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Just wanted to share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz41YxNiHEg

snow, snow, and more snow

Just thought I'd share some of our snow with those who don't have any. We've had over 60 days with 5+ inches on the ground, and we've had about 54 inches of snow fall since the beginning of the month. Oh, and I found out last week that some of our snow is in Vancouver at the Olympics! That's right. They trucked some of it out of here. Anyone else want some? We should sell this stuff! Talk about rejuvenating our economy.

This is just some snow in our neighborhood.

Some people still have Christmas decorations up. Seriously, though, can you blame them?

Icicles on Tyler's school.

A picture of the playground and the big "mountain of snow" that all the kids think is just so cool!

It's road conditions like these that have given us 10 snow days this year!

Dallin and I just think it's fascinating how there can be clear roads and then just a complete white out all within a few yards!

This is just one of many dug out mailboxes!

Garbage day.

This is the gate to our back yard. We've had knee/thigh high snow there most of the winter.

I just think this view of the sidewalk is neat with the snow so high on both sides.

princess for a day

Dallin bought these for a $1, and Adeline was kind enough to share with me. We both wore them most of the day.









At our house even the princesses have to work!

100 days of school

Tyler FINALLY had his 100th day of Kindergarten on Wednesday! I say finally, because it was postponed a few times due to all the snow days.

His shirt has 20 hand prints -- all the kids in the class did a print. And the writing says, 100 fingers for 100 days. His necklace has 100 Fruit Loops divided into groups of tens -- he ate those soon after this picture.

And, yes, he is wearing shorts underneath his shirt. I couldn't get him to put on pants. Eh. That was a battle I chose not to fight.

happy birthday, tyler!

I was beside myself worrying that Tyler still feel like it was HIS day despite McKay's health problems. Tyler told me the morning following his birthday, "Mom, I had fun yesterday on my birthday." Tender mercies. Seriously.

Tyler also had a great party with his friends this last weekend.

what a week!

Last Monday I took both Adeline and McKay to the doctor; Adeline had complained that her ear hurt, and McKay had a cough that just sounded awful, and I wanted to make sure it wasn't something too serious. The doctor examined Adeline first and said Addie had infections in both ears -- no surprise there -- and then she examined McKay and said, "OK. He has pneumonia." What?!?! She sent us over to the hospital -- thankfully our doctor's office is connected to the hospital -- to get chest x-rays. But before we did that a nurse gave McKay a RSV test, and she showed me how to do a breathing treatment with him using a nebulizer and she tested his oxygen levels. Thankfully his oxygen levels were relatively normal. After getting the x-rays we headed back to the doctor's and I was told that McKay had pneumonia in both lungs and RSV. She gave us a prescriptions for Adeline's Amoxicillin and then antibiotics, steriods, and medication for the nebulizer for McKay. Then she said she wanted to see him 1st thing in the morning.

Our appointment that afternoon was at 2:15. I did not pick up Tyler from a friend's house until about 6:00. We got home about 15 minutes later. That would be bad enough, but it was also Tyler's birthday last Monday. And we were having his family party that night. I managed to control my emotions about the whole thing until Dallin came home at 6:30 that night. I told Dallin what had happened, and I just broke down crying! Tyler opened presents while the macaroni cooked, and we finally sat down for his birthday dinner at 7:00. Then we quickly had cake and ice cream and sent the kids to bed! LOL Thankfully, Tyler was so excited about his Nerf dart gun that I don't think he minded that most of our attention was on McKay that night. The next day McKay saw the doctor again and we had his oxygen levels checked again, she taught me how to check his breathing to know if he was breathing too fast, and she instructed me to give him a steam bath every 4 hours. She said he didn't need to be hospitalized, and in fact, 90% of breastfed babies who contract RSV do not end up in the hospital. Thank goodness for breastfeeding!

Long story, short -- it's been a very long week of wrestling children to take medicine, watching children then vomit said medicine, changing clothes -- frequently, and giving either a steam bath or breathing treatment every 2 hours, and middle of the night breathing treatments. After seeing how healthy McKay looks now makes me realize just how sick he really was. He will be more susceptible to respiratory problems after this...but at least he will be alive.