1st place!

This week I went to an EMS conference. It was a good conference except the fact that I missed my kid so much. They offered a skills competition for anyone. Now people at this conference ranged from first responders to Paramedics, I'm in the upper middle of the categories right under the Paramedics. We didn't know what we were getting into, but we did get to meet our patient the night before. He was a SIM man, now he is an earlier model but these things are cool! They talk to you, they have bowel sounds, pulses, heart and lung sounds, the chest rises when he breaths. The newer ones even sweat, throw up blink and the pupils react. So we met our victim...lol, and came back the next day to compete. We went in and it was a full code, meaning he lost his pulse and stopped breathing so we had to do CPR. My partner Darren and I did end up winning the competition, I think it was his excellent intubation. But we were graded against everyone, even the Paramedics. Our reward was some chocolate, and year memberships to St. Lukes Air, which means that I get to fly free if I get in a situation I need life flight, oh and I got a t-shirt too.

Random pics

I went to my parents house and got my rocking chair from when I was a little girl. Bradach likes it and I took some pics of him in it. I couldn't help posting.

Also Grandpa and Bradach have been having fun on the tractor. Grandpa thought Bradach needed to look more like a real man while working so he got him a Carhart coat, thanks Grandpa! Here he is waving hello.


And now waving bye-bye!

Trip Up North

This week Bradach and I got a special treat. Tuesday through Friday we went up to visit family in Coeur d'alene and Spokane. We stayed and Amy and R.J.'s so we could get to know their newest bundle of joy, Mardianna Maria. She is a bruiser at 1 month weighing in at 6 lbs. She is a champion sqeaker and eater. We had fun one day with Grandma Chris and Aunt Catrina. Here are some pictures of our trip.
Here Bradach is playing with Uncle RJ's belly button, this was about the first time Bradach even went around him. He was very scared of Uncle RJ the whole trip, which is new to RJ since most kids see him as a big jungle gym.
This was the funniest pic I thought of Bradach playing with the balloons.

Bradach "playing" with the baby Flic (not his cousin). I say "playing" because it was more like stealing and running. We started with one balloon, went to two, one for Bradach and one for Flic. We had to make three just because he could only fit two in his hands.
The two cousins. I think Bradach is going to be the underdawg in this relationship later. LOL.
I threw this pic in because this is kinda how it was the whole trip, Bradach is thinkin who is this? Mardi is thinkin get him away. I'm thinkin, Bradach be soft. He did help burb her, only because its a version of hitting to him. Cousinly love....

Some Artsie Fartsie Stuff

I must be sick if I spend any more time in the kitchen than it takes to make mac and cheese or a peanut butter sandwich. So I guess I've caught something because I made cupcakes. Nothing special compared to Martha Stewart, or even some of my other mom friends but they were a big thing to me.
If you can't tell its a bloodshot eyeball. The red in the middle is a cherry and the pupil is a chocolate chip. If you are going to do this one don't cut up the cherries....they work better whole, or just cut off a small portion.
I also tried the melon baller on the pumpkin, if I was a crafty person I would have had a bow to tie around the pumpkin, and I would have used a taller pumpkin with a stem.

Bradaculla for short

Tonight we went to the Boo Tacular at the ISU ball room. First off we went to Grandma and Grandpa's work to get all scaried up. Grandma did Bradach's makeup and hair. He thought he was getting lotion on his face and a doo, so he was super good. If you are wondering what he is, he is my offspring, lol. Since I am a vampire bat and I don't have babies I must have off spring. After a few pictures we picked up Britney and Tigger (Drake). Then we headed down to Pocatello. The carnival was fun, and if the boys couldn't do the game the "carni's" made it really simple for them to earn the prize. Bradach got a balloon, put his hand in slime, shot some hoops, won the cake walk (which we declined the cake since I didn't have that many hands) and he was a finalist in "Best costume" for ages NB-two and a finalist in "scariest costume" all ages. All in all it was a fun time! I think the only thing that would have made it better was another set of arms to hold the baby. Uncle Steven did show up toward the end of our fun, so he took a turn at holding the little offspring. It was a pretty fun night I thought, just wish Phil could have made it too. Getting all scarried up, or bootiful for the night.

What a Cheeseball!
Playing his Grandpa cards
The finished products!
Tigger and the vampire bat offspring, Bradaculla for short.

Bradach THE Man

Growing up and being drug to the mall by my mom I always saw a ton of kids playing in the play area. I swore that I would never take my kid there, no way, no how. The place had to be crawling with germs, and I thought those parents are sooooo lazy! Get out with your kids! Well, the other day as my son was playing in the mall play area, don't be so judgemental, it was cold outside and I was drained of all energy. There were only a few kids in there and one of them looked to be Bradach's ability level. She was his height, blue eyes, pink top, and a great runner and climber! Anyways, I was watching Bradach pretty close to make sure he was playing nice. I looked at the other moms...they could care less, sippin their sodas talking about what ever,they were obviously more practiced at this than me. As I was following Bradach and his little friend around they went in one of the tunnels. So I'm crouched there watching Bradach just jabber on and on to this little girl while pointing to the wall of the tunnel. I'm thinking wow, this kid must have built tunnels in his past life because he knew it all! The little girl was so sweet and just sat there like she cared what he was saying then he stopped talking, I got closer thinking a hit or a shove was coming but nope! The little devil kissed her! My little turd got his first kiss in with a little girl after knowing her for a whole 5 minutes. After that they saw little of each other but the breakup was mutual. They met at the crazy mirrors stopping only briefly to say hi then running off. Oh young love....

Fall Fun!

I thought since our yard is covered in leaves I would take some pics. This is Bradach's first real fall, where he can walk and really enjoy whats around him. He loves to throw the leaves, and have them thrown at him. The look on his face is so surprised, and innocent. He is totally one with nature. I haven't ever taken any special pictures with this camera but I found a feature that makes colors more vivid, which is perfect for the fall occasion. I love hanging with my little guy every day. The more he learns the more fun he is. I can't wait for Halloween to actually be here, but be prepared for lots of dress up pics, we are scheduled to dress up for three different days. Phillip promised for my birthday that he would dress up on Halloween and take me on a date....cross your fingers that he gets the day off! He has been working all the Saturdays for weeks now.
Not loving the facial expression, but I totally love the colors, I wish I knew how to enhance his baby blues!My fuzzy headed snuggle bug...man, did I ever say how much I love this kid?!!!

The other morning when we woke up it was grey and foggy all around the cemetery. When the sun broke through the grey it was so beautiful. My wonderful husband was thoughtful enough to take these pictures. And I think they speak for themselves, what a beautiful place we live in, head stones and all.
In lew of what has been going on in with our family and the whole sexton thing, thank you to all of our family and friends that have stuck up for us. The city says they are behind Phillip 100% and that he does a wonderful job. Amidst all of the stress right now we are so grateful for this opportunity that Phillip has a job, and that his job allows him to stay so close to his family.