My Spleen!

Merril wrecked his dirt bike going up a hill. He says he doesn't really know what happened but that his side hurts. Maybe a handle bar kicked him in the gut? He got an ultrasound and the doc said he bruised his spleen. Spleen? Sounds made up. lol. We had to look up what is the function of a spleen? It fights invading germs in the blood (the spleen contains infection-fighting white blood cells) it controls the level of blood cells (white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets) it filters the blood and removes any old or damaged red blood cells.

So there you have it. The doc said it should heal on its own but if he starts peeing or vomiting blood, to come back in. 😲 Stellar advice. Hopefully he can take it easy for a bit. That's not really his style but here's hoping! 🤞 I'm glad he's not more hurt.

Kids Are Funny

Kids are silly. I don't really have anything else to say. Whether at home or out and about, they're cracking me up.

Most of the time. 💞

 

A New Record!

This is not a great record to be setting. A new throwing up record! 18 times from 12:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m! He was running to the toilet every 10 minutes for two hours. I think he ate something funny and his body was like, "NOPE!" 

After being up all night, we slept a little in the morning. By afternoon he was holding down food and water and laughing. 😝😅 I'm not gonna lie, that was rough.

 

Eating MREs

Merril received a bunch of MREs from Steve Christian (fire marshal Steve) and we decided to try them out for fun. They cooked themselves in the bag.

Time to taste!

They were...okay. I could eat them if I was starving but they gave me the tummy rumblies. 

There was some hesitation from the kids about the meals and they thought they were going to be so gross! But the general consensus was that they could do it. Maybe they wouldn't choose to but they could. Good job trying something new kids!

Mikayla in Lego League!

I chopped my hair! I wanted to get enough for a donation and so it's a little short for a ponytail. But Juliet curled it all cute and it's fun! I like to shake it up every now and then!

Mikayla has been attending lego league after school a few days a week. They build Lego robots and now it's time for competition at Dixie State! Hailey Martin and Rebekah Vick were there from Maxine's robotics team as helpers.

I'm kind of glad it's over because now I don't have to drive to pick her up.😂

 

A Little Tidbit From Maxine...er...Sister Campbell

Maxine's really good about sending awesome emails every week. Wade Beatty likened them to conference talk level! I've started her own blog just so I have a place where they are all together and I can print them into a book later. http://sistercampbellmission.blogspot.com

It was hard for her this week because everyone has Covid right now and basically a bunch of people cancelled because they were sick. Boo.

Elder Wyness' face just always cracks me up. Sister Maughan is her trainer. I don't know if I said that before. Probably? But I'm going backwards today and I can't remember what I've talked about before. Maxine is still hanging in there. Part of me wonders if she'll come home early, because of anxiety. But she seems to be doing okay. 

 

Warm Day, a King Cake, and COVID

It was a beautiful day! No wind and highs in the 50s. Mark and Mikayla decided is was warm enough for swim suits. Now I don't agree but I admire their enthusiasm. They got the trampoline wet and played with water balloons. Awesome!

It was also the day for Epiphany! I've stuffed so many babies in the King Cake that everyone finds one. Juliet is the only one I took a picture of. 

I make the king cake a little different this year. I used crescent dough and filled it with sweetened cream cheese and strawberry jam. It was good!

And Merril tested positive for COVID this morning. He developed a fever and chills in the middle of the night. We isolated him to the spare bedroom and I brought him a pitcher of water, so he could stay hydrated. Hopefully, no one else catches it. I've had a sore throat for 2 days but I tested negative this morning. I'm hoping that my vaccine helps a little. The kids will have to stay home for 5 days and then go to school with a mask if they feel fine. Juliet is vaccinated so she can attend school like normal.

Update: Merril had a fever, chills and aches for 36 hours. After that he felt pretty okay. He got tested again on Saturday and tested negative. He feels a tiny bit weak but other than that, no other symptoms. I'm glad he had an easy go of it! Covid is so weird, I'm glad he was one of the lucky ones!

Sty

Mikayla developed a sty in her eye. We soaked it and it's getting better. It made her eye a little puffy but not too bad. It really doesn't look like that much in the picture. lol

My Favs 💕

I love finding random gems on people's phones. I think Julie took this. It's real and it's genuine. I love my kids and I love hanging out with them. 💕