Newest Creation...

So the other day I was craving a new type of cookie....and by new, I mean new to me. I'm sure this has been out there, and done differently, but this is my creation :) I call it Chocolate Andes, but Cameron thinks it needs something fancier. Anywho, I forgot to take a picture of them, but if you guys out there are craving a chocolate cookie, this is a pretty good one!

1 Devils Food Cake mix
2 Eggs
1/3 c. oil
Andes mints (about 1/2 to 3/4 of a bag), chopped

Mix cake mix, eggs and oil....will barely be moist enough...it's okay, go with it! Chop up Andes mints, throw them in. Roll in a ball, place on cookie sheet. Cook at 350 for about 8 or 9 minutes, cool on rack, and you get a fabulous chocolate andes :) Yields: 2 dozen

Anyway, there's my contribution to society. At least, the part of society that likes cookies.

(singing...) It's only just begun....

You wonder when it's going to happen. You know it has to happen. You wonder what time, how, how will you react, how bad will it be....all the while hoping it doesn't, but knowing you're fighting fate until it does. Cameron and I feel like we can finally call ourselves parents. Yes people, our first emergency room trip. Okay, so it wasn't as dramatic as I made it sound....but it was your typical head wound, middle of the night, and when you least expected it. Let's go back to when it started.....

Wednesday night, Cameron came home from work around 8:30, threw a dinner together, and we headed upstairs to watch our netflix movie...Singing in the Rain. Which, on a total sidebar, Cameron had never seen before. How do you live 31 years and NOT see Singing in the Rain? I can proudly say I fixed that. Anywho. So we put in the movie, Kai is still awake, so tripped out happy that dad is home. He's jumping on the bed, I'm reminding him for the thousandth time not to jump on the bed. He especially enjoys belly flopping on the bed....he has no fear. So we're belly flopping....by we I mean Kai. I am still tiredly reminding him not to jump, and so he defiantly jumps one more time. He should have quit while he was ahead. He flops, and hit his head on the hope chest at the end of my bed. Let me rephrase that. He whacks his head on the sharp edge of the back of the hope chest at the end of our bed. He jumps up, waits about 4 seconds, starts crying. Cameron and I are posed, ready to see what he hit, how bad it was....no blood, so far so good....wait, did we say no blood? Oh yeah. It starts gushing. Of course, it's a head wound, so why wouldn't it gush? Cameron in a feat of superman-ish speed whisks him into the bathroom, amazingly not getting a single drop of blood on the bed or carpet, until we were into the linoleum bathroom. Also amazingly, it stops bleeding almost immediately. So we try to clean it up, but it is right in his hairline, and in fact, hair is coming out of it, so it's so hard to see how deep it is, if we should worry about taking him to the ER. We debated for about 20, 30 minutes, and decided that we should probably take him, better to be safe than sorry. So we go in, and long story short (okay, short story long, and now probably the most interesting part I'm cutting down), he got 2 staples in his head. Didn't even flinch when she did it....in fact, the doctor looked up at me after the first one, with an incredulous look on her face and was like, seriously...that's it? I was shocked too! He did start crying though (after his Popsicle and Finding Nemo stickers) when we got him off the bed to go home....he freaked out and wanted to keep "riding" the bed! (they had gone up and down with him). So anyways. He finally got to bed about 12:30, and that was that. He's been great so far, and this Saturday Cameron and I get to take out his staples. Should probably prove for another interesting post!

And for those wondering (like my mother-in-law degradingly assumed.. :( ...) I did NOT freak out....I actually was very calm, and we didn't panic and just cleaned him up, drove rationally, no worries. So I guess that answers a few questions! Anywho, sorry for the long post, here's a picture or two :) And they don't look very bad, and it wasn't too bad, but it was pretty deep. So we felt justified!

Can't say I didn't warn you.....

Oh yes, this is real. He has a big billboard near the exit for Parowan, this is parked in his yard. He was in the parade on Labor day. Oh yes.

Labor Day Weekend

We went to UT for my sister's baby blessing for Labor Day. We went through Capitol Reef National Park, which was interesting! It was really pretty, and unique! We stopped in Hanksville, where my dad has a huge job...we got to tour it, Kai loved the get-up!

We stayed at my parents for a few days, then went up to my sister's. Jordyn got blessed in our family blessing dress....we figured it was at least 70 years old....maybe more...Kaylynn and I both got blessed in it, as well as my grandma (we don't know if my mom was ever christened or not...)...it was really neat to see it on another generation!
Grandma and Jordyn...
Blessing circle and Kaylynn and David...
Proud papa and mama!
Grandpa and Jordyn...

And Kai loved his little cousin!

Another tourney...

So Saturday Cameron had another flag football tournament, this one was in beautiful Colorado Springs. It was a nice day, mostly covered with clouds, so it was perfect! Kai had fun with the other family that came, they are good friends of ours in the ward. Here's some pics of our day at the park!

I'm ready dad!!!
The guys after the first double-header. It was so hot (no clouds yet), and they were struggling!
Drake wondering if it's almost done yet....
Scratch that.....all the boys wondering if it's almost done yet!
Adorable Charly....she's so cute!
The baby snake they found.....
And the playground. It was a long (11 hr), exhausting day, but it was fun!

Post-op

So, just a couple pictures of my sweet stitches/soon to be scar. I've never had anything like this done before, so it's pretty awesome. I had to have the tumor removed from my back last monday, they are still doing the biopsy, so I don't know what the result is yet. But, it resulted in a 1 1/2 inch long scar, and I have 8 stitches. Pretty sweet, I think it's going to be an awesome scar! It's a little uncomfortable, mostly because it's right next to the shoulder blade, so whenever I move my arm it rubs against the stitches and is uncomfortable. But I'll live through it!

Breaking Dawn...

So Dena convinced me (and it wasn't very hard!) to stay up about 13 hours past my bedtime...okay like 2 or 3, and go to Wal-Mart at midnight Friday night for the release of Breaking Dawn! For those of you who don't know what it is....shame on you. It's the 4th and final book of the series Twilight. So anywho...we're all dying to read it. But, it's not enough to just go to the release....but we had to show our proper enthusiasm for it! Thus, the following, Dena, her sister-in-law Emma, and me, and in further pictures, my sister-in-law, Rachel:

Yes, these are Edward/Bella/Jacob shirts.....and yes, we are nerds.....and yes, you are so jealous!



We had to catch up on the first three books...
Then it was the impossible wait in line....
But wait, what was this? The register is opening.....

And Dena gets her book!

Emma gets her book!

Now it's Rachel!

And now Jolene!!
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil......


Yeah right, we all had to peek!
Okay, none of us peeked! But I have finished the book (in about 11 hours, not bad for 754 pages!) and it is awesome!!!!! Not what I expected, but perfect!!! Buy it, read it, love it!