Fragile

I was holding Livee because she wasn't feelin the best. I was holding her hand, stroking it, kissing it, and just looking at the details. My sister KellyRae, grabbed my camera and took a shot while she was calm and relaxed. Just looking at the picture, really reminds me of how fragile babies are. I sometimes wonder if Heavenly Father really knew what he was doing when he agreed to let me have 5 of his angels. On many days I question my motherhood abilities, but when I sit and hold my baby, I realize that they don't know any different. They just unconditionally love me because I am mom. And isn't that the best feeling in the world- to know you are loved.

Aleena's First Stitches

Aleena had her first stitches experience on Saturday July 26, 2008. We were at Aunt KD's house. It was around 9 o'clock at night. We were hanging out waiting for the firework show. I had just got Livee asleep. Livee was running a fever and not feeling well. Aleena was in the family room, running towards the front door. She just stumbled on her own feet, tripped and when she fell her forehead hit the doorframe. I was standing right next her when it happened. As soon as it happened, I knew there would be blood. There was something about the angle of how she hit, and the force behind it that I just knew it was going to be bad. I grabbed her and ran straight to the kitchen sink. I got a towel on it before she could see any of the blood. She then let us look at it, and assess the damage. Yep, it needed stitches.

KD has a friend whose husband is a surgery assistant, Lane Martin, (I am not 100% sure if that is exactly what he does), but anyways, he knows how to do stitches and so KD called him, and he said he would do it for us. Aleena was so brave. She was done crying by the time we got there. I told her that this man was going to help her owee, and that it is okay to cry if she is scared. The only time she cried was when he had to give her 2 numbing shots. She even drifted in and out of sleep while he was putting in the stitches. He had draped a paper over head and she just layed there and let him work. He put a handful of inside stitches and some glue on the top. The stitches will just dissolve. After she got to go and pick out a treat in the garage with Annejanette (the wife). I am very thankful for Lane being willing to help us. He saved me a trip to the ER and a big hefty bill. We went back to KD's house and got there just in time for the fireworks. All the kids were asking "what happened" and Aleena was so proud of her treats and was showing them which wall she did it on. She opened her tiny arms as wide as they could go and said "There was this much blood." The kids were fascinated. I actually reacted to whole thing better than I thought I would. I kept my cool and was very calm. Having KD there helped me stay calm. She knew who to call, grabbed her keys and said "Let's go". She has had lots of practice with the sick kids=).

Hopefully it doesn't scar to bad.

Saturday, July , 2008

We spent most of the day at the park.
There was a small carnival set up.
The kids loved the swing. They each went a few times. It made me dizzy just watching it.

They got to pick out prizes and treats with the tickets from the games.

We found a shady spot at the park and camped there for a while. The park has booths of food and drinks. There is also a stage set up so we could watch the singers and dancers while we were eating and hanging out.



You can't have a carnival without

cotton candy.

After lunch, we went swimming for a bit. We were all hot and needed a bit of cooling down. Hallie did her first flip and cartwheel of the diving board. I got video, but no pictures. Dangit.

Jase's highlight was climbing the rock wall. He climbed that wall like he had done this a hundred times before. He thought it was cool to ring the siren at the top of the wall.

The parade was around 5 p.m. We actually had the perfect shady spot to watch, and the parade didn't last but a few minutes. In the past it has been much longer.




After the parade we went back to Aunt KD's and had a popsicle break and just hung out on the grass. The shade felt so good. We were all pretty exhausted.

Jase was going outside at grama and grampa's house and the door shut right over the top of his foot. It was pretty gross. He asked if it would still be there when we came home? He wanted daddy to see it, so we took a picture of it while it was a fresh wound.

It was a busy yet fun weekend. The kids were truely exhausted. Some of the gang went to the rodeo. I stayed with Livee and Cooper at the house. Cooper was ready for bed and Livee was running a fever. I don't know if she just got over heated from being out or if she is getting Jase's cold.

Later, KD came home from rodeo a little earlier and brought Faith, Aleena, and Tate. They had had enough. This is when Aleena tripped and fell and hit her head on the corner of the wall. She split it right open.

We had to run and get her stitches. That will be another post later. She is doing good. Bless her heart, she was so brave.

What a weekend. I am ready to have a vacation from vacation.

Thursday July 24, 2008

The kids and I went to Oakley this weekend.
It was quite eventful.
We left Thursday afternoon for my sister KellyRae's house in Burley. Her ward was having a BBQ celebrating Pioneer Days, at a local pond. It was a beautiful place. They had all sorts of fun things for the kids: canoes, paddle boats, slip-n-slide, zip line, playset and a bouncy house. The kids had fun hanging out. We had a big scare with my nephew Zane. One minute he was on the playset, the next minute he was gone, and we couldn't find him anywhere. We thought for sure he drowned. Finally after about 10 minutes of frantic searching, we found him way on the other side crying, looking for his mom. We also discovered that the mosquitos really love Aleena. Why wouldn't they, she is pretty cute.



Hallie, Gracie & Lexey trying out the boats. I just noticed Hallie doesn't have her life jacket on. Shame on me for not paying better attention, and shame on her for not having it on.









Hallie, Analise & Lexey jumping off the bridge.

Jase loved playing on all the boats.

Aleena and Macey played on the playset and in the jumpy house. Later, they discovered the tall grassy flowers, and then they were in fairy tale land. These two are truely inseperable.

It really was a fun place. The kids are already asking when we get to go visit that place again.