Sept. '19- Week 1- Labor Day at Mantua, Alice and Bethany Well Checks, Bethany Cast Removed!, Throw-ups, Glow Dance at School,

Sunday we were on time for church and did a review singing game in Primary using an office chair and a kid as a human spinner.  After Dan got home from church we left for Mantua for the Labor Day holiday.  We had fun playing True Colors with everyone up there that night.  Brian's sister and family also stayed there that night.   

Monday we had a pancake breakfast then the older three swam and I took Alice and Bethany on a walk/jog for two miles.  My hip was feeling almost all the way better.  I started looking at treadmills to buy on KSL.  Bethany didn't want to swim with her cast, so I took Alice swimming before lunch.  After lunch, I braided McKenna's hair, cleaned up some, and then Dan, Ben and Anna went swimming some more.  We documented Dan's elbow, or "weenus" as he nicknamed it.  As we were leaving Mantua we stopped by Bryce and Tessa Coy's new house they're building up there.  That will be so fun to have them close.  We also stopped by my parents Layton condo to see the kitchen all demoed and we went out for Panda Express.  

Tuesday morning Bethany received her back to school father's priesthood blessing.  Dan started antibiotics for bursitis in his elbow.  Alice and Bethany had well checks at the doctors.  

Bethany 4 year Stats

Height: 38.5in (3in increase in a year) 23rd%
Weight: 31lbs (4lb increase in a year) 15th%

Alice 18 Month Stats
Height: 31.5in (1.5in increase in 3 months) 40th%
Weight: 23lbs 14oz (2.5lb increas in 3 months) 68th%

Head: 92nd%

I met Jonathan afterwards so he could help me look at and purchase a new treadmill!  I was so excited!  I found one that was brand new but had a little cosmetic shipping damage.  After lunch, Bethany had her first day of preschool at Adelaide!  She was so excited to have Clara in her class.

I also went with Bethany to music that afternoon.  The kids did well getting their checklists done and having a laundry folding party that evening.  

Wednesday began what would turn out to be almost a week and a half of us passing around a stomach virus in our family!  Poor Alice woke up in a dried pile of stomach bile.  I gave her a bath, she didn't really want any breakfast, then we headed to the hospital to get Bethany's cast removed!! (Video in Week 4)

I gave Alice some apple sauce when we got home and she threw it all back up.   :(  Bethany had preschool but had me call the teacher to let them know she couldn't do the monkey bars since she just got her cast off.  :)  We had our usual Wednesday afternoon with piano, dance, and then Ben's baseball that evening.  The girls loved playing in our shade tent. Ben only got one hit and unfortunately got out.  After kids were in bed, Dan and I finished watching the Jim Gaffigan special.  

Thursday Alice woke up in vomit again...basically all of last night's dinner.  I went walking with Amy Pugsley.  Bethany had dance and preschool.  Anna had music after school and Lia came over to play.  After dinner we went to the school glow in the dark family dance party.  So fun!  But with a sick Alice, it was a little difficult.  In the middle of the night Bethany started throwing up (5 times). :(

Friday Dan started not feeling well.  He went to a work meeting, then to Dirk Kossin's Dad's funeral, then he came home to rest.  We had a TV/blogging morning and I got lots of Alice snuggles.

As I went to pick up the kids from school, I got a call saying Anna had thrown up as she was walking down the hall to leave.  GREAT!  Now 4 out of 7 of us had the stomach virus.  The biggest bummer about this virus was that we had to miss Grandfather's 95th Birthday celebration concert that night at the Conference Center.  :( Thankfully it was broadcast so we could watch it on TV while some of our family was still puking.

Saturday Bruce (from Hanson's) came over to talk about our entryway work we want done.  We rearranged McKenna's and Anna's bedroom (Anna and Bethany were feeling better!).  After lunch, the kids played nice and did yoga.  Dan and I went to test drive a 12 passenger van mainly to see if one would fit in our garage, which it did. :)  After all the kids showered and ate, McKenna babysat while Dan and I went on a dinner date to Plates and Pallets.