riley.

I’m getting a lot of questions on how Riley is doing so I figured I would update everyone through my blog. As most of you know, he was moved from the Brigham City hospital down to Primary Children’s last week so it’s helpful that he’s now in such a child centered environment. His kidneys are definitely functioning better than when they first arrived. At this point, his blood count is high so they’re watching for infection with hopes of doing a CAT scan as soon as his kidneys can handle it.

Yesterday he had a visit from a therapy dog named Jazzi which he really enjoyed. And today he got his staples removed – all 25 of them! Still no word on when he’ll be able to go home. He needs to be able to keep solids down.

Riley has a CarePage where my sister is posting updates so feel free to check it out. All I can say is that my nephew is the bravest kid I know. He’s been through a lot these last couple of weeks and has handled it all better than most adults would. He definitely deserves all the soda and lemon-berry slushes he wants when this is finally over!

hello down there.

How great is this? Each letter is a building somewhere in the world, viewed from above using Google Maps. Try it out here.

In honor of Earth Day, I watered Cactus Succulent just a little longer than usual and I also have plans to recycle as soon as I get home. Ya know, just doin' my part :)

sun - fri.

Hey, it's been a pretty good week. Why? I'll tell you.

• General Conference followed by Hawaiian Haystacks for Sunday dinner.
• My longest run ever on Monday {This deserves an exclamation point because it was done on a treadmill and was horribly boring. So .... !}
• Found a great new song: Just Say the Word by Josh Kelley. iTunes has the acoustic version which I think is the better one.
• Tuesday's display of Beau's wide variety of unusual facial expressions.
• Wednesday's white-out explosion at work.
• Made dinner two nights in a row. That's right - TWO. Which is big considering my weekday dinner generally consists soup, Raisin Bran, or Kathleen's uneaten leftovers from the weekend before.
• Accidentally putting my lock on the wrong locker at the gym, thereby locking up someone else's jacket and bag. Luckily the gym staff recognized the lock as mine and let me know so I could just move it instead of them cutting it off.
• Celebrated a birthday at Chili's on Thursday and at the last minute remembered that I had a gift certificate. Forgotten gift certificates are almost as good as finding money in the pocket of an old coat. Depending on the amount, of course.
• These two cards that I found on this blog compliments of iMatt. Pretty good site full of funny stuff

• Ordering tamales from Victor's Tires in honor of Friday. Except they got part of our order mixed up and I ended up with hot hot hot sauce which nearly burned my tongue off. But I made it through like a champ.
• I can see the sun today so I wore capris.
• Riley lost another tooth! Good thing the Tooth Fairy is going to bring him $50, right Jen?

• And last, but certainly not least, this commercial:

nkotb .... part II?

Then ... and now. Could it be true? Or is this another post-April Fools Day joke like Brother Dogg?

I once sported New Kids on the Block bedsheets. Think I'll check out their new music before making that type of commitment this time around.

Hang tough, everyone.

i heart cake.

Couldn’t help but laugh at this advertisement I saw on the sidebar of a website: "Tickle the fat kid till he barfs! {And win 2 free iPod Nanos}"

To help get you in the spirit, the cursor turns into a tickling feather when you run the mouse over it. I feel bad for the poor little guy sportin’ his trendy mohawk and I heart Cake t-shirt. And the depressed look on his face hardly makes me want to tickle him until he barfs all over. But on the other side of it ... 2 Nanos? Tempting.

And no, I didn’t tickle him. The page refreshed before I had the chance.

brother dogg.

I agree with Erin on this one - think of the potential firesides*.
http://cnnentertainment.co.nr/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/01

i take it back.

I should have known - never tell Vanessa that a girl can't do something.

Very chic, Vaness. Love it!