Relay for Life (Locks of Love)

 

 

On June 5 Kjerstin and I both had 10 inches cut off for Locks of Love during the Red Lake County Relay for Life. This year Red Lake County raise over $74,000 I believe. It really was a lot of fun and Kjerstin was so excited to cut her hair!

Kehan's 4th Birthday

 

Here is a picture from Kehan's birthday. My little man is now 4! It is hard to believe that they really do grow up fast, even though there are those days when you just wish they were older! You have to love the sweet kisses a 4 year old can give because they just might disapear and never surface again in a few years.

Doctor's appt

On Tuesday the 26 of May I went in for a Doctor's appt. Everything is fine one baby had a heartbeat of 172 and the 164. Somedays I still can't believe I am carrying twins. Nor that in a matter of less than 6 months I will have TWO new babies! God is good. Although there are many days when I don't know how I will keep up. Help will certainly be welcomed! I have also decided to use cloth diapers with the twins, at least while we are at home I will most likely use disposables on outtings. Here are the ones that I ordered. I also choose to just get the factory 2nds because I can handle a dirt spot on a diaper that will be covered up by clothes and well just think of the useage of the product they most certainly will get dirty at some point! www.sweetdollbaby.com I figured I should try to save as much money as possible and this should help even if they are not used 100% of the time it will be a few less diapers to buy.

A and B

So, I have been very lazy about posting on the blog. Here are the reasons why. Does that picture explain it all?

 

Doctor, Doctor, and one more Doctor

Doctors have been a common theme this month.

Starting back on March 4 Kjerstin started running a fever around 104.2. Mortin took it down but she ran the fever for about 5 days. No other real symptoms a little runny nose and a small cough nothing major. She did not go to the doctor.

March 9th Ashlyn started running a fever, 103.8. It ran a course for about 3 days. With one flare up a couple days after it stopped.

March 12 Kehan started running a fever that afternoon. He was 103.9. I took Kehan in the next day a Friday. One, because it was Friday and if something was going to happen it would happen on Friday night, Saturday, or Sunday. I was being proactive and Kehan is my child with a reactive airway. To me it was preventive medicine. In the end the doc said it was a virus his airways sounded fine. He gave me a Rx in case he got worse. He ran the fever through Sunday, March 15.

March 16 Ashlyn jumps to 103.5 in the afternoon. Quinten starts feeling sick.
March 17 Ashlyn wakes up and is at 103.5 again, or still I guess. I make and appt for her with the doctor. Prognosis: ear infection and some throat infection (she had a puss pocket on one of her tonsils) Zpack for the next 5 days. Quinten got some meds too.

March 18 I go to the doctor to check on my blood pressure still being affected slightly from Ashlyn's pregnancy. Well let me rephrase that. I developed High BP during that pregnancy and it was lingering post partum and some days it is still high. I am glad to say that I have been off meds for a year and all is fine. My BP is still slightly elevated when I was at the doctor it was 128/86 not bad but not really great either. We ran some tests and the doctor proclaimed me a very healthy woman! He said he would not want to put me on medication. So just a bit more exercise when I can fit it in and a clean bill of health for me.

March 19 Kehan starts screaming about his ear hurting, no fever. I gave him Mortin and 3 hours later he was screaming about it again. I had daycare kids at my house so my wonderful Mother in-law took Kehan to the doctor for me! Double ear infection!

Now at the end of March everyone finally seems well. I pray it continues like this and the cycle doesn't repeat itself!

I hope everyone reading this had a better month of March health wise than my children and husband. Really you'd think I'd been the one sick as I am wiping the runny noses all day!

The Blizzard out my door...

I that you can actually see my driveway in this picture but that is only because the wind is blowing so much that it blew the snow away in that area. Notice the drift on my front porch and that you can't see much beyond the trees in our yard. Yesterday we got at least 5 inches of snow and it started snowing again this morning. I imagine we will end up with at least another 5 inches again today. Our driveway is probably 7-8 inches deep if not more. I watched Ryan plow through it a few minutes ago with his truck. I wish he had a blade on it to clean it away, but then Quinten wouldn't be able to get his tractor out and use is big snow blower!

 

Weekend with the kids...

On Thursday Quinten, my brother Scott, Paul and his buddy Greg, along with my uncle Darrel and a couple of his buddies went up to Lake of the Woods to fish. I got my nephew Dillon on the exchange. It was a great time! The kids really enjoyed themselves and I enjoyed spending lots of time with a nephew I don't see very often! Here are a few pictures of the craziness that 4 children can bring.

 

All the craziness in the car after McDonald's.

 

Dillon got to pet his first calf at Grandpa Brad's farm!

 

All the kids playing outside at Grandma Lana and Grandpa Brad's farm just down the road from our house.