Family and General Conference

We had a visit from the Armstrong side of the family this weekend. Lisa is heading down to Arizona and decided to spend a few days in the St George area. Abby (now living in AZ) had flown to Ogden to spend time with her family. Abby, Nikki, Parker, Andrew and Gavin came down to St George too. Abby is driving with Lisa to Arizona and Nikki and the boys stayed the weekend just to spend time with us. Anyway it was fun to see them all. I didnt spend as much time with them as James and the kids because I was working 3 full shifts back to back so I was sleeping while they were out playing. I love my grave yard job, but days like these were I miss out on fun adventures because i need sleep are hard sometimes. 

Rattie Friends

 I CAVED! We have been wanting rats again pretty much since we moved back to Utah. Apparently all it took was 3 moves and 4+ years of having no rats. Anyway, I went a new direction and got male rats. Meet Remy and Emile.

Peach Days

We look forward to Peach Days every year. Even if we don't have a lot of money to go on the fun bounce houses or buy all the food and fun things we see. It's still a lot of fun to go to. Plus there are a lot of great free things that we love. This year was a little colder and wetter than were use to. A couple times we sat and listened to the local bands play to stay out of the down our of rain. But we all still had a wonderful time.  Friday (Sept 1st ) Avery brought her friend Holland and armed with money saved up from the summer they left Kilian and I to our own devises and took off for some fun. Kilian and I went to the one place he looks forward to EVERY year at peach days. THE TRAIN ROOM. 😂

We walked around and had some yummy food for as long as we could all stand the cold. Then we hurried back to the car to get nice and warm and headed back home.

James was at work when we went the first time. So on Sat Sept 2 we headed back over. It was still cold but not as rainy wet as Friday was. We got to walk around and take a look at a lot more things this time. 

Later that night we came back to enjoy Peach Days at night and take advantave of the foam dance. My niece Erika was in town with her kiddos and they met us over there. The kids had so much fun dancing/playing in the foam. James found a bench to sit on and rest his back, next thing we knew the kids were taking armfuls of foam and dumping it on him. They even got random kids we've never met to do it. At first Avery was a little shy to get in the foam. But once she saw the Jensen kids (Erika's kids) running in, her shyness melted right away and she had so much fun.

We wandered around for a little but with the kids now soaked because of the foam and no dinner in their bellies we decided to call it. We said our goodbyes to Erika and her kids and headed out for a family tradition. We go get a pizza (usually from Little Caesars) and then go find  nice place on the hill to eat and watch the fireworks. Peach Days is a lot of fun and we are looking forward to next year.

Back to School

 Unfortunately with the move, me starting work again at nights and lack of funds and time. This hasn't been the most fun of summers for the kiddos. But we have been able to get a lot of time in at the pool which is always good. Avery has been going through some growing up changes which has been....a learning experience. 

We have been school shopping for both kids and they are all ready with new clothes, shoes, backpacks and more. We have attended the schools open houses for both kids and were able to meet all the teachers. Avery is in 6th grade and is going to Intermediate school (which is pretty much like middle school) where she has 7 classes. Kilian is now in 1st grade and is going back to Hurricane Elementary. He has Mrs. Bennion and  his dual immersion Spanish teacher Mrs. Quispe(?). These next couple of weeks are probably going to be a little rough until everyone gets back into a routine. But overall I have hopes that these kiddos are going to have a great school year and learn lots. 

COVID

 Well thought I should document this horrific event. Monday July 24th I noticed I wasn't feeling very well at work. My throat was sore and I felt a bit off. Honestly I didn't think anything of it. Then Tuesday came and I really started not feeling well. My body was achy, throat hurt and I felt very fatigued. Then I got COLD like chills running through my body and I was shaking and my teeth were chattering. My sweet kiddos piled a bunch of blankets on me while I lay in bed and Kilian even said "I'm your little heater mommy I'll warm you up." SUPER cute but nothing was helping. Then as fast as the chills came I was hot and throwing off some of the blankets. James took my temperature and sure enough I had a 102 fever. Tuesday night was absolutely miserable. I kept getting super cold or super hot, my body hurt so bad so I couldn't get comfortable. I couldn't sleep and my fever kept going up. At one point I checked my fever and it was 104. Honestly I probably should have gone to the hospital but I didn't want to and didn't want to wake James. I was able to get through the night and got my fever down to 102 but I think I only got a couple hours of sleep. Wednesday I took a covid test and sure enough it was positive. Next came having to tell people. I messaged work and told them I was positive and asked what the procedure was now. Rusti (my supervisor) said that I had to be quarantined for 5 days and then wear a mask for 5 days. She said she would take me off the schedule and get my shifts filled. Then I had I emailed my professor because I had a quiz and test coming up. She was so great too. She told me not to worry and let her know when I was up and moving and she would open the quiz up for me to take and focus on getting better. Then I had to let the RS president know that I wasn't going to be able to help out with the family history fireside. Everybody was so wonderful and helpful. and honestly the next few days were a total blur. A lot of medicine, water and Gatorade, a lot of time in bed either sleeping or trying to sleep. It was horrible. James ended up getting it too and then Kilian. But Kilian had it for like a day and a half and then his fever went away and he was back to his ol' self. James and I it hit harder than that. But I am back to work, feeling better. Just have an occasional cough and I get fatigued super easy. But on the mend and ready to put this all behind me. :)

My covid support team...

4th of July

 I worked all night 10PM to 7AM but when I got home I took the kids to the parade, They had a lot of fun waving at the people and running for candy. Close to the end of the parade a tractor pulling a trailer came by representing a local nursery that was giving out plants. All the grown ups ran to the street like the kids looking for candy. A couple of  Avery's friends were helping hand out plants and Avery ended up getting 4 plants just by herself, by the time the tractor was gone we had 6 or 7 plants between the 3 of us. Fortunately we were able to get rid of a lot of them. After the parade I was able to go home and get some sleep. Unfortunately we weren't able to do anything else.