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Memorial Day Weekend

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We had such a great weekend. I was sick the whole time. But didn’t feel that bad just a cough no fever or other symptoms. So I just powered though. “Power though” was my weekend mantra. I was glad I powered though. It really was a fun weekend.

We started off our busy weekend with a family trip to the zoo. This trip we made sure to see the big cats as requested by Kaylee and Nathan. Kaylee was my “navigator” sitting on the front of the stroller.

We also went to one of the playgrounds/splash pads they have in the zoo. These two cuties were on occasion freezing and needed a cuddled to warm up before going back to play.

Later that night we went to the Sapp’s house for a family BBQ. The children had a blast on the tramp and in the pool.

Sunday afternoon Jack’ee came over to visit, and do hair. My roots were in desperate need of bleaching! She also cut and highlighted Kaylee’s hair! Kaylee’s been BEGGING for a while. And Jon asked me if there was a good reason not to do it. I couldn’t think of any reason why not to let her get some VERY subtle highlights. So Jack’ee reluctantly foiled up her niece. You can’t hardly tell that there are highlights in her hair. Jack’ee did an AMAZING job. Kaylee was beyond thrilled at having matching hair with her Mama.

 I also got to practice Jack’ee’s wedding hair too! So much fun. I should have taken a picture. Next time I will. I need LOTS more practice before I get all the kinks worked out and the DO is wedding worthy.

See our happy guy. He was So happy during Jack’ee’s visit. That is until he grabbed the flaming hot salon (heats to a bajillion degrees!) curling iron that was on to warm up.

It was HORRIBLE!!! So so so so so horrible. My poor baby! Please ignore my smile. I am not sure why I am smiling. I felt like Regan’s face inside. Jack’ee felt like it was all her fault. It wasn’t. We all felt terrible. Sad night.

Monday we went to the Jan Day house for some AWESOME deep fried chicken and swimming fun with cousins. Jan is Shannon’s MIL, and we are in her ward. So fun! She and her hubby are super nice. We love them, and are ever grateful to be invited to family functions.

After several hours of fun we (Jon, Josh, and myself) were dressed and ready to go home. The children were not.

Dwayne is such a tease. The children were giving me heart attacks trying to get back into the pool. Regan thought the mini dips were fun. Kaylee not so much.

Regan drenched his shoes while we were all laughing at Kaylee freaking out over her toes getting wet. And then pitched a major fit as we left anyway. Stinker. 😉

So um, I awesomely got walking pneumonia. Fun stuff. Good times. No. Not really though. What I thought was an after cold linger cough was not a linger cough. After coughing for about 10 days and my lungs feeling heavy and odd I was still fighting Jon about going to see the Dr. there was TOO much to do and I didn’t feel THAT bad.  Day 11 brought PAIN. It  hurt to breath. And Kaylee was complaining of another UTI. So I called the Dr. and got us appointments.  He took a look and a listen, and said, “sounds light walking pneumonia”. And then loaded me up with Rx’s. I got a major “I told you so” from Jon. 🙂

Then Kaylee and I went home to lay on the couch and feel miserable (you can find the three of us in this position most of the day still). Regan joined us with his burned hand, and Jon took a photo of his sicky ouchy family. We are all on the mend. Regan’s hand is healing up nicely, Kaylee is on different antibiotics to hopefully knock out this infection, and I am still using the inhaler “as needed for wheezing” as instructed by Dr. M, the pharmacy, and Rx. Makes laugh every time I see it.

Josh, “Ya. You have been wheezing a lot.”

Today I was feeling REALLY good. So I walked the children up to the library (10 min stroller walk) to get some movies and books. And also to just get out of the house. By the time I got home I thought I was going to die. Hahaha. I went straight for my inhaler when we walked in the house.

Jon, “You have pneumonia! You need to rest.”

I should really start listening to my hubby…

Eclipse

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Did you see the Eclipse today? AWESOME!!! We were a bit bummed out due to our location. The St. George, UT area had MUCH better views of it than we did in AZ.  In fact Jon’s calender on his phone went off with a reminder to be in Parowan, UT while we were in sacrament this afternoon.
He programed that into his phone TWO years ago! There is a canyon in Parowan (30 min. drive from Cedar City) that we had planned on going to, to watch the eclipse. It’s supposed to be just a spectacular view.
Jon was funny and said that if we would have planned things out he would have driven us up to UT to see the full eclipse.
Jon helping Kaylee get a peek at the eclipse.
Jon looking while Kaylee looks at the sun even though she was told not to. Stinker.
It’s hard to see, but here is a photo of how much coverage we were able to witness. We were able to see about %80 coverage. Jon rigged this gadget so we could watch without damaging our eyes. There is a small sliver of light next to his finger. That’s all that the sun was peeking out at this point.
My Dad had a great view from his house. He rigged a lens cover for his camera and sent us these photos.
Dad was cute texting and calling us giving us updates on how much better his view was. Making us way jealous. They got this terrific shot of the “ring of fire”.
Even thought Kaylee probably won’t remember I am sure glad she got into it and was excited about such a cool thing. The next one is in five years. We will be going on a family road trip to see that one for sure!

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Phoenix Zoo

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Shannon needed to go to the Zoo for her biology class. So she invited me and the children to tag along.
The children were very excited about our field trip. We split a season pass and are excited to go again with the oldest two who were for this trip in school.

I was SUPER pleased with how great Kaylee did. She only asked for confirmation that the animals couldn’t get her a couple of times. I think going to the zoo is going to really help ease her fear of animals.

Nathan was our map reader. Always checking his map and the big maps to make sure we were going the right way. It was too too cute. And Kaylee just did whatever he did.


Shannon took the older two up on a platform to overlook the giraffes while I stayed with the younger two. If it wasn’t CRAZY crowded on the platform the two younger would have gone up as well. They would have gotten trampled this time.

To keep them happy I pulled out the snacks. You can see how happy they were about it too. They both kept saying, “up!” 🙂 Next time they will hopefully be able to go up.

Kaylee has designated the foot rest as her seat. It works out great!

The orangutangs were my favorite of this trip. They were so fun.

Regan was VERY impressed buy the Orangutangs acrobatics.



Jon and I had our intake meeting with the adoption agency (LDS Family Services) later that afternoon. We’ve got loads of paperwork we’re now working on. It’s really exciting. Kaylee has decided she wants “Tres mas” (3 more) babies. And keeps asking us where they are. She was disappointed when we came back from the meeting without a baby.

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