Family Comes to Visit

Jen and Paul and their babies came to visit us last week. We got to meet their cute twins. In the middle of the week Grandma and Grandpa Shugart came for the day too! Paul cooked us some Alaskan salmon that was delicious. It was a great time to get to know each other and to help one another. On Saturday was a wedding that Jen and Paul were attending so we got to hang out with the kids at the temple.

After the wedding Ben went home with the kids and I spent the whole afternoon at the temple. I did an endowment session at 1pm and ended up spending a lot of time in the celestial room and talking to a temple worker afterwards. He spent a lot of time teaching me some history and taking me around the temple.  He was so patient and kind to me. I didn't ended up leaving until around 5pm. It was some much needed time spent pondering, recharging and learning.

While Ben was gone at Boy Scout camp

I tried to keep the kids busy while Ben was gone for Boy Scout camp at the beginning of June. We spent a lot of time at the library, at the park, and then we went to a presentation by the library. They have "Fridays at the Park" in Tooele. That Friday the aquarium came to show the kids some animals.

 

 

 

 

 

Doctor Trips

We have been in and out of instacare for a few months now. We've had ear infections, strep throat, hand foot and mouth disease, bladder infections, and allergies. The bugs out here have been outrageous. There are so many because of the warm winter. Lucy was bit by a tiny gnat just under her eye. It looked normal and then a few hours later it swelled. The next morning her eye was almost swollen shut. Benedryl didn't work and ice packs didn't work. We ended up in instacare and there was nothing they could do about it. It was swollen for about a week.

She tried to take a selfie and covered her eye while taking it. Funny girl.

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease is awful. Luke had strep and he wasn't eating and the doctors kept saying that the antibiotic just hadn't kicked in yet. After 3 days of him not eating or sleeping (3 DAYS!!) and over 24 hours without a wet diaper I finally took him to instacare. They said he had HFM on top of the strep. For an hour the nurses just held him down and forced him to drink juice. It doesn't sound bad but being in that room with your baby screaming and gagging for an hour is awful. I couldn't help but cry with him. And lets just clarify that Luke's awful sicknesses were all while Ben was at Boy Scout camp.

Teeball Ends

Teeball is finished. Lucy really enjoyed it. Her coach was Sam Landis-Stromberg. She was amazing. She was great with the kids. She had an end of the year party for the kids and scrapbooked a cute collage for each of the kids. She went above and beyond.