Sunbeam

Jesus DOES want her for a Sunbeam and she will be a Sunbeam for Him.

Sunbeam, Nursery, and a Valiant 10 (again)

December

Just as we were leaving church, Sunny decided to head-plant it into the glass door and hit her forehead on the metal edging (yep, she was running around like a total maniac while I was putting on her sisters coat), but I'd say she still didn't deserve the wound. The slice didn't bleed immediately, but each time she would cry, and yes, she was CRYING, it would bulge and open up...enough to make me light headed and want to pass out.

We have a pediatrician in our ward and I visit teach his wife and we just quickly dropped by their house to ask him if the slice required stitches.....yep.

We went home, got Sunny some fishy crackers for a snack, and they were on their way. Thirty minutes later they were home and the job was done. We asked the nurses (whom I called before Stevey and Sunny left) if they could just glue the wound together vs get stitches and have the stitching marks left in her head....the pediatrician neighbor recommended the same thing.

Sunny was the star of the Community Care. The personnel there couldn't believe that she didn't cry and asked how old she was. They told a story of a sixteen year old who was just in having the same procedure done as Sunny, but was acting more like you would expect a two year old to act.....we are so proud.

At bedtime in the crib, Sunny decided to pick at the glue because she was distraught about having to go to bed and popped it open. We pulled out our own stash of super glue and redid the job. By morning Sunny had picked it again and had blood running down her face...nice. An hour later I just happened to run into our same neighbor pediatrician at the store and he advised me to leave it alone and once it heals to keep vitamin E on the scar tissue to help it look better. Can you imagine the mess we would have had if Sunny had stitches and started picking at them. GROSS!



All better.

More Christmas Holiday Fun

Stevey and I really wanted to do something special for our wonderful children during the Christmas holiday so we decided to make reservations up in Jackson Hole and stay in a cabin. We celebrated our 13 year anniversary and Jackson Hole is where we honeymooned all those years ago.

We beat the snow storm up there, but our cabin wasn't quite ready for us so we decided to get some lunch to eat...and yes the kids were hungry and anxious to get out of the car (hence to noise volume in the van). The restaurant we chose was closed down (who new) so we went to Wendy's (special...it was our kids first time there). We ate and then finally made it to the cabin....hurray (praise the Lord).

We walked around the grounds admiring the beauty and then discovered that the pool was heated and just calling our names. We changed and had a great time in the pool in 20 degree weather.

Dinner time.

Sibling rivalry was in full force between the two little precious ones and according to them, we couldn't get out to the restaurant soon enough. Sorry the restaurant is CLOSED. Volume increases substantially in the van. Now if you think you can just go to some other restaurant in J.H. you are mistaken. If you want to just go to some other saloon then that is another story.

We eventually found a delicious Mexican restaurant and had a nice dinner and everyone (for the most part ) was happy.

Sleeping time.....just use you imagination here.

Breakfast. WONDERFUL! DELICIOUS! BEAUTIFUL! HEALING! The Rustic Inn has the most wonderful breakfast ever and the presentation was incredible (Kemy you would have been so impressed)!

We made it out of the cabin eventually and decided to travel ten miles up to Teton Village and take in all of the beauty there. We would have if we didn't get caught in a white out snow storm on the way up and then have three of the restaurants we chose to eat at (and sold the kids on) be closed, I'm sure we would have had a lovely time. Two hours later and with the kids totally freaking out we were back in Jackson and eating at Mountain High Pizza Pie. Thank goodness we stuffed ourselves and didn't need dinner.

The next morning we had another wonderful breakfast and then started to clean up for check out. We enjoyed more of what J.H. had to offer site seeing wise and then went to McDonald's for lunch on the way home (they were open).

Conclusion. 1. At this time of our lives we just need to reduce the expectation. The little girls are horrible to travel with and push Stevey and I to the very edge of sanity with their mellow and cooperative personalities. 2. Never assume that you can pick a restaurant in this economy and assume that it will be open for business. 3. "Enjoy the journey".

P.S. How do the rest of you do it....joyfully and enjoy it?

Christmas

Lots of tears and fighting courtesy the two little girls. There is a huge sibling rivalry between the two and it brings LOTS and LOTS of peace and joy into our home. Christmas was great but we are still recovering...even Grandma Hunter whose whole life revolves around her grandchildren used the word 'crazy' to best describe our Christmas experience. At least we have 2010 to look forward too.