Camping!!

4th of July

We celebrated this year by going to the big celebration in Driggs. It was a great time, HOT, but fun. Glenn BEck spoke so BRad was in heaven and then the fireworks were awesome!!

Sand Dunes with cousins (pictures finally!)

Family Reunion etc

Last weekend was our family reunion and it was so fun to all be together. The kiddos played outside every waking moment! And it was so nice to have their older cousins help out. After the reunion those that were still here went to Rexburg Rapids and that was so much fun. Then I took Kaitlyn and Hollie shopping and they got some really cute things. My brother and his family stayed with us until wednesday and now my kiddos are lost without their cousins to play with.

We said goodbye to some dear friends as they left to go home for New York. We will really miss them as they have been family to us and sisters to me especially! But we are planning for them to come out in the spring! So I hold onto that!

I have had a cold and then two nights ago it hurt to breathe and it felt like someone was standing on my chest, I went into the dr yesterday and lo and behold I have PNEUMONIA!!! So crazy, he said that if I had waited 1 day later I would be in the hospital! So i have a pill to take everyday and an inhaler. It feels a bit better to breathe today but I cant believe how much I weeze. The kiddos both have colds and I am hoping thats all they have. Gookie had some pretty miserable nights and was up until 3 am last night. So i am hoping tonight is MUCH better.

pics to come soon!

We're alive!

Greetings and saluations! I havent been posting anything because our computers both have died on us and therefore I cant post any pictures. Lame, I know.
But here's what's been going on. I have had 2 iron infusions and feel and MILLION times better! I dont have to take a nap 3 times a day! It truly is wonderful. Brad has 3 weeks of paid vacation off and I wonder somedays if he would rather be working than being home with a 4 and 2 year old.
Hunter and Brooke continue to grow right before our eyes and they are so much fun.

We just got back from camping with Brad's family and it was a great time. As soon as we got home I promptly put the kiddos in the bath and the water was brown!! They had so much fun!

This weekend it is my family reunion in Driggs, it's the first reunion we are having of my parents and their 7 kids and 29 grandkids!! We havent been together since the Christmas of 2008!! I just dont think 3 days is long enough! But i am so looking forward to it! This has been such a fun summer!

Prayers are answered!

I got a blessing last night. I felt like I was just fading from my body. This morning I called my dr. office. My dr. wasnt in but I talked to a nurse who said they called insurance thursday and friday and my dr. even re-wrote a letter to them. She said they were hoping to hear back from insurance today. She said it was frustrating because Blue Cross has denied EVERY iron infusion this year and that I was the WORST CASE with such severe symptoms they have had and I was still denied last week. I asked what I do in the meantime, should I go to the er? She said they actually talked about that and if the insurance would cover it then. She said maybe if we called the insurance that might help. So brad called insurance and they gave him an authorization number. I called the nurse back and she called the hospital and I was in as fast as we made arrangements for the kiddos.

When I got to the hospital the nurse said "are you the one who has been passing out?!?" They were so worried about me and really all you have to do is look at me and know things are bad. They eventually found a vein and put two little tubes of iron through. I could taste metal in my mouth. At one point they did put oxygen on me because i started getting light headed. Oh man did that help!!!! And i got the warm blankets too! They watched me for an hour to make sure i didnt have allergic reaction. And they insisted i take the wheel chair out. I dont feel physically better, as I just woke up from a 3 hour nap and feel like i never slept, but I have hope!! And that makes a HUGE difference. I go back for the second dose next monday and then i guess my iron levels will be checked again.

I am so grateful for a great dr and his nurses. I feel like they really fighted for me and that is a great feeling. I am grateful for my husband who has had to be the mom the last week and has done amazing. And I am thankful for friends and my parents who have taken the kiddos or helped out in other ways. Prayers are answered!!

How I've been

I have been feeling so lame because I cant do anything without getting lightheaded and the room spinning. So yesterday I was determined to try and be "normal". It really get's to me that I cant do ANYTHING. So i woke up and cleaned the kiddos' room and it totally wiped me out. As I was getting Gookie out of the bath and walking down the hall I guess I passed out with her in my arms Brad said. I took a 3 hour nap, totally just crashed and was wiped out. My dear friend Bethany came by to give me some papers from work and she took the kiddos for nearly 3 hours. I didnt get a call from my dr's office about the iron infusion so we are still waiting to hear about that.

In the meantime my dr. gave me a prescription that is supposed to stop the dizziness. Today is the third day I have taken it and the first day in a week where I feel like a human being again!! I went to the bank, winco and target and we are home now and i can feel my body crashing, but not nearly as bad as yesterday. I am so realieved and feel like I can atleast function again!!
Thank you for the prayers, even if I havent heard from insurance yet, I feel so lifted and better today.