Day 6

Today marks day 6 since having my wisdom teeth out. It has not been fun. I'm still pretty sore. I really thought that I would be feeling like myself again by now, but I guess not. The inside of my mouth has at least started to heal, but I'm still a little swollen. I was able to babysit for a few days this week, but am grateful that it was just a little here and there. This has really knocked me off my feet! Jarren has been really good about taking care of things and letting me rest. He has a scout camp tonight though, so it's just me and the kids so we're having a movie night so I can relax.

Rylie had her end of the year Kindergarten program yesterday. I can't believe how fast this school year has gone! She has grown up so much. Their theme for the program was America. One of Rylie's best friends is Savanna. Her mom and I got together and got them matching shirts to wear for the program. I think they were pretty excited!

This is all of the Kindergarten classes together:

Rylie and Savanna. They were standing so close to each other that everytime they would do their hand movements, they would hit each other!

Rylie had her very own speaking part. She memorized it, and said it perfectly! I was so proud of her!

It's Official: I Am Now A Cowgirl

I had just sent off my last extra kid for the day, and sat down to work on other stuff, when I could hear the kids yelling and screaming outside. At first I was thinking it was the neighbor riding his horse down the road again, but the screaming was getting louder and sounding more excited. I walked outside, and there were COWS (yes, cows!) walking down the road and on the neighbor's lawn! Jarren (and just about the rest of the whole neighborhood) was out there trying to get them to go back up the road, so I jumped on the 4 wheeler and took off after them. (Thinking of how I wished I would have had my camara, and maybe a hat or something to make me look more official)

We got them on the canal road with me behind them, and another guy on a 4 wheeler in front. He told me they were his brother's cows, and we were just going to take them along the canal road on home, but not to push them too fast. Ok, sounded easy enough to me. So he took off toward the front again. Pretty soon another neighbor joined in, but also went to the front of the herd.

We're going along and one of the cows was kind of straggling behind (I should have known from the beginning that me and this one were not going to be friends). I didn't want to get too close, so I revved the engine a little and told him to go. I don't know why I was acting like this thing was a dog, and would actually listen to a command, but I did. Yeah, it was a cow and he just stood there giving me the evil eye. So I revved the engine again, and he still just stood there. Ok, so what now? He was looking more ticked by the second, and here's me wondering how fast I can reverse along the curvy road we've been following, or how bad it was going to hurt when he charged me! I was looking around trying not to panic, when he finally turned (looking very annoyed by the way) and started after his friends.

We got to a point where we had to cross a paved road to get back onto the canal road, and this is where the cows decided to get into the canal. (By this time another neighbor had joined in so there are 4 of us now) So we had spend the next 15 minutes trying to get them out. (I am now hoping that Jarren remembers the dinner that I've got in the oven and the house isn't in flames when I get home from my little adventure) When I say we, I really mean they. There was no way I was getting off the 4 wheeler so one of them could come after me. So I just drove around trying to block where we didn't want them to go. They were all waving sticks and yelling hee yah, and git, generally what I'm guessing is cow herding talk. It must work because they finally got them back onto the path, and we went along our way. We hadn't even gone about 10 ft, when my little 'friend' stopped again. I figured since the cow herding talk worked for the others, I could try it. So I gave it my all and yelled hee yah, but I think it sounded more like a fear-filled screech. Needless to say, my hee yah didn't work, but he must have taken pity on me and my poor skills because he turned around and started following again. It was pretty slow going, but we eventually got them back where they needed to be. All in all I don't think I did too bad for my first cow herding experience!

Rylie's First Haircut!

I finally got Rylie her first haircut a few weeks ago! I know she's 5 1/2 years old, but her hair was so long and pretty I didn't want to cut it! She was pretty excited and wanted to get it cut like her friend Savannah's. We didn't go quite that short, but I think she was pretty happy with it.

This is before:

Another Before:

Haircut in action:

After:



She loved her princess curls! She keeps asking me to do this again. I'm thinking that we'll need a few hours for me to recreate this!

I made sure to get a lock of her hair before it got thrown away. We probably cut about 4-5 inches off.

In other news...Jarren passed the last test for his journeyman's license on Saturday! We are so excited to finally be done! He's worked so hard for the past year to get through the tests, and I am so proud of him! We always said that when he passed, we were going on a big trip. Now we just have to decide where to go! Any suggestions?

Poor Jax

I was trying to get these pictures to post at the end of the post, but my computer illiterate self can't figure out how to do that! (Sorry the middle picture is a little graphic...so if you have a queasy stomach - don't look!)

I couldn't get him to keep his head still, but this is the wound. It's covered in an antibiotic powder so you can't really see it very well.

This is pretty much what he's been doing sice he got home. He'll wag his tail really fast when he sees you, but just doesn't have the energy to get up.

So Jax was in his first 'dog fight' today. I was in working on tutus, while Rylie was outside playing in the backyard with some friends. Pretty soon she came running in saying that Jax was bleeding. She tends to be a little dramatic, so I wasn't too worried about it.

I went out to check on him, and saw that there was another dog in the backyard. I got up to Jax, and the whole right side of him was covered in blood. I started freaking out, thinking that it was his neck that was bleeding, but then noticed that his ear was dripping. I looked closer and could see a small gash in his ear about 1 1/2 in long, but I could not figure out why it was bleeding so badly. I went back and got my phone and called Jarren to see what I should do. I know in humans that head wounds always bleed a lot, but I wasn't sure if I should take him to the vet, or just try to stop the bleeding. I ended up calling the vet and it was decided that I should bring him in. By this time I had tried to wash him a little so I could get a better look, and saw that his ear had been completely split through.

I had to wake Trey up from his nap, and get the kids loaded in the truck. (Luckily I didn't have any babysitting kids today) The vet told me they would have to sedate him to do the stitches, so he would need to stay for awhile. When I got back in the truck, both kids were really upset. They kept asking me if the stitches were going to hurt, and would we ever see him again...etc. I kept telling them he would be fine, and that they were going to have Jax go to sleep so he wouldn't feel the stitches.

We were able to pick him up about 4 hours later, and he was still groggy from the anethestic (sp?) Poor guy was so excited to see us, but couldn't control his body movements. His front legs kept going one way, while the back ones were going the other way. He's perked up a little since we've been home. This really made for an eventful day!

Funny Blonde Moment (Yes, I can say that now!)

I never thought that the color of my hair would cause that much of a change in my life, but it kind of has! Not only do I give myself doubletakes, other people are too. This is probably just because people that knew me are used to seeing me with dark hair, so they have to look twice in order to recognize me! So here is the funny story. I went to visit one of my old roommates from Dixie (who now lives in Riverton) We actually lost touch for about 6 1/2 years (wow, that really ages me!) She is the one who introduced Jarren and I. Jarren has one more test to pass for his license, so I decided to take the kids and go out to the city. We had a really fun day with shopping and catching up. Anyway, back to the point of this post. I didn't get away until late, and stopped in Heber for gas. It was really dark and there wasn't anybody else around, so it was kind of scary. I hurried and got out of the truck, and was trying to get done as fast as I could. I got the nozzle put in, and turned around to hop back in the truck and saw a blonde girl staring back at me. I about had a heart attack! It took me a second to realize that it was just my reflection in my side mirror!

Hair

Happy April Fool's Day!
So I finally got brave and went and got my hair done. I've been wanting to get it done for a long time, so I finally bit the bullet and made an appt. I went to Ooh La La Salon (I added her blog to my list)
I have really dark brown hair, and wanted to try something different. So now I am blonde...really, really blonde! (No this is not an April Fool's Joke) It's going to take some time to get used to! My neighbor was nice enough to watch my kids for me, and when I went to pick them up I don't think they recognized me! Rylie just keeps staring at me, and telling me I look beautiful, and that dad is just going to 'flip out' because he'll like it so much. Treyson on the other hand, said that he didn't want to go home with me! I'll look over at him every once in awhile, and he's just staring at me with a scowl on his face. I think the change has made him grumpy! (That or not a long enough nap!)
I've been straightening up the house and will catch myself in the mirror and have to do a double take because I don't recognize myself! We'll see if I can keep this 'new do' up because you know it never looks like it does when you leave the salon, and are styling it yourself!