Trip to the Hospital

Last week we had a surprise visit to the Hospital via an ambulance. Wesley thought it was way fun but it freaked me out. After dinner on Monday night we noticed Wes was making a lot of noise while breathing. Only a few minutes later it turned into him crying that he can't breath and we noticed he was really trying hard to breath. I then called the after hours pediatrician office and they wanted to see him right away. When we got into the doctors office they gave him a breathing treatment which didn't seem to help. They decided to give him a steroid which still didn't help increase his oxygen level. The doctor then decided that we should have him admitted to the hospital. The hospital that she wanted us to go to was about 15 minutes away and the doctor really wanted him to be watched so she called us an ambulance to ride over in. Wes was a little out of it to really enjoy it (it was really hard for him to even talk) but he has been talking about it for the last week.

After we got to the hospital they did breathing treatments all through the night with other respiratory treatments. They also took 2 chest x-rays trying to determine if it was pneumonia , RSV, or something like that. He got a little worse through the night, they said that at one point he was hardly using his right lung. So we got to stay most of the next day playing games, watching t.v., and eating the chocolate milkshakes that I am obsessed with (I ate so many when I was in the hospital delivering Bradley).Throughout the day he progressively got better. The team of doctors met with me and said that it most likely is Asama. They said that he had an asmantic reaction to a little cold infection that he had got. With no other history of Asama they didn't think that he would need any daily treatment but just to watch and see what happens when he gets another cold. It was a scary experience for me but Wesley loved the fact that he got to sleep in the hospital and ride in an ambulance.

Summer Happenings

We have really been enjoying the summer sun. We have been trying to get outside as much as possible to store up the vitamin D before winter. Orrin is still in school so we have been trying to plan some summer fun on the weekends.

Berry Picking is one of my most favorite things to do.

The summer sun was heating up the strawberries and it smelled so good. Everyone picking the strawberries were talking about how wonderful it smelled. They were the best strawberries I had ever tasted!!








Of course the Blueberries were a hit too. They are my favorite. Brad was able to pick some for himself and they went straight into his mouth. He had so many berries.



We have also been going on lots of walks, bike rides, and hikes. We decided to try out one of the many trails on Marquam Hill which is the hill that Orrin's school is on. It was so weird to start up the trail and really feel like you are in the middle of the forest and not see a hint of civilization but knowing that through the trees are homes, stores and the Hospital/School. It's really a cool hill. I have gotten lost on it a few times so I have been able to see a lot of it.


We have also gone swimming. We have a pool here at our apartment and the boys have also been taking swimming lessons (which they love).

Bradley's 18 month pictures at 20 months

I wanted to have Brad get his pictures done when he turned 18 months, but summer came a long and we didn't get them done until now. He did better than I thought. He is really in the "stranger danger" stage and will literally freeze when he is in a new situation or meeting a new person. They are online but I can't down load them so if you want to check them out you have to click HERE


UPDATE: So the only 2 pictures that Brad is smiling in ended up being blurry when they were printed so they offered a reshot. Check those out HERE.

Garden Update

We came back from our trip to Utah to see our garden full of
veggies!! My favorite are the sweet peas. I am glad we got so many of them because I can't stop eating them. It has been really nice to go out everyday and get stuff to make a salad for our dinner that night. We have been having so much fun. We are still waiting on our tomatoes and Zucchini. I can't wait! I have a few zucchini recipes ready to try for when they come.

Summer Vacation!!!

Yeah!! Summer has finally arrived. It was a long time coming for me. It would just not stop raining around here. I finally felt like it was summer when we took our trip to Utah last week. We had so much fun. We didn't go to bed before midnight the whole trip and woke up by 8:00 ready for more fun. I feel a little overwhelmed with trying to put all that fun into a blog post but I will try. Here is what we did:

1. On the car rides to Utah and on the way back to Oregon the boys did a lot of movie watching which made the trip quite pleasant for us. I had 2 NEW movies for Wes to watch on the trip, "Toy Story 2" & and a Scooby Doo Movie. He watched those two movies over and over on our 30 hour round trip. We loved hearing Wes sing to the Scooby Doo movie.





2. We stopped 1/2 way along our trip and stayed with our favorite people in Idaho, the Binghams (Orrin's Aunt, Uncle, & Cousins). We love visiting them and their beautiful gardens/yards. Wesley had so much fun playing. Thanks Mandy and Mike for the fun time!

3. Once we got to Utah we had so much fun spending time family we had not seen in a really long time. I was really excited to see my Grandparents (who's house we stayed at) and also my family. We also got to see Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. We are so blessed to have such fun families. Wes & Brad got some good Grandma and Great Grandma time. Wesley followed great grandma around everywere. I dont blame him, she is one of my favorite people to spend time with too. Wes also got to meet his "army cousin" (my cousin that had just returned from army training). He was so excited to meet him. I figure its like little girl meeting a princess :). He was in awe. He loved playing with his cousin Brinlee. It was fun to see them play a lot more together as they have gotten older.

<--what funny faces

4. Orrin and my Dad had been planning on hiking Mt. Timpanogas and decided to get it over with on the first day. They were wanting to make it up to the top but it ended being an even longer hike without making it to the top. About 1/2 way up they hit some snow and were not able to really find the path. They decided to just find there own way up. They climbed over a glacier bridge on the way up and then on the way back it was melted so they had to find another way down. I am sure glad I decided not to go.

5. One day we visited my cousin-in-law's family dairy farm. They have a really big farm with the most cows I have seen in one place . They said they have about 30 new calf's born a day. My favorite part of visiting the farm was the baby calf's. We got to see some that had just been born a few hours before. The baby cows for some reason really like Wes.

6. We also couldn't go to Grandpa and Grandma's without having Grandpa's BBQ chicken. It is so amazing and something that everyone looks forward too. Bradley ate almost a whole breast. So Yummy!

7. The main attraction of this trip was going to see "Toy Story 3". Wesley was counting down the days until we could go to Utah to first see family and then see toy story 3. Before the movie sweet Aunt Emily got Brad and Wes a stuffed Buzz and Wood. They love them. Wes even brought his to the movie. Bradley got to stay home and play which made it really nice for Orrin and I. Thanks Aunt Jana!! You are too sweet!

8. During our trip we ate a lot of yummy good food. I feel like we had dessert with every meal (including breakfast). The boys loved it. They had a lot of ice cream cones and Popsicles.

9. And what is a family gathering without playing games. We played hours & hours of a card game called "Hand and Foot"-not to be confused with this ;). Well the girls really played cards a lot and the guys played a lot of basketball (where Orrin almost lost his two front teeth). Thank goodness he still has them.

10. We took one day to go to BYU. We checked out this free museum all about animals which was really interesting. Bradley has been fascinated with birds and can spot them from miles, so he loved the exhibit on birds. We also HAD to go the the BYU Creamery and of course get some more ice cream cones. The boys were in heaven. We also had fun shopping in the BYU bookstore (well at least the girls did).

11. One of my favorite place we went was Hobble Creek. We had so much fun playing in a little creek. The boys had a blast and didn't want to leave.

12. The best place to be when the fourth of July is on a Sunday is Utah because they do all the celebration on the Saturday before. They have a huge firework show call the Stadium of Fire they do every year. This year they had Carrie Underwood performing before the fireworks. I guess you have to get your tickets a year in advance to be in the stadium but we ended up finding the perfect place to watch them. There is a little park that is usually only for the missionaries in the MTC and they open it up for people to come and watch the fireworks. Right behind us was the Provo Temple. It was so beautiful. It was a really nice place to watch the fireworks. We even could hear Carrie Underwood singing (very faintly). The kids had lots of fun playing with poppers and sparklers. It was a really nice night.

13. We were back in Idaho on the Fourth of July. It was also really neat. We were able to watch another fireworks show just from Orrin cousin's (mike and mandy's) back yard. I think it was the best view in town. They shot them of really right in front of us.

14. We decided to take some family pictures while we were all dressed and matching for church one day. We got it all set up and then it started to rain on us. They still turned out ok but you can see the rain on the ground.



The best part of the trip was being with all of that family. I miss them already. It was a great trip and we made great memories.