Up Up and Away!

My dad is going to start training my little brother to be a pilot! How fun and scary is that! Anyway, my dad had to go do a check ride in a little airplane and there were two extra seats. I new Ethan would love it and asked if he could go. They let him on and when I asked if he wanted me to sit next to him or Grandma he chose Grandma. I think we were both a little disappointed! I love to go on those little airplanes and after the ride my mom said she didn't have the urge to ever go again!

Ethan with his head phones! When he found out he was going on an airplane he had to search frantically for these to wear. When he got on the plane he got to wear some real headphones with a microphone! He then could hear what the pilots were saying and they could hear him too. My mom said he kept answering their questions. How cute is that?

At about the end of the runway and before take off he asked Grandma if she brought any books. I guess it wasn't as exciting as I had hoped. He feel asleep shortly after that! Thanks dad for letting him go and mom for going with him!

Finally an update!

Jeff wanted to go for a walk so he bundled up Mylie and brought her with! How cute are they? I love Mylie's hat and gloves! Thanks Mom!

Ethan in his splint and sling! I know I promised pictures a while back but when your camera breaks and your mom, dad and brother don't have time to email a few measly pictures to ya that's what happens! Just kidding everybody, I know your busy. Thanks mom for figuring it out all by your self and sending them to me. I'm so proud! For those who are wondering, Ethan is holding a guy with a sword that my mom let him borrow to take with him to get his cast put on. He obviously thought that was the focus of the picture instead of him or the sling.

New cast just put on. He did great and was so brave! The doctors told him that he should be a doctor like them when he grows up because they don't give shots. He though that was pretty cool and has been telling people ever since! That's fine with me!

This picture is the night before he got his cast off! We finally got our camera back and I didn't know if I was ever going to get the pictures from my family! (Ha Ha)

Ethan wanted to take a picture of Mylie and this is what we got. I love her hair after we take it out of a pony tail at night! Out of control!

This is Ethan's crazy/silly/funny face! It is the same face every time! He insisted on my taking a picture of him doing his silly face with his cast on! (All you people with girls get your daughters asking you to take pictures of them striking various cute poses in adorable outfits and this is what I get!)

I've been tagged! Thanks Brit!

So...................... Brit I revised it, Sorry about the mistakes! I did it really late at night and really fast and obviously I copied and pasted and didn't erase some of the answers! Sorry again! It's fixed now! Enjoy


I've been tagged! Great timing too while Jeff is out of town! I don't know if he will check my blog but if he does...................We sure miss you here at home! Ethan keeps asking when you are getting home and he has a whole list of things he wants to do with you! (It keeps getting longer) We hope you are having a great time in Arizona with your brother and family. Say hi to everybody! We wish we were there!




My Husband . . .
What is his name? Jeff
How long have you been together? 17 years off and on
How long did you date? 7 years off and on
How old his he? 32 (but only for 18 more days)
Who eats more? Depends on the day!
Who said I love you first? He did I think. It was a really long time ago!
Who is taller? Jeff
Who can sing better? He would probably say me but I like his voice although it mostly makes me laugh :) Love you sweety pie!
Who is smarter? I think I am more socially smart and he is more intellectually smart!
Who does the laundry? I do
Who pays the bills? I do
Who sleeps on the right side? I do
Who mows the lawn? We both do. He does it more than me though and sometimes we trade off in the middle. It's a lot of lawn for a non-self propelled mower!
Who cooks dinner? Me most of the time.
Who drives? We both do. Although, if we are in a hurry it should be me for the sanity of our relationship! (I'm sure Jeff agrees)
Who is more stubborn? Definately Me
Who kissed who first? He kissed me
Who asked who out first? JEFF asked me first
Who proposed? JEFF
Who has more friends? About the same
Who is more sensitive? That is defiantly me!
Who has more siblings? He does (5 to 4)
Who wears the pants? I'd say it's me just because he is so laid back and happy with anything.

I am now tagging Joyce, Missy, Becky, Jylaire and Tasha!

Not much new!

So....the camera is still broken and I am waiting for my mom, dad or Jase to email some pictures (hint hint) so that I have something to post! So in the mean time I will share some of the funny things that Ethan says. He is so entertaining!

When I was driving past the Capitol Building he said;
Ethan- "Wow what building is that!"
Me- "That's the Capitol Building"
Ethan- "But what Capitol is it"
Me- "It's for Salt Lake City which is the Capitol of Utah" (wowed by his intelligence)
Ethan- "Nooooooo Mom, is it a B or an E like me?" (Meaning capitol letters)

I was lifting him into his car seat and he said;
Ethan- "Mom, I love you"
Me- "I love you too buddy"
Ethan- (putting both hands on my cheeks) "and I love your face"

When we were driving home from President Hinckley's viewing;
Ethan- "mom where are all these cars going"
Me- "well......maybe they are going to say good-bye to President Hinckley too"
Ethan- "Well good-bye President Hinckley don't be sad you get to be with your wife now. And don't worry President Hinckley every body loves you!" This made me cry. He is such a cute and thoughtful little boy and a great blessing in my life!

Ethan's first (and hopefully last) trip to the E.R.

So...........first off, our camera is not working so there will be no pictures accompanying this blog entry! Maybe this will force me to write more instead of letting the picture speak for me. Anyway, hopefully we will be getting a new camera soon and I will be back in the game! So a couple days ago I was having a great mom moment and built an amazing fort for Ethan! He loved it, it was huge and tall and didn't break easily. Everything he always wants in a fort was there. Well, it was so cool that when he was standing on our recliner chair (one of the walls of the fort) looking down on the roof of the fort (a couch cushion balancing on the recliner and the couch) it looked like a fabulous slide to him. Warning! This is where bad mom moment begins. I was talking on the phone and didn't notice him looking at the "slide" and plotting his next move until it was too late. He flipped himself off of the back of the recliner landing himself on his arm on the carpet below. I'm just glad it was on our new cushy carpet downstairs and not the nasty concrete like carpet upstairs. Anyway.......he cried really hard immediately and after an hour of cuddling me, having chocolate milk, and rubbing my arm (his comfort routine) he was still upset! He was also holding his arm with his other arm and didn't seem to be able to get comfortable! It was so sad! Although there was virtually no swelling I knew he must have broken it! He is usually a pretty tough kid! So we headed of to instacare. They did X-rays and said we needed to go out to Primary Children's Hospital to have a specialist look at it because it was very close to his growth plate and may need to have surgery to place a pin in it. Yuck! So we headed out to Primary's and Ethan thankfully fell asleep! He slept for over 3 hours of the drive out there and the wait in the ER. He even slept through all the assessments done by the hospital staff. He only woke up because they had to redo the X-ray and they moved his arm it a way that hurt him. Well the X-ray gave us good news! No surgery, just a cast! Yeah! We were so excited! So after about 7 hours of fun we were able to go home just after midnight! Ethan is now doing great. He constantly needs to be reminded to settle down so that he doesn't break his other arm! Fun for us! Thanks for all the calls and gifts! If your kid ever complains of too long of a break between Christmas and their Birthday just encourage them to break a bone!

Foxboro Fire update!

So...........I just found out today (through my neighbor Tasha's dad) that the car on fire was stolen. I guess the people stole it, then put a chemical on it and lit it on fire (which caused the explosion) Lovely eh? Gotta love crime in the neighborhood! For those of you asking, it was on Fox Hollow just south of the round about. The car was parked on the west side of the street.

Fire in Foxboro?

So..................Jeff and I were laying in bed last night watching the news when we heard a very loud boom. Jeff jumped out of bed and started looking out all the windows to see if he could see what made the sound. A minute later he ran in to the bedroom saying, "Amy you've gotta come see this!" I jumped out of bed and this is what I saw out our window! It was crazy! Jeff quickly got his coat and boots on and ran outside, along with a bunch of other neighbors to see what was going on! We never did find out! Hopefully today we will know what happened!

This is a blurry picture of the firemen putting out the fire. They were here almost at the same time we looked out the window! Very Fast!

Lot's of smoke!