Hee Haw

Last Saturday we went to Hee Haw farms to do a corn maze and pick out our pumpkins. I was not feeling very well, but decided to go anyway. We were able to go on a hayride, slide down a big slide, shoot a corn cannon, pet animals, and much more. We had fun in the corn maze but we did get a little lost and finally found our way back out the entrance, but at that point we did not care, we were out! It was fun, but I was worn out by the end.


We saw the biggest pig ever. I think it weighed about 1200 pounds.

Erika's Wedding

So I have a lot of catching up to do because I have not be very good at posting lately. On October 11 my oldest sister got married. We are very excited for her and Jared and it is also the last wedding on my side of the family. They got married in portland, OR. Since we had just been there for our family reunion we decided that it would be cheaper if just Nate, Chloe and I flew out and left Kaelynn and Hailey here. Luckily Nate's sister Ali was able to watch our girls for the weekend. This was the first time that we have ever left them. Thank you Ali!!

It was a very quick trip for us. We flew in friday night, the wedding was on Saturday and we flew home on Sunday. The wedding went well and the reception was very nice. Congratulations Erika and Jared!!



Nate and I realized how nice it was to take a trip with out the kids. We are going to have to do that more often.

Hailey's ears

It has been awhile since I have had time to post anything. Hailey had tubes in her ears when she was about 18 months old. For those who knew us then know that we had a lot of problem with what is normally a simple surgery. She had to have tubes put in 3 times before they worked, and they put in a more permanent tube that does not fall out. The down side to that was that she needed to have them removed after 2 years, which was this year. So for the fourth time now she had surgery again. This time things went well, and they patched the holes in her ear and wait for them to heal. We followed up with the ENT and found out that one of her holes has not completely closed and so if it is not closed by december (our next appointment) she will need another surgery. We are hoping that by some miracle she will not need it.

On a lighter note we also got her ears pierced. She was very brave and did a good job. She picked out her own earrings and is loving them.

Tooth Fairy

So a couple of weeks ago (I know I have not had time to post lately), I was reading Kaelynn a story and she look up to tell me something and I noticed something really strange in her mouth. I made her open her mouth for me again. I saw that her 2 bottom permanent teeth were growing in behind her baby teeth. I called Nate up to have a look, because I was a little worried. He said that it was probably not a big deal because she had just been to the dentist 3 times in the past 2 months and they did not say anything about it. Kaelynn's responce was "I have been wondering what that was, I always feel them with my tounge." I was still a little worried, so I said that I would call the dentist in the morning.

After I took Kaelynn to the bus stop I came home and called the dentist. They said that it could be a big deal and wanted us to come in. I picked Kaelynn up at school and we went to the dentist. They looked in her mouth and said that they would beed to sedate her and pull out the baby teeth and hopefully the permanent teeth will move forward. Luckily I left Hailey at the Hill's house, and my mom was in town with her mom, so she was able to meet me at the dentist to help out with Chloe. I was not prepared for all of this. On the phone it sounded like they were just going to have a look.

Kaelynn did really well. She cried a little when they gave her an IV. But then they quickly gave her the meds to go to sleep. It only took about 20 -30 mins. and then she was done. When girls wake up they are usually very emotional which she was and she could not even hold her own head up. My mom had to drive my car home and I needed to sit back by Kaelynn and hold her up in our seat. She was very funny and very drugged. She was supposed to not walk and take it easy the rest of the day. But when my girls have sedated they have the opposite effect when the medicine is wearing off, they get very hyper instead of sleepy. So she was quite funny and we had to watch her at all times so that she would not walk anywhere.

I took a picture of her teeth but she was still a little drugged in the picture.



Kaelynn was very excited about the tooth fairy coming. We have a little tooth pillow that you can put your teeth in. When I put her in bed she moved the tooth pillow out from under her pillow and said, "I will put it next to my pillow because I don't want to squish the tooth fairy." The next morning after she recieved her two dollars she said, "Mom, I think that the tooth fairy is medium sized because the dollars would be to big for her!"

Rocky!!

Early this summer when we got rid of our rabbit we promised the to get the girls a kitty. Well on Monday we finally got them a kitten. It is a boy cat (we are trying to even out our ratio!). We named it Rocky. We were told that he was very playful. He is very playful, but I had forgotten that means they claw you. Hailey is now scared of the cat, and I have scratches up and down my legs. We do like the cat, but we need to figure out how to get it outside so that I can start doing things again with out having to guard my girls from the cat. Kaelynn is a great help in taking car of Rocky.


Rocky likes to get in the bouncy chair with Chloe and he has fallen asleep in her lap twice. He is very cute with her and she loves to try and pet him.

Small Hike

On Saturday we went hiking. We attempted to find Battle Creek trail(with a waterfall at the end), but some how ended up on a different trail. It was still fun to go hiking. The girls did really well, except there were a lot of bees and they did not like that. It was a hot day, but there was a pretty view of the valley.

First Day of School

Well Kaelynn started first grade this week. It was a lot harder for me to send her away to first grade than it was to kindergarten. I wasn't expecting it to be very emotional for me but it was. I thought that she would be the one who had a hard time adjusting, but she is doing great. She likes her teacher and is meeting a lot of new friends.



Here are all the first graders at the bus stop.



Kaelynn getting on the bus for the first day of first grade! WOW!




On Wednesday she came home telling me that her new friend said that she had bugs in her hair and showed one to Kaelynn! (I am thinking great, PLEASE don't play with her!) So now we keep checking Kaelynn's hair for lice. Luckily so far there is nothing.

Hailey is missing having her sister home. On the first day I came home and took a shower, when I got out Hailey asked "Can we go and get Kaelynn yet?" She kept asking the same question all day. Poor girl! She is now doing pretty good, but she is excited when it is time to go and get her from the bus stop.