Bad Luck

My poor husband has had some bad luck lately. A week and a half ago he got exposed to a nasty infection at the hospital and was put on 2 different, strong antibiotics. This week he was finally starting to feel better. Then on Wednesday while he was working on the nursery he shot himself in the finger with a nail gun and had to go get a tetanus shot. That evening he wasn't feeling/looking well. He was having body aches and he had a fever. The next morning he woke up covered in a rash. When he went in to the ER they told him that he was having a bad reaction to one of the antibiotics he was taking. They've taken him off all of his medications and now we are just waiting for his body to fight it off. The poor guy is so sick. His rash has gotten bad enough that you almost can't tell its a rash, because the spots are growing together. Brett was supposed to be going to Honduras on Sunday for a Medical Mission trip. He has been so excited and has already paid for the trip. The doctors have said that if he isn't completely better by Saturday then he can't go. It's not looking like Honduras is going to happen. We've decided that maybe we are getting a very loud message that Brett wasn't supposed to go to Honduras. However, we decided that McKinley and I are still going to come out to Idaho tomorrow. I hate leaving him when he is sick, but this will be our last chance to come see family for awhile and Brett has insisted that we go still.
Some good news this week is that we had another ultrasound on Wednesday and they said that the baby looks good. Her kidneys are still big, but are working well. They said everything else about her looks normal. We will continue to do ultrasounds every couple of weeks to watch her, but so far things look pretty good. :)

Our Crazy Week

It has been quite the busy week for us. I don't think I've ever looked at our calender and been unable to find an empty spot. However, inspite of being very busy we have also been able to do a lot of fun things this week. On Friday McKinley had her last gymnastics class. They are starting a new session, but I've decided that I'm getting to big/pregnant to be doing a mommy and me class with her. We'll probably start again this next spring. McKinley has loved gymnastics. Brett was able to come watch her at this last class. She was so excited to have her daddy watching. After every trick that she did she would run over to him for a "high five".



By McKinley's last gymnastics class she had really gotten the hang of things. I think she finally figured out how to get her long Maxfield extremities to work. I am amazed at how much more coordinated she has become.
On Friday night we had our ward Halloween party, and it was a lot of fun. Then on Saturday we had a primary activity. Normally, she wouldn't have come with me but Brett had to work. On Sunday we went to her friends Birthday party. They had a Halloween themed party. It was a lot of fun. They even had a hay ride.

Unfortunately I had dead batteries in my camera all weekend, so I wasn't able to get very many pictures.
In the very little spare time that I had this week I finished up McKinley and Annabelles's magnet boards.


This Saturday we fly out to Idaho. I'm really excited to come out and visit. McKinley can't wait to see her grandparents and cousins.

Crossroads Village

Last weekend we went with our friends to Crossroads Village. On the weekends in October they have fun Halloween activities. We took our kids and they got to dress up in their costumes and go trick-or-treating. They had a lot of fun activities and decorations.


This year we let McKinley choose what she wanted to be for Halloween. She decided she wanted to go as Sleeping Beauty, which is one of her new favorite movies.


McKinley enjoyed getting to ride the carousel and play in the little hay maze, but I think her favorite part of the whole evening was being able to go trick-or-treating with her 2 best friends Sammy and Sierra.

We had a fun night. Brett is going to be in Honduras for Halloween, so it was nice to be able to dress her up and take her trick-or-treating with her Daddy.

Traverse City

This past weekend Brett had an Anesthesia conference in Traverse City. Traverse City is a really pretty resort town that is up north. McKinley and I decided to go with him. We stayed at the coolest hotel that I've ever been to.

It was called the Great Wolf Lodge. In the foyer it had this big clock with animals around it. At night the animals would wake up and talk to you. Then one of the hotel employees would sit and read a bed time story to the kids.

The hotel was decorated like a cabin, with stuffed animals and old fashioned pictures and antiques everywhere.

All of these decorations looked really neat in the hotel, but the best part was that these decorations were all part of a game called Magicquest. I don't know if any of you have played this game before, but you get a wand and a special name and then you get to go on a quest. You point your wand at the different items/decorations in the hotel and they come alive and talk to you.

You go all over the hotel finding different items so that you can complete your quests. McKinley loved this game. However, by the last day she was walking around with her wand hidden behind her back so that she wouldn't accidentally turn on one of the scary animals.

This hotel also had a really fun waterpark in it. McKinley would swim 24/7. She is our little fish.

This waterpark had multiple water slides, a cute little splash pad, and this huge water fortress.

McKinley really liked this giant snake that was floating in one of the pools. She would sit on its head and pet it.

It was a really fun weekend and the hotel was amazing. However, I couldn't leave without making sure I did something real clutzy first. So me and McKinley took a nice fall down the hotel stairs on our way out. Apparently stairs hate me, because I fall down them a lot. Luckily, we are all fine and we didn't let it ruin our vacation.

My Little Helper

I have a tendency to be very uptight, and I'm a little bit of a stresser. Brett is always asking me why I don't take naps. During naps I just lay in bed thinking about everything that I'm not getting done by lying in bed. In the past I would relax by watching a little television, but there is nothing but garbage on TV anymore. Since we moved to Michigan I've discovered my inner crafter. It is what I do to un-wind and relax. Lately McKinley has become very interested in crafts too. She likes to be involved in whatever I'm doing.

A couple of weeks ago I made McKinley a craft box. I put leftover pieces of my scrapbook paper in it and some stickers. She'll sit next to me while I'm working on crafts and make her own little masterpieces. I have to keep my eye on her though, because she is always going for my scissors and my paper cutter. The other day I let her help me paint a step stool for the bathroom. She loved it. She likes to be my little helper. I can't do anything without her being right there to help me. Whether it is sweeping, mopping, dusting or folding laundry; McKinley wants to be right by my side helping.

Sometimes I have to remind myself how wonderful it is that she is such a good helper, because it definately slows me down. However, I'm really glad to have such a good helper since we are going to be getting a new addition to the family soon. I know she'll be a great help with Annabelle.