Daddy's motorcycle fund

Most people who have been to our house have seen this big water jug piggy bank. Well the
other day Seth and I counted the
money that was in it and he figured at
the rate we are going he will be able to
get his motorcycle when he is 77! So
we decided to put that money in there
to better use....

We used it on a years worth of insurance for his new bike!!! Yay! He was as giddy as a school girl all day and night after we got it! He didn't even sleep last night because he was so excited! He deserves it so much! He worked non-stop last year and is still always happy. There isn't a harder worker in this world then Seth!

Doesn't he look so good on it?!

SNOWMAS!

Cute little Brock story I don't want to forget... This winter whenever he looks outside or sees snow he will yell, "Look Mommy! Its snowmas!" I love the little guy! He is always so happy and fun.

'ARE'

Doran gets a little confused with we, us, and your. He says are for pretty much all of them. Here is a little example of what he says and a cute little memory Seth and I don't ever want to forget.

Doran woke up in our bed and jumped up when he saw Seth was still home and didn't have to go to work. "OH! Are aren't at work! Are are awake!! Let's go get donuts!"

Surgery!

On Tuesday Seth finally got surgery on his knee. It has been bugging him for years! He went in to the Doctors last Monday and the doc said he was 100% positive Seth tore his meniscus and was over 70% sure he had also tore his ACL. We didn't get an MRI, we figured he had to have surgery anyways, might as well find out after. So we were at the hospital talking to the anesthesiologist about the nerve block they were about to do on his leg. The doctor was explaining there really aren't risks with the block like there are an epidural. He said there are no nerves and nothing important in the pelvic area that could get messed up. Seth being Seth said, "Well. there is important stuff down there, right doc?" The doctor and nurse were laughing so hard! Even when he was about to go in for surgery he was still so funny!

So he went under the knife and I waited praying his ACL was still ok. After about 45 minutes the doctor came in and said he didn't have to repair his ACL! It had a damaged portion but nothing repairable. He said his meniscus was 'ravaged' and 'trashed'. He had a chunk stuck in his joint that had torn off, he had pieces hanging out all over the place. So he ended up having to remove half of his meniscus. He is in a lot of pain still, but long term the recovery should be easier then if he had to repair the ACL. ACL would take 9 full months where this will take 2. We are so glad are Daddy is ok!

2009 picture recap

We have had so many things happen last year! I was looking through pictures and thought it would be kind of fun to do a little month to month recap!
JANUARY
-Brock turned 1!
FEBRUARY
-Brock got his first hair cut.

MARCH
-Seth made his first home cooked meal! Jambalaya! It was delicious!
-Seth and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary by spending our first night away from the boys.

APRIL

-Easter! The boys loved hunting for eggs!

-I went to see Wicked! It was so awesome! I hope to go again!

MAY

-We got a pass to Thanksgiving Point and have gone to the Gardens and Dinosaur Museum so much the rest of the year!

-We found and went under contract on our house!

-I went to No Doubt with GayGay, Sarah, and Samantha!

JUNE

-We closed and moved in! We finally became home owners!

JULY

-We went to St. George for the 4th with Grandma and Papa Engman.

AUGUST

-Doran turned 3!

-Doran potty trained! Wonderful month!

SEPTEMBER

-Doran started preschool.

-Doran fell and split his head open and got his first stitches, 8!

-We took the boys to Lagoon!

OCTOBER

-Doran started itty bitty football! He loved it!

-Seth went to Fire Science School in Elko Nevada.
-Seth and Brock got the swine flu.

-Seth's refinery had a fire so he got to fight his first fire!

NOVEMBER

-New Moon! About 15 or so of us girls went to New Moon for the midnight showing! So fun!

-Thanksgiving at Grandma and Papa K's!

DECEMBER

-I always love how every year the first big snow always seems like the first time kids have played in the snow! They loved it.

-After growing the boys hair out most of the year we buzzed them. They still look very andsome though!

-The day of the Engman family picture Brock fell getting out of the bathtub and had to get stitches! 3 above his lip!

-Seth turned 27!

-Christmas with family! Zach and Nikki came from Texas and my Dad, Coleen, Jake, and Sacky came from Michigan!

Birthday party!

Sunday night we had Brock's party since he got sick the night his was supposed to be. He was pretty funny. He kind of acted like he was oblivious to everything (except when he was opening presents of course)! It was fun to have everyone over. For his cake I made 'Dad's favorite dessert' because he loved it so much at Doran's party. He wasn't really into it at his own though.

He sure did like the flame on the candle though! He couldn't/wouldn't blow out the candle.

He is such a sweet boy!

Thanksgiving Point Gnomes! *SPOILER ALERT (IF YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT THEM)*

We got a pass to Thanksgiving Point in April and have used it sooo much. It really has been worth it for us. A few weeks ago while we were at the dinosaur museum I noticed this sign for the first time. I was excited because we have been through there sooo many times it would be fun to have something new and entertaining about it! Well that time I only found 1 of the 15 gnomes! I thought I would find them all that time, but I have no idea how I even found 1! He was just an inch tall and hidden in foilage! So now every time we go we find more. (In a couple of these pictures I show where they are so if you want to play the game don't look below!)

I got a hint where to find this one! Seth says I cheated :(

Brooks found this one.

Seth found this one.

Jen found this one, but we knew the visinity it was in...

This one is a little hard to see. He is sitting on a leaf waving. I found him.

Jen found this one. It is a lot harder to see than this picture makes it look.

Jen and I found this one but once again we knew the vicinity.

Seth found this one.

I knew this one was there!

So here you can see how hard these little guys are to find. We can't decide if the painted ones are harder to find or the actual little guys.

He is sun tanning! Jen found this one. The mananger told us there was one painted in the hall.

So we have found 12! We still need to find 1 more! The hard part is the little statue ones are moved around frequently so we may never know where all 13 are at the same time. Atleast the painted ones can't move!

January...

I hate January. It is so cold and I always just can't wait for it to end. This month has already been so bad! Brock got sick on his birthday, then Monday they both got this horrible cough. They have been coughing all day and night! Well of course little Brocky has gotten terribly sick. Yesterday afternoon he started fevering, right around 101, and he became almost lethargic the rest of the day. He just laid around. He wouldn't move, eat, or anything. He just laid on either Seth or I or on the couch. He went to bed at 7 all on his own, but he coughed all night (so did Doran). The cough they both have is so so so bad. I decided to take Brock to the doctor this morning because his fever is still at 101 and he is still not wanting to move or eat. The doctor checked him out and did what I always dread, he said 'it is just a virus.. sorry'. That always frustrates me so bad! I understand that a virus can't be treated with medicine but I also know he is miserable and you have to have some information or advice to give me to help him! For crying out loud he is miserable! Atleast Brock told him off since I didn't! The whole time the doc was checking him Brock kept wiggling away from him or pushing his hands away and yelling at him, 'No! Go away! I said GO AWAY!' I couldn't help but laugh! Way to tell him Brocky!

Poor little birthday boy!!!

Poor little birthday boy! He woke up so happy and was so happy all day. He ate well. You would never think something was wrong or would go wrong... Well I was wrong! We were at Target paying for some plates, napkins, and forks for his party when all of the sudden he started throwing up! I felt so bad for the employees. I wanted to help clean up but they told me just to leave. I am sure they didn't want anymore coming up. So I was thinking he must just have gagged on something, right? Wrong! Threw up again on the short drive home from Target and the rest of the evening until about 3 a.m. He would get sick and want to lay down, then he would throw up, then he would play about 5 minutes, and then it would start over.

Here he is during one of his feel good moments with crackers in one hand and his birthday presents of legos in the other. I don't know why the flash didn't turn on! It makes me sad because his little face and smile are so cute in this picture.

Seth and I decided we needed to all sleep together so we made a nice bed of blankets and pillows on the family room floor and had a family sleepover. It was not fun! I was freezing all night, Brock kept throwing up all night, Doran woke up for an hour from 2-3, and it was so uncomfortable! I hope I never have to sleep on the floor again! We are hoping he is feeling better by tomorrow and can atleast have everyone come over for some of Dad's favorite dessert and some double W cakes. I guess we will know by tonight how he is doing. Poor little birthday Brocky!