Sprained Ankle

Oakley sprained her ankle at her last volleyball tournament of the year when she rolled it off the foot of a girl on the other team. So painful! This is the sprain in pictures.

 First 2 pictures are day 1....same day it happened several hours later.

 This side-by-side is day 2.  Swollen, but very little bruising.

 These next two pictures are from day 4.  The bruising showed up big time.  This is half-way through our Disneyland trip.  We are so thankful for crutches and wheelchair rentals that got us through with little walking on the ankle.  It looked SO NASTY this day!

This is one week out.  The bruising was fading some and the swelling had gone down some. 

We are now out 2 weeks from the accident and it still has some swelling and some bruising up in her calf, but otherwise not too bad.  She has been trying to dance on it a little, but we have decided to hold off on the dance competition this coming weekend to try to let it heal a little more before she goes full out on it.  She is a toughie and we are grateful it was just a sprain and that it seems to be healing well. 

Bonneville Volleyball 2015

Oakley was on the Bonneville High School JV Volleyball team this year.  She loves volleyball. She plays her guts out and is a great asset to her team.  She had to find a balance between volleyball and teaching dance which is always a little tricky in the fall, but once again she was able to make it work.  We love watching her play ball and her team did great again this year!

 Oakley #10

 She plays right-side hitter.  She plays that spot because she is a great back-up setter when our setter can't get to the ball or has taken the pass.  Oakley has also become a strong hitter on the right-side.  If you look close you can see she just hit and scored on the other team! Yay!

Oakley's team lost only ONE game this season.  They went into the end of the year tournament in the top spot.  During the last tournament of the season, first game Oakley rolled her ankle when she came down on top of the foot of the girl on the other team.  IT WAS BAD and got huge immediately.  She was in tears (mostly because she knew it meant she was out and this was the last games of the season.) SO HEARTBREAKING!

 



We wrapped it, iced it, essential oiled it, and she parked her bum on the bench watching and cheering (through tears part of the day) for her team.  She watched them beat team after team working their way to the championship game.  She was DETERMINED to play in that game, and we are thankful for a coach that gave her the opportunity.  She made her play middle instead of her regular right-side hitter, but she didn't care.  She was just happy to be playing! Her little team fought hard and beat Madison for the JV Championship Title! Yay!! She was even able to get one good hit on the bad ankle which made her day.  We are so proud of these girls and grateful to be part on such an incredible team. 

 Coach Kara, Megan, Katie, Morgan, Keirsa, Lauren, Paige, Oakley, Lizzy, Rachel, Kaitlyn and Brooke.

Bonneville Bees #1 - It's a great day to be a BEE!!

General Conference 2015

We spent conference Sunday at my parents house with cousins.  Cousins make everything better! I've said it a million times! Love family!

I found a quote the other day that read,

 'I find as I grow older that I love those most that I loved first.' -Thomas Jefferson

I love being home with my siblings and their families.  There is no better place in all the world to be. I also love being filled with the spirit as we listen to a modern day prophet giving modern day revelation and instruction.  So grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Diabetes Scare

Oakley gave us a scare the first week of October 2015 when her blood shot to 600+ and no matter what we did for 3 days it stayed there.  She did shot after shot and pumped herself full of insulin through her pump.  We changed her pump, we changed her insulin, we did EVERYTHING we knew to do.  Finally after the football game on day 3 of this she came home late, her blood still high, climbed into her bed, curled into a ball and bawled telling me, "Mom, my body hurts SO BAD!" That was it! Off to the Emergency Room for the first time ever with diabetes we went.

 When we got there she informed us that she had done 48 UNITS of insulin through her pump during the football game.  Not knowing this I gave her another 15 UNITS through a shot when she got home. So she had 63 UNITS of insulin in her body.  That alone could have been fatal if it had taken effect the way it should have.  Lucky for us it didn't.  They didn't dare give her anymore, so they just immediately started her on an IV.

The IV ran its course as her blood slowly came down and about 2:30 am we headed home.  We didn't have anymore issues with her blood that week.  We decided that it was probably being dehydrated that caused it and just getting fluid in her was all she needed. 

Just before we left the house to take her to the ER Ryan gave her a blessing.  I am so grateful for the priesthood in my home.  Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers.  We know that for sure! After sleeping it off she was ready to play at her volleyball game that night.  You could tell she was dragging and didn't play her best, but we are not about to let this disease that we hate slow her down.  If she wants to play (as much as that terrifies me) we let her play.  I sure love this girl.  She is tougher than anyone I know! So grateful this was just a little scare and things turned out just fine. 

We managed to get a smile out of her before we left the hospital when her dad tried to put her blood pressure cuff back on and failed miserably, which of course set off alarms that Ryan helped himself to taking care of.  She was dying.  She kept saying, "Dad, you can't just push buttons!"  She was feeling so much better by the time we left that she was mad and Ryan and I that we wouldn't get her some breakfast in town at 2:30 AM! Funny girl! We were just happy to have our girl back to her normal self!

Laiklie turns 9!

This pretty little girl turned NINE years old on September 28, 2015! All she asked for was a bow and arrow and a bb gun. What a funny little girl.  She is soooo her dad's girl! I love it! 

 If you are going to hunt baby girl you need some camo.

 She also loves to sew and got a quilt kit to sew on her sewing machine.  She is super excited about it!

 I was lucky enough to find a PINK gun and bow and arrow.  PERFECT! Now she doesn't have to fight the boys on which one is hers!

 Laiklie is seriously still what I call the icing on the cake! She brings our family so much joy.  She is patient and kind. She loves to love others.  She has been climbing in my bed each morning this past week when she wakes up before my alarm goes off because Ryan has been hunting super early. Last night I had just gotten back into bed from checking Oakley's blood when I heard Laiklie get up to go to the bathroom and get a drink.  I climbed back out of bed to go tuck her in and by the time I got there she was standing in the middle of her room.  She said to me, "I got the best nights sleep EVER mom!" I looked at the clock and it was 3:27 AM! I kind of giggled and said, "Why don't we top the best nights sleep ever off with 3 1/2 more hours!" ;) Hahahaha! I think she thought it was time to come climb in my bed just before the alarm went off.  Nope! Middle of the night little girl! Love her SO MUCH! Happy birthday Lu!

Rhett Turns 11!

On September 21, 2015 this big guy turned 11! ELEVEN!! Can you believe that?!

 All he wanted was a Nintendo 3DS.  We kept trying to get him to change his mind and think of a cheaper less "gamey" gift, but in the end decided this would be perfect for him.  He was SO EXCITED!!

 He needed white cake and they happened to have orange frosting.  He was all about that! :) Rhett is a great kid! He is brave.  He tries things my other kids never would! Last year he tried out for a major part in the 4th grade play even performing a singing solo infront of both classes all by himself! Amazing! This year he decided to try and run for Vice President at the elementary.  He wrote a great essay and worked hard to try and get the spot.  He has learned that working with his dad on the farm isn't so bad! He has also found a love for hunting and driving.  He keeps us on our toes for sure! Love you Rhett! Happy birthday buddy!

 

Progress on the House

Slowly but surely it is coming along!

 This dude scared me to death! I am sure his mom has no idea what he does this for his job! He is standing on about an inch of the frames under each foot with a NINE foot drop on both sides while trying to control the concrete shute.  Insane! Glad he knew what he was doing!

Black tar/oil crap! What a mess! Ryan and I painted it on and it got ALL OVER US! It was the stickiest stuff you can imagine! It took paint thinner to get it off.  What a mess! Glad to be finished with that step! We also got window wells on you can see in the picture.  Now waiting for the inspector to ok the plumbing and then onto pouring the basement floor.  YAY!!! YAY!!! YAY!!!