BEFORE the float

Here is a picture of ALL of us that floated the Missouri River this week.



Back: Kayleen, Peggy Ann, Bonnie
Middle: Melissa
Front: Lorraine, ME, Sharon, and Sarah holding baby Jimmy

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!!

Did anyone notice the hair cut??

I meant to post about it. But as I glanced over pictures I realized I didn't. Did anyone notice Nathan's hair? He got it cut. He now says that he is "bald"

BEFORE




And AFTER

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.

WONDERING????

Were any of you ever wondering what the heck happened to ME??!!??

Well about 3 weeks ago Neil downloaded a virus onto our computer. I thought I had fixed the problem & things ran fine for a few days. Then nothing. Just like that it died. We have been without a computer since.

Right now I am on vacation. The kids & I left on Saturday, stayed in Billings with Grandma Char. We drove for 6 hrs on Sunday. Monday we went to Lagoon. Had FUN!!! It was perfect weather, not too hot, not too cold. Yesterday we didn't do much of anything. Today we went out of town for a quick trip. Tomorrow Neil will fly in to SLC from Sidney!! Exciting!!!

I think we will buy a computer while we are down here. There is definately alot more stores to find our BEST deal!! So when we get back home, Sunday, I should be back in business.

Jessica was on

The front page of our local newspaper Sunday.

Take a look HERE