Sunday, August 09, 2009

Chloe is 5!!

Wow! I can't believe that Chloe is already 5 years old! She has been so excited for her birthday and counting down the days. She changed her mind a few times of what she wanted for her birthday, and how she wanted to celebrate. She told me "Mom, I am going to wake you up on my birthday." I said, "you are?" Chloe "Yes! I don't want to miss it!!" It has been really fun watching her be so excited.

When she woke up, right away she wanted to know where her balloons were. Oooops! I didn't have time to get them because Colter had a dr. appointment at 8:45. After the dr. appointment we went to pick up the cake. OOOooops again! I had left my wallet out of my purse! So back to Smithfield! Chloe picked up my wallet and handed it to me and hurried and called my neighbor about getting together for Chloe's bday. Drove back to Logan, look in purse--no wallet! Back to Smithfield AGAIN, can't find my wallet in the house. Our neighbor Caroline came over with a card for Chloe and as I was talking to her in the driveway I look over and there is my wallet sitting on the passenger's seat in the van. Great. Third time's the charm....I drove back to Logan got all we needed and headed back home.

After we quickly ate lunch we (Abby, Chloe and I) all loaded in the van with Chloe's friends Lizzy, and London, and their mom Melissa (our neighbors). We planned to go down to build-a-bear to celebrate Chloe's birthday. I thought there was one in Ogden, but I didn't know the address, so I had Melissa call on the cell phone to find out. Surprise!! There is only one in SLC and Orem. With the girls all excited, of course we had to drive to SLC! When we were finding our parking spot they started chanting....Build-a-Bear! Build-a-Bear!! The excitement was building! They had a blast!! It was so fun to watch them! :)

Here they are rubbing their animals heart on theirs so it can love.


Here is Chloe at the washing station, before you go dress your animal.

This is Chloe's friend Lizzy. Chloe and Lizzy picked the same animal to stuff :)

Here are the girls with their finnished animals!



Here are all the girls (minus Abigail) heading out after their big day of shopping at Build-a-Bear!


Chloe picked Sonic drive-in for her birthday dinner. She wanted grilled cheese and to eat outside.


We got home too late to go to eat with Danny, so we postponed that and the cake until thursday. Chloe didn't seem to mind having her birthday last for two days! :)

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

CRASH!!!



This past week-end while I was at Women's conference Danny had all the kids up at island park. Trevor and his cousin were riding motorbikes, and Abby was behind them following on the fourwheeler. Apparantley she was going too fast to try and catch up with the boys and she lost control and crashed! At first she didn't tell Danny, and she texted me. I called a little while later after I got the text and pics she sent me. Yikes!! I was so worried! She couldn't remember what happened (not good) and she said "when I opened my eyes I was laying on the ground and my head was against the tree. She did remember her head hitting the tree really hard. Also later, when she couldn't find her shoes to go to the rodeo, she realized she flew out of them in the wreck! She had the accident around 11:00 am and Danny headed back home around 8:00 pm. On his way home he called and asked if he should, or if I wanted him to take her to the ER. I couldn't decide and had to conference with my mom and friend. We all decided that yes it would be a good idea. When he got back to Smithfield, he headed in the the ER. They checked her over really well and she had a cat scan. She has a concussion. With a helmet on! I am SOOOO grateful that she had the helmet on. I thanked Danny's cousin whose cabin they were staying in for making sure they wear helmets when they go out. I hate to think how it could have turned out if she hadn't worn the helmet. I had to say a prayer of thanks. She is dong well....she was real subdued the first while.