Out with the old and in with the new

Well, it is official. Our computer has completed all that it is going to be able to do for us and will now get to rest in some dump heap somewhere. Actually, I am not even sure what you do with old dead computers. Do you really just toss them in the garbage? Last December, as in '08, it had a hard time but was fixed and managed to push through one more year of service for us. We have been looking around, ok, actually Chris has been looking around and researching and trying to decide what will be the best replacement for us. I figure as long as it is not too hard to use and doesn't cost us a large fortune, (small fortunes are fine right?) then I really don't have that much of an opinion in the matter. In the meantime, while my brother and his wife are out of the country, they have generously allowed us use of their fancy desktop computer. So here I am, trying to make good use of it. We just downloaded everything from our computer so I can now start to catch up on things.

Go Cougars!

THANKS EMILY AND MATT FOR THE TICKETS!

WE HAD A GREAT TIME!

I loved the throw back bright blue uniforms.

Enjoying our decent seats in the student section. (We're still students at heart. Well, actually Chris is still a student for reals. 2 more assignments to go. You can do it!)

The final score. What a relief.
I realized I was getting too old for all that yelling and jumping up and down stuff. And to the extreme disappointment of Matt and Emily, too old to participate in this either.

Participating in this is apparently just a once in my lifetime kindof thing.

But it certainly didn't lesson the enjoyment of the win.

And how about this little gem. This picture was taking 2 years ago after the last BYU win over Utah. Look at our cute little guy. Not even 2 months old and already cheering for the Cougars. :)

A little birthday catchup

I know these are not too fancy, but I must say I was feeling pretty proud of myself with my effort on these. They are delicious chocolate peanut butter surprise cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Grant mostly appreciated the little Wiggle signs stuck in them.
What Grant really loved, and I must say he is a little chip off the 'ol mom block, is his chocolate ice cream cone. I would always prefer ice cream over cake even if it was as awesome as those cupcakes.

Opening presents. He got the idea of what to do, but still needed a little extra help with the process.

We found this sweet jeep at a garage sale and managed to get it for $25. The only problem was it was pink and purple. So with a little spray paint we had a tough guy jeep all ready for our tough guy Grant. He looks way tough huh?

And here is Grant's first time driving his car. Oh the simple pleasures in life. Although, I would probably react the same way if I had a sweet new car to drive around in.



Blowing out his birthday candles. He ended up getting a little help from his cousin Sydney and you can tell he is a little confused as to what all just happened.

And Goodbye H1N1!

So we are all almost officially better after having the infamous Swine Flu pay our house a visit.
Here are a few things I have learned about it:

1. It is for real and not just made up.
2. It really can kill people or make you feel like it has about killed you.
3. It also can be fairly mild in adults where you wonder if you really even have it.
4. Little kids, (Grant), can be contagious for up to 10 days. 10 days are a long time to be isolated.
5. There is only so much watching of The Wiggles that a parent (Me) can take.
6. Tamiflu, which I heard could treat Swine Flu, does not work as an antibiotic to get rid of the virus. It can only weaken the virus hopefully causing the duration of the sickness to be shorter and not so severe.
7. Tamiflu is only prescribed within the first 48 hours of getting the Swine flu. Because all it does is weaken the virus, if it is past 48 hours than the virus has already infiltrated your whole body and has done the damage. At that point, you are expected to just tough it out.
8. Tamiflu is very expensive even with insurance.
9. Your child (Grant) could potentially have a fever for up to 7 days in a row. Seven days is a long time for a little guy to have a fever.
10. You will need to start keeping track of the times you have given different medicine (Tylenol and Ibprofen) in an effort to get the fever down.
11. You might not throw up while you have it, although that is one of the possible symptoms, but food definitely loses it's appeal.
12. DRINK, DRINK, DRINK! Let your child drink endless amounts of juice, diluted with water or Pedialyte if he'll let you, just so he will actually drink something and not get dehydrated. If you are the one that is sick, make yourself drink constantly. Drink Water. Drink Gatorade. Eat soup. Just get as much fluid in you as you can. You won't want to drink but MAKE YOURSELF! That is what will eventually help you get rid of the virus.
13. Watch your breathing. The second anything seems off about it such as hard to breath, raspy, etc. call/go to your doctor ASAP. The doctor was pretty insistent on this. Bacterial Pneumonia can set in quickly and that is what can kill you. (Thankfully, all of us are breathing just fine.)
14. Make hand sanitizer your new best friend.
15. It's embarrassing to wear a face mask at the doctors office especially when your breath keeps fogging up your glasses. But definitely worth it.
16. Just because you may have gotten the Swine Flu does not mean you now do not need to get the vaccination. (And no, we had not gotten the vaccination.) And least that's what my doctor said.
17. Doctors are frustrated with this flu because they can't give you very specific definitive answers to all of your questions. They just don't know.
18. I am so thankful for Doctors who may not know it all but still know so much more than me.
19. And most importantly, Heavenly Father hears the prayers of a humble sick mother who can not imagine how she is going to get her little family through this.

Just a reminder that this is just me talking. You can visit places like this for more official facts.