I'm puzzled...

For the past week almost Kera has been exhibiting some strange illness/vomiting issues. It started last Tuesday. In the middle of the night Kera threw up in her bed. In the morning she came into my room and said there was "red stuff" on her bed. I go in there to see a very unpleasant site. She had thrown up all over her bed and it had all dried up. (Sorry for the graphic image). I found it a little odd that she had done that. But she seemed just fine that morning. So after washing all of her bedding, I kept a close eye on her throughout the day. No strange behavior from her. She was fine for another whole day, so I think it's just a fluke. But sure enough, she wakes me up Thursday morning and says her tummy hurts. It's about 5 a.m. at this time. So I take her into the bathroom where she throws up. I put her back in bed, and she's still saying her tummy hurts, and then she has to go potty(diarrhea). Okay, so finally I get her to go back to sleep. Later when she wakes up she's fine. By fine I mean bouncing around acting as if she had never felt sick at all. So the rest of the day goes smoothly (although a few more loose stool episodes.) Then Friday morning she's fine and is doing well again until she wakes up Saturday morning saying her tummy hurts once again. She proceeds to throw up again (it's about 5 a.m. this time too). She throws up again a few minutes later. Then she goes back to sleep and when she wakes up around 10 a.m., fine. No problems. The whole day she's great, and Sunday is fine all day. Monday goes smoothly, no real problems, just some mild diarrhea. Then this morning she comes into my room about 6 a.m. and says her tummy hurts again. I'm thinking no way can she be doing this again. It seemed like this was over with. But nope, she goes to the bathroom and throws up. I go put her back in bed and when she woke up later that morning, guess what? Just fine. She's been fine all day long. So I'm just waiting to see what tomorrow morning brings, or doesn't bring. I don't know. I'm really stumped on this one. Nobody else in our family has gotten sick. I can't figure out what could be wrong. If any of you out there may have any ideas or have ever experienced this before, let me know! I'm taking her to the doctor tomorrow to see if they can figure it out. I'll post an update after she sees the doctor, if there's anything they can tell me.

Martina McBride

Dave and I had a fun weekend together. We were wanting to spend some time together before the baby comes next month (can't believe it's so soon), and we thought about going to Park City and staying overnight somewhere, but instead we decided a concert would be fun. So after looking at the concert schedules, we decided (okay I decided and Dave agreed) that this would be a good concert to go to. There were a few others he would've liked to see more, but this was one of the few concerts on the weekend. Once we got there, however, we saw that one of Dave's favorite singers, and I really like him too, Robert Earl Keane, is coming on the 27th with Dave Matthews Band. So we might be going to another one here soon.
This concert was a lot of fun. They started with a country singer named Chris Young. I'd never heard of him, but I guess he has a couple top 40 songs. Then Jack Ingram, also a bigger named country singer and who I believe won an award this year for one of his songs, played. Then of course the reason everyone came, Martina came out and put on a great show. The concert was at the USANA amphitheater in West Valley. This was my first time seeing a concert there. I really liked it because it was outside and the seats were all pretty close to the stage. We were able to score really good seats at the last minute too. Fourth row! All these pictures are taken from my seat. We had a fun time rockin out to Martina, and I even got Dave listening to her CD in the car the next day! Dave's sister Carrie and her husband watched the kids overnight for us, so we were able to go to Leatherby's afterwards, and we slept in the next day. It was nice being lazy all day and having the place to ourselves. So we could've stayed at a fancy hotel, but this was even better! At the bottom are a few of the songs she sang at the concert.

Up close shot of Martina

No this isn't me doing bunny ears to Dave. The person behind us thought they'd be funny and tried to mess up the picture. You can see the lady smiling about it behind us.



This is Jack Ingram getting deep with the lyrics

Woo hoo, girl power
Showing off her amazing vocal range

"Blessed"


"My Baby Loves Me"


"This one's For the Girls"

"Strangers"

Pioneer Day at Bear Lake

On the 24th we went with our friends Jeremy and Heidi to Bear Lake. It was our first time visiting Bear Lake. I've heard from other people that this is a beautiful place, but being there and seeing it was better than I imagined. This is one of Utah's hidden treasures! I love this place. It reminded me of being at the beach. There were even small waves that came onto shore from the boats and jet skis riding around. And the sand was fun for the kids to play in. I recommend this place to anyone who lives in Utah and wants to feel like they're at the beach, without having to drive to a coastal state to get there. Our kids had a blast and spent the whole day playing in the water. They loved this little water hole that they're in where the water was warmer and the sand was extra messy. The only misshap that day was when we lost Kera! A good trip is not complete without losing one of your kids, right? :) We were all sitting and relaxing on the beach talking when I looked up and couldn't see Kera. Jacob was playing in the water, but I didn't see Kera. Then I tried to think of the last time I saw her, and then I started to panic because I hadn't noticed she was gone, but it had been about 10-15 minutes when I saw her last. She was right behind our spot chasing the sea gulls. Dave had dozed off in his chair and after remarking to Jeremy and Heidi that I couldn't find Kera, he suddenly opened his eyes and we all started looking for her. A few minutes before this I had taken her life jacket off because she wasn't playing in the water, she was just running around on the sand. Of course this had me worried even more that she'd gotten back in the water and drowned or something. So we ran around calling her name, and soon others around us noticed we had lost a child and they started to help us look for her. Some people close by us said they saw her about 10 minutes ago. So we all spread out and were looking for her. Jeremy and Heidi got on the 4 wheeler and were driving around. I didn't think she would go too far away, but I started walking down along the water asking people if they'd seen her. After about 5 minutes of panic and searching, one of the ladies helping us look said, "is that her?" She was about 50 feet from me and a woman was holding her. I ran to her and thanked the kind woman profusely. I grabbed Kera and asked her and couldn't believe she'd gone so far away from us. (Probably about a half mile away from our chairs). She was drinking a Capri Sun that the lady gave her and didn't look too worried. I thought for sure she'd be in tears, but no, she was just fine sipping her drink. The lady said she was wandering around and since she wasn't with an adult, she had Kera stay there with her and wait for someone to get her. When I asked Kera why she had gone so far away she said because she wanted to find a place where the kids weren't mean to her. Earlier that day there was a girl by us who came and dumped water on Kera and told her this was her lake, and she couldn't be there. This really had upset Kera, and she had cried about it. So this is why she went away from us, to get away from the mean girl apparently. Well, despite this scary experience, we had a great day at the "beach"/lake. We went to a little drive in place there on the beach that had great raspberry shakes (what Bear Lake is known for) and good burgers. The onion rings were delicious too! It's called LaBeau's (sp?) Anyway, a it was a good way to spend the Pioneer Holiday. Thanks for the invite Jeremy and Heidi!

I have to explain about the one of Dave and his friend Jeremy on the 4 wheeler. They had to ride on this one together back to the RV park where Heidi's dad had the other 4 wheeler. Heidi and I were laughing at the two of them together on one 4 wheeler. I also don't know why some of these pictures are on here twice. That's the way the grid came out and I didn't know how to fix it. Also, don't look too closely at my big belly or Dave with his shirt off. :)

One Word (and a little more)
I saw this post on a couple blogs and thought it would be fun to do...

1. Where is your cell phone? .................... kitchen
2. Your significant other?........................... sleeping
3. Your hair?................................................ blonde
4. Your mother? .......................................... practical
5. Your father?............................................. generous
6. Your favorite thing?................................ relaxing
7. Your dream last night?.......................... college
8. Your favorite drink................................. cherry vanilla dp
9. Your dream/goal?.................................. eternal happiness
10. The room you're in?............................ dungeon (aka computer room)
11. Your ex?............................................... nope
12. Your fear?............................................ children harmed
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years...settled
14. Where were you last night?.............. campfire
15. What you're not?.................................loud
16. Muffins................................................. hot
17. One of your wish list items?............. custom home
18. Where you grew up?......................... CA
20. What are you wearing?.................... anything that'll fit!
21. Your TV?............................................ sony
22. Your pets?......................................... goldfish
23. Your computer? ...............................slow
24. Your life?........................................... motherhood
25. Your mood?...................................... content
26. Missing someone?............................old friends
27. Your car?.......................................... Mazda MPV
28. Something you're not wearing?.... shoes
29. Favorite Store?............................... Old Navy clearance rack!
30. Your summer?................................ hot
31. Like someone?................................ yes
32. Your favorite color?.........................periwinkle
33. Last time you laughed.................... today (watched super cheesy movie w/hubby "Beauty and Beast" low budget Mormon movie)
34. Last time you cried?.......................week ago (that's pretty good since I'm 8 mo. pregnant)

Swimming Lessons

This week Jacob and Kera have started swimming lessons. They have 8 classes total, and they have completed 4 days. This is their first time being in swimming lessons, and my first time taking kids to swimming lessons. So far they have thoroughly enjoyed it. They love being in the water, and both of them have been adventurous in trying new things. Kera's biggest accomplishments have been blowing bubbles in the water and swimming on her own with a noodle or floatie. I also went and got them some lifejackets yesterday so they could go in the deep end, and possibly jump off the diving board. Kera will walk up there and think she wants to do it, then when she looks down she changes her mind and gets back off. Jacob's class is advanced beginner class, but the other kids in his class are all swimming (actually moving their arms and kicking their legs. Jacob tries that, then he panics and will stop kicking. He likes to float on his back, but we're still working on the swimming part. He's been really good with the bobs and blowing bubbles under water. I'm glad the kids are getting more comfortable with the water, and by the end, hopefully they'll be able to know some valuable swimming techniques and I can feel more comfortable with them swimming in the water. Oh yeah, the instructor is a 21 year old returned missionary who lives here in Kaysville. His mom is there to help during the classes. The lessons are in their backyard pool. Here is a collage of some pictures I took during their swimming lessons.

This is kind of fun. How fast can you type??

69 words

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Beauty and the Beast

I took Kera to see the play Beauty and the Beast at our local high school yesterday. I wasn't sure what the play would be like, but I knew Kera would love seeing Belle all dressed up. It was put on by the city of Kaysville, and I was very impressed. The actors did a great job, especially Belle. It looked very professional. One of the families in our ward were in the play. The whole family, mom, dad, sister and two brothers. The dad had the role as the bad guy who tries to lock up Belle's dad, Maurice. He was funny to watch. This was Kera's first play, and though it was a little long (almost 3 hours with an intermission), she did pretty well. She said she wanted to go home a few times, but she loved seeing Belle in the yellow princess dress. After the play she got to go meet Belle and she gave her a big hug. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera, but I took this picture of her when we got home. She wore her Princess Aurora dress to the play. That was a must!