Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween
This was Haven’s last Halloween parade at school since he is in 6th grade and Junior High doesn’t appreciate displaying good costumes on Halloween. The drawback was that Haven is old enough now that it is cooler to hang out with his friends than to pose for a picture for your parents. Oh well, he looked great as a grim reaper and had a great time with all the school activities that day. He went trick-or-treating with his dad and their family. Halloween wasn’t quite the same at our house since he was gone. In fact, we put out a bowl of candy on our doorstep and only a few pieces were taken by the end of the night.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Hockey and Home Surgery – Not a good mix…
Kenny and a few buddies have grown up playing hockey. In fact, Kenny continued to play hockey after high school in various adult leagues and drop-in tournaments. He is really quite good! So these buddies got bit by the hockey bug and decided to go to a drop-in session at the Peaks Arena in Provo. Drop-in starts playing at 10:30 PM and they play through the wee hours of the morning.
So, I’m sitting at home doing homework and I look at the clock and its almost 1:00 in the morning. All of a sudden I hear the door creek open and Kenny comes walking downstairs. At first, he looks normal – just a little flushed from the exercise and cold ice. Then I take another look at him and he has a HUGE gash in his eyebrow from a good knock to the head with a hockey stick. It definitely needed stitches. Of course Kenny was too tough to get stitches so he goes in his hobby room and grabs some super glue and hands it to me. I get to be the surgeon – the one responsible for the scar that will remain on his eyebrow. Was I willing to do this???? Heck yes! I was very nervous but after a few drops of glue were in the wound I squished the skin together and let it dry. I didn’t consider that I would adhere to the wound and as I pulled my fingers off, it pulled the skin apart and the glue quickly re-dried with the skin separated.
Next time you see Kenny and notice the huge scar on his eyebrow you can laugh at both of us. Laugh at Kenny for not getting professional medical assistance and laugh at me for not thinking through the procedure well enough and leaving my husband with a funky scar on his eyebrow.
So, I’m sitting at home doing homework and I look at the clock and its almost 1:00 in the morning. All of a sudden I hear the door creek open and Kenny comes walking downstairs. At first, he looks normal – just a little flushed from the exercise and cold ice. Then I take another look at him and he has a HUGE gash in his eyebrow from a good knock to the head with a hockey stick. It definitely needed stitches. Of course Kenny was too tough to get stitches so he goes in his hobby room and grabs some super glue and hands it to me. I get to be the surgeon – the one responsible for the scar that will remain on his eyebrow. Was I willing to do this???? Heck yes! I was very nervous but after a few drops of glue were in the wound I squished the skin together and let it dry. I didn’t consider that I would adhere to the wound and as I pulled my fingers off, it pulled the skin apart and the glue quickly re-dried with the skin separated.
Next time you see Kenny and notice the huge scar on his eyebrow you can laugh at both of us. Laugh at Kenny for not getting professional medical assistance and laugh at me for not thinking through the procedure well enough and leaving my husband with a funky scar on his eyebrow.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Halloween at the Atkins
Are you ready for Halloween? Haven seems to be...
Okay, this was too much fun to watch Haven do and not participate so I jumped in on the fun. Haven and I had a BLAST making these freaky pictures.
And then Kenny saw how much fun we were having and he also joined in the fun.
Aahhhh...good, wholesome family fun. Happy Halloween everyone!
Okay, this was too much fun to watch Haven do and not participate so I jumped in on the fun. Haven and I had a BLAST making these freaky pictures.
And then Kenny saw how much fun we were having and he also joined in the fun.
Aahhhh...good, wholesome family fun. Happy Halloween everyone!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Haven’s First Drum Performance
Haven has taken drum lessons for about a year now. When I signed him up for lessons I didn’t think he would stay interested this long but I am VERY VERY glad he continues to play because he is SOOOOOOO good!
Haven had his first drum performance today with 10 other students that take lessons from Haven’s teacher (Danny). We saw all levels of talent and a wide range in the ages of the students from 6 - 40 years old. Haven rocked the house! He played Black Dog written by Led Zeppelin. If you have ever listened to this song in detail, you will notice how hard the drum part is. The drums don’t go along with the rhythm of the guitar and the breaks between the choruses aren’t evenly timed so the drums are played in all these crazy ways. Haven played the song flawlessly. He did an awesome job!! Great job Haven!!! Keep up the good work and we’ll keep paying for lessons!
Haven had his first drum performance today with 10 other students that take lessons from Haven’s teacher (Danny). We saw all levels of talent and a wide range in the ages of the students from 6 - 40 years old. Haven rocked the house! He played Black Dog written by Led Zeppelin. If you have ever listened to this song in detail, you will notice how hard the drum part is. The drums don’t go along with the rhythm of the guitar and the breaks between the choruses aren’t evenly timed so the drums are played in all these crazy ways. Haven played the song flawlessly. He did an awesome job!! Great job Haven!!! Keep up the good work and we’ll keep paying for lessons!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
21 years later........
Katie's dad, Boyd, bought a radio control airplane in 1987 (I know this from a receipt). He spent time building, covering, installing, tuning, and...never flew it. Katie remembers him working a lot on it while Andy helped to get it ready for flight. I have been flying for about ten years now, and I know how to fly pretty well. Finally, after eight years, I got up the courage to ask Boyd if could buy the plane from him. I don't know the whole reason for him not flying this beautifully crafted plane, but 21 years later it finally came off the ground. I was shaking a little bit when it first took it off but after trimming it out so it would fly straight and level, it flew flawlessly. Here are a few pictures of the dusty airplane.
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