Canning!

Last week I was super busy trying to can two boxes of delicious Bartlett pears. It was a lot of work, but I really enjoyed it. There is some sense of satisfaction for me in knowing that I did it. I don't have a lot of experience canning, and this was my first time doing pears, but I am happy with my results. Angie I wish you were here and we could have had a blast together. Grandma, I know these don't look as pretty as yours, but I hope they are just as tasty! Thanks for your tips!I ended up making 34 quarts of pears and 12 pints of delicious pear syrup! I got the recipe online at http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/407/Recipe.cfm

For my canned pears I tried using honey instead of sugar for some of them. I haven't tasted them yet, but I hope they will be good. I am sure I will like them because I love honey. I made peach jam a month ago and used apple juice and honey instead of sugar and it turned out wonderfully! Honey is healthier than sugar, and usually replaces it quite well in most recipes(even in zucchini bread)! Thanks Becky for getting me into honey!

Anyway, now that is finished I can get back to my normal routine. I spent 13 or 14 hours last week canning! I am glad it is over, but I honestly had fun doing it! I love fall and I love to be in the kitchen cooking! If you have any good recipes, please send them my way. I am going to start posting some of the new ones I try that I like. Happy Cooking!

Our New Truck!

The kids fixed to the DVD player watching "The Prince of Egypt," on our way up to Mt. Charleston for a fun Sunday drive. Having a little snack and play time in the back of the truck in the mountains. This is now the kids favorite place to play when dad is home. "Mom, can we please go play in the back of dad's truck?!" They are so cute!

OK Adam has always said, "If we had a truck then we could do this, or go there..." meaning, go anywhere we want or do anything we want outdoors. Our van kind of limits our off road experience and towing abilities. So, his dream finally came true. He casually looks once in awhile, so Saturday we decided to just stop at the Toyota dealership and see what they had. We really had no intentions of buying, you know, window shopping... Well, the Toyotas are super nice and were our top pick, but they are a little pricey. They had this 2005 Ford F-150 and it is really nice, lots of extras and they ended up giving us a great deal. We were at the dealership for 5 hours before we decided for sure if we were going to get it, I think that is part of the reason they kept moving the price down for us. Hey, it pays to be unsure! (sometimes). We are glad we bought it. It is really nice, leather, and a DVD system which is of course the kids favorite accessory. We were a little sad to see them drive our Camry away, it is funny how you get attached to your cars, but don't realize it until it is gone. We are certainly very happy with our new truck though, especially Adam. He comes home everyday and says, "I love my truck!" He promised me that the next time we get a new car, it will be mine! Yeah! I do love my van though and am very happy with it. Ammon and Lily always want to ride in the truck when we go anywhere as a family. Can you guess why? Yep, the DVD player. Ammon said yesterday, "Mom, I think it is better for us to drive in the truck because then we don't make a peep and then we don't bother you while you drive." Yes, it is true, but no, we still take the van when we are without daddy. Ammon is a good little persuader. You should listen to him try to get Lily to do what he wants. It is pretty hilarious. He is only six and he already can do that?! OK, so we have a truck, we love it, and we are so happy about it. I hope we have many happy memories to come with it, camping, boating, all the fun stuff...!

Alleluia

Lily just asked me if daddy and I sang allelujiah when she was born. How sweet is that?! I told her we didn't sing those words but that we were so happy and we hugged and kissed her and cried becasue we were so happy. We should sing alleluia everyday because of her though.

Fantastic Buffalos

This morning Lily said, "Mom, Ammon said I am a Webelos." I said, "Well, are you 10? Are you a boy? Are you a scout?" Lily, "No." Me, "Then you are not a Webelos." (Adam is the Webelos leader in the cub scout pack and he took the kids to the pack meeting lastnight.) I told her she could be something. Ammon suggeseted,"How about a buffalo?" Why not?! He is so funny. I asked him what he wanted it to mean. I explained what the scouts are supposed to represent or stand for. He said, "That you are a good person and do good things like the scouts." I thought it was a great idea. So now we are the Buffalos! Look out!

Today while I was putting Anna down for her nap, Lily was in her room playing with her stuffed animals. She sang her self a song for 5 minutes. She made up her own tunes and kept reapeating, "I look fantastic! I look fantastic! I look fantastic! How do I look?..." She is hilarious. When I asked her about it she acted all shy and embarrassed, too cute! You can't tell that we tell her all the time that she is a cutie can you? We are working on good self-esteem.

Princess Quiz

I saw this on another friends blog, thanks Emily F. If you take this quiz, leave a comment and let me know which princess you are. Just curious. Have fun!

You Are Snow White!

Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Camping at Lake Mead

Ammon has been begging us to go camping all summer but we kept telling him it was too hot to go. Well, he is all of a sudden way into fishing and really wanted to go. We told him we'd go fishing and camping for Labor Day weekend. We left Friday afternoon and drove out to Stewart's Point, our favorite place to go at Lake Mead. It is quite a ways away, but it is a decent beach and is not crowded. We found a nice little bay to set up our camp. It was soooooo hot! We couldn't wait to get in the water, but we had to set up the tent and build a fire to cook dinner on first. We had hot dogs and yummy fruit salad. Anna loved it. We set up our new tent, yeah! We have all been trying to squish into our old two-man tent for too long. So we upgraded to a six-person! Wow, it felt so huge. I also bought an air mattress, I haven't loved sleeping on the hard ground. Well, by the time we took care of all the necessities it was dark! We decided to still swim. Well, we went to walk out into the water and sank into the mud mid-thigh high, seriously! It made for a pretty hilarious event while holding the baby and it being dark and all. I opted to just stay out after that. Lily, Anna, and I just played on the beach out of the crazy sinking mud. Adam and Ammon walked to the edge of the bay and got in where it was rocky so they wouldn't sink. It was pretty fun, but I was honestly at little scared at the idea of Ammon being out in the water in the pitch black! Adam was right with him though. There is a certain peace that comes from being able to see someone. I feel like I loose an element of control and security when I can't see. Anyway, all went well, and they had a good time swimming.
Anna had thrown all her leftover food onto the floor so there were a crazy amount of bugs and spiders by the cooler where she ate. It was pretty gross. Also, I almost stepped into a black widow's web, with the black widow in the middle of it! Creepy! I like camping, but I hate when it is dark, unless I am in my tent safe and sound, well at least I feel like I am safer. We drenched ourselves in bug spray and sprayed all around the door of the tent too. There were so many bugs and spiders and we did not want them in our tent! So we were all dry and ready for bed. It was so hot I could not sleep and Anna couldn't go to sleep because she wasn't in her crib. She just wanted to play, but she was exhausted. She kept climbing all over the place and she was laughing and then crying, poor thing. She finally feel asleep at the bottom of the tent. So, everyone was asleep but me. I really thought I was going to go crazy because I was so hot. I know I keep saying that, but I don't know if you realize how crazy hot it was! I finally got out of the tent and took a small blanket and some rags down to the lake to get them wet. I was afraid of sinking into the mud again so I got as far as I could and then waited for the waves to wash up far enough that I could dip my rags. It worked, but they were full of sand. I didn't care though. A little sand was better than not having something wet to put on me. I put a rag on each of the kids because they were so sweaty, and then I used the small blanket for me. I was finally able to fall asleep. It is amazing how much a little water helps to cool you down. Poor Anna woke up sometime in the middle of the night and played and cried again. It was a long night! We woke up the to the wind blowing quite hard. We probably got up at 5:45. The sun wasn't up yet, but it was pretty light. It was super windy. You would have thought you were at the ocean with the size of the waves. It was insane! Ammon wanted to go fishing again, so we walked out to the point of the bay. It was even windier there. It was too windy to catch any fish. We had fun trying though. It was great to watch the sun come up and enjoy the beautiful morning. We were the only people around. I loved it.
We packed everything up and then walked over to our favorite point. It is rocky, but makes an awesome beach for swimming and playing. We swam, fished, played, ate lunch and had a blast! Other people started coming out and a few boats eventually came too. The wind had died down and wasn't as crazy as earlier in the morning. It was still windy and the kids had fun with the waves, but it wasn't out of control. We had a great time. Lake Mead is beautiful and camping is so much fun! I would suggest though that if you are going to camp at Lake Mead when the temperatures are over 100 that you only do so if you have air conditioning! Stay in the mountains in the summer if you will use a tent!

Lake Tahoe

You can see the house in the background. The windows of the house are to the left of Adam.

The lake is behind us, but the picture didn't turn out well. This was taken on the balcony off the kitchen. The one below was taken in the backyard and turned out much better.

These stairs led up to the house. And this was the little bay for the boat and our own private beach. There was fools gold in the sand so it shimmered in the sun, so pretty!
This is called Cave Rock. The house is not too far to the left of it. Isn't it gorgeous!
Oh, we got to ride in a limo back to the airport on Saturday night. So much fun!

Adam and I went to Lake Tahoe over the weekend for his annual work summer party. It was so much fun! We have not been away from our kids for over five years! I can't believe it has been that long. We decided we need to get away like that at least once if not twice a year. We stayed in a beautiful home that backed up to the lake. It was amazing. We went boating, wake boarding, wake skating, swimming, kayaking, running, and ate the most awesome food! We seriously had a blast. The lake is absolutely amazing. I have never seen such blue water in my life. It was almost magical.

Saturday morning we went out on the boat and Adam got up to slalom. He crashed really hard and ruptured his left eardrum. It was a little scary because after it all happened he got back up and skied some more and then got in the boat. He told me he couldn't remember skiing or anything after we got out on the lake. His crash must have knocked him out but he was still conscious. At the time he didn't remember his crash or that his foot came out of the front boot, that he got back in the boat to put it back on, or that he got back up to ski. Crazy! Then he asked me not to say anything to anyone because he didn't want them to freak out, but he started saying things to them and then later he reminded me not to say anything, and I told him he had already been telling people... Thankfully he is OK. His ear is healing. He says he feel like he has a cotton ball stuck inside his ear. He ruptured his eardrum water skiing when he was a teenager, so he knew what it was when it happened. Poor guy. I felt so bad and was worried.

The trail we ran on led us up to a summit where you could over look the lake. It was gorgeous. I love running in the mountains. We went on our run with one of Adam's co-workers from the Reno office and her boyfriend. It is always fun to run with other people.

It was so nice to have a weekend where Adam and I could just talk and relax and not have to worry about taking care of the kids. Although, everything we did or saw we kept saying, "The kids would love this..." We thought about them tons, but they had a blast with Grandma Margie. Anna even did really well. It is only the second time we have left her, and the first time was for two hours and she cried nearly the whole time. I was so glad the kids were happy every time I called because it let me relax and I was able to enjoy myself. I love my husband so much! He is the most amazing man and I feel so lucky to have him. I was so glad to have him all to myself for those two days. It was great. I hope we can go again next year. We did tell the kids we'd take them next time though. The place we stayed at is for sale, it's only listed for 7 million if anyone is interested. Ha ha! I hope it doesn't sale so we can stay there next year too.

Ammon Lost Another Tooth

Ammon lost his second tooth last week! He really lost it. Earlier that day at the park he had shown Emily how loose it was then when we came home for lunch he realized it was gone. He was eating a banana and then went to talk to Lily and when he put his finger in his mouth to wiggle his tooth, it was gone! We looked for it but never found it. Maybe he swallowed it? He was worried that the tooth fairy wasn't going to come, so he wrote her a note that said, "I lost my tooth. Ammon." Thank goodness she still came. He was pretty excited although he isn't really certain the tooth fairy exists. He asked me if I was the tooth fairy and I told him I'd let him decide what he thought about it. We rented a book from the library recently about the tooth fairy. It was a cute story, I'd recommend it if your kids are questioning the tooth fairy's existence, but not if they do believe because then they will start to question it. It is called, "Dad, Are You The Tooth Fairy?" by Jason Alexander, Ron Spears Maybe read it on your own first and decide what you think. I really enjoyed and the illustrations are beautiful.

Happy Birthday Anna!

Yeah, she is one! We had a fun day. We made her a birthday cake (carrot cake) with ducks swimming in a pond. It turned out really cute. Ammon and Lily had a lot of fun frosting it. We went swimming at a neighbors house in the afternoon. Anna is a little fish, she loves the water! They have some fake ducks in their pool and of course Anna quacked at them most of the time we were there. She is hilarious when she sees one. Then I took her to get her picture taken, for the first time, I am a slacker. She thought it was so cool that she was the center of attention. She kept smiling at the lady and was thrilled that we were all making a big fuss over her. It was so cute watching her. Then we came home for dinner and Uncle Bob and Aunt Margene came over for cake, ice cream and presents. Anna wasn't sure what to do about the candles, but she did think it was neat. She cried when we gave her her cake and wouldn't eat it, she was super tired though. When I sat down with my cake I gave her some ice cream and put her in her high chair next to me and she ate some of the ice cream and kept playing with the cake. No crying that time, she thought it was fun. She was covered in green frosting! I made cherry trees for the cake by covering suckers with green frosting and pink sprinkles. Anna had a sucker, but she kept chewing on the stick, not the sucker. It was really cute. When she finally figured out the sucker end, she was super excited. Birthdays = Lots of sugar.

We got Anna the game Lucky Ducks because I couldn't find ducks any where else for her cake, and she is really excited about ducks. She thinks the game is pretty fun. She carries the ducks around and quacks with them. We also got her a little doll and best of all a little push around buggy. It was a hit! She was really excited about it and kept trying to climb in while Adam was putting the buckle in the seat. She will sit in that all day long. Ammon and Lily love to push her around in it and we have already had to take away their privilege to do so because she has nearly tipped over a few times. They push her around like they are in a race. It is hilarious because Adam and I tell them to slow down and Anna just laughs and bounces up and down in the seat loving every minute of it. It's funny because it seems like everything I don't want them doing with her, because I am afraid she may get hurt, she seems to absolutely love!

She got a card with money from Grandma and Grandpa Gillies and from Bob and Margene. After she opened those, Lily ran upstairs and was there for awhile. She finally came down and gave Anna the card she had already opened from Bob and Margene, but Lily had drawn her a cute picture in it and put some of her money it for Anna. How sweet is that?! Lily is so awesome. She is a great sister and she loves Anna tons.

It was a fun day. Anna was exhausted. Poor, tired little girl. She played hard all day, missed most of her nap time, but was still happy. She is such a sweet little thing. It was great to celebrate her special day! Ammon and Lily have already had us light her candles several times again, just so they can sing happy birthday to her and blow them out! They love birthdays and so do we!

Anna is 1!

Wow! I can't believe my sweet little baby is already one! Time has gone so fast. Today we are going to play, play, play! I will post pictures of Anna with her birthday cake and presents later. She is the sweetest baby and I love her and her chubby, chubby cheeks! She is a happy girl and is loved by all of us. Ammon loves to scare her and she thinks it is hilarious. Lily loves to chase her and act like a dog and Anna laughs and laughs. Mommy loves to snuggle her and kiss her cheeks and daddy loves to make her laugh by tickling her. Anna is walking all over the place, is learning how to get down the stairs, off the couch, and off beds, has learned how to open the toilet lid, yuck!, loves swimming and bath time, is super excited about ducks, and animals, quacks all the time, loves watermelon, cottage cheese, and cheese, loves to be outside, loves playing with tennis balls, puts everything in her mouth, has the cutest little laugh and the sweetest smile. She is learning so many words, we are still working on signs, enjoys playing with Lily when she plays with her dollhouse, loves baby dolls, especially the one that laughs, and of course, she loves attention. Happy birthday Anna! We love you!

Boating at Lake Mead

On Saturday we went boating at Lake Mead with Peterson's and we had an absolute blast! They stopped to play with us on their way home form Powell. We were on the lake for 12 hours and we were so exhuasted. It was so awesome! Anna loved the water. She would get upset when we put her back in the boat. She was so happy to splash and play in the water. She is a little fish. She also enjoyed being on the boat and watching the water splash up on the sides as we would ride. She wasn't crazy about the life jacket, but I was amazed at how good she did. Ammon was a brave little boy and got on the tube a few times with his cousins. He laughed and laughed he thought it was great. Lily didn't want to ride on the tube, but she did want to wakeboard with daddy. She did it two different times. After the first time she kept asking when it would be her turn again. She was a brave little girl. It is hard to see her on the video, but if you look close you can see her with her arms locked around Adam's legs. I had a blast watching the kids have fun and also watching Adam. He loves wakeboarding but we don't get to go very often. It is nice to see him have some fun. It was a perfect day. Ammon and Lily really loved being with their cousins, and being on the boat. They had fun swimming in the lake all day, sipping on capri suns, eating Oreos, and being crazy and silly. We are so glad the Peterson's were willing to share their time and their brand new boat with us. Thanks so much you guys! We love you!

A fun slideshow

It is so fun taking pictures of kids, even when they don't cooperate! I thought these were so cute I had to share them. Enjoy!

Playdough Fun!

Ammon got some of the new Crayola Model Magic for his birthday from his grandma. Today we had fun making a castle with the model magic and Lily made a birthday cake and cupcake for her puppy with the regular playdough, from her birthday, and fruity pebbles sprinkled on top. She is all about the happy bright colors. They wanted me to take pictures of their projects so their grandmas could see them. So here you go Grandma Christy and Grandma Margie. Thanks!

What is easier?

As you can tell, I keep switching things around. Is it easier for you to read when the posts are black or when they were lighter?

Uncle Bobby's Wedding

Please read this!
http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Bobbys-Wedding-Sarah-Brannen/dp/0399247122

I tried to put an image of the book here but it is copyrighted and won't work, so just follow the link to see the cover.

Wow! I never thought I would come to the day when I would be reading a book like this to my children. We checked this out a few weeks ago and I sat down to read it that night with Lily while Ammon was showering. It starts out cute. It is a story of mice. The niece loves her uncle and is sad when he announces he will be marrying Jamie because she fears she will lose her uncle. You get about halfway through the story before you realize that Jamie is not a girl mouse. Yes, you heard me correctly! The niece is now going to get two uncles! We stopped reading right there. I flipped through the pages and sure enough at the end it shows them holding hands and has two boy mice on the top of the cake! Disgusting! OK, I was seriously outraged and Lily and I had a big old chat right there about who girls marry and who boys marry and what Heavenly Father thinks about it. I told Lily it was a very bad book and she got a terrified look on her face like she was in trouble. I told her it wasn't her fault. Who would have thought that you would find an illustrated children's book from the children's section of the library about homosexuality! When I saw the cover I thought it was the niece, her uncle and her father. Nope! It's Uncle Bobby, Uncle Jamie, and the niece! So, the next day we took it back and I talked with the lady in charge of the children's collection. I filled out a form for request for reconsideration of library materials. I asked them to remove the book from the library. I just got a letter Friday afternoon that told me they will not remove it. In a nutshell they said that the library's goal is to provide materials that support the many different views of the community. They also said that it is my responsibility to make sure that the materials I pick out are appropriate. Well, I do agree, but how am I to know what is in the book with out reading the whole thing? Even the summary for this book says nothing about it being two male mice. I flipped through the book before we got it, but didn't look at all the pictures. Besides, Jamie can be a boy or girl name and in the story Jamie is dressed in purple. The author purposely picked this so that you don't understand until halfway through the book what it is that you are reading! How deceitful! Sorry, I am kind of rambling on. Anyway, I called the lady yesterday in charge of all the library collection materials to let her know I was not pleased with their decision. I asked her if they could at least tag the book as "homosexual content" or place it in a different area of the children's section. She said they can't because then they would have to label all books by their content. I understand, but I still disagree. I was on the phone for at least half an hour with her. Really it was a waste of my breath because they are firm in their decision. I don't feel like it was a total waste though, because I was happy to do my part in making my voice heard in my community. It's too bad the Libraries are all so liberal. I feel like I had to at least try and let them know I disagree with it being there. The lady was very kind and said she appreciated my concern and was glad that I hold the values I do. I looked up some stuff online about it, I've included the link so you can check it out. It is basically what they said in my letter and on the phone to me (if you are bored and have time and are curious to know how my conversation went). Apparently this book is raising some issues and I think it will continue to. I just thought I'd send a warning out so that if you see this book in your library you won't make the mistake of checking it out and reading it to your kids! http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/2008/07/uncle-bobbys-wedding.html

The Funny things Lily says...

Ok, Lily is hilarious. She is always saying and doing the funniest and cutest things. I thought I should write some down before I forget them.

Ammon was justing picking on Lily and I asked him to stop and he didn't so Lily knoocked him off the couch with her feet. Of course he started to cry, but I didn't feel sorry for him, he wasn't hurt, just sad. I said, "Ammon, I told you she was going to pay you back when she got bigger." Then Lily said, laughing, "Yea, I'm gonna run him through his money!" What she meant was, I'm giving him a run for his money. The other day they were both picking on Anna and Adam said, "When she gets bigger she is going to give you a run for your money." Ammon got a really scared look on his face and said, "Mom, what does that mean?" I said, "Well, it means she is going to pay you guys back for all the mean things you've done to her." He was worried that she was literally going to get his money somehow. Too funny. Well apparently Lily caught right on to that phrase and used it in her way today. I thought it was classic!

Lily picked this outfit out all by herself last week for church. She was so proud of herself that she wanted me to take her picture. I do have to say she is pretty darn cute!

Awhile ago she asked me, "Mom, what is lacteria?"

Me, "lacteria?"

Lily, "Yes, lacteria."

Me, "Well, I don't know, where did you hear it?"

Lily, "On Curious George in the song."

Me, "Lily, I don't think they say lacteria in the Curious George song."

Lily, "Yes they do mom, listen", then she sang me the song and I paid attention to the song that afternoon when Curious George came on.

Sure enough, it does sound like lacteria when they say "Like Curious, Like Curious, Curious George." You'll have to listen to it and let me know if you think you could've heard lacteria in there.

The other day I was having Lily do her chores and while she was cleaning up she said, "Mom, I wish we had handy helpers (like the ones on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and they could do everything for me." That would be nice! Wait, but then we wouldn't have the satisfaction of working for ourselves and seeing a job completed and well done. Still it was a cute idea!

Lily has a habit of playing in the bathroom sink. She'll plug the drain and fill the sink with water and then put in tupperware dishes, toys, toothbrushes, stuffed animals (sometimes she gives them baths), or just lots and lots of bubbles. Often there is water all over the floor too. Whenever I can't find her, I usually just have to check the bathroom and sure enough there she is. Well, the other day she tried giving Ammon's barking, walking, flipping dog a bath. Well, now he just sits. Ammon isn't too happy about it, but I had to remind him of the toys of Lily's that he has broken.

The other funny thing is she had this dish and some tinker toys in there and then she brought it to me and said, "Mom, I wish we had a shrinker."

Me, "A shrinker, what for?"

Lily, "So it could shrink me and Ammon and then we could pretend this was our boat and these were our paddles and we could play in the water all day."

Me, "Lily, that would be a fun idea." She is so creative!

Black Eye!

With walking comes a whole new world of excitement and unfortunately, pain. On Sunday Anna was wandering away from where we were sitting and Lily went to get her. Anna wasn't happy about being stopped and resisted Lily grabbing her and ended up falling face first into the legs of the hard metal chairs. Poor baby! She screamed so loud and we were the center of attention until I was able to get out of the chapel. I don't know who was more sad, Anna or Lily. Lily had the saddest look on her face. I think she thought she was in big trouble, poor girl. When I came back in I gave her a hug and told her I knew it was an accident. She was worried about Anna and her owie! Lily is an awesome big sister. She is so helpful and loves Anna tons. I have to remind her to give Anna some space and let her be! I love them both so much!

Saint George

We went to St. george Wednesday to visit some of our friends and Grandma Christy. We had lots of fun. It is nice that we can go and see them once in awile. We wish we would have had time to visit with all of our friends, but time was short. We will see you next time! I hope to come up again soon.

Thanks to Keri for a fun afternoon. We went swimming in the pool (Yeah!) and got to see the Doughtys and Emily and Shaylie. We watched Ammon's new bday movie, The Jungle Book 2 and had a yummy dinner, pancakes and scrammbled eggs. Adam doesn't really like breakfast for dinner so we don't ever do it at our house. It was a fun dinner. Lily and Mikaela had twinner hair. All the kids played all afternoon and had a blast! They did not want to leave. We miss having friends so close. Ammon and Lily said they wished we still lived there, I do too!

My mom was in St. George for a few hours for her work so we were able to go see her too. It was so nice to visit even though it was short! Thanks for seeing us Grandma, we love you! She had birthday presents for Ammon and Anna and of course a gift for Lily too. The kids were so happy!