Indian names

My kids & I got our Indian names over the weekend. My dad & Amy came up for the ceremony/Sundance. They got here Thursday. On Friday I had a meeting & the kids had their last day of Vacation Bible School. Then the kids & my dad had hair cuts. We drove over to Wolf Point to give our Chief tobacco & yd of red cloth & ask for a name. Saturday I had CPR training. When I got home we decided to drive to Williston. On our drive home we stopped off at Sundheim park & went over the bridge & through the tunnel!!





Sunday all of us (Neil, me, the kids, my dad, & Amy) went to Wolf Point for the Sundance Lodge Ceremonies. Jessica said she LOVES this culture!! It was a traditional sweat/healing/naming ceremony. My name is Two Eagles Woman. Jessica's name is Little Blue Grass Girl. Nathan's name is Grizzly Bear Foot.

Today dad & Amy left for home. Neil got up & went to work. Jess started swim lessons. And Nathan is doing a 3-day wrestling camp. Tonight both kids have baseball/softball games.

I'm slacking...again :(

I've let this blog go down the hill. It seems I'm doing "other things" in my "spare" time than blogging. hehe I just need to do better!! Nathan had a good wrestling season. We traveled to Baker 2/19, Glasgow 2/26, Williston 3/5, and Great Falls the weekend of Jessica's birthday 3/11,12,13 for state, and finished in Wolf Point 3/19.

Jessica turned '8' this year. I can hardly believe it. My baby girl is getting so BIG!! For her bday she wanted the same thing as last year - to go to a hotel w/ a pool & swim. So, same as last year, we killed 2 birds w/ one stone. We went to Great Falls. Nathan wrestled GREAT! He lost his 1st match Saturday & then won his next 3. That took him to whatever is before semi-finals. He made it the 2nd day, which is AWESOME!! Jessica was able to bring along a friend Alexa. We all enjoyed our weekend away.

This weekend Jessica has a dance competition. She will dance 2 jazz dances.

In a week or two soccer starts. Both kids are excited & really enjoy playing! They wished they could be on the same team.

Jessica will be getting baptised Easter weekend in Malad, Idaho!! She is so anxious for that day to get here!! My brother will be baptising both Jess & his daughter Brynn 4/23.

I haven't been taking pictures like I should be.

Halloween

It's such a bummer that I have not been posting more here on this blog :(


Wednesday was our church Halloween trunk or treat party. Friday was dress up day at school. I went to Nathan's Kindergarten Halloween carnival. Friday evening me & the kids went up town to Moonlight Madness & they trick or treated at the local business. We went & ate supper at KFC. The kids participated in a costume contest. Which neither won any prizes.

Here are some Halloween pics

Back to School

Suppose I could update!! LOL

Well school started Wednesday, the 25th. Jessica was EXCITED. Nathan not so much. I think he was nervous, well I know he was nervous, because he said he was worried about getting into trouble & getting sent to the principal's office. They were so cute!!

Nathan is in Kindergarten & Jessica is a 2nd grader!!

Sledding

It was warm enough to go outside & PLAY!!

Neil pulled the kids with the 4-wheeler yesterday


And then I helped Jessica & Neil make a snowman

SANTA 2009

So I registered w/ facebook. That has been taking up my time :-0 My new interest. Always something, right?!

I took the kids to Billings last weekend to see SANTA!!

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Click on pic to get up close & personal with my little cuties!!

Can you say diarrhea???

I'm sure you can, but do you want to?? NO!!!

Nathan has diarrhea. He has had it since Friday. Poor baby boy. Last night he threw up after I tried to get him to eat some mac & cheese. Today he threw up after Neil heated him up some pizza. Nathan's tummy ache could be the tamiflu medication he was on last week. The kids were running fevers 2 weeks ago & I took them to the DR. It was just assumed that they had H1N1, because that is what is going around. He was given tamiflu, an antiviral medicine. When Nathan had is first two 'episodes' I said "Oh Honey, you have diarrhea" He said "what's diarrhea?" To which Jessica replied "it's when your poop is watery".

Neil is feeling MUCH better! I DO believe he had H1N1. He stayed home,from work, for 3 days. He was running fevers & felt lousy all week.

Jessica came home from school on Thursday with an ear ache. She still has is today (Sunday). Fortunately I have some ear numbing drops. So between Tylenol & Motrin & the drops she is barely surviving this probable ear infection.

There wasn't any school on Friday. Friday was Nathan's last day of taking Imuran!! YEAH!! He was pretty stoked about it!!

Even though they weren't feeling really good, on Saturday the kids went to their grandma Connie's to make apple cider donuts.

Today I woke up feeling kinda yucky too. I threw up & have felt nauseous all day.

Last night I rented Princess Protection Program & Monsters VS Aliens. Last night we watched Princess Protection Program. This morning the kids & I tried to watch M vs A & both kids fell asleep.

Today as Neil was flipping channels, he came across some racing, Nathan asked if it was "Nascar or "Nashcar"? Neil told him it was Nascar. Nathan asked why? Is it "Nas-car" because they get all nasty?? LOL That was funny!!

Today I put some fake finger nails on Jessica. They are cheap & keep falling off.

I will be taking both kids to the DR tomorrow.

Halloween 2009

Here is my Prince






Here is my Princess



Here is my Princess & nephew Xander Scarecrow




I let Jessica pick her hairstyle, I gave her 3 choices, she chose this basket weave. At first I wasn't excited about it. It was harder than I thought. But when it was done it was awesome!



Here I am "The QUEEN"



Here are our jack-o-lanterns - Neil carved the cat silhouette in the moon for Jessica & I carved Chewbacca for Nathan

Eating WORMS....EwWwW...

Another late but NOT forgotten summertime moment. This summer the kids found some worms. I'm not sure whose idea it was to taste these gross things but both kids put one in their mouths. I had to run & get my camera. So here is 2 videos. Jessica just didn't want to give up on trying to get this slimy creature down. Watching Nathan react is just as funny as seeing Jessica slurp it up. So you MUST watch both videos!!

Visiting teacher brings her horses

This summer one of my visiting teachers brought her horses to my house. We were at church when she asked if she could come over to visit & she would bring her horses too!! Of course I said YES!! So, she lives 10 miles out of town. She saddled & loaded her horses. She & her dogs parked across the street in the lot. She unloaded her horses. Jessica & Nathan got to ride a horse with her & along side. She is a LOVELY lady!!! She has 2 dalmation dogs & an appaloosa horse that she shows & rides in events. Her dogs listen to her commands & follow along side the horse. It is just neat! Here is pictures & video of the FUN.

Sick & Happy Birthday

So it seems I'm always posting about illnesses. Everyone except ME (knock on wood) is sick. Nathan has been running a fever & coughing since Sunday. Jessica started running a fever last night. Neil thinks he was running a fever yesterday. I kept Nathan home from preschool yesterday. Jessica was SO upset that she had to stay home from school today. As today is her teachers birthday. She threw herself on the floor & just cried. ;( She usually doesn't cry, that is one way I know she is not feeling well, she cries. I mean I'm sure she is sad that she wont get to see her teacher & sing happy birthday to her. Neil did check his temperature this morning before going to work & he was 103!! Guess what?!?! He STILL went to work. Die Hard. I tell ya he is a DIE HARD!! Work-a-holic!! Gotta LOVE him!! And God Bless him!! So after being on the phone for an hour this morning, calling Nathan's pulmonologist & pediatrician, & public health nurse, & ALL my friends, I am gonna get them seen this afternoon in Poplar.

Pray everyone in my house gets well soon!!

Happy Birthday to Jessica's teacher, Mrs. Beyer!!! :)

Just a quick

Couple of things....

Today is Jessica's show & tell. She took her cat that she got for Christmas last year. That is what she took for her show & tell last year in Kindergarten too. She was excited to take it but then at the last minute tried to change her mind, because some kids already saw it last year. I told her that it was ok.

Jessica got her ears pierced last Thursday. I still need to take a picture to post & develop. She LOVES them!! She was wishing her show & tell would've been earlier in the week so she could've showed her EARS!!

Jessica had a check-up dr appt & chest x-ray. She is clear from the pneumonia.

Tuesday both kids got shots. Jessica got the influenza seasonal shot. Nathan got the H1N1 flu shot. Nathan & I already got the influenza seasonal shots a few weeks ago. Jessica can hopefully get the H1N1 in the next few weeks. It is only being given here to those aged 6 months to 4 yrs.

Yesterday Nathan had blood work, he got poked twice :( we have been weaning him off his medication. So the dr wanted to check his levels & make sure everything is ok.

Neil, me, & the kids went out for supper last night.

Some pictures

This summer we went to the Yellowstone River to enjoy the outdoors/sun, search for agates, & the kids brought buckets & shovels to do some digging





Here is Nathan his 1st day of preschool
1st one taken at home NERVOUS about going

2nd one taken at preschool CRYING

Days of School

I found a few pics on my cell phone that I took. These are of Jessica from the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd days of school.

Come & Gone & now kids are SICK

Jessica's first day of 1st grade has come & gone. I took pictures & had every intention on posting about it. But yet I haven't done it. Nathan doesn't start preschool until Sept 9th. Jessica really LOVES school. Her teacher is Mrs. Beyer. She has a few good friends from last year in her class. Jessica was coughing a week before school started. I was thinking it was allergies. Not really sure she has allergies - just guessing. I'd been giving her benadryl. Well she isn't getting any better. And in fact she was running a fever. So I made her a DR appt yesterday Wednesday, Sept 2. She has pnuemonia. The PA heard it in her lungs & it showed in her chest xray. It is probably viral but he still gave antibiotics. We are also doing nebulizer treatments. She is going to miss the rest of the week of school to get some rest. Last night Nathan started coughing. So he is going to start nebs as well, before he gets any worse.

It is just frustrating. Pnuemonia. That was Nathan's diagnosis before he got sick & was sent to Children's Hospital in 2008. He was hospitalized twice with "pnuemonia". And now here this is Jessica's 3rd bout of "pnuemonia" in less than a year.

Totally off subject, I floated the Missouri River this week with my church friends. Nathan was upset about going to a sitter. BUT one of the mom's I floated with, her husband volunteered to watch ALL our kids!!! Crazy??!!?? He watched Nathan, Zander, Howie, Anna, Brian, & Daniel. PLUS he had his one (Callista) home too. All 7 are under 4 yrs old. We plan on floating again as a group with our families this next weekend. I'm hoping the sun will be shining bright on that day for us. The sun kept going behind clouds making for a chilly time. It took 2 1/2 hrs to float probably 2 1/1 miles. My innertube was a little small for my butt but I managed. I had never done that before & now I know what to expect for next time!! Looking forward to it. I will post pictures as soon as I get some.

Yesterday was my brother BRIAN's 29th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!! BRIAN!!

Today is Neil's brother CHRIS's ? birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!! CHRIS!!

FAIR

So the 1st weekend in August was our Fair. I had Jessica's hair done in corn rows. She ABSOLUTELY LOVED it! It was so cute how she was strutting around afterwards.



The kids & my 16 month old nephew Xander.



The kids on the carousel. I must say it is hard to capture the kids in a good pic as they are flying riding past you.





We left Jessica's hair in the corn rows for a week. Only 4 days after we had her hair done Neil kept asking when we were gonna take it out, because of the fly-aways. If she had her choice she would have worn it that way for probably another week. Let me tell YOU, her hair was BEAUTIFUL after we took it out!



I entered some stamped greeting cards I had made & some photos I had taken in the fair this year. First time I've ever done that. I must say it was FUN trying to find my work. I won a ribbon for (I think) everything I entered, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, making my winnings a total of like $38 or something. Pretty exciting!!

Think it is about time

Ok so it has been a few weeks. Still trying to figure out my computer. And trying to NOT spend hours on it.

Here is a pic of my kids from July 4th weekend. We went to Malad, ID to see my dad, brother, & grandpa, & the rest of the family. It was ALOT of FUN!! Soo glad I went. They got to ride with the band in the parade, THANKS Troy!!


Here they are watching & cheering for Shalae in the hot dog eating contest!!


This is Nathan with a spider on his face. Sidney's Sunrise Arts in the Park July 11. It didn't last long, as soon as we got home he washed it off because it itched.


Here is Jessica with pretty swans on her face. Man, this looked so much better in person.


We took the kids fishing on the river July 12. They caught a TON of catfish. But we didn't keep any. Next time. I put this picture of Jessica in the paper & she has had LOTS of comments on her BIG fish


We went to Gartside reservoir with some friends from church. The kids had a blast!


Saturday night Jessica's friend Stefi had a sleepover. Sunday we went to church (all of us 'cept Neil), Nate even came with us! I taught both CTR & Sunbeams class.

Tomorrow we are gonna go to Culbertson to meet one of my church friends for some pizza & either take the kids swimming or the park.

This is the last week of swimming lessons. The kids are both happy about that.

The following weekend is our fair/carnival!! I am looking forward to the FOOD!!

On the 18th of this month (July) Neil & I celebrated out 11th Anniversary!! We went out for supper.