MILK!!!!!!

Alisha drank almost a whole cup of MILK!!!!! It was AWESOME!!!!! Mataya gave it to her. I would have corrected her if was I was watching good thing I'm not always on top of things!!! I'm soooo amazed and greatful!!!!!

August, temple, camping & wedding..ect...

Friday August 15th was AWESOME!!! Exactly what I needed!! Andrea and Joe came over we got drive through dinner for the kids and I and then movies and snacks and more soda!!! It was great!! I cleaned houseish.. there are still tons of boxes but I lite candles and it felt like the old times that I miss so much!!! THANKS Andrea and Hot Pants (Joe) !!! LOL!!!
Saturday August 16th. Went shopping with my Mom and Jeff and started to feel really awful.. it didn't go away. I was thinking gallbladder attack I was throwing up and it wasn't getting better and when Jeff had to work that night I called my dad to come over and watch me and help.. the Kids were asleep and soon so was dad.... :(
Sunday August 17th. I was still not feeling well at all!!!! Still throwing up some..
Mataya made me a wonderful picture!! it was a woman with an eye patch and a crown singing from a heart shaped book with a curvy Whoville looking Christmas tree with all different kinds of ornaments all over the tree the lowest one had the number 1 on it and all the way up to a star with the number 24 on it. She cut everything out of construction paper and taped all of the layers on. She finished it really quickly and when she walked over and handed it to me she said.. "Here Mom.. I don't know how long you will be gone." We had made color coded count down chains with all of the activities for the summer last year. She was making me a count down tree with out knowing how many ornaments to put on.. I about cried. I told her that this would be a very fast one and she hugged me.
Jeff took me to the ER and Mom and Dad took the kids to church. Later after a lot of time and a CT scan it was determined that I needed my appendix out..I had been planning on sewing the girls dresses for Kristen's wedding over the weekend!!!! I had Jeff call our good friend Erin to have her sew them!!! I love her!!! She totally saved me!!! Right before the operation I was given a blessing and was promised a rapid recovery..It was wonderful to have Jeff his Dad and Mom and my Dad there.
Jeff and his Dad were there in the recovery room with me and laughing at the things that I was saying... LOL!!!
Later that night my Grandma Humble, Mom, and Kristen came to visit me.. Kristen and Grandma had just flown in from Utah.
Monday August 18th Jeff and Grandma and Alisha came to visit. I was doing really well and had Alisha climb in bed with me and she snuggled up and went to sleep!! I LOVED it!!! I was great to visit!!! I hurt but I felt sooo much better then Saturday!! They were going to let me go home Monday night but I didn't feel that my meds were leveled out enough and honestly I would get way better care then I would at home... I have to say that Morphine is awesome!!!! I had a very pure form that was 8x's as strong as regular.. it was wonderful.. my memory is a little foggy but the good news is that when Jeff corrects me about things that happened I believe him... That might wear off too... :) I think it was also this day that Kristen visited me and made her necklace for her wedding while we visited... Then Jeff came back again with Mataya after school and she cuddled up with me for a while!! That was good for both of us !!!!
Tuesday August 19th. Jeff took Alisha to see the endocrinologist!! I was waiting for that for a long time!! Jeff had me on speaker phone!!! His idea..Gotta love it!!! Wonderful I got a chance to voice everything that was bothering me!! There is something going on that we haven't figured out yet for her. it was agreed that we need to stay at the hospital so we can safely have her fast and do tests without letting her sugar get too low so that we can see what happens to her little body and help her. I feel a strong need to get things better for her. last time I took her to the ER which was only a couple of weeks ago because she was limp and her head just flopped back when I picked her up.. I got her blood sugar up to 175.. but still floppy.. The song on the radio when I pulled into the parking lot was "you better kiss me cuz you're gonna miss me when I'm gone" I had tears streaming and when I got in the ER they filled out the paper work!! So I'm really looking forward to having that fixed!!
Jeff came to the hospital with Grandma and Alisha and took me back to Mom's house.. It was nice to be home!!! Grandma and I played cards... it was weird I felt fine mostly and it was really too long for me to be sitting but I wanted to be with her. She had to tell me how many cards to deal for games that I have been playing my whole life!!!! Later I helped grandma make bows with buttons for Kristen's wedding. .. That night Jayna flew in!!! It was sooo good to see her and we all went out to chili's for dinner with some of the Gray's..
Wednesday August 20th We were married 15 years ago today!!!. My Grandma my Mom and I were all married on this day.. My Grandma had never been back to the temple on August 20th besides when My Mom got married so we made a point of going on this day. It was so wonderful to sit between my Mom and my Grandma and hold her hand and smile!!! They were also a great help to me because I was still in a lot of need... Jeff and I prayed for our children and for us to be better parents for them to be the kind of parent that each of them needs. it was such a wonderful feeling!!!! I could feel the spirit like a happy thickness in the air all around us!! I can't wait to go again!! Afterwards we went to chili's again.. It's open late and has GF food. it was just so fun to visit together!!!
Thursday August 21st. Somewhere in here Erin had brought the dresses over twice!!! (I cleaned the living room with my feet... LOL!!) Erin did such a wonderful job and was happy to do it.. I will be very happy to do whatever I can for her!!! I could have sat long enough to sew them but not to be able to think well enough to do it.. our fabric store is moving and is very low on materials I doubt I would have been able to replace fabric to make up for mistakes!! Erin just flat out saved me!! I had Jeff do laundry and bring it in the living room with a suitcase and I would at least pack the clothes.. This was a very stressful day for me because my family still was depending very much on me but I wasn't able to do much.. I'm normally the tetris packer among many other things.. They were complaining to me about things not fitting and NOT wanting me to "boss them" and tell them how to make it all fit.. On this night Andrea came over and gave me a pedicure!!! I sooo loved her coming over. Jeff was feeling a lot of stress having to do everything and throwing a big trip on top with almost no help. THANKS!!!
Friday August 22 Everybody was feeling a ton of stress!!! Stacy, Jared's girl friend kinda took my normal place.. when we drove up she was shaking her head and talking to herself!! I laughed and gave her a hug!! WELCOME to the the family!!! Pretty tough initiation!! LOL!!! This was seriously the worst ever!!!!! It was sooo lovely that Grandma was there to witness the whole thing!!! Andrea had also offered the night before to take Jared, Stacy, all of their stuff and gifts with her.. THANKS!!!!!! I LOVE my friends!!!!!
when we go camping I normally set up the tents with some assistance and this time.... not so much!!! I was walking around on the uneven ground and pointing and still on drugs .. I could think clearly enough and know how it needed to go together but I couldn't always think what things were called and I really don't feel that they were always trying very hard to understand me.. I helped with a few poles but it hurt to bend very much.. After laughing some my Unlce Milt came over and helped with the first of three tents that was GREAT!!! His son Paul was also a great help with all of the tents!! Jayna and Jeff helped a lot too!! I think my Dad was there too... kinda fuzzy..
I also helped my girls practice walking down the isle when the right song started.. and sprinkle the flowers and walk slowly toe heel (it made it feel fun and fancy to Mataya and helped with walking slow..) they practiced a few times Mataya loved it and Alisha would do what Mataya was doing.. it worked really well.
Kristen had "Dutch oven Dave" cook dinner for us almost everything was gluten free!!! THANKS!!! even some cobbler!!! It was GREAT!!
Later that night came THE LIST!!!! I walk down to where the tables look decorated and fine to me I thought it was down to the cake chick to come in the morning and we were set.....NOPE!!! It was dark and Jayna had already helped me put the girls in the shower and wash and shampoo without spraying Alisha... I was about as wet as they were!! Jayna, Bill, Kristen and I were making a list.. I got to the back side of a page making the list of things that still needed to be done before noon the next day.... then I started just drawing everything on Kristen's map of tables and labeling... then towards then end Kristen said oh, and if you could mist the moss....... I looked at Jayna and said... I'm sooo not going to mist the moss!!!! Jayna Bill and I just laughed!!!!! Kristen just looked at us..with that I heard that face... I told her that ALL of the other things on the list were higher priority and I seriously doubt that any of us are going to mist the moss.. She said well, you wont have to be doing it you will have volunteers........ I said if you ever want some alone time just look like you are working and you will be given all the space you need.. She said no.. people will help you.. I said okay.. so the other things are still way more important!! Kristen said okay so have somebody who is not very good at the other things mist the moss.. I said okay.. I'll wait for some crossed eyed drooling mouth breather to come along and then I will have them mist the moss.. LOL!!! We were all doubled over!! Maybe not Kristen I think she laughed some though.. she said well if you can get to it.. She was fine.. Just helping us stay focused..
Saturday August 23rd I had the kids dress in long pants with long sleeves so that we could keep them as clean as possible!! I also told them that if they got dirty we would put them back in the shower.. They did a good job.. Jeff Grandma and Mom cooked breakfast.. Jayna Bill and I went to start the list later I had Mataya bring me a plate while we were working.. managed to finish the list and get my kids and I dressed by 11:45 the wedding was supposed to start at noon.. We didn't take any breaks and we had Helen and Aunt Laura finish some bows on chairs that turned out cute.. at one point while we were working on the list Jared walked by and Jayna asked him to do something he said what??? but kept walking so that he couldn't hear what she wanted.. then she called after him "Jared can you come mist some moss?!?!?!??" LOL!!!!!
My girls did a beautiful Job!!! better then I hoped even though I knew they would do well.. everything went well!! Kristen made up a song to sing to Dennis that was sooooo cute and funny and she did a very good job!! Their first dance was to "I wanna grow old with you" She had a cake buffet!! Instead of doing a bouquet toss Kristen talked about how much this wonderful person means to her and is so greatful that she came that she wanted to honor her with the bouquet. Kristen did a very good job putting everything together and had to put up with a lot of our ... understated level of excitement because we weren't able to picture everything in her head. She had a lot of vision and made it all happen... or made us finish it.... LOL!!! it was fun. I would have liked to have had the list of things well before to have gotten started on them earlier on Friday but it was fun to work with Jayna and Bill. Bill was a life saver!
Jeff BBQed hamburgers and hot dogs and it was sooo good!!!! we cleaned up everything and later we all sat around the campfire but Mom and Grandma were too tired to have fun with us.. that was sad!!! We had a great time talking with Dennis Jeremy (Gray cousin) and Duncan (Friend) it was really funny to listen to their stories.. I've heard all of ours!!! They liked listening to ours too. It was really fun!!! Jeff got tired and went to bed. The kids were still up roasting marshmallows and hot dogs on some awesome roasting forks that Bill made. Jayna even made toast with one!! So later after Mataya fell asleep so fast at the campfire Jeremy put Mataya in bed for me.. That was nice but felt bad at the same time even though I was thankful.. It will be a couple of more weeks until I can carry her..
Sunday August 24th.. We packed up camp.. I can't believe how fast I was healing.. I was also really feeling for Jeff.. I wasn't able to even really help much with the kids!!! Then Jayna Grandma and I took down the tents.. Jeff made a great breakfast complete with hot chocolate and later was packing everything in the van.. when we were all finished we were so tired.. We drove home and and washed and dressed the kids unpacked things at Mom's and Jeff BBQed more hamburgers and hot dogs and I helped Grandma pack her suitcase she really didn't need much but I just wanted to help her!! I wanted to be with her as much as I could!! Then we went to the Grays and watched them open gifts it was really kinda fun!!! Mataya fell asleep and Jayna helped her out to the car. It was really fun they will have fun with their almost completely new kitchen when they get everything back home to Michigan.. Too bad it's too far to have us over.. LOL!!
We got home after 11:00pm and Jayna and Grandma had to leave for the airport at 4:00am... the biggest downside to everything is that we didn't have one more day after all of the work was done to enjoy and just be there and have fun together and have all of the family at campfire!! Maybe we can have more trips like that!! Maybe we can combine families and do a camping trip that's just a camping trip!!! That would be great!! Or to have had a day to just play with Grandma!! I was too loopy on the only day that we got to play cards and I think Mom didn't get any... I love playing with my family!! I'm still experiencing memory loss on small pockets of things so If I didn't include somebody's name on a job it's not on purpose.. It was beautiful and I hope to add pictures to my page so you can see it soon!!