Saturday

Saturdays around the Isaksen house are a mixture of the desire to rest/relax along with loads of "things" that need to get done. Instead of laundry this morning I decided to make that darn nursing cover for a nursing mom I met at the zoo. I am by no means a professional sewer...so I hope she doesn't mind imperfection. Drew refused to model it for the pics....sorry for the loss of full effect. The printed side is on the inside as she didn't want a loud pattern on the outside.

The boys had a blast this afternoon playing in the pool for the first time this season. Seth was sad after his bath tonight. He was asking to go back outside to swim.

Drew worked in the yard some more today...this yard is going to look just about right when we are pulling out of the drive with our Uhaul truck. I hope the next house will have a nice, level, fenced in back yard for the kids to play safely. Oregon is beautiful just about year round.

Amanda got her wisdom teeth out yesterday (ouch)! So we will miss her a few days this week. Hopefully this week will quiet down some as far as appointments go. Seth's finger is healing well.

My Pain killers are kicking in...so it's time to turn in for the night. :-)

Is Summer Here Already?

Wow!!! What a muggy day. It seems like Summer has arrived. The kids had a great time playing at West Lake Park today. They had lots of fun getting messy with popsicles and dirt. After a few hours though I could tell it was time to head home for the air conditioning. Joe was looking pretty flushed from the heat and the Seth was looking like a nap was possibly in order. They had a great time though. We do have a busy week ahead...if time keeps flying like it has been, we'll be packing up to move home before we know it! I know I will look back at our season here in Davenport with many different emotions...however, I am looking forward to living near family. This is our last Davenport summer :-). The kids are excited to start swimming and making water play part of their daily activities. I have TONS of reading assignments and 2 papers and 2 quizzes to get done this week...so I better quit blogging and start typing/reading.
Cheers!

The Ouchie and the Zoo

Last Sunday turned out to be extremely eventful! We were getting ready to do senior primary singing time when Sister Kelley brought Seth to us with a bloody hand. He had gotten his fingers slammed in the door in nursery. Thanks to Cymblata, I seemed to handle this fairly well. We ran his little fingers under cold water and made the decision to take him to the ER. While we were waiting our turn an 18 yr old guy came running in having been shot in the back. This was scary to watch as all of his friends and family waited in the waiting area...sobbing and worried. I wanted to reach out to them, but didn't know how. Seth was in a daze and shock due to his own pain and I don't think he was affected by the chaos. He broke to fingers and lacerated one of them badly. They gave him morophine which made him extra silly and cute. After a while the doc decided to stitch it up himself. Seth was great except when the gave him 5 or 6 shots around his hand. Sis. Kelley and Devoht brought him balloons, brownies, and a new teddy. He runs through the house with his batch of balloons while the other kids run behind him. Joe was amazed by the bright colors and ran while looking up and smiling. We also went to the zoo this week. The kids enjoyed the fresh air, the picnic, and the animals. I enjoyed having Amanda there to help. Despite Seth's 3 potty accidents and some delays in getting to the zoo it went well. The kids slept well that night. They loved the train ride (which I usually don't do because of the extra $$$$$ for 6 of us). I read a great book this week called "Hind's Feet in High Places". It's an allegory and a very good story about falling in love with the Savior. Seth also had fun going back and forth to the Doc's office with me this week. Monday after they bandaged up his fingers with a new dressing we went out for ice cream. He ate up the individual attention and I enjoyed time with him just as much!


It's been a while since I have posted to this blog. The week has been CRAZY!

3 done, 3 to go...

In whatever spare time I've had or when it's been to icky to play outside I have been woring on these jumper dresses for the girls. I bought $50 worth of material a few months back an dpromised myself I wouldn't let it sit in the closet too long. This pattern has gotten easy enough though that I can do one dress in about 3 or 4 hours with the interupptions of the children. I sort of feel guilty about letting them play on their own on sewing days, but I know it is a skill they should learn at the same time.

Wednesday

This week is flying on by! Hard to belive it is Wed. night already! The older kids got to go the Figge museum today while the younger boys set out to the metro lab with me and out to lunch with dad. It was fun and I think they all enjoy splitting up and doing various things. The pics are from this afternoon. They were enjoying their first otter pops of the season.

Finger Painting Fun

Joe and Seth had a late afternoon nap on Saturday, so they stayed up after the other kids went off to bed. I thought I would take advantage of the opportunity to have some bonding time with Seth and Joe. We got the messy finger paints out and had a blast. Joe's first inclination was to put his painted fingers in his mouth...good thing it's non-toxic!




Today was a busy one. I am really enjoying working in the Primary with music. I think I'm finally over being slightly nervous over singing or leading singing. I was able to do singing with the nursery children today as well. They are all so precious with their big, twinkling eyes, and chubby lil cheeks. I just wanted to squeeze each little one. They loved the Mr. Frog puppet.

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You Are Beautiful

One of my favorites....such an uplifting song to carry through a tough day like the one I had today! It's actually been a crazy week. We have had numerous doctor appointments of many varieties this week. I don't normally schedule things that way, but it is just the way it worked out. We have one more tmrw afternoon. I love the song that I posted here. I'm trying to learn the basic chords on the acoustic guitar so I can learn it. It's simple, but beautiful I think.