Ouch!

So here's Emily's stitches. Gross, yeah, but what do you expect with my blog? On Friday, while I was gone to an Army exercise, Emily went and asked Suzette for an apple. Suzy said she could have a half of one, in a minute. So Em took matters in her own hands, grabbed the longest knife that we have, and cut the apple....and her finger. Our friends out in Eagle Mountain, the Youngs, took Suzy and the rest of the family to the doctors office to get stitched up. Suzy also thought that I had taken her wallet, which was at home, but Donna, our friend paid for us so we could get a discount on the procedure. Wow. It's times like these that you really come to appreciate your friends. On a side note, the doctor was awesome and explained everything to Emily. When he gave her the shot he told her that her finger would go to sleep and then later asked if it was snoring. Cool huh?

Time flies...

So the other day, Miranda had a terrible fit. She completely melted down into a screaming unconsolable child. She gets that from her dad. I had gotten a little extra from my blood account so I told Suzette that I thought that we needed to spend some extra time with her that night. Miranda had been rewarded, during school, with a free dinner from her favorite dining spot, Applebee's, so that was the decided venue. Suzy decided and made a point that someone had to watch the other two, so that should be me to avoid unnecessary expenses and for me to get to know them some more.:) So they went to the restaurant and my little six year old princess refused, even at the insistance of the waiter, to use the crayons. She said, "I'm not interested in that." Wow. I have, several times, forbad her to grow up. She just laughs and says, "Daddy, I have to grow up!" Yeah, she does.

I'm In!

I'm finally in the Army! Sort of. I have finally enlisted and I am ready to go and serve my country and fellow man to the best of my abilities...on October 20th. Yeah, kind of a long wait, but at least all of the waivers are done. And that speaks volumes. I will be posted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for the first 10 weeks of Basic, then off to Fort Sam Houston for my medic training. From there, who knows. May the Lord Bless all who serve!

I think that I have mentioned it before but.....

I LOVE MY WIFE!!!!! Who else can look great in church, share the most spiritual side of themselves, actually send their husband to bed, go to choir, eat dinner, sing in the Messiah, put their kids to bed, spend quality time with her husband, and still look past all of his faults and love him? I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH SUZETTE! Thank you for always being there for me.:-)

Wow.

There are several things that I will always be wowed by in my life. First of all, I will always be amazed by the love that our Heavenly Father has for us and for all that He has given us. Second, I will never get used to how much my wife loves me, even with all of my many faults. I will always be amazed at my children and how much they change day by day and what they do day by day. Right now at 1:45 in the morning, I am amazed at how tired I can be when You'd think that I would be used to doing this schedule.... oh well

Suzy's first blogging attempt

Miranda got her ears pierced!

We told Miranda that she could get her ears pierced before she goes to school so she and I went to the mall today and had a little date. We got her ears pierced, shopped for accessories and had lunch. We had a great time just being together. Miranda is so grown up now! It did make me feel a bit better when she wanted to play in the mall play area =). There is still some little girl left in her and will do our darndest to hang onto that! Isn't she so beautiful?!

I am a guy. I like guy things, cars, trucks, bugs and slimy things. Here in Tennessee are some things that they don't have in Utah. I will show them to you.

This is called a pancake turtle by the locals. It's actually called a spiny softshell turtle. The males are only 7-9 inches big. The females, however, are 19-24 inches big and they are fast!!!


These little buggers are called lightening bugs. Yes, they do light up and they are not very fast. Locals claim that if you catch one and squish it, the juice from inside will glow for up to a half an hour. Haven't tried it yet. Don't really want to. They are also Pennsylvania's state insect.
This is a male Cardinal. They're cool. We just don't have them in Utah.

So there you go. I realize that I need to put more on about my family, and I will shortly have a good one y'all!