First Day of School!

Today is the first day of school for the kids. Caden is in 6th grade, Kaitlyn is in 4th grade, Mckay is in 1st grade, and Jackson is in preschool! We are excited about the teachers they have! It's going to be a great year!

Farewell Sienna!

We went from this.......

to this......

Two weeks ago I was rear ended by a car that ended up totalling the back of my minivan! Thank goodness my 3 year old and I were fine. Just our minivan looked bad. It was hard to say goodbye to our Sienna because we had it for five years and it held some great memories for our family. We went car shopping for a week hoping to find a similar Toyota Sienna. Unfortunately they are hard to come by because they are such good cars. But we found this 2007 Honda Odyssey! So far we love it! We are still adjusting to it, but think it will be a great car for our family.

Happy Birthday Mckay!

Mckay had a fun 6th birthday on Thursday! He wanted an R2D2 cake. I warned him it would be difficult to do and might not turn out so good. He liked it anyway. Unfortunately the legs kept trying to fall apart. But you can tell what it should be. I can't believe Mckay is 6 now! Has it really been that long since I had all of those health problems! Time goes by so fast!

Just an update on Mckay's leg. He got the cast off a couple of weeks ago and they gave him a fracture boot to wear. He will wear that for 3 more weeks or so depending on how things go. At least now he can wash his leg now and walk everywhere. He's been pretty active on it. What a trooper!

Mckay's Wheelchair!

Mckay broke his leg skiing last weekend! The first few days he was in a lot of pain, but he is doing much better now. Right now his leg has a splint, but they will put a cast on it this week. The doctors won't let him use crutches because they say too many kids this age forget they have a broken leg, put weight on it, and do more damage. So Mckay has a wheelchair for a few weeks until they think he is ready to start walking on it. Mckay has had fun with his wheelchair! He is pretty good at getting around the house and is not so dependent on us as much. We're just happy that he didn't need surgery! We are becoming well known at Primary Children's Hospital with everything Mckay has gone through the past 3 months!

Chocolate Houses!

We made our traditional chocolate houses last night! Here is what we created! A big thanks to my friend, Linda, for providing everything! What a fun Christmas gift! The kids had a lot of fun decorating and eating the candy!

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!

Kaitlyn had a fun 9th Birthday yesterday! We enjoyed helping her eat her birthday donut tower! For dinner, Kaitlyn chose to eat at Italian Village. They have yummy food and great prices! Kaitlyn chose this place so that she could have spaghetti, her favorite food. And yes Kaitlyn is wearing glasses in the picture. She got them today and loves them - which I'm happy about. We found out a few weeks ago that Kaitlyn failed the vision screening test at her school. We were quite surprised, because she has never had a problem before. But it is just one eye that is farsighted. So the eye doctor recommended glasses, especially for school. We think she looks great in them!

Happy Halloween!

This year Kaitlyn was a black cat; Jackson was Thomas the Train, Mckay was an airplane pilot, and Caden was a scientist (not a mad scientist - just a regular one)! The kids had a blast trick or treating and got way too much candy!

In case you didn't hear, Mckay was in the hospital for 3 days a couple of weeks ago for a serious infection. He had a sinus infection that got worse and turned into an abscess below his eye. It was serious enough that the doctors were worried the infection could spread. Thankfully we were able to catch it before it got worse. Mckay was on IV antibiotics for 3 days and then they sent us home with oral antibiotics. Mckay looks much better now that his eye is not swollen shut and discolored. Blood test results show that the infection is going away! We are so thankful for everyone's prayers and concern in behalf of Mckay. He is doing great now and is back to normal!