Not Again!

So, it happened again last night. Just when we thought we were in the clear. Shawn awoke throwing up around 11pm. And he threw up a lot. And it smelled awful. He threw up about 3 more times during the night and had diarriah. It took a long time to clean it all up. I was exhausted. And Cody woke up about 5 times last night too during all this. And then around 6am, Kyle threw up! And he also had diarriah. What is up????? Luckily, after some recovery time on the couch this morning, they are both better. There has been no throwing up since. They are running around and behaving like the crazy hyper boys they are. So we have no idea what they had or have. It's real frustrating. It has been 2 solid months that our family has been sick.

I feel I am just on the edge. I feel like there is no relief, ever. I am constantly running around the house cleaning up after Nick or cleaning up vomit. I'm just out of steam. I'm trying to get my house organized too. Have you ever noticed how a messy house just weighs on you and runs you down? I'm trying to atleast try to get control of that part of my life. If everything has a place, then that would clear my mind up, I think. I just need to find time and the patience and the energy to actually do it. With 4 kids, I am literally running around the house taking care of them. I'm changing diapers, throwing the diapers in the outside garage, giving baths, making lunch, making dinner, paying bills, taking kids to school, going up and down the stairs, folding laundry, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning counters, feeding a bottle, feeding cereal, vacuuming, giving discipline, grocery shopping, taking kids to the doctors, helping Ty at work, getting kids dressed, etc, etc, etc. I'm getting all panicky just typing all those responsibilties I have.

I'm sorry for always writing about this kind of stuff. This is a hard time in my life. Maybe some day in the future I will become a stronger person from all this. I don't know. I just hope there is a reason Heavenly Father is laying all this on me. It really is a challenging time. I sometimes feel I am all alone. It's hard to ask for help.

I'm going to go eat some chocolate now. And maybe some ice cream after that. And watch the Jazz game. And stare at Matt Harpring.

Boxing Day

My mom is from England and in England the day after Christmas is Boxing Day. Don't ask me what it is or how it got started because I'm not sure. (I think it's when the Royal family gave all the boxes from their Christmas to the poor to live in and even eat??!!) Anyway when my Granny Shipp moved over here in 1993 we started doing this tradition. We get the whole family together and eat and talk and play the parcel game. The parcel game is fun! My Granny gets a really useless and small prize and wraps it in several layers of different wrapping paper. Every now and then she ties a ribbon around the parcel. What you do is take turns shaking the dice and if you roll a 6 or doubles it's your turn. You have to put on an apron and usually a hat and try to tear the parcel open using only forks. You do that until someone else rolls a 6 or doubles. And if you get a ribbon then you get a prize but you're out of the game. It gets loud and very competitive.Shawn is sad because he hasn't had a turn yet.
Go Kyle!

Yeah, Shawn got up!

I was almost to the tiny prize and then Ty rolled and he took over but I fought him over it. It turned out to be a silver dollar and a quarter. So we split it. You can tell how hard I fought by my hair all disheveled.

Another tradition that happens on Boxing Day is how my Granny rambles on about how she's going to die soon. It seriously happens every year. We joke around about it. She's a good sport.

Good News!

Yay! Kyle hasn't thrown up since yesturday evening! And he's feeling great and back to normal! Yay! And none of the other kids show any sign of throwing up. Yay! And I actually got a good nights sleep. Yay! Thank you for all who commented. It has really helped me get through this tough time!

Our Luck

I am in tears writing this. Kyle is throwing up and has diarreah. What is up with our family? As soon as everyone is FINALLY over what ever it is we have had for a month, someone gets another sickness. I just don't want to deal with it. Throw up is the worst. It keeps you up all night and you have to change the sheets and disinfect and do laundry all at 2am. And then you do it again a half hour later. And to think it's going to go through three more boys and possibly myself. Ty is telling me we'll get through it. Of course we will, we have to. It's just really hard and I'm already exhausted and stressed out over this. I'm so stressed with worry of what's to come that I'm shaking. We'll keep you posted.

Hot Rides!

We saw these trucks at our Condo parking lot in Florida. We just HAD to take pictures!! Ha! Ha!

Rollin' on 24's.

Fun Questions about Me

1. What time do you wake up in the morning? 6am-ish when Cody wakes
2. On a good night, what time are your kids in bed?Nick and Cody at 6pm and Shawn and Kyle at 7 :15-ish.
How long have you been a Mommy? almost 7 looooooooong years. I'm sooooo old!!!
4. How old were you when you became a Mom? just turnd 21
5. What is your favorite chore? uhhhhhhhhhhh.......uhhhhhhhhh I like putting dirty clothes in the washer but that's it.
6. What is your favorite meal to cook? I really can't cook. I like spagetti because it's easy and hard to screw up!
7. What meal do you cook most often? Spaghetti
8. What are your kids favorite meals? nothing that I cook. They look at it and say "ewww that's so gross and disgusting." That is great for my self esteem!
9. What are 5 things about being a Mom that make you smile? When they take a nap; when they sleep at night; when Kyle tells me I'm a good mom; when they bring me tissues when I need them; Nick
10. If you could take your kids anywhere, where would it be? To Disneyland, SeaWorld, and the beach.
11. When was the last time you went out without your kids? It's been a couple months.
12. What was your most heartbreaking moment as a Mom? When Cody had croup, he just would do this cute little pathetic whine.
13. When was the last time you told your kids 'I love you'? About an hour ago.
14. When was the last time you were told 'I love you'? About 5 mins ago from Ty who called to say he's staying late at work for the 5th time in a row.

Christmas

Christmas MorningNick with his Stocking

Cody could fit in his!

Their BIG present.. a Wii. Look at all their faces. Shawn is smiling, Kyle's mouth is open, and even Nick is clapping!

We got a Wii about a year ago, played ot for a couple days, then we sold it. Ever since, the boys always ask , "Why did you sell the Wii?" So we're keeping this one!

Every time Nick opened a present he would go "Oooooooooohhhhhh!"

I got Ty a Matt Harpring jersey. Matt is our favorite Jazz player. He's so dreamy, Ty agrees with me on that!!!

Shawn opening a Wii game. They got a lot of Wii stuff.

Sorry, this is a double.

Nick opening a xylophone.

Christmas Dinner at the Luker's. This is Shawn with a cracker. It's an English tradition we've done forever. You crack it open and inside is a paper crown, a really dumb/cheap toy, and a British joke that is so lame! It's fun to read them though and have a good laugh! That's my Grandpa Luker in the back. He's 93 or 94 years old, somewhere around there.

Nick eating.

Kyle in his crown eating his corn and roll.

The main dining table. The rest of the family cramed into the living room. My parents house is just too small to hold us all!

We got a beautiful Thomas Kincade picture form my parents.

We had Jess's name for Xmas present. I got her a bag, earrings, and a rad BOP magazine. She totally loved it!As you can tell from this picture! That's Jess and Steve's girlfriend, Ashlee.

So it was a great Christmas!!!