Vacation

Yes, I am finally writing a new entry! We have been very busy this summer, and I don't necessarily mean with activities. Just day to day living around here is busy. I am just trying to find a balance between Ryan's floortime, time for the other kids, time for the baby, and time to clean and cook. Its just not easy and it won't be but its certainly worth it. I'm sorry to say my getting up extremely early isn't working! We have been sick for a while and I'm trying to get everyone lots and lots of sleep so we have been sleeping in. A couple weeks ago a mean virus attacked us and I ended up with a sinus infection, Kaylie with croup, Bella with pneumonia, and everyone else with a bad cold. Weird for summer, its usually our break. The end of last week Kaylie got chicken pox and had it while we were on vacation to Long Beach. She had two doses of the vaccine so her case was pretty mild.
We had a fun time on the beach, shopping, and at the pool at Long Beach this year.Rory and I and all our kids,my niece, my mom, my brother and sister in law, and their two kids were all there. However we had a lot drama too. My poor sister in law ended up in the emergency room after a bad fall from a horse. It was wonderful seeing everyone and meeting my nephew, Kian, for the first time.
Our next big upcoming event is Jessi's Bday party which she has been planning since last winter. Vacation Bible school is coming up too. I can't believe how fast summer is flying by.
We decided to participate in an autism research project at the University of WA (I know, I know the Huskey school) and I have been taking Bella for assessments and things. It has been a lot of fun actually, driving in to Seattle. The older kids had fun playing games with a babysitter while Bella and I were participating. The study is for younger siblings of children with autism because of their higher risk of developing it themselves. Anyway Bella got tested by watching movies, playing with me and the researchers and things like that. She did very well and scored above average over all so I thank God for that. It was a fun experience and everyone is really very nice there (even though they are Huskies!) Bella will go back at 8 mos and 12 mos. Its great for me to get all the free assessments all the way up to 2 yrs old.