Diaper Ditcher

Yesterday I let Tessa walk around in her diaper. She doesn't normally like that. She loves her clothes. She hates being cold. I'm thinking, though, that this might be the last time I do this. I came around the corner and found this.....

And guess what was around the next corner... THIS!

There is a plus side . She has already shown interest in going potty. She has sat on the potty 2 times already with no results but is not afraid either! Yay!

SUH-WHINE FLU...

Okay- for those of you who know me... you know that I am pretty easy-going with MOST things. But this swine flu thing has me all freaked out. I don't know why. Maybe because I have a baby again... Maybe because I've been thinking about pulling my children out of public school already and this is JUST ANOTHER reason. Or maybe my thyroid medication is all screwy and I'm just emotional. Who knows..... I can't help myself from checking the United States & International totals every day. (Here's the website.. http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ ) I know it's totally treatable and they're in the process of developing a vaccine and because of the media and technology these days the likelihood of millions of us dying is rare, but STILL.... I just can't let it go. KC is sick of hearing about it... I even ordered facemasks on e-bay before the price went up. You never know....

KC's uncle, Paul, sent us this pic via e-mail & it pretty much sums up how I feel. I love all of you but seriously... if you get sick... you're on your own, man.

And..... yes..... we have a POST!

So I haven't posted since I got high-speed internet and thought I'd take a shot at it. I love writing, I've always loved writing, and I've made a goal of writing more. So for now, since I'm already behind today, I'm just going to post some pics but be prepared for more random ramblings from the Nay home. As I just typed "Nay home" it reminded me of my funny children whose claim to fame in the scriptures is that Ishmael (remember him? Lehi's sons went back to Jerusalem to get his daughters to marry them) anyway... when Ishmael died in the wilderness it was in a place called Nahom. There are multiple pronunciation interpretations but my children, obviously, prefer "Nayhome". LOL! Did I mention these would be random ramblings. LOVE IT!

So these next pics are of Tessa doing what she does best..... Sleeping. I am blessed to have children who LOVE to sleep!

Rocking Chair.....

Toybox....

On the floor with "Monkey".... we love that little Monkey, Nonnie. Despite his "pickable" nose.

With Uncle Kyle...

AND- OHMYGOODNESS.... Loving the high-speed internet for blog posting. You will definitely hear from me more often! Woohoo!

10 Honesty Items

I was tagged by Jennifer…….10 HONESTY ITEMS…. Here we go:
1. I am terrified of birds. And grasshoppers. And frogs. And jumping spiders. Pretty much anything that can fly/jump up in your face. But mostly birds. The only thing I don’t like about visiting the ocean are the crazy psychopathic begging seagulls that are as big as horses.

2. I love learning about why people are involved in dark things. Drugs – promiscuity – murder – gangs – cults. It’s a weird thing, I know. But I don’t dwell on the darkness… just on trying to understand people’s explanations and reasons for entering the darkness…. People like Hitler and Sadaam and Osama fascinate me. And I can’t get enough of TV Shows like Intervention and Celebrity Rehab. I’ve always wished you could take apart someone’s brain and say….ah-ha! That’s the one bad choice /thought /trigger /experience that led them down that horrid path. In another life I’d choose to be a criminal psychologist.

3. It still upsets me that I can’t wear 2 sets of earrings. But obedience is more important.

4. Everyone thinks I am a glass half full person… and for the most part, I am. But when I decide the glass is half empty. WATCHOUT! I turn into a very emotional girl – one that my husband doesn’t know how to help and my kids are afraid of. This horrible attitude usually occurs once a year or so…..If I have any prior warning I’ll let you know.

5. I hate being the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. I buy the stuff, I leave the money… I want the glory.

6. I am terrified of nursing homes. TERRIFIED. Like – so bad I feel nauseous and light-headed when I enter one. It’s all I can do to not faint. I’m having a hard time right now even thinking about it. Don’t get me wrong. I love elderly people. Just not the nursing homes…..

7. I am lucky I have Christ’s gospel in my life because without it I’m sure I’d be a drug-addicted alcoholic working on the streets in Vegas with a bounty on my head for gambling debts. I wish I was kidding.

8. I have issues with my friends meeting other friends through me. Like the Seinfeld episode where Jerry is freaking out that his work world and his social world are mixing. It’s just weird. There are Nampa friends and there are Church friends and there are McCall friends and there are old Micron friends and etc... None of my friends in highschool got along with each other so I’m terrified that would still happen if everyone met. Old and immature baggage, I know. This was written specifically for Nichole and Jennifer. I will never arrange your meeting for fear that you might hate each other.

9. Since my kids were babies I’ve prayed that they would be smart nerds….and that if they had to choose between popularity and education they would choose knowledge and education. Only time will tell.

10. I love my husband and we will NEVER get divorced… but there have been times in my life that I have been jealous of my friends who are divorced that get every other weekend without kids. I know it’s hard on the kids and the parents and everyone involved. But oh….. what I would pay to have a kid-less weekend every once in a while. Maybe sometimes I regret moving away from grandmas and free babysitting.

There you have it. 10 things I was totally honest about. And now Jennifer and Nichole can end their bet on me not answering. Pay up, Nichole! And thanks sooooooo much for believing in me. NOT!

FAMILY HOLIDAY LETTER

Dear Loved Ones;

I sat down to write out a letter this year
And couldn’t quite drum up the Holiday cheer
The children were playing outside in the snow.
I had no excuses. I had nowhere to go.

So I sat and reflected upon this last year
All the changes, and happenings, the joy & the cheer.
Two Thousand and Eight was a great year indeed!
And to write this fun letter is just what I need!

In January things started off with a bang!
Our sweet Tessa was born! Things have not been the same!
She is trying to walk and she’s learned to ‘amen’.
She likes graham crackers, dancing, and making new friends!

Beth & Kamron are happy and beautiful too!
It’s a race to keep up with the things that they do.
Kam does snowboarding, basketball, football and choir,
Also baseball, and scouting, and stacks wood for hire.

Beth is sewing and singing and getting straight A’s
She loves ice skating, church, and activity days.
She can sketch and can paint and loves being at home.
She is training to be quite a sweet little mom.

KC’s busy as always. He works hard as can be.
He’s a great dad and even helped coach little league.
He loves fishing and dirtbikes and snowmobiles too
AND still finds time to complete all his fun honey-dos!

Me, I’m still doing daycare, can you believe that!
6.5 years and counting…. I just might beat Pat!
I am serving in church in the Young Women Prez.
Firesides, Girls Camp, and Mutual’s as good as it gets!

This year we were graced with new family as well!
Grandpa Steve, Aunt Mariah, and new cousin Danielle!
We are blessed to have fun neighbors, family, and friends,
It’s to YOU, through this poem, that Glad Tidings we send!

Happy Holidays now to our loved ones so dear!
Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!

Love,
The Nay Family
KC, Crystal, Kamron, Bethany, and Tessa

Cute Blog Survey From Cousin Lara

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW: Is a beautiful meadow that I feel was created just for me and my family. Luckily we share it with neighbors we have come to know and love. Pine trees, dirt roads, mountains, and happy children. It doesn't get better than this.

I AM THINKING: I can't wait for my sister to get here tonight! What time is it? I think I'll call her (again) and ask her when she's leaving.

I AM THANKFUL: That it is Friday. LOL! Yesterday was a hard daycare day. One little boy popped the swimming pool, another said a bad word.... and then, beautifully, they all took 2.5 hr. naps.

IN MY KITCHEN: Are last years huckleberries that I'm going to make muffins with for Heather's kids. We are huckleberry picking this weekend. I'm all about the picking...I just need to remember to use them.

I AM CREATING: Ideas for new family stockings. (I know it's only July!) Bethany is taking a sewing class right now and I think that would be a wonderful project for her.... this year will be Tessa's first Christmas!

I AM WORKING ON: My Personal Progress. Sheesh! I'm 32 already! I should probably get this done. I am lucky to have the second chance because I work in Young Women's. I'm hoping to get it done before summer is over.

I AM WEARING: My Super Mario T-shirt, black pants, and sandals....and of course, my silver hoop earrings.

I AM READING: the Book of Mormon. Our family is on a 100 day goal thing. On a lighter note...the last Stephenie Meyer Twilight Series book comes out TOMORROW! Mom will be shipping it to me as soon as she gets it.

I AM HEARING: The dishwasher running and Bethany getting ready to put on a 'Wizard of Oz' play for the daycare kids. Her Cabbage Patch kids are the actors. She made all of the costumes out of construction paper and she's nearly ready to go.

OUT OF THE HOUSE: The pool needs to be patched. Me and the 7 year old who popped it will go fix it after the play.

IN MY HOUSE: it is peaceful. The baby is asleep in her jumper. The house is semi-clean. We have nothing of significance to do today. All is calm and relaxing.

I AM ENJOYING: going to church in members homes this summer. For those of you who don't know....our church is being completely renovated. They had to move the septic lines and the well so we don't have an occupancy permit. The nearest building large enough to fit our ward is 2 hours away so we are meeting in 4 designated homes right now until sometime in the Fall. We are not assigned a home to go to, we can attend anyplace we want. We are only having sacrament mtg. so church is short, but it has also made it very hard on us to keep track of the YW in the ward and their comings and goings. On Wed. nights during mutual we have a 10 minute lesson/devotional covering what their lesson was supposed to be on Sunday.... It's been interesting. Our family is praying that construction will go well and we will all be together as a ward family soon. Back to the enjoying part. I really am enjoying the smallness and intimate settings of the meetings. It's been a great lesson for my children teaching them that there are congregations all over the world that meet like that every Sunday and some in way worse conditions than us. Sheesh... that turned into a novel. Sorry!

Thank you Lara for the survey! I hope to read others answers soon!

Loon Lake and LIFE FLIGHT

KC had a blog worthy event today. This is him… We started out at the Ruby Meadows trailhead heading towards Loon Lake (the site of the old World War 2 plane wreck) but we didn’t make it there…. Patrick (a guy I work with) was trying to keep up with Todd (another guy I work with) and he ran off the side of the trail. He had one foot planted on the trail and his body and his bike went down the hill and below a tree. His bike fell onto his leg dislocating his left knee.

By the time I got there he had straightened his leg back out cause he said it was grossing him out looking at it cause it was at a 45 degree angle from the knee down. He said he’d been laying on the ground about 4 or 5 minutes by the time I got there but I don’t think it was that long. Todd finally came back and he and I assessed the situation. Patrick's knee hadn’t popped back in and he didn’t want us to even touch his leg. So I gave Todd my cell phone and he rode out to Secesh in hopes of finding a landline.

In the meantime I stayed with Patrick and was able to build him a lean-to cover for shade. I also gave him about 5 motrin to calm him down and for the pain. Luckily there was a creek about 20 yards below us and I was able to use a hanky to get him cool water for his face. His foot and lower leg were swelling up (it’d been an hour or so at this point) so I took his right boot off first and then with a small pair of surgical scissors that he had in his first aid kit I cut the buckle on his other boot to remove the pressure on his hurt leg.

We waited for roughly 3 hours before Todd made it back. During those 3 hours we had some interesting hikers and their dog come and hang out with us. Kindof annoying when Patrick is in pain and we’re trying to keep the dog away from him….yet they still decided to make themselves at home and sat down to eat lunch.

Back to Todd… He finally shows back up with 3 EMT’s. One riding double with him and 2 on their own bikes. Vern Peterson (a Secesh local & customer at Hinson’s) was on his way with a 4 wheeler but it was a single track trail so he had to go really really slow. Willy (who used to work at Hinson’s & happened to be out on a day ride through Secesh) stopped when he saw Todd talking to Vern and decided to come in and help.

While the EMT’s were taking care of Patrick, Todd rode back out to where Vern was on his 4-wheeler cause he was taking a while to get the backboard there. Todd strapped it to his back and rode back in to us.

So the EMT’s had an inflatable splint they put on his left leg…. Earlier I had cut some limbs and stuff but he wouldn’t let me brace his leg at all. And then one of the EMT’s stared looking for an “LZ”. (Which in EMT talk means Landing Zone for life flight). Vern finally got there with his 4-wheeler and had a chainsaw with him so once we found a suitable LZ he got busy clearing some trees around the area. (Vern lives in Secesh and the official LZ in Secesh is on his property.)

3 of us were trying to move Patrick while they were clearing the LZ but were only able to take him about 60 yards. Patrick is 6’3” and a big boy. So once life flight was able to land everybody came back and helped us carry him the rest of the way.

Patrick is a funny guy. He was in a good mood by the time we got him to the helicopter and his mom also works for a Dr. at the McCall hospital. He was cracking jokes as we were loading him into the helicopter and when they put the headset on him he was saying things like “Hello Rubber Duckie! This is Fat Santa.”

Soooo…we’ll be re-scheduling our trip back into Loon lake cause we never got there. Anybody wanna come?