Sick, Sick, and More Sick

It all began Halloween day when I woke up with a sore throat.  Fast forward 19 days later and everyone in the house has been sick in one way or another.  The person that's been hit the hardest is Lane.  She has coughed non stop along with almost daily fever for what seems like forever.  The last time she went to school was on her birthday, a good last day I suppose.  Just when I think she's ok to go back, she either has more fever, or a really bad night of coughing.  After a round of anti biotics that did nothing, Ryan and I thought it best she go to the urgent care clinic to rule out Pneumonia. The chest X Ray showed that her lungs were clear, but the Dr said it was possible that the cough/virus could hang on a bit longer, and he was right.  Here we are four days later and not much relief for her.  My prayer is that since its been tough for us the past few weeks, that we'll be blessed with a sick free holiday season.  We need some fun holiday cheer for sure!  Hoping we're on the tail end of this mess.

Delaney turns 8!

What a special birthday for an extra special lady.  Lane was so excited to turn 8, and I don't blame her!  She's ready to get Baptized so she "can get the Holy Spirit and become a member of our church."  I love this baby.

The celebrating began last Saturday when she had a roller skating party with all of her favorite friends.  Each girl she invited showed up so it was quite the bash.  Her birthday was on Thursday, and she started her day opening lots of presents from the people who love her the most.  At school I brought her Chick Fil A for lunch, then she passed out cream filled cupcakes with turquoise frosting to her class and Mrs Grande.  Yum.  That night she chose to go to Wassbi for dinner and that was lots of fun.  She calls it the cooker place because they cook hibachi style in front of you.  After dinner it was cake and singing.  She's a lucky kid, and I'm so glad she's ours.  Next up, her Baptism in December!

Ponderizing

There was a talk during the October General Conference session that I thought was really cool.  It was about a term I hadn't heard before called Ponderizing.  Basically, you choose a scripture and ponder/memorize it for a week and see how you can apply it to your life.  This struck me as something our family could really do and benefit from.  You think about the scripture when you may be struggling with something or really in any situation.  We started doing this two weeks ago and I've loved it, I think the rest of our little family has, too.  So each Monday a new person pics a scripture, we think about it all week until the next Monday.  We meet back for FHE, or if we don't have time for a full lesson, we quickly discuss how we were able to apply the scripture in our lives the past week.  Then someone else pics a new scripture and we start over.  I'm really excited about Ponderizing, it's definitely a great way for us all to really see the scriptures working for us in our day to day lives.

Trick or Treat

Yesterday was one of those days that I knew if I got through, I was home free.  LOTS was on the agenda.  The day started bright and early for me.  I volunteered to be a door greeter at a swim meet and that lasted 7-noon.  It we pretty darn boring, and I'm glad that it's behind me.  Shortly after I got home it was time to get kids in their Halloween costumes.  Our trick or treat time in our neighborhood was 2-4.  Our neighbor's The Williams do a hayride for the kids each year and it's always a big hit.  After that was over, Addyson went to her friend Regan's neighborhood for more trick or treating.  To says we have a ton of candy at our house is an understatement.  The girls had so much fun, we love Halloween.  Now on to the holidays!

Trunk or Treat

About a month ago at Ward Council Bishop asked Ryan to be in charge of our Trunk or Treat this year.  Ryan is always super busy so I told him I'd take care of most of it.  We decided to have a potluck of soup and chili and cornbread.  We had a DJ with musical chairs for the kids, a craft room for the little ones, and of course Trunk or Treating.  Addyson wanted to invite Regan so that was fun to have her tag along.  I was grateful for all of the extra hands that helped us make it a success!

Pumpkin Carving 2015

As always we carved some pumpkins this week.  We normally do it just before Halloween so the pumpkins don't rot.  This year we did an owl, a bat, and one with holes drilled through it so the light shines a cool way.  

Sister Missionaries

This past Sunday we had our Sister  Missionaries from church over for dinner. It was so much fun because it was a girls only night.  Ryan was traveling so it worked it that no boys were allowed, haha. I made Taco Soup with cornbread and we had a Boston Cream Poke Cake for dessert.  Chocolate and lots of laughing, it was lots of fun.  The sisters wanted to do an activity with us that we all loved. The four of us stood in a circle and said kind things to each other to lift the other one up.  Obviously I got teared up when I told Addyson that she was so pretty with a beautiful singing voice.  Sister Hardy told me I was a good cook to which I had to laugh.  No one has ever told me that so it was fun to hear!  One of the Sisters, Sister DeWilde, is from The Netherlands and left to go home this past week.  We loved her and hated to see her go.  I'm glad we at least got to have her over once.  

When the Sisters left Laney cried because she said she made two new friends that she was sad to see go.  We exchanged email addresses so we are glad we can keep in touch that way.  We were certainly blessed by them that evening and made a great memory.