We are sick of BEING sick!

So my last post I talked about Zak having pneumonia and hoping that we would be out of the clear of getting sick. Well.... On Saturday Blyss came down with a fever, I thought maybe she had a little bit of heat stroke from playing outside all morning long and playing hard, I gave her some Ibuprofen and laid her down for a nap. After that she was fine, went back to playing, and we went to town. About 10 pm that night I felt like I got hit by a train, I had not one ounce of energy and started feeling achy. Then next morning no better, plus running a fever and having a cough, Blyss was the same way. So we stayed home and just relaxed. I started having the chills, dripping sweat to chattering teeth. I couldn't sleep due to this, plus my bones hurt, my back hurt, and I was coughing. Anytime we gave Blyss Ibuprofen she was a new girl and carried on doing what she does. On Monday Zak stayed home, dut to us being sick and knowing he was leaving to Nevada rest of the week. We decided to go to the doctor. We get there he checks me, everything looks fine, my lungs sound fine, but I do have a fever. We told the doctor about Zak having pneumonia, he seemed pretty skeptical that I would have it, but just in case ordered an xray to be done. Blyss and Sicaly are checked out because they are both coughing and they checked out fine. So I go have the xray and I feel awful running around doing this, the doctor later calls me and tells me I have pneumonia, and start some antibiotics. On Tuesday Zak leaves early to go to Nevada, I didn't sleep again all night, do to the chills, my body hurting- especially my back(my pneumonia was in the back lower part of my lungs- why it hurt my back), wake up to 2 sick girls- Hallee and Blyss, with fevers and complaining they don't feel good, meanwhile Sicaly is still coughing. I call the Doctor and he orders a chest xray for Blyss where he saw her the day before, once again he was very skeptical, thinking there is no way for them to have pneumonia. Off we go again to the hospital, Blyss gets her xray- I actually ask to see her xray and once I saw it I knew she had pneumonia, the Dr. calls me within 15 minutes, saying he can't believe it but she has pneumonia. He decides if she has it Hallee probably has it too, and we get a prescription for both girls. The Doctor told me he never has seen a whole family come down with pneumonia, he called us "weird."

The next day we have to go back to the Dr.'s to have everyone checked out again, Sicaly coughs and the Dr. said oh no, she needs to be on an antibiotic as well. Thank goodness he called one in, because she came down with a fever and was very cranky.

So it was a very crazy week, a very sick mom taking care of 3 little sick girls, then Zak comes home on Friday night not feeling well at all. The next day he goes to Insta Care only to discover he has pneumonia again- he was running a fever- so the doctor told him he is contagious- just what I want to hear. So hopefully the girls and I will not get it again! Hopefully we can all be on the mend and getting back to normal. The girls and I are feeling tons better- I'm just going through the pain of it right now, it is hard to breathe and my chest and back hurt.

I have a very awesome ward- once they heard we were sick which was Tuesday night- they jumped into action, volunteering to take Sicaly, bringing in meals, taking us to the Doctors, calling to see if they could pick something up in town for us, and caring. And our great neighbors even mowed our lawn for us. We sure appreciate everyone and volunteering to do stuff for us, it is really hard for me to accept that!
On a happy note-
I pulled out my camera last night and saw some cute pictures and laughed- I haven't laughed all week and it felt good- so here are the pictures that made me smile and laugh:

Nothing Better than a sleeping baby

This is at my parents, my girls went into my mom's raspberry patch and picked their own raspberries and now they are enjoying the friuts of their labor

I couldn't find Blyss one day, I go into their room to put up clothes, and it scared me half to death, I had to make sure she was still alive, she never goes to sleep by herslef. Later she told me she was playing with the cats- why the cats are on her bed, and she must of just fell right to sleep, but the cats were pretty cozy too.

I was taking Sicaly's clothes off, and it got stuck on her head, the girls were laughing so hard, it looked like she had an afro.

Whew!

What a crazy/ busy last weekend/week we've had. It all started out with Zak getting pneumonia, so instead of having 3 children to take care of, I had 1 more, plus we had the scare of possibly the rest of us getting it as well, so I was sanitizing like crazy, washing everything, but hopefully we are out of the clear now.

This past weekend we went up to Idaho, I was able to spend a day with my family and celebrate my birthday- did a little shopping and out to eat. The girls and I went to my parents Stake Pioneer celebration. They had a chicken chase, but the chickens were completly worn out by the time we got there, so the girls got to pet the chickens. We also went on wagon ride pulled by horses. My mom and I also gave Sicaly her first hair cut. Sicaly's bangs hung in her eyes, she had a mullet in back and then long hair around her eyes, so we trimmed it up, and it looks so much better. Then we went to St. Anthony for the big pioneer celebration. We went to the parade which was awesome, then Zak couldn't do anything do to still being sick, I was the one who got roped into taking 5 children on a raft down the river- didn't work so well, since I was the only one who could paddle, we would just go in circles, luckily some of Zak's cousins were in tubes and could help pull us along. Both Hallee and Blyss were in tears because they were scared, my nephew who is 6 scaring them by telling them there is alligators in the river, and repeadtly about 200 times yelling, "We are going to die." I was sure glad when we made it to the spot to get out. Then that night I took Hallee and Blyss to the rodeo, which entertained them for a little bit. While there Zak's brothers wife had her baby, so we were able to see the new baby- Case Lee. Also, while we were there my Aunt Patti passed away.

We left on Sunday, and turned around on Wednesday and headed back to Idaho to attend my Aunt Patti's funeral. It was a very nice funeral, all the speakers did an awesome job, and I know she is in a much better place. I will miss her eccentric side which I got a kick out of, she was always dressed to the nines, she always had to be matching, shoes, outfit, purse, and jewelry. Shge was a very fun lady!
Here are a few pictures, I didn't get pictures of everything we did.

At the rodeo, Hallee is somewhere in that mass of kids, trying to catch a calf. I was praying that none of the kids would get trampled by each other or by the calf.

I love how St. Anthony has floats- real floats, I thought this was real neat.

My parents came to the parade. Look at Sicaly with her new hair cut.

The kids ready for the parade to start.

Hallee and Blyss with the chickens.

Snakes- Oh My!

This is the 2nd water snake our neighbors have found this summer, it keeps the kids entertained for hours though- I used to hold snakes when I was younger too, but now they give me the creeps. Blyss even cried when she didn't get a turn to hold it.

Super Hero due to some Super Cool Shoes

I took Hallee and Blyss shoe shopping for school, since I had some good coupons. Blyss has wanted for months now, the Sketchers Twinkle Toe shoes, and I told her, when she goes to preschool I will get them for her. So I bought them for her, and she became a total super hero/star in them, she can run really fast, jump really high, run in circles, and she is just plain cool with them. Zak and I got the biggest kick out of her. She was good enertainment in them as Zak was laying on the couch very ill from pneumonia. Blyss even had to sleep with them in her bed, it was so darn cute!

Hallee is my cowboy boot girl

4 Months Already

Sicaly trying rice cereal for the 1 st time, I think she spit it all out

Pretty Baby

Look at all that hair

I can't believe Sicaly is 4 months already, the time has flown by. She is such a sweet little girl. She loves her sisters, she loves when they talk to her and just loves watching them. Anytime you look at her she has a smile for you, and lately we can get her to laugh pretty easily. She is a pretty easy baby and sleeps through the night. She had her 4 month check up and she weighs 12 lbs. 7 oz., which so far makes her my biggest baby at this age. We are so glad she is in our family.
This past weekend we had a family reunion in Salt Lake, this is what the girls enjoyed:

Hallee love the choclate fountain, she had lots of fun with it. She also had fun with her cousins.

Blyss loves her cousin Sayler. And Sayler is so nice to pack her around.

It was fun to see Zak's family, some I've never even meet. So it was great.

ToO CuTe

Notice something different about these girls. About 10 inches of hair missing altogether. It was a hard decision to let Hallee especially get her hair cut, I love doing her hair! But it was getting pretty long and hard to comb through, so I finally decided it was time to get a good haircut. They both look stinkin cute and alot older.

Past 2 Weeks

First off, look at this girl- she is so darn cute and growing like a weed! We sure love her.

What a busy couple of weeks we have had and I hope it slows down a little now. Hallee was in swimming lessons for 2 weeks, I really like the Sports Academy, swimming lessons is indoor, and then you can play outside in the outdoor pools, so everyday we were there for 2 1/2 hours. Hallee finished up her season of T ball, she got much better! We went up to Idaho once swimming lessons was over. We went up to Victor to have the girls pictures done by Zak's sister, the girls had fun playing with their cousins. On Saturday we went to the Hancock family reunion and the girls once again had so much fun playing with cousins. We went on lots of four wheeler rides to the farm. And we got Zak's office finished in the basement- YEAH! We pretty much have moved everything down. Sicaly will finally have a room and she will sleep in her crib for the first time tonight.

Zak's office- he picked out the color of paint and carpet, it turned out really nice

girls swimming, while Hallee was in swimming lessons I would work withBlyss, we had lots of fun

Peyton Gillman and Hallee, we lucked out and had lots of friends at swimming, so the girls had a blasy everyday

Hallee getting ready for the potato sack race

Sicaly with my dad, she was so into the Bee movie, first time that she watched tv, it was funny

I couldn't find Blyss at the family reunion, she was hiding in the trees, singing away

We got a slip n slide for the girls

Hallee and Blyss going on a pony ride with the neighbors.