The Dreaded Bar Exam

It's only been 2 hours and I am missing Jack already. Ryan and I are at a Holiday Inn for the next couple of nights as Ryan is taking the Bar tomorrow and Wednesday at a conference center here in Portland. Jack is back at the house with Ryan's parents and sisters. Poor Ryan, I am so glad I don't have to take this exam. He has been studying so hard for the last month and I just hope all his hard work pays off for him. He really deserves to do well.
In the mean time I will have to figure out what in the world to do with myself for the next 2 days without my kid! It feels so strange not having him here. I might actually get to sleep through the night...what a wonderful thought.

He's all better

Well Jack is back to his old self again....on the go non-stop! I have been trying to get my camera out more often as it seems I take way less pictures these days...ha...well I still take a lot, but not nearly as many as I did when he was still tiny. Included here is one of my favourite pictures I took within the last week of my wee boy in his cute dungarees standing in the garden.

Sick Boys

Monday the 7th was Ryan's 28th birthday. It should have been a nice day for him, but instead he wasn't feeling quite himself and had to go to a Bar class from 9am-5pm. So, he continues to feel unwell for the next few days; progressively getting sicker. He seemed to have the flu. Well, in the wee hours of the morning on thursday he gets up to go get some medicine. About 5 minutes later I hear shouting from Ryan's mum. I come running out into the living room to find Ryan flat on his back passed out. He was completely white and looked just awful. He came around fairly quickly thankfully. Liz called 911 for some assistance as to what we should do and they sent an ambulance. Ryan was insistant that he didn't need one so it was cancelled, but we took him to the emergency room to be checked out. We were told he was dehydrated, had an infection in his eyes, and had a bad case of the flu as well. It was quite a terrifying experience seeing poor Ryan lying there so helpless and ill. He is back to his old self again, but my poor wee Jack is now suffering from a slight fever and a very bad cold. He slept for most of the day today and still wanted to go to bed at his normal time. Hopefully he'll be feeling better soon. Although it is so hard to see him sick, I did love just snuggling with him while he was awake today. He has always got something better to do than hug his mummy these days.

Summer Fun

So these last two weeks have been really cool. My mother-in law, Liz, took us to some fun wee places here in Oregon as we (well mainly Jack) were getting kinda restless in the house and just spending time in the garden. We ventured out to this gorgeous wee petting zoo in a place called Brooks, where Jack was able to hang out with some goats and ...well mainly goats...but it was pretty fun for him. Then we drove out to Lincoln City and hung out at the beach for the day. The weather had been so hot at home, but the minute we got to the beach it was windy and kinda cold. We still really enjoyed ourselves though and even got Jack to come paddle with us in the Ocean. He wasn't sure about the sand at first, but then couldn't get enough of it by the time we were due to leave. We got some fish and chips...they were not as good as the ones I had when I was at home though. But of course not!
Lastly, we went to the Portland Zoo. It was a brilliant day. I think Liz, Callie, and I enjoyed it more than Jack for the most part, but he did enjoy seeing the animals he could see up close.
He's been kinda grumpy for the last wee while, but it is all over for NOW...he has 2 new teeth. Four on the bottom now and still just two on top. He is babbling non-stop...I swear he really thinks he's talking and who knows, he might be soon. We are pretty sure he's saying "yes" and "hi" now, but who knows for sure at this point.


At the beach in Lincoln city
On a hay stack at the zoo
Jack and his auntie Callie
At the Petting zoo
Jack and the wee goat
On the small tractor
Mummy and Jack at the beach
On the big tractor!
The sand pit at the zoo

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ATTACHED OR SINGLE?

Married-December 18th 2004 in the Orlando Florida Temple

BEST FRIEND?

Ryan is my best friend. We became great friends not long after we met and it just got better. My mum is also another one of my closest friends.

CAKE OR PIE?

I love most cake...especially carrot

DAY OF CHOICE?

It used to be fridays when I taught elementary school, but now my days just run together and I can't tell what day of the week we are on half the time

ESSENTIAL ITEMS?

My nappy bag, specs, Jack

FAVORITE COLOR?

Blue and Green..or at least most of the clothes I own are that colour

GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS?

I prefer worms, but there are many other sweets I would rather have

HOME TOWN?

East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland...oh how I miss it...not really E.K, but Scotland

INDULGENCES?

I like to draw, paint, read, and more recently scrapbook

KIDS?

Yes. Jack. I want more soon.

LIKE OR LOVE?

I think it's cool when you realize how much you love someone

MARRIAGE DATE?

December 18th 2004

NUMBER OF SIBLINGS?

4 brothers. 3 sisters.

PHOBIAS AND/OR FEARS?

Most bugs....my favourite is watching Ryan freak out when there is a big bug flying around...I can not stop laughing and then I don't feel so scared.

QUOTES?

"I don't wear socks...they're useless" - (Wee bro.Neal)
"Surprise children at all times" - (Neal at disney world...the sign actually said....supervise children at all times)

Unkown Fact:

well...I had dreadlocks when I was in my 3rd semester at BYU..but I did wash them!

VEGETARIAN OR OPPRESSOR OF ANIMALS?

I like my meat

X RAYS OR ULTRASOUND?

I guess Ultrasound since the last one was so much fun

FAVORITE FOOD?

I love Indian food and seafood

ZODIAC?

Tauras