Belated Halloween Pics

Emma went back to school Friday the 29th after having hand, foot, mouth disease and an ear infection, and Olivia ran a fever on Friday and again on Sunday night, but luckily, Saturday everyone was healthy and we had an enjoyable Halloween together. We all went to the ward trunk or treat and carnival and then Joseph took the kids trick or treating door to door. 3 kids times both activities gave us way more candy than we could want. Taylor was a grave digger, Emma was Miss America, Madi was a fairy ballerina, and Olivia was a cute cheetah! Joseph and I had fun with the photo shoot option at the carnival!!

Fall Sports

Emma chose to do sports and singing this year, instead of dance. Nothing against dance, but Joseph and I were happy about this decision. She really enjoyed being on the team. Of course she is more concerned with who is watching and how she looks than the actual plays of the game, however, she had fun and I think will play basketball this winter!


Taylor really loved playing football this year. Joseph helped coach which was another fun thing for Tay. It was all quite new being the first year that he played, but he had a great time.

She's Home!

Thank you all for your comments and concern. We brought Olivia home Saturday night. The doctor wanted to keep her until Sunday or Monday, but her vein collapsed during her Vaco dose around noon on Saturday and they didn't want to have to start another IV if they didn't have to so they decided to let us bring her home and see what happened. After putting a warm compress on the sore and a nap, she awoke and we found puss oozing out, finally!! This is a very good thing. As she kept pulling her legs up playing, more puss kept coming out. Probably a teaspoonful was released and ever since she has been improving. Yesterday the doctor said it looks much better. She was so glad to come home and be able to roll around again! We are so grateful for this answer to prayers and glad she is okay and home!

Pictures of Olivia's Stay

I will have to back track for Halloween, fall sports, and Madi's birthday, but this is our focus this week. First an update: Yesterday morning didn't show any improvement with Olivia's abscess so here it is Friday and we are still at the hospital. She is doing very well though and all we are waiting on is the antibiotic to do its job and get rid of the abscess. This morning, it looked much better, but that is all the doctors will say. Hopefully we can bring her home tomorrow! Here are some pics of her stay!

Update on Olivia!

Thanks for all the prayers and support. I really appreciate your comments, it gives us strength. Olivia looked much better today and started acting like her happy self again. The redness is going down and is now confined to a small area now. The doctor said we may be able to take her home tomorrow or if not then probably Friday! I have some pics from her stay, but I having trouble uploading them to my computer. I guess they will have to come later because I am heading to bed!

In Need of Your Prayers!

Dear Friends and Family,
Although I do not have all of your e-mail addresses, I know many of you check our blog. We put Olivia in the hospital yesterday afternoon after her having a small blemish that become infected and grew. She has been running a high fever and now is in the hospital with cellulitis which in my non-medical understanding is an infection in her cell tissue. She is improving today after having been put on 3 antibiotics through her IV. We have faith that she will make a full recovery with time, but would love your prayers on her behalf! We love you all and hope all is well with your lives!
Joseph and Amy