give them a hug

We watched ESPN2 tonight, there was a story about a girl I went to high school with on it. She is a fantastic runner, and is trying to make the Olympic team this summer. But the story was really about her husband, who died during a marathon last November. They were training together to make the Olympic team. The worst part of the story is, they were married for 4 months. That's it. It reminded me of how fragile life is. Alicia, the girl in the story, told her husband she loved him at the starting line to the race and never spoke to him again because he collapsed a few miles into the race from a heart problem nobody knew he had. I cannot imagine losing my husband, especially after only being married 4 months.

I read a story once upon a time about a woman who lost her husband in a car accident on his way to work. Someone asked her how she could cope so well. She said that they made a point of ALWAYS having the words "I love you" be the last thing they said to each other as they went to work. The morning of the accident, they had a big fight and he stomped out of the house mad. She chased the car down as it was backing out of the driveway. She made him stop, roll down his window, and she gave him a kiss and said, "I love you" and meant it. She said that is how she could cope so well- she knew that the last words he heard his wife tell him was "I love you". That story sticks in my mind every day. (Though the story said it much better than I just did.)

Hug your husband, your wife, your children, your parents, whoever you love in life. Never take a single moment for granted.

the bug

I think I have B's bug today. I woke up with a bad stomach ache. I haven't puked, but I slept until noon! Good thing Josh is home now.

Brecken was SOOOOO glad to see Josh yesterday. We were watching out the window for him, and saw lots of trucks go by. But when he saw Josh's, he yelled, "DADDY!!!!!!!!!" and knocked on the window so hard I thought he was going to break it!! Josh brought him a stuffed wolf puppy and a board book about animals you see when you go camping, and I got a t-shirt and a new mug for my soup.

Josh had to go down to the community center this morning to get his health fair results. While there, Senator Barrasso walked in and right up to Josh! He introduced himself and I guess had quite a long conversation with Josh. They talked about the Teton Science School, Gillette, (Josh said I grewup there and he said he was there last night for the Crawfish Feed!) and a few more things. I asked Josh if he asked Dr. Barrasso to interpret his results for him. :) He said no, but the aide took their picture while shaking hands and then asked Josh for his mailing address. I told Josh we now have Washington covered- I know Sen. Enzi and he knows Sen. Barrasso. :)

Today Josh was supposed to help out with the track meet Saratoga is hosting, but it got cancelled because it was snowing hard this morning. It quit snowing but it didn't ever get very warm today.

Brecken can now identify Mickey Mouse. He pointed to the poster we have of him in the bathroom, and said, "Mappy!" That's good, since we only have two months until we leave for our trip to Disney World!

We were invited up to the Hayes' house for a BBQ tonight, but I stayed home since I'm not feeling that great. Josh and Brecken went though. It's kind of nice to have the house to myself for once!

not-so-fun field trip

I had to take my choir kids to Cheyenne yesterday for our annual music festival, where they sing for judges. They did great- my solos got 26 out of 30, 27 out of 30, and my duet got 34 out of 35! I was proud of the kids.

However, yesterday morning at 3:00, Brecken woke up puking. He puked again at 6:30. I couldn't leave him at the babysitter's, so I had to take him with me since Josh is in Jackson. What a not-fun day. He puked all day long. My two students were awesome though- never batted an eye, helped take care of him in the car, and even took turns reading books to him. What troopers I have!

When we got back to the school I told my secretary that I'd need a sub for today. Brecken puked before bed, but slept for 12.5 hours and didn't puke. Hooray! This morning he woke up and asked for water, which he promptly threw up. He slept some more, then has been able to keep down some Saltines and Gatorade. He has slept most of the day today. I did make it up to the store to get some Pedialyte and Pedialyte popcicles, so we'll have those this afternoon. He's sleeping again. Poor kid. And poor Mommy- what bad timing for Josh to be gone! Cleaning up puke for two days by myself isn't my idea of fun!

prom night

I had two smokin' hot dates to the Saratoga High School prom last night. The little one danced his heart out until about 10:30, when he finally gave in and fell asleep on my lap. HOW he slept through that loud music, I don't know. But he did! He loves dancing, however, so he had a blast. Plus, there was pretzels and cake with chocolate fondue, so he was in 7th heaven. :)

Here is B, ready for the Prom:

Dancing with Dad:

Even dancing while snacking:

growing up

You know how it just hits you like a ton of bricks sometimes, that your baby is no longer your baby? Tonight was one of those nights.

and this little piggy went wee, wee, wee... all the way home

These little piggies didn't go wee, wee, wee, but there was plenty of snorting! Josh's Ag teacher breeds pigs each year and B and I went up to see them this afternoon. I wish I would've known when they were born because they would've been a lot cuter then! But they aren't too ugly right now. B didn't scream this year. He didn't get too close, but watched them pretty intently!

I haven't been very good at keeping up with the blog lately. I feel bad, because I know there are people that check in every night! I'll try to be better. I guess we've just been pretty busy. Josh had Parent/Teacher Conferences twice last week at night, and B and I went to hang out with him for a bit each night. This week, he is setting up for prom from 4-7 each night, so we won't see much of him this week, either. And next week, he'll be gone all week on a trip with the 8th graders to Teton Science School. Then maybe we can have our daddy back!!

This past weekend we went to Lyman to see Beth and Jeff. We had a great time. Saturday we spent the whole day shopping in Park City and Salt Lake City. Everyone found great deals except for me. Rats. We had a wonderful weekend though.

It was BEAUTIFUL today. I love it when we don't have to wear coats! Brecken even had to have a bath at daycare because he had mud everywhere, Deb said. Even in his hair! He must have had one heck of a time playing outside this morning! He was wearing his extra outfit when I got him after school because his clothes he went in, plus his coat, were all in the washing machine. :) He's an outside lover, that's for sure.

spring

I went outside today, hoping to find signs of Spring. This is what I found instead:

But after searching hard, I found signs that Spring should be here soon:

trick rider

bubbles

I forgot to mention in my below post how long we were stuck on Sunday. I wrote it in my original post, but as I hit "publish", the internet said, "Cannot display the webpage" and I LOST everything! I had to start over. Anyway, we were stuck in the truck stop for 6 1/2 hours. Yes, SIX AND A HALF HOURS. It was miserable. But not as miserable as some people- a teacher I work with just got back from Rawlins this afternoon! She didn't get out while they were letting Saratoga people go on Sunday night and she got stuck all night, all yesterday, all last night, and all this morning. She finally got back after lunch today. Wowzers.

Back to the subject of bubbles. Craig and Lennie were here for a couple days to babysit for us. It was wonderful and B had a great time! They brought him some Easter presents, and his favorite of them is a big ol' bubble tube. He and his grandparents spent some time outside today blowing bubbles. This afternoon after they left, he asked me, "Bubba?" which means bubbles. I asked "Do you want to blow bubbles?" and he nodded yes and ran to the bathroom, where he takes bubble baths! Silly kid. So we blew bubbles in the bathroom.