Ryan Lost His First Tooth!

I can't even believe it. I feel so old. My 2nd child has started loosing teeth. :(

The tooth has been loose for a little while. While eating dinner, noodles, Ryan said it was bothering him. I tried telling him things were fine, but he insisted. I told him it was going to feel funny until it came out. He thought about it a minute & said, "Pull it out!" It wasn't really ready, but I started wiggling it. It started bleeding. He was whining. I told him it would hurt for a second & then it would be over. He said, "Just do it." OK. I popped it out.

Izzie was standing beside me & was very traumatized by the whole thing. She was mad that I made Ryan bleed & keep yelling, "Put it back! Put it back!" Seriously was losing it. Ryan told her that he was fine. She calmed down after a few minutes & then wanted me to pull one of her teeth. Silly girl.

There's a pretty big hole there. So sad. He was so very excited.

He's growing up & I don't like it! Not one bit!

Michael R. Blair, published author

Since he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2008, Pat's dad, Michael Blair, has written many thoughts & emotions about his ordeal. Some of them were published in the January Ensign, a publication from the church. ( HUGE DEAL!!!!! ) I love to read his writings. He is an excellent storyteller.

We are so proud of him & love him so much.

Click on the link above to read the article.

Hesperus, Colorado

We took the kids up to Colorado yesterday to do some tubing at a ski area. It was WAY busy & we had a wait a few minutes for some free tubes. We got 2 & that was more than enough. My shoes were horrible with no traction, so I kept falling down.

I went down first with Izzie. She DID NOT like it. It was too fast & the snow kept hitting her in the face. She just yelled, "NO! NO! NO!" all the way down. She went again with Pat, but she still hated it. For the rest of the time, she sat down & had shivering lips.

It wasn't that cold...especially when you had to pull the tube up a huge hill. I was very tired when we were finished. The kids had a blast & didn't want to leave.

Ryan always went with someone. As we would go down the hill, he would hold on like a koala & act afraid. As soon as it stopped at the bottom of the hill, he would say, "Let's do it again!"

Hannah pulled her own tube a lot of the time & was a trooper. She ran into a couple of small trees...HAHA! She held on though & loved it!

The best part the day was captured in the last picture here!

I sent Pat down by himself. I ACCIDENTALLY sent him into a tree. OOPS! He bounced off & couldn't find the handle. He was scrambling. There was also a jump on this one. OOPS! The first couple bumps were ok, but the last one sent him flying. OOPS! He did a flip in the air. OOPS! And landed on his bad shoulder. OOPS! I knew he was hurt, but I fell down laughing & almost peed my pants. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. He ended up being ok. You can see him kneeling in the middle of the picture. Hannah grabbed his tube & starting walking to him to check him out. As soon as Pat was on the ground, Ryan was going down the hill. He said, "I'm going down there." He went down the huge hill on his butt to make sure his Daddy was ok. I couldn't go because I had Izzie. We met him halfway down & he was ready to go. Good times.

Hannah B is growing up!

Can't believe this girl is 8. Seems like yesterday she was keeping me up all night. Now she tries to stay up all night watching TV & listening to Justin Beiber, the love of her life.