Outside Fun

Big slippers

Holdyn the swimmer

This is mainly for Ben, but everyone else can enjoy too. Holdyn was so funny at Brad's pool. It didn't matter if she was the only one in the pool, she still made every minute count. She did this 'put goggles on- jump in pool- take goggles off-swim to side- and walk/jog back up to the top step- put the goggles back on to jump in' about a hundred times. Cute little stinker! We've got to get her swimming more so she can learn to do it without the life jacket.

UPDATE: Kimber did much better today, I ended up going into work leaving 4 phone numbers for my mother in law to call if she needed me. Kimber slept great last night without much wheezing/gagging/coughing and is down again for tonight. She is having less and less of her coughing spells where she stops breathing, THANKFULLY!

Holdyn is doing much better too, she is the one getting jipped.....It is hard to give both girls the attention they need by myself, luckily we just have 8 more days till daddy comes home! Holdyn was playing and came running up to me in tears the other day and said, "Mommy, do you remember my daddy that died, I sure miss him!" I tried to reassure her that daddy was just in Texas and we could talk to him on the computer. She told me she didn't like daddy in the computer she wanted him in our house! How sad is that! Poor little girls! They are just wondering what is going on in their hectic little lives. Seven weeks is way to long to be without a daddy AND husband!

Calling it a "Sick Day"

We've had a rough weekend. Poor Holdyn has had a bad cough for a couple of weeks and on Friday it hit Kimber. We immediately contacted the Phoenix Children's pulm and she got us on an antibiotic right away. Well, Friday night was awful, she'd wake up with a jolt every half hour trying to cough and gasping for breath. Scared me to death! She had a fever and being the super prepared mom I am, I brought all of her bazillion medications but didn't have any tylenol... so at 2 am off to the 24 hour Wal Mart I went. Her fever went down and she finally was able to sleep a couple of hours after 3:30am. Saturday came and went, she was running around so I thought she was on over the worst. Well, next night, she slept better but still had very raspy breathing and a horrible sounding/barking cough. We packed up and started the drive home (to Fredonia, AZ) and I had to stop three times to calm her down, she kept coughing and losing her breath and gagging.....again, scared me to death!

We spent a few hours in the Kanab ER last night with them monitoring her and they took a chest X ray. The good news is it wasn't in her lungs, the bad news is there isn't much else we can do for her but wait it out and keep doing her regular treatments. If she does get worse, they recommend we go to a CF center, AKA Phoenix....aarg! We are praying she gets feeling better soon!! We will definitely be living closer to a CF center when we decide on a place to call "HOME." Why is it that life never turns out the way you plan. I'm almost ready to stop making plans and focus more on holding on tight during the ride.... especially when it gets super bumpy.

Kimber's Appt. in Phoenix

We made our monthly quick trip to Phoenix for Kimber's Cystic Fibrosis Appt. This one went really well. Grandma and Grumpa Baker were gracious enough to take us down and back.

We had some time to kill so we went to one of our favorite places, Bass Pro-shop.

It is always nice to have someone help with Kimber's treatments....She loves Grandma Baker and Grandma is always great to sit with her and keep her entertained during the time on the vest.

This poor gal is plumb tuckered out! You can't tell but her vest is still going, shaking and squeezing her to keep the mucus moving and her lungs clear. Cute little stinker.

On a side note, Holdyn has had a bad cough the last two weeks and we are doing our best to get her over it and keep Kimber from getting it. Yesterday morning, Kimber woke up with it and has been up and down since. Luckily, the on-call Pulmanologist from Phx Children's is super helpful! I HATE having sick kids, especially one that can be hospitalized at a moments notice...this CF curse stinks! She's on another med/antibiotic so hopefully she gets back to herself soon!! It scares me to listen to her struggle to breathe, especially at night!

Some kick back fun in the sun

We are trying to keep busy counting the weeks down while Ben is gone. This last weekend we spent a lot of time relaxing at Grandma and Grumpa Baker's house. Alli was a super star helping Kimber with her vest treatments. When there are lots of kids running around it is hard to capture Kimber and sit her down for her 30 minute treatments. Luckily, Alli was there to play with her so she didn't feel like she was missing out on all the fun.

It was a beautiful Saturday and we spent most of the day outside enjoying it!

Of course, it wouldn't have been complete without bubbles!

You can see, I am totally relaxed with my feet up, taking the pictures.

Kimber also spends lots of time in her 'dress up's' This is one of my favorites because she puts the zipper in the front so she can get it on and off. LOVE this girl :)

First swim of the season!

We happened to be in St. George the weekend Brad and Katrine' finished and heated their swimming pool. We can't wait to go back when it is a bit warmer ;)

Holdyn was quite the little fish, she was jumping in off the highest step and swimming like crazy! She did NOT want to leave when the time came.

Here is Adri eating some of the delish pizza!

We made smores in the fire as the night went on. YUM!

The sports fans sat in the hot tub and watched the basketball game.

Here are some of the kids getting warm.

Cute Katelyn and her friend Ellie

Kimber LOVES grandma and Logan.

Getting warm by the other fireplace.

Holdyn and Courtney were quite the lap buddies. They stayed right with each other swimming around the pool.

Annie took care of Kimber :) Thanks ANNIE!

Super fun and can't wait to swim again!

Whitni Nisson Reese's Benefit Concert @ PVHS

We had another great experience with Whitni! Jessie Funk came to St. George and was the celebrity at the Benefit Concert. She was AWESOME! She was so fun and just an all around great performer! Here are some of the pictures and memories from the evening.

Here is Whitni and Jared (With Andee's beautiful face peeking in between them).

I just love these guys!

Here we are with Jessie (Whitni, Kandice, Jill, Jessie, Andee, Kate)

As soon as Jessie came out on stage Andee and I said to eachother, "She needs to be our friend." So After the concert, I had a CD for her to sign, and I got to meet her and she says to me, "Jill, I think we were meant to be friends." HA, it was great! We had a lot of audience participation with the raffle, etc, and I got to go up with her. She was really so much fun!

After the concert (these picts are out of order) we went to eat with the gang at Red Robin...YUM! You'll notice that Andee and I were together....she was my date since Lars had to work and Ben is in Houston for 4 more weeks.

Emmie's babysitter had to go home so She got to come along to enjoy the Red Robin Fun, check out that perfect ice cream, sprinkles and all!

Here we are at PVHS, Kandice, Whitni, Andee, Kate, and me.

Me and my date Andee.

Dave and Kandice won all sorts of great things from the Raffle...LUCKIES!

Kate and Erick showed up fashionably late coming straight to the concert from SLC. Good thing they had a seat saved by yours truly on the front row in the center.

It is sad that it takes something like Whitni's cancer to get us all together on a regular basis.

We are still praying for a miracle for Whitni, she and Jared are amazing!