Time Off for Michelle...Movies, Football, and Carbon Monoxide?

I have had a really nice weekend. It started off with my being able to go see New Moon with a friend. We went on Thursday night and it was great because we saw it at 9:20 at the District which has assigned seating, so no waiting! She also picked me up in her husbands Mercedes which is also fun for me since I have been stuck in mini-van/SUV land for the past 10 years. About the movie, I say better than the first and go TEAM JACOB! Enough said....
Then on Saturday, I was at the gym and one of our neighbors was kind enough to ask if Justin and I would like to go to the BYU game with them since they had a couple extra tickets. I knew Justin would love that so we were in. Lucky for us they were Legacy tickets. I have never sat in those seats before and let me tell you what...I will never enjoy another BYU game that is not in them. That is the way to go. You get food (and dang good food) before the game, and at half-time. You also get free hot chocolate, a king size candy of some kind, and two water bottles. The view of the field is great and you have the comfortable chairs. I need more friends with Legacy seats. Anyone?
I also got to take Mikaela and a couple of her friends to the mall as a "thanks for babysitting". They had a good time and it was fun for me to watch them. They are growing up so fast!
Today has been nice. Our carbon monoxide detector went off at about 3:30 while I was making dinner and Justin was home teaching. I called him to come home because I wasn't sure what to do about that other than to open all the windows to let fresh air in. The alarm went off for about 20-30 min, then the air cleared. A man from questar came to check everything out and we are okay. He thinks that it was from the soup I had left simmering on the stove for 2 hrs. Apparently that is too long. I am just grateful that it went off and that we know it works. We ended up finishing cooking dinner and some cookies that I had to take to a church event over at Ryan and Jens and then stayed and combined our dinners. It made for a fun evening. It is really nice to have them across the street. The girls made up a hilarious dance together that Jen said she will post on her blog. So funny!
Tomorrow is Justin's b-day so we have more fun outings to start the week. Justin let me know today that this was the first week in our marriage where he cleaned the kitchen more than I did. I was out on Tues., Thurs, and Sat. nights. Still not sure you beat me dear. He is claiming that he helped me the other nights. Either way, I enjoyed it!

Time Out for Women

This weekend my sisters, mom and I went to Time Out for Women. This was my first time to attend this event, I hadn't really even heard of it before. I was so pleasantly surprised! It was a lot of fun. There were about 7 or 8 speakers and then Jenny Oaks Baker performed the first night and Hillary Weeks performed the second day. The speakers included Sherry Dew, Wendy Nelson (Elder Nelson's wife who is also Sherry Dew's best friend), Mary-Ellen Edmunds, a lady who lived next door to my sister Julie (Sis. Belcher) who is blind due to cancer, and a few others. They were all seriously funny and inspirational. The next event is in Logan Sept. 2010 and I am planning to go again.
We stayed at Connie's house Friday night because she lives the closest and we just had a big slumber party. We ate lots of good food and stayed up until 1:30. On Saturday we went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and ate some more! (Not mentioning that I also ate at the Olive Garden for lunch...). It was so nice to get out and relax. Justin was in the Philippines so Guy and Judy watched the kids which I really appreciate. It was also nice because I am currently the primary secretary in my ward and while I enjoy it, I don't get to go to sunday school or relief society anymore, so I feel like I miss out on those opportunities to just sit back and be taught. I miss that. Now, I am feeling like a new mom/wife. It helps to get out and have time away every once in awhile. I am currently looking for a friend to go to California with me sometime in January if there are any takers out there :).
I did take one picture before my camera died for good. But the cable is still gone. Justin's birthday is on Monday, don't tell him, but he is getting a new camera :). Maybe then, I will be able to post pictures.

Coughing and Candy

Last week was a rough one. Kate was very sick. I have never had a child that sick before. She couldn't breathe. It started with a cough at night and then she would be fine during the day. Then on the third day, the cough lasted through the day. By the fourth day she was coughing a lot, had a fever and wouldn't eat or do anything. I knew she wasn't getting enough oxygen by the way she was breathing(she has had breathing problems in the past) so I took her into the doctor and her oxygen level was 87. They gave her a breathing treatment of albuterol sulfate (she is on albuterol daily) and it only brought her level to 88. We waited 20 min and gave her another treatment and it raised into the 90's. The dr. just kept looking at her and telling me she wasn't moving much air. She was almost hospitalized, but I told them to write down what I needed to do during the night and I could do it. The dr. gave me the number to page him during the night in case she couldn't make it 4 hrs without a treatment. Well, she really couldn't but Justin and I were so exhausted we didn't call until 6 the next morning. We had to give her back to back treatments to get her breathing alright again. Long story short. She is now on steroids, antibiotic, and two asthma medications and is doing much better. She still has crap in her lungs, so I am still a little worried, but she is doing well for now. It was the first time I was seriously worried that one of my kids might not get better. I am so grateful she is healing.
In the meantime, Halloween was fun. Justin and I took turns going to parties while the other one would stay home with Kate. I loved the nice weather. Nate had a basketball game (they won) and then we took the kids trick or treating down main st. Gary and Tiffany made soup and doughnuts and then we went trick or treating for real. The kids have way too much candy, but they had a great time.
This week we are recovering from last week, enjoying having Justin home before he leaves for the Philippines next week and loving the nice weather.