The Ostlers

2009-12-06T19:21:00.001-08:00

Ryder's eye Injury!!

2009-05-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

Ryder had an accident on monday, he was running around with a marshmallow gun made out of pvc pipe that his grandpa made, he tripped and fell and landed on the gun with his eye!,he cut the inside of his eyelid and there was blood everywhere, i freaked out, i thought he had poked his eye out. it was a really scary experience, i grabbed both of my kids and drove ryder to the hospital. He was so brave and barely cried , I was crying the whole way to the hospital and he kept telling me he was ok, The ER Dr. told me he was lucky that he didn't poke his eye out and that the cornea and pupil were intact and that it would heal on its own but still sent him to an eye doctor the next day. We went home and he slept for 3 hours, when he woke up he wouldn't open his eyes at all. He was acting blind and Marc decided to film him. I took him to the Dr. on Wednesday and luckily everything was perfect and he told us it will take 7 to 10 days for his eye to heal. He is doing great and we are so thankful it wasn't anything worse. Danger is his middle name!! Here are more pictures of his eye.....

And his BIRTHDAY!!! our little boy is 3!!!

Auntie Elsie made him an ice cream cake! Thanks Echis!

I got poo on me shoes!

2009-05-14T22:05:00.000-07:00

2009-05-14T21:51:00.000-07:00

Rrrasta Ryder

2009-05-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

Ryder sat patiently for two hours while two girls twisted, pulled, and back-combed his long wavy locks into dreads. I think he looks really good but Nan thinks he looks like Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons. She'll warm up to them eventually. Everyone at the salon we did it at was amazed at how well he did and he got lots of compliments so hopefully Nan will warm up to them. I think Ryder looks awesome besides, dreadlocks go well with his wild and fun personality. Now we just gotta add some rasta style to his wardrobe and he'll jam like Bob Marley...Ya Mon!!!

Lately,,,,,,

2009-04-19T20:21:00.000-07:00

It's been so nice to be a stay at home mom. I have enjoyed my boys, yeah it's hard, and I still need to get used to it, but I would'nt change it for anything. Marc is working hard to keep me at home as long as he can. Logan is almost 6 weeks old already. he weighs about 11 1/2 lbs now. He is growing so fast, and last night he slept for 6 hours straight! I finally got 8 hours of sleep! I really needed it. He is smiling now and is awake longer during the day. I still need to get Ryder potty trained, ugh! he is almost 3 years old, I'm starting this week, I bought the toddler wise potty training book, it should come this week, i will read it and get Ryder potty trained this week , this is my goal! It looks like it will be a nice week, it should be in the 70's all week long, I am so excited, I think I will take the boys to the zoo. Here are some pictures of our family enjoying the nice weather....

This was last thursday!, Snow melted in 24 hours. Crazy!

Logan and Ryder

2009-04-02T10:54:00.000-07:00

well, here are pictures of logan and Ryder when he was little, don't they look alike? of course Logan is fatter than Ryder was at that age. By the way, my little boy is now over 10 lbs! he is a chunk.

Logan

Ryder

LOGAN CUTTER OSTLER

2009-03-14T12:48:00.000-07:00

Our little boy is finally here, after 3 days of being in Labor and not sleeping at all , he was born Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 10:30 pm. He weighed 9 lbs 3 oz and 20 1/2 in long. We are so blessed to have him he is so cute and chunky. I was able to push him out and it only took 30 min to get him out, we were so worried because i had a c section with ryder and this was my last chance to have a baby the natural way. I feel so good, almost no pain and i am full of energy and my back pain is gone!! Ryder has been extremely great with his brother we thought he would be jealous and rough with him. but he is so over protective of him and takes really good care of him and bosses me around to pick him up or feed him. he is also so soft and kisses him like every minute. i am so excited for the months to come and to see him become best buds. here are some pics.................................

update

2009-02-24T22:00:00.000-08:00

well i'm 38 and 1/2 weeks along, can't wait to have this baby, i had my baby shower last saturday and it was a lot of fun, i'll have to post pictures later. Last sunday i gave a talk in church. i was so nervous because i had never given a talk before. I made it really funny , it was on agency and a lot of things happened the week before that helped me pull it together. I had a bad day at Walmart the saturday before. here is my story...
I went to walmart by myself to pick up some last minute things for my baby shower . I was doing great on time and was really proud of myself to be moving so fast at this stage in pregnancy. I was able to get everything I needed plus some extra things for the baby. I saw a 7 drawer plastic storage bin on sale for $20 and since last month I had seen it for $32 I had to buy it, I could not pass up this sale. So here I am struggling to put this thing in my little shopping cart. I struggled a little bit but was able to get it in ok. I get in line to pay for my things and I asked the cashier if she can just scan the storage bin in my shopping cart without having to take it out because it was alittle heavy. She was nice and reached with her scanner and didn’t have to move the thing. I pay for my stuff and as I’m walking away I realized she had charged me 28 for the storage bin. I went to the customer service desk to have the price checked and hopefully have it fixed and get some money back, the line was long but I waited anyway, after 10 mi I got to the desk and a nice lady helped me, it took her another 5 min. to check the price and was able to refund the extra money they charged me. I was now 15 min. late to my sisters house. I got to my car finally and I had forgotten that I was driving my husbands 2 door hyundai hatchback. I panicked for a second and thought of taking back that storage bin and forget about it. But I opened the trunk anyway and tried to get this thing in. I could not do it. So imoved to the drivers side door and tried to slide it in to the back seat. It took me 5 min. of struggling but I finally did it. I close the door and put the rest of the stuff I bought in the trunk of the car. I was emptying the cart I realized I hadn’t paid for some fabric paint that was underneath the storage bin. I go back inside the store to pay for them and didn’t have to wait long in line to do so. I paid for them and headed back to my car again. I get to my car and tried opening the door and it was locked. My keys weren’t in my purse and I looked inside the car to find them sitting on the seat, yes I was locked out. What a day huh? At this point I am laughing, I can’t be mad, I then realized I had left the trunk unlocked, so I open the door and take a look and there is no way I’m going to fit in therewith my huge belly to get to the front seat to unlock the door, plus the storage bin is in the back seat. I thought well maybe someone will walk by with a child and I can ask them if they can have their child climb in the back of my car and unlock the door for me. 5 min go by, no one has walked by, I finally realize I can put the seat down and it would give me a little more room to reach the door to unlock it. I get in the teeny trunk and struggled a little but was able to re ach just far enough to unlock the door. I can only imagine what people were thinking at the walmart parking lot. What is this pregnant lady doing in there! I finally get in my car and start driving I’m doing great until I realized I am driving northbound on 1 15 instead of southbound. I laughed so hard I cried!
I have the flu right now, and had a high fever last night , i had to go to the hospital and they kept me overnight and discharged me today at noon. i feel so sick, the worse part is that i'll have to go back to the hospital anyday between now and 2 weeks to have this baby. i hate being at the hospital. come what may and love it right? almost there!

LOL

2009-02-07T19:34:00.001-08:00

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2009-02-07T19:28:00.001-08:00

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Can't Breathe!

2009-01-30T19:25:00.000-08:00

I finally got a day off from work. I have a lot to do to get ready for this baby!, so much cleaning and organizing and absolutely no energy! I am 35 weeks now and can't wait for this to end. Our baby does not have a name yet! yeah i know, we're slackers. By the way, I had an ultrasound earlier this week and the baby's head is down in my pelvis, like really down there, no wonder i've been having leg pain and my hips kill! he has a lot of hair, and he has big cheeks, yes the Bernabe cheeks. His heart was great, no skipping beats so we are not worried anymore. I am going to try to deliver this baby naturally, but the Dr. is only giving me until March 13 to do so, if he doesn't come on his own by then, I will have a C-section on friday the 13th! I really do want to experience natural labor, i'm not afraid I just want to get it over with. I am getting so excited for him to come and join our little family. I am still working full time and will probably do so until the end. I really can't complain much about this pregnancy because it is way better than Ryders. Heart burn is a daily thing but again not as bad as the last one. We've all been a little stressed out with my Brother in Law Ron's surgery, he had a tumor around his pancreas and it took 11 hours of surgery to remove it! He is in Intensive Care right now and they are keeping him sedated at least until tomorrow. This is so his body can rest and not work so hard. We are all praying for him and ask everyone to please do so as well. Poor guy he is going to be in a lot of pain when he wakes up. I work at the hospital so I'll be able to visit him during my lunch breaks and hopefully keep him some company since he has to stay for 2 weeks. I hate being in the hospital it is so boring so I feel for him.

Here are some recent pics of us.

My cute Grandma Rita, Ryder and Me in Park City
Our friends Chris, Stephanie, Carter, Britton, Marc, Ryder and Me at Kangaroo Zoo

Ryder on his snow moto
Ryder loves wearing auntie Leech's glasses

it's been a long long time!

2009-01-19T11:03:00.000-08:00

well, I am at work, so i'm not going to post everything that has gone on in the past 3 months. I am 33 weeks pregnant and i am doing fine. The baby is having some type of arrhythmia which is the same problem ryder had in the womb but it went away as soon as he was born. The doctor is not concerned and truly i'm not either, I am scheduled for an ultrasound next monday! i have about 6 weeks left until this little one comes along. Believe it or not Marc and I have not sat down to think of names for this baby, and now i'm starting to get stressed out. There is so much to be done but I have no time to do anything with working a full time job, taking care of Ryder and Marc. I am exhausted but hanging in there! My grandma Rita (my mom's mom) came to visit for Christmas, it was so good to see her and my aunt issa and her son Raul. I had not seen them for almost 9 years! it's crazy. I reconnected with them and I feel like I have a closer and better relationship with my grandma. The best part is that she got baptized about 4 or 5 years ago and is going strong. both my aunt and gma have great testimonies of the church and that makes me extremely happy. It was a little hard to spend a lot of time with them because I had to work and my brother and sis in law were in town for the holidays too, so I always felt guilty for not hanging out with them and then not hanging out with my grandma, it was really hard, but hopefully everyone left happy. I will post more pics this week, my sis Elsie is going to help me update my blog. I'm excited. Keep checking my blog don't give up on me!

Halloween

2008-10-31T15:41:00.000-07:00

This has been a really fun day so far. All last week I was going crazy trying to find a batman costume for Ryder but they were all expensive and all made for kids 5 and up. I finally got on Ebay on saturday and found one for a toddler and for half the price, $15 with shipping included!, I was so excited and ordered it right away but I wasn't sure I would get it by today. but I got it the following Monday! His costume didn't come with a cape, so I thought I would make him one. I had a lot of help from my mother in law and we worked on it together for a couple of hours last night and it turned out so cute. I dressed up as a physician assistant that used to work at where I work now. nobody liked him and he quit this summer, so I thought it would be fun to dress up as him. He is from the middle east and had dark skin. Check out our pictures, just click on this link
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58912&l=df5f7&id=543406945

2008-10-26T11:14:00.000-07:00

Yes! it's another boy for us and we are very excited. Ryder is so happy and keeps kissing my belly which i think is huge! I haven't taken any pictures of me recently. I forgot to post pictures last time I posted, I just posted some on my facebook account, I really don't want to do it again, so check them out on facebook http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1417819&l=99e07&id=543406945

I am 21 weeks along and due March 9, 2009.

I'll try to post more often but can't promise you anything.

lots of stuff

2008-09-28T16:20:00.001-07:00

i'm really lazy about this blog thing. well not just lazy, but i seriously have no time for it. We had a busy summer with work and a couple trips to California. We were able to take Ryder to Disneyland and visit Greg and Cory . we were there for a couple of days. Marc sold pest control with a broken leg and he did pretty good. I have been working for Dr. Watkins for a year now and it's been fun. i love my job and the people I work with, specially my sister Leech. We went to mammoth Lakes for our nephews blessing. He is so cute. We didn't bring ryder with us on this trip because we needed some time alone and a break from everyday life. Oh yeah the big news this summer is that i'm pregnant with our 2nd child!! we are very excited. I've been sick for the last 3 months, but the last 2 weeks have been a lot better. We will find out what we are having in 2 weeks. My due date is March 9, 2009. I'm hoping for another boy but don't really care. well i don'tknow when i will blog again. Here are some pictures for your entertainment.

Just like Daddy

2008-07-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

Ryder loves everything his daddy likes, he wants to be just like him. He is obsessed with star wars and baseball. It's really cute to see how much he looks up to his dad.

Weekend

2008-07-13T16:14:00.000-07:00

I've been having a lot of fridays off this summer, it's been really nice since i can spend some time with Ryder. This last friday was by far the best of the summer. Ryder and I got up early, had breakfast and then met my sister Elsie and her kids at Chuck e Cheese's for lunch. Ryder was so excited, he loves Chuck e cheese. We had pizza and he had a whole slice by himself, this is a miracle since he only eats the pepperoni when we get pizza, I guess he had worked up an appetite.

After that, we came home because I thought he was really tired and wanted to take a nap, he fell asleep in the car but as soon as we got home he woke up and did not want to sleep. Marc came home for lunch and wanted to do something with us. We decided to go swimming at the indoor pool since it's usually less crowded and we also have to keep Ryder out of the sun so his scar (from the surgery) doesn't go dark, we really have to watch for this so it heals and disappears faster. anyway, Ryder had so much fun, he loves playing in the water, he is not afraid of it at all, which is scary because we have to watch him all the time. He even put his head under the water a few times and i thought he would freak out but he was laughing so hard and marc taught him how to plug his nose, it was really cute. After that we went to a chinese buffet, it was really good and Ryder was such a good boy and ate a lot of food. We usually don't take him out to restaurants because he doesn't behave well and we get really frustrated, but this time he was perfect. We came home and showered and got ready to go to the cemetary to see my Grandma's headstone. She didn't have one for 4 years and my dad was finally able to get one for her. it was kind of cool since it was my gma's birthday too. We all brought her flowers and talked about the funny things she used to say. I miss her so much, she was my hero! She was a great example. She was a single mom most of her life and worked so hard. She was the most intelligent person I have ever known, She was a music teacher and knew so many languages including Latin. She was also a dancer, writer, piano player, and artist. She had so many talents, but the most important thing to her were her children and grandchildren, she always put us first. She wrote so many songs, and I know sing those songs to Ryder and he loves them. She was so humble and loved our heavenly father so much.
As you can tell, I miss her very very much. We'll be together again someday. :)

After the cemetery, my sister Leech and her hubby Cam, Marc and I decided to go see a movie, my mom was nice enough to watch Ryder for us. We saw Hancock, i really liked it , it was funny. Saturday Ryder and I woke up early again, and met up with my Mom, my sister Elsie and her kids again and went to the Salt Lake Zoo. it was so hot, but it was really fun.

We got home so late, I was so exhausted. We went to bed early and slept in this morning until 10 am! We felt bad though because we missed church. Well that about summarizes our weekend.

Elsie's cute family and baby Chloe

2008-07-08T19:16:00.000-07:00

So I think I need to post some pictures of my sister's cute family. By the way, she had Chloe 4 weeks ago. She was born June 2, 2008 .Here are some pics.

4th of July

2008-07-08T18:56:00.000-07:00

This year we camped out in the street so we could watch the parade in the morning. My sister Elsie and her family came along, well actually we came along. It was an interesting experience , people were out til 3 in the morning driving by and screaming and revving their engines. Ryder didn't go to sleep until 2:30 am! we all woke up at 6:30 so everyone got about 4 hours of sleep. The parade was really fun and Ryder really enjoyed it. He wanted join the marching bands he ran out to the street to dance with them, it was really funny. Here are some pictures.

Josh, Ryder, Marc, and Katie

Oh by the way, as you can see, Marc has a walking boot on finally! he can take it off at night and scratch his leg!!

Ryder trying on daddy's walking boot

Marc update

2008-06-28T13:27:00.000-07:00

I forgot to let everyone know how Marc is doing. He unfortunately is still in a cast, this is his 3rd one. He was supposed to get a walking boot 3 weeks ago, but his leg is healing extremely slow. Poor guy, he is so frustrated. His leg has been itching so bad lately and it is starting to stink really bad. He has an appointment with the dr this thursday to take off the cast and see if he can get a walking boot. Please pray for him, I don't know if he could handle any more bad news. It's been 3 months since he broke his leg. We would have done surgery but the dr. told us his leg would heal in 6 weeks and so we decided not to do it. Well yeah, we should have done it. Oh well, you live and learn right?
He's been a trooper working for Pointe and selling pest control door to door this summer with a broken leg and 90 degree weather. Ryder is doing great as well, hasn't been sick in a month! yay! he keeps us really busy.

Yard Sales

2008-06-28T13:03:00.000-07:00

So our IMAC computer is having problems uploading our pictures to websites or blogs! ugh! why is this happening. anyway, I am at Pointe Pest Control again today working for the next few days. Well today Marc was driving home from work and stopped at a yard sale and found 2 50 ccs dirt bikes. Of course you know how much my husband loves ATVs and bikes, so out of curiosity he asked the lady how much she was selling them for, and she told him $950 for both, 0r $450 each. He immediately called me and asked me if I wanted them (why would I want a dirt bike for my 2 yr old crazy son?) I told him it was too much money and Ryder is too young for that anyway, and I don't want him riding dirt bikes, I'm ok if he wants to ride 4-wheelers cause they're safer. He began trying to convince me by saying that he would put training wheels on it and that it came with a free helmet , boots, and other gear. He asked me if he could offer the lady $300 for one of them, so I said sure because I knew that there was no way she would say yes. Well not only did she say yes, but told him he could have both for $600! Marc and I drove over there, he wanted to show me the bikes and of course convince me to get them. Well I said ok, and now we have to little dirt bikes. I'm not sure how comfortable I am with Ryder riding dirt bikes, it's kind of scary. We are going to sell one of the bikes for $600. I guess we did get a good deal , we got so much stuff, we got 2 helmets, knee pads, boots, elbow pads, pants, gloves, chest protector thingamajiggers? lol, and even a pink riding suit and gloves for our future daughter! Why do boys like dangerous things? Here is a picture of the bikes we got

They are cute, but they are really fast, they are racing bikes! great just what we needed right? better keep our health insurance.

Well after that, I was on my way to work here and I saw another yard sale and saw Tony Little's Gazelle machine. My sister just bought one and she really likes it, they are about $200 new. The lady was asking 75 for it, but I talked her down to 50 and bought it, I've been running 2-3 miles every day and dieting so I can lose some weight, I hope this machine helps me. this is what it looks like

I will tell you how it goes, I have 10 more lbs to lose.

By the way, Ryder won't be riding the bike until he is at least 3 and it will have training wheels!

I will post pics of our family when I figure out what is wrong with my computer

It's been a while

2008-06-07T14:40:00.000-07:00

Wow I haven't posted in over a month! I guess that happens when you're busy with a full time job and chasing after a 2 yr old! Ryder has been doing very well. His scar from the surgery is looking really good. He is on 2 different antibiotics twice a day and he will take them for at least 3 more months. Oh I should probably say that he did have that atypical mycobacterial infection in his lymph node. They've been culturing it for over a month and it looks like it was a strong one, but the Dr. thinks we have him on the right medication. He takes something called rifampin, which is mostly used for tuberculosis but they also use it for this bacteria, well anyway this med makes his bodily fluids turn red or orange. It's funny to watch him when he goes potty in the toilet and his pee comes out red, he looks at me and asks pee pee? his snot is orange sometimes too. it's kind of creepy.
I will post pictures when I get home. I am working for Pointe Pest control today with Marc, since his office manager is sick. My sister Elsie just had her third child and her name is Chloe. She is the cutest little thing. She weighed 7 lbs 13 oz which is the same her other 2 kids weighed when they were born. We were all surprised.
A lot has happened this month, I'll have to post pictures and write a little bit about each one. I hope I can do this tonight, if I have time!

Recent Pictures of Ryder

2008-05-04T21:51:00.001-07:00

Ryder hiding under his crib eating chocolate that he stole from his dad

Ryder's new toddler bed, he loves it, he sleeps in it

but he does sneak in to our bed in the middle of

the night. Sometimes I wake up at night and find him

sleeping next to me, I never know when he jumps

in bed with us.

time out spot, j/k

2008-05-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Before Surgery

After

Ryder and I slept in this hospital crib all night,

not very comfortable, but it made him happy

He had a draining tube for a couple of days, it was gross.

Ryder's surgery

2008-05-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

Ryder had his surgery 1 week ago today. We woke up early that day and arrived at the hospital at 8:00 am like they asked us to. We waited for about 45 min, they gave us a room, and we changed ryder into hospital pjs, which were really cute! Well, I guess Ryder found his sippy cup that morning and had a sip before I was able to stop him, so the Dr. said he couldn't do the surgery because of the risk of aspiration while in surgery ( he could aspirate the milk into his lungs during surgery) So he rescheduled the surgery for that same afternoon at 4pm. Ryder was to only drink clear liquids until noon and then nothing to eat or drink after that. He did pretty good until about 3 pm, my poor child brought me a bowl and started saying "pees" (please) , he was so hungry and thirsty, he cried for 20 minutes and it was so hard for both him and me. I couldn't wait until 4 so I put him in the car and drove around until he fell asleep until 4pm. They checked him in again and we changed his clothes. I thought they were going to let me go with him until they put him to sleep, but they told us we couldn't go and had to give him to a nurse, he got so sad and it broke my heart. It was really hard to let him go with a stranger while he was crying "mom! mom!' He was in surgery for 2 hours! He did very good and the Dr. told us he removed every node that was infected and even the ones that were questionable, and was able to stay away from his facial nerve and major arteries. That was such a relief. The only thing that the Dr. didn't like was that he seemed to be coming down with a cold, so he ordered for Ryder to stay at the hospital overnight to watch his oxygen level and breathing. So far all the results have come back normal, but I guess it takes a few weeks for them to find out what bacteria was in his lymph nodes. We do know that it wasn't TB or cancer! He is taking 2 different kinds of antibiotics for a few months and his scar is healing very well. Our son is a fighter. We thought he was going to be in a lot of pain after the surgery but he did great, they only had to give him lortab at the hospital once and then just regular tylenol, he also started jumping on the hospital bed the next morning and was running up and down the halls. He is acting completely normal and hasn't complained once about his neck, he is also eating so well. We are very happy with the outcome and are so proud of him for being so brave, he really made this a lot easier than we thought it would be. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers, we couldn't have gotten through this without them. We love you all! I will post his surgery pics later.

Bad news

2008-04-18T20:37:00.000-07:00

Well, here we go again. Ryder will probably have to have surgery this coming thursday. I noticed that his right lymph node (under his jaw) was swollen about 2 weeks ago. I thought it was only an infection and so I took him to the Dr. They did a strep test which came back negative and the Dr. seemed concerned. He said it could be a staph infection and put him on antibiotics, he told me that if the gland didn't get smaller after a few days to bring him back. I waited for a week and noticed that his lymph node had gotten bigger and harder and so I took him back to the Dr. The Dr. was really concerned now and put him on stronger antibiotics and made him an appointment with a pediatric surgeon. We saw the surgeon yesterday and he think it's an atypical bacterial infection and he cannot drain it because his node is really hard. He also said it could be tuberculosis or leukemia! yeah , scary. He told me not to worry and that he would run all kinds of tests to make sure it wasn't cancer or TB. So this Monday Ryder will have a TB test, then he will go get a CT scan of his neck, and they will have to put him out for the CT since he is so little. After that we have an appointment with an Infectious Diseases dr. and they will draw some blood. Please pray for my little boy. We are really hoping he just has that bacterial infection and nothing else. So if everything goes well, he will have surgery on thursday to remove the lymph node that's affected and that should be the end of it. This has made me realize how much I love Ryder and how special he is. He makes us laugh so much. We will keep you all posted.

Family Tradition?

2008-04-03T20:47:00.000-07:00

So I've been really busy taking care of Marc and Ryder, unfortunately, Ryder got sick a few days after Marc broke his leg. It was extra tough for me to take care of both of them and work a full time job! I am exhausted. Last week at work my sister leech and my other co-workers were talking to me about Ryder being life flighted and now Marc being life flighted, they were telling me that it is my turn now, and well that day we had chinese food brought in by a drug rep and had fortune cookies, so while we were talking about me being next to be life flighted I opened my fortune cookie and guess what it said? You will travel by air in the near future. Coincidence? I hope so. Now I have to be really careful. I kept my fortune so I will have to scan it in and post it on our blog.
Well i thought I would share that scary experience with you, just pray for me so i don't get hurt!

I Got On The NEWS!!! And I Only Had To Break My Leg To Do It!

2008-03-26T19:08:00.000-07:00

For about five seconds anyway. At the end of the clip it shows them taking me out of the ambulance and putting me in the Air Med helicopter. I know it was me cause I recognize the people helping me out of the ambulance and it was almost dark when they were taking me out. Plus the news anchor announced that the person had a broken leg. Just a coinsidence... I don' t think so. I finally got on TV! Wa Hoo! Check it out here is the link below ......... http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=c5986727-751c-40ba-bbc5-9ecad843026d

Easter Weekend

2008-03-24T20:28:00.000-07:00

Marc and I went to the sand dunes with the Rombergs for Easter. Ryder stayed home with my mom and dad. We got there thursday night very late, we slept in a trailer in subzero temperatures. It was so cold, we didn't get any sleep! Friday morning we had breakfast with the Rombergs and went riding for a little bit. We played UNO run, a game where you collect UNO cards and follow each other on the 4-wheelers through trails at the dunes. Everyone went, it was kind of fun except Brandi (kevin's wife) and i got lost for a while. After lunch we all decided to ride thru the sand dunes to sand mountain, it's about 8 miles away. There were about ten of us, 3 girls including me. I can ride 4-wheelers but i'm not a very confident rider. I was kind of scared but didn't say anything, just went along with it. Well it turns out I did very well, I kept up with all the boys, and they didn't have to wait for me and I never got stuck! Actually I was going so fast I almost fell off my quad. Marc and I were so tired, our whole bodies hurt! We got back to camp and set up our tent and started preparing our dinner, we put some potatoes in tin foil with butter , salt, and pepper. We also wrapped some whole green beans in tin foil as well, and got our ribeyes ready for the grill. I was really tired so I decided to take a nap in the tent, Marc decided to go for a last ride with Chris Van skyndall (Marc's brother's best friend) before dinner. In Marc's words this is what happened next;
First of all I just want to say that I LOVE MY LTR 450!!! It is so awesome and fast and ... Ya it rocks!!! Anyway, So I had been hitting this jump all day and off to the left of the jump was a tree stump that stood about four feet tall. Everytime i hit the jump and came back for another jump I would ride off to the side of the tree stump but for some reason I misjudged where I was after I had hit the jump for about the 50th time and I found myself headed straight for the tree. So I hit the brakes and the sand was super deep and of course the front brakes locked up and I did a sweet front flip over the handlebars and landed right in front of the stump. Before I had a chance to move the quad landed on my head pinching me to the ground and the wheely bar came down on my leg it was a good thing too cause my quad might have hit the tree and got all banged up but i blocked the quad sacrificing my body and broke my leg instead. I would take a bullet for that thing. So Chris ran down and pushed my quad off of me and he went to get help. Kevin and his wife Brandi came back to the rescue with a cardboard box and some electrical tape. Brandi rips off her shirt (easy... she had another one on underneath) and wraps it around my leg to stop the bleeding. And they made a splint to put on my leg. Shortly after a state trooper came over and pretty much did a whole lot of nothing and called for the Sand Rail ambulance with an L6 corvette engine to come pick me up. It drove me over to a real ambulance which drove me over to the air med helicopter that flew me to Utah Valley Hospital. I got surgery and now I have a cast on my leg and lots of pain pills. So that is all I have to say about that... well that and I have the world's greatest wife. She has been taking super good care of me and gets me whatever I want and gives me sponge baths :)

Little Ryder

2008-02-24T12:33:00.000-08:00

So Ryder's bronchitis developed into pneumonia and asthma! geez, I know, poor kid, he was wheezing a lot for a couple of days and I decided to take him to an instacare( afterhours clinic) and they took xrays of his chest. The doctor said he had a little pneumonia and they gave him a breathing treatment and antibiotics to take. He is feeling a lot better, but the poor little guy had been home for 3 days and yesterday he wouldn't stop crying and saying "outside" and looking at the window, so we felt bad for him and took him miniature golfing. He was really happy, and so was I. I took 2 days off work to stay home and take care of him. Today we had to drop him off at my moms so we could go to church since we didn't go last sunday because he had bronchitis! It was kind of nice to go and not worry about him being all over the place :> Well that's it for now, I will write soon.

Nissan Patrol hill climb

2008-02-18T16:36:00.001-08:00

Friday

2008-02-15T21:39:00.000-08:00

Well, I finally had a friday off from work! except I spent most most of the day running errands and taking ryder to dr's appointments. He's had a bad cough this week, and something told me that he had bronchitis, I don't like to take him to see the dr cause most of the time it's just a virus and all he needs is tylenol, but my motherly instincts told me to just take him anyway. Well, Ryder has bronchitis! the dr. gave him antibiotics and cough syrup. I think he's feeling better already. I'm sick too, in fact, I have the same symptoms Ryder has, so I probably have bronchitis too, but i'll tough it out. Well after taking him to the dr. , I had to take him to American Fork Hospital for an EKG (heart test) just for his upcoming check up with his cardiologist. I had the worst memories come to my mind as soon as we walked in! This is the hospital where I took Ryder when he was sick and had to be life flighted to Primary Childrens Hospital a year and a half ago. I felt uneasy. Anyway we finally got in to get his EKG, I didn't think he would stay still because he was just off the walls all day today, but the tech that did the test was this really big guy, with a shaved head, and was very intimidating. Ryder was able to sit still for 10 seconds, which was enough to get a decent reading. I asked to look at the results because I've done EKGs on people before when I worked at a clinic a year ago, his results looked really good, so now we just have to wait for his cardiologist to read them and compare them to his last one. So anyway, it's been an exhausting day! At least I got to spend the whole day with my little guy, I really did enjoy his company, I miss hanging out with him all day :

New Haircut!

2008-02-09T17:46:00.000-08:00

So, after having long hair and same style for 2 years or maybe even longer!, I decided to get my hair cut today, I don't know if I love it, but I like it, I still need to get used to it. My sister Alicia is finally done building her house and we are all getting together at her place tomorrow, it should be fun. This was a long week! I had to work so much and it was really stressful, hopefully next week will be better. Oh yeah, while I was getting my haircut, this guy that was next to me was getting his hair done as well, and man could he talk! I could tell the girl cutting his hair was really annoyed, specially cause he was asking her questions about her tribe (she was native-american) and how that worked, and about her reservation, and just kept going on and on and on!, i felt like telling him to shut up! Sorry but i think it's really annoying when people talk a lot when they're getting their hair done. My stylist was great, she pretty much didn't say anything, she just asked what I wanted and got the job done! that's how I like things to go.

2008-02-04T21:51:00.000-08:00

Here are recent pictures of Ryder.

2008-02-04T20:11:00.000-08:00

We had a big snow storm this weekend, so we took Ryder tubing. we pulled each other around with the 4 wheeler. It was so much fun and Ryder enjoyed every second of it. We watched the superbowl and were glad the Giants won the game, well Marc was happy, I don't really care for football. We've been so busy with school and work lately, I am exhausted. Ryder is getting so big and talking so much, mostly in spanish, it's so fun to have a little guy follow me around and hang out with me. He is such a sweet boy and loves to cuddle with his mom and dad. Just a month ago he could not sit still for longer than one minute, but within the last few weeks he's been able to sit through a whole movie! I think we have watched Shrek 1, 2 and 3 about twice each in the last week! he loves shrek. He will also sit on the couch in the mornings and watch cartoons. We are potty training him and he's making some progress, on Sunday he said pee pee and I took him to the bathroom and he went pee in the toilet! we were so excited, he also lets us know when he goes #2, but he tell us when he's done! we have to work on that one. I know he's really young to start potty training but i think he can do it. well that is about it for the month of January. Here are some pictures of our snow day and other fun times.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

2008-01-27T20:04:00.000-08:00

A lot of you know that our beloved prophet Gordon B Hinckley has passed away this evening. We are so sad, but we know he is in a better place with our Savior and his sweetheart. He was such a great man and we will miss him so much, Marc and I were able to attend a General Conference a few years ago and we saw our prophet there and he was such a sweet man. I felt like running up to him and hugging him. I don't know what else to write tonight. I am just very sad.

Virginia!

2008-01-12T10:35:00.000-08:00

Well, we just got back from virginia a few days ago. It was a really fun and relaxing trip. Seeing our family was the best thing of our trip/vacation. Camden got baptized and we were really happy to be there. The kids are so grown up, we couldn't believe it. We got to visit the Virginia Capitol and see some of the sights. It is such a pretty state. well i'll have to write more later, I have a lot of stuff to do still. Enjoy the pictures.

RYDER

2007-12-26T22:16:00.001-08:00

Ryder Montage

Sledding

2007-12-26T21:06:00.000-08:00

Today was a fun and relaxing day for us, we got to sleep in with Ryder, had a yummy breakfast and then Ryder got to play with his new toys. I guess I should say what he got, santa was really generous, this year. This year our little boy got a basketball hoop, T-ball, 2 baseball gloves, an educational computer, bathtub crayons, bathtub elmo, big truck with blocks in it, some tools like his daddy to help around the house, star wars guys, lots of candy (thanks santa!) clothes, shrek movie, shrek stuffed animal, coloring desk, a tricycle, and a power wheels 4-wheeler. Can you guess which one is his favorite? yeah the 4-wheeler. anyway, back to today, we then went sledding with ryder, we all got bundled up, it was super cold today. We had a blast, Ryder loved every minute of it, except when daddy threw snow in his face! We had a great christmas and now i guess we are ready to go get back to our normal busy life. ugh! We wish we had more time to spend with each other. Well it's time to go to bed so we can wake up early to go to work!

Family Tubin

2007-12-26T20:35:00.001-08:00

Action Tubing

Learning How To Sit Up

2007-12-23T20:55:00.003-08:00

Just learning how to sit up

What's In There?

2007-12-23T20:55:00.001-08:00

Just Climbing in the Dryer

Climbing the Fence

2007-12-23T20:53:00.001-08:00

Ryder can climb anything

Falling Asleep at the Table

2007-12-23T20:52:00.001-08:00

Just gettin some shut eye

Ryder's First Bike Crash

2007-12-23T20:32:00.001-08:00

Ryder can't steer very well but he sure is tough

Ryder Sandwich

2007-12-23T20:06:00.001-08:00

Ryder Sandwiched between Mom and Nidia

Family Ride at the Dunes

2007-12-23T14:37:00.001-08:00

Riding at Little Sahara

2006-11-23T16:34:00.001-08:00