Grandpa Hollingshead's 60th Bday

Sorry I have no pics to post. I took my camera, but ended up being super busy and always on the go so I didn't take any pics. Anyways, yesterday we went to Downey for my father-in-laws 60th birthday party. We had a ton of fun! Ashlyn was a little angel and let just about anybody and everybody hold her and watch her. Weird, I know. So me and Rory took advantage of it and went and took a 4-wheeler ride together. We had a lot of fun and some much needed time together. Sydnee was the entertainment by singing a primary Happy Birthday song in front of a bunch of strangers! I couldn't believe it. It was cute. My sis-in-law also sang and did a good job. There were a couple of water balloon launchers there and we had a lot of fun doing that and water fights. Sydnee never sat down and she had sooo much fun. The only thing that wasn't fun were the mosquitos. They were in swarms and really thick. Somehow me and the girls didn't get bit, but everyone else was covered with bites. We hope Grandpa had a good birthday party and we love and appreciate him.

Weight Check

Took Ashlyn to the dr. today for her weight check. She now weighs 16 pounds 12 ounces. She has gained 11 ounces since her last check. Yay! He wants to do one more check before we see the other dr. and if she has gained again we can cancel the appt. I still don't think it is necessary, but better safe than sorry I guess.

Laurenology

Let others know a little more about yourself. Re-post this as your name followed by "ology".


***********FOODOLOGY***************

What is your salad dressing of choice? Ranch

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Olive Garden or Iggy's

What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? pizza

What are your pizza toppings of choice? pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers

What do you like to put on your toast? butter

***********TECHNOLOGY***************

How many televisions are in your house? 2

What color is your cell phone? purple and black

***************BIOLOGY******************

Are you right-handed or left-handed? right

What was the last heavy item you lifted? no idea

Have you ever been knocked unconscious? no

************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? yes

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I like my name.

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? maybe

************DUMBOLOGY******************

How many pairs of flip flops do you own? maybe 5 or 6

When was the last time you had a run-in with the cops? Haven't

Last person you talked to? Rory

Last person you hugged? Rory

**************FAVORITOLOGY****************

Season? Summer of Fall

Holiday? Halloween and Christmas

Day of the week? Friday?

Month? May

***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************

Missing someone?

What are you listening to? Stuart Little 3 in the background that Syd is watching

Worrying about? If my newly laid sod is going to get ruined and wash away from too much rain

***************RANDOMOLOGY*****************

First place you went this morning?

What's the last movie you saw? The curious case of benjamin button

Do you smile often? yeah

Sleeping Alone Tonight? no

***************OTHER-OLOGY*****************

Do you always answer your phone? no

Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? Kiffin

If you could change your eye color what would it be? more blue, like my girls

What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? don't usually go there, but used to put strawberry

Do you own a digital camera? Yes

Favorite Christmas song(s)? Carol of the Bells, Oh Holy Night

Ever been in a car wreck? Yes.

You have an accent? nope

What is the last song to make you cry? Songs don't make me cry

Plans tonight? none

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? yes

Have you ever been given roses? Yes.

Current worry? Nothing too major

Current hate right now? rock chucks. :)

Met someone who changed your life? yes

What song represents you? umm don't really know.

Name three people who might complete this? no one.

Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? yes

Do you have any tattoos/piercings? just ears

Will you be in a relationship 4 months from now? yes

Would you be a pirate? no

What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't sing in the shower.

Ever had someone sing to you? yes

Do you like to cuddle? yes

Who was the last person you took a picture of? Sydnee and Ashlyn

What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school? I don't know. Ace of Base with Cass.

Are most of the friends in your life new or old? both

Do you like pulpy orange juice? Yes.

What is something your friends make fun of you for?

Sickness (What's new?)

About a week ago Sydnee got a cold again. Ashlyn got it a few days ago. She's had a little cough with it. Well last night at about 1 in the morning she started coughing really bad and it was so hoarse and horrible sounding. It was scary. We didn't know what to do. She can't breathe because her nose is so stuffy so she breathes through her mouth and every breath she took you could just hear the hoarseness. I've never heard such a bad cough before. She coughed all night, but she has a good daddy who stayed up all night on the couch with her. She is still coughing today, but the hoarseness seems to be gone, so far. I feel so bad for her. Hopefully she gets better soon. I take her to see the Dr. tomorrow for another weight check. Let's pray that she has gained, otherwise we are headed down to the specialist on June 22.

Syd's Interview

I saw this on my friend Cass's blog and wanted to do it since her little boy's answers were so dang cute. He's the same age as Syd.

1. What is something mom always says to you? I can't member.
2. What makes mom happy? primary
3. What makes mom sad? digging in the garden (when she digs in my garden)
4. How does your mom make you laugh? tickle
5. What was your mom like as a child? it's too hard
6. How old is your mom? 24 (not yet)
7. How tall is your mom? like me
8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? biggest loser
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? watching tv
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? i don't know
11. What is your mom really good at? bowling (horrible at bowling, maybe she means on the Wii)
12. What is your mom not very good at? soccer (never played)
13. What does your mom do for her job? smithfield
14. What is your mom's favorite food? bacon and eggs (her dad's favorite)
15. What makes you proud of your mom? I don't know
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? i don't know
17. What do you and your mom do together? play with ashlyn
18. How are you and your mom the same? blue eyes
19. How are you and your mom different? we're not different
20. How do you know your mom loves you? give me hugs
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? he's funny
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? mcdonald's (maybe we go there too often)

She was a little shy about doing this, and some of the answers are random or answers according to what she likes or are more about her. Funny.

Catch #1

Last night we caught a cat. Syd was pretty excited. She asked it she could go and hold it. I don't know if she thinks we're trying to catch a pet or what. I walked over to the trap to let it out and it was clawing the trap and it wdas super scared. I worried when I released it, it would attack me. I opened the trap and it ran out of there so fast. I didn't know cats could run so fast.

Rockchuck, Skunk, or Cat?

I just had animal control come over and set up a live trap to catch the rockchuck that is eating my garden. I live by an old potato cellar and that is where it lives. I saw it quite a bit when we first moved in, but I have only seen it once this year. Everyday when I am checking out the garden more tops of my radishes have been eaten. It has eaten all but about 3. I won't lie, I'm a little scared of catching something. He said it won't hurt me and if I catch it, just pick up the trap and move him into the shade. What?! I'm not going near it. He also said there's a chance that it might trap a cat or a skunk. If a cat gets in there he showed me how to release it, but a skunk? The last thing I want is a skunk, in a trap, in my garden. He said obviously not to go near it. It's a possibility that I will trap a skunk because last year we had a lot of skunks in the field behind us and a baby one got stuck in the neighbors window well and died. Sometimes I feel like I live in some wilderness area and not in the city! I'll let you know what I catch.

Random Events and Shopping

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I did write something on Saturday and tried to post 4 pictures with it and it wasn't working out how I wanted it too and I got frustrated so it didn't happen. Not a whole lot has been going on. I had a good Mother's Day and the day before, Smithfield had a parade for Health Days. The girls had a blast (other than Syd being terrified and crying from the sirens). Ashlyn was on cloud nine sitting on grandpa Denton's lap and having a piece of candy in each hand which she held the entire time. Afterwards we headed up to Downey for a friend of the families 80th birthday party. Aside from it being really windy and cold we had a good time. Sydnee went on a hike with grandpa Hollingshead and I think she wore him out. Ash was spoiled and had someone holding her the entire time. When not being held she was busy helping herself to whoever's plate of food was within reach. We had some good laughs such as when Rory got yelled at by like a 9 year old boy for hitting the volleyball too high and when I randomly hit my brother-in-law in the shoulder to kill a mosquito when everybody thought I did it because of something he had said. My mother-in-law really enjoyed that. I think she laughed the hardest out of all of us. I think one of my favorite things to do is make my in-laws laugh. Get me with the right people and this really humorous side of me comes out.

Today I went on a huge grocery shopping trip. Picture me with the 2 girls alone. The shopping cart is overflowing (I'm at Sam's Club) so I am holding onto the cart and had Ashlyn in her car seat hanging on my forearm. Ouch. Sydnee is somewhere by me following me around. We get to the Jeep and all the stuff from Sam's Club feels up the entire back. I was wondering how I was going to fit everything in because I still had to stop at Lee's. Same story at Lee's. I can't fit any more groceries into the shopping cart so things are spilling all over. I have stuff crammed underneath and flowing out the top. While checking out I had to set Ash (in her car seat) on the floor. Well I look down and she has got some nasty paper she must have picked up off the floor and she was putting in her mouth. I'm a germaphobe so I flipped out. I got everything jammed into the Jeep and I am not kidding I had groceries filling the entire thing from floor to the top of the seats. Me and the girls are all jammed inside between bags of groceries. How in the world am I going to get all of this inside by myself? By then I had had enough so I took the girls over to my parents and had my dad watch them so I could get my stuff inside the house. I think it took me an hour or longer to do. Remind me not to go on a huge shopping trip like that without Rory again. It was madness.

Barney

Every morning Sydnee wakes up and has her breakfast and watches a couple of shows. It's probably a bad thing but they are educational and not just nonsense. She watches Super Why and Word World. Well afterwards Barney comes on. She'll sometimes watch it. At the end, as we all know, Barney sings "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family. With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you love me too." Well when they get to the hug part she will hug ashlyn and then come and hug me and then at the kiss part she will kiss us both and then say I love you. It's the funniest thing ever.

No more traveling

Today is Rory's cousins wedding in Bountiful. We woke up to head down there this morning. Well while we were in the canyon Ashlyn pukes. We make it to Ogden she pukes again. I pull over at a gas station and puke is everywhere! Her and her carseat are drenched, not to mention the smell that is filling the whole Jeep. So we turned around and went home. Just about every single time we travel something like this happens! If a kid is not puking or something of that nature, then we are wrecking our car. If those things aren't happening then the kids are screaming the entire time. Somehow it's still a mystery to people why I don't travel. I get so upset everytime and then the whole trip is ruined anyways. I thought a trip to Bountiful would be harmless. I guess not. I feel bad that Rory didn't get to see his family that he hasn't seen for a while. I was also looking forward to getting some pretty pictures taken of us around the temple and getting the chance to go in a temple I have never been in.