I thought it would never happen to me!

And don't ever let it happen to you! We all hear stories and think, "I would never do that", or "That would never happen to me". Well, I have had several experiences in life that has taught me that it can happen, and it does! I have also heard of several instances where mothers have left their children in their cars, and had a very tragic outcome. I'm sure that these mothers had no intention on leaving them there, and when they heard of previous stories, they thought, "I would never do that". Well I have debated of whether or not to tell my story, because I am embarrassed of what has happened, but it was SO extremely shocking and painful to me that I have to tell. I have to tell because I could have lost my daughter yesterday. And I have always told myself that I would NEVER leave my child in the car like that, but it all happened so easily. Let me explain my story. We got home from church yesterday and I had just a couple of minutes to feed the baby and myself a lunch prepared by my hubby, then off to a YW Presidency meeting. After the meeting I headed outside, put the baby in her carseat on the passenger side, shut the door, started walking around the back of the vehicle towards the driver's side. The YW secretary was at the end of the driveway headed to cross the street to her car, and we started to chat. I had no intention of even talking to Becky, I was just going to get in my vehicle to go home. But the small chat continued, one topic leading to another. I'm not sure how long we were out there, 15 minutes maybe? I was in the middle of a sentence and a thought came to me, 'little baby in a hot car'! I said, "Oh my gosh! My baby! I was standing by the back end of the driver's side, so I quickly opened the rear door and saw a horrific image. I panickly ran to the other side and as fast as I could grabbed my little one out of her car seat. At first I really didn't know if she would be okay. I don't know if she had been crying, she was no longer crying, she was breathing really hard and slow, her eyes only half way opened, her whole body was red and she was dripping sweat everywhere. It's an image that I will never forget. I will NEVER forget!!! It was absolutely horrible. Becky gently rubbed my arm as I panicked. It only took a few seconds after pulling her out of that hot car for her condition to improve. I had a sippy cup with juice and she guzzled it. I don't know how much longer she could've lasted in that condition. I'm guessing not much, a couple of minutes maybe. I could NOT believe that it happened. And it happened all so easily! I had just shut her door and was headed to my seat, and had the slightest distraction. And I made a BIG mistake, a mistake that almost shattered my whole world. It shook me up so bad. I got home, nursed my baby girl, held her so tighly and cried and cried. The boys were all gone home teaching and I wondered if I would tell Chris or not. When they got home, I waited a little bit before I told, and then headed to the bathroom to cry some more. Last night it took Kyrie 1 1/2 hours to fall asleep. She was so tired but tossed and turned. I didn't care. I held her and enjoyed every minute of it. I'm so glad I have her, but mostly that she is sill with us. Before falling asleep, I again cried and cried. And again, I am bawling as I write this. I'm so greatful for whoever put a thought in my head, "little baby in a hot car". I thank Heavenly Father for guardian angels, as I have truly needed my share. I am thankful for the cold front that had come in the weekend, because if it had been any hotter there's no way she would've made it as long as she did. I am embarassed to tell of what happened, but I chose to because it happened all to easily, and I was within just a few feet of my vehicle - I was right there! I will NEVER make that mistake again, I will never be able to forget what happened, and what could've happened yesterday. It was horrific, but thankfully didn't end tragically. Don't let your guard down! It can happen all too easily. Don't let this happen to you!

I don't know how I could live if things had ended differently yesterday. I'm thankful I still get to see her smiles, enjoy her cuddles, smell her sweet scent, and stay up with her during endless, restless nights. I love you Kyrie!

We are such good buds!

Football season has now officially started!

Dusty had been in the bathroom, came out and went into the living room saying, "Look Dad, I play football". Thank goodness for WASHABLE markers!

3 Years!

~No words, just memories and tender thoughts~

For the Love of the Game

Our most bestest friends came from Utah to visit us over Labor Day weekend. It's a good thing they came because I'm sure our games have been feeling a bit neglected since our move. We have tried playing, but there is just nothing like playing with our pals, Ian and Heather.

We were able to enjoy a couple of game nights while they were here, and since Heather and I usually slaughter the men, we decided that if we ever want them to play with us again, we'd better let them win, and we took a little break. I think we let their hopes get up high enough that we will be able to resume our winning streak next time. You know, we can't win every time, or it will never be fun for them! It got dangerous Sunday night, we were up way to late (for me) and the next thing you know, I was cheating without even trying (or realizing). It is never good when I am up too late!
On Saturday we decided to venture out a little bit and Heather decided that she needed to snap some pictures. She always comments on how I have pictures all over the house, but none of them include me (I'm always the one behind the camera).



Dusty was excited to find a clam shell.
Hayden tried his best to look for one.

I love this one - See there is no need to worry about Chris having a girl. I don't know why he was worried about it! Kyrie has her Daddy just where she wants him!
Ian and Heather are so awesome!

While we were out we came across some strange people. This guy was a weirdo, he was funny, but also a bit scary! I wasn't quite sure if I wanted my boys standing by him or not! He was out there! As we were walking away from this robot guy, Hayden said, "He is too much funny". We also saw a guy that as far as I could tell, was completely (I assume) covered in a tattoo. His whole body was covered in blue jigsaw puzzle pieces, put together. There are all kinds of people out there!

Heather and Ian provided us all with tickets to a Rockies game. We joined the other 39,000 people to the stadium for an evening of fun.
Dusty actually WATCHED the whole game. When a player hit the ball, his little eyes followed it and watched all the action. He really enjoyed it.
Hayden loved watching the game too!

Hayden was one of the luckiest kids ever. He hardly had to walk at all throughout the day. 'Uncle' Ian and 'Aunt' Heather provided him with all kinds of transportation. I know they got their workout for the day! If you look really close in this picture, you can see Hayden's butt crack! I took this picture after the game and as we were crossing the street, some guy ran up to me and said, "Excuse me, are you taking pictures of that kid's ***-crack". He was really upset at me and told me how messed up I was!! I told him yes, I was and then had to quickly explain that "that kid" is my son.

We had been looking forward to Ian and Heather's visit. I miss hanging out with them so bad, and so do the boys. They got to our house late Thursday night so the boys weren't able to see then when they got here. Friday morning I had asked Dusty to get something for me, and after a couple of minutes he had not returned so I went to search for him. Both of the boys were trying to peek under the door to the spare bedroom in hopes of seeing Ian and Heather. They follwed them all over the house, even waited outside the bathroom door for Heather. Hayden even preferred snuggling up to Heather on the couch instead of me! We love Ian and Heather and love being able to spend time with them. I love that they made the long drive to spend some time with us. They are so awesome and I look up to them. They are such great examples and SO much fun to hang out with. We have the best friends ever (We really do)!!! Hope to see them soon! Thanks for the great time and awesome memories Ian and Heather!

Yea!!! Walking home from the park yesterday Dusty found a yellow leaf that had fallen from a tree. He excitedly said. "Look! It looks like it is going to be fall soon." I can't wait! I love everything about fall.

Back to School Bash

A couple of weeks ago we went to a Back to School Bash with some friends. There was lots to do to call it a fun night. Free food, chocolate, inflatable jumpys, a movie, and a couple other freebies. I LOVE freebies! The dude by Dusty is one of his most bestest friends. It was fun being right by the kiddos and listening to their conversations as friends. I wish I could've gotten a picture when the movie was over, all 4 kids were snuggled and cuddled and Hayden and the cute butterfly face girl were zonked out. Before the movie started the kids got in line for a little face painting. Dusty wanted a rocket like his buddy.

And Hayden chose a spider.

Chris decided that Kyrie needed a little face paint too - you can see how she felt about that!

My kids

I have been trying to do a little bit of scrapbooking and so has Dusty. He has been working on his own little book. I give him some of the pictures I don't use as well as some old supplies and he gets busy. He loves to create and be crafty! It looks as if I could just turn it all over to him and let him do the scrapbooking from now on.

Dusty Boy just finished up his first season of coach-pitch ball. He had a hard decision to make on the day of the last game: play the last game and get a medal or go to back to school night. It really was a tough one and he chose back to school night! He was so excited to be able to take me on a tour of his school. It turned out to be good too because Chris took Hayden to play his game and was able to pick up the medal for Dusty. When he got home there was still 20 minutes left until they locked down the school, so then Dusty got to take Chris on a tour too!

Haydens first day of back to school. He has also now started for the year and he loves it. And I love that he comes home tired! He has a new teacher this year that we are really excited about.
He has been so excited about this transformers backpack. He would wear it while riding his bike and a few times he took it with him when we were headed to the store. But today he got to take it on the bus and to school. I got him off the bus and moments later noticed that he didn't have his backpack and questioned him about it. He suddenly realized that he had left it on the bus and he just about broke into tears. We jumped into the trailblazer and was able to catch up to the bus. We stopped behind the bus at the next stop and was able to retrieve his backpack and Hayden then giggled like a little girl.

He has also finished up with his first year of T-ball. His team was the Oreos (Orioles). So look what we just had to take for the treat!

And as for the little Miss, what a monster! She is now 8 months old! About 2 weeks ago she started pulling herself up to things, and started attempting going up the stairs. She loves to play under the table and her high chair. She also thinks she can pull the bar stools across the kitchen.

When we put her down on the floor she usually heads right for her toy box. She stands up to it and pulls as many toys out as she can reach. I once saw her pull out Haydens laptop, she turned around and let go of the box like she was just going to walk off with the laptop. She thinks she can do anything!

I think the best place for her is to be IN the toy box!

I normally have pictures down here, but Ky has decided it is so much fun to tip them over, then to watch mom move them and then climb up in there to play.

And her new favorite is to pull out all of the books. Why do I even pick them up, it seems that I just barely get them put away and she has them pulled out again. At least it keeps her occupied so that is isn't trying to go down the stairs!

Oh what fun she is! She is into everything, such an explorer and I wouldn't want it any other way.