Everyone is healthy

Just wanted to thank any of you who prayed for us last week! We are all healthy! Pete managed to escape the plague, which must be the Lord's protection! The kids are back in school, and I am a little burried in"catch up". But that's ok! Wanted to share a picture of my dad, from a dinner a few weeks ago. Please keep him in your prayers! Have a good, HEALTHY week everyone!

Look away if your grossed out!

The boys finished the steroids, it had been doing a great job of fading out the poison oak, and then when they finished the dose,,,,BANG! the stuff is showing up again, in new places that a mommy cannot even talk about! Please pray for Michael and Alex, they are tired, tired of being sick, tired of itching and burning and plain fed up.

I have spent the last few days on the couch grounded with that awful virus that hit us last week. It takes a lot for me to ignore dishes and lay down, and it was all I could do to not cry all day sunday from aching so bad. I don't think I have had a fever like that since childhood. When I went to the doctors yesterday( to make sure it wasn't strepp or something) I had a fever of 103...weird for me.

All that to say,,,I am going to try to blog some GOOD things this week. So keep praying for us, especially the boys. but here is something good...The kids are going back to school tomorrow! SO here's to a better week!

poison oak continues, and the virus hits Allie

And we are STILL the sick house. Allie has been added to the list. She has had a high fever for 2 days now. Michael and Alex's fevers still continue going into day 5 for Alex and day 4 for Michael. This virus is the talk of the town, hitting adults and kids. Our school had over 1/4 of its kids gone this week, and some classes had only 5-6 kids in them(out of 25). In addition to the virus, the poison oak is healing on Alex and getting worse for Michael, although this morning, he doesn't have any new spots, so maybe he has gone through the worst already. We watched Fiddler on the Roof this morning, and I have Sound of Music for later. Normally, I could never get my boys to sit down and watch musicals or classics, so I am taking advantage of their sickly state, to show them some "good old movies". It is still raining outside, so atleast they are not missing any action. I am ready to go on a VACATION!!!

The worst was not over!!!

Yes, the doctor said the worst was over, but no, he was wrong. The boys have gotten more and more blistery spots over the last 24 hours. What is so weird is how it can take so long for it to show up, but after more googling this morning, my research matches what the doctor said, which is that days 8-12 are usually the worst. So come on steroids do your thing, cuz these boys are MISERABLE. Itchy and burning! and I am bored of being home! Michael let me take his picture today, so you can have some symapthy for him too. :):):)

My Sick Babies

Alex is really sick. He has a 103 fever and Poison Oak all over,,,,did I say ALL OVER! So after 2 Dr. visits this week ( one because it looked bad, and the second, becuase it looked REALLY bad and we added Michael to the patient list.) Alex now officially has a virus, AND poison oak, and Michael has poison oak too.! Alex has horrible blister like lesions all over his arms, hands, back , stomach, and neck and lower cheek. They put him on a steroid and gave us some cream. Michael has the blisters all over his arms and hands, but he doesn't want his picture posted :) They put him on a steroid also. Luckily he didn't get it as bad, but nonethelss he is very uncomfortable . So it has been a weird week, with it getting worse for both of them over the last 3 days, but especially today. Weird stuff! I guess it can take anywhere from 1-12 days for the skin to react after being exposed. The oil goes into the skin and actually ruins the skin cells. Supposedly we are through the worse of the breakout. Please pray for comfort for the boys, and for Alex's fever to go away. As for this week, we are couch potatoes!

Alex loving baseball!

Alex will dress all up in his gear and carry his bags around, even if there is no one to throw him a ball. SOOOOOO, I am learning how to throw a baseball, but not quite hard enough for his liking. He does LOVE baseball!

Junior High Here we come!

Michael and Allie received their letter today, stating their acceptance into University Prepatory School for the fall! They were so excited, and we are too! We have an open house in March that will explain things a little more, but as Michael announced tonight... I'm on my way to junior high! I told him, he has to let me enjoy the last months of the school year without reminding me of what is to come! Yeah Michael and Allie! and yikes, I remember junior high!

Puppy Love

Look at our little Rylin, she loves Puppys!

February, or May???

We have enjoyed almost 7 weeks without rain, which is good and bad. But nonetheless, the kids are enjoying being able to play outside everyday. Yesterday, during the superbowl, it reached 75. Weird! The skies have been beautiful! Here are some pics for you to enjoy