The vacation was AWESOME!! By the way- I did get great food and I did read 3 books!! The tan is another story.
So... here are pictures of the vacation with brief notes. For some reason, I can only post 5 pictures at a time- so I had to break this up into many posts. Take a journey with our family up the California Coast!!! (it is 13 posts long- so you will have to go into older posts to see the entire trip).
Enjoy!!!
Solvang- a little Dutch town on the way to San Luis Obispo
This is how we toured the town. I guess that is why we don't have many pictures. This was harder and more dangerous than it looks. I was more worried about tipping over than taking pictures! In case your wondering about the flat little person with us. She is "Flat Keaton" (Stanley). She went everywhere on our trip with us before she was sent back to Hailey's first grade classroom in Chandler, AZ.
Leaving Solvang
On our way to San Luis Obispo
On the PCH- notice how close the ocean is- isn't California great!
San Luis Obispo
This is where we ate Easter dinner. It was my kids favorite restaurant on the trip. It is called The Cracked Crab in Pismo Beach. They bring your dinner out and pour it on the table. They give you any and every tool imaginable to crack your crab. It was so much fun!
Friday, April 4, 2008
View from the courtyard at Hearst Castle
Outdoor Pool
Outside the front door of the main house
Dining room- even the rich and famous like ketchup and mustard!
Indoor pool
Welcome to San Francisco! The Golden Gate Bridge!
Lombard Street- "The Crookedest Street in the World"
Cable Cars- the kids wanted to ride these ALL day!
Shopping!
Chinatown
We stayed at the Argonaut Hotel on the wharf. I would totally recommend it. These are pictures of the lobby.
