Prom "Escort"

On Monday April 29, Caleb was at school in theater class.  Jasmine was handing out little trinket things that said vote for her for prom queen.  Caleb's cousin Taylor is in that class too and she asked Jasmine if she was going to prom and if she had a date.  Jasmine told them that she didn't have a date.  Taylor decided that Caleb needed to escort jasmine to the dance because she could not goby herself!  She and Caleb made a sign asking her to go to prom with Caleb  and took it to one of Jasmine's classes.  Unbeknownst to Caleb's parents all of this was going on until Connor called at 10 to tell us that he had seen a sign about Caleb going to prom.  Since we didn't know anything that was going on at the school, when Connor called we assured him that Caleb was not going to prom.  I texted Miss Dalley, the theater teacher to find out what was going on and she said that yes Jasmine was nominated for prom queen, that she was going, that her mom was going to take her and that her mom had her a dress.  So we decided that Caleb was definitely going to prom and that he was going to be Jasmine's escort and not date since he is only 14.  I called Jasmine's mom that afternoon and told her what we wanted to do and if she was ok with it.  She was so surprised that we wanted to do that and was thrilled that we would offer.  We told her that w wanted to take Caleb and Jasmine to dinner before and at we would take them to the dance.  She bought the tickets and got the corsage and boutineer.  We had a week to figure the logistics and get Caleb all decked out.  It worked out really good because he was able to wear his  dad's black suit and we borrowed a silver/gray tie from the missionaries.  We drove down to Overton to her house that evening at 6 and took some pictures and then we drove them to Mesquite for dinner. There was a brand new Italian place that we had not been to and they took a reservation so we could make sure that we had a place to eat and get to the dance on time.  It was a nice place, a little expensive and quite the dining experience.  It took almost an hour and a half to eat!  After dinner we took them to the dance where mom was there waiting.  We chatted with her for a few minutes and watched all the kids arrive in their fancy clothes and then Don and I left.  

The dance was held Mesquite Ford dealership.  They emptied out the show room of the cars so there was room for the dance.  Don and I went to Walmart and then we were going to go home but we found out from a friend that they were going to crown the prom queen just a little later and I really wanted to go see if Jasmine won.  We got over there at 9:30 and they announced the winner a few minutes later.  Jasmine won!  I was so excited!  Her mom got to be there to watch them give her the crown and a big bunch of roses and then to dance the next dance with the prom king.  Don and I left soon after and Caleb stayed to boogie with rest of the night with Jasmine and then her mom brought them home around 11:45.  Caleb was a total gentleman and we were very proud of him for being kind and willing to go with Jasmine.  We had fun taking them.  

I Wear My Sunglasses.....

At the dentist!

Caleb had a cyst thing on the inside of his mouth that would not go away.  It was there for about 5 months. He would tell me about it at bedtime or when I was making dinner and couldn't do anything about it.  On Wednesday this week I finally remembered during normal business hours to call the dentist.  They told us to come in around 9 that morning.  I picked up Cayden from tutoring, took him to school and then picked up Caleb from school and went right to the dentist.  I thought they were just going to look at it and then reschedule a time for us to come have it removed or maybe even send us to an oral surgeon.  Nope, by the time I got the baby out of the car, Caleb was already in the chair and they were all ready to just cut it out!  He was not very thrilled about that especially because he told me he just wanted them to look at it and I told him that was all that they would probably do.  He wore his glasses because of the bright light that dentist has.  After a quick numbing shot and a quicker snip we were out of there and Caleb went back to school.  We were seriously in there for 12 minutes from the time we turned off the car to the time we got back in.  Caleb was a little worried because he had to do his monologue in Theater that morning but he really wasn't all that numb.  His biggest problem was the burrito covered in salsa that he tried to eat after school!

On another sunglasses related note-Caleb got disqualified at his second to last track meet for wearing his glasses while competing.  He learned about the DQ the NEXT day when his coach told him about it.  He said that was the rule at all the meets but he didn't know that until AFTER that second to last one.  Um, so maybe that would have been nice to know earlier in the season.  His coach told him that if did track again he would need a note from the doctor for them to let his wear his glasses while competing.

Caleb's Play

On Wednesday, October 26, Caleb played Igor in a school play for Drama Club.  He has been staying after every Wednesday to practice.  He was very funny and did a great job.

Caleb's Baby

The week after Kyle was born Caleb started a flour sack baby project for his Health class.  He printed off a picture of Kyle and taped it to the flour sack.  Then he put some baby clothes on the "baby".  He named the baby Kyle Jr. and called him KJ.  He made a birth certificate and put that the mother was Megan Fox and that the baby was born in the back of an SUV.  There had been a story on the news just the night before of that happening.  He did really well the first 2 days but when he had to haul the baby all around school all day long it got a little old.  He had to take care of the baby for a week and if he could not do it he had to ask someone else to do it.  One of the days he took the baby to school in a backpack carrier.  Luckily he did not get twins like one of the girls in his class did. 

Week in Review 8/21-8/28

Sunday, August 21  We all made it to church I think but I only made it through Sacrament meeting. Cayden was  pretty low and we had to give him a juice before Primary.  Don took me home and then ended  up bringing Cayden home an hour later because he was still feeling low and we did not have another juice at church.  Sundays are usually pretty relaxing but that night Don, Connor and Caleb went to help Grandpa wax the floor at Wally's.  They could not get in there until after 9 when they close and they were there until about midnight.  Lucky for them it was all you could drink soda from the soda machine.

33.4 weeks. Right before church.

Monday, August 22  I can't remember much about Monday other than everyone slept in from the late night working and Caleb had football practice.

Tuesday, August 23  Don, Cayden and I went up to Mesquite to meet with Cayden's teacher for the new school year who just happens to be the husband of one of my very good friends.  We went to Sushi Masa where Don, Serena and Bryan ate tons of sushi and Cayden and I stuck to the teriyaki beef and chicken.  We talked about Cayden's diabetes and his IEP so that his teacher would be all ready for him when school started.  After lunch we went to Walmart for some shopping.  Caleb went to the Mesquite pool and Rec. Center with some friends. Connor had wanted to go the high school Freshman Orientation but we were running a little late and Connor was a little anxious about going anyway.  It ended up working out much better with him not going because most of the teachers were not there and his Special Ed teacher Travis was not there either.  We did not find out about them not being there until the next day so it was just as well we did not rush home to get him up there.  Tuesday evening Caleb had football practice.  About 45 minutes into it we got a call saying that he maybe had broken his hand during a play.  Don went up there and talked to the trainer-actually the highs school teams trainer who happened to be up there-and he had it wrapped and said that it probably needed an X-ray.  When he got home it was pretty swollen and he was in quite a bit of pain.  We decided that we did not need to rush to the ER so I tried to call our valley doc and leave a message that we needed to get in first thing on Wednesday but wouldn't you know it-he was out for the rest of the week.

The splint from the trainer.

Wednesday, August 23  I had my doctor appointment Wednesday morning at 10:20 so we loaded up Caleb and Cayden and just took them to Vegas with us so that after my doctor we could find an Urgent Care and get and X-ray for Caleb's hand.  My appointment went good and Caleb and Cayden were able to hear the baby's heartbeat.  I only gained 2 pounds and I was dialated to only a 1.  Not bad for not seeing my doctor for 3 weeks.  He had gone the week before to Hawaii to take his son to school.  After we left his office we found an Urgent Care down the street.  We were there for almost 2 hours.  It took just about 1 hour just to get back to see the doctor and then we had to wait, then do the X-ray , then wait for the results, then wait for them to wrap Caleb's hand.  The good news was that the hand was not broken only badly bruised and swollen-the bad news was that he was not going to be able to play football for atleast 5 days.  When the trainer told us he thought it might be broken he said that once there was a hard cast on it, he could wrap it in some foam and Caleb could play but since it was not broken they only put a splint underneath the hand to stabilize it and then wrapped it in an ace bandage.  There was not enough protection on the top of the hand where it was hurt to protect it so he could not play.  He was pretty bummed because Saturday night was Midnight Madness where all the teams in their league played 20 minutes scrimmages with each other as a precursor to the game schedule.  I took my camera with me to take pictures at the Urgent Care but the battery was dead.  I tried to charge it overnight but it never charged up.  After our doctor visits we went to Wendy's and headed home.  Don took Caleb to football practice and talked to the coaches about his hand.  He did the running and some of the drills that did not involve hitting.   Then Caleb had mutual where they worked on their Emergency Preparedness merit badge.  Also we came home to a clean house because my lovely cleaning girls came while we were in Vegas. 


Thursday, August 24  Caleb had football at 9:30 in the morning because of the Middle School Open House that night.  Don and I took Connor up to the high school to meet with the nurses and go through his schedule so he could see where his classes were and meet his teachers.  We were there for about an hour and half taking a tour and talking to the nurses about his diabetes.  I think this really helped Connor feel more comfortable about being  up at the high school.  Plus he had spent a few days a week during the month of July up there helping his S.E. teacher Travis with the summer school program.  After the high school we took Cayden to his school to meet with the nurses there and talk about his diabetes care for school.  I was pretty discouraged to hear that the only person who could do his shot up at the school during the day was the actual nurse and not the nurse assistant.  The nurse covers 3 schools and is only at Cayden's school on Monday and Tuesday so this definitely presented a problem.  Either Don, me or grandma would have to go up there every day the nurse was not there or Cayden would have to learn to do it himself.  So over the next 3 days we had a crash course in diabetes management for Cayden since we had been doing it all for him.  He did great and learned really quickly to check his blood sugar and give himself a shot in the belly.  We still add up the carbs and decide how much he needs but he draws it up and gives it to himself.  That is quite a relief because it would be increasingly difficult to go up to his school every day  at 12 especially when the baby comes.  It amazes me how we never know how our prayers are going to be answered but they do.  We have been praying for a long time for Cayden to start  being more independent and self-sufficient.  Diabetes is not in anyway what we had in mind but it sure has jumpstarted the independence part.  After we met with the nurses we went to see Cayden's classroom and teacher and then went to lunch at Inside Scoop.  Later that evening Don took Caleb to Mesquite to see Planet of the Apes and get sushi for them and pizza for me and Cayden.

Friday, August 25  Again nothing but football for Caleb although I did want to go to St. George but was too tired because of the busy day we had on Thursday.

Saturday, August26  Connor went to Pioche with Grandma and Grandpa forr Aunt Dawna's 60th birthday party.  Due to the closeness of this baby's arrival the rest of us did not go.  Instead we went to St. George for some last minute school stuff, a tasty lunch at Olive Garden, a hair cut for Cayden, a jaunt into Best Buy for a new camera battery to see if it would work versus buying a whole new camera, and a "last weekend of summer hurrah" at Jumpin' Jacks, a big warehouse place full of all kinds of bouncehouses.  Cayden was not very excited to actually do the jumping-he thought it was going to be a place with trampolines.  It was pretty hot inside the building but Don and Caleb had fun running around and jumping and sliding.  I sat on the couch and read my book and tried everything this side of death threats to get Cayden to go play but he would not do it.  After Jumpin' Jacks we went to Old Navy, Big 5, Target and then to Cold Stone for a treat. 

Another Teenager

Yes, 7+6=13

Caleb turned 13 on Tuesday June 21.  After a physical at the doctor for scout camp, Don took him to Mesquite to the movies and Sushi and let him pick out a few presents at Walmart.  We were going to get him a bike but we told him that was what we were going to do if he wanted or else he could pick out something else.  At first he wanted the bike so Don drove the Suburban up there but then when they got there he decided that he wanted and XBox Live hookup and he bought some games with some of his birthday money.  Since we bought the big TV in March and put it out front and were able to move the other TV back to our room, the older 35 inch JVC has been on the floor of the living room.  Caleb has commandeered it and plays XBox on it because the other 4 TV's in the house are not enough.  Caleb wanted to see Green Lantern and then they went to Walmart and then Sushi Masa for some tasty sushi rolls.  When they got home we had cake and let Caleb "open" his presents.  By open I mean take them out of the shopping bags that they came in because I hate wrapping presents and besides I am saving the environment. 

A Locker Full

 Caleb had to empty his locker the week before school got out.  He called me and asked me to bring him a garbage bag and I told him to got to the office and get some grocery bags.  He needed 2 that he had filled with lunch boxes, sweaters, jackets, shirts, a baseball mitt and his PE clothes.

7th Grade Awards

I did not get pictures of this either because I am just that kind of awesome mom but on Thursday May 26 there was an awards assembly for the 7th graders.  I got an email saying that it was happening but Caleb did not think he was getting anything and the email said that not all students would receive awards.  That was the same day that we had all the medical issues so I did not make it down for the assembly.  Caleb brought home 3 awards: 230 Accelerated Reader points, Best Actor and Best Attendance for 4th quarter.  That last one we found super amusing because there must have been lots of kids with worse attendance than him and he had alot we thought. Way to go Caleb!! 

Another Actor in the Family

Caleb has taken drama this year in 7th grade and this week they put on their play that they have been working on.  There were actually 2 short plays because the teacher has 2 classes of drama.  Caleb was in the second play called "Aunt Maggity's Dark and Stormy Night".  He played the old butler named Humphries who pushed the lady of the house around in her wheelchair-while she kept the brake on.  Caleb did a great job and was perfect for the part.  He actually was one of the better actors and I am not just saying that because he is my son.  He had great facial expressions and inflection in his voice and he was the funniest one up there.  Cody has some competition now!  Keeping with tradition he got a balloon and a bag Starbursts for being a superstar!

Zombie Child

Missoula Children's Theater Group came to Caleb's theater class on March 17 to teach the kids about theater and makeup.  Caleb got chosen to be he zombie guinea pig.  He was thrilled.
Caleb has also been on a few field trips recently-one out to Valley of Fire and another to the Titanic exhibit in Las Vegas at the Luxor.  There was a write up in the local paper about the Valley of Fire trip.  He went to a birthday party in Mesquite to the roller rink and to the movies with his friends during spring break.  He also went on a winter camp out with his scout troop to Cedar City.  They camped in tents and then went tubing the next day.  He said that this time he did not get too cold.  The previous camp out was in November here and they all about froze their booties off.  At that camp out they were so cold alot of them did not sleep but this time we packed him up with 2 sleeping bags and snow pants and thermals and he said he was toasty warm.  Caleb has also been working in the  lunch room at school. He wanted to because of the free ice cream on Fridays and the free lunch the rest of the time.

Caleb and His Creativity

Caleb spent probably an hour and 24 pictures making a stop-motion movie on my camera with 2 plastic bugs.  I spared you the misery of seeing each picture.  Maybe one day he will get rich and buy me a new camera.