STAYING HOME
Jack and I stayed home from church. He was still hurting pretty bad with his arm, and I am still sick and have this disgusting cough. It was pretty productive (the 3 hours- the cough too, but I'm referring to the time home :) ), I finished Noah's bat that I was crocheting for him, showered, cleaned up the shower mess- yes, it was still everywhere because I had asked the girls to do it...., and I made dinner. Not the most spiritually uplifting day, but I decided to let it be okay that I missed church. I hate missing and this was the second week in a row missing the sacrament, but I made it okay. 11-2-14
"SCHOOL PICTURE"
Thankfully, Sarah kept her equipment up for us to go get pictures on Monday instead of Saturday. That was a blessing. The kids all did great! I only wish Jack Jack had been feeling up to it! I'm gonna have to figure out a way to finagle another picture out of him somehow. That was our FHE activity for the day. Then for the treat (we decided it was backwards FHE- should have started with the closing prayer :) ) we stopped at Cherry Berry for all the good little smilers (and the cheap kids cups they have on Mondays + a few little coupons from the Pumpkin carving contest- consolation prize). When we got home we had Bradley's lesson about honesty, he did a great job, and then finished with dinner :). Yes, it was a very backwards evening, but we enjoyed it. 11-3-14
I LOVE TUESDAYS
Tuesdays have become my favorite day of the week. They are so empty, yet so wonderful. The only thing I don't like about it is nagging my kids to take their showers. Why is it so difficult? 11-4-14
PRIMARY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
So Jack, Erika and I made the trek down to SLC for Jack's check up. I don't know why, but I always feel like PCMC is so far away. It think it's because I always get lost going up there. SO I decided that rather than be stressed out the entire way there and once I would most likely get lost, I would leave my house a little bit early. I started getting the kids ready WAY before it was time to go, to cut back on stress, then managed to kill a little time, but just kept feeling like we should go. So we did. I knew we were going to be WAY early and I did have a few little time killer ideas in my head, for when we got there, but I decided to continue following the prompting I'd felt I'd had. We got there 45 minutes before our appointment (I told you we left early!). So before checking in, we made our way across one of the fun sky bridges, and back... walking very slowly and just enjoying the peaceful quiet. Then we checked in. I couldn't believe how quickly everything started happening! They called us back for x-rays, then only a few minutes later, called us back for the check up! I was so excited! And just as a side note (clearly this post wasn't meant to be about Jack's condition- but the Doc said everything looked like it was healing up properly, no pins or surgery needed, and then nixed the sling and wrapped him up in this giant white ace bandage. Looks like a straight jacket, but seems to really cut down on pain, which is SO GOOD!!! Jack is finally acting more like himself again. She said we can come back in a week to get it cast-ed. Gotta wait for the swelling to go down. So anyway, back to my story...) We left the exam room, had made our follow up appointment and were walking out of the office five minutes BEFORE the time his appointment had been scheduled! Unbelievable! And it was a packed waiting room too!! It was so great! I was happy because this meant that I would be home when the kids got home and all would be well there. I hate not being here when they get home. So anyway. One of my little miracles. 11-5-14
TENDER MERCIES
Being at Primary Children's Hospital brings back so many memories. Taking Charity to have her hip x-rayed a few days after bringing her home from the hospital. Kelly's horrible nights in the RT with her kidney infection- of course the memory of tripping on her cords and tubes and yanking her off the bed inevitably comes to mind- darn this memory of mine. Then Bradley's "failure to thrive" diagnosis, and let's not leave out the sneaky after hours visit to urology with Dr. Miles the night of his ward's Christmas Party. Did he do that to get out of the party?? It's possible. Then Kelly's broken arm, standing outside of the room, peeking through the tiny slits in the blinds on the window of the door... not wanting to see them rebreaking her arm and then resetting it... ugh. We've been there enough for us, I think. I got to go see Alicia there. And I do remember being there for a blood drive so many years ago. So the place triggers a lot of things in my mind and emotionally. The thing that stood out to me this time, though, was how lucky I am. And I know it's not luck, it's blessed, like everyone always tells me, but for some reason, I feel like "blessed" implies that I've done something to deserve it. So on the way home, I realized what it is, it is a tender mercy! It's a tender mercy of the Lord, that I have such healthy, happy, not medicated, benign, HEALTHY kids!! It's huge to me that SEVEN, ALL SEVEN of them have maintained such good health and been so easy to care for all of these years. Yes, we've had our days, or nights, or even a couple days at a time, but honestly, I just don't think I could handle what some other families do. With multiple, weekly trips to the hospital, or even month long admits. It just blows my mind that that is even possible. I could never handle that. We were in the elevator with a boy who was wearing some pj pants, a little kid's gown, a small mask, and a plastic blue rosary around his neck. I could only imagine what he was "in for". Just breaks my heart for those people who lose their children and even more for those who suffer a long painful road before getting to that point. I could never do it. I am very grateful for the tender mercy I enjoy of healthy children. I made sure to thank my Father in Heaven for that blessing (undeserving, but still) and for the blessing of being able to raise my children, at home, with no tubing and machines attached to them. It is a blessing. 11-5-14
SIMON'S MOM'S VIEWING
Nate and I snuck out Thursday evening to pay tribute to Simon's Mom. It was a nice viewing. I enjoyed talking with Linda, my Grandma's next door neighbor, about my Grandma Mottishaw, but didn't enjoy the rude thing her other neighbor said to me... well, I don't think she planned on "He's the one that makes you look good" sounding as rude as it did, when I introduced her to Nate. But whatever. It was cool watching the video of Simon's family pictures- I love those. I didn't use my quarter that night, so hopefully I don't have too much bad luck, and the candy was good! 11-6-14
SHOPPING WITH HEIDI
I got to go with Heidi to Beehive Clothing to get all of her temple clothing and garments!! This was a long awaited experience! I was so happy she wanted to share it with me. It's getting so close I can taste it!! 11-8-14
NOAH'S FIRST BASKETBALL PRACTICE
Noah (well, everyone except Erika, Jack and I) went with Nate to his first basketball practice! He was SO excited and SO nervous! I couldn't believe how anxious he was leading up to it, "how many more minutes til my practice?" like every five minutes! It sounded like they had a good time and all went well. I was glad to hear they passed out the treat sign up sheet... this means we don't have to bring a treat to every game like last year with Brad and Luke! Wahoo :) Simple pleasures... 11-8-14
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