We finally got DJ's board scores in the mail today and...HOORAY! He passed and did a great job! I felt such a lift once we found out.
Now on to vacation! We are excited to be gone for a couple weeks and see some new sights. We plan to visit Cape Cod, Boston, Maine, (drive through all the states PA, CT, RI, VT, NH, NY, NJ, MA, ME, and OH. 10 states in one trip. Incredible! We want to see church sights in Palmyra, New York and Kirtland, OH and visit Niagara Falls. Then we will visit with my 3 sisters (at one time!) in Ohio and we get to take one of them home with us for a few days! Thanks for all those who prayed and crossed their fingers for us!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
No more splint
Maelie is fine. She can move her arm. There is no break! hooray. Now we can go swimming!
I was relieved when we went to the Dr. appt. and they said nothing was wrong. I wasn't at all impressed with the Orthopedic Surgeon. He didn't say more than one thing to Maelie the whole time and he looked annoyed to be there and he acted like he was too good for his job! I was glad to get out of there.
3 cheers for the good news!
I was relieved when we went to the Dr. appt. and they said nothing was wrong. I wasn't at all impressed with the Orthopedic Surgeon. He didn't say more than one thing to Maelie the whole time and he looked annoyed to be there and he acted like he was too good for his job! I was glad to get out of there.
3 cheers for the good news!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Oh What do you do in the summertime...
...and all the world is HOT! I don't know how hot it got today, but it was Hot and humid!
So the kids and I went outside and sprayed water from the hose on ourselves. It felt so good!!! DJ's been studying for the boards that he takes on MONDAY! Hooray for me and nerve wracking for him. So he didn't get to participate, but at least it's about 10 degrees cooler downstairs where he studies.
Yesterday we went to Gina's (a friend of ours) son's graduation party. Let me tell you, Phillipinos know how to party! There was TONS of DELICIOUS food, karaoke, visiting, and laughing going on. We unfortunately had to leave the party early (at 9:30) to get the kids to bed. No pictures unfortunately.
So the kids and I went outside and sprayed water from the hose on ourselves. It felt so good!!! DJ's been studying for the boards that he takes on MONDAY! Hooray for me and nerve wracking for him. So he didn't get to participate, but at least it's about 10 degrees cooler downstairs where he studies.
Yesterday we went to Gina's (a friend of ours) son's graduation party. Let me tell you, Phillipinos know how to party! There was TONS of DELICIOUS food, karaoke, visiting, and laughing going on. We unfortunately had to leave the party early (at 9:30) to get the kids to bed. No pictures unfortunately.
Nice neighbors-So the other day we were out watering ourgarden (11 tomato plants so if you want tomatoes we'll have a bunch. We might have the kids sell them for 25 cents a tomato, depending on how many we get). Our neighbors were barbecuing and we were just visiting with them. We had already eaten and the kids were in bed so we didn't expect their nice offer to give us 2 hamburgers, 4 hot dogs, and 2 grilled chicken breasts! It was so thoughtful of them and even though we said we didn't want to take any of their food, they still gave it to us. It was delicious. It's nice to have good neighbors.
My dad's birthday was yesterday and this is what he learned in his 74 years of life.
"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes."
thanks dad, how true it is! I also learned that 50 years ago on his birthday, he took his new bride (they married the day before his b-day) and drove to San Manuel, AZ (from SLC Utah) to get a job at the copper smelter. He made good money there. About $2 an hour/ $15 dollars a day which was a better job than the byu bookstore where he made 80 cents an hour! But then again gas was 31 cents a gallon.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
A birthday she'll never forget
Five years ago, Maelie was born at 6lbs. 9 oz. We were in the hospital then and in the hospital on her fifth birthday. Keep reading to find out why!
She grew from this...
...to this...
...to this...
...to this...
...to present day this!
She chose cornflake chicken and wanted a princess cake. I don't decorate cakes AT ALL (not that I don't want to, I just can't!), but to my five year old it was perfect which is all that matters. She LOVED it.
Opening presents. If anyone else has a daughter that wants you to draw paper dolls everyday, I found these pre-made, pre-colored paper dolls on sugardoodle.net and printed them and then lamenated them with packing tape. She loves them and I don't have to draw paper dolls any more!
So, as Maelie was opening presents, we see that her right arm is about double the size of her left. Let me back up. Two days before her birthday, Maelie fell in the hallway (not on soft carpet, but wood floors). DJ and I were downstairs and we heard her crying worse than I've ever heard her cry so we knew something was wrong. She had slipped and landed on her arm. So we decided to wait it out a bit and see if her arm was okay. The next morning I took her to the pediatrician because she still wasn't using her arm. The Dr. there thought she had nurse maid's arm and tried to pop it back into place. Thinking that was it and she was going to be fine, we went home. I tried to get her to use her arm so I could make sure it was better. The rest of the day went on and she didn't use it at all. Then the next day was her birthday. We had fun celebrating with her and after dinner and presents (we noticed her arm was swollen) I took her once again to the pediatrician. I saw a different doctor and she said it was too swollen and she didn't want to do anything because she wasn't able to get an x-ray so she referred me to the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) ER. Maelie and I went there and got in fairly quickly. They gave her a room and she had a good time watching movies. She got an x-ray and then we waited some more. She told me she wanted to see her bones so the lady let her see the x-ray. In the room, Maelie asked, "mommy, do I have an arm infection?" I thought that was cute. Every time the doctors and nurses came in to check her, she would start shaking a lot like she was freezing and then when they would leave, she would stop shaking. I think she got really nervous around them. She probably thought they were going to pop her arm again. OUCH! Not once did she cry even when you could tell in her face that she was in pain. (she didn't cry until the last of her 4 shots a couple months ago either). When it comes to pain, she's very tolerant. The dr. came in and told me that it wasn't nurse maids arm and that it looked to her like a small fracture, but she wasn't positive. She told me to make an appt. with the orthopedic surgeon next week. The nurse put it in a splint and then they gave her a birthday present. She got a camera! She was so excited. I think getting the splint and the present made her day. She was so excited to show daddy and Garrett. We got home around 10pm and she conked out. I don't think this was a birthday she, nor I, will ever forget.
She grew from this...
...to this...
...to this...
...to this...
...to present day this!
She chose cornflake chicken and wanted a princess cake. I don't decorate cakes AT ALL (not that I don't want to, I just can't!), but to my five year old it was perfect which is all that matters. She LOVED it.
Opening presents. If anyone else has a daughter that wants you to draw paper dolls everyday, I found these pre-made, pre-colored paper dolls on sugardoodle.net and printed them and then lamenated them with packing tape. She loves them and I don't have to draw paper dolls any more!
So, as Maelie was opening presents, we see that her right arm is about double the size of her left. Let me back up. Two days before her birthday, Maelie fell in the hallway (not on soft carpet, but wood floors). DJ and I were downstairs and we heard her crying worse than I've ever heard her cry so we knew something was wrong. She had slipped and landed on her arm. So we decided to wait it out a bit and see if her arm was okay. The next morning I took her to the pediatrician because she still wasn't using her arm. The Dr. there thought she had nurse maid's arm and tried to pop it back into place. Thinking that was it and she was going to be fine, we went home. I tried to get her to use her arm so I could make sure it was better. The rest of the day went on and she didn't use it at all. Then the next day was her birthday. We had fun celebrating with her and after dinner and presents (we noticed her arm was swollen) I took her once again to the pediatrician. I saw a different doctor and she said it was too swollen and she didn't want to do anything because she wasn't able to get an x-ray so she referred me to the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) ER. Maelie and I went there and got in fairly quickly. They gave her a room and she had a good time watching movies. She got an x-ray and then we waited some more. She told me she wanted to see her bones so the lady let her see the x-ray. In the room, Maelie asked, "mommy, do I have an arm infection?" I thought that was cute. Every time the doctors and nurses came in to check her, she would start shaking a lot like she was freezing and then when they would leave, she would stop shaking. I think she got really nervous around them. She probably thought they were going to pop her arm again. OUCH! Not once did she cry even when you could tell in her face that she was in pain. (she didn't cry until the last of her 4 shots a couple months ago either). When it comes to pain, she's very tolerant. The dr. came in and told me that it wasn't nurse maids arm and that it looked to her like a small fracture, but she wasn't positive. She told me to make an appt. with the orthopedic surgeon next week. The nurse put it in a splint and then they gave her a birthday present. She got a camera! She was so excited. I think getting the splint and the present made her day. She was so excited to show daddy and Garrett. We got home around 10pm and she conked out. I don't think this was a birthday she, nor I, will ever forget.
A Party!
So because Maelie was turning the big 5, I let her invite a few friends over to decorate their own little cakes and to just play. They had a ball and the whole time, Maelie was grinning from ear to ear.
Maelie and her masterpiece.
Maelie and her masterpiece.
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