Well...

I have officially become too too too busy. Only when looking through my pictures of things I thought would be cute to post, do I remember I have a blog to update. So here is a weird mismatch of a few things.

Landon, my natural soccer player who says, "Soccer is the second most important thing in my life." I said, "Landon, what's the first?"

"My family." What a sweet sweet boy.

Here's where it gets a little weird. Have you ever seen a stick bug? Well, I haven't, and while it isn't quite that exciting, I really was amazed (as were my children) at this little guy who hung out on our house for a day or two.

Ok, Imagine this...I walk into school to talk to Hailey who is going to play at a friend's house after school. I look at her and am sincerely worried she has recently had a stroke. Look at her face. I ask her what she's eating to which she replies, "nothing" and opens her mouth. Her entire mouth and face are swollen and her eye and nose on one side is starting to get puffy and even turn red. I ask if she hurts and she says yes, that her gums hurt. I immediately go home and start calling every dentist I know (thankfully there are about a hundred in the ward family) I get her in only to discover she has such a terrible abscess that a molar needs to be PULLED! Holy crud, this girl hasn't even ever had a cavity and now they're talking gas and needles and pliers. This poor girl screamed like crazy and walked out like a champ a few hours later with her tooth in a little box and a prescription for antibiotics. Thank goodness for smart dentists. I can't even imagine if I hadn't happened to go into the school that day and talk to her at lunch time. It was a Friday afternoon...what if I hadn't seen it till she got home and had to wait until Monday...Yikes. It's so scary I don't even like to think about it. This picture is right after all the trauma of the dentists office.

Abby's trip to the pumpkin patch went off without a hitch. I didn't even get lost this year, and Dad was able to go with us. Thanks Dad!