Alek's Progress

Well it was time to take Alek's stitches out, and Braden did it. Alek was a little nervous, but we told him it wasn't going to hurt and then he was fine. He just layed on Braden's lap until they were out. Ever since Alek fell he hasn't been as shy. He has been talking to everybody. So I guess the fall had at least one advantage.

Alek holding his stitches

Alek happy to have them out

Here are the stitches

Alek today. It's looking better!

Family Fun

Since the boys love trains so much, we decided to take them on the frontrunner. We took the frontrunner down to Salt Lake, then rode trax to The Gateway and went and saw Madagascar 2. The boys had a blast. We told them the day before that we were going to go and that's all Alek could talk about. Which was weird, cause I thought it would be Jaxon talking about it. We went to the frontrunner station and bought our tickets. The kids were free so we gave them the receipts so they could have a ticket. They were so excited. The boys thought that we were going to watch Madagascar on the train so the whole way down they were asking when it was going to get dark so we could watch the movie. Joye was a stink during the movie so I didn't see much of it, but the boys were glued. When we went to catch the frontrunner back we had to wait for 30 minutes for the next train, it was so cold! The boys kept warm by running around but I pretty much froze.

The boys in front of the ticket machine. With their "tickets"

We're crossing the tracks to get to the platform.

Alek and Jaxon waiting for the train.

Daddy and his little girl waiting

Alek on the train

Jaxon on the train
Waiting for the movie to start. We had to get popcorn for the boys and it was gone before the previews even started.

Me and Joye getting ready for the longest movie ever.

Crazy Sleepers

Well I figured out why Jaxon has a rail on his top bunk. We put the boys in bed and I went to check on them a little while later, and they were both flipped upside down in their beds. Jaxon had his arm and leg through the rails of his bed. Joye is right there with them, too. She is a wild sleeper, I have to dress her warm for bed because she doesn't stay in the covers very long.

The Light Parade

Saturday was the Garland Light Parade. We went with Mark and Sherin and their girls. It was fun, but so so cold. We were all bundled up. After the parade they did fireworks, and then the kids got to see Santa! We were first in line. While we were waiting for Santa to come you could hear the fireworks booming outside. Sherin said to the kids, "Listen I can hear Santa's reindeer on the roof." The Sara, Rylee, and Jaxon listened close and got a little excited, but Alek just looked at us and said, "HA, Those are fireworks." So Sherin tried again and Alek wasn't having that. He knew they were fireworks. He is so funny. Sara and Jaxon walked right up to Santa, Rylee was a little nervous, but Alek cried. After we got home, Alek walked up to Braden and said, "Daddy, Santa is mad at me." Braden asked him why and Alek said, "Oh he just is right now." and then he walked away.

Alek, Sara, Rylee, Jax

Sara and Rylee had cute elf hats

The Boys

Joye all bundled up!

Santa and the cheesy Jaxon
Santa and the scaredy cat Alek.

Fun At Temple Square

Me and Braden went to Temple square last night on a group date with 2 of my best friends, Katelyn and Monica. We had tons of fun. We met in Layton and rode the Frontrunner down then took the Trax to Temple Square. We looked at lights then went to The Gateway for dinner. We went to an Italian restaurant. Mmm, Mmm Good.

Here's the group!

Tim, Katelyn, Me, Braden, Monica, Travis

Katelyn & Braden

Best Friends!

Monica & Travis

Here's Katelyn being very Asian Just the girls!

Alek's Scare

We took the boys down to dance today and we were there a little early and the door was locked, I waited in the car and Braden was playing and running around with the boys. Next thing I know Braden is running toward the truck saying he needs his first aid kit. I look at Alek and he is covered in blood. They were running and he slipped on some loose gravel and fell on a cement slab that was part of the foundation. He gashed his right eye pretty much right through his eyebrow. It was about 2 inches long, a half of inch wide, and 3/4 of an inch deep. We ran him up to Ogden Regional and got him some stitches. They drugged him up, so they could do the stitches and have him hold still. He was loopy for a while, which was kind of funny. Because they drugged him, they put him on oxygen and a bunch of monitors. Which he didn't like, he wanted them off the whole time. They put about 15 dissolvable stitches in the under layer of tissue then about 10 on the top layer. Alek was so tough he cried for a minute when it happened and then he cried when they gave him the shot of medicine, and once after he woke up, and that's all. Braden told him that if he was brave and didn't cry he would buy him a toy. Any toy he wanted, Alek decided that he wanted a green motorcycle. After he woke up the first coherent thing he said was, "Where's my green motorcycle?" We told him after we left the hospital we'd get it. The Nurse said that because he was so big and brave that he could have a stuffed animal. He took it, but he wouldn't say thank you. When the nurse left he started to cry, his third time crying, and said, "I don't want this, I just want my green motorcycle!" All of his monitors went crazy, and started beeping his heart rate shot up. He really wanted a green motorcycle. After we calmed him down, and told him that he got the stuffed animal AND the motorcycle, he loved the stuffed animal and wouldn't let it go. He must be our accident prone child, at the first of this year we took him into the hospital to get staples in his head because he fell on a nail. The funny thing is, is that we were in the same room in the ER as last time. Room 8.

Here it is

Here is our brave Alek, hooked up to all the machines, doped up.

Alek and his stuffed animal

Here is the after shot with his stitches. He looks like a boxer, his eye is all swollen and puffy.

CHICKS DIG SCARS!