Girls Night Out!

We had a great Friday night this last week. I had 7 women from my old ward come visit. They were celebrating a birthday for one of the gals, and wanted to get away for a day or two. It was so great having them all here. We stayed up late on Friday night playing games and visiting, then got up the next morning to a scrumptious Creme Brulee French Toast that Marcy made for us. Of course the time would not be complete without a fun activity, also by Marcy, where we each had a piece of paper with our names on it, we passed it to the left and everyone got to right something that they like about that person. It kept going until everyone got to write something about everyone else. It was awesome. What a boost to your self-esteem, to hear things from people that you normally wouldn't hear, and to say things about people that you have admired about them but never told them. After some picture taking by our photographer, Ryan, we headed into Prescott (Pres cut) for some window shopping and lunch.

OUCH!

The day after Brennan's birthday we went to Ryan's office for lunch, and while we were there, Brennan started to play with the universal gym in the back of the office. We noticed what he was doing, so we responsibly set the weights to the highest weight, knowing that there was no way Brennan could lift it. Peyton, observantly watched us move the pin to the heaviest weight, and noticing that Brennan was no longer able to lift the weight she assisted Brennan by pulling the pin out and long story short, the weights were set to 20 lbs. Brennan lifted and Peyton put her fingers on the weight plates, then Brennan let go. Poor Peyton had her index and middle fingers crushed by the 20 lb plate. 3 adults in the room, but nobody noticed what was going on. We scrambled over there, blood everywhere and Peyton screaming. Brennan took off to the bathroom where we later found him sitting in the corner. He was devastated, he felt so bad he just sat there until Ryan came looking for him.
Peyton fractured both fingers, right at the tips, she will probably lose both fingernails. They will grow back, however. The hand specialist said that the best thing to do is put some band aids on them and let them heal. We have to go back in to see him in a few weeks. They are looking much better now and she is actually using them a little more each day. We were blessed that it was such a minor injury seeing as though it could have been much worse.

Brennan's Birthday!

Our big boy is now 4, wow how the time has flown. He was so excited for his birthday and all of the fun presents he got. Because we are farther away from family this year, it was just a small celebration with the 4 of us. I am not sure that he even cared who was there, he was just excited to open the packages he received from "gramma sweetheart." He got a "Rocket Fishing Rod" which he has been asking for since at least 8 months ago. He also got a "transformer called StarScream" as he puts it and a Montana Grizzlies sweatshirt, to match the one his dad got for his birthday. Ryan and I got him a remote control truck and he chose spaghetti and french bread as his birthday dinner. He got a card from Donnis at Ryan's office with 4 whole dollars in it. I think he liked that just as much as his toys. Thanks to everyone for all the phone calls, cards and presents that made his day so special.

Brennan's 4th Birthday!