Cross Country... Crazy Kidz :)

Congratulations to the Richfield Cross Country team. They have had a great year, and I am so proud of them. They just had their district and State tournament. Here they are at districts. Sasha Kent took second place and went on to State, where she ended up beating the Shoshone girl that beat her at districts. Matthew is now my new hero. He ran his heart out, after he was done he asked us all if it was ok that he felt like he could smell and taste the inside of his stomach.... I had no idea what to say to that, so I laughed. The week before Matthew took 5th place and ran the 3 1/2 mile race in 20 min 13 seconds. So we thought that he would have a chance to go to State. But there were different runners in this race and they were extremely fast. I think that the first place guy ran it in 17min. Matthew ended up getting 19th out of about 50 boys, and he ran it is 20min 15sec. I love watching him run because he does not look like a boy with a disability, he looks like competition and a regular boy. It also help that with Matthews history of seizures and other cases of bad luck (broken arms, re-bar through the knee, etc.) he doesn't seem to feel pain. I love watching him at the end of the race, when he is able to sprint with all that he has left and cross that finish line. I tear up every time I see him do that. He is an amazing boy. I hope he can have his chance at State next year. The rest of the team ran great as well and I am so proud of all of them. Richfield Cross Country Team. Coached by Becky Ward, good job Becky. (Jordan Kent, James Clayton, Robbie Schmidt, Hason Workmen, Matthew Ellis, and Sasha Kent.)
Here are the boys right before their race. They don't look nervous at all. (Jordan Kent, James Claton, Robbie Schmidt, Hason Workmen, and Matthew)

Here are the boys on the starting line... Oh I'm so nervous. This is Cindy Brownly and Whitney. Cindy is the School bus driver and Whitney loves her because she give her crackers :)
Whitney, Grandma and Grandma great. They are giving each other high fives.

Halloween cupcakes

We had a huge snowstorm at the beginning of this month. It was crazy, I felt like putting my Christmas music in and rocking around the Christmas tree. But Danielle Schmidt felt like it was important to remind everyone that it was going to be Halloween and not Christmas. So we got together and made some pumpkin cupcakes. They were so cute, and Nathan Arters helped by keeping Whitney busy.

Ouch!!!!

Heavenly Father sure looks out for his children! And I am so grateful that he sends me people that know more than me. The other day I was doing my morning workout and I had Whitney sitting in her high chair that attaches to the counter. I had just cut her a pare and set the knife on the counter, thinking that it was out of reach from Whitney. So I was doing my workout, really getting into it and I look over at my daughter. She was holding the knife in her hand by the blade. I ran over to get the knife out of her hand and as I tried to pull it from her death grip the knife sliced through her finger. When I saw what had happen I felt like I was going to faint. I was mortified. I prayed to my father in Heaven that I would be able to know what I should do. So I covered it with a towel and called my mother :) hehe! Mom came over right away and helped me drive her to the doctors office in Shoshone. They did such a great job stitching that tiny little finger. The doctor even sang " I am a child of God" with me as she stitched. And now all is well. they got the job done and Whitney knows that when mom says to let go she need to let go. And mom knows that she must keep knifes out of the reach of children, even though that reach seems to change everyday! :) These are the bandages, she only had to get stitches in her middle finger but her pinkie, ring finger, and her pointer finger all got smaller cuts on them, so we put bandages on them. it was so sad.
Here is Whitney on the day that she got the stitches out. She was happy as a lark, until she saw the doctor that had given her the stitches then she remember where she was but she did great. I think she was surprised herself at how much getting the stitches out did not hurt.

My Thoughts on This Years Presidential Election

I got this link from Diana Sutter's Blog, thanks Diana. I think it is very important that America will elect someone into a government office that believes so openly in God and in the Family. I think that those two thing are the only things that will save our country. I don't care what type of skills or how many accomplishments someone has if they do not put their trust in Jesus Christ they will be leading us to disaster. Jesus Christ is the way, the only way. If your government officials do not believe that, then I hate to think of where they are getting their inspiration to make important decisions for you and me, for our country (Which was founded under God). I think that Sara Palin is the right choice for Vice President because she is not only saying that she supports family, she is doing it. If anyone can understand what it is like raising or living with a special needs child you will know that it not easy. It is spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally draining. But they truly are a blessing. It is time for America to vote for morals again. To expect our leaders to have integrity and to BELIEVE IN GOD and talk of Him openly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qforjC64Hfs

I am so proud to be an American. I am so thankful for all the lives that have been given so that I can be free. And I believe that there are times that we must protect what is most dear to us, we must fight "in memory of our god, our religion, and Freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children." (Alma 46:12) http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/46. I wish that there were other ways to protect our country from Terrorist that would murder innocent people. But those that are fighting and protecting our peace and freedom are doing good things and I pray for them.
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A week in Bosie, thanks to car touble :)

Two Weeks after Mollie had her baby I got to go to Boise and help her for a while. I don't know how much help I was because I had my own little Whit bit there, but I played with Preston quite a bit. It was pretty funny! I was not planning on staying as long as I did but the fuel pump went out on my car so I had to stay until it was fixed. I ended up there for a whole week. I had a lot of fun and Mollie's new little Zoe Mae is a doll.

This is Zoe Mae, Mollie, Whitney, and Preston just hanging out one morning. They are probably watching Dora. Preston tried all week to get Whitney to snuggle with him but Whitney didn't want to be touched by anyone. She was teething and had a fever most of the time we were there, life was just too much for her to handle.

Here is a happy picture of the fabulous three. Well at least Whitney was happy :)

This is pretty little Zoe all bundled up. She is such a tiny little thing, she weighed about 6pounds 12 ounces but she was 21 in. So she is tall and skinny.

Preston is such a good big brother and so protective. He called Zoe Mae "his baby!"

I cooked dinner one of the days that I was there and just left Whitney on the Kitchen floor to play. She got a hold of a chocolate chip that had fallen on the floor. That little stinker got it all over herself but who could be mad at a face like that?

Mollie, her husband Heath, and her father in law Brian are all starting this new workout program and eating plan called phantom X (I think that is what it is called). I was lucky to get a picture of Heath and Brian doing the workout. It was hilarious!

Here is Mollie and Preston. It was a nice night so we all went out on the lawn and sat.

Whitney tried on Preston's hat.

And Preston took it back :( haha!

Then Preston impressed us all with his bike riding skills. He could crused on this thing, but he didn't know how to peddle so he would push it with his feet. It reminded me of Fred Flinstone, those legs could really get going fast.

On Friday we decorated pumpkins, it was really fun. I love this time of year so much because of all the colors!

Here is my finished pumpkin.

And here it is from another angle. I know I am cheesy! :)

Lynn, Mollie's mother in Law, got the prize for best pumpkin. It was so cute. She really has a talent for that kind of stuff

Here is Preston and his pumpkin, He was pretty proud of it too, but he just could not stop playing :)

Jammin' at the Schmidts!!

Michelle, one of my best friends, brought her boyfriend down to the good old town of Richfield to meet the family. It turned out to be a real party. I brought my guitar, Joe had his, Tim (her boyfriend) had a trumpet, and Michelle played some piano. It was so fun we play some hymns, some country songs and pretty much anything that we all knew how to play. I love the Schmidts they are a blast.

Candace Farnworth and I have been trying to learn "Our Song" by Taylor Swift so, here I am trying to play it.

Joe is a master at the guitar, he is the man. He can play anything, once he hears it he can play it.

Here is Tim Michelle's boyfriend, and my buddy Michelle. ahhh! So cute!

Tim is the man, I love this guys. He is really an awesome guy and he treats Michelle so good. She is so beautiful!!

So Many Boys!!

Whitney had a play day with the boys. This was such a cute picture with the cousins!!! Stephanie, Mom, Leejean, Johanna, and I went to the park in Hansen to see Wesley play soccer. He did great, I don't think that his team won but he did awesome. The real fun happened after the game!! We danced to the songs on Johanna's phone, jumped over and on Johanna's back, and they all huddle into the water fountain and took a cute picture :)

This is a good picture of Preston and Wesley. Mom had Preston for the weekend because his Mommy was needed some time to take care of her new baby, Zoe. It was so much fun having him with us. He thought Wesley was the coolest thing since Lighting McQueen and he followed Wesley around everywhere. It was so cute.