There's nothing like February! First little spots of spring start to rise up giving us hope that the cold will leave soon. The cute little groundhog talks to us and we heed what it says (kinda silly, right?). Plus Valentines day! The day we celebrate how much we love each other. Well, the Hemby's had a rough February when it comes to being sick. I think a lot of us did, and it was NO FUN AT ALL!!!!! My boys all got sick the Monday before Valentines Day, and Matthew as well. The 2 boys threw up once and were fine. Matthew threw up several times that day and was not doing well at all. I managed to skip the illness that day and clean and sanitize the whole house. In case I DID have to vomit I like to do it in a clean and sanitized toilet. I did feel a little nauseated that day, but managed to keep a little something in my stomach to keep that at bay and it was alright. The boys still wanted to go to Grandma Gwen's for Valentines like we had planned, so I took them up there on Tuesday, Feb 13. I was feeling a little bit queasy, but was alright and I drove them up there. Was also able to take care of a few things for our van while I was up there and see family. It was a fun time. I got to see some of my nieces and play while their mom helped to replace the spark plug wires on Baby, our mini-van. I made it home that night to go to an interview with one of the bishopric and they extended a calling to work with the 10 year olds. So, I will be doing that now. Hopefully it will help me to be better at the church stuff and actually preparing a lesson! That should help with FHE's at our house.
Valentines day was HORRIBLE! Matthew had to work, but I was off and we were going to celebrate at home doing date night and something fun. However, we didn't get to do that because I was sick all day. I never did vomit, but I was so sick I was crying. I was just so emotional, and it probably didn't help that girl problems hit me at the same time. It was a giant mess. Matthew was so wonderful though and ran a bath for me and helped take care of me so I wasn't so horribly miserable. It took a few days to get better, but I did. Then we all got sick again with colds, and Matthew and I had other issues, and it has been just a barrel of laughs at the Hemby house. Fortunately the boys haven't had it so badly. And we've had a lot of family time together, so that's great as well.
We also found out that we got a bonus at work! It was so nice to have that since it helped us to pay off some things and do and get some other fun things as well. The Tax return we got was pretty decent, and we paid off things that are finally off our chests and we can work towards the rest of the debt. One of the things that I got was a new set of PrismaColor pencils and a few new coloring books as well. I'm really excited to try them out and to have something that I am working at and developing and also to keep me sane during the times that are hard. Raising 2 very active and smart boys is taxing sometimes. :) So, I've been experimenting with different ways to color things. I have a Nu Skin Coloring book Matthew got me a while back from work and I have tried some different things. That way when I start coloring in a book I care about it will look stellar, hopefully. All part of the developing part of life right now. It's been really fun to do this, and to see how the colors come together. Focusing on what I'm doing, the lines, the blending, the colors used; all that meticulous detail keeps my mind focused and keeps me from feeling overwhelmed with life. It has been very good for me I think.
The boys have been so happy and just playing and having fun. I have really seen them come together and act like brothers. They have their squabbles just like any kids do, but they also play well together and have fun. Michael will be going to school this year so I have tried looking into getting that taken care of and also helping the boys with reading and learning time. They are doing really well and I hope that they feel like they have fun and do fun things. They do REALLY awesome things with Grandma Gwen. So, I'll try to get some of that posted as well. That's all for now, so hopefully I'll get some pics posted soon!
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