Monday, February 28, 2011

Recently....

(just a tad of) what we've been doing...
Walk-A-Thon (Kaylea did 15 full laps!)
Jax wanted to walk with Daylan & his friend
Homework, Projects, Carpool
 & Volunteering in Kids' Classes
Brian's famous...
We sold our car...I already miss it.
Beamer found a red sucker that had to be cut out...
Saggy, Soggy Diapers & Tim making Sunday morning breakfast

Jax discovered the joy of pens

The kids playing Soccer every day for hours in the Backyard
(practice for their Sat. games)



Cousin Time!
Puzzles...a lot of them.

Spencer & his Boyz Hip Hop Competitions...at this particular one they won 1st in their division.


Life is busy....but good.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Guess Who BYU?

Let's play a game....
Which 2 kids in this picure have grown up & now been accepted into BYU?!
Easter~2006
The kids' Aunt Ashlyn & Cousin Melissa both received acceptance letters this week & will be attending BYU this fall. 



Next game:
What about in this picture?
Me & Sara-Bear (Jax's twin)
~1992~ (don't mind my scary hair)
My littlest sissy Sara was also accepted in!
*We are so proud of all 3 of them & all their hard work that got them to this point.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

❤True Love❤

Beamer & Kaylea giving Valentines kisses.
Kaylea's 1st Love=Beamer
{look closely & Beamer is giving her kisses too...}

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Spencer's {last} Pinewood Derby

~This adorably cute Webelo Scout is our very own Spencer. He along with his Dad made his rad Pinewood Derby car. (with a little help from Mom too) He named it the "Green Arrow" since that became the shape and the color...an original Campbell design. Tim did a little online research to find out what makes the cars go extra fast & where to have the "weight" of the car.

*Spencer ended up winning 4th Place in ALL!*  ..out of 25 boys & their cars. And not to forget his award for the Strangest Shape. 
(which I guess is a compliment for a boy.)

Here HE is WINNING one of his races:
Look closely at the sly motion of his arms in the "YES-I did it"-Position.
We did a Nascar Racing Theme. 
~Our Cub Master & Committee Chair are the creative minds behind it all. I'm just one of the worker bees as Bear Leader. I wish I would've got more pictures of the decor...like the tables I decorated to look like a road -Black tablecloths with yellow crate paper as the street lines.
~We even had our News Reporter "Ruby Red" aka Lisa, a row of Radio Commentators, Security guards, a Camera Man documenting it all & projecting it on the Big Screen! The beginning ceremonies were awesome with the boys running in to the Music, flashing lights and even Paparazzi!
It was a fun time!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cute As A Button

Look at his button nose...
Does it get any more adorable?
A video of our little guy.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

To Laugh or To Cry...

Jaxson & Beamer=Partners In Crime
*I think Jax did the unrolling 
& Beamer did the tearing & spreading.*
This could partly be why I'm so behind on blogging.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

January=Medical Emergency Month

*{Post for Journaling Purposes}

this picture makes me wanna cry:
The unwelcome hospital tradition began Christmas week of 2002. Kaylea was hospitalized with RSV at only 3 months old & came home just in time for Christmas Eve. The best Christmas present ever was to just be out of the Hospital & together with my family. I didn't care about anything else but the safety and well being of them. Christmas morning she still struggled to breathe but she was healing and would be okay.

It seems like every year since then, our family gets sick the week of Christmas & instead of last minute getting ready lists, I am just praying that all will be better Christmas day.

Last year just days before Christmas again, I had the phone in my hand about to call 911 about 2am as Kaylea's lips turned more and more blue. She has the tendency to get croup in a matter of seconds-usually in the middle of the night & it becomes scary really fast. Tim took her straight to the Hospital & she was immediately taken back & given a steroid shot in her bum. Like magic she was okay & breathing close to normal again. Again we were all well and together Christmas day. Christmas miracles are real.

This year just like clockwork, after a long night of croup on December 22nd I took Kaylea into the doctor on the 23rd. She was given an oral steroid allowing her to be okay once again for Christmas Eve & Day.

Then begins January....
Ever since last year I have begun to hate this month & now call it 
Medical Emergency Month. 

Last year just 4 days into the new year was the Check's car accident-all were okay yet there was lots of bruising, whiplash & Ava needing stitches. Brother in law Scott was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning...And of course Ron's ladder accident-causing broken foot/infection almost needing leg amputation. This resulted in weeks of hospital stay & numerous surgeries. This consumed our lives almost every day for the rest of the month...  + some.

January this year just days into the 2011 new year, cousin Miley who's just older than Jax, had 2 frightening febrial seizures.-one of the scariest things you can see happen to your child! She was later sent to Cardon's Childrens Hospital so she could get higher care. After 105 fevers that wouldn't go down she was given a spinal tap to check for menegitis. She was cleared of that but was diagnosed with pneumonia/RSV requiring a couple day hospital stay. My Dad was hospitalized twice. After days of immense back pain, he got to the point where he couldn't move at all. My mom called 911 & the paramedics needed to give him an I.V. of morphine before they could even transport him to the hospital. It took over half an hour just to get a vein to cooperate. (must be where I get it from) Finally after that was in place, it took 5 paramedics to get him out of bed, down the stairs & into the ambulance. Weeks later he is still recovering and hoping to get some answers to this long term issue. He is dealing with other health issues as well & will have surgery in the coming weeks.
Then of course Daylan's hot dog choking incident at Emmie's party...scary, & drama that I wish we didn't have to throw into the Check's day.  Then next was Jax when he got a terrible fever bug. He had 4 long days and 4 long nights of high fevers & a gunky cough we tried to keep clear so it wouldn't turn into pneumonia....which it actually did! Kaylea got it too but not as bad. I get paranoid especially when she gets fevers since she is my febrial seizure child. Tim's Mom has had more heart-angina attacks these past few weeks which are semi routine now but still scary.

All I can say is HELLO FEBRUARY....We Welcome You!
...Please be a bit nicer than January has been.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Motherhood=Dirty Windows

Having a 20 month old (& a dog) means having dirty windows....'nuff said.

Have I mentioned my house is for sale?
Windows included; Cute kid is not.
Dog?.... possibly.


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