Let It Snow......

I am so excited for all this snow!!!! my girls were being so lazy sitting inside the house because it was cold outside and I had to go shovel our driveway because we had up to 3 feet of snow in some spots. Jeff had been pulled out by our neighbor 3 different times (thanks joey) and I was pretty sure he was tired of it. So, I told my girls they weren't going to sit around and I wanted them to get their snow clothes on and come outside. They weren't very happy about it but within minutes they were having a blast. We tried to build a snowman but the snow wouldn't pack very good so they moved onto the next. They made our road into a ski hill since the plows hadn't been by and there was plenty of snow on it..... They went and got mine and Jeff's ski equipment and started going down the hill. It was so fun to watch them and see them having such a good time. We live on a pretty good hill and I was impressed how they could walk back up carrying the skis and walk in those boots......... They were pretty sore the next day.

2 down 1 to go....

I did Mikaiah's class Christmas party last week and have the Valentine's one left. I was scheduled to work on that Friday so I figured I would get everything ready for it and just get enough parent volunteers to go help that I wouldn't need to be there

Well.......... I call this entire page of people who have signed up to help with parties and get ONE parent that says she will be willing to help. Why do people sign up to help with thing if they really aren't going to follow through with it.

I guess it's one of those things that makes you believe you are a good parent if you do. So, luckily I have a really good boss and he let me take the time off long enough to go throw a 2nd grade Christmas party. It all went really good and I wasn't too stressed out but I am SOOOOO thankful it's over and I only have one party to go.

Why do I let myself get too busy?

Yesterday morning Mikaiah and Ty came upstairs and said that Mikaiah had had that "funny" taste two times which means she is having a seizure. Ty said she got into bed with her and she held her until she felt like going upstairs. Instantly I think of the day before and realize I never gave her medicine to her. The morning before, I had picked up my girls from their dad's and her step mom had called me during the day because she had forgot to give her the morning dose before I picked her up. So, of course I say I will go ahead and give it to her but for some reason or another I'm caught up in doing all the other things I need to do and completely forgot about it then I put her to bed without giving her evening dose. WOW!!! I'm feeling like mother of the year. I gave her a dose of medicine and within an hour and a half she had 5 seizures but then the medicine kicked in and she did much better. In all 3 1/2 years of her having those I have not forgotten her medicine for an entire day and it makes me feel so bad. She gets so confused when it starts to happen. First she starts to complain about the funny taste and her belly and head start to hurt, then her pupils get so big that her eyes almost look black and she goes into her siezure. I always try to talk to her about it because I want her to feel safe and to know that we are there and will always take care of her. She is getting better with describing it to me at first she was so confused and would tell me her mouth tasted like celery and now it's like "eating fizzy go-gurts" she use to get really scared because she felt like she was all alone during them but now she tells me it feels like she is having a dream. For a long time we didn't let her know that she was having siezures when she felt that way because she is quite the drama queen and we didn't want her to use that as an excuse to get out of things but when it started happening more often over the summer we talked to her about it and it has been nice for her to be able to tell us she is going to have one and to talk to her about it afterwards. I just couldn't even imagine how frightening that would be and just breaks my heart that she even has to deal with that and have no answers to know if this is something she will have to deal with the rest of her life. Yesterday when I was giving her her medicine she asked me, "will I have to take this when I'm a mom?" The only answer I had for her was, possibly. With as hard as her medical issues have been to deal with I feel incredibly blessed that she recovered with such minimal problems. She may be the craziness in my life but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm hoping this is a lesson for me and I will remember to take care of the important things first during my days and not get so caught up with the things that can wait.

Sick little Beckham

We had a pretty crazy night last night. Beckham hadn't been feeling all that good today. He wasn't real sick, but had been cranky and grumpy for most of the day. We went to the church because we had to meet with the bishop and afterwards our little neighbor girl was there so her and Beckham were running chasing each other and he would come over and be having the hardest time breathing and saying his throat hurt. We went home and were just laying around watching t.v. and he started running a fever and was crying and started the most awful cough I have ever heard, he sounded like a sea lion. So we decided to get ready for bed and decided I would take him to the Dr. in the morning. After about 30 min. he was crying and having the hardest time breathing so Jeff said I needed to take him to the ER. UHHHH!!!!! That's when you know you're in for a long night. I HATE THE ER!!!! So I go up there and within 10 minutes they had him checked in and hooked up to a breathing treatment and giving him steroids. They told me he has croupe. It was only about a 3 hour period that it all happened, from when he started not feeling well to being really sick, it was all so fast. After all of that and and some hours in the ER we have a much happier baby and we are so grateful it was nothing more serious.

chicken nuggets.....The convenience food

I'm one of those moms that love the convenience of fast food especially when I'm out running errands and have starving kids. And what kid doesn't love chicken nuggets? Well it was one of those days and Beckham was wanting some so I run through Wendy's drive thru get some but he doesn't want to eat them because he was wanting fries. (this will be a day I'm thankful for his stubbornness) So....... of course since we are with grandma she goes through Burger King's drive thru and get him some fries. At that point he forgets he has the chicken nuggets in his hand and drops them as he is reaching for his fries. When we got home I start picking his nuggets up off the floor and notice some "lint" on one of them so I go to take it off and out comes a feather the length of the nugget. I seriously thought I was going to throw up. If you notice there is still the end of the feather still inside the nugget. I get in the house and call Wendy's.......

Me: May I speak with a manager please?

Her: yeah I'm one

me: I just came and got some chicken nuggets for my child and there was a feather in one of them

Her: (higher voice) A feather? *giggle*

Me: yes a feather

Her: Well bring it in and we will gladly exchange them for new ones

Are you kidding me, do you really think that I'm going to get some new ones after that? I told her I would like my money back and she seemed surprised and a little put out by it. WOW!!! are they really that desperate for workers that they wouldn't think anything about a feather being pulled out of a chicken nugget? Yes, I do realize they are made from chickens but be a little embarrassed or sorry that someone found that in their food.

Thanksgiving

We were able to go to St. George for Thanksgiving this year to visit Jeff's family. It was really enjoyable and relaxing. Eric and Julie are always so kind to let us stay at their house and put up with us. We went to Tuacahn to see the live Nativity, what a great way to start out the holiday season and to see Beckham so excited with every part of it.

We also had a Dodge football game that involved a little bit of everyone, even if you were pregnant, a senior citizen or just had no idea what you were doing.(me), I'll admit I had to ask what I was suppose to say when I was quarter back before I threw the ball. But Eric and Jeff LOST, let me repeat, LOST to all of the awesome players that had their own personal challenges. :o)

We were also able to go and check out some petroglyphs (markings made on rocks by Indians many years ago) I think the kids really enjoyed that.

Ashley and sage were pretending this rock was their bunkbed. Thankfully we had Julie with us to explain things since she is so knowledgeable on so many things. It was just a great holiday break in every way and we were so happy that we were able to spend it with family. Thanks everyone for all that you do for us.

fun at the park

We had to get one last time in at the park before the snow comes. The kids love going down slides and lining up in size. They were giving us a good laugh while doing this because the slide was so steep the they were crashing into each other really hard and would just laugh. Beckham did it about 2 times and decided he had enough. Of course with that much fun there always seems to be an accident, Katie and Morgan bonked heads leaving Katie with a really sore bloody nose but Morgan was nice enough to take her undershirt off and let Katie use it. Sorry about the quality of the pics but I never have my good camera so I end up doing it with my phone.

Should I be worried?

Beckham is such a joy to our family. He is always making us laugh and puts a huge smile on our faces. I can't imagine any other little boy being loved and spoiled as much as him (by 6 older sisters) and have such a calm and relaxed personalitly. But........ is there a point when he needs to be roughed up a little bit and made into a man? Such as ........

• The time you ask him if he is going to be a hair stylist and he says, "yes"
• or the time Jeff finds him painting his nails at the table when nobody else is around and he is doing an excellent job
• or the fact he wants you to massage his back with lotion before he goes to bed, with 3 different kinds
• he prefers the disney princesses over other boy toys
• he LOVES playing dress up with his sisters
• brings you a comb and elastics for you to put them in his hair.
• Carries a pink Dora purse on his shoulder all through Wal-mart

These are all the fun things that make us laugh and smile and make his sisters worry but we can also not forget the times he goes to Jeff and says, "Let's wrestle PUNK" or when he says, "wrestle me pansy." So I'm pretty sure there is nothing to worry about, we will just be very well rounded.

My day of catching up.......

It's been a while so I figure it's time to update