Emily and I went to Charlottes school to help with their party. It was fun to see all of her friends and see all of the fun they had. They decorated cookies and ate cupcakes, played bingo, pin the nose on the pumpkin, went fishing, and a ton of other games. Cami Green read a cute story to the kids and Em helped out by wearing the witches hat.
This is John trying to look like a female nurse for his work party. I gave him a cute belt to accentuate his thin lady like figure, a necklace to bring out the belt and his beautiful eyes and a cute headband for that perfect touch of girl. Every year at his work, they decorate each department and they let the families of the employees come trick or treat there. It is so much fun and the kids LOVE it! The "Theme" for Johns department is something medical and all of the management have to dress up like female nurses. I hope to get some pics to post later.
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I am a guy who loves his family very much. I would pretty much do anything for the 3 chicks and a dude that live in our home in Herriman. Yeah, so I go to work everyday to provide for them and buy my kids popsicles... that's just what it's about.
Come take a ride with me on my way home this evening.
- KBULL 93 jamming on the radio - I respond to the Rascal Flatts Fly Away Contest by sending in a text message.
- I get a call from one of my sales reps who wants to chat about a deal he's working (yes, it's 6:30 and sometimes the phone never stops ringing)
- Another text message comes in confirming my entry to the fly away and well wishes for success in the contest.
- A text message from one of my managers asking me about one of the other sales reps that works for him.
- KBULL plays one of my favorite songs and I sing on the way home.
- After our recent storm the weather leaves the sky so clear thatI can see China to the West and think to myself, wow, this would be great light for some photos tonight.
The Phone Call
Jill: "I need to take Charlotte to the hospital"
me: "What? What happened?"
Jill: "She fell and hit her head outside, by the trampoline"
me: "Why do you need to take her to the hospital?"
Jill (crying now): "She has two holes in her head and she's really smacked her eye."
me: "Honey, I'm 90 seconds away. Everything will be okay, I'll be right there"
I arrive to find my sweet little Charlotte Rose crying and in mom's arms. Emily has Charlotte's blood on her shirt, and Charlotte has blood all over her hands and across her forehead. Her eye is a little bit swollen and with a significant amount of gashing on it. Needless to say, Dad wished that he had a popsicle that he could give his little girl.
5 minutes later... we're in the van driving to the emergency room. Mom is sitting in between the two back seats of the car, trying to comfort the little girl, who is still crying. At the same time, Charlotte is crying and at the same time telling the story of how she hit her head.
"And I just tripped and I fell down and now my head hurts. I don't want to get a shot"
I reached back and rubbed her little foot because that's the only part of her that I can touch. I said to her, "Charlotte, do you think we could say a prayer and ask Heavenly Father to bless us on our way and to bless the doctors to make you feel better?" It took a moment to convince her, but she consented to having mommy say the prayer.
My dear wife said the prayer (with some tears from both mom and dad). Charlotte calmed down until we were pulling into the hospital parking lot, when she asked: "Mom, are we almost there, my head really hurts."
Fast forward past the check-in part because it was pretty boring.
In the exam room:
Charlotte: "I don't want to get a shot."
Dad: "It's okay Char, everything will be fine."
This last part is difficult to remember exactly, but she said something about dying and not seeing Emily or William anymore. I looked over to Jill and saw the redness around her eyes. She kept it together.
Needless to say, after some derma glue and a good soap washing, Charlotte will be okay. She's going to have a black eye and a headache, but we managed to get her home and in bed with her bankely.
Oh, by the way, when we left the hospital, Charlotte got herself two grape popsicles. My work today is done. Here is some art for your viewing pleasure (I'll apologize for the quality - I didn't come prepared with my go-go-gadget Nikon - so the Blackberry phone will have to do). She fell asleep after sitting on my lap for about 15 minutes. But, when the orderly came in to wash her forehead, she woke up and was not too happy about the whole thing. I'll say this for her: She is one brave little girl. She didn't fight and only cried when the doctor pressed her little head back together. I am very proud of her.
P.S. - I'm going to wake her up now because the doctor told us to. We need to make sure she's "acting normal-whatever normal is for her" and check to "make sure she hasn't vomitted all over herself." What if vomitting all over herself is normal? And, frankly, I don't know how to judge if Char is normal at this hour. She's liable to scream at me for waking her up...that's probably what I would do.
My sister and her friends get together and do crafts each Tuesday. This is what they made with a little help from me and my magic vinyl machine. I want to start a crafters group and meet twice a month and do a fun craft. This will be a good time to do some inexpensive crafts and get together with friends. I thought for Thanksgiving we could make these with fall paper and the lettering "Give Thanks" or "Harvest". What are your thoughts? If you would like to join me and the mouse in my pocket leave a comment or email me at supercuteknotwell@gmail.com . 
I made this Halloween countdown after seeing my sister-in-laws. My sister and I created these all on our own and I am so proud of it. This took me way too long to make, but worth it!
This is the latest thing hung in my house. I put this in Williams room just yesterday. It turned out so cute and it goes really well with his bedding and the new airplane.
If anyone is interested in this the cost would be $40 and the size is 22" tall and 32" wide.
