Cayden

Cayden to his dad last night while getting ready for bed.

Cadyen:  Dad when I get big like Cody and move away and get married.......will you write our phone number down on a piece of paper so I can call you?

Dad:  Yes Cayden.  I can do that.

Week In Review-Again

I am sitting here trying to remember what has happened this week and I am having a hard time.  Let's see.....

Monday-Cayden got to go bowling with the 1st grade up in Mesquite because they met their AR goal during Reading Week.  We sent him to school and then picked him up a little early to go to the doctor about his ears AGAIN!!!   That is correct-he has seen a doctor about his ears 9 TIMES!  (Did you get the obscure Ferris Bueller reference?)This is the 4th time to the ENT in Mesquite and this time it was something different than the other 3 times we've seen him.  The doctor asked alot of questions about whether or not Cayden had been swimming or taking baths-to which the answer was no-then he asked repeatedly if Cayden had stuck something in it like a pencil or a Q-tip-to which the answer was no-and he looked in it for a long time.  He seemed less sure of what to do because he said it just did not look right.  He said that it looked mushy and wet but it was outside of the ear drum not inside where a regular ear infection would be. It was not a fungus like he had a month ago either.  He gave us some steroid ear drops and told us to come back AGAIN in 2 weeks which will actually be 3 weeks because of the Fair and blah blah blah-that is just  my life.  After we left the doctor we decided that we needed to get In and Out Burger because we needed some grease and Dr. Pepper therapy.  We had to drive to St. George but we were halfway there anyway so it was no big deal. We had our therapy session along with half of Southern Utah (they were on Spring Break) and then Don took Cayden to get a haircut and I got some retail therapy at Kohl's.  We cooked hot dogs on the grill, ate outside and cleaned up the backyard for FHE pulling weeds and picking up junk.  Our neighbor friend Connor Waite was over for most of the afternoon and he stayed for dinner and then earned his keep by pulling more weeds and being a better worker than the kids that live here.  After it got to cold and dark to do much more outside we went in.  Connor was just dying to play a game that he had learned which is basically Spoons with the Noah's Ark card deck and if you get out then you have to act like the animal on the set of cards.  It was pretty funny.  Cody had his last rehearsal for the play that started Tuesday night and he got home right around prayer time.

Tuesday

The kids did their usual school  day, I helped at Cayden's school, Caleb had piano, the boys had karate and we all went to Cody's play afterward.  The theater kids have been working on this play since before Christmas I think.  It was Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water".  It was funny and it kept everyone's attention even the younger kids because Cody always falling down and acting like a total goof.  There was alot of action and noise and even a dynamite explosion and a gunshot or two.  The play was fabulous and Cody was fabulous, the set was fabulous and it all went very well.  Cody was pleased with how it all went and he was getting down to the final stretch.


Wednesday

I think that this was the day that I made banana bread.  This recipe actually turned out right this time.  Cody has eaten all my previous attempts without complaint and this time was no exception.  He mowed through 2 small loaves in one afternoon and basically ate the majority of a large one the next day.  I had to stop him from eating the last loaf because that was for our neighbor who recently had a baby.  I actually liked this recipe and we think it is a keeper.  Connor participated in "Mack Lyon's Got Talent", an assembly they held as part of Reading Week activities.  He had auditioned the week before and was so thrilled to make the cut.  He wore his coon skin cap, held drumsticks and tapped them to the beat of the music while he sang along with the song "The Battle of New Orleans".  A while ago on a drive home from Grandma Penny's or Cali, I can't remember which, we were playing different songs off everyone's Ipods and this one came on and Connor basically knew all the words.  We were quite impressed.  When he came home and told us about the talent show and that he wanted to sing "The Star Spangled Banner", we gently redirected him to this song that we knew he already had memorized and was much more his speed and personality.  He did a great job on stage and he was very pleased with himself.  Cody had the play again and this time I went by myself and Don stayed home with the kids.  Earlier in the day I got a call from Bowler saying that Cayden had a temp of 99.5 and he was complaining of his ear AGAIN.  AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!  We brought him home and he vegetated on the couch until the other boys got home.  He never had fever again even though I tried to get a hold of the ENT and the local doctor but they were both out on Wednesday.  Such is my life.   

Thursday

I tried to get Cayden an appointment with either of the docs but one couldn't do it until the late afternoon-right during scouts-and the other could not see him until Friday.  I vacillated back and forth and could not decide what to do because
A. His ears have been really bad but he was not complaining about them like he had before but
B.  What if they were really bad again but he was just not complaining like he had before. AARRRHGGHHH!!!!
I finally scheduled the Friday appointment but ended up canceling it Friday morning when he did not say another word about his ears the rest of Thursday and when I asked him how they were he would just say fine.
After some running around and laundry and dishes and dusting and vacuuming and mopping and towel washing and sheet washing and bed making in anticipation of the arrival of some more guests at the Adams Inn, I put together some science projects for Scouts and went cheerfully off to do my duty.  (SARCASM)  The boys went to karate and then Chris, Anne and sweet baby Lexie came in a day early from the family vacation in Cali because Anne had to work Saturday.  I ordered homemade pizza from a sweet friend who is helping another friend make money in this horrible economy and then Chris and Anne went to the play with me while Don kept our kids and Lexie.  The boys were so excited to play with Lexie and were quite disappointed when they got home from karate and  found that Lexie had been put to bed.  As they hovered over baby monitor, they listened for any teeny tiny peep from her.  They were quite happy to hear her start fussing because that meant that maybe she could get up.  They played with her on the floor with a bunch of her toys until her mommy and daddy got home.  I stayed after the play to wait for Cody and take pictures.  I made him the Candygram in the picture above to give him after the show in lieu of flowers which are traditional.  Flowers for a boy just seem odd so candy is a good substitute.  He was quite happy about it even though I only had 20 minutes to get it together and my literary magic and handwriting was not happening.   The girl in the picture is the girl that he had to kiss.  That was a little hard for me to handle but it was the character kissing the character not Cody kissing Mareesa  (so I was told my a mom who's kids were concerned about it too).  Cody played the main character Axel Magee and Mareesa played Susan, the girl Axel fell in love with.  Cody worked so hard and so many lines to memorize and it was fun to see the show 3 times.  There were a few times that they had to improv each night and since I had seen it so many times I could pick those parts out and it was quite funny.  Those kids have alot of talent and their teacher knows how to get the most out of them.  Cody was quite relieved after that night and came home and crashed for about 12 hours.  He did not go even go to school on Friday partly because of exhaustion and partly because he said since it was the last day before Spring Break noone was going to be there anyway.  Well, whatever excuse you need I guess. 

Friday

Chris and Anne left around 10 and I washed towels and sheets again for the next wave of guests.  The boys had early out Friday and were home around 12.  Connor went down the street and helped our neighbors lay sod.  The kid was in heaven in the dirt.  The super nice people gave him $20 too.  Connor will work for free simply because he loves it but he also loves money so that was really nice of them.  Don and I decided that we needed (I needed) some more retail/Dr. Pepper therapy -have I told you that noone in this Valley can make a decent Dr.Pepper except Sugar's and they want $2.16 for 16 ounces?  So we went to Vegas again and I got to use my 30% coupon at Kohl's that I did not have on Monday.  I got the greatest shoes.  See, look! They are so stinking cute and I felt so much better about our stressful week, and our stressful life after just a bit of shopping.  Ok ok I lied, A LOT of shopping.   Don got some new golf attire because you have to look good on the links and we got some wedding gifts, some flip flops for Cayden and did I mention my shoes?  I LOVE THESE SHOES!   We went to Toys R Us to look for an easy scooter for Cayden to learn to ride and got one for him, one for Caleb and some tennis balls and a new ball for kickball.  We got home around 4 and awaited the arrival of Grandma Penny, Granddaddy Larry, Auntie Calley, Auntie Suzanna, Uncle Ryan and Abby and Owie.  We made pulled pork bbq sandwiches, baked beans, and fruit salad for dinner and then we sat around and chatted and the men watched some of the college basketball tournies on TV.   Connor went to Grandma Dottie's for his weekly sleepover partly because he wanted to and partly because we are very much aware of the potential for disaster because he is overwhelmed with all the noise and people and change in routine.  Wow at the complexities of this child!!!!!  Cody went to work around 3:30 and got back around 9.  He is greatly pleased with the prospect of mucho dinero even if he has to work for it.  Since the play is over now his schedule is freed up immensely and he can work alot more.

Saturday
 We had a delicious breakfast of pancakes with homemade syrup and bacon and then all the guests checked out around 10:30.  We cleaned up the house and started all the laundry A.G.A.I.N.  Connor and Caleb had a merit badge pow wow at the church where they each earned 2 new merit badges. Cody wanted to go to Vegas and get a new DS game with is giftcard from Christmas.  I went with him.  He drove for the first time  all the way to Vegas.  He was a little nervous and wanted to trade places once we hit the outskirts but I said that he needed to experience traffic, and stoplights and parking lots with actual cars.  He did a good job and only scared the crap out of me once when he about ran into the curb pulling into a parking lot.  We both about wet ourselves-me because of the curb, him because when I "calmly alerted him to the curb's presence" he thought it was a car or a train coming at him.  We both had our nerves on edge after that so I drove the rest of the day.  We got him a "trim" not a haircut but a "trim", had lunch, got his game and went to Target for the 3rd time that week for some bleach.  I can't wash whites without bleach.  Ya ya I know, I'm a Pyscho- OCD bleach addict. Just deal with it!  After Cody and I got home, Don and I went to a wedding reception that was just beautiful and were able to enjoy a free, local date.  We stayed and chatted for a bit with some friends all the while listening for sirens and watching for smoke in the direction of our house. All was well when we got home but then we got a call from Connor who told us that he had rolled the Rhino while out driving around grandma and grandpa's house.  Ok, it did not really roll but it went over on its side.  It's just easier to say rolled even though it is a much scarier thought than just tipped over.  Thankfully Uncle Dave and his friend were close and saw it happen.  They ran over to help Connor and tip the Rhino back over.   Connor was quite shaken up but was no worse for the wear other than a bruise or too and the Rhino was intact. Another Emergency Room trip avoided-Thank Goodness!!!!

Sunday

My nice, calm, peaceful idea of a Sunday morning got off to a good start but went down hill about 15 minutes before we were supposed to leave to get there on time.  Cayden can't/won't get dressed by himself and so in between cleaning up the kitchen from breakfast, getting my bag ready, and hairspraying my hair over and over, I got him dressed, brushed and shoed, helped Caleb glue down his unruly mop and apparently pushed Connor over the edge. He has such a hard time with prodding and correction.  Well he got just that this morning and we found out later-which is always the case-that he was low and he had a headache.  He just could not tell us in words that we could understand that he was having those problems. Oh how I pray for the power of discernment to be able to understand my kids!!!!!  Cody always takes the never ending shower and today was no exception even with the numerous door poundings and "we're gonna be lates" hollered through the door.  I have decided that it is a crack dream for all of us to go to church in the same vehicle. And the crack dream may just expanded to even all of us making it to church on the same day.  It has been weeks and weeks since all of us went to church together.  Someone has been sick, someone has been grumpy, someone has been the Pokey Puppy, and someone has been unable to deal with all the super major crap that we have dealt with in the past few weeks.  Today was no different even though the intention was and the necessary preparations were being made that would imply that we were all going together and on time.  Don had to stay with Connor until he calmed down while waiting for the Pokey Puppy to get out of the shower and get dressed.  Don brought Cody up and brought my slip that I had forgotten to put on and it was greatly needed since I was wearing a white skirt.  Caleb and Cayden went in and got us seats right at 9:00 while I waited in the car for Don to help me avoid a fashion fauxpaw (how is that spelled?) .  Cody and I got in during the middle of the Sacrament and had to wait outside in the foyer for it to be finished before we could go in.  Don came up with Connor after Sacrament Meeting was over in time for classes.  He had settled down and was feeling better after a Tylenol and Don had to teach in Priest's Quorum anyway.  It was a very relaxing Sunday afternoon after the hullabaloo from the morning.  After a tasty lunch of hamburgers and hotdogs and mini cupcakes I settled in for a long spring time nap.  The Netflix dvd came yesterday that allows  us to watch movies instantly on our TV via the Wii so the kids enjoyed that new brain waster all day.  Don made dinner and Cody and Caleb actually did the dishes with very little grumbling while Connor went Home Teaching with Grandpa Don.  The boys wanted to sleep outside to start off the beginning of Spring Break but they decided that it would be too cold so we made a super-great extra-special blanket fort upstairs for them to sleep in.  We are having a staycation during Spring Break this year and plan on having some fun family outings with what the valley and maybe Las Vegas have to offer.   We want to play tennis, ride the new scooters, play kickball at the park, color Easter eggs and have a hunt, play with the new super awesomely cool bubble wands, go hiking at Valley of Fire and maybe go bowling and to the movies.  We will see how much of that happens but atleast we have plan and that does not include sitting around the brain waste box. Hope this is a relatively mild, restful Spring Break because the Fair is next week.

Week or Two In Review

Cody is now employed by Valley Enterprises.  He started work two weeks ago cleaning buildings at Nevada Power.  He has not been able to work this week or next because of the play but that will be over Thursday so he can get back to the grind.  He gets to listen to his Ipod and does not have to deal with stupid people so that is definitely a bonus in his book.  Plus, since he is employed by his grandparents he can have a more flexible schedule.  Good thing or bad thing-depends on the way you look at it.  He got his first paycheck and is pleased to not have to ask for money from his parents.  His parents are pleased at well.  Cody also has had some grueling rehearsals with the play looming and when he is not rehearsing, he is playing Halo wars with his friends.

The Gessel/Humphrey family went on vacation to Cali this week without us.  We could not go because it is not our kid's Spring Break and they have missed alot of school being sick and Cody has the play and we are out of dinero.  The family stayed here Thursday night on their way through.  We had a delightful dinner of Carne Asada courtesy of the Mexican grocery store in Mesquite.  We also had delicious birthday cake because it was Anne's birthday on Monday.  I think cake and Carne Asada are a good combination and we should have that more often.  Laurel brought down 5 cases of Girl Scout cookies.  One case was for us and the rest we delivered to our friends who ordered them all the way from Albuquerque.  They are super delightful but I am glad that we can only get them once a year. I spent Thursday cleaning and washing bedding and towels to get ready for them to come and then I spent Friday cleaning and washing bedding and towels  when they all left.  They are all coming back through the end of the week but this time I think I will just clean after not before.  Thank you OCD for understanding. 

Cayden went to his first Cub Scout meeting.  They learned about horses and got ride and brush and pet them.  Cayden looked at them.  He is not too fond of animals and likes to look from afar.  Very far.  He was sort of excited to go but more excited to come home.  Not sure how much info needs to be given to the Scout leaders about his developmental delays.  I don't want them thinking that he is just being a brat by not participating but I don't want them to think that he can't do things because sometimes he can-he just won't-like the horse.  He could have ridden it but he didn't want to.  That had nothing to do with his dd but bikes, and sports, and knots and stuff like that he has a hard time with and some things he really can't do on his own and he needs lots of help.  He also is socially immature and does not play well with kids his own age  BECAUSE they do so much more than he does.  The school knows all about these things but the ward and the kids and their parents and the leaders and Primary etc etc etc don't and I don't know how much info to share without labeling him.  I love parenting. 

Don went to Minneapolis Wednesday and came home Friday.  He missed his original flight because he thought he lost his driver's license.  He knew he had it in his hand sometime that morning but when he got to the airport he could not find it.  He looked and looked and then went back to the hotel and dumped out his bags and scoured the room and every where he had been that morning only to find it at the absolute last second stuck in the packet of gum that was in his pocket.  He was not a happy flyer.  He barely missed his flight and had to wait for the next one 3 hours later.   

Caleb went on a campout with his troop and all the 11 year olds in the stake.  They left Friday afternoon and came home Saturday afternoon.   Don was going to go with them but was unable to get out there until Saturday morning because of the afore mentioned saga.  At the campout they did numerous obstacle type courses, knots, lashing and of course setting up their camps.  We figured that Caleb did not sleep too much because he came home Saturday afternoon at 2 and was asleep by 3.  That kid did not budge off the couch until Don helped him get to his bed around 11.  He slept until 7 or so this morning. 

I layed down Saturday afternoon around 2:30 and slept until 5:30.  I was completely wiped out and could barely do anything.  Don made hobo dinners and smores outside in the fire pit.  I barely had the energy to clean up the kitchen and get Cayden in the shower.  I went to bed around 8 and was asleep by 9:30.  Sometime during the night I woke up feeling sick but went back to sleep.  That leads me into my next story.   

Another Sunday is here and half of us did not make it to church again.  Cayden woke up at 6:15 with a stomach ache and 5 minutes later he started throwing up.  He has been doing that all day.  He has been drinking gingerale and laying on the couch watching numerous episodes of Phineas and Ferb.  Now he wants a milkshake.  I told him he would probably throw up if he ate it and he chose not to have one but he is hungry.  Poor guy.  Caleb may or may not have felt like me and needed to have all that sleep like me.  Maybe that was our part of the stomach flu bug.  Hopefully noone else starts feeling crappy-no pun intended.

Don and I had our anniversary on Friday.  It was more of a crappy anniversary than a happy anniversary because he was stuck in Michigan and I was here and, oh yeah, we have kids which makes it almost impossible to do anything.  I really wanted to just ditch, dodge, and bail on everything and meet him Vegas for dinner and show or something but again...we have kids.  Last year we were in Hawaii for our anniversary so pretty much anything less than that qualifies as crappy.  We did go to down to Sugar's for a tasty Chicken Fried Steak for me and a heart attack inducing Sugar Burger for Don.  That was the extent of our celebrating.  
We only went to In and Out Burger twice this week.  That was quite a bit less than the number the previous 2 weeks.  In and Out Burger and I have a love/hate relationship.  I love it and it loves my money but I hate the drive and my butt hates it because it makes it look big.  Ok it doesn't make it look big it just gets big.

Cayden and I went to the Bowler Book sale on Saturday morning.  A group of people gather used books and sell them for pretty cheap to earn money for Accelerated Reader tests.  If you don't know what they are, don't ask.  They are great for kids like Cody and Caleb who read really well and fast but not so great for Connor and Cayden.  I digress.  We bought 18 books for 9 dollars and 12 of them were Winnie the Pooh books.  Cayden was thrilled! 

We have had no major incidents this week with school or church or the police.  Maybe that means that we just don't know about anything that has happened and that it is coming but regardless, that makes for a good week in my book.

This week is the play and next week is Spring Break and Easter and the week after that is the Fair.  Yippee!

Private Eyes

So I guess I should have done it this way to begin with but I am doing it now.  I am taking the blog private-to which many of you have already been invited-but I will change it back to public for a week or so, so that my blog stalkers can read this and let me know if they want to be added or not to the "list".  So I will invite you or  reinvite you again in a week or so if you leave me your email but till then feel free to stalk-just don't call the police please!

Don't Read This Book Either

I thought of making a book blog but decided that is was just too much pressure.  I can hardly stay on top of this blog when it is just about our family let alone add another blog that I would feel like I had to post to.  So I will just add my book reviews here when I feel like it.  I feel like it today.

The premise of the book sounded interesting enough and it started out compelling but of course it had to get nasty.  There was quite a bit of language from the get go but then that escalated into graphic sex.  I quit reading it because of this-"If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."  I decided that I want to try and find a clean reads book review if I can on some books because I don't want to waste my time getting started but then have to toss it because it basically is rated R.  That process may take longer than just starting the book anyway and finding out for myself but if I can find a way of not even having to read the garbage then that is what I want to do. 

Like I Don't Have Better Things to Do

To the concerned anonymous citizen who appointed themselves chairman of the "Potstirrers for 13 year Old's With Diabetes, thank you for calling your local police department.   Thank you for not having more to do in your life then causing problems for a child that already has problems to deal with.  Thank you for having some sensitivity for the mother of that child who wouldn't wish this disease on her worst enemy.  Thank you for questioning whether or not this child gets the care that he needs without even asking anyone.  Thank you for understanding the exorbitant medical bills and doctor appointments this family deals with. Thank you for understanding the time and effort that goes into measuring out food and counting cards.  Thank you for your sympathy for the calluses and scar tissue he has on his fingers.  Thank you  for your sympathy for the number of times he has been sick or scared or angry because he has this disease and you do not.  Thank you for the dig you got in against me and my family.  I hope you feel better with your righteous meddling.  I wonder if the family that has a child with cancer or the family that just lost their child needs your help too.  The next time you feel the need to question or judge the wellbeing of my insulin dependent son who gets poked with a needle 10 or more times a day you can call me instead.  You obviously know who I am so I'm sure that it won't be too hard to find my phone number.  Better yet I can give you the names and numbers of his doctors.  Hopefully you don't and will never have to deal with a chronically ill child.  If you do I hope you find someone as caring as yourself to judge you.

This is my scathing Letter to the Editor that I may or may not have published in the local paper. 

Bakey Bakerton

So I have been in the mood to do a bit of baking and trying new things for our family and since I am not addicted to sugar anymore it is hard for me to decide if I want anything sweet at all and if I do, then what is it?  So this morning I made blueberry pancakes and then this afternoon I made bacon egg and cheese biscuit cups.

The pancakes turned out really tasty even though half of my kids did not like the blueberries.  The batter was really thick so I poured in some extra milk to thin it down.  I also did not use whole wheat flour but just plain white flour.  I think I will keep the pancake recipe but not use blueberries very often.  My kids like chocolate chips and sometimes bananas in their pancakes so that is what we will do next time.  I am also thinking of being really ambitious and putting together all the dry ingredients into a Ziploc so that will be ready to go next time we are in a pancake mood.

The biscuit cups are just ok.  The recipe used homemade dough and I just used popcan crescent roll dough so they probably would have been better homemade.  I want to freeze some of these and the leftover pancakes to have on hand for breakfast on those early mornings when I don't want to make anything but the boys need more than a poptart.

On Tuesday I made blueberry muffins.  The batter was super thick and I was really tempted to pour in some milk like I did the pancakes but I didn't.  Mine did not look like the picture to well but they tasted good and my kids liked them.  Cayden does not usually eat his lunch at school even though I try to do different things beside PB and honey which he does love by the way.  I have put a muffin there a few days this week and so far he has eaten it.  I refuse to pay for school lunch which mostly gets thrown away because it is gross and I am almost certain that kids are going to get cancer because everything is heated up in plastic.

Sunday we had those evil mini cupcakes.  They were Rainbow Party Chip from a box so I don't know if that actually qualifies as baking as much as dumping but I  did eat quite a few of those.

Last week I made banana bread but I still can't find that perfect recipe.  I keep trying new and different ones but they never turn out the way I want them to.  Cody ate most of the two big loaves I made so atleast it is not going to waste.

I also made chocolate chip applesauce cookies.  Mostly for me because I was really wanting them but I ate only 2 and just on that day they were made. The family ate the rest.  So my efforts are not all in vain. I used a can of applesauce that has been in the pantry FOREVER and so they were a little darker than I would have liked.

Hmm what else do I want to make?

A Cool Day at School

Yesterday at the middle school, the kids got to go to an assembly with the author of Fablehaven, Brandon Mull.  Our elementary school librarian put in a request for Brandon Mull to come down to our schools and amazingly he said yes!  Connor was chosen to go up on stage and help the guy-big surprise there-and he got an autographed poster for doing it.  Then the author asked for anyone that had a birthday on June 21 because that is an important date in the books.  Caleb was the only one who had a birthday on June 21 so he got to go up and get a signed t-shirt.  I could not be at the assembly-anyone was invited-but the kids said it was great.  Caleb talked to me about it all evening.  After the assembly the author stayed to sign books and so Connor got our book signed and then he got an extra autograph for Cody and another for Cayden.  I bet Brandon Mull was ready to leave Overton after that one! 

Scripture of the Day

Alma 26:27  Now when our hearts were depressed , and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said "Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions and I will give unto you success.

Now applying it to my life....
Now when Jenni's heart was depressed, and she was about to turn back (quit, leave, run away, drain the checking account) the Lord comforted her and said Go amongst thy children, and bear with patience thine afflictions and I will give you success.

Because of Alma 26:6
Yea they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day yea neither shall they be harrowed up by the whirlwinds but when the storm cometh they shall be gathered together in their place that the storm cannot penetrate them yea neither shall they be driven with fierce winds withersoever the enemy listeth to carry them.

To my life
My children will not be beaten down by the storm. The storm of evil of destruction of division and tearing apart families, the wickedness that surround my children at every turn-the depressed heart can come but we will be gathered to our place-our home-where the storm cannot get it.  Even the fierce winds who try to move one way or another will be unable to.

Because of Alma26:7
But Behold they are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest and they are his and He will raise them up at the last day.

The 6th Time's the Charm

 After the 6th trip to the doctor about Cayden's ear we have been declared infection free.  What a delightful way to spend over $600.  Funny ha ha though-We were supposed to go to Connor's diabetes doctor in January but because it is a $600 visit and our deductible started over January 1 we decided that we would wait until May to see him.  So much for saving that $600.