My poor little Abby....

...is SICK!!! She woke up Monday morning with a 103.6 temperature! YIKES!! Abby has a bad sore throat and tummy ache. I tried to get her to eat something all day. But she didn't want anything to do with food. I couldn't even get her to eat popsicles! Finally, about 4 pm, Whitney got her to eat one. But that was it. Then at about 7 pm, she decided she wanted a bite of a pear that her sisters were eating. Literally, that is all she ate....a bite! At about 8:30 pm, I finally got her to drink some sprite. Not a whole lot of it though. She fell asleep in the recliner about 9 pm and slept till 10:30. Everyone else was in bed asleep and Abby and I were up watching TV. She also decided that Cheddar Cheez-it's sounded good. So she ate a few of those with her sprite around 12:45 in the am! Then finally she was ready for bed at 1:15 am. I took her temperature again before she fell asleep and it was 103.9! I gave her Tylenol and she fell asleep. She wore her jacket the entire day Monday! I could not get her to take it off. Which probably didn't help with the fever.

Well, Abby woke up yesterday morning and was still feeling yucky! Her temp luckily had gone down but she still had one:( She ate 2 popsicles and drank some more sprite. Which is a big step compared to Monday! I decided to take her to the doctor in Powell. They did a strep test and it was negative. So the doc took a culture and we will find out Thursday what the result is. The doctor said it is probably some type of the flu bug. I always wonder what's going to be next in our family. Maybe I should quit thinking that and maybe we will stay well! LOL!!! We have just had a bad year with the sickness going in circles through everyone. Abby is feeling lots better today, even though she still won't eat much. She has had some cantolope and sprite today. I just hope we can get better and stay better!

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Last night for Family Home Evening, we hauled the huge pile of branches to the trailer, that we had trimmed of the lilac bushes the Saturday before. We also mowed our lawn and Loretta's lawn. Here is McKenna happily working!
Whitney working hard.

This is only a fourth of the pile of branches! There were many!
They had to haul them a pretty long ways too!

My poor little Abby was sick all day long. She decided to come outside and sit on the tractor and watch.

Whitney is all smiles!

I wish they were like this all the time when we ask them to help with yard work:)

Team Work!

"Princess Luna"

Yesterday in Primary, Whitney was the 'Spotlight of the Week", which they called her 'Princess Luna'. The Primary Presidency compiles a list of things about the person and has the other kids try and guess who the next Prince or Princess may be. It is a pretty neat thing they for the kids. McKenna got it about 2 months ago and I never documented it. Oh, I forgot to add that Whitney is by no means a princess. She is the complete opposite! So she was not at all thrilled to pose for this picture, but she sure did smile pretty!

Dumb Birds!!

Last Saturday, we decided to try and move our chickens to this cage and get them out of their box. Well, this worked all for about 10 minutes. These dumb chickens figured out if they flew up a little ways, they could hold on to the side and slide right through the cracks. So I spent a good part of the afternoon chasing chickens throughout my laundry room. Did I mention these birds make a really big mess!?!
Yes! When I went to feed them, they literally about attack me to get their feed! Before I knew it, not only one chicken was out, there were 5 out at one time! Anyways, as you can see in the picture, they are eating their food off of the rug. Like I said, when I gave them their food, they all jump onto the plate like a bunch of piranas and start scratching and the food flies everywhere!! Trying to catch the chickens and putting them back in the cage was a JOKE! I would get one in and another one would get out. If I would have had one of my girls recording me, I could have put it on Funniest Home Videos and won! It was a CIRCUS!!
Ruben and I cut out some cardboard and put around the bottom of the cage. Well, that worked for a day. I was getting ready to take Whitney to summer school this morning and I walked into the laundry room and 'Lo and Behold' a SWEET little yellow chicken figured out how to get out again. Soooo......guess where the chickens are? Yep! Back in the box, where they can fly up, but can't get out! Ha! Ha! I can't wait till these dumb birds go out to the shop this weekend to their new home. This weekend will be one month that I will have had these 'cute' little chickens in my laundry room. Although, it will be great when they start laying fresh chicken eggs this fall!

Whitney got her braces off!

Today was a good day for Whitney! She got to get her braces off! She has had them on since October of 2008. What a drastic change her teeth went through. We headed off to Billings this morning and had to be there by 8:50 am. Yes, very long day! Anyway, we got to her appointment and it only took about 20 minutes for them to remove the braces and take an impression for the retainer. They looked awesome! We had to be back at the office by 12:00 pm to get her retainer fitted.

Whitney's retainer is clear. The reason her teeth look gross in this picture is because of the saliva and steam that is in the retainer. But her top teeth look excellent. Whitney has half of a major milestone completed. She will get the full set of braces in a couple of years.

Family Barbecue

Last Sunday the 31st of May, we decided to invite the family over and have a barbecue. Ruben's parents didn't make it but we had his brother Ray and his family, my grandma, mom, and brother. It was a beautiful day! Ruben and Ray did the cookin'. We had huge steaks, beef hamburgers, and buffalo burgers, and of course, hot dogs! To go with our meat, we had potato salad, potatoes on the grill, grillin' beans, and for dessert; my mom's famous Chocolate Peanut Butter cake and Scotcharoos! It was all very delish! I am so thankful for family and that we all live close to one another, so we have the opportunity to spend time togther.
My brother Pat playing ball with Daniel and Whitney.

McKenna and Daniel having races on the scooters.

Whitney just enjoying herself! :)

Anessa and Abby playing with babies and taking them on walks.

Pat played a few tunes for Daniel and McKenna.

Melinda, Christina, Anessa, and Abby eating and visiting.

Play Date

I had the opportunity to have my best friends kids for a couple of hours last week. Which they happen to be my kids best friends. Their parents got to go to the temple and clean. The girls had a lot of fun. In the above picture, Abby is giving Katie and Mady a tour of the garden. See our peas in the background! They are doing so good! Later I will get a picture of our corn on here.
Mady and Whitney riding bikes.

McKenna let Lily try out her new bike she got for her birthday. They took turns up and down the sidewalk and strolling along side eachother. They had a great time!

Abby and Katie giving me silly looks. They played in Abby's room and outside. Of course, with the babies! Katie's favorite :)