No Worries

All is well. David's pox were gone by the next morning and Mckenna wasn't any worse. I was worried she would wake up Saturday morning covered from head to toe, but fortunately she was the same. She never got a fever, just one complaint of a sore throat and one flip out moment because her bum itched. She still has plenty pox left, but they've scabbed over and are much better. Thanks for your phone calls and nice words, but it was so minor - which I think is because all 3 kids have been vaccinated. I hate vaccinations because of all the safety debates and my kids' reactions to some, but this was one time I was grateful for them!

Sorry I've been such a slacky blogger lately but I've just been to lazy. Well, I'm not sure lazy is the right word. I just haven't wanted to. :) I'm still recovering from the jet lag and I've been in kind of a funk. Today when Emma and I went to church(Ian stayed home with the poxies') it felt like the first normal day in a while. I've just been so tired and we had laundry, yardwork, and housework to catch up on. Not to mention all the time the kids and I have spent in the pool this week(woohoo!!). I'm hoping when I get some more pictures from a friend tomorrow that I'll do a nice update for y'all. We'll see!

Health Alert

Mckenna and David have the chicken pox.

Mckenna is covered from the waist down and has a sore throat. David has 2 and possibly 2 more on his left calf. Woohoo.

Oh yeah and we had a wonderful time in Hawaii. More on that later.

3 Day - Post 2

Just in case any of you want to get a jump start on your donating(before I annoy it out of you)... I just added a link to the right side of my page for my upcoming 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk. Like I said below, once I get back from our trip...it's on like Donkey Kong.

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Idol

Winner:David Cook

Here was my favorite moment:

I was surprised with the outcome, but not majorly. I am happy Cook won, however I would have been happy either way. I really liked them both. I'm super excited to see what they produce. I think I'll probably buy both of their CDs...along with Michael Johns whenever he makes one. He's still my favorite and I'm still bitter he left so early. But I LOVED the song he and Carly sang together:

My AI party was so fun!! Not a ton of girls came but I decided I'm glad because it was so fun with the smaller group. Thanks so much girls!! (I'm still trying not to dive into all of the leftovers!) Oh and remember when my DVR cut out? Don't worry...we didn't miss much:

3 Day

Most of you know I'm planning on walking the 3 Day Breast Cancer walk this fall. Before we moved, I had registered for the San Diego 3 Day. Until today, I had still planned on attending that walk. But since the walk is almost 24 weeks away, and since I want to do the 24 week training program, I signed online to get some resources and possible training buddies. After an hour on the site I have decided to switch to the Arizona 3 Day, which is the week before the San Diego walk. There are plenty of obvious reasons why I switched so I won't go into that. My main purpose of this post is to let everyone know that I will be doing this in AZ. If anyone wants to walk with me, I would SO love to have you. It is (obviously) 3 days of walking 20 miles a day for a total of 60 miles. The walk provides you with food, tents, cots, etc so all you have to worry about is walking. I am SOOO pumped and excited for this. Since it's getting hotter, I won't be training outside until it gets cooler, but I would love to have others join me and we can work something out. This is a huge commitment and I'm selfishly going to say I'm not going to wait on anyone. I am SO out of shape so it will take me a while to get to where I need to be physically and I really want to focus myself. This is the first year since I've been married that I haven't been nursing, pregnant, or taking care of my mom and I am so stoked to finally be able to do this. I'm starting to ramble...Anyway... We are going to Hawaii next week but as soon as we return - walking is going to take over my life! :)

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P.S. Oh yeah... and I am going to begin vehemently begging for your donations so be prepared to fork out the dough. I'm totally serious. I will not stop until I receive some sort of donation from every person I know. Get ready.

Mckenna-isms

Kenna: MOM!! Emma just called me a macky out.
Me: A what?
Kenna: A macky out!
Me: What's a macky out?
Kenna: I don't know.

"Mommy can I go play outside because there's a pen - naydoe?" (tornado...in other words: it's really windy)

Idol

Best Moment from last night(it's still tonight!!): David A. "Sun Go Down"







Here's my mini-recap:



Round 1

David C. "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
I LOVED the beginning of this song. In the middle when it picked up I was really excited...and then a bit let down. I thought if the beginning was so great then the ending had to be stellar. Nope.



David A. "Sun Go Down"
This was another one of those times when I'm sitting on the edge of my seat by the end of the song because I'm so hoping the judges feel as excited about the performance as I did. Thankfully...they did. They said it was his best performance. I'm not sure I'd go that far, but I did think it was awesome.

Round 2
David C. "Dream Big"
I actually liked this song. It didn't have the "wow" factor that most big finale songs do, but I thought it could make a great radio single.

David A. "In This Moment"
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz..... At least the beginning of the song. I just thought it was kind of a blah song. I thought David sang it super duper well, but only halfway through. Once the song picked up he started singing it like he meant it, and it ended up being really great.

Round 3
David C. "The World I Know"
I really liked this song. He was totally laying it all out there. His best performance of the night IMO. I did agree with Simon though in that I was surprised that he didn't sing Billy Jean or even Always Be My Baby. I've talked with two people recently(you know who you are) who have thought that David C. appears super cocky. I thought tonight presented a perfect example of why I think the exact opposite. When Simon called him out on his song choice and asked David if he understood what Simon was saying David said something about how he had thought of this competition as a progression and "why do something I've already done?" In this he could have seemed a bit cocky, but he then followed it up with, "No, but - for the record - I completely understand what you're saying." You could tell he didn't want to act like what he thought was more important than what Simon thought(as many other contestants have done...). I'll step off my soapbox now. :)

David A. "Imagine"
I think this was a great choice for Archuleta, but I don't think it was as good as it was the first time he sang it. He still beat David Cook.

Previous to tonight I said that I couldn't pick a winner because it was so close, and it would depend on tonight's performances. So after the performances: David Archuleta wins.

Can't wait for tomorrow! And "So You Think You Can Dance" starts on Thursday!

Blahbitty Blah

Here's what's going on in my brain right now:

• I have a love/hate relationship with this weather right now. While I LOVE going swimming in my 85 degree pool, I HATE going to pick up Emma from school in 110 degree weather. I'm just guessing that's how hot it is since my thermometer says it's 107 in the shade. Ken and I had a fabulous afternoon swimming and I can't wait for Emma to come home so we can go again. And David will be awake by then so we can all go.

• Did anyone watch House last night? Yeah...I had just about the best cry I've had in a long time. Ugh what a depressing show. At least Dr. House is still alive. And apparently husbands can be trained. Instead of making fake sobbing noises like he usually does when a fictional show is sad, Ian threw some tissues in my lap. What a guy, huh? Yeah, I think I'll keep him.

• We have a really old dog. I think she's 14 years old(the other one is a year younger). She's pretty healthy other than her poor hearing and weak back legs/sense of balance. However just a few minutes ago she started doing this wierd snorting thing with her nose and kinda shaking her head and wiggling her body...all in slow-mo. If it were any other dog I would think it was funny. But honestly...I sat there wondering, "Is this it? Is she going to die right now?" And I decided I don't think I could handle that. (She's totally fine, I have no idea what her problem was)

• Hey Queen Creekers...Come to my AI night!! If I didn't call you it's because of my stupidity....not because I don't like you. So come to my house Wed(tomorrow) at 7pm to watch the American Idol finale. And bring a snack or a treat to share! You can even bring a friend. :)

For Uncle Tyler

Tyler, we tried to email this to you, but the file size is too big!

Recipe Blog(part II)

I'm ready for my recipe blog(previous post here)! I hope you guys have been taking pictures of your favorite dishes! My only hold-back right now is coming up with a name for it! The few I have thought of are already being used by others. Any suggestions??