Helpers!

The Children helped with dishes last night before we went to bed last night! I was so happy, they did so well and we had a lot of fun together!!! It was so nice to wake up to a clean kitchen!!!
I am trying my best to get my home more organized. It's seems slow in coming, but making progress!!! I think it makes us have less stress in our household when we have an organized and simpler house.
The children also picked up the livingroom floor and the bedroom floor and vacuumed and took out the trash when they got home from school while I fixed supper and did dishes too. We just had so much fun!!! :) My children that were such big helpers are ages 6, 5, 3, and 2. They did an awesome job!

It's Quiet!!!

I feel sorry for those who say that they could never handle more than one or two children!!! They do not know what they are missing out on!!! Today was Aleah's turn to go with Daddy, and the house has been so quiet!!! Even though there were 4 children still at home it seemed like someone was missing all day long! :) She is such a high spirited, strong willed child that when she is gone the house is so quiet! No one to pick on or boss the other children around, no noisy talking, no yelling etc! I sure missed her today! Yes, I can get very frustrated with her sometimes, but I tell ya what I SURE DO MISS HER AND WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR HER NON-STOP CHATTER!!! Life would be BORING even if ONE CHILD was missing!!! I am SO THANKFUL for each one of my BLESSINGS!!! :)

Easter Sunday Morning

It was real encouraging on Easter Sunday Morning to have so many in Church!!! The Northwest Indian Bible School Choir came to sing to us and many came to hear them! A lot of people in this area attended NIBS at one point in their lives, so having a service like this meant a lot to them. We had about 61 people attend Church plus about 22 in the choir. We figure that there was between 83-90 people in Church Easter Sunday Morning! It's so EXCITING!!!

Jesse Pulls Himself to His Feet for the First Time!!!

This is so exciting!!! He has finally pulled himself up by himself for the first time!!! He is 13 months old. The Lord is helping him! It's so fun to see him progressing with his motor skills, but it also means I need to stay on my toes as he is a busy little boy!!! :)

Jesse's 1 Week Check Up

 After Jesse's second Hospital stay they wanted to see him back in 1 week. So we went in for his appointment and he seemed to be doing much better! When the CBC came back the doc says don't leave yet his blood count is up to 2300! She called a Pediatrician and they said they have been seeing a lot of this lately, so go another round of Rosephen shots before sending him out. So this time he was able to stay home since he is drinking ok and acting alright, we just had to make a daily trip to the clinic for three days for a Rosephen shot and a CBC. The second day his blood count was down and it stayed down the third day too! Praise the Lord x3!!!

Jesse's Second Stay in the Hospital

Jesse was admitted to the Hospital again on March 10-14, 2012. He just wasn't acting right and was running a high fever, holding his head at an odd angle, still wasn't drinking right etc. They were concerned with the way he was holding his head so did x-rays to see if they could tell anything. They came to the conclusion that he was holding his head that way because his lymph nodes were swollen and he just was hurting. This time he had Pnemonia and possible strep throat or at least something was making his throat sore. His white blood count was 22 when they checked it, so they admitted him and put him on oral amoxacillan. The next morning they checked again and his blood count was 26.5. The amoxacillan wasn't working so they put an IV line in and and started Rosephen IV and Zithromax orally as well as put him on fluids. The next day his blood count was 19.7. Thankfully the stronger antibiotics were working! The next day his blood count was normal! They kept him till Wednesday morning to make sure he was hydrated enough before sending him home!!! It felt so good to be home again! Between these two trips to the Hospital he spent a whole week in the hospital within a 2 week period! I am also thankful they were able to take care of him here in our small town Hospital and that he didn't have to go 2 or more hours away!

The Nurse in the picure is one of the Nurses who fell in love with him at the Hospital. She is sooo sweet and did an excellant job taking care of him!!! He just loved  her to pieces!!! Thank you Lisa for all you did to make our stay a pleasant one!

Praising the Lord!

  I just want to thank the Lord for the way He has been helping us! Sometimes it feels like it is easy to get discouraged and think on the negative side, but I am thankful that God has helped me not to look on the bad side and has helped me to look on the good side!
  There is a lot of sickness facing many people this winter. Several I have talked to think it is because we have had such an easy winter and we haven't had enough cold weather to kill the germs. Whatever may be the cause it has hit us to for the past couple weeks.
  Tuesday, February 28 Jesse ended up in the hospital and was there till March 2. He had RSV, ear infection, and because of all the drainage he got a sore throat and didn't want to drink anything. So, he had to go in for IV fluids. He is doing much better now Praise the Lord!!!
  Friday afternoon my midwife called and asked if she could come over. She wanted to help me since I had been so sick with this Respiratory/cold stuff and the kids had been sick etc. I was totally embarrassed, but she came over and cleaned my kitchen for me! I tell you my house was a mess!!! She had sat down for her devotions and felt like God told her to come help me! It was a BLESSING!!! I may have been embarrassed, but I really did appreciate what she did for me!!!!
  Jonah has had swollen lymph nodes since Saturday last week. They were huge!!! I took him to the doc yesterday and he has strep throat really bad!!! He has been off school for a week. He should be able to go back to school on Monday!
  We have also faced some flu like symptoms too. LOL!!! It seems life is going real crazy right now, but I am glad that God is in control!!! I was able to go to church for the first time last night in 2 weeks and it felt sooo good to be worshiping in God's House again!!! You never know how much you miss it until you can't go. I want to also Praise the Lord because although we have been sick, at least we are all still alive and together as a family!!! There are a couple young mothers that have passed away the passed two weeks leaving behind their families with young children. I feel very sorry for them and Pray that God will be near to the families.

  We have so many blessings in life that we just take for granted and never think twice about. When we face troubles it is easy to think about how hard we have it, but if we look around I am sure that we could always find someone worse off. Let's thank God for all His blessings!