So, we enjoyed trick-or-treating around the neighborhood with a group of friends from church on Halloween. Kolby mostly ran around with his friend, Kaitlyn, and Camden tried to keep up with Eli. The boys all had a lot of fun – I think Isaac even enjoyed it, as he ended up napping in his stroller for a good part of the walk. The boys tired of trick-or-treating about an hour later, and we headed over to the hospital so Daddy could show of his cute boys in their costumes. The boys enjoyed having Daddy do a little pretend check-up on them in one of the empty ER patient rooms.
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05 November 2008
02 November 2008
Our Week
Ok, so I’ve not kept up as well as I should have with our “weekly family journal” [blog updates] since we got back from San Diego, and Michael’s work schedule has prevented him from writing lately too. I have been rather busy with making that blog for our Relief Society, trying to get in a little genealogy work on the new.familysearch.org site, and with family birthdays and Halloween celebrations lately, (let alone all the busy-ness of daily life with four little boys). I have prepared several slideshows of photos from our trip, and have several more sets of photos since we got back to Utah that I need to post. But I decided that I would tell what’s been going on with us lately and share some thoughts before I get to that.
So, this last week we had something planned every day. On Monday I spent a good portion of the day mixing up a big batch of my favorite soup – a chicken and vegetable recipe that my mom used to make. Then that evening Michael’s Dad and Grandma Bradshaw came for dinner and family home evening because Michael’s dad was in town for work this week. After dinner and desert, Michael did a family home evening lesson with the boys about prayer, and then we carved pumpkins for our activity. The boys had fun pulling the gunk out of the pumpkins, and I think they turned out pretty cute (pictures to come).
On Tuesday evening, after Michael went to work – Michael has been on one of the less-desirable ER shifts this week from 5pm to 2am. We really liked the 2pm to 11pm shift of last week, because he got to be home to enjoy some time with the kids during the day when they were awake, and he only missed out on dinner and bedtime with the family, but then he got off early enough that he wasn’t exhausted the next day. This shift until 2am made him tired during the days, so there was less fun time with the kids. But I think the next 4 days will be his worst ER shift as he starts tonight going in at 11pm and working until 7am, which just means that he gets to be home all day, but that he will have to sleep for most of that time. Too bad that his next two rotations for the months of November and December aren’t going to be a nice elective to get a little break. One month of internal medicine in September got long, and I can only imagine how long two months in a row will seem. Oh well. I was thinking about it, and we have been here for 5 months now – that’s going by pretty quick. Only about 8 more months to go. We’ve been told that the intern year is the worst of a doctor’s career, and then it should gradually start getting better from there on out (and once he gets into dermatology next year I am hoping that that will be an even better schedule than some other residents have). But we’ll just have to wait and see how that goes.
Anyways, on Tuesday night Brother Adamson from the ward came over and had me show him some of the features on Photoshop. I was excited to do that, because I love to use that program. It was a little frustrating that my computer was having such problems that it ran extremely slow while he was here, but I think that he hopefully still got something out of it.
On Wednesday Kolby had his first piano lesson with Emily Harker, a girl in our ward. I was very impressed with how well she explained the ideas of piano playing to a new learner and how she listened to him. I think that he did pretty well – he learned how to hold his hand, and which fingers go where, and they went over two different short songs that we have been practicing since then. He was excited to go to the lesson, and he likes to practice too, so that’s good. On Wednesday night I took Kolby, Eli, and Camden to a Halloween party at our church, where the kids got to trick-or-treat through the church hallways and get their faces painted. And Wednesday was also Grandpa Dick’s birthday – Happy Birthday!
On Thursday morning Dorene Lynch came over and we set up the Relief Society blog, and then I spent quite a bit of time getting that all put together the last few days. Today I need to add some more announcements to it, but mostly I think that the set-up is done and I will just need to keep up with new announcements and anything that people send me to post to that blog. The other fun thing we did on Thursday was that I took Kolby out for his night out, and we went to see the Disney movie about the robot, Wall-E, at the dollar theater. He enjoyed it, and I enjoyed going with him. He likes to sit on my lap when we go to a movie together, and he is such a sweetheart – it’s nice to see how each of our kids are on a one on one basis (as my mom said – she liked us kids a lot more individually than when we were together).
Friday was Kolby’s 5th birthday and Halloween. That morning he and I went to the grocery store together to get him a special birthday breakfast (since we are having his party next week so we didn’t have a cake that day). He picked out chocolate milk, donut holes, and cinnamon rolls, and we came home and enjoyed them together. And we gave Kolby his present – 7 new Book of Mormon character figurines. They are little plastic figurines of characters, such as Nephi and Moroni, from the Deseret Book store that the boys like to take in their “Sunday bag” to play with at church. We didn’t really want to get the “bad guys,” so we picked out almost all of the “good ones” (there were two others that we didn’t get, because they didn’t have them in the store when we went). Thank you, Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Dick – we used the birthday money that you sent for Kolby to pay for part of this gift. In the afternoon Michael had to go to work, and he helped me get the boys into their costumes before he left. We met at the Bentley’s house, along with at least 6 or 7 other families from the ward, to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood together. It was fun to go as a group. I think that maybe going with just 2 or 3 families would probably be ideal, though, just because Kolby wanted to run ahead with the older kids and Camden was a lot more slow, so Kolby got 3 or 4 houses ahead of me at some times (there were plenty of adults in the group to supervise the kids in the front of the group and those in the back, but I would have rather had all my kids stick together with me – but I couldn’t really tell Kolby he had to stay with me instead of running with his friends). But either way, it was fun. I got some cute pictures of the boys, and Isaac ended up sleeping in his stroller most of the way. I was surprised when we had only gone a little over an hour and Kolby and Eli both decided they were done with the trick-or-treating. The rest of the group continued on, but we decided to stop when we passed our house. Then we got in the car and drove over to the hospital because Michael wanted to show off the kids in their cute costumes to the people at work. The boys each got a cup of water and ice from a water machine there, they said hello to lots of the doctors and nurses, Daddy took them into an empty patient room and showed them how he looks in patients’ mouths and ears and listens to their hearts, and a doctor gave them each a piece of candy. So that was fun for them. And then when we got home Kolby returned several birthday calls that we had missed while we were out trick-or-treating before going to bed.
And yesterday Michael had a day off. We decided to go on a date, and we ended up going downtown to the Joseph Smith Building to see the movie in the legacy theater about the life of Joseph Smith. We had seen it once before at the Mormon Battalion visitor center in San Diego, but at that time Eli was a baby and was being very noisy, so we kept taking turns with him outside the theater and missed most of the movie. We really enjoyed it this time. That will definitely be one worth getting when it becomes available. After that Michael surprised me and stopped at Leatherby’s for an ice cream. It was nice to go out without the kids.
And right now Michael and the boys are napping (Michael is trying to prepare for his upcoming night shift). So, we had a good (full) week. And looking at our calendar we have another full one coming up – with doctor’s appointments and flu shots for 3 of the boys, voting on Tuesday, piano lessons, family photos, Kolby and Isaac’s birthday party, and a primary program practice. Well, at least things don’t ever get too boring at our house. :)
So, this last week we had something planned every day. On Monday I spent a good portion of the day mixing up a big batch of my favorite soup – a chicken and vegetable recipe that my mom used to make. Then that evening Michael’s Dad and Grandma Bradshaw came for dinner and family home evening because Michael’s dad was in town for work this week. After dinner and desert, Michael did a family home evening lesson with the boys about prayer, and then we carved pumpkins for our activity. The boys had fun pulling the gunk out of the pumpkins, and I think they turned out pretty cute (pictures to come).
On Tuesday evening, after Michael went to work – Michael has been on one of the less-desirable ER shifts this week from 5pm to 2am. We really liked the 2pm to 11pm shift of last week, because he got to be home to enjoy some time with the kids during the day when they were awake, and he only missed out on dinner and bedtime with the family, but then he got off early enough that he wasn’t exhausted the next day. This shift until 2am made him tired during the days, so there was less fun time with the kids. But I think the next 4 days will be his worst ER shift as he starts tonight going in at 11pm and working until 7am, which just means that he gets to be home all day, but that he will have to sleep for most of that time. Too bad that his next two rotations for the months of November and December aren’t going to be a nice elective to get a little break. One month of internal medicine in September got long, and I can only imagine how long two months in a row will seem. Oh well. I was thinking about it, and we have been here for 5 months now – that’s going by pretty quick. Only about 8 more months to go. We’ve been told that the intern year is the worst of a doctor’s career, and then it should gradually start getting better from there on out (and once he gets into dermatology next year I am hoping that that will be an even better schedule than some other residents have). But we’ll just have to wait and see how that goes.
Anyways, on Tuesday night Brother Adamson from the ward came over and had me show him some of the features on Photoshop. I was excited to do that, because I love to use that program. It was a little frustrating that my computer was having such problems that it ran extremely slow while he was here, but I think that he hopefully still got something out of it.
On Wednesday Kolby had his first piano lesson with Emily Harker, a girl in our ward. I was very impressed with how well she explained the ideas of piano playing to a new learner and how she listened to him. I think that he did pretty well – he learned how to hold his hand, and which fingers go where, and they went over two different short songs that we have been practicing since then. He was excited to go to the lesson, and he likes to practice too, so that’s good. On Wednesday night I took Kolby, Eli, and Camden to a Halloween party at our church, where the kids got to trick-or-treat through the church hallways and get their faces painted. And Wednesday was also Grandpa Dick’s birthday – Happy Birthday!
On Thursday morning Dorene Lynch came over and we set up the Relief Society blog, and then I spent quite a bit of time getting that all put together the last few days. Today I need to add some more announcements to it, but mostly I think that the set-up is done and I will just need to keep up with new announcements and anything that people send me to post to that blog. The other fun thing we did on Thursday was that I took Kolby out for his night out, and we went to see the Disney movie about the robot, Wall-E, at the dollar theater. He enjoyed it, and I enjoyed going with him. He likes to sit on my lap when we go to a movie together, and he is such a sweetheart – it’s nice to see how each of our kids are on a one on one basis (as my mom said – she liked us kids a lot more individually than when we were together).
Friday was Kolby’s 5th birthday and Halloween. That morning he and I went to the grocery store together to get him a special birthday breakfast (since we are having his party next week so we didn’t have a cake that day). He picked out chocolate milk, donut holes, and cinnamon rolls, and we came home and enjoyed them together. And we gave Kolby his present – 7 new Book of Mormon character figurines. They are little plastic figurines of characters, such as Nephi and Moroni, from the Deseret Book store that the boys like to take in their “Sunday bag” to play with at church. We didn’t really want to get the “bad guys,” so we picked out almost all of the “good ones” (there were two others that we didn’t get, because they didn’t have them in the store when we went). Thank you, Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Dick – we used the birthday money that you sent for Kolby to pay for part of this gift. In the afternoon Michael had to go to work, and he helped me get the boys into their costumes before he left. We met at the Bentley’s house, along with at least 6 or 7 other families from the ward, to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood together. It was fun to go as a group. I think that maybe going with just 2 or 3 families would probably be ideal, though, just because Kolby wanted to run ahead with the older kids and Camden was a lot more slow, so Kolby got 3 or 4 houses ahead of me at some times (there were plenty of adults in the group to supervise the kids in the front of the group and those in the back, but I would have rather had all my kids stick together with me – but I couldn’t really tell Kolby he had to stay with me instead of running with his friends). But either way, it was fun. I got some cute pictures of the boys, and Isaac ended up sleeping in his stroller most of the way. I was surprised when we had only gone a little over an hour and Kolby and Eli both decided they were done with the trick-or-treating. The rest of the group continued on, but we decided to stop when we passed our house. Then we got in the car and drove over to the hospital because Michael wanted to show off the kids in their cute costumes to the people at work. The boys each got a cup of water and ice from a water machine there, they said hello to lots of the doctors and nurses, Daddy took them into an empty patient room and showed them how he looks in patients’ mouths and ears and listens to their hearts, and a doctor gave them each a piece of candy. So that was fun for them. And then when we got home Kolby returned several birthday calls that we had missed while we were out trick-or-treating before going to bed.
And yesterday Michael had a day off. We decided to go on a date, and we ended up going downtown to the Joseph Smith Building to see the movie in the legacy theater about the life of Joseph Smith. We had seen it once before at the Mormon Battalion visitor center in San Diego, but at that time Eli was a baby and was being very noisy, so we kept taking turns with him outside the theater and missed most of the movie. We really enjoyed it this time. That will definitely be one worth getting when it becomes available. After that Michael surprised me and stopped at Leatherby’s for an ice cream. It was nice to go out without the kids.
And right now Michael and the boys are napping (Michael is trying to prepare for his upcoming night shift). So, we had a good (full) week. And looking at our calendar we have another full one coming up – with doctor’s appointments and flu shots for 3 of the boys, voting on Tuesday, piano lessons, family photos, Kolby and Isaac’s birthday party, and a primary program practice. Well, at least things don’t ever get too boring at our house. :)
27 July 2008
A Fun Week with Family
This week was a lot of fun for us. Last Sunday Michael’s dad and two of his sisters, Annette and Mindy, came with us to church and stopped here for lunch afterwards. It was fun to see some of the pictures from their recent trip to Palmyra, New York and for the boys to play some games with their grandpa.
Then late that night after the boys were in bed we went to the airport to pick up my mom and brother. Mom and Matthew got to stay for almost a week, and we had a lot of fun together. And it was especially nice because Michael got time off from work for the state holiday of the 24th of July, so he got to spend a lot of time with us too.
On Tuesday we Mom and Matthew went with me, Kolby, and Eli to swim lessons, and then we all swam together afterwards. Kolby went on the water slide a couple times with Matthew (he hadn’t wanted to go on it in the past), and then after I told him he could go by himself, he spent the rest of our time at the pool going down the slide over and over again. He was so proud of himself and excited to tell Daddy when we got home. (Eli wanted to go to, but was not tall enough, so he played in the water with the rest of us). And that afternoon the girls got to go down to the Family History Library downtown, which was fun, although Mom and I were disappointed that the microfilm we had found did not include the information about our ancestors that we hoped it would. Mom and Grandma and I enjoyed a fun dinner out at one of my favorite Salt Lake restaurants afterwards, The Red Iguana.
On Wednesday we went to the Humanitarian Center run by the church that helps disaster victims and people in need all over the world. Matthew is working on his Eagle Scout project, with plans to tie 50 baby quilts that will then be sent by the Humanitarian Center to those in need, so we went and took a tour of the center, and it was very good. Michael and I both felt like we should get motivated and go volunteer there.
Thursday was the 24th of July, Pioneer Day. We got up early and went down near Liberty Park to watch the parade. We were surprised to see our friends, Dave and Natalie Gordon, who we knew in Milwaukee about 4 years ago before they moved to North Carolina for his residency. They were visiting family here, and it was nice to catch up with them. They are living in Louisiana now and have three kids. It was fun to see them, especially since they were one of the few graduating 4th-year student families who made friends with us when we first moved into the Milwaukee ward (since so many 4th-years have busy work schedules, are often out of town interviewing, and know they are leaving soon so some don’t take the time to really get to know the new class).
The parade was fun, but hot. We finally moved back from the curb to the sidewalk so we could be in the shade of a tree, and that helped a lot. The floats were fun, although Kolby and Eli were a little disappointed that they didn’t get any treats (the parade we always went to for the 4th of July near our home in Milwaukee was fun for the kids because they threw out candy and the boys always went home with little bags of goodies). After the parade we happened to stop at the aviary in the park, and it was a free day for the holiday, so we got to see lots of different birds, including the Bald Eagles (which are Michael’s favorite animals). I enjoyed seeing the flamingos because there was a baby one (which I’ve never seen before) – they look like baby geese – all grey and fluffy – but on tall flamingo legs. We were thinking of going hiking after the parade, but were all too hot and too tired, so came home and put the boys down for late naps instead.
We went hiking the next day. We went on a hike that Michael read about on Stephanie and Mickel Sharp’s blog to Donut Falls up Big Cottonwood Canyon. The hike was nice, and when we got to the base of the waterfall I thought that it looked nice, but nothing especially exciting. Then we decided to take turns climbing the rocks up to the top of the falls, where you could see water was pouring through a big round hole in the rock. And the climb was well worth it. When you get to the top, you come to the spot the water is coming through the rock, and it pours into this cave with a big pool in it. It had a nice cool mist spraying out and it was too cold to swim, but nice to stick your feet in for a minute and cool down. So we were glad we climbed up there, although that part of the hike was too steep for all the little boys. After climbing back down and driving through Guardsman’s Pass over the mountain into Heber Valley, we drove up to Lake Creek, to my grandpa’s ponds. We had lunch, and then walked around the ponds and took a look at the water ways – apparently someone who owns land nearby has broken the pipes that feed the water into the ponds in order to feed it onto his own land, and the upper pond was nearly dry. The water was rushing pretty quickly out of the lower pond too, and we wondered how long it would take before that one got drained also. It’s hard for my parents to do anything about it while living so far away, even though they are paying for the water shares on that land since my grandpa passed away. I don’t know what they’ll decide to do, but besides paying a lawyer to take the guy to court, I think they are just going to end up needing to sell the land to someone local who can monitor it and keep trespassers off the property.
Then we drove back down to Heber, and Matthew wasn’t doing too well. We thought he was dehydrated. We got some milkshakes at a good little place there called Granny’s, and then headed back to Salt Lake. The next morning we found out that both Matthew and my Mom had been sick all night, and Michael felt sick too. Later on Grandma said that she felt sick too. Luckily the kids haven’t shown any signs of catching anything yet – I don’t know if it was something the four of them ate or what – we couldn’t figure out what it was. So it was too bad they were so sick the last day of their trip here, but hopefully their over it by now. Michael is feeling a lot better today.
After I dropped them off at the airport, I took Kolby and Eli to a neighborhood 24th of July BBQ at the Adamson’s house, and after eating and the kids having lots of fun playing in their tree house and on the trampoline, everyone walked over to the Slade’s house to watch fireworks in their col-de-sac. It was a lot of fun, although we were all tired by the end of the night.
This morning Grandma stayed home from church with a bad headache, but she said she felt better when we got home. In my class at church we had an excellent lesson on ‘walking in the light,’ which I really enjoyed. And now all the boys have been fed and are down for naps, Michael is reading after having gotten the roast started cooking, and I am writing this. Tonight we are having some old friends, Emily and Lamar May and their boys, over for dinner. Emily and I met while doing a semester in Nauvoo together, she and Michael and I were friends at BYU, and she was a bridesmaid at our wedding. It will be nice to see them again.
Then late that night after the boys were in bed we went to the airport to pick up my mom and brother. Mom and Matthew got to stay for almost a week, and we had a lot of fun together. And it was especially nice because Michael got time off from work for the state holiday of the 24th of July, so he got to spend a lot of time with us too.
On Tuesday we Mom and Matthew went with me, Kolby, and Eli to swim lessons, and then we all swam together afterwards. Kolby went on the water slide a couple times with Matthew (he hadn’t wanted to go on it in the past), and then after I told him he could go by himself, he spent the rest of our time at the pool going down the slide over and over again. He was so proud of himself and excited to tell Daddy when we got home. (Eli wanted to go to, but was not tall enough, so he played in the water with the rest of us). And that afternoon the girls got to go down to the Family History Library downtown, which was fun, although Mom and I were disappointed that the microfilm we had found did not include the information about our ancestors that we hoped it would. Mom and Grandma and I enjoyed a fun dinner out at one of my favorite Salt Lake restaurants afterwards, The Red Iguana.
On Wednesday we went to the Humanitarian Center run by the church that helps disaster victims and people in need all over the world. Matthew is working on his Eagle Scout project, with plans to tie 50 baby quilts that will then be sent by the Humanitarian Center to those in need, so we went and took a tour of the center, and it was very good. Michael and I both felt like we should get motivated and go volunteer there.
Thursday was the 24th of July, Pioneer Day. We got up early and went down near Liberty Park to watch the parade. We were surprised to see our friends, Dave and Natalie Gordon, who we knew in Milwaukee about 4 years ago before they moved to North Carolina for his residency. They were visiting family here, and it was nice to catch up with them. They are living in Louisiana now and have three kids. It was fun to see them, especially since they were one of the few graduating 4th-year student families who made friends with us when we first moved into the Milwaukee ward (since so many 4th-years have busy work schedules, are often out of town interviewing, and know they are leaving soon so some don’t take the time to really get to know the new class).
The parade was fun, but hot. We finally moved back from the curb to the sidewalk so we could be in the shade of a tree, and that helped a lot. The floats were fun, although Kolby and Eli were a little disappointed that they didn’t get any treats (the parade we always went to for the 4th of July near our home in Milwaukee was fun for the kids because they threw out candy and the boys always went home with little bags of goodies). After the parade we happened to stop at the aviary in the park, and it was a free day for the holiday, so we got to see lots of different birds, including the Bald Eagles (which are Michael’s favorite animals). I enjoyed seeing the flamingos because there was a baby one (which I’ve never seen before) – they look like baby geese – all grey and fluffy – but on tall flamingo legs. We were thinking of going hiking after the parade, but were all too hot and too tired, so came home and put the boys down for late naps instead.
We went hiking the next day. We went on a hike that Michael read about on Stephanie and Mickel Sharp’s blog to Donut Falls up Big Cottonwood Canyon. The hike was nice, and when we got to the base of the waterfall I thought that it looked nice, but nothing especially exciting. Then we decided to take turns climbing the rocks up to the top of the falls, where you could see water was pouring through a big round hole in the rock. And the climb was well worth it. When you get to the top, you come to the spot the water is coming through the rock, and it pours into this cave with a big pool in it. It had a nice cool mist spraying out and it was too cold to swim, but nice to stick your feet in for a minute and cool down. So we were glad we climbed up there, although that part of the hike was too steep for all the little boys. After climbing back down and driving through Guardsman’s Pass over the mountain into Heber Valley, we drove up to Lake Creek, to my grandpa’s ponds. We had lunch, and then walked around the ponds and took a look at the water ways – apparently someone who owns land nearby has broken the pipes that feed the water into the ponds in order to feed it onto his own land, and the upper pond was nearly dry. The water was rushing pretty quickly out of the lower pond too, and we wondered how long it would take before that one got drained also. It’s hard for my parents to do anything about it while living so far away, even though they are paying for the water shares on that land since my grandpa passed away. I don’t know what they’ll decide to do, but besides paying a lawyer to take the guy to court, I think they are just going to end up needing to sell the land to someone local who can monitor it and keep trespassers off the property.
Then we drove back down to Heber, and Matthew wasn’t doing too well. We thought he was dehydrated. We got some milkshakes at a good little place there called Granny’s, and then headed back to Salt Lake. The next morning we found out that both Matthew and my Mom had been sick all night, and Michael felt sick too. Later on Grandma said that she felt sick too. Luckily the kids haven’t shown any signs of catching anything yet – I don’t know if it was something the four of them ate or what – we couldn’t figure out what it was. So it was too bad they were so sick the last day of their trip here, but hopefully their over it by now. Michael is feeling a lot better today.
After I dropped them off at the airport, I took Kolby and Eli to a neighborhood 24th of July BBQ at the Adamson’s house, and after eating and the kids having lots of fun playing in their tree house and on the trampoline, everyone walked over to the Slade’s house to watch fireworks in their col-de-sac. It was a lot of fun, although we were all tired by the end of the night.
This morning Grandma stayed home from church with a bad headache, but she said she felt better when we got home. In my class at church we had an excellent lesson on ‘walking in the light,’ which I really enjoyed. And now all the boys have been fed and are down for naps, Michael is reading after having gotten the roast started cooking, and I am writing this. Tonight we are having some old friends, Emily and Lamar May and their boys, over for dinner. Emily and I met while doing a semester in Nauvoo together, she and Michael and I were friends at BYU, and she was a bridesmaid at our wedding. It will be nice to see them again.
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