All Packed!

Kylie and I leave in a few hours for Hawaii!!! She is super excited. Me? Well, I always struggle being separated from my children. I worry about them and wonder if they will be happy, healthy, fed and safe. Jory offered to take my place, but I also struggle with the idea of my daughter going on her first big trip without me. My children are the best and I love them dearly. I asked the boys if they thought Kylie was my favorite. They both said no. I explained that I would gladly go with any of them to Hawaii:)

They, however, are content to go with their dad to Wyoming. They took dirt bikes and a four wheeler. Who needs the ocean when you have toys? I think I will miss them more than they will miss me. But it's only a week right. And they have the best dad in the world. I'm truly blessed to have so much love in my life. All ready to go!

In other news, Dallin received his Arrow of Light. He has great den leaders. They made it so easy and worked so hard for him. He was pretty excited. We are proud of him.

One great thing about going to Hawaii is it motivated me to lose 18 lbs! I don't know if you can tell in this picture, but all my pants are too big. We'll see if I can keep it off, especially since I haven't worked out since my ankle incident.
Life is good. See you all in a week:)

March

I can't believe March is already almost over. What have we been doing? Well, going to more doctors appointments than anyone wants to. Dallin and Cody both got sick. Cody had an ear infection and was wheezing. Dallin's asthma has been extremely bad with the weather turning so quickly. After church one day we almost had to take him to the emergency room. But with the help of a Priesthood blessing, he made the turn around and started clearing up. Camri hurt her hip some how and couldn't walk for a few days. She doesn't know what happened. It just started hurting at school and by night time she could hardly walk. Xrays showed no signs of a fracture and she is walking again. She missed her last basketball game and a week of school though.
And me? Well, I won't go into details, but I took a trip to Portland to see my old doctor. I was a nervous wreck and was going to have Kylie drive down with me. I finally admitted to a friend my problems, and she volunteered to drive. It turned out to be the best thing for me. Not only did I get some help, but we stayed in a hotel and shopped after the appointments, window shopped that is. FUN! It was a little strange not dragging five kids with me. I kept thinking we needed to get home and then would realize we had all night:) We did come home the next day and everyone survived without us.
Tuesday, however, I finally made it to volleyball only to play for five minutes before I jumped up for a block and came down twisting my ankle. I could barely walk, but made it home, iced it and took some meds. Yesterday I hobbled around and when Kylie came home she yelled at me, "What did you do? We are supposed to go to Hawaii next Saturday!" The swelling has gone down and I can limp without pain now, so I should be good to go play in the sun next week. At least now I have an excuse before we go for laying out in the sun to work on my tan and not doing anything else, right?
Through all this, I'm thankful for a husband who puts up with my ailments and has a job with good insurance. He's the best!!! I'm also thankful for good friends! Some are willing to take a few days out of their life for me. Some just listen and have the same kind of issues so I don't feel alone. Some call to make sure I'm doing better. Some help with my children when they are struggling. I can truly say I have been greatly blessed.

Finally some pictures!

More of Kylie's show

Me, attempting a jump (not even my big one)

The result! Snowmobiling is hard work:)

Jory showing me how it's done. Now that's air!

Like father like son. We went out to my sister's shop after our trip and let the kids play on the snowmobiles. Jory really got the hang of it.
Dallin helped tell me if I lost any kids off the sled.
Camri and her cousin Ashton loved riding behind on the sled.

They got pretty cold so they found a solution.
Cody loved riding as well. You can tell from Camri's hair we had a lot of fun! Why's everyone so ready for spring? All it means is yard work. Snow is much more fun!