Yummy Worms!

I have to share the cutest thing that happended the other day. Mitch had just left to go ice fishing and I realized he left his lovely container of earth worms in the fridge. I asked Lexie to run get my phone so I could see if I could catch Mitch before he got to far. Lexie said okay but said I'll tell dad he forgot his worms. I agreed to let her call and tell him. She called him and was having an adorable little conversation with him and said, "Dad, you forgot your worms." She turned to me with a huge smile and an ecstatic look on her face and said to me, "Dad said we can eat his worms for lunch. I just laughed. Mitch was teasing her and she thought she was going to get those yummy sour worms for lunch. Little did she know the worms he was talking about were creepy, crawly, and just nasty. Yes, I hate bugs and anything dirty that moves!

What the February?

Oh what a month it has been...It sure came and went and just as soon as I thought that I had everything under control its March now. Well from more snow, to the Rexburg Temple dedication, to Las Vegas, to RSV, to pneumonia, to a concussion, oh what a month it has been. Hopefully it turns to spring soon because I am starting to get cabin fever and understand a little what seasonal depression might be like.

Rexburg Temple

Let me start at the beginning of the month. We finally got to see the dedication of the Rexburg temple. It has been such an amazing process to see all the work that the community/church has done and how everything came together so well. It really has been a blessing to this whole community. We were so blessed to have our new prophet Pres. Monson come and dedicate the temple. There were four different sessions held and Mitch and I went to the first one and I am so glad we did. President Monson, Elder Bednar and Elder Nelson were all there. While they sealed the cornerstone President Monson was so cute to watch; he kept on inviting people to come up and put a little mortar in, even the children. They told him that time was short and they needed to get moving on, and just like a sweet grandpa he said, "I know, they tell me we need to get going" and then he just kept going, inviting a few more to come up and then stopped to tell a story about a little red headed boy. He had everyone grinning from ear to ear. What a precious moment, one I will never forget. What a blessing to have the temple so close. I feel a little like the early saints might have felt. It’s hard to even describe.

Las Vegas

It makes me feel guilty to even write this after the temple dedication, but…We, Mitch and I and some friends or ours went to Vegas for a little vacation. We went to “O” by Cirque du Soleil, Phantom of the Opera, Hoover dam, Vantage Point, ate at some great restaurants, walked through some amazing hotels and just had fun. We really had a great time. Jesser and Jarred are great traveling partners. Hopefully they say the same things about us. The sad thing is I left my sick kids at home with my mom.
Pneumonia & RSV

My mom was so sweet to come up and watch our kids. Little did I know she would be a nurse the whole time. When we left Tanner had started to get a fever, but I didn’t think much of it, I just thought he’s getting more teeth. I wish it was just his teeth coming in. To make a long story short, my poor mother got to clean-up throw-up at least 6 times that I know about, hold Tanner all weekend, and then when I said maybe you should take him to the doctor…the doctor told her, we can’t treat him here, take him to the ER. Tanner had pneumonia and RSV. Lexie had a nice little cough and a fever, we never really did have her checked out, but she is getting better so I guess she’s okay. Sorry mom and thanks so much for taking care of my babies. Other then all that happening while we were in Vegas; we really did have a great time. Thanks to my sweet mother in law who got to pick up my kids at the hospital and take them to her house so they could cry and be sick there until I got home. I don’t know if my mom or mother in law will ever watch my kids again after that whole ordeal.

What a Fall

Oh, but don’t you worry that’s not the end of it all. So we got home Monday to all this exciting illness and what not. Monday evening I was walking down the stairs holding my sick baby Tanner, when I don’t exactly know what happened because I can’t remember, but I fell down the stairs. Luckily, somehow I didn’t land on Tanner, Mitch says when he came to us, Tanner was on top of me. We both hit our heads and put a dent in the front door (with our heads). I had a nice concussion and slight memory loss for a little while. Just ask my husband how many times I asked the same questions over and over. He said about 50. I couldn’t remember anything about Vegas and I still can’t remember the 15 to 20 minutes after my fall. Mitch says I was awake and conscious and that I just kept asking the same questions over and over. It makes me feel good that for once my husband really got worried about me; worried enough to take me to the ER. Yes, we had two ER visits in two days. That should fill our quota for the next 5 years. If any of you know Mitch…he’s pretty laid back…I know he loves me…but the key word there is worried…Mitch’s usually doesn’t worry. He even said, “Not much freaks me out, but there for a minute I was getting a little nervous.” I love you babe! I am so glad that he was home when that happened. I can’t even imagine what would have happened if it were just me and the kids home.
All you moms out there…be careful on the stairs and tell your little ones what to do if something ever happens to mommy and daddy’s not home. Lexie knows the speed dials for my mom and Mitch. Thank goodness she didn’t have to use them, because Mitch said she was crying when she saw us and because Tanner was crying.
We’re all good now. I get a few headaches every once in a while but other than that we’re good and on the up-hill climb to being healthy again. YEAH!