Croup

The 12 days of Christmas are turning into the 12 days of sickness.  Last night at 2:30am I woke up to Alyssa calling for me while struggling to breathe.  She had been sick for several days and we had been given an Albuterol inhaler 2 days earlier at a doctor appointment, so I had her take a puff.  After several minutes she could still hardly breathe.  We tried again, and still no improvement.  She was scared and I began to get scared so we took a trip to the ER. Within no time she was diagnosed with croup, given a breathing treatment and a steroid and was under control, but it was scary.  I am so grateful for modern medicine and doctors and nurses who are willing to work all through the night!

#LIGHTtheWard

$100 dollar budget ÷150 sisters= Christmas music CD

Light Entertainment

I smiled and laughed for 2 hours straight. My face hurts.  Jim Gaffigan was well worth the money and the wait. Thanks for taking me babe!  I could use more nights like tonight in my life.

Bantam Basketball

The girls rocked their first Bantam Basketball game!  I was beginning to lose hope, but maybe they do have a future playing basketball.

"Wild Wenesday"

It was another "Wild Wednesday" at the Hogle Zoo. That means it was free on Wednesday.  I knew it was going to be awfully cold that day, but when I woke up that morning I decided we were going to go anyways.  The kids all thought they were getting ready to go to school that morning, but we went to the zoo instead.  I was right, it was freezing cold, but that made it so there weren't any crowds.

The Lions and apes were especially fun this time.

Lightening Burdens

This Christmas we have the opportunity to help some families in our ward who are struggling financially.  For family home evening we made ornaments for the ward Christmas Giving Tree.

Let it Snow?

I don't normally like snow, but we got several inches the other day and it was so cute to watch Qyntn get all bundled up to go sledding.  He was sooo excited!  We headed over to a new sledding hill nearby and had a ball.  Maybe snow isn't so bad after all.

It's an added bonus that he can drag the sled all the way up the hill without help.  Makes my job much easier!

and how does his hair look so good after

wearing a beanie for hours...what a cutie pie!