Beware of fences

When we first moved into our house, Johnathan started getting up at night (several times in the night) to get popsickles and stuff. We believed he was sleepwalking and didn't want him to tumble down the stairs.

In order to remedy this, we started putting up the gate at the top of the stairs so that he would bump in to it and then go back to bed. Well this trick worked really well - until yesterday.

Yesterday morning I was involved in an online meeting over the internet with some of my counterparts in Boston and India. It was about 6:15AM and I heard Aliece wake up and start stirring upstairs. I kept on with my meeting. After a few minutes I heard a huge crash and then tumlbing noises. The air was soon pierced with Aliece screaming.

I ran over to the stairs to see what had happened. Since the gate was up, Aliece was either trying to push it down or climb over it. In the process, the gate came down, sending Aliece down about 10 stairs.

Aliece was pretty sore all day long but we weren't sure if she had just pulled a muscle or if something were broken. We let it be all day yesterday and through the night. This morning we were checking her out and her one shoulder was lower than the other and there was some swelling on the one shoulder.

I worked from home and Amber took Aliece into the doctor's office at 10:00AM By about 2:00pm, they came home with this sling and a brace that is underneath Aliece's shirt (you really can't see it very well from the picture). It appears that in the fall, Aliece broke her collar bone.

She is going to have to wear the brace for about three weeks and the sling will be used as long as she is in a lot of pain.

Upcoming Events

(Amber writing) Thanks for the fun party last night -- it was so great to have Jen, Dave, Jake, Shan, Joe & Julie over for a nice evening of BBQ, conversation and beautiful weather. (Also, thanks for helping with our bed & swing set!) After you all left I realized that I forgot to let you know about some upcoming events for our family. Thursday evening at 6:30, Aylee has her spring choir concert - it is similar to the Christmas one, but with different music (of course). I have heard them perform all of their songs, and they are really quite good; they performed 2 weeks ago at Abravenal Hall in Salt Lake. And, Friday morning at 9:00 is Johnathan's kindergarten graduation. Both events will take place in the gym at Amelia Earhart Elementary School, and both should last no more than about a half an hour. I know that you are all busy with lots of things, but I just wanted you to know that you are all invited if you fel so inclined.

My Kids Browser Has Been Submitted!

Well, one of the 'big' steps was taken today. I went to Granite Distributing and demoed the software, My Kids Browser. It was supposed to be a 10 minute demo but ended up going over an hour. I sat at an oval shaped table with about 10 people sitting around me. I told them some recent statistics of pornography and internet predators attacking young children. I then demoed the program. They were very impressed! I believe that I could have sold each of them a copy of the browser while we were sitting there had I had more copies with me!

Granite Distributing distributes to Deseret Book, Seagull Book, etc. They told me that they will let me know in a couple of days if they have accepted my software (though I'm sure it will after the response I got). They told me that they'd like me to go along with their sales person to approach Deseret Book so that I may demo it for them and explain all that I explained today. If I charge $20 per browser, I will end up getting $8 per copy after DB and Granite take their cut.
It is important to note, however, that I do not make a penny until Deseret Book or other retailers actually purchase the browsers. And even then, the customers will be the deciding factor. The distributors told me (and they know their business) that it will soon be time to spend quite a bit of money on marketing. Up until now, I haven't had much out-of-pocket expense. That will be a small worry of mine.

Anyway, I thought I'd keep you all updated in the latest of My Kids Browser!

Happy Birthday Janae!

Nae! I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday today! Many your getting old. . . . . 21! Hope you enjoy your day and I'm excited to celebrate with you this weekend!

Love your BIG Sis!