Life Just Keeps Moving On

That is probably the biggest lesson we've learned these past few weeks. It doesn't matter what we are going through, life keeps moving and we have to as well, no matter how bad our day is.

So, life has been busy as usual. Seth is beginning finals for his summer term. I can't believe it is almost over! Where has summer gone? We went camping over the 4th of July with the Carlsons, Petersens and the Hansens. It was a blast! It was so nice to get out of town for a few days! The kids LOVED it and Logan still asks when we are going camping again. We went on this little hike down to a lake to go fishing. The hike down was smooth, all downhill. Coming back however was another story. I had all the stuff and Seth had the two kids (Logan in the backpack and carrying Chloe) and they were both asleep. The combination of extra weight, altitude, out of shape and way up hill, the hike back left us all wasted. The kids were wired and ready to play when we got back and we were all wiped out. It was still so much fun!

The Wilkins family has made it to Colorado and officially are in their house! Woohoo! We've been helping as much as we can and the house is really lookin' good! We are super excited to have them joining us here. It is nice to have family so close!

Kids are getting big. You can understand more of what Logan is saying now and he is showing more and more character everyday. For instance, at night when it is time for bed he comes out at least 4 times saying, "I need water, I need socks, I need blankie" and whatever other excuse he can find. It is kind of funny..... for about 5 minutes! We had a pretty scary incident with him. He woke up one morning two weeks ago with a fever and it got worse throughout the morning. Chloe just had Roseola a few days before and we thought that is what he was getting. I gave him some Tylenol and he acted a little tired but still played. Well, I was cleaning the bathroom and heard him say, "mama" and I turned and his fingers and toes were blue, shaking, could hardly stand and his heart was racing. I called the doctor's office (thankfully I got Erin, our good friend and go-to nurse) and they said that a fever would do that and to give him the medicine again (it was almost time) and see if it will go down. If not and his shakes don't go away to call again and get him in. It didn't go away so I took him in. The made us stay for a while until his heart rate went down (about an hour) and said it was viral. That happened to be the day that we went to pick Seth up at school and Logan puked all over the car on the way there. Yuck! His fever got to 103.8 (they said at 104 to take him to Children's) and I was way nervous. The Motrin wasn't helping his heart was racing. Seth and Dee gave him a blessing and that night his fever broke and he's fine. I'm so grateful for the Priesthood in our home and a husband that honors it.

Chloe is crawling. AHHHHH! She gets where she wants to, pretty slowly. She hasn't figured out yet that she can get anywhere now. Time for the gate again. She has a little attitude on her but is so much fun! We definitely know who the boss of this house is!

Life has been kind of rough these past few weeks but we have realized how blessed we really are, what matters most in life and that the Lord is truly aware of us and our circumstances. We have been blessed beyond measure and our faith is growing. We have to keep reminding ourselves that trials only make us stronger and the Lord will not give us anything that we cannot handle.

Until next time...... we hope everyone is healthy and well!