The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Yesterday afternoon Deklan came down with a runny nose, then last night he was so stuffed up that he had a hard time sleeping. By this morning he was coughing. So, I called around and got an appointment with a pediatrician for 10:00 this morning.  I made sure to clarify with them that they excepted our new insurance and headed to town (it is a 30 minute drive to anything here).  I get to the Dr. office, check in, give the recepitionist my insurance card, fill out all the necessary paperwork and took a seat in the waiting room.  25 minutes later, the receptionist calls me up to the desk and informs me that they don't accept our insurance. AGGGGGHHHHHH!  (reminder- I asked them when I made the appointment if they accepted our insurance and they said yes). So I call Nate at work, and have him give me the number to another pediatricians office. They have an appointment, but not until 1:30 this afternoon.   Ok, so I decided to cruise around town, run a few errands and explore the area a little bit instead of driving home for an hour just to have to turn around and come back.    I did accidentally find a wonderful shopping center with a Target, Ross, Michaels, Kohls, Maurices, and Marshalls in it, so I did some window shopping to help pass the time.

So, then to the doctor appointment.  I walk in to the clinic to be met by an very unfriendly "Ursula."  I check in and hand her my insurance card. Deklan starts to cough. She says to me in her very deep manly voice, "Mam, this is the well child waiting room, you need to move over there" and looks at a tiny room over in the corner. So I cowerdly pick up all my stuff and move to the sick child waiting room.  Anyways,  besides Ursula, the staff was very nice and super helpful.  The doctor diagnosed Deklan with pnemonia and a double ear infection.  UGH!  The poor kid is so sick.  So, the doctor sent me home with a nebulizer, a list of medications and a treatment schedule.  I get out to the car, take a deep breath and call Nate to give him the news. I am crying to him about how bad I feel that Deklan is so sick and how I feel like such a horrible mom for letting him get so sick and BAMB!  I got rear-ended!!!!!  I immediatly burst into a sobbing mess, turn around to check on Deklan, who is sleeping and pull of the side of the road.   The elderly man and his wife get out of there car to see me in tears, and immediatly start to apologize. I had to explain to them that I was already crying and I wasn't crying about the car week.  Luckily, there was not much damage to either car, just a scratch in the paint and we went our seperate ways.

I might be being a little dramatic but I think I had a TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY.  Not near as bad as this poor little guy though.  I sure hope he gets feeling better soon.  Love you little man!

A day in my world.

I love love love staying at home with my little man.  We have so much fun together and some days we don't accomplish much, but every day we do make sure Deklan gets a bath, which he loves. 

We make sure Deklan eats, which he loves to do as well.

We play until we are both exhausted!

and we sleep!

 So last night I was in doing dishes and Nate had Deklan in the bedroom playing.  I could hear them laughing and playing and then all of the sudden, it became very quite, and this is what I found. I guess he was ready for bed.

Praise to the Man

Yesterday I had the oppurtunity to substitute primary. I taught the 8 year-olds.  After class when we went into Sharing Time, we were having an activity that involved singing some songs.  I had gotten a little preoccupied with Deklan but could overhear all the kids saying, "oh we don't need help with the words, we know this one."   Then the piano started playing and I heard the most amazing thing.  The kids were singing "Praise to the Man" at the top of their lungs, they new every word and you could hear their testimony of Joseph Smith in their voice.   I could not hold back the tears, the spirit was so strong.  We do own praise to the man who sacrificed so much to restore this gospel back to the earth. I am thankful for him and thankful for his family who went through so much with him.  I can't imagine the turmoil that was felt by that family, but yet stood by him while he did what he knew was right, and did what the Lord asked him to do.  I hope that if I was presented with a similar task that I would respond with as much faith as he did.

Warm Welcome!

We have received the warmest welcome here on the ranch.  Within moments of showing up in our Uhaul truck we had all sorts of neighbors here to help us unload it.  Two our the ladies who live by us, showed up with cold lemonade for us.   A few of the people who live in our area are from Idaho, so they ask us often how we are adjusting and try to make sure that we don't get too homesick.  Just today, Alice, a lady in our ward ( who is also a semi-distant relative of Nate's) showed up at my house with this bouquet of flowers to brighten my day, and just wanted to visit for awhile.   I can't help but feel that Heavenly Father has placed us and the other people here just where he wanted us to be. 

I didn't pack any of my vases, so now this beautiful flowers have to be displayed in just one of our glasses.  Tacky!!!!!

Swimming Hole

Deklan and I made it to the SWIMMING HOLE today.  We both love it there.  When we got there, there were only 2 other kids there and by the time we left 2 hours later, there had to be close to 40 kids there.  I guess this is were the action is.  Deklan loved just lounging in his floaty and watching all the kids jumping and splashing.

Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen!

There are slides and diving towers, rope swings, and tons of sand to play in.   






This beats any swimming hole I have ever seen and it is only about a mile from our house.    

Our New Home

We made it to Florida a couple of weeks ago, but I just got around to taking a picture of our house.  It is a cute little 2 bedroom house just 2 (walking) minutes away from Nate's office.  There is a great enclosed porch on the front and back of the house, that we will be able to enjoy when the weather gets a little cooler.   There are about 6 other houses around us, and we have met most of the people who live in them.

Dinner!

My mom has an addiction unlike any other I have seen. I hate to admit it, but it seems to be genetic, I have seen myself having the same addictive behaviors as she has.  The addiction...... COOKBOOKS.     I recently found a new cookbook with so many delicious recipes in it. Now that I am home during the day, I have been trying out a lot of them.  Tonight, on the menu is Bacon Artichoke Bake with Penne. 

BACON ARTICHOKE WITH PENNE BAKE

8 oz. penne

1 recipe Guiltless Alfredo Sauce (recipe below) 

2 chicken breast (grilled and chopped) 

6 oz. cooked bacon, chopped 

1/2 c. chopped green onions 

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 

salt and pepper to taste

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. prepare pasta according to package directions 

3. While pasta is cooking, prepare Guiltless Alfredo Sauce. When pasta is done, drain and add to the sauce. Toss with chopped chicken, bacon, artichoke hearts , green onions and 1/2 c. mozzarella cheese. Season to taste.

4. Transfer to 8x8 baking dish and sprinkle with remaining cheese.  Cover w/ foil and back for 20 minutes.

GUILTLESS ALFREDO SAUCE 

2 c. milk

1/3 c. cream cheese 

2 Tbsp flour 

1 tsp salt 

1 Tbsp butter 

3 cloves minced garlic 

1 cup parmesan cheese 

1.blend milk, cream cheese , flout and salt until smooth and set aside. 

2. In a large nonstick saucepan, melt butter on med-high heat and add garlic. sauté garlic for about 30 secs, stirring constantly. 

3. Add the milk mixture to the pan. Stir constantly for 3-4 minutes or until it begins to simmer. Keep stirring until the sauce begins to thicken. 

4. Once the sauce has begun to thicken, remove from heat. Whisk the cheese in the sauce and cover the pan.

I know it looks like a complicated time taking recipe, but it all went together in about 20 minutes. 

This is going to be delicious!!!!  Hope you enjoy. 

First Ride on Papa's 4 Wheeler

Morgan and Amber came to mom's house to take S for a 4 wheeler ride.  I just sat Deklan down on Morgan's lap to see if he would be scared of it. He wasn't so Morgan decided to take him for a little spin around the driveway. 

Moving Day!

Just to get you up to speed(since I am not good at keeping up with this blog), Nate accepted a job in St. Cloud Florida working at Deseret Cattle and Citrus.  We are moving clear across the country and beginning a new adventure. 

We made arrangements for a moving company to come to our house, let us pack the truck and then they would drive it across the US and deliver our stuff to our new house.  Well, they never came through, so a day after they were suppose to show up, we rented a Uhaul truck, packed it and drove it ourselves. 2400 miles to our new home.   We had lots of family and friends how came to help us move. We appriciate everyone's help.  We were so sad to leave this wonderful house, we put so much work into it and we had made it just the way we wanted it.  

Everything fit in that tiny little truck except our couch, bbq grill and all of our family that we wanted to bring with us.   I especially wanted to bring this smiling little face with us.

....like my own

Long before I was a mother, I was an aunt.  I feel that I was a pretty good aunt and I loved all my neices and nephews dearly.  I have one memory with a few of my nieces that I hope they remember as fondly as I do.  I had agreed to take Taybree, Emily, Melia and Lani with me somewhere.  We were driving from McCammon to Pocatello and there I was in the front see singing at the top of my lungs, and doing a little car dancing.  Taybree, I am sure thought I was crazy, but the 3 youngsters in the back, we laughing pretty good.  I also remember numerous sleepovers and Grandma W's house, shopping trips, manicures, and scrapbooking parties with these girls.    Before Nate and I left for Florida, all of my nieces and nephews  got together for pictures. They are priceless.

  I love them all.... like my own. 

 

Going-Away Party

Our wonderful friends, Nate and Bethany hosted a going-away party for us at their house.  We had a wonderful time and great food.   Most of us have children around the same ages, so it is a blast to let them all play together. However, getting them to all sit still for a picture is a little too much to ask for.

Our other friends made a special trip up from Logan to see us before we left.  They have a little boy, who is just a few months older than Deklan.  I love this picture of Nate and Zac, they have been friends for a really long time. 

 All of our friends are just great and we will miss them horribly.   

Here is all the girls in the group.

They are so great!

Here is Michelle trying to organize a picture of the 4 baby boys that were born over the past year.  Thanks for trying Michelle. 

It will be great to keep in touch with all of these guys so that we can watch each others kids grow.  And hopefully we will get to see them everyonce in a while.  Miss you all. 

McCammon Parade

We took Deklan to his first parade. It was my personal favorite, the McCammon Parade.  My brother and his wife have a house right on main street, so we have the perfect parade seats.  My dad drove his old 1947 International pickup in the parade and all the grandkids rode in the back and threw candy.  ALL of them were in heaven.   

Immediately after the parade ended, it started to rain.   Everyone was soaked by the time we made it to our cars.