What a ride!

We have had a busy/fun/hectic past few days. We started with B finishing her book report. She did it on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". For any parent who has a child that has not been introduced to this book, I highly suggest it. B devoured the book in 2 days. She couldn't put it down! Anyway, she finished her book report w/ a little help from dad. This was her finished project.



Friday treated Alex to a day a vomiting. He woke up and vomited several times. Poor kid. After a few hours though, he was running around. I thought he had eaten something bad. Turns out it wasn't bad food, but a bit of a stomach bug. It hit him again at 3:00 am Saturday morning. He ended up going back to sleep and woke up feeling much better. We, however didn't leave the house just to be sure. Until Kev got off work. By this time, I had already cleaned the house, entertained 3 kids all day, so I needed to get out of the house. And since I had missed FUN FRIDAY at work and our weekly Cafe Rio meal, I had a craving that needed to be filled! (I stayed at home w/ Alex on Friday so Kev didn't miss out on the over-time he had already accrued.)So, we packed the kids up and went to Cafe Rio and dined on my favorite food. Kev got a little bit of food stuck in his teeth. Nice.....it made us laugh.


Friday night...I left the sicko and the wild child with daddy and me and my girl went to the Jazz game. We had a BLAST! We took 2 other girls that played on her Jr. Jazz team with us. We were in the very last row in the upper bowl. But, we could still see the specs running around on the floor..somewhere! It was fun and not bad for free. Because we went with the Jr. Jazz, with our ticket we even got a hot dog and a drink! You can't beat that!! It was a great night out for the girls.



Me and my girl!



B and her girls! (I've never heard so much screaming from 3 little girls...my ears are still ringing!)




This beauty...I just thought was downright funny! I was driving behind a big truck and I looked up and saw this. Struck me funny....

And lastly, we started off our weekend with a me calling Kev on Sunday and begging him to come home because I was not feeling very good. My throat was on fire..again. But this time, I knew it was strep. I was going to go and have it swabbed on Sunday, but of course nothing but the ER is open on a Sunday...and I wasn't about to pay that co-pay!! So, I drugged myself and slept. Kev said he wasn't feeling very good either. By Sunday night, we both had full-blown strep. We decided Monday I would go to the doctor and get enough drugs for all of us. B has also developed a sore throat and a bit of a fever. So, after a painful swab...I even knew I had strep by the 3 large white lumps planted firmly in the back of my throat, my results were in...Yep, I had strep. So I asked the DR. for a prescription for B and Kev. He obliged. (He must understand that we are in a recession!) So, me and Kev (well..mostly Kev) fought the kids all day from our death bed. The boys were going stir crazy! So were we. Thank goodness there was no school on Monday. We didn't do a darn thing. Tuesday we were granted a little piece of heaven...and undisturbed rest by Kevin's awesome parents. Not only did they come and bring us meals, but they entertained the kids, let us sleep, and disinfected the house! What a blessing and a huge help! We are so grateful for their generosity and unselfish acts. I love and appreciate their willingness to serve and it is much appreciated. So, back to work it was today for me and Kev. I had the better end of the deal though..I only had to go for a few hours. Kev's on for 12. We were both worn out just getting ready for work. Oh well..at least we are feeling a lot better today than we have in the past few. Our conversation was something like this, this morning. Me: "Do you remember much of the last couple of days?" Kev:" Nope". Me:" Me either...maybe that's a good thing." Here's to the worst sickness we've had in our house in a long time!