Thanksgiving, Doctors, and getting ready for Christmas

I have given up on having a beautiful elegant tree. Ours is complete with homemade ornaments and a few bulbs that match.
Molly helping decorate the tree, by not bothering us.

Ellie unwrapping all the fragile pieces to our Christmas Village.

Carson helping with the Village

We have learned to keep away from dad when he is putting something together. He did a fabulous job on the tree.

I have been forgetting my camera for major events lately. I need to keep a disposable in the van or something.

We spent Thanksgiving this year up at the Ackerson Cabin. It was a small turnout compared to years past, but we had a good time. Carson thought there would be a lot of snow up there so he wore his snow boots, Ellie wore a dress, tights and church shoes. After all the yummy dinner the kids took off to go down the sledding hill which was a mixture of mud and snow. Even Ellie had to go up and down. She and Emma were really cute together. They play really well with one another. Carson and Bentley were pretty good too. They both hopped on a long sled and would take turns "driving" it down the hill. They only crashed about every other time, but they would both jump up laughing, so that is always good.

Friday was a good day. We did some chores around the house and then around 10:00 a.m. Ellie and I decided to see if there were any good deals still available. We went to Roberts and bought some cricut cartridges and then headed over to Walmart and got a few things. After that we took the kids to see Planet 51 at the theaters. We came home and had some good bonding time together. Saturday was spent mostly at my parents watching the BYU vs. Utah game. My parents were in Michigan visiting Tara and her family, but we still went over to use their cable. Thank goodness BYU won or we would have had one grumpy daddy. I could really care less who wins, I learn towards Utah because I use to work there, but I really don't cheer one way or another until after the game...then I of course cheer for the victor.

I took Carson into the Allergist yesterday. It was the saddest think I have ever seen. He is terrified of needles and hates to have the doctor look in his throat and use that popsicle stick to hold down his tongue. He has a horrible gag reflex. So, when they made him take off his shirt and lay on his belly I knew if was going to be a bad thing. They pricked him with 40 different things that each had a different substance to make him react to see if he was allergic to it. Then, he had to lay there for 15 mins. and not scratch them. You would have thought he was about to die. He was squirming every which way and the noise he was making was pretty interesting too. After a very long 15 mins. the doctor came back in and took a look. It looked like he had been stung by about 20 different bees. Some of the spots were huge and others not too bad, but still very noticeable. Come to find out he is allergic to a few different weeds and trees and GRASS! How is the possible? There is grass everywhere!

I found out that I am still not getting enough oxygen when I am sleeping, even with the cpap machine, so the Home care people are going to be coming back in to up the pressure. I am still really fatigue during the day and my body always feels like I have just ran a marathon. I wake up and I am stiff and I go to bed stiff. It is so frustrating.