Knocked out

So our poor little Kaytlynn knocked her tooth out yesterday. Actually, the floor knocked it out. This is a tooth that we just spent I don't know how much money on capping last month. Probably close to a thousand dollars. She had an accident with the recliner and ended up face down on the floor with no tooth. The dentist said that we should probably just leave it, because 90% of the time they die anyway and it is likely to cause an infection if we try to put it back in and it's a baby tooth. Luckily it's not a middle front tooth, but it's a tooth next to the middle. I always think these little kids with missing teeth look like little trailer park white trash kids. Isn't that horrible? Not to be mean or anything, because I lived in a trailer park when I was Kaytlynns age. So she will be missing a tooth for about 5 years until her adult tooth grows in. Tonight the tooth fairy came and left 2 little "pwetty dwesses" under her pillow, since she's not old enough to enjoy money yet. Poor girl. So when you see her with a missing tooth, that is what happened! Will post a picture when I get one.

Kaytlynn is such a girl

Kaytlynn likes to change clothes about 8 times a day. Usually the outfits are...well....she has no style. Brad got her a cute little pink sun dress with white hearts. When she woke up from her nap, she came out and did that heavy panting thing with a little bit of a squeal or a squeak coming out and started stripping as fast as she could so she could put on the "petty dwess" She is officially out of the stage of wanting cars like her brothers. She wanted to show grandpa the pretty dress, so we got on the webcam. She wanted to go to his house and had a little angry face down on the ground fit when she found out it was just the webcam. What a girl!

Mothers Day Hike

I had a great Mothers Day. First I came home from work and got to sleep for 6 or 7 hours. Woo-hoo! When I got up, it was such a gorgeous day that I decided I wanted to go on my favorite hike for mothers day. So we got everyone loaded up into the mini-van and headed up Provo Canyon, past Sundance, to the hiking spot for Stewart Falls. This hike is really pretty, nice, and easy. It doesn't usually take very long. We made it there by 5:45 and started hiking. Brad-well geez. I don't think I've ever been hiking with him before! A little walk in the hills of Scotland is all. He came armed with a knife with a compass, those dinner ration packs, solar blankets, 4 bottles of water, jackets, M&M's, diapers, a filter water bottle, flashlights, and more. I don't know how much that backpack weighed, but it must have been heavy. Soon after we got there Brad had a walking stick. I brought my cell phone. That's all I needed. You get in trouble, you call someone :) Usually I just bring my cell phone, a bottle of water, and some toilet paper. Brad didn't bring any toilet paper or wipes. Funny.

This is a hike that I used to go on on summer nights with a full moon. A bunch of us would get together wearing shorts and sandals and hike to the falls by the light of the moon in under an hour there and back. Well, this hike took us just under 3 hours! It was great though. The weather was perfect. We climbed over some patches of snow at places. The kids had a good time figuring out which animals each of the footprints belonged to. Mostly bear, reindeer, and tigers. They also liked looking at the holes in the ground and figuring out what lived in there. Connor decided that birds lived in the holes in the ground. It took awhile when Kaytlynn wanted to walk and had to "climb" over every small rock and branch. If there was anything over a short step up, she would put her hands down on the ground and "climb" over it. But she did well. And Josh peed for the first time in the wilderness. Yay Josh! I didn't have to work last night, so we didn't have anything we had to get home for. Just didn't want to be out there in the dark. We had perfect timing getting back, though. Just as the sun was going down. Then we went for some Slurpees. Yep, it was a good Mothers Day! I'm looking forward to doing more family things like this now that I know the kids can do it.

Loads and loads of food

So Beehive Homes asked if I could work this last Saturday, May 9th. Usually the regular at the post office loves to work on a Saturday and take one of the weekdays off. But last Saturday she was going on a trip, and I think I know why. I got some others to cover for me on Saturday at Beehive and told them I would get there when I was done with my route around 2 or 3. That is when I usually get done on Saturdays. I got to the post office at 7:15 after working at my other job all night long and found out it was National Letter Carrier food drive day. Yikes! It made for quite the long day. Luckily I got someone to cover for me at Beehive, because I was done at 6:15 p.m. I do not know how much food I picked up, but it had to be a ton. Literally. I'm sure I picked up 2,000 pounds of food. It just filled the truck.

The first few bags that I picked up brought a tear to my eye. It was so wonderful how giving everybody was! I was excited when I saw another bag filled with canned goods and non-perishable food items. It didn't take long, though, for me to see another bag and be bummed. Where was I going to put this bag, and the next one, and the next one? I saw bags tied to the mailboxes and out on the sidewalk far down the street, and on the other side. There are around 600 houses on this route, and I probably picked up around 200 bags filled with food. Or more. Who knows. I wish I had my camera. So it was kind of rough doing this on no sleep, but then I really am happy to have helped. And not just because they rewarded us with Krispy Kremes! But, yeah. It was good, but I'm glad it only rolls around once a year!

Whoo

Okay, here is what has been going on in the Bradley home (and out of the Bradley home) lately. We got a leak in the boys room/playroom in the basement. A big chunck of the carpet and some of the walls were wet. We think the ground was just too wet and it had nowhere to come but in. We had a nice little bill from a contractor to tell us that and to set up some big fans for 3 days. We are now flat broke! Brad and I were supposed to go snowboarding that day. Hmmm. Brad got a new job, which I hope he will love. He has been on the phones talking to "daft Australians" all day for almost 4 years now. He is ecstatic to be off the phones. I will miss having him work at home and TGN has been a great company. Good benefits, accomadating, fun work parties, good pay. Too bad it's a phone job! Brad will now be working for SEO.com That is search engine optomization. I hope it will be as good as TGN was.
I did not get much sleep last night before going to work, and early this morning I had a runner. This is the first time I have ever had to chase a runner down. She gave me a run for my money! And no Kaylee, I was not working at Beehive Homes-the assisted living place with the 80 and 90 year olds. ;) I was praying that she would stop because I couldn't run much longer. I was very happy when she got too tired. I was really just worried that she'd run in front of a car or I'd lose her and something bad might happen to her, so I'm glad I'm not so out of shape that I couldn't keep up. But honestly, this may have inspired me to work out!
So after that little work-out, I spent the day delivering mail. It was SOOO windy and a little rainy. Wind is really scary to me. I don't know why, but I think it goes back to when my cousin Tanya died. The night we found out she was dead, the wind picked up and seemed to follow me, and it just really scared me and has ever since. It makes me think someone is going to die when the wind howls like it was today. Thank goodness it wasn't dark, because I probably would have been too scared to finish. I am THAT scared of wind.
I am now at work again--the one that I can get onto the internet! Hooray for wireless and laptops! I'm tired and so ready for bed. I missed Moms Night Out last night, which I am bummed about, and I totally forgot about a meeting last night. I couldn't work at Beehive Homes yesterday and had to find someone to work for me at my other job last night so I could work this one. I really don't want to quit any of my jobs, but I guess I can only do so much. I wish I was wonder woman. Kaytlynn has to have dental surgery on Friday. Not looking forward to that. Ummmm, that's all for now!

Jobs coming out of my ears

I am a woman of many jobs now. I am working at the post office still delivering mail as a sub. I am working at Discovery Academy doing nightwatch full time-5 nights a week. I am working across the street from our house at the Assisted Living Home where I take care of 10 cute little old ladies (I consider this my volunteer job because they pay so little. But the ladies are fun.) I am just on call, but averaging 15 hours a week. I am now working at New Haven doing nightwatch 2 shifts a week-8 hours total. I am technically employed on call at Daniels Academy doing nightwatch, although I haven't worked there since January. And I just took a test today to work on the 2010 census. I got a 93%, so we'll see. Brad works 35 hours a week from home from 5-midnight, which is so handy for all the trainings and everything I have to go to! I figure I need to work as much as I can right now--just in case. I've watched "Cinderella Man" too many times, I think. I'm just a little afraid the economy will get worse, so I am getting while the getting is good. I guess I could always fall back on curb painting! So, anyway, that is--yes, count them--5 jobs. Oohhhhhhh........Man, I almost forgot the most grueling, time-consuming, physically and emotionally draining job of all! Being a wife. Ha, just kidding--it's being a mom, of course!!

Who said this first? I'll give you one guess.

Brad was taking Connor to gymnastics the other day and he couldn't get there in time because the freeway exit was closed. I was taking Connor today and we went a different way and Connor asked why. I told him it was just in case the freeway exit was closed and he said "We went up the hill yesterday and the stupid road was closed." I'll give you all one guess where he got that from.