Easter 2014

The Friday before Easter Claire's class had a spring parade and egg hunt. It was fun to be there with her. She had a lot of fun.

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The kids and I spent Saturday in Palm Desert with my mom and two of my sisters. Robert had to stay behind because our couch was getting delivered sometime that day. We ended the day in the desert by making some cotton candy.

On Easter morning the kids got their Easter baskets and had some early morning treats before church.

They looked so nice at church in their new Easter clothes. We finished the night off in Fallbrook for dinner.

Spring Break

We had a nice, relaxing spring break from school. Here's the breakdown of our week:


Monday - We walked around Oceanside harbor and checked out the little shops. We also went to Toys R Us for the kids to spend the money they had saved up.

Tuesday - Because Robert works so far away we never get to drop by and have lunch with him. So, we drove up to Santa Ana and had lunch with Robert. Afterwards the kids and I went to the Science Discovery Museum in Santa Ana.

Wednesday - We browsed a bunch of stores and caught up on some things. We rented a movie that night and the kids all slept in the living room. Well, at least they all started in the living room.


Thursday - We headed to the park and the kids had fun playing. We soaked up some sun. We came home and tie dyed shirts.

Friday - Robert worked late this week so that he could take Friday off. We spent the morning with Robert. Bruce played at his friends house and Jane attended a birthday party. She had been looking forward to this party for a long time!! At the last minute we decided to drive out to Nevada to visit Jill's family. So after the party we picked up Jane and got to Henderson, Nevada around 1am. The kids had fun climbing the mountain behind their house, playing with Thelma, seeing the Hoover Dam, playing at the park,  and watching conference. Robert and I also celebrated our 12yr. wedding anniversary on Saturday. We got back Sunday evening.

Student of the Month

Jane received the student of the month award this morning at school. She was so proud, and so was I. Her teacher really thinks highly of Jane and loves that she is self motivated and always well behaved. The school provided a little breakfast for all of the kids and parents.

Here she is shaking hands with the principal.

Jane with her teacher, Mr. Philips.

We're so proud of our Jane!!

Bruce's Last Pinewood Derby

Last night was Bruce's last pinewood derby. He moves up to 11yr. old Scouts in August. His cousins, Brodey and Sayre, and Aunt Jill helped him out with a cool car. What was even cooler was that his cousin Ethan has recently moved to town so they got to run their last pinewood derby together.

The result, Ethan got 1st place and Bruce got 2nd place!! Last year Bruce came in last place so he was really excited! It was fun.

Jane's Health

So a few weeks ago Jane said there was blood in the toilet when she peed.  She continued to have blood in her urine each time she peed that day. The next day she had a lot of pain when urinating. 

 So I took her in to the Dr. They did see traces of blood in her urine and they assumed it was a urinary tract infection and started her on antibiotics. A couple days later I got a call saying the labs said it was NOT a urinary tract infection so to stop medication and just let her know if it ever happens again.

 So, last Sunday she was peeing a lot of blood again. The next day she had pain when urinating. Today we are doing another urinalysis and getting kidney ultra sounds done this afternoon. Depending on results she may refer us to a kidney specialist.

RESULTS:

Yesterday I took Jane down to San Diego to talk to a Urologist that had reviewed all of her test results. He didn't seem overly concerned, but he also still has no idea why there was blood in her urine. It could possibly be her body just working something out on its own. The ultrasound of the bladder showed that there were blood clots floating around in her bladder. There really is no explanation for it right now. He'd like to have her do an ultra sound again with a full bladder and one more blood test, just to be on the safe side.

I'm not too worried about it anymore. I don't think we'll ever really know why that happened. In the meantime I'm trying to help her eat better and drink more water and maybe that we'll help.

Growing Up

My kids are growing up and it is so fun!

We NEVER have to take a stroller anywhere,

diaper bags and baby toys are a thing of the past,

I can now take all 4 kids to the beach by myself without being completely stressed,

we can ride almost all the rides at amusement parks because everyone is getting tall enough,

we can sit through movies at the movie theatre without ever having to stand in the back with a kid that can't sit through it,

we make it through sacrament meeting with all of the kids EVERY week and never have to take out a crying child,

everyone goes to school now,

everyone can read,

all the kids have slept through the night for years,

they kids can all make themselves breakfast and snacks,

this summer we'll only have one kid left in a booster seat,

the big kids can sit in the passenger seat,

they're getting old enough now that Robert and I can leave them home alone for short periods of time,

and all of the kids can pump their legs on the swings without me having to push!

It's fabulous and having all of my kids so close in age, I really am just loving it all! Robert and I have worked hard to get to this point! :)

But, there is one thing I never counted on missing as my kids grow up. The other day Bruce fell down and got hurt. I went to pick him up and realized that I couldn't pick him up and hold him! He was just too big for me to lift. So, the thing I'm discovering that I really miss as the kids continue to grow, is holding them. You'd think I'd be tired of holding kids after all of these years, but I really have loved it. I hold Claire as much as possible now since she is my last and when she outgrows it those years will be gone. Hold you kids, and enjoy it! It won't last forever.