Chicken pox, dish detergent, and the temple

Okay, you might be wondering what in the world the things in the title have to do with each other. Well, they are way too related in our lives lately.
Chris and I decided to take a trip for our 7th wedding anniversary (I can't believe it's been that long). We booked two nights at a resort in Scottsdale with a water park. We thought, "We'll do dinner, the temple, some shopping, swimming, and sleeping in. This will be great."

Then, Wednesday morning, Kiley woke up with chicken pox! That's right, chicken pox. She's had her vaccine and everything. At first I thought no big deal. We all got chicken pox; it's just a right of passage. Then, I started reading online and found that it can be very harmful to young children who haven't been vaccinated and take steroids! So, Chris and I rushed Bryson to the pediatrician's office in Tucson. We got him an early varicella vaccine hoping to ward off the chicken pox.

Then, Thursday, Bryson got hold of a dishwasher detergent package. He swallowed some of the powder and all heck broke loose. I called poison control; they panicked and told me to rush him to the hospital. I couldn't because I had Kiley, Chris was out of town, and Nana was in a meeting. Since Ki and Bryson can't be in the same car, I called my good friend Hope. She rushed over to watch the older kids. What a great friend!

I took Bryson to the hospital and Chris and Nana came to help. We are standing outside and Bryson breaks out in this awful rash. We rush him in the give him Benadryl and never do understand why the rash came. Thankfully, his breathing stayed great, they released us, and we promised we were still going to the temple.



My mother-in-law came to take care of the healthy kids, my mom was here to take care of Kiley, and Chris and I went to Mesa. We had a good time except for the chronic worry about my kids. The temple was beautiful! It will be great to have one here. We left the temple and got a phone call that Ryan had come down with chicken pox! This is so rare we can hardly believe it. Only 2% of vaccinated children get chicken pox. Why my kids are the 2%, no one knows.

Obviously, we cut our trip short and came hope this afternoon. Thanks moms for letting us go for the night. We couldn't have done this without you. Seriously, what would the world be like without great moms.

Everyone seems okay, but now we are just waiting to see if Bryson gets it. We pray hard he doesn't. Some of the side effects sound really scary. His birthday is in a couple days, and I can't believe what a long first year this little man has had.

Also, let this be a lesson to us. Satan will do anything to keep you away from the temple. I'm glad we didn't let him win.

My Boys

I'm dedicating this post to my boys. While Ki is away at school, these boys keep me going. I never knew how much fun they could be. They are always going, always coming up with off the wall stuff to say, and always sweet. My boys are so good at showing me I'm loved. This morning, I cut my foot with a butter knife (don't ask), and Ryan immediately offered up his Spiderman Bandaids. I am so lucky to be their mother. Someday, they will make awesome husbands!

We are trying to plant these Purple Flowering Plum trees in our front yard; above are pictures of us in the tornado like wind trying to do this (not a great idea). Ryan got bored, but thought the hole for the tree was cool.
Here's the thing, we are terrible at growing anything! I mean we really have a black thumb. We tried to gow grass several times at our old house and eventually gave into gravel for landscaping. Our whole yard is gravel, and it needed some life. Hopefully, this will turn out well, but if any of you have advice, please let me know. Below I have posted pictures of what the tree should look like in a few years (Left) and what the tree will look like if we touch it (Right). LOL!