June Week 2

So this last week was crazy with a lot of up's and downs. 
So we started this week going to the dentist.  I use to love going to the dentist until about a year ago.  My children LOVE going to the dentist.  Every time after we leave they ask when are we going back.  They are kinda weird, but I love them.  This time at the dentist I was totally surprised.  Colby ALWAYS ends up having to have something done.  This time no cavities.  Amazing.  They did unfortunately have to pull one of his molars because the other one was coming in on top of it.  Easy compared to what he has done in the past.  Me after going through everything I have the last year with implants thought there is no way something could be wrong with me, wrong!!  I have one little cavity that they need to fix.  Here we go back to the dentist. 

I had Post-convention training with PTA.  I was scared to death.  I really don't like public speaking and I'm always afraid that I'm going to say something that is wrong.  I had to teach a class on Treasurer training.  I think this is one of the scariest job in PTA.  Don't do this job right you could be in Jail.  This is what I was always told.  It went well and I'm so glad that it is over.  I got to sit and talk with the new Superintendent which was really cool.  She is going to be great. 

I also had new employee orientation at Jordan School District.  I am really excited about this new chapter in my life.  I knew that I needed to do something but did not want to give up my freedom of being here for my kids.  So when I heard that there was a job opening at our school and went and talked to Mr. V about it, and surprise I have a new job.  It is working in the cafeteria in our school.  I'm so excited to work with people that I love, and be able to see my children everyday at school.  Plus a little extra money can't be bad...right!!

Colton got to go to scouts for the first time this week.  He was so excited.  He is the last of his friends to turn 8, and has been looking forward to this for a long time.  He looked so cute in his uniform.  I will get pictures loaded when I clear off my hard drive. 

It was also Colton's birthday Friday.  We lucked out this year and the free day at This is the Place was on his birthday.  The kids had a great time.  We rode both trains, rode horses, panned for Gold, learned how they pulled teeth way back when, saw how they printed the newspaper, and last but not least got FREE Ice Cream.  What a great morning. This is the kids out side the Heber C. Kimball house.  We were totally done and ready to go home at noon, which was nice because when we were leaving it was insane.  I have never seen that place like it.  All three parking lots were full and there were people parked everywhere and tons of people on the street.  Thank goodness we were there on time.  We then came home and had to run to Costco to get food for Colton's baptism.  I also was going to get him a gift there.  I told him he could get whatever he wanted within a price limit.  The silly kid chose a pillow.  That's right a fuzzy body pillow.  He was so excited.  I thought are you kidding me but he has been thrilled with it.  Love that kid.  The next day on Saturday he was baptized.  I love our Bishop for letting us do it not on a Stake Baptism day.  I kept thinking how am I going to do a baptism and get ready to leave for Girls Camp on the same day.  What a great morning we had.  I have learned doing 2 so far that it is nice to have their friends talk at the baptism.  It was really cute to have his friend Abbey talk and then his brother Colby talk.  What a fantastic morning.  We were totally on a spiritual high when we went to his baseball game that night.  The game started out bad and progressively got worse as the night went on.  Colton has learned this year that losing is OK but he really wants a win.  He is the pitcher for his team and has done a great job this year.  This last game was not so good.  He hit 4 kids with the ball.  It was so sad to see your child fall apart on the mound and not be able to do anything about it.  I have also learned as a mom to step back and watch.  It is making him a stronger person.  I've decided that if he can learn defeat now it will make it better in the long run.  Love you Colton.  You are becoming a great person that I admire. 

Well that is our week this week.

Turning over a new leaf!

So I am taking the advice of a friend and I'm going to post once a week.  I have decided that in this world we live in now, if I don't write it down noone is going to remember. 
So this is what happened last week in the Atherley house.

What a week we have had.  We had our Annual Memorial bbq at my parents house.  It is amazing this year how cold it is.  It rained the entire day, but the bbq went on.  I finally got my car fixed.  Now to just get it licensed.  That will come.  Tuesday was Colton's walking field trip to the library.  They had a great time and got in some exercise.  Wednesday was field day.  Wow it was a lot of fun this year.  I decided that it is nice to go and not have any responsibility.  What a fun day they had, and the sun decided to shine and it was a nice warm day.  This was also Connor's last day in Kindergarten.  We are so sad that we are done with Kindergarten, but Connor is so excited to go to 1st grade.  Thursday was the last day of school for everyone else.  I didn't think anything of it but it was a really hard day for Ashlee.  She is excited to go to middle school but also sad that Elementary is over.  The Gedge's helped us start a tradition several years ago that the kids just love.  We have Donuts and milk on the last day of school.  For the last 3 weeks my kids and hers have said we are having donuts right????  Such a great tradition.  Thanks Julie for including us. 
I honestly can't believe that I am going to have a child in middle school.  SCARY!!  What a great week. 
The kids are so looking forward to summer.  Hopefully they will. 

Happy Birthday Connor!

My baby is 6.  Where did the time go.  I feel like it was just uesterday that we were up every 2 hours with this kid and know he is 6.  Connor is my child that whines just about everything that he has to do, but most days will just get it done.  He loves playing basball, but has not had a game yet this year because of the cold, wet, spring that we have had.  Hopefully this will change soon.  He loves going to school, and loves playing with his friends.  Happy birthday buddy.  We love you!

Happy Birthday Jon!

So about 1 year ago, I decided that for Jon's 40th birthday that I was going to do a surprise party.  So for the past year I have been thinking about what to do and who to invite.  It's amazing how fast a year goes and one day the party is here.
I had to make up a story that we were going out with friends so I could get Jon out of the house and not doing training with his new dog Kliff.  So I invited friends from his past and a lot of good new friends.  I was a nervous wreck all day hoping that everything would work out.  So I told him that we would be meeting our friends to eat at 7 p.m.  So Jon wanted to leave our house at 6:15 so I was coming up with excuses on how not to leave until 6:30, since I told everyone to be at my parents house at 6:30.  So I could not take it any longer and we left at 6:25.  Unfortunately we hit all of the lights green from our house to my mom's.   That has never happened before.  When we got there at 6:35 I noticed one of our friends just running into my mom's house.  Jon started freaking out thinking someone was in trying to rob my mom.  He goes into the house and talk in his loud voice..WHO IS THAT LADY IN A FLOWER SHIRT THAT JUST RAN INTO YOUR HOUSE.  He found  my mom coming up the stairs and says it again where did that lady go that ran into your house.  My mom had no clue what to say, so I just said take our stuff downstairs so we can go.  He walked downstairs and go the surprise of a lifetime.  He had no clue that I was planning this party.  He got what he wanted, lots of black balloons and friends to celebrate. 

Happy 40th Birthday Jon!

Happy Birthday Ashlee!

I can't beleive that Ashlee is turning 12! It just seems like yesterday she was born. This is a big birthday for her. She is so excited to be able to go to young Womens and be done with Primary. Happy birthday Ashlee. I love you!

Catching UP!!

So a lot of things have happened since my last post.  Finally able to function after Gall bladder surgery is top on the list.  Christmas was wonderful this year.  We took our time going through presents this year and actually got to see what everyone received.  Had a great New Years, and now onto the new year. 
Jon spent the first part of January in Alderhorst, CA picking out a new dog.  Beny came home on January 17th.  He was a great dog...other than the barking NONSTOP!  We got use to it and how to control it.  On his first trip to the vet we found out that he has hip issues and a broken elbow.  So this being a business deal Beny had to go back to California.  So this last week Jon spent in Alderhorst again looking for a new dog.  So now Kliff joined our lives.  He is such a calm and non barking dog.  Amazing!  So we are now a family of 2 dogs.  So I will post pictures but as soon as he came home he has been working.  Pictures to come soon. 
Ashlee participated in the 6th grade Science Fair.  Her project was making a liquid a solid.  It was a fun project to play with and she did a great job.
We signed up Colton and Connor for baseball again this year.  I can't believe that we are actually talking about baseball when there is  inches of snow outside.  I am so ready for Spring this year! 
Connor had has Nursery Rhyme program for Kindergarten.  It is so cute to see these kids repeat Nursery Rhyme.  Colton also did his Poetry reading program.  He did a fantastic job. 
So there is our last 2 months in a nut shell.  As soon as I move pictures off my computer and have more memory I will post pictures. 

Same day Surgery! HAHAHAHA

I'm writing this down so the next time surgery comes up I can remind my self of what happens.

So I have come to the conclusion that I have had my last surgery ever!! I had to have my Gallbladder out the first week of December. I do not have great veins in my hands or in my arm. So after 3 tries they finally got a vein to accept the IV. As always I tell my surgeon that I get extremely sick with surgery. They told me that even thought I have problems in the past I will still most likely experience the same issues. Surgery went fantastic (Thank you Dr. Price) but immediately after coming out of surgery I started throwing up. With the nurse yelling very nicely that I was sick and needed help I lost consciousness again. I woke up to the same thing and them changing my gown. After getting another dose of Phenegren (thank you for that medicine) and sleeping for an hour, was able to be moved from the PACU and into post op. So in post op the same thing kept happening on top of my blood pressure dropping. 3 beautiful hours later I got to go home even though they wanted me to stay a little longer, but Jon needed to get to the kids choir concert for Christmas. Oh the joys of being a mother. Kids come first. So needless to say...I never want to have surgery again.