Trunk or Treat

On Friday the ward had their Trunk or Treat and this was the first time that I have participated in such an event. I bought some candy and decorated my trunk with a few items that I had at the house. Next year I am going to decorate my trunk more then I did this year. I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Results

Dr. Yost said that there are no disabilities!!!! She tested average on everything. The doctor also noticed how much different she was from the first time she met her. The allergy testing showed that she is allergic to milk (cow) and wheat. We need to find out how to change things about the wheat because that is is everything. BUT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK!!!!! Many people at church have noticed how much calmer Shelby is and how she can set during sacrament.

Man I feel so much better. Now that I KNOW what we are working with it will make things easier. The testing also showed high BUN/Creatinine Ratio and Potassium,Serum which both have to do with kidneys, so we need to get back with the doctor to see if it is because she has had kidney problems or is there something going on now that need to be checked out.

Sabrina is looking at a house just a couple of doors down. It needs a lot of work but she can see potential in it. Now they need to work out an agreement. We will see how things go. It is a small 3 bedroom house with no basement. Most of the floors need replaced because the woman had a dog and did not let it outside. IT STINKS!! The livingroom floor needs replaced because of the dog, at one time there was nice wood floors. The kitchen, dining room, and bathroom floors also need to be done. I'm looking forward to working on it if she gets it.

We Have Been BLESSED!!!

To bring everyone up to date first. Shelby has been a handful since day one. During her 3 1/2 years with me I have been trying to find someone to help us out. Our prayers have been answered. (In the Lords time not ours) At the beginning of October Shelby met with Dr. Yost. She specializes in children with disabilities. At that first meeting she told us that Shelby was allergic to dairy products but she wanted to test her more so nothing would be missed. (She knew this just by looking at her and knowing she had problems when she was a baby with formulas) We instantly took her off dairy products and you would not know our Shelby now. There is not the yelling and screaming that was going on constantly. She now holds onto my hand to walk home, she even talks to her Grandfather. In fact this morning she even asked to curl up next to him as they were setting in the love seat together. WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!!!!!!! Should have gotten my camera out but I was just enjoying the sight I was seeing. I was also thanking Heavenly Father in my heart for what I was seeing.

Shelby was tested on Thursday for disabilities and allergies, by Tuesday evening we should have the results of all the testing. Then we will know what we need to do and where we can get her added help if needed.

What a wonderful blessing we have received. I wish all of you could see it. My heart is so full with thankfulness. I wish I could explain how wonderful things have gotten around here. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Dr. Yost has told us that because some of her actions she have came from food allergy and some of them are now habits that will take time to change. I'm so thankful that the Lord has sent us here so we could help us get the help Shelby needed. I will try to post on Wed. to let you know all of the test results.

Random Picture #3

No words are necessary. Actually they probably are, but the beauty of this picture leaves me speechless. Hahaha.

Here are the pictures...

These links will take you to the slideshows for the pictures that go along with my previous posting.

Family pictures

Halloween

Baby goats

Fillin' Ya'll in

So I have some news to catch up on...
All the girls got hair cuts a couple of weeks ago. We all went shorter, some more short than others as you will see in the photos. The photos are our most recent family pictures. We had Hannah (thanks again, Hannah!) come take them for us at a local park on yesterday morning. It was an absolutely beautiful day. I'm so glad we decided to take the pictures on that day. I just wish the kids had been glad too. Our sons gave us the most grief. I was hoping that because the kids were older that it wouldn't have been so bad, but I was wrong. They acted like we were torturing them. I can't say that I was too excited when we were finished. But I'm glad we did it. I think we have a few good pictures out of the ordeal.

Charlie received a new calling last Sunday. He is the young men's president again. Our good friend, Dan Bachmeier, took his place in the bishopric. They other

counselor was replaced also. It was about time for him since he'd been in for over eight years. Although Charlie will still be pretty busy, I'm glad he has a change and now I get to sit by him in church again.

We have new baby goats. Two of them came on Thursday night and the last one came on yesterday morning. They are all girls. We were hoping for all boys. Oh well. You get what you get. The first two are doing really well. The last one isn't doing so good. She doesn't want to seem to eat. We've spent the day today trying to force feed her. It's been so fun, not. I really hope she catches on soon otherwise we may lose her. We decided to name them girl names, beginning with the letter of the alphabet their birth order dictates. So the first one in Annie, and the last one is Candy. I haven't decided on a "B" name for the second one yet. I kind of like Barbie or Bambi or Beauty. Any suggestions? I don't have pictures of the kids yet. Every time I think about it they are sleeping. I'd like to get pictures of them standing so you can see them better so I'm waiting.

We had our annual Halloween party on Friday night. We had the most people their than we have had any other year. It was lots of fun. We were sorry that not all the sibblings could make it for one reason or another. Maybe next year.

Makayla has begun playing the viola and Merrit is playing the trumpet. They are pretty excited about it and I'm glad they are wanting to try new things. I just hope they stick with it since the instruments aren't that cheap.

Charlie interviewed for an assistant principalship at Beecher last week. He hasn't heard if they have offered the job to anyone yet, but we are pretty sure he isn't going to get it. Out of all those interviewed, he was the only one without his masters yet. Plus, his current principal was running the interviews and the next day the principal told Charlie he was disappointed in the way Charlie has answered questions and that he didn't correlate all of his leadership positions in the church with being a principal. He told Charlie he wanted to help him fix it so he would do better in his future interviews. Although Charlie wasn't happy that his principal was disappointed in him, we both feel that this was a great learning experience for him and hope that it will help him get a job more easily in the future.

And, so, it's late and I really don't want to take the time to download all the pictures right now, so I'll try to do that tomorrow. So, stay tuned...

Halloween Party

Punk rockers from the 80's

Going to a Halloween Party at Charlie and Hillary's!!

Happy Birthday Logan!

TODAY HE TURNS THE BIG 5 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!

HE GOT SO MANY FUN PRESENTS

FOR HIS DAY OUR FAMILY WENT BOWLING!!!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

We are so lucky to have Logan as a part of our family. He brings so much joy and laughter and almost always has a huge smile on his face. He loves spiderman and the power rangers. He started Kindergarten this year and has been really enjoying it. Happy birthday Logan and we love you so much!!!!!!

I'm the Cool Aunt

Chelsea and Jaxson came over on Friday for a sleepover. As most of you know my house is not an exciting place for little kids, but I was able to keep them entertained by watching a couple of movies. Here they are relaxing and enjoying the movies.


I enjoyed having Chelsea and Jaxson over and am feeling rather loved because they wanted to come over. We had pizza for dinner but they were most excited about the ice cream sandwiches for dessert and the popcorn during the second movie. I was anticipating having little bodies in bed with me, but thankfully they slept the night through on the couches in the living room. The one downside is that they get up early and I don't. 7:30 came to early for me. I loved having Chelsea and Jaxson over and look forward to the next time they spend the night.