Growing Up

Well it has been quite a while since I have posted a blog. We had a fabulous summer in 2014! We were able to travel around and got to see many different things. Once we got back we still had plenty of things we were going to be doing before school was to start up. Now that we have been in school a while we have been busy with teaching, grading, and keeping up with the family. Kenzi is into selling girl scout cookies again for girl scouts and is also doing cookie booths. In the last two weekends she has done a total of 10 booths. That is a lot! Landon had an over night stay in the hospital a while back because of a horrible allergic reaction to medicine he was given. Kenzi has been sick a few times in the last two weekends also, but last night it was the worst one. Currently the kids are 6, 7, 7, and 15. Each year gets a little crazier. The little ones are already signed up for softball and Kenzi may be joining a traveling team this summer. It has been crazy lately, but we love it.

Almost break time!

Well it has been a long time since I have made a post. I am in my 8th year of teaching and love it. My kids are now in 10, K, 1, and 2. They seem to enjoy school and are getting along great. I was afraid of how Landon would do being at school all day but he is doing great. He was recently out of school for two days and had our first overnight hospital stay on November 16/17. He had a really bd allergic reaction to an antibiotic he was taking. His fever got up to 102.5 and he was red all over his body. I was so scared. He thought the hospital stay was great though. Skyler has joined more at school this year and is in a chess club now. Kenzi is enjoying second grade and lives doing the activities they do. They are also starting a research project in class. Devin likes school and lives math. He just turned 7 and was able to celebrate at church with some friends and family members. We are now in the rush of getting ready for Christmas. We have two more weeks before our Christmas break and I have so many things to do and to wrap. Some of there favorite things: skyler lives the computer, Kenzi loves to read, Devin loves math and the planes movies, and Landon still loves cars. Landon is a funny guy also. His recent favorite phrase is "all nuts!" He also says dang a duck once in a while. Kids are so funny! That's all for now. 

This summer we got family pictures done with my side of the family. They turned out great. 

New School Year

Well today was the first school day back for Jarred and I with our first teacher day. Tomorrow is our second day back and then on Thursday everyone goes back. Today I mainly did stuff with FKOM but was able to attend a few meetings also. Tomorrow I have a busy day because it is FKOM Kick-off day so I won't have much time for getting my classroom ready. I am looking forward to starting school and most of the kids are also.

Skyler is going to be a sophomore this year. He is looking forward to some of his classes but still doesn't like others. I can't believe he only has 3 years of high school left and will then be going to college.

Kenzi is growing up way to fast and getting so tall. She has become a spit fire little girl and has an attitude. She will be in 2nd grade this year and is very excited. She has just this year left in her current school and will then move on to the next one where she will spend 3 years and then to middle school. I can't believe how fast they grow up.

Devin is also growing and is very hyper without his medicine. He does a great job during the day and is really excited about going back to school. He was originally going to have the same teacher as last year but that has now changed. Devin is going into 1st grade this year. I think that he will enjoy the year and looks forward to everything that is coming up.

Landon is a happy little boy but man does he get angry about some of the craziest things. He will be going into "Devin's grade" according to him, which is Kindergarten. He is really excited about meeting his teacher and starting to go to school like his brothers and sister do. He will be full time now and is excited about that. 

As the school year goes on we will get to see how the kids grow and become smarter. They all are so smart and really do a great job in school. Sporting events will come up and I can't wait to watch them playing. Hopefully this year I am better at updating my blog.

Until next time.....

What's going on?

Well I went for my MRI on Thursday July 17th at 6:45. I got in there and was able to get in a little before I should have. Once in he room I noticed how small the machine was. Oh my goodness! MRI machines are so small. I wouldn't consider myself claustrophobic at all but this machine was smaller than I thought it would be. I had an MRI at Whitham but the machine was bigger plus I wasn't head first in the machine. This time I had to go head first and stay in it for up to 30 mins. It was so loud and even though I had headphones on I could hear the machine over the music. I counted the time by the songs that played. I knew that I would have to listen to 10-15 songs before I would be done. I counted each song and left my eyes closed. It was crazy. When I would open my eyes the machine was just so close to me and I couldn't move at all. The technician said that the results take a couple days so I am hoping that they call me no later than Tuesday July 22nd. 

I didn't get a call from them and had to wait until Monday July 29th for my appointment. I went in and had to get more X-rays. After getting X-rays I went in to see the doctor. Dr. Berrios said that the MRI showed a fracture on the rotator cuff and possibly a small tear on one of the ligaments. He said that since the tear isn't very big he expects it to heal on its own. The fracture is a 4-6 week healing process where I basically just have to wear a sling whenever I leave the house. After the six weeks I have to go to therapy to get the movement back in my shoulder area. 

I was given some exercises to do between now and the time it fully heals, but I can't raise it out, only forward. I go back on August 18th for my 5 week checkup.

Skating

So on July 12th I went skating for a Girl Scout skating party. I've been skating a lot in my life so I figured it be just another day at the rink. I forgot my skates and had to wear my sisters, which are two sizes too big, but everything was going great. My feet were hurting so I took them off but then it was time to race. The owner mentioned me racing and so I put them back on to race. I started on the back line because the other two weren't great skaters. Well I caught up but turned the corner too hard trying to make sure I didn't run over them. I ended up hitting the edge of the carpet, which is a step of sorts, and flew to the ground. Normally I would of just jumped on the carpet but I was going so fast that I couldn't slow enough not to hit the children up there so instead I tried to just raise a skate and miss it. I ended up getting one foot up in time ur my other foot hit and I bounced off the ground. I was able to get up but my left arm was killing me so I went to ER. Good news was that it's not broken nor was it dislocated however it still hurt to move. The doctor said that it could be a torn ligament so I will be making an orthopedic appointment to see what is wrong. Today my body is hurting more than yesterday. I hurt in far more places then I felt yesterday. Let's just hope that nothing else is wrong. 

Lesson for me: don't forget my skates EVER AGAIN!

Time to go HOME

July 4, 2014

Today it is time to go home. We cut one day off the trip  by eating at both chicken places so we will be able to get home on July 4th now. 

We got up and left the hotel at 10am to start our journey home. It is a 4 1/2 hour drive from St. Louis and that is without stopping along the way. Of course we had to stop twice for the restroom before driving either an hour and then also had to stop to eat lunch. We got back to Lebanon around 5pm. Around 7pm we took my dad home and stayed the weekend in Anderson. 

We had a lot of fun, but man was driving that much crazy! Now the rest of the summer we will be at home most of the time.

End of Vacation 2014

St. Louis Day 6

July 3, 2014

Well we got to St. Louis a day early and checked into our hotel. We then went to the Gateway Arch to go up inside it. The Arch is 630feet high. It was neat to go inside. We first had to get inside this thing that looked like a spaceship. There were a total of five seats inside it. Once inside the doors closed, if you are claustrophbic then you wouldn't want to go in it, to start our journey up 630 feet high. Once at the top you could get out and look through the windows they have on the observation deck. I had Devin and Landon with me. Devin was so scared, but Landon loved it. We stayed up there for about 10 minutes and then we got in line to go back down. 

Once we got down we went back to our hotel and ate dinner before going to bed. The drive to St. Louis was really long so all of us were tired.

Last day of the vacation is next!