Update

I know, I know. It's been a long time since I've updated my blog. But between me getting the flu last week (still not feeling 100%), Isaac getting sick again, and me being so busy at work that the last thing I want to do when I get home is to get on the computer, I keep putting off writing anything new. But, as I wait for another load of laundry to finish up I'll post some things we've been up to.

We have 3 fireplaces in our house. 2 are gas, but the third is a good old fashioned wood burning fireplace. Since Greg has a job in the moulding industry, scraps of wood are never in short supply. So about once or twice a week we have been building fires in our fireplace and making smores, roasting marshmallows, etc. We've been having a blast.

Also, it finally looks like Christmas here. I wouldn't mind if the warmer temperatures had stuck around for a little longer, but I will admit I do like the look of snow. Greg and Isaac went and played in the snow and took the sled down the front yard earlier in the week.

They later built a jump for the sled, but the memory card in my camera couldn't hold anything else on it. So I didn't get any good pictures of it.

Greg found a gingerbread house kit at Costco. We had a really good time decorating it. And while it's not the prettiest house on the block, it sure is the most colorful. It looks like a candy store exploded on it.

Some Discoveries

Isaac has been sick for a few days with croup. It has not been fun at all. Poor kid wakes up in the night coughing so hard he can't stop and has a hard time breathing. It's a little scary to say the least. We took him to InstaCare on Sunday, and they gave him some steroids to help open up his airways and that's helped a little.

The thing is that he has only been sick a handful of times. These past few days I have made a few discoveries:

1. Greg cannot handle throw up. If he hears someone throw up, sees someone throw up, or smells throw up, he himself will throw up.

2. Isaac is BOSSY when he's sick. I just laid him down for a nap, and he told me, "go out of here, Mom, I need to go to sleep." Okay!

3. Greg is a better stay at home parent that I am. He stayed home from work with Isaac yesterday, and cleaned the house and did all but about 2 loads of laundry. Yes! Thank you Greg! Also, Greg had to leave for a few hours last night and Isaac sat by the window waiting for him to come home. They must have had a really good time yesterday.

4. My sister thinks that gout and croup are the same illness. Okay, maybe not really but she kept saying that Isaac had gout. He he, you know I love you, Mel.

Hopefully Isaac will get feeling better soon. He's been pretty mopey and I miss my fun little guy.

Family Pictures

We went and had our family pictures taken a few weeks ago. I was a little worried about how they were going to turn out, because about a half hour into it Isaac was done. He decided it would be more fun to play in the dirt and run around in the leaves. Can you blame the kid though? When I got the CD from the photographer, however, I was really pleased. She did a great job. She has 5 kids of her own so she worked really well with Isaac. After we were done, she told me that she took over 300 pictures! Here's some of my favorites:

Halloween Report

I've seen this same entry popping up on everyone else's blog. Here's some pictures of our Halloween.

We carved a pumpkin a few days before. Greg's dad grew this pumpkin in his backyard, so props to him. It was huge. We asked Isaac what he wanted to carve in it, and he told us he wanted an octopus. The kid couldn't think of something easy, like a cool jack-o-lantern face or a ghost. He insisted on a octopus. So I left it up to Greg, because I am artistically challenged. Ever the handyman, he decided to use his dremel tool to carve it. I was really impressed with how it turned out.

Isaac decided months ago that he wanted to be a "Go Utes" (translation: University of Utah) football player for Halloween. I thought, simple. I've seen U of U football jerseys at Wal-Mart, I can throw something together. It'll be easy. HA! Not so. I went to pretty much every Wal-Mart in the Salt Lake Valley looking for one of those jerseys. I found plenty on line, but I wasn't going to pay $50 or more for a football jersey. Anyway, I ended up finding a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform online for a *somewhat* reasonable price and he loved it. From the day UPS delivered it he wore that helmet non stop. I even have a picture of him in only the helmet and undies, but I will spare him the future embarrassment and not post it. I'll save it for a day when he's older and I need something for blackmail.

Anyway, here he is in his Bucks uniform. He had a blast trick or treating, and asked the next morning if he could go again.

Oh, and I almost forgot. Saturday morning he dumped his candy out and started putting it in matching piles. I couldn't resist taking a picture. Although I will admit that I did help him match them all up.

We're still around

Well, what a blog slacker I've turned out to be. I haven't posted in almost two weeks. When I started this thing, my goal was to try and post something at least once a week. I'm falling behind. We've been really busy. Doing what, I really couldn't tell you. Not that I have some big secret life or anything, it just seems like we're always running from one thing to the next.

This past weekend we went up to Snowbird and rode the tram to the top of the mountain. They had a deal going that if you brought in a can of food, you could ride for free. I'm all for getting things for free! When I told Isaac where we were going he asked, "what's a tram?". It just made me step back a little and realize that there are so many cool things I can teach him.

We got to the top of the mountain, and it was COLD. And the wind was blowing. Not just a little mountain breeze, but huge gusts. We spent all of about 20 minutes at the top of the mountain before jumping back on the tram and heading down. Greg got some really cool pictures though.

Isaac's Party

We had Isaac's birthday party on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. We did a sports theme since that's what he's into. We had all kinds of "sports" snacks: pretzels, chips, tortilla chips and salsa, etc. On the invitation I asked everyone to dress in their favorite sports team colors. Which ended up with almost everyone in University of Utah gear. lol. I went to take the decorations down the next day, and he asked me if we could keep them up. So they're still up. Four. Days. Later. *Sigh* Here's some pictures.

Thanks to everyone who came. Isaac had a blast. He keeps saying, "I had fun at my party, Mom."

Tagged

I was tagged, so I guess I'd better do this:

7 random/weird things about me:

1. I hate wearing socks. Even though I live in a state where we get feet of snow piled up in the winter, I will wear sandals as long as I can stand it. Even then I will try and find shoes that don't have to wear socks with. And nylons, gag! I don't think I've worn them for years.

2. I love cinnamon bears. But when I eat them, I have to bite the head off the bear first. I don't know why, I just do.

3. I have a habit of twirling my hair around my finger whenever I'm nervous, bored, anxious, etc. It sometimes bugs Greg.

4. I can talk in a REALLY low voice. My high school friends used to make me do it all the time. I do it for Isaac now, and he thinks it's pretty funny.

5. I have to have the radio or TV on at my house. I can't stand it if it's too quiet.

6. I don't like to watch sports on TV. The sound of the announcers' voices is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. But to go to a game is something totally different. That's way more fun. I think it's probably because I like to people watch too.

7. I love to read. I always have to have a book I'm reading. Right now I'm reading Wicked. It's kind of slow going.

Alright, so I tag:

Wade, Dana, Dawn, Julie, Pyper, Janelle, and Nathaly. This is my first tag, so you guys better do it! :)