May-What a Month!!

May was a month of ups and downs for us. We have been fairly healthy all winter. Kayden had only missed one day of school until the month of May, then he brought home a pretty bad cold. His only lasted a few days and then he was on the mend. Unfortunately he passed his cold on to Riley. Riley's turned into the awful, dreaded strep throat. Of coarse this always happens on the weekend when there are no doctors. So after noticing he had an awful rash and a very high fever on a Saturday night, John and I decided that I should take him to the emergency room. The doctor took one look at him and said yep this is definitely strep throat and we don't even have to do a strep test. So after a shot of penicillin we were sent home. That stuff is amazing!! He felt better the next day. Unfortunately John and I did not. He had shared his strep throat with us. So the doctor kindly prescribed us some amoxicillin. Then a few days later my dad his little episode, so consequently I did not finish my antibiotics. Of coarse my strep throat turned into really bad strep throat. When I went to the doctor he asked if I felt alright and I said I felt a little shaky. My pulse was 126 for some reason. Two days later I wound up in the ER. I felt really awful and shaky-my pulse was 144. For some reason my heart was racing. They don't know if it was caused by dehydration, stress, the medicine they had given me, or the combination of it all. After some fluids and some medicine to calm my nerves they sent me home.

The next day after I insisted we left on the motorcycle to Grand Junction, Co with my parents and little brother. We stayed in a little cabin at a KOA. It was really fun. We went over the Grand Mesa the first day and it was 9000 ft-there was still about 4-5 feet of snow and a little chilly, but really awesome. Then we came into a little town called Cedar Ridge, there we went to a winery and had a tasting-it was fun. Then we went to a distillery and had another tasting and had a tour. I think John really enjoyed this one. Then we went back to Junction to this place that had been on the Food Network channel and had Chicago style pizza. The next day we went to the Colorado National Monument. I was really surprised how big and pretty it was. After our tour we stopped at a another winery and did another tasting. Then we went to the Texas Road House for a great steak dinner!!. We had fun and it was nice to relax. John and I really enjoy our long weekends together without the kids every once in a while-but after about 4 days we miss the kids and are ready to come home. The boys had a great time staying with Uncle Cody and Aunt Lindsey. We are planning another trip around June 17 to go to Bryce Canyon. We are planning to leave the boys again for another 4 day weekend. Any volunteer babysitters??
I still have to get my pictures developed, cause I don't dare take my digital camera on the motorcycle, so we get disposable. When I do I will post pics.

Just when I thought things were getting back to normal I woke up Wednesday morning with a really bad pain in my lower right side of my stomach and back. Went to the doctor and at first they thought it was my appendix-so glad it wasn't. Come to find out I had a ruptured cyst. Very Painful!! So fun to be a girl. To top things off John came home Thursday with the stomach flu, so we were sick together. Now we are both on the mend. Hopefully next month there will be no more illness around here!! I don't think I can handle any more medical bills. J/K

Kayden finished his last day of Kindergarten today-bittersweet for mom!! This fall will be really sad for me-Kayden will be in first grade and Riley will be in preschool. Can't believe my boys are growing up so fast. Sometimes I wish I could slow time down a little. On the other hand the boys are a lot of fun the older they get. We do tons of fun stuff together and I am looking forward to a memorable summer!!