Things I've Learned

WARNING: LONG RANT AHEAD, MAY NOT BE WORTH YOUR TIME TO READ!!! Well it has been almost 6 weeks since I have been stuck in bed. The doc says that my leg is healing well from the x-rays. I still use crutches or a wheelchair to get around and I lay in bed most of the day. I can put some pressure on my foot, like let it rest on the floor. That is progress. Since I am in my bed most of the day I have had plenty of time to think so here is what I have learned.

1. I have been doing way too much for my kids. Since my injury they have been so helpful. Ali is changing diapers, Abby makes breakfast for us (frozen waffles), and Nate can clean up almost any spill on the floor. When I am well we are definitely making a permanent chore chart!

2. I love to read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have known that since high school but with kids and everything else I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. I've even started to read long chapter books to the kids. We are currently reading "Where the Red Fern Grows" and Ali is loving it. She keeps saying "read one more chapter please."

3. TV really does stink 95% of the time. OK so we have like 999 channels and I am not exaggerating all that much. We even have the premium movie channels but there really isn't anything good to watch. Granted, I love my Spanish novelas, Operation Repo and the cake decorating/cooking shows but other than that there is nothing. This is extremely frustrating when you are stuck in a bed for 6 weeks until you turn it off and pick up a book!

4. I LOVE TO EXERCISE (enough said).

5. I am independent! I like to do things for myself and in my own little special way. Yes, I clean my bathroom, do my laundry and load my dishwasher in certain special ways. Yes, I know there is more than one way to do these things so I am learning to let go. I also don't like to ask for help. This has been hard because I haven't really had a choice. It is hard to watch others clean my house, take care of my kids, and cook for me. I don't understand why I love to serve others yet have such a hard time letting them serve me.

6. I love to drive. I hate having to be dependent on someone to take me somewhere. If I want to go to Target to look to see what is new then I go. If I want a drink from Sonic, a burrito from Taco Bell and fries from Mc Donalds than I go and do it. Boy I miss that!!

7. Lying in bed with nothing to do is not all that grand! It stinks hearing your child crying in another room and not being able to see what it wrong. It's hard when your highlight of the day is when your husband comes home and can finally help you into the shower. It sucks having to wake your exhausted husband up in the middle of the night one more time because your teething infant is crying and wants to be walked.

8. I love to cook! Making cookies just because... enough said!

9. I have the best ward in the world. My visiting teacher and RS President have been amazing. I couldn't list all of the things they have done for me. And just friends in the ward who call every Friday for a shopping list, bring books to read, projects I can do from bed, and a Sonic drink because they thought I might like one. They have cleaned my house, colored my hair, brought meals and flowers, and watched my kids. They have been like family and I am so thankful for them.

10. I have an awesome family! My mom and sisters have helped so much. My mom has traveled hours to come and help just for a day or two several times. My sister from Florida used her vacation time here to clean my house and help us out. And then there is my husband. I can't say enough about him. He has suffered the brunt of all of this misfortune. He has done so much and said so little (no complaining). He truly has stayed true to the "in sickness and in health" part of the whole marriage thing. He has been both mom and dad. He jumps right in after coming home from an 11 hour day and has been getting 4-5 hours of extremely interrupted sleep for the last 6 weeks. He has been my hero through this all. I love you Josh!

The 9th of July, The End of the World as I Knew it!!!

Well the picture of the x-ray didn't turn out so it doesn't do it justice. I have 9 screws, 1 plate and some wire keeping my leg together. Wire because he couldn't get the screw to take so he had to wire the bone together in a spot. Here is the story:
I was nursing Ty on my bed and heard Nate cry down stairs. I realized that Ty was asleep so I put him down on my bed and was going to check on the kids and start things in motion for the day. On the second or third stair on the spriral staircase I apparently overshot it and just my heel landed on the step and the rest of me went forward. As I fell I heard a crack and before I stopped sliding down for another 6-7 steps I knew I had broke it. Ali called my sister Joslin and she and another memeber from our ward helped me into a van and off to the ER we went. Long story short, I had surgery the following day thanks to our good family friend Dr. Ivey!
This is definately the most painful thing I have ever gone through. I am pretty much bedridden. I haven't left my house in 9 days and have only been out of my room twice! I am not taking pain meds as often now so my head is a little clearer. Josh has been great being both mom and dad. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to not be able to walk my teething baby, pick things off the floor when they have fallen or even sit up on a bed for an extended amount of time. We live in an awesome ward who has helped out so much. My mom and sisters have helped a ton too. Even my kids have helped me so much.
Too bad I am missing the Rogers family reunion as I write. This was the one week out of the whole summer that I was looking forward to. My sister and her family flew in from FL, we have a family reunion and the Mormon Pioneer Days. Anyone who knows me I love to exercise, cook and do almost everything on my own. Well none of that is possibile and it is killing me! I won't be walking anytime soon. And the only good thing I can see from this is that I get a handicap sticker and a wheelchair! Oh, wait I can't even drive for another 6-8 weeks because it is my right leg!!!!
OK, so that is my pitty party. I don't know when I'll come downstairs again so this may not be updated soon. Wish me luck!!

4th of July

We decided to have a last minute 4th of July party. We had the Kohls and Harpers come over to swim, eat and watch the fire works. It rained a little but after it ended there was a cool double rainbow. And one of the rainbows was a full rainbow. It was really pretty. Everyone had a great time. We did some fireworks of our own but also had a great veiw of all of the fireworks in the valley.

The full rainbow

The double rainbow

Some of the kids

Josh, Jason, Mary and Ian

Susan with Ty and Leanna

Alone Time with Josh

Josh wanted some alone time with just the two of us so we went fishing. It was great to be with him, have it quiet while fishing, and enjoy God's beautiful creations. He tried to teach me how to fly fish. I'm not that good but it was cool to stand in the river and try it out. He even bought me my own pole and waders. We didn't catch anything but it was still awesome. That is one of the many things I love about Josh. He always makes alone time for the two of us. I felt bad though because I left the kids with my mom and thought that Ty would take a bottle but no. I guess he just cried. I guess it was a good thing that we were only gone for 4 hours! Oh, I broke Josh's best fishing pole by shutting it in the door, broke my line and lost a lure, and then lost all of my line towards the end. I did all this and not a cross word or anything from Josh! Now that's what I call a gentleman!

My Man!

Busy fishing

Almost up to Platoro Colorado. Some of the prettiest mountains in the world!

Birthday, Milestone, and the 4th of July

We took pictures to celebrate Abby's 5 th birthday and Ty being 3 months. I couldn't resist getting a family 4th of July picture also!

Oddly enough my girls don't mind being dressed alike. Doesn't Ali look tall!

Love that smile, not sure why he is sideways.

He loves to giggle!

My Abby!

She is my tender hearted girl!

Kid Rock and Siblings

I bought Ali and Abby these pink cowgirls hats and sunglasses recently. Abby decided that she has to wear them almost everywhere. I think she looks like Kid Rock. What do you think?

Ali, Abby and Nate
Kid Rock Abby

Abby at the preschool fieldtrip.

Paradise Hills Community Preschool

Abby just finished her two years at Paradise Hills Communtiy Preschool. We love this school. It isn't a daycare. It is a school where learning is fun and age appropriate. Ali went there also and Nate will attend in the Fall. We would highly recommend it to any family!

Abby, Collin, Nate, and Olivia at the famous end of the year fieldtrip to Village Pizza. Each student (and sibling and parent) get to make thier OWN pizza!

Abby, Collin and Nate with the Wonderful Ms. Linsey

Abby outside the school

At the end of the year the students make their "mark" on the school by putting their handprints on the wall.

Abby after making "her mark."