July 24

In my last post I said we'd be trying to head out to Salt Lake, and we did. But we did not go to Liberty Park because there were a whole lot of people there and not much going on. So, since we were in Salt Lake we went over to the Gateway Mall. We had to go to the Apple store for Jason to look at the iPad because he wants one. Then we took the kids to the Discovery Children's Museum. They had a blast.

Jayden playing with the water toys.

Stacey climbed the rock wall. Neither of the boys wanted anything to do with that.

Kail found the vacuum in the little house and started to vacuum. He even made his own noises. It was really cute. He makes his own noises at home with the real vacuums too.

They had so much fun. We were there so long that Jason and I got bored. We had to finally drag the kids out because we didn't want to be in there anymore. It was crazy, but they had fun and that's all that mattered.

On a different note, my grandpa is in the hospital. He went in for a doctor appointment on Thursday where they found fluid in his lungs and his ECG was unusual. So they sent him over to a different part of the hospital his doctor is in after they drained the fluid out of one of his lungs. There was a complication when they did the draining that caused a small tear in his lung which caused that lung to collapse. During the move from his doctor's office to the other part of the hospital his doctor sent him to, grandpa was in so much pain from the collapses lung and his back that he fainted. Grandpa also has a problem with his back that makes it so he cannot sit up straight.

I did not go see him until last night. He was awake from Thursday to Saturday, but he was in a lot of pain. Saturday night he was having problems and they had to put him on a respirator. He is mildly sedated and restrained so that he does not attempt to pull the many tubes he's connected to out. It was a sad sight, especially when he used to be so vibrant and active. We are praying that he does better.

Plans

So, as it has been a fairly slow summer for news, I'll just give a little more. I am enrolled in the EMT intermediate course for the fall, so I actually have something to do next semester. I am still in search of people to write reference letters for me, but I hope that won't be too much of an effort. Jason is enjoying his new job. He gets up at 3 in the morning, does his work from one of our home computers, goes back to sleep when he done and then goes into the office at 8 or 9. He likes the fact that he can work from home for the early morning part. Getting up and being to work that early was killing him.
Stacey and Jayden are doing what they always do, playing with their friends. They are getting quite tan too. Jayden has a funny tan on his forehead and I don't have any idea why. It looks like he's got two circles on the left and right part of his forehead, but the middle was protected somehow. It's not that noticeable if you're not looking for it, but it's still interesting.
Kail is loving the fact that Stacey can take him to the park. Sometimes people will go outside with him and let him ride his bike on the driveway. He's really funny though because he will go to the park for about 5 minutes and then want to come home because he's hot. Just like his daddy.
Today is the 24th of July and all those who have lived in Utah or have family or friends know that it is Pioneer day. We were thinking of going up to Liberty Park in Salt Lake to see if they still do the carnival type thing they did when I was a kid. Hopefully we will find what he are looking for and have a really good time doing. If we do, I'll post pictures and update.
We are also looking for a place to live now. We've found a few possibles, but we'll have to see. That is another update that will be coming.

Just a quick note

For those who are not on facebook or don't go on there very often, I am updating you on my CPAT test results yesterday.
Plain and simple, I failed. The very first event one takes part in is a 3 minutes with a 20 second warm up stair climb with 75 pounds added on. I made in through the 20 second warm up and then made it to a minute and 35 seconds. I lost my concentration and faltered quickly at that point. What I'm most upset about is the fact that I could have done it had I been able to concentrate on anything other than my legs burning. Once I lost focus of everything else but my legs, I lost my balance and my spot in the fire academy. What I said to Jason after I spent my grieving and anger period telling Jason all about it was I should have told those administering the test to talk to me about anything except what I was doing at the moment. But that was long after the fact and I cannot take it back.
So, instead of moping about the fact that I failed I will begin to train at the school with the equipment so that I may attempt the fire academy about next fall. My plans for this fall are to become an EMT at the intermediate level. I am currently and EMT at the basic level and the intermediate will give me more practice for the paramedic program I still plan to attend in January. As I have yet to turn in my application for that, I don't know if I've been accepted. I will fill you in on that progress.
As for now, I will just finish my courses I have now and enjoy my summer with my kids and Jason.