Last week it looked as though we were going to have to put Oscar to sleep. He was in a lot of obvious pain and not acting like himself. This typically wouldn’t be justification for having a beloved pet put down but it wasn’t the first time that this has happened. Holly took him to the vet and we discovered that he had tweaked his back really badly. The vet gave him a shot of what I can only imagine was liquid awesome and a few prescriptions: a pain killer and a muscle relaxer. Since then, Oscar has been doing much better and has returned to his old, lovable self. We were very grateful that our vet knew what to do to get him feeling well again.
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21
October
Well, the whole family is finally recovered from the swine flu. When all was said and done, it had run rampant through our home for nigh on two weeks leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. In addition to taking down Alex and Emma, both Hannah and Holly got hit pretty hard too. Thankfully everything is now back to normal and everyone survived.
I was fortunate in that I managed to avoid becoming ill. I’ve since been exposed to the swine flu virus again at work (allegedly) and still feel fine. Either my immune system is freaking amazing or I’m doing something right because I’ve had multiple encounters with swine flu and come out on top every single time. Since I seem to be so lucky, I thought I’d share what has worked for me so that it can hopefully help you, my faithful reader, stay healthy.
Category: General
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05
October
I hate being sick. Fortunately for me, I’m not. Yet. I stress the word yet because it’s bound to happen.
Over the weekend, Alex started feeling ill. It started with a cough on Saturday afternoon. By Saturday night, he was so tired that he fell asleep while watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Him falling asleep while watching movies isn’t unusual but it was still pretty early in the evening.
Yesterday he woke up with a horrible cough and no voice. Combine this with a fever of 104 and we knew he was a sick little boy. We did what we could to cool him down and make him comfortable but he was one sick kid. When bedtime rolled around, Holly decided that he probably needed to be looked at by a doctor so she took him to the after-hours clinic. They tested him and confirmed what we had suspected: swine flu was upon us. The doctor wrote out a prescription for TAMIFLU which will allegedly help shorten the duration that the microscopic pigs are running rampant
Category: Alex, Emma
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03
August
Over the weekend, we had our final camping trip of the season. This time we went to Hades campground which is along the banks of the Duchesne River in the Uinta Mountains with my side of the family. This is a location that we discovered last year. It immediately became one of our favorite places to set up camp. When I learned that some of my cousins had never been camping or fishing, I took it upon myself to remedy the situation and organized this family reunion of sorts. Hades made perfect sense because not only is it beautiful, but the fishing is amazing.
Category: Family, Vacation
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22
July
Last week I had the pleasure of taking the kids to the dentist. This was a first for me since Holly usually takes them but we were able to get through things without any problems.
Emma and Hannah both had no cavities but the dentist found a “small one” on one of Alex’s teeth. I figured that we’d have to bring him back but the dentist just took him into a back room, had him open his mouth, and proceeded to drill out the cavity. The entire process took about three minutes. They didn’t even numb Alex’s mouth! I couldn’t believe what I had seen. Alex was in no pain and he was once again cavity free.
Category: Alex, Emma, Hannah
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09
April
Emma just turned nine years old. Because her birthday fell on Monday, she ended up getting a weekend-long celebration.
On Saturday, since I was going to go to the LDS General Conference Priesthood Session with Nick, we had him and Chelsea come over for dinner and cake and ice cream. We also decided to open presents that night. Emma got a lot of Littlest Pet Shop toys as well as High School Musical 3 on DVD. I think that she was pretty happy with the gifts that she received.
Category: Emma
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02
April
Well, I found out that it will still be a couple of weeks before our chicks will come so I have become a little impatient. I saw some pullets that are 24 weeks old for sale on KSL. They are old enough to be laying eggs right now so I thought that would be good since my chicks won’t start laying until Fall. I drove down to Sandy and picked up two of them and brought them home in the dog crate. The kids were so excited to go get them. They were a little hesitant to come out of the crate but once they were in the chicken coop they were right at home. They escaped a couple of times and the kids and I had quite the time running around the yard trying to catch them and get them put up into the roost for bed, but we finally got them. They said “This is so fun chasing chickens!” I hope they still think that after we have to chase them everyday.
Category: Chickens
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Today was Dads and Donuts at Emma’s school. Unlike in the past when I forgot, I remembered it this time. We showed up to her school and were both amazed at how many dads were in attendance. We actually had to park nearly a block away because there were so many cars in the parking lot and lining the streets. It’s nice to see so many fathers take an interest in their kids and take time out of their day for things like this.
After standing in line for a few minutes, we were served glazed donuts and chocolate milk. There was a time when this is what I would eat for breakfast almost every day. No more though. I just can’t handle this type of food so early in the morning. Heck, I can barely handle it in the afternoon now. I guess that’s what trying to eat healthy and losing a bunch of weight will do to a guy. But I digress…
Category: Emma, Jeremiah
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10
March
When I was a kid, I would spend countless hours at the roller skating rink with my friends. I don’t think that it was so much that I enjoyed roller skating as it was something to do. Don’t get me wrong, I had fun, I just don’t think that the fun was due to the fact that I was wearing ugly shoes with wheels.
A few weeks ago, Holly and the kids thought that it would be a good idea to go roller skating. Skating rinks have evolved since my youth into an entertainment utopia. In addition to roller skating, the one by us has a large number of arcade games, a place to get food, including pizza, a rock climbing wall, and a wing of bounce houses.
08
March
I decided I wanted to do a project and saw that on WikiHow was a very easy kids poncho that I could crochet. Instructions can be found here.
I started on Friday night and finished on Saturday. It was very easy. I made the first one for Hannah and I will begin Emma’s tonight. Hannah was so excited to wear hers today at church. Alex even said that he wanted me to make him one, but I think I will have to think of something else to make for him instead.
Hannah showing off her poncho before church
Category: Hannah
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