Jesus wants me for a SunBeam!

How many times do we try to get our kids to "say you are sorry" I had to substitute the sunbeams two weeks ago and the first lesson was on "saying you are sorry" and the next week it was on "forgiving others when they say they are sorry" My question is; why as adults do we still probably need the Spirit on our shoulder whispering the same thing? Somewhere along the line I picked up the marriage advice: Be the first to say you are sorry. That's all well and good until you feel like you are NOT in the wrong, you don't want to say sorry, and for sure don't want to say it first... HELLO, am I still three? Indy and I have a pretty easy relationship, and it's not often that we fight or argue. Last night we took the kids to dinner, it had been a long busy Saturday of football and getting things done around the house. We were sitting in a booth and I brought up a subject that we have been meaning to talk to the kids about. Indy let me know it was not the time and place for that subject and did it in a fashion I found annoying, so I retorted with an equally annoying come-back. He asked me why I was being obnoxious and I answered I that I was only copying him. (ok I know very childish) silence ensued we finished dinner and left. We were supposed to go and get some grocery shopping done....
Me: "We can take the kids home and I will go and do the shopping by myself."
Him: "Why because you don't want to be around me right now?"
Me: "Pretty much"
At this point I DO NOT want to apologize but I do anyway
Me:" I am sorry I retorted in an obnoxious manner to your comment. I am sure you did not intend for it to annoy me".... and then he apologized and all was well.
My point is that those lessons in Sunbeam class apply when you are 4 and when you are 34.

"that sucks"

This was the conversation driving home from church today:
PP: Dad how come you didn't come with us to the ward movie night on friday?
Dad: I had a funeral to go to
Master: Who died Dad?
Dad: My Uncle
Master: What happened to him?
Dad: He just got old and sick and then he died.
PP: (who is still only 3) "that sucks"

Back to School

Slip Sliding Away

Where has 6 years gone???? Cass started with us 6 years ago and now she is starting Nursing school. Indy and I couldn't do what we do without her. We are so grateful for her. She will make an amazing Nurse! We love you Cass.

Down... Set... Hupp!!!

Look close at the little smirk38-8 We creamed em!!!! First game! I can't believe this is my baby. Left tackle #92. I seriously got all teary eyed just before the game began because I was so nervous. GO Kaysville Brown!

Downy Day at Lagoon and the Famous Relatives

Down Syndrome Day at Lagoon. Buy one get one Free! Master doing his Groove thing in the fountain
Kissing Cousins
This is the home of Erastus Bingham is located in Pioneer Village. His sons, Sanford and Thomas Bingham, discovered Ore in the Western Part of the Salt Lake valley now known as Bingham Canyon or Kennecot Copper Mine. After Discovering the ore Brigham Young instructed the brothers to not mine it, but for one brother to settle up in the Riverdale area and the other brother to settle in Randolph. Yesterday in the 7th of the 9th Oquirrh Mountain Temple dedications President Uchtdorf told this story from the perspective, that these good pioneers instead of following the riches of the earth chose to follow the prophet. If you ask my father-in-law the family got jipped out of their financial legacy. Both versions of the story are probably true, I guess it's all about perspective.

What keeps you up at night?

I can't sleep. Today at the pool as I am getting a kick out of watching Sport do this all on his own. (This is huge for him) This lady comes up and asks me how old my son is. She then tells me that she had a little Downy boy that passed away last October. Her son was exactly the same age and looked very similar to Sport. Her little boy, Zaine, died from colon strangulation. The bazaar part is that I know what that is. When her son was born he had duodenal atresia. (They thought Sport had this when he was born) Your colon simply narrows where it shouldn't and has to be surgically corrected at birth. The problem is, as with any surgery scar tissue can form. In Zane's case the scar tissue grew and strangled his colon, causing sepsis and death. In this case on a Thursday he came down with 'flu' like symptoms, on Friday the mother is re-assured by the doctor on call it's really just the 'flu' and by Saturday morning he is found unconscious and after two hours of CPR he is gone. Oh my heart! This is the third time I have heard a story like this. Do you know every time Sport has had something major wrong, they tell us it's the 'flu'. Ruptured appendix and septic - it's the flu. Enterocolitis -it's the flu. Pneumonia Empyema with a collapsed lung- It's the flu. Needless to say, when Sport really does get the flu it scares the crap out of me. My heart went out to this mom. I climbed in to my bed tonight and as usual (because Sport almost nightly crawls into my side of the bed) my sheets smelled faintly of poop. Typically that smell makes me bonkers but tonight I am grateful for my smelly sheets:)
This is the other thing keeping me awake. We found out last Saturday Master was 8th pick in the first round of the local little league draft. My Indy was so proud of his son it brought tears to his eyes (seriously). Tonight was the first night of practice in full pads and gear. Because of his size Master is playing with 30 other kids that are a year older than him and all played last year. Now begins the painful part. When you watch your kids do "stuff" no matter what it is, you want them to be great. Maybe we live vicariously through our kids, but still you want them to at least keep pace with the rest of the kids. What if they are the slowest kid? What if they are they are the last one across the line? What if they know that, and it affects how they see and feel about themselves? What IS my kid supposed to learn through this 'sport' what am I supposed to learn? TEACHING OPPORTUNITY - holy cow!!!! Am I up for this? Welcome to the rest of my life! I thought the baby phase was hard. This is much harder and much more emotional. I'm a mom, I hurt when they hurt, when they fail I feel like I have failed.... and seriously, I'm not sure I'm ready for this. Master if you ever read this I want you to know... Today I was proud of you for not quiting. For not giving up even though I know you wanted to. You finished the task at hand, and you did so without cheating. I am proud of you for listening to your Dad. I know right now you think 'everyone else' is better than you, and you only have a tiny belief that 'you can do it' but I know that belief will grow as you keep practicing and as the saying goes, "get up one more time than you fall." Love mom