It's been a week....

It really has...it's had a lot of ups and downs. It feels like more downs than ups but at least there were a couple ups! Let me re-cap the week for you all.

Mondays are always hard for me with Girl Scouts and dance it's just a long day but to cap it off Jack got a horrible cough. It was a very long night without much sleep. ( We are headed down!)

Tuesday, Katey ended up with the same horrible cough and Jack's cough was no consider croup. Not fun! Chad had an MRI Tuesday evening so I had a longer day than usual with the kids. I love staying at home with the kids BUT when 2 are home sick and dad is gone longer than normal I get pretty burnt out.(Down!)


Wednesday, Katey was feeling better but Jack's cough was still pretty bad. But it was nice out and I did manage to leave the house with him to go on a walk with Jodi and Ava. Leaving the house is always a good thing for me, I fell like a whole new person when I get out. I'm so glad that spring has finally decided to grace us with its presence.



Wednesday, was also the day I realized that one of the prongs on my wedding ring was broken. I'm so glad that I noticed it before the diamond was gone but it's still a bummer that we need to bring it in and get it fixed. Or maybe that's just a sign that it's time to upgrade my diamond! :) ( in all seriousness this is a down.)

Thursday, Jack is still not up to par but is sleeping a bit better because I have him in our room with the window cracked open, the fresh air does WONDERS for croup!

We also got the results of Chad's MRI. We have and answer to he issues FINALLY!!! We don't know a whole lot yet because his doctor is out of town and will be back in the office on Monday. What we do know is that all of the problems Chad has been having for the last 4+ months have been from a herniated disk in his back. THANK GOD we have an answer!!! And hopefully we will have even more answers on Monday.For us just having somewhat of an answer was a HUGE relief. ( Yippee an up!)

Friday, it was BEAUTIFUL out! MY friend Jodi and I took Jack and Ava to the Edge for tot time. It was fun but Jack still wasn't feeling good and had a pretty bad belly ache. We left just in time for him to have a huge accident outside of Jodi's van. Thank goodness I don't go anywhere without and extra pair of big boys. Needless to say this was not the last accident of the day. We ended up having to put pull-ups back on him for the sake of not having to clean up a huge mess regularly. ( Back down, again! Boo!)






Like I mentioned before it was so gorgeous out, 73 to be exact! I was outside on the deck and I got sun burnt! In April, Really! It was so nice the big kids came home from school and changed into shorts. I just wish it was like that all the time now. I'm SO ready for summer. :)( OK, the weather was a HUGE UP!!!)




I finally laced my running shoes up this year and ran in my 1st 5k this morning. I wasn't sure how it was going to go since I haven't really ran since last summer. It was pretty good, not my best by any means but it was good. I really gave me the jump start I needed to get my butt in gear. I'm pretty proud to say that last year I did 3 5K's, a 5 miler, and 2 1/2 marathons. (3 if you count what i did at Grandma's) I'm hoping to do at least the same number this year I may even try to add a couple more in this summer. I forgot how GREAT I feel after a good "race".

Well, theirs our week in review. Up's, down's, and the in between. I'm hoping and praying that next week we get some GOOD new about Chad's issues with his back. I'll keep you all posted!