Thanksgiving at Grannie's in Prescott, AZ

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Blake turned 2! (And I finished Twilight!)

Blake turned 2 on Sunday! We went to Chuck E Cheeses on Friday night, and the next morning he was sick. Sunday he was even sicker, so he didn't get to go to church on his birthday! He's doing a little better now. But he had a good birthday and liked saying "ha' berfday" and saying that he's 2. Here's some pics of the birthday boy:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAKER!

And in other news, I finally did it, after so many of you have asked me to read it. I finished Twilight! Now I need to read the other 3! But at least I finished Twilight before the movie this week. I am so excited to see it! The book was great, and I even told Joel all about it. It took me a while because we've just been so busy lately, but I really look forward to reading the others, and now the movie!

Bye, Mary Lou!

Today was Julianna's last OT (occupational therapy) session with Mary Lou. She is taking a new job in San Jose and we are so sad! We sure have loved driving down there to Oceanside once a week to meet with her. Julianna will still be on call, so I hope to still bring her in once in a while to see another OT there. She has taught Julianna so much, and me, too! So now I will try my best to be her very own OT at home! Here are some pics of what she did today:

Tagged!

T.V. Shows I Love To Watch
1. American Idol
2. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
3. SpongeBob (no really, I like it!)
4. Jeopardy
5. Wheel of Fortune
6. Supernanny
7. The Today Show
8. Oprah (occasionally)

Things that Happened Yesterday
1. Went to aerobics at the stake center
2. Went to Target to buy Blake a birthday gift
3. Talked to Katrina on the phone
4. Talked to Callie on the phone
5. Broke up many fights between Julianna and Blake
6. Picked up my paycheck from the SJ Valley Academy
7. Went to dinner and FHE at the Parker's house
8. Put the kids to bed!

Favorite Places to Eat
1. McDonalds (I really do!)
2. Quiznos
3. Coldstone Creamery
4. Panda Express
5. The Olive Garden
6. Any pizza place
7. Wendy's
8. Macaroni Grill

Things I Look Forward To:
1. Bedtime
2. Thanksgiving
3. Christmas
4. Spending time with family
5. Colder weather!
6. Being a school teacher
7. Seeing Julianna and Blake all grown up!
8. The day when I don't have to change diapers anymore (ditto, JoAnna!)

Things on My Wish List
1. Get totally in shape & have a rockin body (ditto again)
2. Decorate my house!
3. Landscape the backyard
4. That I could deal with my kids better- patience, no yelling (yep)
5. Painting the house
6. Being a published author
7. Becoming a teacher someday
8. Reading Twilight

I tag:
1. Callie
2. Karina
3. Cindel
4. Kristen
5. Jenny
6. Melanie
7. Katrina
8. Katie

Blake, not again....!

So you might all remember that horrible day I had back in September when our AC was broken and Blake locked himself in my bedroom and I had to call ward members to get him out, and he was free mainly because our windows were open. I'm sure you all read that and thought, surely Kera learned from that experience so it wouldn't happen again. Well, you're right! I did learn from it, and put a baby gate in front of our door. Problem solved. Until...Blake climbed out of his crib, and instead of buying another baby gate to put in front of his door at night (so he doesn't roam the house) so my gate can stay put, I decided to just use one gate. Well, it seemed to be working fine. He's been in a big bed for about 1 1/2 weeks. And this morning he was playing in the ball pit upstairs and it starts to get quiet. I run upstairs to find that he's locked himself in my room, AGAIN! I didn't remember to put the gate in front of my door after he woke up. So this time, our windows are definitely shut, there's no way I can get in there. And to make it worse, after calling his name repeatedly, he is not responding. So now I am worrying that he's hurt in there and I can't help him. So what do I do? What would anyone do in this situation? I called 911 for the first time in my life. I told them on the phone that he wasn't responding so they sure did hurry. But while I waited for them, he did respond, thank goodness! They were here in minutes, and I mean everyone! The police, fire department, and an ambulance. So they started bringing up all sorts of tools, asking me if I cared if the door got broken down, etc. The FD had these huge axes. The police officer noticed my net above the loft wall (because the wall is so short) and he commented, "At least we know you care about safety." Yes, officer, I do. I have the child locks to prove it. So anyway, Blake can hear all the commotion of like 8 people outside the door so he starts to cry. And the FD is trying to just break the doorknob, not the door. After only 5 minutes, they do it, and the door opens and Blake sees all these strangers outside his door and runs to me. They thought it was pretty funny. And I told Blake as the whole crew left that that's why he can't go in Mommy's room. He said, Okay. So that's what happened this morning. Luckily Julianna was still at school and didn't have to see all of this. So all we need to do is replace the doorknob, which we should have done a long time ago since we don't have a key for the knob! And I assure you all that this WILL be the last time this happens! The funny thing is that our whole street was blocked off this past Saturday by police and fire department. We don't know why. But I'm sure after today's incident, people are wondering what the heck is going on in our neighborhood! So that's my story for today. I hope it will be a long time before I have to write about another catastrophe.

Halloween!