Valentine's Day

What did I do for Valentine's Day? Had a blast snowmobiling with my hubby and our great friends from Wyoming. This was our second annual snowmobiling trip. Last year we stayed in Bear Lake, UT and this year we stayed in Island Park, ID. It was amazing. All of us chipped in and rented a cabin. Jory borrowed a couple of really nice sleds and off we went. Saturday morning we fueled up and hit the trails. I still can't figure out how Dallas found his way around. It took me a while to get used to riding. I only go once a year, remember. At one point, we went off trail and followed the river where a herd of elk were drinking. Yes, I forgot the camera. For lunch, we stopped in at Pine Lodge to warm up and fuel the men. That afternoon, Dallas led us on what I thought was a crazy mountain trail that would get us lost. We ended up going through the mountains to a big open field and then 10 or so miles later, the cabin! I couldn't believe it. What fun!!! No one was hurt too badly, though I have bruises on my legs and arms. I got brave and learned how to stand on the side and turn. Fell a few times, but the snow was six inches of new powder. Later, the hot tub saved all of us aging friends. We had a great time and can't wait for next year.
Jory is pretty cool to watch. He floats through the snow! I'm pretending to ride at the time. I was too tired at the moment to do much else. I finally got the hang of going to the side to turn. It's kind of fun!

I've been tagged

I'm so glad to be tagged. I need to catch up on this. We had so much fun this weekend, but I don't have time to share yet, so I'll just do the tag. Here's my sixth photo in my sixth file.

This is Jory T. riding his Uncle Jonathon's mechanical bull in 2005. Hubby Jory was getting the bull ready to be shipped to Japan. Jonathon had sold it to someone and shipped it out from Seattle. I was the Laurel advisor for our ward at the time, so we set it up for the youth one Wednesday night. My kids had to show how it's done. They ride like pros. We still have people come up to us, remembering that night and how bruised they were after riding. Jory still misses running the bull every once in a while. Just for fun, here are the rest of the kids riding.

Okay, I'll tag whoever reads this. Is that cheating? I hate naming people, so if you want to do it, go ahead. Great way to journal and look back at all your photos you haven't scrapbooked yet:) By the way, Cody has a clean bill of health. Took him back and he was great. I took Dallin as well just for a check up and he was wheezing and made the doctor very concerned. Me, the great mom I am, didn't even know he was struggling. I think he's just used to feeling miserable, poor kid. He's doing better and was able to play hard all weekend.

Baby Blues

Cody started not feeling well Friday, because it was a weekend. Don't all kids get sick on the weekends? Saturday, Kylie babysat while we watched Camri and Dallin play basketball. She called to tell us Cody was having a hard time breathing. He did this at Christmas and the Dr. in Idaho said to treat him with Dallin's Albuteral and nebulizer. So I told Kylie to start that again. I was angry thinking he probably has asthma like Dallin.

We made it through the weekend and went to our family Dr. on Monday. Knowing Dallin's history, he also wondered about the asthma but tested Cody for RSV as well. I couldn't believe it, but he has RSV. He's doing fine. The nebulizer was the right thing to do. It probably kept us out of the hospital.

Dallin was three when he started showing signs of asthma. He didn't want to play. If he did play, it would only be for a little while and then he'd be tired and short of breath. At night he would breath fast even in a sound sleep. He coughed so much, but I just thought it was drainage from his allergies. Finally, one day I sent him to a good friend's house to be watched while I went to class. When I picked him up, she told me his cough was worse and it sounded more like her daughter when her asthma flares. I called the doctor, and they said to come NOW. By the time I got there, he was hardly moving. But after a treatment, he perked up and we didn't have to hospitalize him.

When Dallin was diagnosed with asthma, I went through so many emotions: sadness, anger, guilt and more. I didn't realize how severe asthma could be. I learned later that when a person is diagnosed with a chronic illness they go through the grieving process. I think I went through that with Dallin. I learned a lot about asthma that year. Asthma is the leading cause of children to miss school and one of the leading causes of hospitalization of children. But Heavenly Father blessed my family by providing supportive friends, family, teachers (who let me miss class whenever needed) and wonderful doctors to help Dallin with his illness. Now I can see how Heavenly Father continues to bless our family, because Dallin's asthma has given me plenty of experience with respiratory problems.

I laughed when I saw Dallin doing his medicine one day with 3D glasses on. He looked like an alien.

I'm a little relieved Cody has RSV, because, like the Dr. said, we don't have to call this asthma, which I hope he never has to deal with. Cody uses the nebulizer every four hours and doesn't mind at all. However, he hates his other medicines, a decongestant and an antibiotic. The video was taken Wednesday and Cody was feeling much better.

Sorry it's sideways.