We Made It!

Friday afternoon my Dad called and said that we might want to leave asap from WI because of the coming snow storms. We hurried and packed the car, leaving the house in utter chaos and left Friday afternoon at 4:30 with the plan of driving through the night to avoid the storm. Kendra is an awful traveler (she has rarely left Janesville, WI) so at two o'clock in the morning when she was still crying, not sleeping or letting anyone else sleep we decided to stop for the night in Nebraska. Kendy was so happy to lay down in a bed, she fell right to sleep.

Saturday we drove until about 5 pm when we were slipping all over the road and decided that although we were only two hours from our destination we had better stop because the we knew there was more snow ahead. Tanner was in tears because he wanted to be at Grandma's.

Sunday morning we finally arrived to Heber around 11am. The kids were very happy to be out of the car and so were we. It was a long trip. We went to eat burgers and bowl at the bowling alley Monday night.

Seen and Heard

My kids, especially Kara have been on a roll. They make me smile daily!

Heard:

Kara: "Dad my ears hurt. Can you check them with your lightoscope?"
Barry: "My Otoscope?"
Kara: "Yeah, you Totumscope!"


Kara: (While looking at herself in the mirror) "Mom, when I make a fish face I have pimples."
Jodie: "What do you mean?"
Kara: (Making a fish face) "See, pimples!"
Jodie: "I think you mean dimples!"

Jodie: "Kara how did you get so many snarls in you hair" (as I'm trying to brush her hair).
Kara: "I don't know.....probably it was Satan."

Tanner: "I got a highlighter today at school."
Kara: Very concerned, "Tan, the firefighter that came to my school said not to play with highlighters."
Tanner: "No you can play with highlighters, but not lighters."
Kara: "Oh."

Kara: While playing 'Mom and kid' with Kendra, with Kendra as the mom. "Mom, don't do that. Stop sitting on the computer."

Kara: Talking about what happened at school that day. "We had Kip the dog come. Kips a pearathy dog."
Jodie: "I think you mean therapy dog."


Kara watching Aunt Stacy's Elf dance. "Stacy is a cute little elf!"

It is difficult to understand Kendra, but today she asked me this.
Kendra: "Where's Kara?"

Seen

Kendy giving thumbs up with her index finger.

Kendra going up to the stage at Tanner's school performance to give him a big hug, during the performance.

Kara pulling out of her pocket a waded up napkin with some little bits of snack that she saved from school to share with Kendra.

Tanner and Kara both surprising each other by finishing the others chores.

Disco

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Elf Yourself

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Turkey Day

Barry and Larry decided to Brine the Turkey this year. We didn't have a baster, but the medicine dropper worked just as well.

Barry with his finished product. It was perfect!

Tanner, Josh, Kara and Lily with Kendy in the background.

We played a game of Blokus and then had dessert.

The cute cupcakes that Tracy brought!

It was so nice to have Grandma and Grandpa Acor in Janesville for Thanksgiving.

Basketball Season

Tanner played in his second game today. He did really well and even scored a basket, although I didn't get it on film. His team only has 7 players on it, so he gets lots of playing time. It has been a lot more fun to watch this season, and Tanner has improved a ton from last season. Maybe next week I'll catch him scoring.

Disco Bowling

Tanner was invited to a birthday party at the bowling alley. Everyone from Tan's class was invited to the party and it was crazy at the bowling alley so we stayed and went bowling too. It was fun to watch Tanner with all of his friends. Tan's favorite part of the party was, "when Devon lent us a quarter 'cause we got to play a car video game in the arcade." Here is Della, Tanner, Sullivan, and Josh waiting to get their face painted.

Kieonna (the birthday girl), Della, Tanner and Josh.

I love this! Every time Kara would finish her turn she would dance back to us.

I Looked Out The Window And What Did I See?

We looked out our window and saw the first real snow of the season. Kendra was taking her nap while it started snowing. When she woke up she noticed the white stuff all over the grass. We went to pick up Tanner from school and we were pointing and saying "snow." She then started pointing and saying "snow" without the 's' sound. When we got home I let her play for a while, but she just walked around. She didn't want to touch it or try to eat it, but she wasn't ready to come inside either. She just wasn't sure what to think of all the white stuff.

Tanner was happy to have snow to eat again! He couldn't even keep his tongue inside his mouth for a picture because he was catching snowflakes with it.

Until Next Time

I think we made it through the worst of it. Barry was feeling better this morning and was able to eat breakfast before going to work today. Tanner and Kara were both feeling better, but I kept them home from school so they would be close to the bathroom, just in case. Kendra is doing well too. I spent a good part of the day sanitizing my house from all the bodily fluid that landed every where this weekend.

24 Hour Update

Well, Tanner is feeling better. Around 2:00pm this afternoon he got up and was ready to play the Wii and he was able to eat a little. Kendra is doing pretty well and her diaper rash is finally starting to disappear! Barry is not good, luckily I haven't had to clean up after him. Kara is not good. She vomited all over Tanner's room carpet. Good news, no laundry to do (yet). Bad news Tanner's room has an awful stench. We just moved Kara downstairs where there is no carpet (we should have thought of that earlier). I'm a little worried that my turn is next.

Will It Never End?

Kendra got sick again last night. The poor little thing can't get over anything. She was sick the whole week before I went to Utah with a high fever (104 degrees)and cold (having to go to Urgent Care to get 2 shots of antibiotic three days in a row), then she was pretty good the five days I was in Utah. When I got home she got sick again, this time with a bad cold, which for Kendra means she has a hard time breathing. Barry ended up taking her to the ER last Saturday night because she was having such a difficult time breathing, even after breathing treatments. She had croup and they ended up giving her a shot of steroids and that helped her. On Monday Barry took her to the doctor who gave her a five day prescription of steroids and now we are trying Singular for her breathing. With all these medications and maybe a bug, she now has had diarrhea and awful diaper rash from it, so I had to get another prescription for that. It was so bad yesterday, I spent most of the afternoon in the bathroom with her. Last night she spent the night throwing up, but luckily today she seems to be holding things down. Even Tanner and Kara have had bathroom issues the past two days.
I just had to take a break from writing because we heard someone down the hall projectile vomiting. It wasn't Kendra, it was Tanner and he just threw up all over my bed, blankets, sheet, pillow, and wall...yuck! Looks like we have a lot of laundry to do tonight. Barry just got out the air mattress so we can let our bed and room air out tonight.

Halloween

The weather was so nice for Halloween. The kids didn't even need coats. We took them trick or treating around our neighborhood and they ended up with way to much candy. Kendra could barely carry her pumpkin bucket by the end of the night, but she refused help from us. Then we went to Jon and Tiffany's house. Kendy and Kara fell asleep on the way home.
Did you catch the Star Wars theme? Kendra was Princess Leia, Tanner was Commander Cody, and Kara was Queen Amidala

Pumpkin Carving

Kara loves carving pumpkins and always does the dirty work.

I Have the Best Husband In the World!

Barry had a week off and we were trying to figure out what to do. We discussed going to Omaha and then I said we should drive to Utah to see Kim's baby. Barry said that he had a better idea, that I should buy plane tickets to go see Kim and her baby and be in Utah for my mom's birthday. I thought it was a great idea too! I hurried and bought the tickets before Barry could change his mind and headed for Utah all alone. This is the first time since having children that I have been away by myself. It was so easy to pack and travel all alone.

Karlee was so little and cute! I was so glad that I got to see her and Kim!
I had to post this picture of Kim as a mother. Doesn't she look prepared for anything? Erin drove in from Omaha to surprise my Mom for her birthday. It was fun to have all of us there together. We spent one of the days at the Park City Outlets and we also went to Cafe Rio for lunch. Me with Micah and Kate (Lisa's cute kids). I didn't get a picture with Porter and Peyton, maybe next time:(

I had a nice visit, but was ready to come home to my husband and kids. I missed them. When I came home my house was neat and clean and they had fun welcome home signs for me. Thank you Barry for allowing me to go on this trip, and for holding down the fort while I was gone!

Fall

Here are some fall pictures. Raking and jumping in leaves is always a great way to spend an afternoon.

Kara

This is some artwork by Kara. She drew this picture of mermaids for her friend Lily and I liked it so I had to take a picture. Kara has been so generous lately. She brings gifts to school for Lily almost everyday, giving her stickers, drawings, her brother's rock, her sister's toys or anything else she thinks Lily will like. Kara loves raking leaves and was very proud of her "huge" leaf pile.

Kara has been working so hard at making it across the monkey bars, and of course with practice she had made it across. Now she is working at skipping bars. I'm not sure her arms are long enough to do it yet.

My Kara also has been so motherly lately toward Kendra. Anything Kendra wants Kara sees that she gets. Here are some examples: Kendra wanted out of bed right after I put her in bed, so Kara got her out. Kendra wanted a Blow pop sucker, so Kara opened one up and gave it to her. Kendra wanted over the baby gate into the kitchen where I was cooking (if you have seen my kitchen you'll understand this) there was no room for her, so Kara lifted her over.

Lost Another One

Tanner had a really loose tooth on Sunday night, but he didn't want it pulled because he wanted to loose the tooth at school so he could get a special tooth necklace to hold his tooth in and a sticker. On Monday he pulled his tooth at school, but then lost it during the day at recess. When he got home he decided to write the Tooth Fairy a note. Luckily the Tooth Fairy was very understanding and still left him money.

Still Sick

Poor Kendra is still sick. When she woke up this morning she seemed to be feeling a little better, but while we were out stocking up on some Children's Tylenol and Motrin, she started with the chills. Her little teeth were chattering like crazy, so we hurried home and she had a fever of 103 and all she wanted to do was sleep. Later she went down for another nap and when she got up she was extremely hot, so I took her temperature again and she was up to 103.8. I called the pediatrician, but they couldn't get her in before they closed so I took her to the urgent care. They took her temp and she was up to 105 so they gave her some Motrin. They took some chest x-rays to check for pneumonia and put her on some good antibiotics, I have to take her in for shots of the antibiotic for the next two days. She also has bilateral ear infections. I think all the meds kicked in because by the time we got home she ate two bananas and three helpings of dinner and she was a lot happier. Hopefully tomorrow she'll be herself again!

Good Night

Kendra has been under the weather today with a cold and a fever. Barry is also on call today so I haven't been able to get out of the house much except to get some milk and that was a little crazy with kids throwing fits in the store...and it wasn't even Kendra.
We came home and got the kids ready for bed and put Kara down at 7:00, her normal bedtime. Tanner and Kendra usually go to bed around 8:00, but tonight Kara noticed for the first time that Tanner and Kendra were still awake while she was in bed. She started bawling and would not settle down. I finally made the other two go to bed too so Kara would stop crying. Kendra wasn't happy (like every night) to sleep. She cried and Kara was all upset that now Kendra was crying so she couldn't sleep. This was a conversation Kara had with Kendra in their bedroom.

Kara: Kendra you’re a good little baby, but I don’t like your crying. I’m allergic to loud crying, but I still love you. I’m allergic to crying can you please stop crying?
Kendra: NO!
Kara: Why, because you want to stay up all night? I hate you when you cry, but I love you. I’m allergic to crying and loud noise because it hurts my ears. It will be OK. But I still love you. I know you don’t feel good. I’m allergic to noise and you hurt my ears but I still love you. You are up all night and you are part of our family. If someone takes you I’ll be sad. I’d be happy to sell you but I still love you. Kendra are you awake…are you awake???

And now they are both finally sleeping!!!

Apple Day

We went to Edward's Orchard today to pick apples. I've never done this before, but I recommend it. We filled up our basket a lot faster with apples than we did when we went strawberry picking. Kendra had to have her own basket to fill. I think she only got the one apple and then was to interested in eating the apples.


Tanner was a hard worker, but also loved eating the apples. He had two by the time we finished picking.
Kara always has to pull a face and Tanner is a great poser (he'll stand and smile until the camera is off of him).
We went with Tanner's friend Magnus and his family, Val and his family, and the Korensteins.

Kendra had a hard time carting around all the apples that she wanted. The orchard had a cute play area for the kids, pony rides, and a petting zoo.
Afterwards we had apple doughnuts, and had to buy a couple of carmel apples to bring home.