Whew.

I think we're mostly on the mend from the stomach bug.

Cary and Ella are still feeling icky, but Cary was able to go to work today.

(I thankfully didn't seem to get as hit as hard as everyone else)

It was kind of bummer to have a long weekend and end up being ill most of it.

Chandra had invited us over for dinner and the kids really needed to get out and see people so we persevered and went over to their house.

We figured we'd go ahead and spread the stomach flu too. ☺ 

Aidan and Ella always have lots of fun hanging out with their cousins.

Cary and I were still feeling sick enough that we didn't dare eat anything except for a few bites of Chandra's homemade ice cream while everyone else got the yummy pizza goodness. 

Thanks for inviting us over Chandra.

Hope no one got sick!

(besides Kenneth) ☺

Down for the Count

Last week was round 1 of the stomach flu tearing through our house and it would seem that round 2 has hit this week.
Cary was supposed to work on finishing the wiring in our house this weekend, but he got hit and he's been down for most of the day. Ella has been throwing up the past 3 days, even though she was sick a little last week. Aidan and I were sick last week too, so I'm hoping we don't get another turn.
Needless to say, there hasn't been much to blog about...that you want to read. ;o)

Saying Goodbye

Just a few shots from yesterday at Sabbath services. We stayed in SLC this weekend so that we could say good-bye to Dan and Melanie and family. They are moving out of the state this week, so this was Dan's last time taking church.

I didn't remember to take very many pictures though.

32 weeks 4 days...again

 Can't help but think about this being how far along I was when Aidan was born.

I was doing pretty good until this last week and then the sciatic nerve pain kicked in and I have all these cleaning and organizing urges.

So I clean and organize and then once I sit down or lay down, then I can't move.

 It's a vicious cycle. ☺

The other night was so bad because I had insomnia, my back hurt so I couldn't move, and then my hips felt like an elephant was sitting on them.

 I woke up the next morning and ordered a 4" memory foam mattress topper.

We'll see if it helps. LOL.

I start to wonder how I'm going to last the rest of the pregnancy, but that's over-run with panic attacks about how little time I actually have left! ;o)

Gee, do I sound like a pregnant lady yet?

Memorial

As I mentioned before, my Uncle Tim was out at EskDale last week to install Grandma's headstone and the memorial bench for my Grandparent's.

A lot of people helped Tim out, John Hansen came over and helped Tim dig holes the second time. (Tim dug the holes in the wrong spot the first time because my dad gave him bad info. Heh.)

Have I mentioned there was 2 feet of snow on the ground and the temperature didn't get above 15 degrees that week? Some days not even getting warmer than 5 degrees and dropping down to -20.

Cary and Kenneth helped Tim with mixing concrete, pouring and everything else.

After the headstone and bench were in place, Tim wanted to show Grandpa the finished product so a bunch of us went down to see it too.

It looks really nice!

Update on Ken's House

Guest bedroom

The master bathroom before sheetrock

The other bath room before sheetrock and new tub.

Living room

Living room

My uncle Tim was out visiting and working on putting in my grandma's headstone down at the cemetery. Kenneth and Cary were helping him, and in their spare time they worked on Kenneth's house and our house.

Ken finally got his kitchen window installed.

and Gerry was installing doors

Happy New Year!

Another year has gone by.

Wow.

It was my turn to stay with the kids since Cary missed out on all the funtivites last year, so I only got a few pictures before going back to the house.

I did stay up for the fireworks, but at that point it was already -15 outside, so I just watched from the window and didn't take any pictures.

Around here, we're bringing in the new year with some nice cold temps and we still have a good foot of snow on the ground.  (Last night the low was -20)

I'm ready for some warmer weather already! ☺