I Voted!!

Ryan and I went and voted early!! We don't have to fight the rush on Nov. 4th. This election was the hardest to vote for. There were several candidates and issues that I wasn't sure on. Luckily I'm married to a man who is prepared... We discussed our options and made our decisions. Now we wait to see how everyone else votes.

My BIG CIRCLE

Friday afternoon we took a drive out to Cedar Fort. Ryan found some land out there that was really cheap!! We drove out see it. It is a really nice area but too far to commute everyday for work.

I was driving as we headed home. Minutes after we got on I-15 in Lehi, we came to a complete standstill. It was about 9:30pm when we got on the freeway. By 10:30 we had gone about 2 miles. I was in the middle lane and stuck. I hate driving in heavy traffic!! Ryan kept telling me to change lanes but I am a chicken. So we inched our way forward with everyone else. By 11:30pm we got to the Lindon/Pleasant Grove exit (about 6 miles from Lehi) we saw a hazard vehicle that we directing everyone off the freeway. Stating there was an accident. So I "carefully" cut a crossed 3 lanes of traffic to exit.

Just as we got on the off ramp, they opened the freeway up and let cars through without exiting. I thought that is just my luck. I was thinking I'll just get back on the freeway. I didn't think fast enough. I ended up in the turn lane and couldn't go straight. Again I was thinking no problem. I was go into Lindon and get on State Street and take that to Provo and take the back way home. Ryan by this time was getting grumpy. (He doesn't do well when he is tired and hungry.) He just wanted to get home... He was a little annoyed that I wouldn't cut people off and just go straight to the freeway.

I really don't know Lindon or Pleasant Grove very well. I was really excited when I found state street. I turned left on State street. Ryan asked if I was going the right way. I said yes, of course I was. I know where I was going. As we drove I kept looking for something familiar so I knew were we close to Orem. About 5 minutes later, we drove by a sign pointing to the American Fork Hospital. It dawned on me that I was heading North when I should be going South. I felt really dumb. I had just driven in a BIG CIRCLE!!

I wanted to laugh. But because Ryan was getting grumpy I didn't think he would find any humor in it. I got back on I-15 in American Fork, not saying a word, completing my circle. I was wondering if anyone would notice. Megan did. If Ryan did he didn't say anything. We were very grateful when we finally got home. Even if it was 2 1/2 hours later.

PS I-15 was shut down for several hours on Friday because there was a fatal accident. A woman driving a small car ran into a Semi, crashing the car. According to the News, the driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The passenger of the car was killed. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of these women.

Megan's Fall Carnical

This is a little old. I just pulled the pictures off my camera.
In September Megan's school had their Fall carnival.

They had about 8 or 9 big blow up slides and rides. The kids could go on the rides and play some games to win little toys. You could pay tickets for the rides or buy an unlimited bracelet. I was really glad that I bought the unlimited bracelet. Megan when on every ride at least 3 time. Except the large slide. She went down it about 10.

Lindsey was happy to watch her big sister. She would get upset if she couldn't see Megan and start calling for her.

Mater and the Ghost Light

Since I'm working from home this week I've let the girls watch movies to keep them busy so I can actually work. Lindsey favorite movie is Cars. She asked to watch Lightning McQueen several times a day. I am not kinding they have watched Cars 50 times. I know what Lindsey is getting for Christmas this year.
My favorite part of Cars is the short film called "Mater and the Ghost Light". Enjoy!!

Problem 10 years from Now!!

Yesterday I realized that I am going to have a BIG problem on my hands in 10 years.

Ryan had a doctor appointment yesterday. (He had to have minor surgery on his foot to have a wart removed. He is doing great!! His foot is still a little numb this morning so he hasn't been in any pain.)

While he was in the back with the doctor the girls and I waited in the waiting room. Megan and Lindsey were looking a magazines, until some young men came in. There was a young missionary that Lindsey instantly gravitated to. She said hi. Then gave him a magazine. Started talking to him. He said something back to her and she giggled and run away.
I was thinking... OH GREAT!! My 21 month old is a flirt.

Then I watched Megan. She was setting by a young man (around 20) and she was talking to him. She also gave him a magazine and told him she liked that magazine. Then to my embarrassment she asked if he was married. Thank heavens the nurse called this young man back before he could answer. Lindsey is a giggly flirt and Megan asked men if they are married.

Heaven Help Me when they are Teenagers!!

Amy's Health

Update on my health. Not exciting news but everyone wants to know how I'm doing so I'll adding this to my blog. It seem that as soon as I get feeling better, I will be good for about a month than I'm sick again.

Last week I had a stomach ache that over a few days grew into pains in my right side. I tried really hard to ignore the pain. Hoping that if I ignored it I would go away. Ignoring it was not easy for me to do because I have a very low tolerance for pain. Finally on Friday I stayed home from work and Ryan took me to the emergency room. We were afraid it might be an appendicitis. ( Thanks again to Shad and Audrey for watching Megan and Lindsey!! The girls had a blast at your house!!)

After several hours in the emergency room and many test including a CT scan. They said it wasn't my appendix. I was sent home and told to see my normal doctor on Monday. So Yesterday I went to my doctor and he said that it could be my lymph nodes in my stomach are swell or I have an ulcer. My mom has a history of ulcers there is a good chance that is what it is.
He put me on a bunch of prescriptions to see if pain goes away in a couple of days. If there pain is still there on Thursday, they are going to schedule a scope.

I'll post an updates!! Thanks everyone for your thoughts and concerns!!

Mickey Mouse for President '08

I have made my choice for President!!

VOTE MICKEY MOUSE!!

Lindsey knows Chinese

Lindsey has become our little talker. She will copy anything that is said. We have to be very careful about what we stay. She makes us laugh all the time because she likes to sing along with the radio or movies.

Megan has a new show on Nick jr she likes to watch. It is Ni hao Kai-lan. They teach kids words in Chinese. They say Ni hao (hello) several times during the show. Now Lindsey will walk around the house saying Ni hao. (It sounds more like me-ow.)

It's Ni hao when I get home from work. Ni hao in the car. Ni hao to people in the store.

I'm a proud mommy that my 20 month old can speak Chinese!!

Oh... Politics

I don't know who I am voting for in the upcoming election. So I've been watching everything I can to learn more about each candidate. This is one of the best videos I've seen yet!!

I just had to share!!

Playing in the Rain

It rained all weekend!! Saturday I let the girls go outside to play in the rain. They had a blast.

Lindsey collected walnuts and putting them under the rain gutter to clean them off. It was really funny. Lindsey loves the mud. When I brought her in she was covered in head to toe with mud. I wish I would have taken a picture.

Megan had an umbrella and was dancing and singing in the rain. And she's never seen the movie "Singing in the Rain." She didn't keep the umbrella long before she was just playing in the water. She played outside for over an hour.

On my way Home....

On my way home on Wednesday I was setting at a red light flipping through the radio stations look for something good to listen. When I wasn't paying attention because I was at red light. Then I hear a police siren. Curious, I looked up to see who was in trouble. I looked in my rear-view mirror and there was the police car. My heart dropped. My first thought was what did I do. I had just been setting there. Maybe I was speeding before I stopped. I looked for a place to pull off. But I didn't know where I was going to pull off because I was stuck in rush hour traffic. I looked up again to see if the cop was getting anxious for me to pull over. I noticed that his lights weren't on. That was weird. So I looked again and noticed that not only were his lights not on but he was talking on a cellphone. I figured that he didn't want me to pull over. Or maybe he did so I would move out of his way.

When the light turned green I kept watching to see if he was going to turn on his lights. He rode my bumper for several block but did not turn on his lights. As we approached the next light it turned yellow so I went through. I figured it would give him a reason to pull me over or "hopefully" get him off my bumper. My stomach felt better when I looked back and saw that he stopped at the light.

I will never know why he turned his siren on. I am grateful I didn't get pulled over.

Side Note: Megan did turn in her picture form. Yeah!! But she forgot to turn in her homework.

School Pictures

Megan is getting her school pictures done today. And I'm a nervous wreck. She looked cute when I dropped her off at school this morning. I just hope she stays that way. I'm so nervous that she will forget it's picture day and mess up her hair or her dress. Or that she will forget to give her teacher her picture order form. She forgots to turn in her homework, so I'm really nervous she will forgot the order form.

I am appalled that school pictures are so expensive. Delevoping pictures isn't that expensive so I don't know why they have to charge so much. I was only going to buy the class picture but I decided that I wanted Megan's picture. So I bought the cheapest package they had. I figured that we can scan the pictures and email them to anyone who wants one can I can post them on my blog.

I really would like pictures of my girls to give to everyone. I guess will have to take them to Sears or beg Ryan to take some. I don't know why getting pictures done is so stressful!!

Sickness Strikes Again

Our family is sick again. It started on our way home from Idaho. Megan was sick. She was so sick that she didn't go to school all last week. Saturday she started to feel better. Ryan complained of a stomachache but that only lasted a day. Lindsey was sick for about 2 days and now it is my turn. I went to work on Tuesday but only worked for about 2 hours. This is one of the worst flus that we have ever had. It makes your stomach feel like it is in knots. You can't eat anything because nothing will stay down. It is just not fun. I've lost track of how many bottles of gatorade and sprite we have gone through in the last 2 weeks. I don't like gatorade that much...but is the only thing that will stay down. I've learned the best way to drink it is mixed half and half with sprite.

I know that several people in Ryan's family also were sick!! I hope they all get feeling better soon. Someday there will be a world free of sickness....That day can't come soon enough!!

Trip to Idaho- Visiting Grandpa Anderson

On Sunday of our trip we went to Kuna to visit Grandpa Anderson. Grandpa is living with Ryan's Aunt and Uncle. It was the first time we had been to their new house. Grandpa had a few close calls recently and we were afraid he might not be around much longer. He looked a lot better than Ryan or I expected. He is just a cute old man. Ryan enjoyed talking to Grandpa about his favorite subject, Fishing. Ryan even learned a couple of things we are going to try on our next fishing trip.

It took the girls a while to warm up to him. Lindsey was very grumpy that day and didn't want anything to do with anyone. But after some time Megan was showing Grandpa all the toys she was playing with. Lindsey then copied Megan and also started showing toys to Grandpa. They were very cute with Grandpa and he was a good sport in taking all their toys. Megan had to show Grandpa that she could do a somersault so he called Megan his "Rollie Pollie".

Before it got dark everyone, except me, Lindsey and Uncle Eddie, went berry picking along the river. They seemed to have a good time. Lindsey was so grumpy that I didn't want to take her and it was really cold and I was afriad of her getting sick. After berry picking everyone came back for ice cream and we got ready to leave.

On our way back to Mom's house we stops at Dad's house to visit for a little bit and tell him bye. Again it was a really late night and we got back to Mom's about 2am.

Trip to Idaho- Pizza Party

Friday night we went to Idaho. We didn't leave Springville until 7:30pm so it was 12:30am before we got to Ryan Mom's house. The girls were really good until the last 1 1/2 hours. Finally the last half an hour Ryan turned on some music and that put the girls to sleep. We wish that we would have thought of it earlier.

Saturday afternoon we went to Emily's (Ryan's sister) new house for a pizza party. It was so fun. All of Ryan's family was there. It was great. And we took some pictures with the whole family. The girls had a blast with there cousin, Seleny. Seleny is Emily's daughter.
Each family bought a pizza and a side dish. Ryan and I brought a Green River watermelon. Like all Hathaway parties we has so much food that we were well feed for the whole weekend. We enjoyed visiting with everyone as much as the food. It was the first time we have seen the 2 newly wed couples since their weddings. Ryan's sister Angie as married in July and his sister Andrea eloped to Tahoe in August. Now all of Ryan's siblings are married except for his younger brother.

Ryan had a great idea to take some pennies to the nearby train tracks and smash pennies. So we collected everyones pennies and put them on the tracks. I think out of 30 or so pennies we get about 20 that were smashed. So there at least 1 for everyone.

After a long night we got back to Mom's house about 1:30am.

Trip to Idaho

We went to Idaho for Labor Day weekend. One of our main reasons for going was to visit Ryan's Grandpa. Grandpa Anderson is Ryans last living Grandparent. He hasn't been doing well so we decided we better take a trip to see him.

We were able to get this picture of the 4 generations. Lindsey was a pain when we tried to take pictures this weekend. But we did get a couple of good ones.

The trip was fun until last night on our way home. Megan complained all day that

her tummy hurt. Right before we left she throw up. She said she was feeling better. She was sick the whole way home. She finally slept for a couple of hours, which made the trip better for her and us. I had to keep her home from school today. She hasn't even meet her new teacher yet.

Megan's First Day of School

Megan started Kindergarten yesterday.

She was so excited. I took off work yesterday so that I could be here on first day. I did okay... I didn't cry!! I was nervous about getting her there and on time.

We got there a little early, which was good because the halls were packed with parents taking their kindergartner to school. Ryan and I were both anxious about leaving her. Lindsey wasn't too happy, because she wanted to stay and play with the toys.

When we got home... I knew that I need to be working on laundry and packing for our trip this weekend. But I was so anxious that I just wasted time on the computer for 2 hours until it was time to go pick Megan up.

Megan wasn't ready to leave, when Ryan and I picked her up. She was excited to tell us all about school. She kept saying that she wants to go again. I'm glad she likes school and I hope she keeps that attitude all through school. Or at least for several years. Today Ryan will have to get Megan to school by himself. I'm nervous for him, and hope Megan will get ready on time.

Asleep before 11pm!! It's a Miracle!!

Megan finally fell alseep before 11pm tonight. Since school starts next week, I have been trying to get her to bed earlier. I doesn't matter how early or late I make her go lay down she won't go to sleep. Last night she was awake until around 2am. I just keep hoping that when school starts she will be tired enough to go to sleep.

Now that I got her to sleep before midnight, we will have to work on her falling asleep in her bed!!

The Mystery of the Missing Key.... Solved!!

Yesterday I lost my car keys...I looked everywhere that I normally put them. I checked my purse, my laptop bag, on my desk, on the kitchen counter, my bedroom dresser, even the pockets of my pants I had worn the day before. I could not find my keys. I was really frustrated and running late for work. So I had no choice but to borrow Ryan's keys and continue my search when I got home.

When I got home the girls and I were in the kitchen and I asked Megan if she had seen my keys. She said that she hadn't. She didn't know where they were. Lindsey went to the fridge and started crying "Keys, Keys!!" Thinking that she was just repeating Megan and I, I told Lindsey to leave the fridge alone that I was making dinner. She kept crying, "Mommy, Keys...Mommy Keys". Then I thought well maybe she was thirsty and wants a drink. So to Lindseys excitement I opened the fridge. As I tried to get her a drink, she reached into the fridge and pulled out my keys. I don't know when or how she put my keys in the fridge... But I'm glad she remembered where she put them. Who knows how long it would have taken me to find them on my own.

1 Week and counting...

Megan and I went to the school and met her teacher yesterday. The school had an open house and we were able to go see her classroom and meet her teacher. We also found out that she will be in afternoon Kindergarten. I'm a little disappointed...I was hoping that she would be in the morning so I could take her to school. Oh well, Ryan will just have to take her and pick her up. Afternoon will probably be better for her because she is not a morning person. She is a grump if she gets up too early!! As hard as I try to get her to go to bed early...She won't. She will lay in bed and read or play.