Pinewood Derby

Tonight my oldest son competed in the RA racers and won 2nd place! Yay Carson! I am so proud of him and especially happy to see him so proud and happy of himself. He went with a flatter racecar design this year painted red and light blue. He put three stripes on the spoiler on the back and an RA sticker on the hood plus the number 1. Not 01 like his dad recommended but just plain 1. He won a medal that looks like something off of the Olympics. Little bro did a great job of watching and waiting and cheering him on.

Long time no writing

Carson has turned 8 now and Roman has turned 5! Registered Roman for Kind. last week and can't believe my baby is going to be that big! We have had a busy winter of Upward basketball with Carson and I was an Upward Cheerleading coach this year for the first time. Spring time for us has meant that our weekends have settled down a bit but our weeks are still busy. Mom was supposed to come visit last weekend but luckily she didn't...it ended up being horrible weather.

H1N1 flu and us

Well folks so far 2 members of our house have been struck down with this "swine" flu. I was sick for about 5 or 6 days last week and Friday Carson got it. He started Tamiflu immediately and it has turned around for the better in 2 days. I ran fever for 5 days he so far has only run it for 2 days. I thought I got the Tamiflu fast enough but I had a hard time getting over it. Roman is on preventive meds to hopefully keep him from getting it. Hoping Neal doesn't get it! My symptoms were: sore throat, low grade fever, tiredness and fatigue, body aches and pain, mild nasal congestion, and a cough that is still lingering. Carson's symptoms consist mainly of high fever and tiredness and body aches and pain. He did get sick at his stomach one time but that's it. We have been washing our hands like crazy and spraying Lysol. Glad we are on the mend! Hope it stays that way.

Tonight I am up due to a late nap. I had a doctor's appointment today and found out that all that dizziness I've been having is due to an inner ear inflammation. I am relieved because I kinda thought I was really losing it! The room would spin and I would feel like I was going to fall over to my left. This is the last week of our official summer. Trying to get the kids back on schedule and needing to do the same for myself! Tonight we had a pizza night (California Pizza Kitchen frozen spinach pizza to be exact) and it was yummy and just what we needed after a long day of rooms spinning :)!!! Roman likes the spinach pizza and Carson is not yet convinced which is strange because Carson will eat raw spinach in salads and loves it. Hoping for a more productive day tomorrow.

Today we got the results from Carson's bloodwork and he doesn't have the bleeding disorder they thought he had. Yay! I can't express the relief that news brings! I don't think we'll be able to do his tonsil surgery this summer though because we have now run out of time. As I type, the boys are building lego farms, cars, ships, and animals about 4 feet away from me and talking to me so I think this one will be short. Can't believe just two more weeks until school starts! I have really enjoyed our summer schedule.

So Carson didn't have his surgery yet. Turns out he didn't pass a blood screening test for von Willdebrand's disease and they sent us on to a very good hospital to get that checked out. We haven't yet heard the results should be any day. I am not the best at waiting. I want to do things when I want to do them. I want to get results right away. It is very hard for me to distract myself and just wait. I suppose it is a lesson that I haven't learned yet and that is probably why it keeps getting repeated. In other news, the whole family has bikes now and we have been going riding about three times a week at the local school. It is my first attempt at bike riding in probably 15 to 20 years. I haven't got it down perfect yet. Still moving a little slow out of fear. We are all enjoying it so much though.

I had a great week doing Vacation Bible School last week. I really enjoyed doing Missions this year! Today we had an appointment with the anesthia people for Carson's surgery coming up next week. I am very proud of the boys because they did a nice job waiting and being quiet while I talked with the nurse. This weekend we will be heading to mom's for a July fourth bash. It's always lots of fun. We go swimming and have a cookout and then shoot fireworks off in her driveway. I usually take my nephews and niece to buy fireworks even though they are plenty big enough to take themselves now (being that they are now 17-27). Guess it's just always been a tradition. Thinking of passing it off to someone else...agh who am I kidding? I like having a little control over the fireworks show. I feel like I have to pack half of what we own just to go for a weekend away though! Some storms came through last night and knocked some big limbs down in our backyard. I couldn't sleep due to the thunder and lightening. Hoping tonight will be better and more peaceful. On the agenda for tomorrow: return library books, laundry, and giving the dog a bath.