What's Up

Well, we have been a little busy the last week. Trevor ended up being admitted to the hospital for respiratory distress after attending a birthday party for his cousin on Saturday. We aren't sure whether it was the inflatable jumpers that caused his asthma attack or not, but he was wheezing pretty badly through the evening and we finally took him to the emergency room, where his pulse oxygen level was so low that he was almost put in the intensive care unit. Talk about scary. And, as it goes, Caleb and McKenna are starting to cough and wheeze as well. However, there breathing issues are not as pronounced as the big guy. It has been a long week. Aaron had to work, so we were asking friends and family to help with the little kids and maintaining the homestead. A big "thank you" for those of you who were able to help. We could not have made it through without you. So, we are looking into what might be causing the breathing issues. I will post more as I can. For now, I am exhausted doing breathing treatments every 2-3 hours a day times three, giving doses of steroids for the boys, and other medicines. I am going to need a LONG vacation after this bout of illness. I am just so grateful that I don't have to try to work on top of all of this. I tell you, I don't know how working moms do it. I am blessed to be able to be here to cuddle, give meds, and sleep when I need to. Yeah right...about the sleeping part.

These are some Pre-Halloween pictures. I took these the night we attended Halloween Fest at Coney. The pictures with the candy were taken while making pumpkin/Halloween candy necklaces. I love this time of year as there are lots of fun crafts to do with the kids. There will be many, many more pictures of these activities to come. We have made candy apples, chocolate spider covered pretzels, ghost suckers, etc. So, I will try to capture and post these as I do them. Hope you are all getting ready and having as much fun gearing up for the holidays as we are.