Melted Cables - Cascade Springs - Abbyisms

Have you ever seen jumper cables melt? Neither had I until yesterday. I went to the temple in the morning then came home and jumped the Corolla. The battery was dead because Daddy lets you kids play in the car, even though Mommy is against it. You must have left the lights on or the radio or something so next time we tried to move it, it wouldn’t start.

Since the battery was completely dead, I hooked up the cables and decided to let it run for a few minutes. I came inside and ate a bowl of cereal then went back outside. The cables were smoking and the coating was dripping off. I tried to grab the handles, but they were burning hot. I used a plastic bag as insulation. The good news is there was no damage to the electrical system – the bad news is I melted the left fender on the truck. Fortunately, I didn’t damage the body and I’m hoping that the fender, since it’s plastic, will be easy to replace. Just the same, I decided that I’m not old enough to own a vehicle.

I did get the Corolla started and took it to Ballistic Paintball where I bought a new mask – one with thermal lenses so they won’t fog up. The problem is, I’m so full of hot air.

We took a family trip up to Cascade Springs. I have never driven up the right fork of American Fork canyon before. It’s a nice drive, but Melinda was getting sick, and though I didn’t know it at the time, so was Abby. I was feeling it a little, and I know for sure that I would have gotten sick if I hadn’t been driving. Once we reached the top, I pulled over at an overlook and looked back at Abby who had the throw up face on. She spit up crackers and cheese. Most of the pictures from that day show her in Alex’s overalls, and without a shirt. I sprinted around the truck and puller her and the car seat out so the smell didn’t saturate the truck. Abby must have inherited the Lazear car sickness genes. This is the second or third time she has thrown up just because we were driving.

The Springs were beautiful. Unfortunately, there had been a fire there a year or two ago, so what otherwise would have been nice foliage was just burned, naked trees.

You kids had a great time looking at the water, and the fish. You were good troopers as we walked all around the springs. Once we got back into the truck we drove down the canyon on the other side to Midway. Both of the kids fell asleep.

When we got to Bridal veil falls we woke the kids up and let them play in the water, which was very cold. They played around the a bit. Alex searched out and threw the biggest rocks he could find. I was afraid that he was going to throw one on his foot. He took his shirt and his shorts off, but didn’t really like to get in the water. He sat on a dry rock and he searched for other rocks to throw. Abby did the same, but was a little more mobile. We were debating about whether or not to climb up to the falls. It was Abby that made the decision for us because she kept asking to go. The hike was really pretty rugged, but even a groomed trail, just rocks and drop offs. The kids did a great job. Melinda had a rough time though, because she was wearing flip flops, and she was pregnant. I was really glad we hiked up though – it’s one of those things that we could have easily talked ourselves out of, but didn’t and now we have good memories in exchange.

Alex did a lot of grunting and man sounds as he was climbing. He likes to jump and over exaggerate actions like all boys do, just to make it more exciting.

Alex is still a messy eater. Abby rarely gets a drop of food on her. Alex usually wakes up at first and is in good spirits. Abby likes to roll over and hide under the covers when you try and wake her up.

Here are some Abbyisms’s

Don’t spank my ‘boom’

“Grabage” for Garabage

She gets ‘to’ ‘for’ and ‘of’ mixed up
Will you take a picture to me
I’m going for school
Is this to me?

‘My bruder’ for my brother

In one of Abby’s prayers she said, “Thank you we can go to bed and get nice and warm.”

I took Abby and Alex over to Dewey Bluthe park and met Rachel there with her kids. The kids have a good time playing together. Rachel brought some scones that she made. Abby and Kyah were playing house. At one point Kyah was trying to breastfeed Abby.

I would write how Alex talks but it’s more sounds instead of words so I don’t know how to spell what he says. He is talking well and he keeps getting better. Melinda and I are still the ones who can understand him the best, but he’s learning just fine.

Lately they love watching ‘The Jetsons’s.” Alex says that he wants to watch “George”. Abby sings about “Cosmic Cosmo” which is the rock star ‘dreamboat’ of the movie. They both love to go on walks. Abby likes to say, “Let’s go on a little walk”.

Alex likes to argue with us about who is the boss. He likes to tell us what to do, or what not to do. If we tell him, “I’m the boss”, he says, “No, I’m the boss.” He is very adamant. He likes to run away from you if you want to change his diaper, or get him dressed. Melinda makes me handle him because it usually ends up being a full on wrestling match.