Roadshow

We had a church roadshow tonight. Most of the youth took part in it. Autumn was a Hells Angel, Tymber was a horse wrangler, and Hope was on a ship that pirates took their loot and also in a house that the family was kicked out of. The roadshow was on Genealogy. It was a little weird and even though there was A LOT of hard work on the adults part, it just didn't come off that well. The youth were all pretty wild and just really didn't care.

drawing blood= passing out

Autumn hasn't felt good for about 4 weeks. It has been coming and going but she asked me to take her to the Dr. I knew she really didn't feel good if she wanted to go to the Dr. She has had a sore throat off and on, swollen lymph nodes in her neck, and her stomach has hurt. I thought she had a sinus infection after Christmas so I thought she still might have crap draining into her throat or strep. We get to the clinic and they told me her throat looked horrible, really red and irritated. We also told the Dr. about the other symptoms and she said it might be mono as well. Crap. So they did a strep test -negative- then decided to do a mono test so they took her to the lab to draw blood. She got really sick after they drew the blood and passed out cold. Once she came to they had her lay down and were commenting how white she was, even her lips were as white as a piece of paper. They got her some juice and had me put a cloth on her head. Then I passed out. Yep I passed out, talk about feeling stupid. I guess I passed out on top of her and they laid me on the floor. What a support system I am. It wasn't even the blood that got to me, it was seeing her so helpless and sick. This poor guy was in the room also getting his blood drawn along with his wife. They had their excitement for the day.
Once we both felt better they put her in a wheelchair and took her back to the exam room. She was shaking pretty hard, I think she was still in shock so they brought her a blanket and the test results. Yep she has mono. Just great. It is airborne so she could have picked it up anywhere. She said a kid in one of her classes had it a while ago. Basically it just has to run its course as it is a virus. They told her to get a lot of rest, plenty of fluid and not to play contact sports because it enlarges the spleen and can cause it to rupture. I am pretty sure she has had it for a while and is not running a fever so the Dr. said she can return to school... The best part is I am sure I have it also. I have all the symptoms she does, plus she drinks my water all the time. I wouldn't be surprised if Rich has it as well, his stomach has been upset lately but we thought it was some medicine his Dr. had him on. Tymber was complaining of a sore throat a few days ago. Good times at the Murray house.

Valentines Dance

On Sat Feb 12, 2011 there was a Valentines Dance at the high school.Autumn and Ryan went with the same group they went to Winterfest. It was girl's choice so Autumn made rice krispy treats shaped like kisses asking him to the dance.


We then went to see if we could find a cute dress. We went to Beals in Blackfoot and found the dress she wore priced $54.00, on clearence for $16.00 when I got up to the register it rang up at $7.17....SCORE!!!!
We decided to have everyone here for dinner before the dance. I was excited to meet her friends. She has been talking about them a lot and they seemed like a fun group. Saturday morning Autumn did not feel good AT ALL. I wasn't sure if she was going to make it to the dance. Rich left for work and soon she asked for a blessing. Rich was in Pocatello and really needed to stay and work so I called our home teacher and great friend Brian Lott. Brother Matsura came with him and they gave Autumn a blessing. About 20 minutes later she was upstairs looking much better and ready to help me.LOVE the power of the Priesthood! Ryan showed up and was doing some printing on invitations I had to make (70 of them) for YW the next day. They left at 3:00 to meet up with their group to go play nerf wars or something. I stayed and made Chicken Cordon Bleu, cookie salad, and cheese cake. Ryan's mom Justine came over and brought potatoes and pop and to help me cook. Then we had to run and print invitations off ( I know I Know Sondra, quit shaking your head at me). I also forgot buttermilk so had to go to the store. On the way back Autumn called and said the nerf wars fell through and they were coming back for dinner. So we hurried home to get the chicken in while the kids played games. Everyone said dinner was a hit and I LOVED the kids they were so fun. I should have taken pictures at dinner, stupid. The boys went to Daniel's to get ready and the girls' stayed here, except Taylor went home to get ready. Lots of laughter from the girls. Soon the boys were back and waited on the girls (shocking I know)then it was time for pictures and they were off.Taylor and Kenny are not usually part of the group but Taylor needed someone to go with so Autumn invited her.

Love this picture. The boys were begging the girls to go to the dance with them.

Taylor, Autumn, Kaylee,Mikey

Sam & Mechaezla(Mikey),Autumn and Ryan, Daniel & Kaylee, Taylor&Kenny

Autumn and Ryan

Sam, Ryan, Kenny, Daniel -Daniel is a crack-up Ryan's feet were sooo heavy he just couldn't handle it.

Autumn said they had a great time. I am not sure they will invite Taylor and Kenny again though. They are both really immature. I don't think Kenny has ever been on a date before. Autumn was standing on the passenger side of the car waiting for Ryan to open the door and Kenny came up opened the door and crawled in the front seat. I about died when Autumn told me. Leaving Autumn to get in the back seat with Taylor. Then he was going around the dance telling all these couples they were slow dancing wrong. Daniel had to speak with him. But other then that they had fun!
Another funny when they were sitting down to dinner I told them what we had to eat. After the prayer Sam and Mikie are having a whispering match across the table and he is telling her .... No, POP.... she thought I said I was serving them POT.. LOL that was funny.

Winterfest

About 3 weeks ago Autumn and Ryan went to Winterfest at the high school. They went with 2 other couples and had a good time. They have been out with this couple one other time and seem to have lots of fun together

Hope and the dentist

Hope has had a hard time with her teeth for a while. Even though we brush and floss she has had some cavities that have resulted in some infection and a few abscessed teeth. On her left side her 2 back molars were causing her pain and there were always puss pockets on her gums (I know gross) I finally took her to a pediatric dentist and she told me we needed to remove the teeth (baby). The infection was beginning to attack her bones and they were worried it would have a permanent effect on her permanent teeth. So we had 2 of them pulled in Dec. She did really well and one of her permanent molars is already coming in. We also discussed removing the other 2 molars on her right side. Same problem. I took her in today and asked if we could keep them for now as she hasn't been complaining, but after the dentist showed me how much infection after pushing on the gums we decided it was best to remove them as well. I feel like such a bad mom she has so many problems. This time it didn't go as well and she has been pretty miserable tonight. The dentist and staff are really good and they are trained in pediatric, but she is miserable. They put a spacer in today and she is not happy. She hates the feel of it in her mouth. I know in a few days she will be used to it and everything will be okay. Mommy guilt is not fun.

Third set of classes finished.

Last Sunday I finished my third set of classes. Hum/176 and Com/155. I really did not like my Hum teacher that much. I was pretty disappointed in the class. It was on media and social networking. I thought I was really going to enjoy it, but the teacher was kind of a pain. I worked my butt off in her class and got a B+. My final grade was a 87.8%. Close to an A but not close enough. My Comm Class was good. We were taught how to write essays and all of the steps and ideas. There is a lot of work to a college essay. It makes my head spin. But I did great in that class. I got 100% an A. My GPA right now is 3.83 and I have completed 18 out of 60 credits.
The classes I am taking now are Psychology and Hum/critical thinking.. I have been looking forward to my psych class and think it will be fun. I think my Hum class will be a challenge. In April I will begin my first class for health care. Back to homework I have 2 assignments due tomorrow I have not even begun yet and I work 10 hours tomorrow so it is time to get with it.