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Had our ultrasound on Monday. We were anxious to know what we are having and so we had hoped they would be able to tell. All of us really wanted a boy, except for Kylie who really wanted a girl. Obviously, we are happy with anything, as long as it is healthy and growing well. We found out it was a boy! Not a lot of great pictures. He wasn't into cooperating at all. But at least we found that everything looks good and normal. He is already 15 ounces and about 10 inches long. We're excited! Of course, we can't agree on any names, so if you have any great suggestions, let us know. Otherwise his name will be Indiana - what the kids are already calling him!

Go Cougars!

Saturday was a fun day. We woke up at an insane hour of 5 a.m. and got ready. We woke up the girls and drove them to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the day and then took Tyler and were on our way to Provo Utah. Allen's sister was very kind and gave us tickets for the BYU vs. UNLV game. We got to Provo around 11 a.m. and after just a little bit of wandering around went to find our seats. They were really great seats on the west side and not too far up - thankfully - it was easy to climb to.

The game was frustrating. Expectations were high. So each team took turns scoring. We knew whoever had the ball last would be the ones to win, because of how it went. We were happy it was the cougs that won.

Allen made two friend! :) There was a guy sitting in front of us who was really getting on my nerves. Talk about A.D.D. Every few seconds he would just stand up and clap and cheer. Which I know, great spirit...blah blah blah. But it was really annoying. Anyway, he liked talking to Allen and what he thought of everything. At the end of the game, he even gave Allen a high five! The other guy was sitting next to me for the first half of the game. He loved talking to Allen also.

One part that Ty remembers the most is Allen boo-ing the UNLV coach. The coach really was a punk. He was getting into the ref's face even before the game started. He wouldn't stay on the sidelines, but was constantly on the field. At one point the crowd was really screaming at him to get off the field and calling him a loser, etc. Our section was also into yelling at him. Allen has a loud voice and got up and called him an idiot and told him to get off the field. Somebody down in front screamed "yeah, what he said!"

Tyler has also decided that he wants to play tackle football. It is all he is talking about right now. I guess we'll see. I don't think he realizes how painful it will be.

Anyway, we did well on timing and got back around 8:30 p.m. We were all in bed by 9:30 p.m. It was a fun day and nice to get away for just a bit.

IV Therapy

Not a very fun week it has been for me. I was in bed for nearly 3 days with horrible pain. I called the Dr and they had me come in on Tuesday. They decided to test for kidney stones...came back negative. They did find however that I was dehydrated. I don't think that is the complete problem, but they put an IV in me and gave me two bags of fluid. As the second one was near empty, I got up to try and find a nurse. Then it just emptied - there was nothing there. I finally got a nurse and I went to go back in the room. I found out the reason why they don't let those bags get fully empty. I looked down and there was a lot of blood that was being sucked into the tubing - coming out. I just don't do well with needles, but especially blood. I nearly passed out as they took the tubing off and I could feel the blood gushing and going everywhere. Yucky! They decided to leave the IV part in my arm and told me to come back today.

What an amazing husband I have. Every 4 hours he had to shoot saline solution into the catheter in my arm. So gross. How amazing for him to do that. Words cannot describe how wonderful he has been these last few months! He has done most of the cooking, laundry and heavy duty cleaning, while taking care of me and the kids, and working full time. Everyone asks how I got through twins. I don't think it would have been possible without such a great spouse who just helps where needed!

I went back to the Dr today and they made me promise to try this new anti-nausea medicine. I promised - otherwise they were going to leave that thing in my arm. Kylie was really cute. She kept wanting to hold my hand to make me feel better because dad wasn't there to do it. I thought that was really cute. McKenna just gagged. I guess we know who takes after who!

All is well now. I did however decide to two things: (1) I am never going to go back to the Dr again until this little person comes out and (2) I would never make a good drug addict. I don't care how great the drug is- if you have to shoot up - I would never ever do it!

District Champs!

We had the opportunity to drive to Rupert Idaho and attend our nephews last home football game. It was homecoming and they were playing against Jerome who for whatever reason that I am not quite sure of, was ranked number 5. It seemed like a tough game at first - but Minico easily pulled away. All six touchdowns were scored by Skylar "Poke" Morgan - our nephew. It was a great game and he is phenomenal to watch. Thanks for letting us come!

By the way, I am still figuring out this blogging thing. But the first picture is the team coming out of the giant football helmet. The second is our nephew, number 6. The third is of Tyler, McKenna and Kylie before the game started. The fourth is McKenna and Kylie at the end.

Happy Birthday Tyler!

I know everyone always says, enjoy them when they are young because before you know it, they will be grown and gone. I guess I just can't believe 8 years have really flown by. Tyler is such a great kid and a huge blessing to us - we can't wait to see what the next 8 years bring!

Ty had a great birthday. We went to Riot Zone for his birthday - and while it totally isn't worth the money - we could get so much more out of lagoon - it was still fun and we managed to get a few great pictures.

Tyler was ruthless in the bumper boats. He loved crashing into everyone and getting us all soaking wet. It worked for me because Kylie was with me in my boat - but poor dad had McKenna and she was very upset that she got wet. Which was a litle surprising coming from her. He even went after Grandpa Blake who was just trying to stay out of everyone's way!
He got some great presents. He loves building and creating and loves legos. He got a huge container of nothing but legos - including a bunch of star wars ones.

He did get his own set of scriptures with his name on them. On Sunday he and the girls were playing "church." He had them sit down like they were in a classroom and he read them scriptures for many hours on Sunday. Kind of funny.

The funniest part for us was a long time ago we promised him we would get him a new bike if he learned how to ride one. Of course he learned to ride one in 5 days and so we got him a bike for his birthday. All week he kept reminding us that we told him we would get him one and I think he was getting concerned that he didn't ever see one. The morning that we celebrated his birthday he again was asking about it. I didn't flat out lie to him, but I led him to believe that we didn't get him one and instead got him other important things that he needed. He was so disappointed. Apparently he even told his Grandma and Grandpa that we didn't get him one. We snuck the bike in the garage and made him take out his garbage and it took him a while to see it, but he finally saw his bike. Kind of funny.

All in all, it was a great birthday. He is really looking forward to his baptism on November 1st. That's the bummer of having a birthday right before General Conference!