Teenage Driver

It's official - Tyler passed his road test yesterday and got his license. He received a paper copy yesterday and the hard copy should arrive in a couple of weeks. Kirsten and Marshall were kind and let him have their Saturn so now we have to get it registered and insured and he is ready to go. I got out of class early last night and called to see where Tyler was. My father had let him borrow their car and Tyler had driven over to Shayla's house. Her brother took them to the library. He isn't allowed to drive other passengers, other than family, for six months.

Carving Pumpkins

They were some thick pumpkins. Ty had to get a long knife to cut through it but did a good job. They are out on the balcony with candles in them and look great. He had to change designs because some of them had a lot of small cuts and it was too difficult with the thickness of the pumpkins.

Pumpkin Patch

Monday after going to the doctor we stopped at Walmart to do some shopping and looked at pumpkins but didn't see any that we liked. Plus they didn't have any stems. We called my mom to see if she wanted to join us for lunch and then go get some pumpkins at the nursery on Geneva Road. I had wanted to do it on Saturday but there is never enough time. They had a ton of pumpkins to choose from and we of course went for some of the larger ones. I love Halloween!

Band Concert

Don't know why getting a gray bar in my pictures. Ty is in the middle.

Monday night was Tyler's band concert. He plays the clarinet, which he started playing in 7th grade. It was their Halloween concert so all the students were to dress up in costumes. Tyler borrowed his grandfather's military uniform and it fit quite well. I think Tyler was more excited wearing it than playing in the concert.

First Date

Tyler went on his first official double date on Saturday. He has taken girls to school dances but not on a date. He asked a girl named Shayla who goes to Orem High School. Don't ask me how he know all these girls from every high school in Provo/Orem. His cousin Austin Skousen called him and asked if he wanted to double. Austin is Trudy Hansen's son. They went to Panda Express for dinner and then to Thanksgiving Point. They played lazer tag and went through the David Archuletta corn maze and the haunted maze. The girls wanted to have a contest to see who could get through the corn maze faster, the boy or them. Well, the boys won getting through the maze really quickly, in just minutes. They called the girls who immediately thought they had cheated. The girls had cheated and were still inside. They all seemed to have a lot of fun.

Happy Birthday Kate

Saturday was Kate's birthday and we celebrated the day stuffing ourselves with pizza and cake, which unfortunately Kate isn't able to have any of. Kristina's friend Denise came and also Scott's father. Tyler couldn't make it because he was going on his first official double date. Kate got lots of new clothes for her birthday. Noelle Lind gave her a bracelet with the initial "K" on it which fit Kate's arm perfectly.

Happy Birthday Kate!

Tyler Update

Tyler was having chest pains again over the weekend. Monday I took him back to the doctor who wanted to see him while he was having chest pains. The doctor came in and began reading over his notes and deciding what further tests to run. All of the other tests have come back normal. My mom took Tyler to the chiropractor. He thought it was Ty's ribs. Well, I told our family doctor what the chiropractor had said and the end result: He doesn't believe in chiropratic medicine but if we feel it is helping continue with it and then took the chiropractor's diagnosis. I guess it is good we stopped now before the doctor ran $10,000 in tests for nothing. Now just taking Tyler to the chiropractor. The family doctor wanted to recommend physical therapy but I have tried physical therapy before and it didn't help. First, the therapist doesn't even work with you. It is a bunch of students. Second, they don't think you are really in any pain. Third, I told him I was starting to get migraines and he didn't do a thing about it. After my second accident I went to the chiropractor and he was so much better. I could actually feel a difference. Never going back to physical therapy.