Crazy....Good

After such a crazy day yesterday, its nice for some wonderful. I got a call at 315pm yesterday from the Elementary School Nurse. Collin had gotten sick and I needed to get him. It was 5 min before bus load up and10 min before Ashton's bus gets here. I was stuck! Ashton isn't allowed to get off bus if no one is home, Collin wasn't allowed to ride his bus home and Andy was in transit to Ca. I felt awful but I didn't know what to do. The nurse offered to stay with Collin until I could get there, how nice :) Luckily I was able to get ahold of Andy's aunt who was able to come and wait for Ash while I got Collin. Phew! I have went through a whole can of lysol already trying to keep germs at bay and prevent other boys from getting sick. Luckily Collin hasn't gotten sick since we got home, although I'd say the van wasn't so lucky.

Although I am exhausted from disinfecting last night and this morning I cannot get myself to relax and get a little snooze while Collin watches some TV because I am just too happy! My dear friend Ashley had a healthy baby boy last night! I couldn't be any more excited but I am super bummed I cannot visit them :( Thank you God for Nathan Josiah, a safe delivery for mom, and for blessing 2 wonderful people with your precious gift. Now if I could just get a picture via MMS and I think I could maybe get some shut eye for a bit :)

Lovin Miss Flylady!

I ran across this awesome website today. As usual I was playing around on my iPhone and came across this neat app Home Routines. As I was reading about it, it kept talking about this flylady. My curiosity was piqued, I just had to find out what they were talking about. Well let me tell you what, it is the neatest thing ever! I am not a clean freak but I do like to be organized and I do like my house to look nice BUT I have 4 boys and a busy schedule so sometimes it is easier said than done. My biggest struggle is that I look at the house as a whole and then get all stressed wanting to do it all at once. This usually leads to discouragement or me making a huge mess by working on multiple areas at once not able to finish them. Last year I did try and work out a routine of when I would do certain chores, for example bathrooms on Monday, Kitchen on Tuesday and so on. It has really worked but sometimes it seems like I clean and then 10 minutes later it looks like a tornado blew through! 

I read through the Flylady blog for at least an hour. I printed off stuff and even played around with keynote, making my own routines & schedules. What makes here system so nice is that even though you still do the usual work, each week you focus on 1 Zone and deep clean it. You can organize your house in to zones however you like or you can use her setup. I chose to change it a bit because of the way my house is designed. From my understanding, once you get through the 5 zones you are really smooth sailing. In this way, its like you're cleaning to maintain not to get by. So much nicer than my way :) Also she has this neat idea for getting things ready before hand. When you go to bed, get everything ready for a smooth morning, clean sink, picked up LR, lay out your clothes and so on. Actually it doesn't take much time to do just the choice to get it done. Usually by the time I get the boys settled for the night I just want to crash or watch TV. Tonight I chose to do her routine. Some of it I was able to do before I put the kids to bed and while they were doing their own bedtime routines. 

I am so excited to see how much easier this is once I done it through a month. I did end up getting the app and it is awesome too! It follows the same Zone idea and you can edit what rooms go it which zone and also what cleaning you will do in each zone. Then as you work through each room in the zone you check it off. It even gives you these cute little gold stars. Yes, even adults like rewards :)

Just have to wait.

Ortho surgeon just called to check it about zach. He was surprised about the bruising so lets hope its nothing serious :)

Hour by hour

Zachary's swelling seems to be better :) Although he hates icing it, he seems to be in good spirits. Mainly bummed he isn't allowed to roller blade yet but we are playing plenty of board games to stay occupied.

Aww Zachary's facing is swelling up :(

Melissa Starrett

I just LOVE this song!!

I think he's gonna be ok :)

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When we got home yesterday Zachary had a pretty rough couple of hours. The numbness was wearing off and he seemed to be in quite a bit of pain :( After some back rubbing, cuddling, and pain meds he seemed to be a lot better. The surgery took almost 2 hrs. They ended up using donor tissue instead of taking some from the roof of his mouth. I didn't realize we had that option. At first I was kind of nervous about that idea, but the peri surgeon thought it was best for Zachary because he was so nervous and uncomfortable. Having to have 2 surgery sites would lengthen recovery and heighten pain. Last night we watched Furry Vengeance, played board games, and relaxed. By early evening, after being medicated, he was hard to keep down. He was able to eat eggs, bread, cocoa wheats and smoothies. Grandma Susie came over to visit and that always seems to make things all better :)

So far this morning he has been pretty good. Little crabby lol but not uncomfortable. Thanks everyone who has been thinking of him. We have 1-2 weeks of a soft diet and then we should be in the clear. Takes a little over a month to fully heal though.

Exactly what we needed

We went camping a couple weeks ago, just the 6 of us. We ended up going to Spring Creek in Crawfordsville after a couple of tweaks and setbacks, but we couldn't have made a better choice! Here are my favorite shots.

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When we set out on our camping trip, I wasn't sure how it would work out but I couldn't have imagined it any better. There is something about being out of dodge, without interruptions, and free of normal responsibilities. My husband and I have had a rough year and I never would have thought that going camping would be the magic touch needed to turn it around.

We had so many opportunities to just be a family and enjoy each other. After long and exhaustive afternoons, my hubby and I settled down by the fire just the 2 of us. For the first time in months we just listened. I guess thats all we needed, to be heard, understood, and appreciated. We all need that. Maybe next time we hit a dry patch i'll just light the fire place :)