Back to normal... or what we try to think of as normal... lol!

We had a fun weekend with most of Rich's family here. We went to the Omniplex, and played at the house. Went to church and Ashley's baptism, and played at the house more. I just love to have a house full of people. :) We are so glad everyone was able to come and stay with us and we hope everyone is able to get back to their homes safe today! :)

The cousins had such a great time playing with each other and had so much fun with aunts and uncles and grandparents around... my kids are definitly showing the effects of lots of attention today... because now it's only them and me... and they aren't getting as much attention. lol!

I'll try to get some pictures up soon!

Diagnosis

Tonsillitis... not strep throat at least, but still an infection non the less.

The good news is I'm not contagious, the bad news, is that my throat is so inflammed and my ears are so close to being an ear infection, that I'll be on antibiotics. :( Oh well... sometimes they are necessary. I could wait it out and tough it out probably without the antibiotics, but I want to enjoy my company this weekend and not be laying around unresponsive and in pain the whole time.

Sore throat

My throat is still sore today, in fact it's gone way past sore and hurts a lot! I couldn't sleep this morning because of the pain.

I don't know what wierd thing makes this happen, but I can go over a year without getting sick, but it seems like whenever I do get sick- it's right before we are getting together with Rich's family. :(

I'm headed to the dr this morning to get a throat culture. If it's strep I want to catch it before it get's bad so I don't pass it on to all of Rich's family that's coming to stay with us!

I got comments!! :)

Thank you everyone that commented! :) I'm just a silly giddy girl that people commented! :) I'm not one to talk. I always forget to comment on other people's blogs... hm... maybe if I commented on others more often- they would comment on mine... ya think?


Today my great awesome wonderful friend invited me to drop the kids off at her house for the afternoon, while I got to do some stuff without the help of 8 extra hands! :) I went grocery shopping in about half the amount of time and probably spent 1/3 less than I would have with their help. I got everything put away in a semi organized manner, (dividing up meats from the huge packs I get at Sam's club takes a little while) and swept and mopped my floor!

The kids had fun playing at her house and of course they were little angels over there. They save their cranky side for me at home. :)

I've got a sore throat today, I think I'm going to do a quick version of my favorite white chicken enchilada's... those are creamy and will still taste good with a sore throat. Rich thinks it's probably from my sunburn... I'm dehydrated. So I'm trying to push a lot of water into my body and hopefully it will be a one day thing! I don't want to be sick with most of Rich's family coming to visit this weekend!

Hi again

I'm just popping in for a quick minute.

We have started having a weekly enrichment activity in our ward where we get together at someone's pool for a few hours each week. It's fun, it gets everyone out of the house with the kids and into the nice cool water to play and have some adult interaction for the mommies. So... I have to run to that in a little bit.

I just watched Nashville Star from last night. I'm kind of getting into it, and Ashley likes to sit and watch it with me. :) There is one girl/lady on there that is a mother of 5 boys and just has an AMAZING voice... and another girl that is from a LARGE family... like 14 kids or something... she is just really cute and does a great job with Ballad type songs... and then this one guy that is just a real Country cowboy type sound to his songs... those are the top three and I'm not sure which I like the most out of those three... the other three that are left... can go for all I care. :) They just aren't as good as the other three.

And then the other tv show that I'm following right now is "The Next Food Network Star" There's an LDS gal on there that's cute, but sometimes seems a little too perky. If she can get the right balance of energy and professionalism I think she can win it. If she can't though... she won't. I like her, but there are a few others that are really good that I can see winning it. I don't really have any favorites... but I like the show.

So... I'll put out the question and see if I get any comments..

Are you watching any shows right now that you are really into? Tell me what they are and why you like them. :)

Now I've got 5 minutes to get us all into swimsuits and into the car and off to the pool playgroup. If you are in my ward I hope I see you there!!! :)