Pumpkin carving at the Jones'

The time is here once again for pumpkin carving. Mazzy had to have a happy jack, Bronson wanted a spooky face with vampire teeth, Ryan didn't want to have a pumpkin, and I made a cyclops pumpkin! Fun times...looking forward to Saturday for our annual spook alley on our porch....anyone who dares to come is welcome!

Toothless

Last week Mazzy's fever finally broke after 6 days! She still has a lingering cough, and runs a low grade fever if she over does it, but other than that she is feeling and doing a lot better! (Now if I could say the same for myself) That was a long haul! So even though she was not tested, I believe, and the 2 clinics that I talked to believe she had the swine flu, fun stuff! During that time she lost her front tooth. She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come again! It was either too rainy or she was too tired to come the first night Mazzy put it under her pillow, but the toothfairy made it the next night....woohoo! There is no turning back now for her little girl looks, she is forever changing into a little lady!

I had to throw this in this post. Lately Mazzy leaves me a message on the bottom of her chore chart for me to respond to, and this is what she left a couple of days ago. I guess I am doing some things right as a mom! She always makes me smile!

And here she is with her new little smile!

Swine Flu or Not Swine Flu

So Mazzy has been sick since Thursday with a sinus infection and a low grade fever. We took her to the Dr. and of course he gave her meds for her sinuses. I thought the low grade fever was just from her sinuses, which is normal for her to do. But then that night she starts with a full fever and a croupy cough. But it's not her normal croup that she gets...it's been really weird. And it hasn't eased, still a fever and still a cough. She looks pale and really hasn't done a whole lot, but color, watch tv, normal sick things, not too big of an appetite, but still eating and drinking, not too active, but not really lethargic or anything. But things are just not getting better. They definitely could be a lot worse. My mom and nephew have had the swine flu. My nephew Stryder started out like Mazzy, but he has got really sick from it (he started out with a croupy cough). Mazzy, is sick definitely, but she hasn't been too bad. So I thought for precautions, maybe I should call the insta care (seems it is the weekend) and so I called and talked to the nurse. She told me that they had seen kids with the swine flu that were real mild cases and that if she continued with a fever after 3 days that that is more than likely what Mazzy has. She told me where she wasn't too bad it would probably do no good to bring her in because she wouldn't be bad enough for them to send a swine flu test in. So to just go off of how long she has a fever. She said that her guess would be that she had the swine flu if the fever persisted. I don't know what to think or believe. I would think that if she had it she would be a lot sicker, but what can ya do to know if they won't run the test unless you are a severe case? I'll just keep her in until the fever and cough goes away....that's all I can do, I guess. There is so much other sicknesses going around, it's hard to know sometimes. I'm sure this is not very interesting to most of you, but I just needed to vent. I just hate it when my kids are sick.

Happy Birthday to Ryan!

This week was Ryan's 32nd birthday! He made it very clear not to get him anything this year, so the kids and I tried to make it a heart felt birthday. Although he did cave and we went to dinner, just us and his mom. The kids and I made him a birthday cake. I put the "Happy Birthday on" and helped Bronson put the hearts on, the rest was all Mazzy and her easy bake frosting pen! I think she did a pretty darn good job! Then we made cards, one of which we gave 10 reasons each of why we loved him. It was such a good day! And then to my surprise Ryan gives me this envelope that says Hailey I love you. I asked him why he was giving me something on HIS birthday. He just replied cause I love you. He bought us tickets to go see Mannheim Steamroller in concert in November at Abravenel Hall! I LOVE their Christmas music and have seen them once before a LONG time ago and they are AMAZING musicians! I CAN'T wait! Do I have the BEST husband ever? Yes I do! He never ceases to amaze me! I love him so much! Happy Birthday Ry!

Crazy Running

Mazzy's school had a Jog-A-Thon fundraiser a couple of weeks ago. The school did this instead of the Sally Foster catalog this year. She had been soooo excited for it. If the students got at least 5 people to donate they received a t-shirt to wear while they ran and did their laps. You could either pledge so much money per lap or just give a flat fee. Luckily everyone just gave a flat fee. Mazzy ran 21 laps in 1 hour! She was SOOOO proud of herself and we were too! She did a great job! All of the kids involved got a free jamba juice, which is what she was most excited about! We really didn't think she would run the entire time, but she showed us! Way to go Maz!
This is her yelling back to me so I could take her picture.

Utah Athletes Compete In Ironman Competition

Way to go Andi! For those of you who do not know, my sis-in-law competed and completed the Hawaii Ironman! She finished in 13 hours...AMAZING! We are SOOOO proud of her and her accomplishment! Just wish we could have been there in person to see it! But thanks to the AWESOME internet, we were able to see her cross the finish line! WOOOHOOO!!! Channel 2 news did a little highlight about her. Check her out in action on this link.

Utah Athletes Compete In Ironman Competition

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A Touch of Fall

This past Saturday we decided to go for a hike and enjoy some of the beautiful fall colors that are coming out. We went up Mueller and had a blast. The kids really enjoyed themselves. It was so much fun to spend that quality time as a family. Ryan has been sooo busy lately with all of his projects and work, that we haven't seen him very much. It was nice to just be able to go!