Reflection of this week:
Monday morning we woke up at 4 am Allie's face was covered in hives, she was swollen, her hands were 3x the normal size she was having a reaction to penicillin. The rash started saturday and had progressively gotten worse despite our efforts of giving her bendryl every 6 hours and taking her to urgent care. My heart broke in a million pieces to see her suffering the way she was. We decided to take her to the emergency room, I was afraid her airway might swell up next. Justin called into work and went with me which was a huge blessing. We woke up Lindsay and Tatum and we all took her to UMC pediatric ER in Tucson about 20 minutes away. They ended up treating her with a steroid that worked within the hour. What a blessing. Lessons learned from this experience, Justin was so amazing and unselfish to call in and stay home, he is in a 1 year probation period at work so they could fire him at any time for any reason but he proved to me we are first, his family is most important to him and for that I am eternally grateful. The pain of seeing my child suffer was too much for me to bare alone and he was there with me to make it better. And I am also eternally thankful for healthy children. It was a problem that could be fixed! As a mom you want to fix and make things better for your kids, thankfully she got better. Not all kids get better and that is very sad and it breaks my heart to see my kids suffer. I thought of my Heavenly Father and imagining Him watching his Son suffer. How did He do it? On the way home from the hospital I received a message from the HR department at UMC. I called them back and they offered me a job! I was ecstatic, I feel this job offer was a tender mercy with a divine signature from my Father in Heaven. I am supposed to be starting a job tomorrow, a job I was not excited about, at a hospital I was not excited about working at. A job I have prayed about, cried about, and pleaded for answers about. I originally got a job offer from UMC in May but had to turn it down because I couldnt commit to a part time position, I was very sad to turn it down. So after talking to the HR lady she said the managers were really impressed by my phone interview and wanted me to join their team and would be willing to offer me the "per diem" or as needed position. I have only worked full time once and vowed I would never do it again with babies at home. I have a full time job and they are my three girls! I am their mommy Heavenly Father sent them to me to lead them and guide them. I am the best mom for them and they are the best kids for me. This is my divine calling,motherhood, and it comes first in my life. Because of this decision to put motherhood first in my life I have been blessed with work that allows me to do that. So now I get to do two things that I love be a mama and a nurse! (at the best hospital in Tucson)
Tuesday it rained, we are in monsoon season and I love it! I love the rain, the thunder, the dark clouds! It reminds me of my childhood and the Texas thunderstorms. So the girls put on their swim suits and played in the rain. I loved watching them as complete joy swept their faces. I loved watching them play in the ditch area where the rain gushed between their toes. I loved hearing Lindsay say this is the best day EVER! I love that Justin got home early. I love that we got to go out to eat at a mexican restaurant with our friends and that they came over after and played games till 11 clock! Tuesday was a great day.
Wednesday was the 4th of July and Justin had the day off the last holiday he will have off for a long time. A day to reflect of the freedoms we enjoy! I am thankful to live in America and enjoys the freedoms that we enjoy. We celebrated the day by going shopping at the mall! It rained again. While we ate lunch the rain fell on the glass roof! There were some good sales! Justin watched the girls for me while I went to a couple of my favorite stores and scored some great stuff! That night Justin watched Allie for me while I took the older girls to see the fireworks in Tucson! After driving all around we ended up getting frosty's and watching the fireworks from a bridge! It was magical. I love the
fireworks.
Thursday we went swimming for most of the day with Autumn one of my new friends! It was lovely to swim. We havent been swimming very much since Allie has a cast so it was fun to swim! I got in the water too which the girls always love. I love watching Allie in her first experiences with swimming! Her favorite thing to do is count 1,2,3 and jump in from the side, she will do it for what seems hours! I love her facial expressions and the excitement she has, I love that she trusts me to catch her. Later Me and the girls went to costco and bought a battery and groceries. so Justin could sleep. We got pizza and churros, the girls love churros. And my mom texted me at about 11 that Matt and Kenzie were coming tomorrow YEAH we love visitors.
Friday I love Love Love fridays! Especially when I get to meet my brother and sister for lunch! I didn't tell the girls who were coming I wanted it to be a surprise! They ended up guessing which I was impressed. So we met at 5 guys and stuffed our faces with yummy burgers and fries! Then we went to Savers my favorite!! found Salt Water sandals for Lindsay SCORE. Then we went to sonic for happy hour which I have been going thru withdrawals from. Then we went to the Water Park it was lots of fun, I love living in this fun neighborhood with all these fun things to do. We stayed till about 730! Justin had texted me and said he would be late. He was late 11 oclock late he usually gets home at 430. He had a very exciting day at work. I loved talking with him and seeing how much he loves it. He is happy. This job is perfect for my Justin. This job is also an answer to our prayers.
Saturday Kenzie made us her yummy pancakes! She makes pancakes almost as good as my Dad's (my favorite) then we had another surprise visitor come down! I had texted Jason all week to coordinate this surprise it was fun! We went to Texas Roadhouse for lunch and Jason walks in sits at the table next to us and says "can you pass the rolls"! It was great! Then we went hiking at Madera Canyon it is beautiful there! I loved it, I have been wanting to go there for a while. I love being close to nature I feel  closer to God. That night we had friends over to watch the fight, Justin loves that stuff so I watch it with him and I made yummy cookies for them with my Tatum, love her.
Sunday The Sabbath day, I started the day off by playing the Mormon Tab on Pandora. I love to hear music it inspires me. We went to church as a family, I love going to church. We were on time too! Justin and I got called to teach the 12-13 year old sunday school class. Awesome calling, I love teaching with Justin. He did most of the talking, he did a great job. We talked about the Sabbath and keeping it holy, I felt the spirit. I also felt the spirit in relief society, we talked about missionary work and it was a powerful lesson. The teacher talked about her conversion story and I loved it. Today was Allie's first day in nursery a bitter sweet day. She did great but her bff Kenzie was with her the whole time! Then we had lunch, played risk and then our visitors left. It was sad. very sad. I took the girls to walk around the lake. It was heavenly. Lindsay caught a frog two actually I let her bring one home. She hugged me really tight and said I was the best. I love hearing that. Then we watched Princess and the Frog. After the movie I was looking at my blog with Lindsay we were looking at all the pictures and laughing and I realized how much time has gone by without documenting our memories. I have felt that I should use sundays as a day to capture our memories. so I am going to use sundays to reflect. To reflect on my joys as a mom, to reflect on the small everyday experiences that build my character, to reflect on the everyday moments where I know Heavenly Father is aware of me and my life and my family. I am thankful for this prompting and look forward to reflecting each week on the things that matter most in my life.