bleh...

So yesterday I started to feel it.

That narsty ickyness in my stomach.

I couldn't decide if it was me becoming ill or just the placebo effect of everyone around me being ill and me thinking I could have gotten it too.

So I went to my Love and Logic class at the school last night and then came home and went to bed.

This morning I felt downright crappy. You know that feeling where if you lay down you feel like everything is up in your throat, but if you sit up you think you might hurl? Yeah, that feeling.

Jer took care of getting the kids up and getting them out the door, I did Missy's hair in a pony tail while she ate and then went back to bed. At some point my mom came by and dropped some things off.

Jer let me sleep.

I woke at about 11 and decided it was probably time to get a shower etc and that I felt remarkably better. I felt better for a while.

and then not so good.

Then better.

So, here is the question... at what point can I say "I feel better" when it's so off again and on again?! I had been planning on taking Missy to see some friends preform with their dance classes tonight... and tomorrow I had planned on going to Utah (I know my grandpa is really looking forward to the visit) and going to the aquarium because Missy has been asking to see "fishes" lately and it will be a while before I get another weekend that we can do that.

So if I don't start feeling crappy again, do you think it's alright to go ahead with my plans, or do you think maybe not?

April Flowers!

So today is my birfumday... and I'm now officially no longer a "young adult" whatever the heck that means! Yup, I'm 30. And in honor of my birthday I'm going to post on.... flowers. Cause I luv em!

Aaaaaaand because my mom and dad took my whole fambly to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point this last weekend! Ahhhhh those gardens make me want to just lay down in the grass and give up all the cares of the world... but alas, I would get sunburned! Oh, wait! I already am! (Jer claims that I got my own brand of a "tramp stamp" because my lower back is so sunburned from working in our yard almost all day Friday! I was just so HAPPY to see SUNSHINE... I COULDN'T RESIST! COULDN'T!!!)

(I feel a tangent coming on...)

Anyhow, on the way down there Jer and I had to laugh, because as everyone knows, Salt Lake City is always under construction... there are no exceptions to that rule. I think the drivers that live and work there have become immune to it. Every once in a while there are those little radar guns that tell you how fast you are going to try to convince you to be more aware of how much you are speeding... right? Everyone has seen those around, and I think every teenager has messed with them at one time or another...

As we are driving along we notice one of these gun thingy-a-bobbies... all was normal. Well... except it seemed to be trying extra hard to get everyones attention. You see, the speed limit was technically 55mph. Everyone was going a bit faster. Okay. Okay! A lot faster! I could picture the thing screaming at the drivers

"SEVENTY TWO!!! SEVENTY FIVE!!! SEVENTY THREEE!!!! YOU PEOPLE DISGUST ME!!"

It was rather humorous... I guess you just had to be there :)

(okay, end of tangent!)

When we got to the gardens the day was perfect. It was the kind of day that I wish would last all summer long!

It was not to hot, not to windy, just breezy enough... it was the kind of day that if the kids really wanted to go and play in the sprinklers they could have, but it wasn't so hot that I would have insisted on staying inside while they did so! (I know, I'm a heat pansy... I don't handle hot well. I would rather be cold then hot...)

The tulips were awesome! and Colorful! and so much what I needed after a week of rain and no color at home!

Jer pulled the kids in the wagon for a while, but honestly my dad pulled them the majority of the time. :) Thanks Dad!!! The kids adored it and had lots of fun doing everything there! 

They rolled down the hills, and Turbo spend a lot of time looking for sprinklers (cause, ya know, we went to the gardens to look at the sprinklers! Derrrrr)

Jer also had fun rolling down the kill (and trying not to take out kids on the way down! lol)

(See, told you dad pulled the kids around!)

Anyhow, It was an awesome, beautiful, flower filled day! :)

Oh, and sorry about the plethora of pictures, but it's MY birthday, so MEH! To you!

Here... have some more! MWHAHAHAHAHA! (I love flowers... can you tell? ... hey, wait... that could have been why I was a florist... hmmmm)

Oh... and I think my kids are pretty great too....

Even if I did get a sunburn! Thanks Mom and Dad!!! It was awesome and I don't think I would have ever made it down there if it hadn't been for you!

Stitches

This weekend we went to Utah to visit the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point (which I will go into in a later post... I don't want to overload everyone on a Monday and all!) It was a wonderful weekend... well, except for the 4 hour stay at the hospital.

On Sunday as we were about to grab lunch and head back to Idaho we had a bit of a surprise. Jer hit the brakes really fast to avoid a wreck and low and behold Turbo's seat was not buckled in!

Now, I don't know who or what undid his seat belt... I suspect one of the older kids did while trying to undo their own seat belt at some point. It doesn't really matter though, honestly, whos fault it was... Jer and I didn't notice it until too late.

Turbo (seat and all) went flying into the folded up seat in front of him. One that was folded in such a way that the poky underside was facing him. (!!!!!) Jer and I both looked back to a stunned two year old smashed into the seat directly behind Jer... and then there was blood.

I quickly climbed into the back of the van, lifting Turbos care seat and him back into their original position. His ear was severely cut, with a large tear that went through the cartilage. I quickly looked to see if his head was also cut, which I was greatly relived to find was not the case.

Jer quickly tried to navigate to the nearest hospital.... unfortunately Salt Lake is always a freaking construction MESS and of course when there is construction no one seems to notice that the HOSPITAL signs lead right through CLOSED ROADS. UGH.

After about 15 minutes we arrived at the Intermountain LDS hospital and were able to get things taken care of.

The poor kiddo had to be sedated so that they could sew up his ear... little kids and moving and all of that jazz. He ended up with 12 stitches and taking a long while to really get back to his "normal" self.

Anyhow, I'm glad things didn't turn out worse, because they very easily could have! Thank heavens for small (?) miracles!

(no worries, the inside of his ear is fine... that's just a little dried blood because the darned kid won't keep the gauze on the thing)

Pictures of Utah Trip

We're baaaack!

Hihi,

We have returned! Must be a curse ... I know! But much to your chagrin I'm sure we made it home safely. :o) Just kidding OF COURSE!!!

Anywhys...

We had fun in good ol' Utaho. We took the kids to a great children's museum there, went to a planetarium, took them to temple square on Sunday, and went to a dinosaur park. Needless to say we pretty much turned the whole doctors trip into a family vacation!

So this morning before we came home we went to the doctor. A behavioral specialist.
I was concerned because G has to be told to do things about 3 times before he ever moves to do them, he has a hard time concentrating when there is any background noise, and he can't seam to follow sequences aka "Go get your socks, then put on your shoes, and after that go get your coat on." He gets his socks and looses track of what he is doing. there are other things as well but that is the main part. Anyways. After the doctors played some games with him and had him answer some questions he basically said he isn't ruling anything out at this point as far as A.D.D. or other things but that with the lack of family history in the A.D.D. department he hesitated to say it was that.

What he did say was that he needs a hearing test (not a big surprise) to make sure he hasn't got any issues hearing high frequencies. Basically G is really intelligent for his age (tests at the level of a 6 year old) but his language skills are lacking (He tests at the 4 year old level where he is very nearly 5 years old). The doctor thinks that this may be the reason for the issues G is having with everything from following instructions to potty training issues (which Dr. said was closely related to language skills). He sent home some questionnaires for Jer and I to fill out and for G's teacher to fill out, he is also sending stuff to our pediatrician here in IF. he did say he wasn't overly concerned about G at this point but that we need to keep tabs on the situation and make sure that if it continues or gets worse by the time he is in kindergarten then we may need to do more testing.

Anyways, I feel good about the doctors visit. he seamed competent and very personable and like he was being proactive as far as our concerns about our son go. Overall I liked him and was so glad he didn't just try to brush us off and tell us it was all in our heads. :)

I plan on posting some pictures of our trip tomorrow once we are settled again.