Jons on the mend!

whoo hoo jons on the mend..things are a little bit back to normal again -well normal for us anyway!! He stopped the fever thing and all is well again..
We have been put incharge of the youth roadshow, we presented the script to the youth on wednesday night -there were 30 of them and they LOVED IT!!!! jon said that was the best part-that they actually liked it!! He has been SO BUSY with that-keeping it organized...we start "real" rehearsals each wednesday for 4 weeks, then a couple dress rehearsals then the REAL SHOW! YIKES!
Today is Sarah's 8th bday-im BUSY making 35 cupcakes--we'll be going to our family FAVORITE place called Jose's (for 30 bucks we feed the WHOLE family & our kids think its a "real" restaraunt" and not fast food!)then back home for the rest of the cupcakes and gifts...tomorrow she'll have a small little bday party and we'll call it a birthday success!
She will be baptized Nov. 3rd--which is the SAME day as one of our dress rehearsals..can we say STRESSED and busy mommy i am!!

doing better...

well girls are healed YA FOR MOM -its back to school for them! they only missed monday...
jon seems to keep getting the fever at NIGHT?? we think his body cant "cool off" so it builds up heat thru the day and by 7pm he's DYING and wants everything off!! so today he is in bed since we will be at mutual for roadshow stuff, and he's got cooler clothes on-ive got the AC right at 77 (if its more then that he has a SERIOUS radar and will come a calling! its quite funny!!)

still VERY rough...

its still rough over here for jon...he stayed in his bed all day sunday to rest up--having a UTI is like having the flu...his fever had broken thru the night, but was back again by sunday night..
today the nurse helped him with his morning care..then he stayed in bed till about 1230pm..i took him out and he's been working on the roadshow for our ward on the computer..he's eating some chicken noodle soup now and will get back into bed here shortly...
tomorrow he wont be going to project walk..

on a side note my 2 older girls got sick too..one has a fever, the other a cold..both stayed home from school..they REALLY wanted to go though because they were competing for the 100% attendance award at school..they wanted me to take them in the morning then after roll was taken, pick them back up..but this AM neither of them even wanted to do that plan..so they must really be miserable..makes for a quiet house here though!

quick update..Jon has his fever STILL tonite..its low grade at 100.7 but still! I told him tomorrow if he still has it im taking him in..he's never had a fever that wouldnt go away..especially after being on medication...i'll update tomorrow morning..he did manage to stay up in his chair from 1230-8pm! he got to working REALLY hard on the roadshow and was on a roll..but he's in bed shivering because he's hot yet cold at the same time..

Prayers for Jon..

We took jon into the Urgent Care today..he has a really bad UTI..he's starting the antibiotics so hopefully in time all will be better...he has a fever of 101.2 and his muscle spasms are very difficult...we wont be going to church tomorrow and letting him rest--getting out of the truck when we got home..he teared up and said "this is so hard"---its REALLY rough right now for him...

i'll keep everyone updated on his progress...THANKS for the extra prayers!

Cold weather...

is hard for jon--now that its cold..he's gone from BURNING..to almost STINGING..when its cold, his body reacts to it..he says he feels like he's smothered in snow and its a stinging burning pain...
i cannot imagine being in such CONSTANT pain all day every day for the rest of your life..he takes medication for it--but like he says..he doesnt want to take heavy narcotics to be at a 0 level all the time, but he FOR SURE doesnt want to be at a level 10 where he cant even function or get out of bed..so he's compromising by trying to stay at a level 4 or 5--
he was asked to be IN CHARGE of the ward roadshow-can we say STRESSFULL!!!!!! he was given 5 days to come up with a 15 minute script..due tomorrow..together we've worked something out-so hopefully its approved and we can get busy with the youth--i will have to find someone to help me care for the girls on wed nights while jon and i are at the church for the next 6 weeks--i'll have to get working on that--
everything else seems to be going well--kids are still doing great in school, jon continues to work hard at PW, we've just been SOOOOOO blessed to have wonderful family--both sets of parents have bent over backwards to help us right now and we will forever be indebted to them...sometimes we sit back and think what just happened?!?! how blessed and grateful we are to have such tremendous support from our parents, siblings, friends and church members--continued thanks for everything everyone does to help our family---it never goes unnoticed!

Life in progress

Life seems to be progressing for us all over here-we're on our routine now and following it pretty closely. We are enjoying the quieter days and Im enjoying the cleaner house!
Jon is doing well-he's working hard everyday on his project and he hopes to have something completed by the end of the month-
Sarah will be having her 8th bday the end of the month-we look forward to her baptism nov. 3rd.

That's about all thats happening over here-but like they say never a dull moment!

Rolling on...

So our family is still rolling on..im THOROUGHLY enjoying my garages...especially because i can park my truck back into the garage--my poor truck has missed its parking space in the garage! jon jokes that garages are suppose to just be attached storage units-i say garages are to hold your cars! obviously i won that little battle..heheh

I think Jon has another UTI--I need to get him tested and then get him some antibiotics, UTI's-they are just CONSTANT!

The girls have started school this past week-Rachel's in 5th grade, Sarah's in 3rd grade and Anna is in Kindergarten. Becca will be going to "potty training school" at my friends house this week-looking FORWARD to that! Poor becca cries EVERYTIME ALL of her older sisters walk out the door to walk to school..she feels SO left behind..which is why I keep talking up the potty training school..poor girl..little does she know right!

During the day its sooooooooooooooo nice and quiet, becca and i hit the gym every morning, jon is able to work SO MUCH more with less distractions too.

Here is our family schedule & chore list-i LOVE schedules! our family functions SO well on a schedule!
HALES FAMILY SCHEDULE:
730-8am wake/dress/scriptures/prayer/send kids to school
8-9am pick up house/start laundry/chores/personal scripture/prayers
9-1015 gym
1030-1220 make calls for work
1230 pick up anna
1230-1pm lunch for family
1-230 make calls for work
230-3pm email/blog
3pm homework w/ girls
330-5pm cath jon/pick up house/laundry/girls do chores
5-6pm make dinner
6pm eat/family clean up kitchen/downstairs
(Rachel clothes in basket/Sarah toys in basket/Anna&Becca trash)
700 showers/pick up bedroom/fhe
800 family prayer/BEDTIME for small girls (color/read for 30 minutes)
830 BEDTIME for big girls (color/read for 30 minutes in OWN ROOMS)
830 Jon in bed/scriptures
9pm LIGHTS OUT


CHORE LIST:

Monday: Bathrooms (Rachel upstairs/Sarah downstairs)
-wipe sinks, counter, mirror, toilet
Tuesday: Stairs (Rachel wipe/Sarah wipe)
Wednesday: Dust (Rachel piano, dinning room table, lamp table/Sarah computer
desk, office desk, living room table)
Thursday: Doors (Rachel outside back door/Sarah inside back door w/soap&water)
Friday: Trash (Rachel upstairs/Sarah downstairs) TAKE OUTSIDE


FAMILY HOME EVENING LESSON SCHEDULE:
1st Monday: Dad
2nd Monday: Mom
3rd Monday: Rachel
4th Monday: Sarah
5th Monday: PLAY DAY!

Well thats about it--Hope everyone enjoys their Labor Day Weekend!