My husband broke.

So on Friday nights we usually go to my parents' house, where Josh and my dad do jiu jitsu. (my parents have a karate studio in their garage) It's a fun hobby that they both love, and Josh studies it every second he gets. He hadn't been majorly injured yet, just a lot of rug burns, horrible looking bruises, and sore backs, but nothing requiring a hospital visit.

Until Friday night.

I was outside with the boys, who were swimming with their Mimi, when my dad came out and said, "Um Christy? I think I broke your husband..." I walk into the garage and immediately noticed Josh's shoulders looked deformed. Plus he looked weird, like he was about to pass out. I got closer and noticed a large bump coming out of his shoulder, like a bone is sticking out. Not good. Needless to say I took him to the hospital.

Luckily nothing is broken, but it would almost be better if something was! He basically separated his shoulder. From what I've come to understand, the AC joint is what holds the clavicle (collar bone) to the shoulder bone. He separated that, so it's not holding it down and the bone sticking up is actually his collar bone. After x-rays and being in the ER for 3 hours, the doctor came in and said, "I have good news and bad news. The good news is nothing is broken. The bad news is you have to wait till Tuesday and get into an orthopedic surgeon ASAP to fix it." And with that, he left Josh with enough Percocet and Ibuprofen to last until Tuesday.

Not good. So basically I will be calling every orthopedic surgeon on our insurance first thing Tuesday to see who can get him in that day, and hope that he won't need surgery! In the meantime he hasn't been able to go to work...or really do anything but lay in bed. He's being as tough as he can but I've never seen him in so much pain, even walking is painful. He has a brace to keep his arm stable. I had to cut his shirt off of him Friday night and he could barely get his biggest button down shirt on. We took a couple pictures, we have one where it shows both his shoulders so you can really see the difference but I've been instructed not to post that. He didn't even want me to blog about it in the first place because he doesn't want anyone worrying about him. But I am worried so I'm blogging!

Happy Birthday Bubba!

Thursday was Bubba's birthday. I can't believe I have a 5 year old son. It's crazy. Here's some pics of his fun day.
Eating blue pancakes and chocolate milk for breakfast:
My pathetic attempt at cake decorating:
Oh well, at least Bubba liked it!
Blowing out the candles:

After he blew out the candles, Bubba excitedly pulled off his number 5 candle and started licking the frosting off. Trey piped in that he wanted a taste. Bubba nicely handed over the candle, and this was the result:
Yup, Trey took a bite out of it. I had turned around to get some plates and suddenly I hear Bubba screaming, "MOMMY! Trey bit the candle!" I turned around and Trey was just sitting there with his mouth hanging open, with candle chunks in his mouth! After I had him spit them out he said, "Sorry Bubba..." in this sad little voice. It was so funny! Typical Trey.
Bubba still liked his cake though:
All in all it was a successful birthday! I took the day off work to spend the afternoon with him. Usually I make him take a nap, or at least have quiet time in his room because that's when I work, when the kids are napping. But I thought it would be nice to have "special time" with him on his birthday and do whatever he wanted to do. We played Cutes and Ladders, Go Fish, Lucky Ducks, colored, and read books together. It was really nice to spend some one on one time with him.
The next day Josh took Bubba and Trey to see Kung Fu Panda at the dollars, and he loved that too. On Monday we're having a family birthday party at my parents' house, they have a pool and he really wanted a swimming party! Luckily he hasn't asked for a "friend party" yet. Having 10 boys running around my house in a sugar-induced frenzy? I'm putting off that migraine for as long as I can manage it!

Stay tuned for an upcoming post on Josh's jiu jitsu injury last night...with pics.

My Fingers = The Speed of Light

I hate working. I really do. For those of you who don't know, I work at home. It's not easy, it's not fun, if not for the fact that I want to stay home with my children and not put them into daycare, I would quit this job in a second. It's not so much that I hate the job, I mean I definitely don't love it by any means, it's more the time and energy it sucks from me so that I feel like I have nothing left to give to my family or my home. I could go on and on, and maybe I will in another post another day. Right now I'm tired and need to get to bed. However, I would like to say that if nothing else, my typing speed has increased exponentially since I started this job 4 1/2 years ago.

97 words

Speedtest

That's right folks, and I would also like to point out that in this particular test, I had 100 % accuracy. All those hours of slaving at my computer, inducing migraines and listening to the stupidest people on earth talk about their stupid car accidents while I transcribe their stupidity into the written word...well...they have all paid off in this moment.

Big Mouth

The things Trey says. I have no words for them.

Today we were walking into CVS, and this poor old lady was walking out at the same time. We stopped to let her get through the door first. She was stooped over, walking very slowly, very wrinkled, white hair, etc. Yet, she smiled sweetly at us as she hobbled past. Suddenly Trey opened his mouth and started stuttering, "Tha- tha- tha- tha-..."

I knew something embarrassing was coming. I quickly grabbed his hand and said, "Okay, come on, let's go get a cart!" He would not be distracted. He kept trying to say what he wanted to say, talking louder and louder over my frantic attempts to distract him and change the subject before it began. Suddenly he burst out:

"THAT LADY LOOKS YUCKY!!!"

Oh. My. Freaking. Heck. I wanted to disappear. I'm sure my face was bright red, and not because it was 100+ degrees outside. I rushed into the store and didn't look back, just hoping and praying that poor old woman had poor old hearing. Needless to say, we had a talk about being nice and not hurting other people's feelings. Again. And I'm sure this won't be the last time.

*sigh* No matter what he says though, I still love this face.

A tribute to my love for surveys.

1. Is there anything hanging from your vehicle's rear view mirror?
A Polynesian war helmet. Josh is part Samoan so you know I gotta represent!

2. When you go into the bathroom, do you ever check behind the shower curtain? You know, to make sure no one is miraculously hiding back there.
No. But thanks for creating a new source of paranoia for me.

3. At what age did your mom or dad give you "the talk" about sex?
I don't think I ever really got "the talk" with all the details. Just an "in general" talk when my mom was pregnant. When I finally realized what it all actually involved, I was pretty horrified/disgusted.

4. If you could add anything at all to an airplane to make trips more interesting, what would it be and why?
Separate cabins, that way you don't have to deal with other people.

5. What is one thing you and your significant other can never seem to agree on?
I think a better question might be what DO we agree on. And that is, not much! We are opposites in many many ways, but I think that just makes things more interesting.

6. Have you ever walked in on someone else having sex? How did you and the people involved react?
My mom swears I walked in on her and my dad. I do not remember this, and I am glad. Thank goodness for repressed memories.

7. Everyone hears discussions that they consider boring. What is one topic that can put you to sleep quicker than any other?
Politics.

Aspen Grove Family Reunion

We had a family reunion for my mom's side of the family July 26th - Aug. 1st. It was held at a BYU run family camp called Aspen Grove. It was SO fun. Parts of it were really hard what with the kids being so young and all. I think the kids secretly got together and decided to take turns screaming and throwing fits at every mealtime. Skipping naps and trying to get them settled down at night was crazy. Thank goodness for portable DVD players and Spongebob Squarepants. I owe Nickelodeon my sanity.

But I'm glad we went and we were able to do a lot of fun things. They had classes for the kids (even the baby!) during the day for a few hours so Josh and I could have some "adult time". We were able to do a high ropes course, rock climbing, hiking, play paint ball, go to a couple of lectures, try making a pot on a pottery wheel, and just were able to relax with family we haven't seen in years.

Plus, we had an excuse to travel to Utah, where I went to college at BYU and where Josh and I met! It brought back some great memories. We ate at Burger Supreme (mmm...fry sauce) and tried to find Pizza Pipeline, but were sadly disappointed that it has closed. We were able to visit with a lot of other extended family and friends before and after the actual reunion. We hadn't really been back to Utah since I graduated in 2001, so it was crazy to see how much Utah has changed. Here are some pics of the fun we had:

We stayed with Josh's uncle in his 100 year old house! I love old houses.

Josh's Uncle Denny took the boys ATV riding and was SO sweet. They're still talking about "Uncle Jenny", or "Dumbo" as they started calling him since he showed them he can wiggle his ears...lol

Green grass! We don't see this very often in Arizona!

The boys in our family reunion t-shirts. They loved these turtles. Not sure why.

Drinking fountains are amazing contraptions capable of hours of entertainment and wonder.

My family is weird. Yes, those are plungers. Never used for actual plunging though.

My G'ma Steagall who organized this reunion.

A creek! With water and everything!

Look at this view, amazing! I couldn't stop looking at it.

My sis and I (and our hubbies) hiked to Stewart Falls. We match. But not on purpose.

I'm in this picture, can you see me?

My mom, Samuel, and cousin Krista. I love Samuel's facial expression in this one...

My dad helping Samuel get to sleep one night.

At Taco Bell on the way home. This is the funniest picture ever taken. Ever. (taken by my husband, he wants the credit)

All in all it was a great time. I'm so mad I pretty much forgot to take pictures after the family reunion. We went and had lunch with my good friend Angela in SLC, I miss her so much and wish we would've had more time to hang out. Then we stayed with Josh's bro. Cody, his wife Leisa and their adorable daughter Kylie in Bountiful, and could've taken some really cute cousin pictures there, but didn't. We also visited with my Dad's side of the family in Ogden too, again, no pictures. I think my brain was just fried by then, lack of sleep and all. Everyone was so nice and I think Josh and I will try to make it out to Utah again before another 7 years goes by...

1st Day of Kindergarten!

Can you believe that J.J.'s school started August 6th? I remember when we used to start school in September. It just keeps getting earlier and earlier... Not that I'm complaining. :)

My baby started Kindergarten. He was SO good about it, I couldn't believe it. After his episodes of screaming bloody murder and having anxiety attacks every day of summer preschool, I was very nervous about how this whole Kindergarten thing would go. On Monday night, we went to a "Meet the Teacher" thing in his new classroom, so he was able to see where school would be, and meet his teacher. I REALLY think that helped a lot. Then we went over and over and over what we would do when I dropped him off Wednesday morning.

All our preparation proved for a VERY smooth first day! And he was so cute, I could hardly stand it. He looked so grown up and although I promised myself I wouldn't cry, I was very close to tears. Part of me is very ready for him to be in school 5 days a week, but the other part of me keeps getting flashback pictures of him as a baby and I can't believe this day has come. I really hope he does well. I hope he loves school and loves learning. I hope he makes friends and loves his teacher. I hope other kids don't make fun of him. I hope his teacher loves him and appreciates his personality.

The traditional first day of school picture by the front door:
Happy and excited in the car:

Checking to make sure his name tag is on:

Lining up: