softball party

Amber, Janelle, Jennifer, Tianna, Cathy and Robyn


So16 + years ago, the "New Kids On The Base" was formed. We were just a bunch of little girls that didn't know what we were doing with a bat, ball and a glove on our hand, but dang it we wanted to play some softball!! We all tried different positions to see what we liked. We had fun and all of us girls were good friends.
The next year, we changed our name "Base Buddies" and we were a little better. We lost a few players and added some new ones. We were all still great friends.
Then the next summer, we needed a grown up name. NKOTB and Base Buddies was too kid-like and we wanted to be taken seriously. We were a good team. We had all got to know our parts on the field and were darn good at them. (Me personally, I was the catcher... and I LOVED IT! I was fearless when it came to crouching under the batter and talkin some trash to make them nervous. I also played second base, but catcher was my favorite.) So we form the "MITT MEISTERS". Again, we lost a few players added some new and we kicked everyone's trash. We played against some good teams and some bad teams, and sad to say, when we played the worst team in the league, we were so over confident that we lost. How do I remember this? Because one of my good friends now was on that team and when we were talking about softball, before we told each other what positions we played she said that they hated the catcher on our team.... wa ha ha it was me!! But she doesn't let me live it down that we lost to them. Anyway, I believe that we took second in county every year. We rocked. Our coaches rocked and our families all supported us at every game. We were all still good friends.
Then along comes junior high and high school. People go their separate ways, go to college, have good jobs, get married, move away, have babies, see the world and we all lose touch eventually. Well, I have been thinking alot about the "Meisters" for quite some time and wondered what everyone has been up to. I talked to Cathy since me and her talk quite a bit, and decided that we are just going to plan a day (we started planning last year) and tell everyone and those who can will be there. And those who won't.... catch ya next time.
So last night was the night, we only had 7 of us there and 1 arrive later after 3 others had left and it was so much fun!! We started out the night with a little catching up, then ate some fabulous taco salad, Amber's jalepeno dip with bread and some of Natalie's delicious brownies. (We also got to eat some of Missi's fab pumpkin squares with cream cheese when she arrived later.) Then we sat and talked some more... you figure most of us haven't seen each other since our last shin dig at the Steoger's right after High School. The crazy part is, we all live within 10 minutes of each other! With the exceptions of Janelle is Marriott-Slaterville and Tianna in Provo.
It was such a fun night and I wish I had more pictures but I was too involved in the conversation, i.e: my dinner. And Natalie was missing from the picture because I couldn't figure out my timer on the camera before she left... so sorry Nat. And Missi came late so just picture them in it.
Thanks girls for coming. We need to do it more often and hopefully get the other sluggers to come join us. Next summer we will have to have a "softball" game and see how rusty we all are. If you click on the link to the right, you can see one of the last years pictures that we played. Not everyone is included in that picture and I will have the NKOTB and Base Buddies pictures added as soon as we get into our new house.
NEXT: WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HOOPER ELEMENTARY 6TH GRADE REUNION!! HOW FUN WOULD THAT BE?? SKATING NIGHT ANYONE??? OR HOW ABOUT OUR "CARD" DANCES???

Mommy questions

Well I actually got this on myspace, but then I saw that our cousin Dot posted one on her blog so I decided to do the same.


1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant?
Home, Christmas morning @ 5:30 AM in the bathroom

2- Who was with you?
The hubby and our 2 dogs


3- How did you find out that you were pregnant?
crazy story... we decided to surprise our families and came home Friday night and I was nauseated the whole ride up and all weekend but just thought i had the flu (as usual at Christmas for me). Then we went back to St George and on Christmas Eve we were at Costco and something told me to look at my day planner. I did and noticed I was a week late so we bought the 4 pack test (just to be sure). I knew I had to wait for the morning pee (unlike Dot)


4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant?
It was 5:30 am!!! So I was groggy and not in the best of moods. I peed on the stick and as we were waiting I told Kevin it was probably negative as usual and he looked at it and said "oh yeah?" and showed it to me. I was WIDE awake after that and shocked and SO happy!! It was finally some good news since my new car was in the shop because of the stupid "Jackie's" and the fuel center but I won't get into that


5- Your boyfriends/ or Husbands reaction?
Shock!! and pretty happy too.. we totally took pics of the stick.


6- Who was the first person you told?
Since it was 5:30 we sent picture messages out to our ENTIRE family just to see who would respond first.... it was my mom and sister and my mom BAWLED when she talked to me since I was in St G and she was home and I had just seen her over the weekend.

7- Did you plan to get pregnant?
Yeah, we just thought it would take longer than it did. We had only been trying since August 23rd so it was pretty fast.


8- Was everybody happy for you?..
Oh heck yeah! They all knew how hard I had worked to get my health in order so it was a long time coming. But they were also scared because of what it could do to me.


9- Was anybody hating on you?
tough shiz if they were


10- Did you go out and celebrate?
no, it was Christmas Day. But after we had Christmas morning with Kevin's dad and step-mom, we just went home and chilled. But the next day we went out and celebrated by having the blood work done!! ZING!!


11- Did you want to find out the sex?
yes, but I told Kevin from the get go it was a girl

12- What was the sex?
hands down a girl... and we found out at 13 weeks.


13- Did anyone throw you a baby shower?
Yes I had 2 of them


14- If yes, who?..
My ward and my family


15- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't gonna use?
Just a couple from the older people in our ward... she got so many clothes.

16- How much weight did you gain?..
11 pounds



17- Did you loose all of the weight that you gained?..
Yup, I am 7 pounds below!!! And still dropping!! :)


18- Did you get a lot of streach marks?
I have 2 on my boob (TMI I know)

19- What did you crave the most?..
Nothing and I was dissapointed. I want to crave something cool like Crisco and gain lots of weight.

20- Did you crave anything crazy?..
I pretended to crave certain restaurants just so we would go out



21- Who or what got on your nerves the most?
Kevin.... I even asked for a divorce. Poor guy, he will never want me to get pregnant again.

22- Were you married at the time?
yes


23- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yup.. i had full blown influenza and pneumonia in February and then I was good for a while but in June I started to get real sick and saw my doctor twice a week! And then I had preeclampsia/toxemia and a crap load of protein in my urine. Then I was swollen head to toe... it wasn't pretty

24- Where were you when you went into labor?..
In the OR, they just took her for MY health.



25- Did your water break?
Nope, didn't get to experience that



26- Who drove you to the hospital?
My mom did. My blood pressure was off the charts so my doctor told me to come to the office ASAP. He ended up admitting me right then and there and said I wouldn't be going home without my baby so I knew she had to come soon.

27- What was your due date?
August 26th

28- Did you go early or late?
6 weeks early


29- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth?
My husband, a doctor, anethesiologist, and 2 nurses. I think that was all but I was pretty sick and out of it



30- Was it video taped?
Kevin had a video camera and when they said "get the camera ready dad" the way he brought the camera around I saw my belly.... I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw that!!!

31- Did you have any drugs for the pain?
Oh yeah!!!! LOVED THEM!!!! And I had the drip the entire next day and then I was put on the pills and sent home with some too.....


32- Did you go Natural or have a c-section?
C-Section.. best way to go


33- What was your first reaction after giving birth?
Don't really remember. The first memory I really have of that day (and only because it was documented in pictures to help me remember) is I had her at 9:52 am and I finally got to hold and see her 12 hours later because I was so sick. I am still mad about it but what can I do?


34- How big was the baby?
6 lbs 5 ounces 18 1/2 inches


35- Did your boyfriend/ Husband cry?
I don't think so.. and I am sure he wouldn't admit it if he did

36- What did you name the baby?..
Ashlyn Larue, after my grandma

37- Did the baby have any complications?..
Nope, she was perfect! It was a miracle because my doctor told me from day 1 to plan on having her in NICU for 7 - 10 days. She truly was a miracle I don't care what anyone says.

38- How old is the baby today?
2 months yesterday.

39- When is the next one coming?
We get to restart the adoption process when she turns 1 so who knows how soon it will be when we get a child.


40- Are you married now?
yes


41-if you could, would you do it all over again?
Of course... I just don't think I want to be that sick again but we will see!!!

SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!

Those of you who REALLY know me, know that P!nk is my favorite singer and that Carey Hart is really Ashlyn's daddy... anyway so I just thought I would share her latest video with those of you who may not have seen it! ENJOY!!!!!

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car accident pics

inside of the truck. if you look close above the driver's seat, you can see a break in the window... that was from Annette's hand. and the "Oh crap" handle on the passenger side dashboard, was completely jammed because that is what Bret was holding on to.



Jackson's aftermath... calls himself "Sloth" off of Goonies

what use to be a Chevy... and the dodge don't look to swell either

So these are some pictures of that accident that Annette and Bret were in. They are all doing better, but Jackson has to go have some more surgery tomorrow. This is what his mom emailed to all of us...
"Jackson has been seen by a wonderful Dr. in Salt Lake who specializes in plastic surgery of the face and especially the eyes. Bret and I have been very impressed with him. Upon review of the CT scans from the hospital in Idaho Falls, he has determined that he will need to reconstruct the bony eye socket around Jack's eye. The first surgery that Jackson received in Idaho Falls would have been sufficient for the small fracture in the part of the socket under the eye, however there is a much bigger fracture in the part of the socket between his right eye and nose. Much of the fatty tissue and muscle that supports the eye has sunk into this fracture and is allowing his eyeball to sink deeper into his face. He is scheduled for surgery on Thursday morning. We will get the exact time from the surgical center on Wednesday afternoon. The Dr. is confident that a titanium plate covered in plastic will allow for proper placement of the eyeball. It is an out-patient surgery that should last about 2 hours. Jack should be able to come home on Thursday night and hopefully be able to get some much-needed quiet rest."

When me and my sister went to see them last week, they were telling us what Jackson had said to Annette and it made me cry, so I thought I would share. He said "Mom, it couldn't have been dad that got hurt because he has to go to work and make money for us, and it couldn't have been you because our house would get to be a big mess, and it couldn't have been Jakey or Jess because they wouldn't have made it... so it just had to be me that got hurt" SNIFF, SNIFF...... he is so grown up at only age 8 and definitely had some angels watching over him.
Anyway, just thought I would share with you all. And PLEASE don't drive while tired. I am not sure how many of you have fallen asleep at the wheel, but it is scary. I did on one of my last trips from St George to Hooper, right before Beaver. I am not sure what woke me, but I did with just enough time to swerve off on the exit. Tiredness can hit you so quick and you don't even realize it.

update...

So my sister's friend and her family arrived home last night. They are all pretty sore, as expected, but other wise doing ok. We found out a little more detail so I will share.
They were leaving West Yellowstone heading back to their cabin in Island Park and Bret said he was too tired from driving all day so Annette said she would drive. The next thing she knows she wakes up and is the other lane and put up her hand to tell the other truck to stop but it's too late and they smash head on. It mangled Annette's hand and wedding ring, Bret was reclined in the seat and he got cut on his neck and Jackson was behind him and we don't know what he hit his head on, but his eye was pushed back and it injured his cheek and his eyelid was pretty damaged. (he had surgery yesterday morning and when he came out he said he wanted to see his face and called himself Sloth off of Goonies- which he sort of does, just to agree with him) and then Jake and Jess were ok. Anyway, Annette said it felt like she just blinked because she didn't feel tired, but blames herself so much. They said that if they hadn't crashed into a truck, if it had been a car, they all would have died.
Anyway, there was another car accident on that same road earlier in the day where 2 little kids had died so when my sister kept getting phone calls during the night and all day yesterday that is what everyone assumed. It sort of reminded me of when Becky and Katie were in their really bad accident the same night that Nate died and when I found out I was told that Becky and Katie were with Nate... I was SO sick, to think I lost my best friend and another close friend. So I took off to the hospital and when I saw Katie's parents and they set the record straight I just bawled even more. Well that had nothing to do with this story, but that was almost 11 years ago and I still think about it, mainly because Katie was wearing my new shirt and they had to cut it off of her and it had blood on it. Love ya Katie, and I love to bring that up!!

Prayer Card

So I am asking for more prayers.. but not in my behalf this time. My sisters best friend, her husband and 3 boys (ages 8 to 1) were involved in a pretty bad head on collision today. They all got bumps and bruises but the oldest boy got the worst of it and has head trauma. He was transported to a hospital and the last we heard, about an hour ago, he still hadn't regained consciousness. It is so sad and my sister is just heart broken. These boys mean so much to her and I just ask that you all keep them in your thoughts and prayers. I ask for lots of prayers, but have seen the miracles that they bring. If any of you need me to pray for someone, let me know. I have prayed more in my life in the last 6 weeks that my whole life combined it seems.
*Update on Ashlyn: She went for 11 days without stopping breathing, and then Sunday night as we were all loaded in the car to come home from North Ogden, she decided to quit again. So I rip her out of her car seat (someone was helping me because it is a beast of a car seat and I know I couldn't get her out that fast), and put her face down and started to thump her back. She did start breathing again after a few seconds but it was a LONG car ride home and an even longer night.
So that was our adventurous Labor Day... oh and we over the baby contest at Hooper Tomato Days and had her in the contest.. didn't win but OH WELL, she would've won tiniest baby if that had been a category. She was even smaller than the 2 week old!! Then we spent the rest of the day moving my brother and his family into their new house... nothing cool or exciting.