Sheri's Lake Powell 2009 Muvee

Terry's Lake Powell 2009 Muvee

First Day of School......Finally!

Jantzyn has been waiting for this day all summer long. It's finally here.....Her 1st day of Kindergarten. Last Thursday when the girls all got to go she was disappointed that she wasn't going with them. But she made it through the weekend (each day was too long for her) and today was the big day.

Jantzyn's back pack is as big as she is. I wonder if she'll fall over when she gets her papers in it?

Jantzyn waiting in line for the bus.

My baby getting on the BIG bus. I can't believe she is going off to school already. Time does fly.

Here's pictures of everyone on their first day of school.
Jantzyn the big K

Her favorite thing about the first day was "Playing on the play ground".

Jaicleyn 3rd grade. Her favorite part of her first day was that the teacher gave them all water bottles and cookies.

Jorrin 7th grade. She said she liked all her teachers (one has already given her a nickname J-Lo) and seeing her friends.

Jadyn 9th grade Freshman. She hating have to wear a skirt on the first day (the soccer team had a home game and they wear dresses on those days), but was excited to see her friends and start seminary.

You've Come A Long Way JayB!

Congratulations Jadyn! Your years of hard work have paid off!

The newest Warrior

The 2009 Snow Canyon High Girls Soccer Team

To see their schedule and follow along with them through the season click here or the link at the side of the page ------>

Creepy Crawley's....Ouch!!!

At about 1:20 last night I felt something crawl on my right arm and a few seconds later a biting feeling (like something was knawing) on my upper left arm. I sat up fast and thought I was dreaming but then Terry asked if I felt like something was crawling on me. When I said yes, he said he had felt something too. So we jumped out bed and started shaking all the covers and blankets, we moved the bed out, and finally I shook my pillow and out crawled what looked almost exactly like the picture below. I started screaming and freaking out because I knew by that time it had bit me and that they are poisonous. Terry put it in a plastic container incase we needed to take it to the hosptial or something.
I immediately called poision control. They lady (Kathy she is on a first name bases with me now) told me that usually in United States the most worry is from secondary infection. That its usually in other countries that your skin will fall off. That didn't make me feel any better. She told me I needed to wash it with soap and water put ice packs on for the pain and take tylenol or ibuprofen. She asked if I have ever been allergic to bug bites and I told her no. She said she would call back in an hour to make sure I was ok.
In the meantime Terry and I went to look up any info we could find on the internet. Im not so sure that was a good idea, one site had stories of people who had been bitten. They all made it sound horrible. Also by this time my arm was starting to shoot pain up and down and throb. I started icing my arm and it burned.
After making it worse by looking at the internet Terry and I finally went to lay back in bed and wait for Kathy's call. My arm kept shooting pain and throbing. At 2:30 she called and asked it was having any allergic reaction. I told her no but my arm was killing me. She told me it should be subsiding and she would call back in a couple of days to see how I am doing.
I think I finally fell asleep (after having anxiety, which is one of the symptoms from the internet) at 3:30 and dreamed all night about bugs!
This morning my arm is still throbing and very sore, but the site where it bit me isn't swollen, or blistering (which were also suppposed to be symptoms from the internet) infact I don't even feel a bump. Hopefully this is all that happens and my skin doesn't fall off. I am also thankful I stepped on that rake and have had a tetnus shot within the last year. (The internet said to have one).
I still get the shivers every time I think about it crawling on me. I am glad that it was me and not one of the girls though.

Side note.....The whole time we were looking Terry thought I had been bit by a scorpion so he was relieved when he saw the centipede crawl out. I guess a scorpion would have been worse.

Another side note....The girls slept through everything. And I was full on screaming!