Columbus Day and Fun with Flour

Justin had work off this year for Columbus Day and so we made it a long weekend and headed up to Grandma & Grandpa Chapman's cabin up in Prescott after the last session of our church's General Conference. 

We invited our friends Eduardo & Gladyss and their kiddos to come with us since they had never had a  real cabin experience before. Before the kids went to bed, we had to play some Twister with the cabins multi-colored carpet squares. It's a tradition!

That night was pretty horrible with Mason not sleeping, due to being in the same room with us, and screaming because he was overly- tired. And their little girl, Mila, had a rough time as well so we only stayed one night there. :( We tried!  The next day we went on a little hike to the lake and played at a nearby park. 

Daddy is way more fun pushing the kiddos on the swings than I am!

Even though the trip was short lived, it was still fun to get up to the piney woods for some fresh air!

This doesn't have to do with our trip but I just wanted to post about how much fun Ellie and I had one day playing with some flour. 

Can you tell she had fun?!

She started out playing so nice and neatly, carefully transferring flour from bowl to bowl. Then she realized how much fun it was to dump it everywhere and play in it! I love moments like this when kids are getting to be kids and get filthy in the process!

Sickness- Thank you Kindergarten!!

We have been battling sickness around here. It all started when the kids both had stomach bug that caused them to throw up  few times in the middle of the night. Since then, they have had runny noses and super chapped lips but luckily they are feeling 100% better I think.

I on the other hand feel like crud. Last Sunday my throat started to hurt and I just thought that it was from straining my voice while singing in Primary that day (I'm the new Primary chorister in our ward!! :) but by the next morning, it felt like my throat was on fire. I just thought that it was muscle soreness but as the day went on, it got worse and I was SO nauseated. So on Wednesday my husband told me I needed to go to the doctor to see what's wrong. I didn't want to have to pay $20 for our co pay but luckily my hubby convinced me that I needed to go and the money didn't matter. I hadn't eaten or drunk (drank?) anything in 2 days and was super weak.  I was worried that my milk supply would decrease due to that. Anyway, they did a strep test and sure enough.. strep throat. Awesome. Did you know that it's pretty rare that those test come back positive? Apparently it's true. So I got some antibiotics yesterday evening and while my throat feels a little bit better today, I think I caught the kids stomach bug on top of that. I feel like I could throw up at any moment and I'm just praying that I dont! A throat on fire plus throwing up?? That's a killer combo. 

Here's to hoping that this is the end of our sickness around here! Oh and hopefully I'll update on all our October adventures soon!