Daddy Daughter Date

First, I have to laugh because when I was looking for a pic on the web of a BYU Basketball Game to use for this post I came across the one above. It is our bishop, and a close friend, in his basketball days at BYU. Now on to the fun story:

Yesterday at school Reagan's class was given two basketball tickets each for the BYU Basketball game. She came home so excited, saying that she got the tickets for her and her Dad because it was a 'boys basketball game'. She was bouncing up and down and couldn't contain herself.

I had to break the news to her that Matt had Young Men's last night and wouldn't be able to go. But, last minute, Young Men's was canceled since it was so close to Thanksgiving. Reagan pleaded for Matt to take her to the game, and being the ever amazing Dad he is, he said yes.

Reagan hasn't stopped talking about her fun date all day. She has told me stories of how Daddy spoiled her with her own huge pretzel, how they saw a lot of her friends from school, and how they even sat next to some neighbors without realizing who they were sitting next to at first. She had a blast and I know it really meant a lot to her, especially after last week, to get to feel so special.

Daddy's always say how they want their little boys, but I will tell you that daughters can tug at their Father's heartstrings in an unparalleled way!

Birthday Blues

Thursday Reagan turned seven years old. This is what I hope that she would tell you about her birthday if asked:

My Daddy took care of me and cuddled me all night. When my Mom came home from work she loved me and told me Happy Birthday. I spent the day with my family and got to pick any lunch I wanted. I picked a taco at Costa Vida with Tres Leches. Then I opened lots of cool presents and watched the new movies that I got for my birthday. We had pizza for dinner. Mom said that we got to celebrate my birthday the next day too with hers so we had my cake and Aunt Josalyn came to have fun with us in the afternoon.

This is what I remember:

I went to work as normal. We were having our monthly update meeting that day which means it is the busiest day for me work-wise all month. Matt called me at 8am, saying that Reagan was extremely sick, complaining about her side. He had made a Dr. appointment for her at 11:15. He would stay with the girls until I came home and go in late to work. I called the school and her normal morning ride and told them we were keeping Reagan home.

I came home shortly after 10:00 to find my birthday girl in agonizing pain. She had been up since 4am and couldn't walk. Matt was a lifesaver. He stayed home the rest of the day and took care of Brooklyn and Kenna while I rushed Reagan to the Dr.

Reagan had a fever of 103 when we arrived at the Dr. She told him that her tummy hurt and he asked her to show him where. She pointed to her back, on the side. The Dr. knew right away that it was her kidney. She has a history of bladder and urinary infections so this wasn't new- just the worst she has had.

About a month ago we did an ultrasound on her kidneys, but that came out clean. The next step is to go to Primary Childrens Hospital to see a urologist in six weeks. Anyway, that day the Dr. wanted to give her a shot and an IV for fluids. I asked if we could maybe not do all this on her birthday! So we started her on antibiotics and made an appointment to come back the following day, my birthday, to see if she needed to be hospitalized. Thankfully, her fever broke about 7pm and she is doing better. At the visit the next day she checked out great and didn't even have to get a shot.

The rest of her birthday she layed on the couch watching her movies. I had to cancel her bowling party. It is harder to cancel a party than to plan one! She didn't even want birthday cake because it hurt to eat. Poor little thing!

It was a crazy couple days. Reagan and I spent our birthdays at the exact place that we did seven years ago when she was born, at the Orem Community Hospital. It really did bring back a lot of memories and it was fun to talk about that special day with her. It wasn't the way we planned or even how we wanted, but I wouldn't have spent it with anyone else. Our little family stuck close together and roughed it out on two special days.

Eight years and going strong

Eight years ago I married my best friend. This past year was one of the hardest years for us as far as trials and hard times go, but those hard times only made Matt and I closer than ever. I am so lucky to be married to someone that I can talk to about anything and everything. Someone who cares about me and helps me to be the person that I want to be.

September was the busiest month of this year so far. Luckily, we celebrated our anniversary early because that night we barely fit a night out to dinner in our busy month. I am so happy that Matt still takes me on dates even after all these years. Here's to another year with the love of my life.