Quality Family Time

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Adversity is not a punishment, but rather a blessing, for it is through adversity that we become strong.

This week

Washable paint on the couch- only to wash it and find out it is not so washable.

Walked to the neighborhood park so the kids can play -only to be told, they are still bored.

Washed the dishes, only to realize I have to wash them again after we eat again

Dreamt of a vacation and time away from the kids only to wake up in my own bed

Wanted to go for a walk every day, but ate a milky way bar instead

Weening myself off of caffeine- now I have a caffeine headache.

mmmmm, caffeine :)

Bribed the two year old to go potty on the toilet, only to cave and give him the bribe even when he doesn't go.

Swept the kitchen floor only to have the baby dump a box of cereal all over it. Then have the rest of the kids step on it.

A nosy women at the fast food joint tried conversing with me. She was trying to figure out if a parent just dropped their kids off in the play area and left because it appeared that there were too many kids for the amount of adults. I proudly told her that my friend and I brought 8 of them. Not sure why she asked, Beans was wearing a shirt that said "Mormon girl in pursuit of perfection"

Bought a pair of squeaky sandals for KD only to have the squeaky part fall out within 3 hours after getting them. Now they don't squeak.

Told the kids to be quiet because KD was put to bed. When we asked the kids why they were still being loud after we told them to be quiet, we were met with: "I didn't know you put KD to bed" then proceeded to be loud. Again.

Wanted to curl my hair only to remember my curling iron broke last week. So I put it in a pony tail. Again.

Heard the kids say a lot of funny things that I wanted to put on the blog. I have forgotten everyone of them.

Dreamt of a new hair style. And some new hair.

Decided to update the blog only to Procrastinate 3 more days.

Wishing C had the day off tomorrow so that I could sleep in, take a longer shower, ignore the children and not feel bad about it, and have him make dinner:)

Had my husband ask me get off the computer so that he could show me the results of a quiz he took on Facebook.

Forgot we were 12.

ok- I'm done.

Randomness...ess...ess

Berry is here for the next month and she brought the Northwest weather with her!!

I love the rain and the cool weather. Thanks Berry!

Beans and Berry hanging out at the museum.

KD Shaking hands with the Kangaroo at the museum

Chan and his friend Pickles at what I can only assume was their favorite exhibit??

Noosh- Our lean, mean and super green machine! He is now insisting on wearing something green everyday! A perfect day would be everything to be green.

Beans and her fashion sense?

She kicked her shoes off too fast- but it honestly was the best part of her outfit. Pink, blue and red striped long sleeve dress with BRIGHT green socks and purple glitter shoes in 80 degree weather. She must get it from her dad:)

Happy Fourth of July!

It's been raining today, but that's okay.

Hamburgers, corn on the cob, homemade potato salad, root beer floats and quality time with the ones we love the most. What a perfect day!

Happy Fourth of July from Iowa!!

A little boy and his shoes

One by one- I have decided to give each of the kids- their own little glory on the blog.

Noosh has been asking for GREEN tie shoes for weeks. We struggled to find ALL green shoes that had laces in his size, and then I did. Online only. This wasn't good enough for him. He needed them today! So off to the mall so that I could prove to him that there were no green shoes to be had.

Well- turns out, he's not so picky. A little bit of green was good enough. When the clerk brought them out from the back ( they didn't have any on display) Noosh yelled out "Those are MY green shoes!"

So there you have it. Our little green obsessed boy- was satisfied with just the fact that green even existed on the shoes. Now he sits and stares. Takes them off just so he can put them back on. There is something special about this little boy and his green shoes. :)

Cutie Kady

A little bit of faith

I was sitting in the waiting room at the Heart institute and staring out the large windows at the landscape and trying not to notice that I am the youngest one in the room. Everyone around me is at least in their 70's and wearing cardigans. One couple in particular caught my attention as the wife tried to make her husband layer up even more. Their communication went a little like, uh huh, and na. No other words were needed and they knew what the other was saying. Funny how life has brought them to this point. They already know everything and apparently have no conversation left. A little bit of me, was wanting to know their life story and then another part just smiled as I could see C and I having the same conversation in 40 years.

I was referred to the Heart Institute for palpitations and difficulty breathing. It takes a lot for me to go to the doctor, but this one was a little scary for me. I would have several episodes of a fast heart rate several times a day and they always took my breath away. Often times they would occur while I was laying down or sitting. I would not get them while I was exercising or while I was in motion, so this was extra perplexing to me. I of course looked this up on google and got the extreme diagnosis. I do not like that our fastest resource always seems to be tainted and leaves you with the freak out.

There are some heart complications that run in my family, so of course I wanted to take this seriously.

My doctor had no explanation since my blood pressure and EKG were normal. I am now sitting here with a fancy machine that makes me feel like a science project. I will be wearing it for the next 48 hours so that it can record my heart. I feel silly since the palpitations have practically stopped for the most part. I have to record every movement and meal along with symptoms in a diary. As if taking care of all the kids and the house is not already enough for me.

We talked a lot about stress and why this could have been happening. At first I was sure that there was no stress involved. I'm not stressed. Nothing to stress me out. Then I made a list of all the things I have going on and things that are coming up. Yeah, it's probably just stress. I just didn't feel stressed; until now anyway. There is something about the machine. Having to keep a diary of every motion I make, not eating as much as I would like because then I would have to write it down and become accountable to some one other than me. Then of course there is the tape to hold it all in place- so annoying- so yes, that is also now adding to my stress. I am now a shut-in until Friday, as I am not about to give the general public a side show at the grocery store. Peanut butter and jelly never sounded better for dinner and I am pretty sure it is adding to the problem -not helping.

I asked C for a blessing and I knew that everything would then be okay. A little bit of faith and the power of a priesthood blessing can go a long way.

The house cleaning can wait, the laundry will survive untouched in the basement, the food in the cupboards will suffice as I just take it easy and try to forget it even exists.

So for now, I just sit and wait.