Macy is 10!!!

Its Macy’s birthday today; she is 10. Pretty crazy. We had a little party at our house last night with a few friends. We just hung out, played a couple of games and had some ice cream cake.

We have some family coming over for dinner and some cake and ice cream tonight, as well as one of Macy’s friends who couldn’t make it yesterday.

Macy reminds me a lot of me, and sometimes I don’t like it, but she is a sweet girl and a good friend. She comes with me to choir each week and loves to sing. She is involved in dance, gymnastics, singing and softball. Its starting to get super busy around here and I am okay with it.

Easter

I got the girls some Easter dresses a couple of weeks ago; and then I decided to get the boys matching ties, and at the last minute I got a dress for me. We just had our sacrament meeting on Easter Sunday, it was very nice. The kids sang a song and it was sweet. The name of the song was The Miracle, I will include the lyrics below. I am grateful for Jesus!!! 

For God so loved the world
That He gave His only Begotten Son
That whosoever believeth in him shall not perish
But have everlasting life

Jesus walked upon the water
He stilled the storm and calmed the angry sea
With His hands He healed the leper
He made the lame to walk, the blind to see

He fed a thousand people with a loaf or two of bread
And when the ruler's daughter died
He raised her from the dead
Jesus is a God of miracles
Nothing is at all impossible to Him
But I know this
Of all His miracles, the most incredible must be
The miracle that rescues me

Jesus bled and died to save me
A price that I could never pay alone
When He rose again, He gave me
The greatest gift the world has ever known
Yes, I can be forgiven every time that I repent
And someday He will lift me up to live with Him again

Jesus is a God of miracles
Nothing is at all impossible to Him
But I know this:
Of all His miracles the most incredible must be
The miracle that rescues me
The miracle that rescues you and me

We had a small egg hut at home and then we went over the Callan and Karey's for dinner and we had another egg hunt; it was a nice day. 

Its the Middle of April

It’s the middle of April and holy cow, what a time it has been. Not sure what to even write. Last time I wrote we had just gotten back from Boise and now its been three weeks; the most important not great thing that happened is with my computer. So, when I started working for my dad, he bought me a computer. It was really nice of him and I have been working for him each day. It is not something that I like to do, but I feel like I have to pull my weight and try and make a little more money than I do. I really like working in the school district and my hours and everything but I do not make a lot of money. My husband things I should try and find something full time, but he doesn’t know what I do after work for the kids. I would have to figure out how to get Teddy from school, as well as the kids to their various activities. Lucky my dad is helping and I am grateful. So anyway, I usually sit at the kitchen table when working. I usually move my computer to the living room during meals and then bring it back. So one day, I took my morning vitamin drops and then put them on my computer, not sure why I did that but it didn’t even cross my mind. Well I got home from work to find the bottle completely empty, it had leaked into my computer and it wouldn’t start. I was super bummed but felt like it was going to be okay and it would need to air out and it would start. So, it didn’t and I finally took it to a computer repair store and it actually caught on fire when they tried to start it. So now, I am trying to use my husbands computer whenever he is not using it. I am just sad. The repair place said they I could try and get an encryption code from Microsoft and see if I could get my information off the computer. I really really really need to do that. I have a document on the computer that is about 90 pages and I need it. I would be devastated if I didn’t get it back. I have tried to have faith and pray hard but I feel like it hasn’t been helping. Its just one thing after another; it feels like God is punishing me and that is hard, because deep down, I do not believe that, but yet, its just hard.

So, Thursday the 6^th, I went into work super depressed; I still was unsure about the status of my computer and everything with my car had got me down. I told her that I didn’t know how much more I could take. I started grading papers and doing my thing, when the phone in the class started to ring. It was the office telling me that Teddy got hurt on the playground at recess and they might have to call an ambulance. I hurried outside and he was lying on the ground with a teacher and the school nurse trying to wake him up. He had hit the shoulder of a kid while playing basketball and then fell and hit the ground. It had knocked him out and he was not responding; I kneeled by him and tried to talk to him but nothing. The nurse was on the phone and called the EMT service. Our town doesn’t have transportation services, so we had to call Idaho Falls. We do have some volunteer EMT’s and a fire department; so we called them too. Within 5 minutes, 3 cops had come, and then some Rigby volunteers. They had a life pack and hooked Teddy up; his vitals looked good, so I felt okay, but he was still unresponsive. It took a good 30 minutes for the ambulance to get there and this whole time, he just fluttered his eyes, maybe twice; he might have grunted once or twice but I don’t remember, its all a blur. 

So because he was still basically unresponsive, the ambulance had lights on to the hospital. We got there and within 30 minutes, they had him to CT and the scan came back normal. He didn’t have a brain bleed and they cleared his spine, so they were able to take off the neck brace and it was just a waiting game. It took him another hour or longer to fully come around; everyone around us were baffled that his vitals were good but it took him so long to become responsive. When he first opened his eyes, he started crying because he didn’t know where he was. He doesn’t remember anything about the accident. 

My friend Courtney came to the hospital and was very sweet with Teddy, when she came in, he was still kinda in and out and she talked to him and he gave her a smile. It was sweet. So, after another two hours, we were able to leave. We stopped at froyo and then headed home; we got home just in time for the girls to get home.

 Overall, it was just an interesting day. I was still sad about my car and my computer, but those things are replaceable, a human life is not. I am grateful for all the help we had that day; and grateful for Teddy’s strength to wake up and go on.

We went back to work and school the following Monday and it was interesting. I got a text while we were walking out the door from the secretary at the school asking if I could sub for a couple hours in the morning for a 5^th grade class, while the original sub had a doctor’s appointment. I said yes and went back inside and had to rush and get clothes on. So my two hour sub turned into seven; the other sub never showed up. It wasn’t my favorite and the class was super chatty and loud, but we made it. Around 9:30 in the morning, Teddy’s teacher came in and told me that he had a headache and was in the office lying down. They people at the school have been so kind and helpful for him. While my class was in library, I went in and talked to Teddy. He said it was loud and too many people. I asked if he wanted to go home and he said yes and no. I didn’t have a way to get him home, because I was subbing, so I told him I would check on him a little later. Well, he ended up going back to class after taking some ibuprofen. He went out to recess and just watched the kids play ball. I am proud of him for sticking it out and I am proud of myself for making it through the day subbing a hard class. It made me grateful for my job of just being a para in my class. I like being in the background and helping with what is needed. My husband told me he thought I would be a good teacher but I would not like it. I am just not smart, I work hard, but I am just not smart. So well see. Teddy skipped his sports stuff this week and will start back up tomorrow. Fingers crossed it will all work out and be okay.

Yesterday Sam and Teddy were in Pocatello most of the day for a couple of baseball games and the girls had a softball camp from 12-5. My sister was in Idaho Falls for my nieces volleyball tournament but she let me know the morning of and I couldn’t make it down to a game. I wish I had known earlier, but that’s okay. My house was a mess, so I cleaned and hung out. The NCAA gymnastics championship was on and I got to sit and watch it. I am a Florida Gators fan and they have had a hit and miss season but made it to the final four. The other teams were Oklahoma, Utah and LSU. Oklahoma has been a powerhouse all season but their scores have been significantly inflated and the same thing happened in this championship. Florida surged at the end but came up short for the second year in a row. I believe that they should have won, but I think the judges picked OU to win from the start, so whatev. It was just the kids and I at church today; when my husband doesn’t go, its hard for me to get Teddy and Sally to go but I got them to go and it went okay. Teddy walked home after the first hour and Sally threw a fit having to go to class, but her teachers are just so sweet and helped her in our singing hour and in class; once she calms down, she usually does okay. We only had 3 out of the 10 kids in our class, so that was nice.