Crazyness Ensues....

Well, for the first time in a long time, I misses a week - but I promise that I had a valid reason...  

Our last week in Texas included a trip to the aquarium where the kids loved looking at the fish and loved even more getting to tough the sting rays!  They would have stayed in there with the stingrays getting soaked all day if we hadn't made them go eat lunch.

We got to have our friends the Tiltons over to swim and eat and have fun.  It was great getting to see them again and fun to watch friendships pick right up where they left off.

The females of the group headed out to get pedicures on a rainy morning with no sun to be seen.  In the meantime, Grandpa took the boys out for a rain walk where they got themselves (and their shoes) SOAKED!!

Thursday, we spent some more time with the Tiltons before heading out to Chuck and Kim's house for dinner and swimming.  After 2 weeks in the pool, James finally tried using the floaties somewhere that he couldn't touch the ground.  He would only do it in the "small pool" (hot tub) but it was still exciting to finally see him trying something new!

Friday, we headed out on the long drive back to Colorado.  We made it in late that night and crashed!
The next day we spent unpacking and cleaning and getting things ready for Sunday.  Sunday started out wonderful, we had a great time at church and a nice afternoon together playing games and reading.  Dan got home from church early and I got to go take a nap.  When I woke up, I wasn't feeling very well.  It kept getting worse as the evening went on, by 9pm, I was in enough pain to ask for a blessing and then head into the ER.  After a VERY long evening spent in pain in the ER, I was told that I was pregnant and probably miscarrying the pregnancy.  Around 2 am, they sent me home, told me to take Tylenol and come back in if I started bleeding.

Monday morning, I was bleeding, so I went back in.  I sat in there in immense pain with no painkillers until about 2 when they said I was probably miscarrying and sent me home with a prescription pain med.  Dan picked up the pain meds for me and by 3:30, I could do something other than whimper in bed.  So I spent the afternoon working on my computer.

Tuesday, I went to see my OBGYN who said that it looked like things should be done soon and if pain lasted too much longer that it wasn't a Gynecological problem, it was something else.

By Thursday, I was still in pain, but with Tylenol, I could manage to let Dan go to work.  That evening, we went to Wicked (which I wouldn't have missed even if I'd been in twice as much pain as I was)  The show was amazing and made better by getting to watch it with Dan and Newell and Becky.  We also went out to dinner before - but I still wasn't feeling up to eating much.

Friday was Anna's birthday party.  I struggled to find the energy to make the kids clean up the house before the party, but with Dan't help and threats of cancelling the party, it finally got done.  I went visiting teaching around 3 and then got back in time for the party.  Anna had a couple friends over to party and one got to sleep over too.  They played outside, then had a pizza and movie party.  Then the younger kids got sent to bed and the older girls got to play glow in the dark tag, glow in the dark hide and seek and glow in the dark Marco Polo,  They had fun!  

Saturday was again a day of preparation and fun.  Anna went out for Ice Cream with Grandpa and came home with a ukelele.  She is very excited about it and has been trying to take some online lessons on Dan's tablet...

Sunday was nice.  Church was wonderful with wonderful lessons and great people.  After church, we went home for lunch, then mommy took a nap again.  I had a meeting to help prepare us for girls camp (coming up in just over a week!)  then we ate dinner, then I went visiting teaching and got home to have fun playing games and eating yummy treats with Becca and Jeremiah.

Texas!

Monday morning, Dan and I rushed around to get everything my Dad needed to get a replacement passport for Eileen ready and shipped off, then we all hit the road for Texas.  We made good time and despite having not gotten out of Aurora until almost 10am (CO time) - we arrived around 1:30 am (TX time)  The kids were good and easy going.  James only had one accident and all went well!  

The kids proceeded to want to spend almost the entire week in the pool.  They have been having tons of fun swimming and playing in the pool.  Evie is finally starting to get comfortable in the water and though she still needs a life vest or floatie at all times, she's finally getting really comfortable that way.  Now it's James that even with a floatie or life vest won't go off the platform with out a vice like grip on me.  

Thurdsay morning, we met up with Jon and Sandi at the splash park, we hung out there for a little bit before heading over to Sandi and Jon's pool.  Then Thursday evening, we got to pick up Eileen and my dad from the airport!  Eileen had a great time and loved handing out the gifts.  It's so good to have her back home!  

Friday and Saturday was more pool time for the kids (especially Eileen who had been wanting to go in the pool badly)  We've also gotten to see lots of Sandi and the kids.  Last night, Dan and I played games with Sandi (Eileen was too tired - still a bit jetlagged)  and tonight after getting the kids to bed, Eileen, Dad, Dan and I played games.  It's nice to have our little game buddy back!

Summer Fun

The kids have mostly spent the week having fun and playing outside - they have practiced piano, worked in their workbooks and explored the backyard, but I could never  convince them to keep it clean for very long.  We did managed to get it cleaned up one day in time to go to the library, the kids loved checking out books, and spent the next 2 days reading.  The kids have been so excited about going to Texas.  They have been talking about it all week and we got things ready and packed up today - we head out tomorrow morning.  

I had a choir rehearsal this week followed by a concert the next night.  Anna came to the concert with me and had a good time and even made a new friend with the daughter of another choir member.  Rehearsal and concert went well.  Dan was out of town from early Thursday morning to Friday evening 

James and Aaron love digging under the rocks in the back yard looking for bugs and worms - i just loved this picture of them.  James ran up to me telling me that he had found a bug for me and that we was going to go put it in it's habitat.  

Saturday was busy.  I went to get an allergy shot and run to Costco in the morning, then we got home and Dan went out to run some errands while I took the kids to Kid Spree for a bit.  The kids had fun - Dan met us there when he was done and about half an hour later - they were closing stuff down for a while due to storms.  But they had fun while it lasted and then we headed home so I could mow the lawn and get ready for some friends coming over for dinner and games.  We had a fun dinner and played Lord of the Rings after - we haven't played in a LONG time - and we all lost, but it was still fun!  

Church was wonderful - the kids and I had a talk before church about being reverent and they did really well and after we headed home happier and ready for the next week.  We got all packed up and ready to go to Texas!!!

Eileen has been having lots of fun in Scotland, at least until yesterday when my dad realized that they had lost her passport...  Now he is just panicking about getting home.  :)