So besides that earthquake that came on Tuesday this week and preparing for the hurricane that's going to hit on Sunday, here's what else we've been doing...

Got new couches!

No not good photography, just crappy picture taking skills but it turned out cool!

Boys playing together. I love these days!


Reading

and more reading... that's all we do here.

and sweet (sometimes silly) faces

august, really?

Okay, let's play catch up. Rewinding back to the night Oscar got home from the hospital (Monday)... So Tuesday we left for Kansas City, MO to pick up our van we had shipped out. That's right we bought a van! Wednesday, packing day. Thursday, picked up moving truck. Loaded it little by little each day till Saturday when we finished loading it. Picked up my mom from airport in K-ville. Sunday we headed out for Pennsylvania. Goodbye Kirksville! The trip wasn't too bad, LONG, but not bad. We did a 12 day and what should have been a 7 hour day that turned into a 9 hour day because of a toll road was closed. Really? We ended up having to make a u-turn and I thought it was tight in my van but Christian had to do it with the 24 ft truck while pulling our car on a trailer bed. I'm glad I was driving the van :) I made it to our house about a minute (literally) before the office closed thankfully or we would not have gotten our keys to the house. Few! Christian showed up about an hour later and we began unloading. My Dad and Sister showed at the end of the week and stayed for a week while we toured around a little. Then I flew back with my family for my grandma's funeral. We flew out on Sunday and the funeral was Monday so I thought I'd stay a little longer. I came back the following Monday and I'm in Vegas at 3:30 in the morning getting ready to be dropped off at the airport when I get a call from Christian (6:30 his time) telling me he was just in an accident. The one day he took our van to work because he was coming to pick us up at BWI after. He's fine but the van's going to need some work. Thankfully he was still able to drive it so he was able to come get me. It was great to be home! In our new home! We've been trying to settle in and get back to regular life. The van's fixed and good as new. And I'm glad we have a swimming pool in our complex because it's been deathly hot these pass two weeks but has now cooled off a little. We love it here in Pennsylvania so far and can't wait for the new things life will throw at us!

Life in the Hospital

As I was getting ready to take my boards, our family was hit by roughly seven plagues that I believe were originally intended for wicked Egyptians. When we got home from St. George, we found our land infested with cicadas/locusts. Then we each got hit by one to three diseases each (with the exception of Felix. Suspicious? I say yes). Looking back, I realize that its probably my fault. Kenna brought it up repeatedly that we should sacrifice a lamb and paint its blood around our door so the destroying angel would pass us by. I didn't listen to her. My bad.

So last Friday, I traveled to Jefferson City to take my boards for medical school. While I was half way through my 8 hour test, I called home to check up on Oscar. Turns out that he wasn't doing well and had to be hospitalized. He had originally had an ear infection but it had somehow transformed into a tonsil infection and a really high fever. After my test I traveled home and stayed with him that first night. In order to keep this blog post short so I can play some video games before Oscar wakes up, I'll summarize: really high fever, Oscar throwing up, nurse that doesn't know how to work the thermometer, more throwing up, Oscar not being able to sleep because of his swollen tonsils, more throwing up, vomit everywhere, more throwing up, me wanting to jump out the window from being so tired, more throwing up, his IV falling out and having to get another one at 3:30 AM, more fevers, massive frustration with the nurse, and more throwing up. I was expecting to have a wild post boards party but this was a little more than I had signed up for.

Today is day 4 at the hospital and Oscar is doing great! His fever is gone and he is back to being funny. If all goes well, we'll be out of here at five o'clock today! Happy times! Now if you'll excuse me, these video games aren't going to play themselves...


Some Pictures:

Felix is in the prison crib that they provided for him. He got some time off for good behavior.


Sick Oscar


Feeling a little better