Fragile

*Warning! Don't look below at the pictures if you are squeamish!*

Last night was a little scary. Brayden was at Scouts and I got a call. His Scout Leader said that there had been an accident and that Brayden had been burned. Bad enough that he probably needed to go to the Hospital. That is scary to me. I do think I stayed calm if I say so myself. I went to the church to get him and I could tell he was in pain. Brayden was all pale and ouchy. There had been an accident with the lightweight camp stoves they were making and the "fuel" started on fire and made the rubbing alcohol in it spray out onto Brayden's pants and they started on fire. Wow. He ran around a little and they finally got him to the ground and onto the grass and the fire went out. It really burned his leg. 2nd degree burns and all. He was a trooper but we definately needed to get him some care. On the way to the doctor Brayden couldn't understand why it had to happen. He said, "We even prayed that we wouldn't get hurt!" I had to explain that Heavenly Father doesn't always take away accidents and that it could have been so much worse. I took him to Urgent Care and they soaked his leg in ice water and cleared away a bunch of the skin, put some cream on it and bandaged it up. Poor guy was in such pain and I felt so bad for him. We got him home and he actually slept pretty well and woke up without pain anymore. (Prayers help!) Like I said, It could have been SO MUCH WORSE. His arm hair, eyelashes, and hair were burnt off, but no burns on his skin. We are grateful that the burns weren't worse and he is feeling great today. It will take awhile for the skin to heal, but it WILL heal and he be good as new. (Maybe just a little scared of fires for awhile though!) I do feel like he was watched over and protected as much as he could. Just another reminder how fast things can change and how fragile life is.

Brave Brayden

Nasty burn!

Gross stuff coming out of the gauze.

Makes My Heart Happy

This is what I like to find after I wake up in the morning. So sweet. Kennedi is really a wonderful big sister to a little happy, cute, pesky 3 year old. I found them just like this, reading books together.

I am so glad they have each other. I know I love my 3 sisters and life wouldn't be the same without them. Everyone needs a sister.

(Someday I will get caught up on all the other posts I have rattling around in my brain)

YeeHaw!

I just saw gas under 3 bucks! $2.99 baby! Who knew I would ever be excited at THAT price? But I am!

Nervous

To tell you the truth, I am a little nervous. Usually the stock market doesn't stress me out, but whoa, it has REALLY dropped. I don't like feeling scared and unprepared. When are things going to get better? What can I do to better prepare myself and my family? Do we pull our kids out of all the extra activities, do we stop eating out, do we quit buying anything "extra"? We are very blessed, but our savings and preparedness could use some extra loving. Do we just keep living the way we are living? I don't know. It all seems just a little bit scary to me.

Enough!

Okay, I will admit I am not the best person to ask any questions about politics. It just seems like so much work and wasted emotion. So just a quick note about politics.-

Stop! I am done with all the lame commercials and debates. Can't it just be over with so we can move on already?

I am done now.

Ellie at Home

Ellie does a lot of different things at home besides watching Dora and Little Einsteins. Here are a few things she does while the kids are away and it is just the two of us.

EAT, snack, eat some more and snack again...

Get out the ol' Playdoh and act out some fun with Belle and Beast.

Or just put the Playdoh on her face.

Give her baby a bath.

Go on a walk with Mom (we have great trails here!)

Color a masterpiece.

Swing her little heart out.
(She learned to pump when she was 2, glorious!)

Get her little nails painted.

Play with the lovely Polly Pockets.
And the best of all. NAP!

How Easy One Forgets

Last Friday night I got to watch baby Aubrey (she is getting so big now!). The weird thing was I didn't know what to do with her. Hello! I have had 4 kids in her same stage before. Why can't I remember? It is so funny that you can do something so many times but when you don't do it anymore you just forget. The kids were cute with Aubrey and the best thing was she slept like a champ! Go Aubrey! It was just fine having her, but it reminded me how much more you have to think about babies and their schedules. And it was a good little reminder of how nice it is that I am done, done, done.

Ellie, our last one!