I'm back!

I'm recuperating from my bout with shingles, thanks for all the well wishes. Lets just say it was a lot more painful than I thought it would be. Since I wasn't able to do much I spent quite a bit of time reading with the kids. They love to read stories from The Friend (a magazine for kids published by our church) but we couldn't find our October copy. I decided to get online and print some of the stories to read. What an awesome site! They have scripture stories that you can watch, interactive stories, activities, and you can have all of the articles from the magazine since 2001 read to you. Oh, and you can listen to songs as well. Its been a great resource. If you have kids, check it out! http://www.friend.lds.org/

What?!?!

I have so many things to blog about... Doctor's birthday, our family going to a corn maze, the Homecoming parade, Honey Bunch learning to button her jacket all by herself....but all these things will have to wait. Why? Because I have shingles. What?!?! I asked Doctor if he's sure, I've only heard of old people in nursing homes getting shingles. He's sure. I'm trying to follow the counsel given by Joseph B. Wirthlin in last weekends General Conference to find humor in things but I'm coming up short. I can think of one thing, though. Last night Doctor asked me if I wanted my steroid shot in my arm or my bottom. Dude (who I thought was asleep) hollered out, "Mom! Is Dad going to shoot you in the butt?" I'm moving a little slow right now, but keep your eyes out for fun blogs a comin'.

You look so posh, darling......

My girls love the Fancy Nancy books. This week while my mom has been here they have helping her be posh (a fancy way of saying fancy, according to fancy Nancy). They've been walking around calling everyone "darling" and eating with their pinkys up. Anyways......they had a makeover night, and this is how we all turned out.

Dude and a gun - oh no? Oh yes!

Dude and I got to go to a Mother/Son Stampede this last week. We had such an awesome time. I loved being able to spend time just he and I. He's such a fun guy. They had all kinds of activities set up. We took a hayride to the fun and then the first thing he wanted to do was make s'mores. He roasted the marshmallows for us and he did a great job.
Then we were off to decorate pumpkins. Of course he turned his into a Star Wars character. :) After the pumpkins we watched the helicopter land. He even got to sit in the pilot seat.
He then raced his friends around the obstacle course.
After some hot dogs and chips it was off to the firing range. The wait time was 25 minutes, but he had fun in the line.
After a brief 30 second safety discussion he was firing his first be-be gun.
He was so proud of himself, and I have to admit that I was proud of myself for letting him do it. When we were driving home I asked him what his favorite part was. His reply? "Being with you, mom!" Aww shucks!!! Dude, I had so much fun, thanks for being you.

Kid Comedy

Here are some funny things that the kids have said:

Honey Bunch and Princess were playing dolls before bed. When it was bedtime I said, "Okay, little mommies, it's time for bed." HB looked up at me and said emphatically, "I'm NOT a little mommy. I'm a BIG mommy."

Princess and I were playing Barbies when she realized that we were missing a piece to the Barbie pool. This is the conversation she had with herself. "Now, where did I put that? Where did I put that?! I know I put it somewhere! Calm, down. Calm, down. It's okay. Think calmly. You can find it."

Great News!!!!

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and well wishes! We took Megaman to a cranial expert for a second opinion and there will be no need for surgery!!! Hooray! He has a very small anterior fontanel (soft spot) and some cranial overlapping of the metopic suture, but nothing that would require surgery. The overlapping of sutures is actually pretty common. Thanks again to everyone for your prayers, I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who provided comfort and peace to our family. Regardless of our trials there is a sweet peace in knowing that there is an ultimate plan.

Please Pray for Megaman

Megaman had his 4 month checkup yesterday. He's growing fantastically and doing well. He's 15lbs 9oz and 25" long. Unfortunately his soft spot is almost completely closed and his metopic suture is almost fused as well leaving a small ridge in his forehead. This is the same problem that Dude had. The good news is that Dude's was closed at birth and was much more severe requiring surgery. Megaman's is still open so there is hope that we won't need surgical intervention. Please pray that we can fix this sans surgery. We are grateful for and love all who read this blog and thank you in advance for your prayers.

So fun, and Oh, Bummer!

Friday was a really fun day for our kids. The girls started a body movement class and a had a great time.


Then Dude had an early out for school so he invited a friend over and the friend's sister invited Princess to their house. They both had a blast. Later that afternoon Dude was supposed to start a football clinic that he was super excited about, but it was cancelled because of rain. Bummer! Hold good thoughts that the rain subsides next week and he can go!

Wanna Play?

Doctor had some friends over to play video games. He's the one on the far right. :)

Need A Smile?

Here are some fun pictures of Megaman that we took tonight.