august

i can't believe summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner!

fall is my favorite season!

but, i'm not ready for it because that means winter is on it's way too!

i wasn't able to blog much during august.

we have been so super busy

that blogging is the last thing on my to do list.

here are a few things that happened.

i went to las vegas for a Cookie Lee convention held at the Mirage.

this was my first trip alone...ever!

it was pretty fun and i met alot of women i know i will have as friends for a lifetime!

we had our first garage sale!

i'm so glad that is over!!

the items we sold the most were...clothes and cd's!

we had boxes and boxes of clothes that had accumulated over the years.

thank goodness they are outta here!

and cd's will be ancient history soon due to our love of i-tunes!

we decided to by a membership at Discovery Gateway.
with winter coming, we wanted to make sure we had something
we could all do indoors.
this place is awesome!
ave has fun and so does mommy and daddy!
BONUS!

we also went to bear lake for Raspberries Days.
since we live so close, we decided...why not?
avery LOVES the ocean.
avery KIND OF LOVES bear lake.
she was pretty timid with the water.
but had a blast burying her mom in the sand.
regardless, it was alot of fun and full of memories.
(including a raspberry shake and a BOX full of fresh raspberries!)

 

i had my TEN YEAR high school reunion.

really! i'm that old?

out of 1,000 student that graduated, probably only 200 showed up.

facebook has really put a damper on reunions i think.

i didn't really need to catch up with anyone.

i already knew what they have been up to. It actually made me feel like a stalker.

but, it was fun to say hi to people i haven't seen in person.

no one has really aged much. they all looked the same.

we got to hang out with my step sis and her hubby because we went to the same high school.

(our parent's married the year we graduated.)

(Me, Jodi, Frankie, Brooke and Liz)

we also were able to see DAVE MATTHEWS finally!!!

after 2 years of cancelling, i got to see my favorite musician perform!

and he didn't disappoint.

it was jam packed and we bought grass seats.

(yes, we had to pay for our tickets too!)

it was SO much fun!

 

avery went to the hospital for the first time too!

boo!

she has been sick off and on for about a month.

last week, her cold flared up again, but this time REALLY bad.

i was in salt lake by myself all week while nick was working in logan.

she started to cough so hard she was throwing up.

she was also not able to stop coughing for 45 minutes straight.

at 10:45 at night, i called the dr. on call at her pediatricians office.

they said to take her in because if a toddler cough's hard and long enough, their airways can shut off.

uhm, that's a sure way of scaring a mom to death!

so, we headed to Primary Childrens at 11:30 PM.

magically, avery stopped coughing once we walked in the doors.

i seriously felt like an idiot!

there were children there that were not doing well.

like a neglected little boy a little older than ave.

he wanted to sit by us and not go near his mom.

(not to judge, but she looked like she was higher than a kite!)

.sad.

there was an african american litlle boy who had a deformed skull and was paralyzed and could not move.

broke.my.heart.

these children helped me realize how lucky i am.

anywho...back to me being an idiot.

so, ave had a chest xray to make sure she didn't have pneumonia or a projectile in her lungs.

.all.clear.

her vitals were good too!

come to find out, her airway was super swollen, so they gave her a steroid to help.

a steroid.

atleast she entertained all of the dr's and nurses by saying hi and bye AND throwing toys at them.

i guess i would be upset if you were bugging me at 2:30 AM too!

lesson learned!

 

so, that has been our august.

full of surprises!