Peru

My Brother Dallin served a mission in Peru. My parents went there 2 yrs ago to pick him up from his mission. my mom fell in love with the people there. She became friends with some of them and they keep in contact. She went there a yr ago, and she is there right now.
My heart goes out to the people there. They have so little, and they don't have the small things we take for granite. They live in little shacks with dirt or cement floors, they don't have toilets or running water. They don't have much of any thing actually. They don't even eat every day. When they do eat, they don't eat much.
People in Peru or 3rd world countries, their governments don't take care of them, like our government does for our people. They don't get health care, or welfare, food stamps, wic, shelters, soup kitchens, and what not. They don't get anything. They can work 12 hour days cleaning strawberries and get very little pay. It's so sad. We need to be very thankful for being born in this country. Here are 2 letters my mom sent us from Peru.

Hi everyone, I am typing on a spanish keyboard, and it is different than what i am use to, so most of the time i wónt use capital letters. i don´t understand how all the keys work.there is so much that i want to tell you about. first of all i want to say that i love you all. thanks bill and those of my family that are still at home, for allowing me this time to be here. i am having the time of my life. i really do love it here. i will always remember dallin´s last letter to me, when i was preparing to pick him up with bill, he said Mom, you are going to love peru. he knows me. and he was right. i think everyone should have the experience of visiting a getting to people in a 3rd world country.when i arrived in lima, my friend lesby her mom, and their bishop was at the airport to meet me. the bishop was the person to drive us to the place we were staying in lima. the place we stayed is where lesby´s sister lives. at the top of a 3 story building of sleeping quarters and make shift kitchens. the two families on our floor shared a bathroom as did all the families,on the different floors. there was no shower, so we bathed using a bucket of cold water and standing in a cement shower basin. i always tell me self, i can do this for a week, the people here live this way for a life time. while in lima, lesby her mom and i went to the temple together. before leaving for the temple, lesby offered a prayer which i thought was a great idea to begin our time in the temple. we took 3 buses and over an hour to get to the temple. it was really nice to be there with them.then we went further out to visit a young family that lesby´s family has taken into their hearts as their own. he is a young man who was abandoned as an infant and is now married with 2 little kids. wow, i though lesby´s family was poor....but not compared to this family. the house is made out of something not much more than cardboard. it was sad. there were only two rooms. it wouldn´t surprise me if they went outside to go to the bathroom. one room was the size of an average bedroom, which they spent their time in during the day, and then another room with all two beds in it. one for the parents and one for the 2 kids. come to find out, lesby has been going there to help the mom clean and take care of the kids for free, because the mom works 12 a day monday through saturday cleaning strawberries. when we left that family lesby said, laurita, you told me you have some clothes for my family, would it be ok, if we give some to this family tooWow of course i told her. i have been at lesby´s house these last couple days. i realized today that when i eat breakfast, which consists of warm milk with brown sugar in it, and sometimes a piece of toast, not all the family eats with me. the kids always do though. when i ask lesby about it, she confided in me, and said it was because they did not have enough food for everyone. i told her that i have money to buy food for them. she said, no laurita, because i know you will need your mom this week for taxis and busses and to buy food for yourself. wow, i can´t believe it. they have soooo little, but just the other day she was asking me if i would mind if they gave some of the clothes to the other family. this makes me feel uncomfortable, but when the kids eat fruit or something extra like that, the little kids, no older than 6 years old, thank me for the money that buys the food. when i gave them the clothes that was donated by lindsey and her friend in her ward, the 6 year old boy had a big smile just to recieve a shirt. and with every shirt, he kept smiling bigger and bigger. they all loved the clothes soo much. they all oooed and wowwwed over them and thanked me so much. i told them they were from other people. in the one bedroom house that lesby lives in, there are 3 beds, one queen and 2 twin size. there were 4 adults and 3 kids sleeping in there. their dad slept out on the couch.i love it here. i love the people. they wait on me, like i´m a queen. i try to do back for them, but it is hard, they won´t let me, plus it is not my house. i don´t know what to do, or exactly how things are done in their house.it is summer here and it is very humid. i have had sweet in the back of my hair. but that´s ok. it´s all worth it. i love you all so much, i will be home one week from today, on friday. take carei love you, mom, laura

Hello everyone. The last time I wrote, I was in a hurry and did not tell of some of the detail that I would have liked to. The custom here, is to give those who enter your home, something to eat or drink. Remember the little family that lived in a small 2 room house made out of particle board (almost like cardboard) Well...while visiting there, the wife pulled out a package of saltine crackers and spread butter on them to give us. She is a very good and humble person. While in Lima, I slept the one night there in my friend lesby´s sister´s place. When I sat down on the bed, wow, I could feel the wooden slats under the foam rubber mattress. When I laid down to sleep, oh by the way, it was a twin size, and both Lesby´s mom and I slept on that bed, while lesby slept on the cement floor with only blanket under her for padding. Well, when I laid down to sleep, I had to adjust my body either up higher or down lower to see where the wood slats felt the best on my back. My first day in Lesby´s house, I was preparing to take a sponge bath, using a bucket of cold water. I asked lesby´s mom, Vicky, if she had a towel I could borrow. She looked embarrassed and said no. I felt embarrassed for asking for one. The she gave me her bathrobe to dry off with. The first time I helped her do the dishes by hand, I was rinsing them and putting them into a dish strainer on the sink. I asked her if she had a small towel I could use to dry the dishes, she said no. There are so many things that cost us very little, but this family can not afford them.Oh, I watched Lesby us a spoon from the kitchen to use to curl her eyelashes. I never saw that before! It worked though. And for eyeliner, they use a q tip and put a little mascara on it. I think I already told you how the faces of the kids lit up when they recieved the clothes I brought for them. And I was happy to see how willing the little 6 year old girl was, to set aside clothes for the poor child living in a shack in Lima. Today is Lesby´s birthday. She is 29. I gave her a camera for her birthday, last week, the first day I was here, so that she could take pictures of us together. Yesterday we went to church. She took her camera because she wanted to get a picture of me with her bishop. But then after getting there, decided not to. She later told me, it was because she did not want the peope there to think she was showing off, or bragging. Last night, Vicky told me something in spanish that I did not understand. I asked Lesbý to tell me what she said. Lesby told me, ¨Laurita, remember when I did not want to use my camera in the church because I did not want the people to think I was showing off, and bragging?¨I said, yes. Then she told me what her mom said, that she has been taking me to all her relatives and friends houses, because she WANTS to show me off. She wants them to know me. Wow, I can not believe how humble they are and how good and loving. There is a little 6 year old grandson that lives in the same house as Vicky. The other day their next door neighbor locked her keys in the house, and asked the 6 year old boy to please climb over the fence and open her back door to let her inside. He did and whe he came back to lesby´s house, he said, ¨mama, the lady wanted to give me a piece of fruit to say thanks. I told her no thank you, because I did it for love.¨I am so impressed with the way this family has raised the kids to give and to serve. This is the family that struggles to have enough food for themselves.I woke up in the middle of the night at about 3:30, and heard what sounded like a sweeping noise outside my window, I looked out the window and saw a man using a STRAW broom, to sweep the streets by hand. It is his job. And I am not kidding, it looked as good and clean as if a city truck was sweeping and cleaning it. Life here is very hard. They don´t have the conviniences that we do. I am loving my time here. Lesby and her mom are so spiritual. I like that they gathered everyone together to have family prayer just before going to church. The same way we did just before going to the temple. They don´t have closets like we do, in their one bedroom house. They each have their own, large cardboad box that they keep their clothes in. I love all of you. I am thankful for your love and for my family allowing me this time here.I will see you all soon.Mom\Laura

T- begins with Tonsils, Tourcher and Tired

Abbey went in 11 days ago to get her tonsils, and adenoids taken out, plus that piece of skin you see there, that connects her lip to her gums. Hers went to far down, in between her teeth. That is why she has a gap in her teeth.

Abbey had huge Tonsils. As you can see in this picture, they just about touch in the middle. Not only that, but I guess she had huge adenoids. The doctors think, that is why she gets sick so often, because of large Tonsils and adenoids. Plus she had sleep apnea. So it was best to take them out.

Monday morning we got right out of bed and went to the hospital for surgery. This is Abbey waiting in the play area.

Robby and Abbey. Abbey woke up in such a good happy mood. Not knowing what was to come. (poor girl)

Mom and Abbey

After they gave her a quick exam, the doctor pulls her in the wagon to the operating room. This was the sad part. Abbey was trying to be so brave as we had to say good bye to her at this point as she goes with the doctor alone the rest of the way. She tried so hard not to cry, but she had tears in her eyes and her pudgy lip was all out.

Abbey zonked out in the car ride home.

The holes where the Tonsils were. They look so grose!

The doctor said this was going to be a long hard healing process and that it was really painful. Boy was he right! This has been the longest 11 days ever! Abbey wouldn't drink anything. She wouldn't even take Popsicles. Nothing. We had to force her to take her medicine, and to drink. It was a fight, sometimes we had to hold her down and force her. It was awful! She wasn't her happy self. She threw so many tantrums and kept yelling "I am so angry!" I felt so bad for her. Sometimes she was so uncontrollable! She wouldn't take naps and hardly slept at night. She was up most the night in complete pain. Then hear ears started hurting her. She was in so much pain with her ears. They still hurt. So for the first 9 days, all I did all day was hold her and try to get her to drink and take her meds. It hasn't been fun. She still doesn't' feel good, but I can tell it has gotten better. yay! But I think we will see a big difference when it's all healed. Well, I least I hope.

excited for baby #3!

I tried to find a blog background to tell every one we were expecting a baby. This was the only one I could find. I don't like the "Finally" part on the background. . It isn't like we had been trying forever. But oh well. That would have been good for Abbey. 5 yrs for her. 3 months for Jaden, and 5 Months to get pregnant with this one.

I am so excited to have another baby!!! I was thinking that it would get less exciting with every child, but I am just as excited!

I am nervous though, and not excited for the sickness that comes with it. It actually started early this time around. I started to feel sick before I found out I was pregnant. That is what I am dreading most. 4 months of pure nausea! Then there is the baby blues, which I get real bad, and the no sleep for months, and months. But other than that, I am so excited!!!

On December 31st I went to the hospital to get a free pregnancy test. It was early, but I thought, hey it might show up. I just want to see if maybe I could be pregnant. It came back Negative. But I thought well, I still could be, it was just too early.

My periods aren't right on time. They don't come every 28 or 30 days. They come any where between 27-38 days. I didn't want to wait 2 more weeks to find out, So 5 days later I went back to the hospital to get a test again. (I still wasn't late, since I could have my period out to 38 days) But I wanted to check again because I had a feeling I was pregnant. I had signs. But it came back negative again. I told my self, ok I am not pregnant. just get over it.
I still felt as if I was pregnant. My symptoms were and are: I would get period cramps, but no period, I would get zits, but no period , nauseated, and my temperature is normally in the high 97, low 98's. and I kept track of my temp for a week and my temp had been higher then normal. (when your pregnant, your temperature is raised some) So I just knew I had to be pregnant. So Thursday I went to all a dollar and bought 2 pregnancy test. I took it home and used one. It again came back negative. I was bummed. I took the next one Friday morning and again negative.

Robby said "Kaycee, just stop! you are not pregnant.." So I said, "ok, I am done checking. After 4 test I should just realize I am not."

So the next day we went to dinner in Salt Lake and after dinner I said to Robby; "can I go to the hospital and check one more time. Just one more time?" He said "No, you have checked so many times." I said " I know, but maybe the hormones took longer to show up because if my periods aren't regular, then maybe I ovulated later then the norm and so it hasn't shown up yet." He said "fine, ok but this is the last time for sure!"
So back up I went to the hospital to get it checked................But this time it came back positive!!

It took 5 months to get pregnant. 5 test to get a positive and I am 5 weeks along.

So after I left the hospital I went to the store and bought a digital test and took in again, just to make sure.

My due date is September 12th.

Just Things

Abbey is getting her Tonsils, and adenoids out tomorrow, plus getting her skin that connects her lip to her gums, cut. (poor cutie pie) So last Thursday I took her to Primary Children's because they do a pre surgery class for the kids that helps them get ready for surgery. It is so cute! They had a little video for the kids to watch, then they talked to the kids about surgery and walked them through it with dolls, and medical equipment. They did it all on their level and made it cute and fun. Then they took them on a little tour. at the end they gave them a doctor hat, gloves, and mask plus a little doll called their hospital buddy. Here is Abbey with all her gear on, playing doctor.

we went to dinner with my family the other night. here are some pictures.

My dad looks so tired in this picture.

My dad looks even more tired in this picture~ hahaha! poor dad. He was tired.

My uncle Mike has his own barber shop in Kaysville. It is a cute old time shop.

Robby and Jaden went to get there hair cut, but Abbey wanted to pretend to get hers. My uncle Mike pretending to cut Abbey's hair.

Jaden through the biggest fit! Robby held him like that the whole time while Uncle Mike cut his hair, I tried to keep him entertained while he cut.









Bath time fun!

Just wondering if any one noticed any thing different about my blog, and if so, what?

Peeping Toms and sales men

Peeping Tom

and or Salesmen

My cousin Ashlie called me tonight, and asked if Robby would go over to her house to take a look around her house. (Ashlie just lives a couple blocks from me) She said that she was cooking dinner and looked over and saw a man looking in her dinning room window. When she looked at him, he took off running. (So scary) She said he had a brown or tan hoodie and his hood was on.

Robby went and looked and sure enough there was foot prints in the fresh snow heading to her dinning room window and foot the foot prints leaving the window were further apart, as if they were running.

Robby then heads off to the gym and I am home with the kids. 15 min after Ashlie's incident I had a knock at my door. (Oh by the way this is around 6 or 6:30, so it's dark out). I go to my door and look out my peep hole. There is a man in a black sweat shirt and a black beanie. I wasn't about to open my door to any one I don't know. But the man can hear my kids in the house, and Abbey saying "mom who is at the door"

So I decided to call through the door and say

" I can't open my door right, now you need to leave."

The man says "why"?

I say "It doesn't matter why, I said leave"

Then he laughs and says "I just want to clean your carpets"

I say "No, you can leave"!

He says " oh my gosh, why? I am just a sales man".

I am getting nervous and mad

and so I say "you leave now, or I will get my gun" (yes I do have a gun)

He says " are you serious"? while he chuckles

I say "Yes, I am serious! you leave now, or I will get my gun".

Then he yells "What ever, ok see ya! " and walks off.

I was nervous thinking he could be some crazy person trying to get into my house. But he could be a sales person who won't take no for an answer. But either way he was crazy and scary.

I decided to call the North Salt Lake police to report them. I wanted the police to look around and make sure they were really sales men, and if they were to talk to them, and let them know that if some one says "leave", that means leave.

So, about 20 min later the police come to my house and said they found the sales men and they are Kerby sales men. The cop did talk to the manger and gave me their business card, so I could call and complain.

They also went to Ashlie's house and the man looking in her window I guess was a Kerby's sales man too! Ashlie asked the cop why the man looked in her window instead of knocking at her door. We don't know why, but creepy.

So tomorrow I plan to making a phone call to the company and hope that they get introuble or something!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

On New Years Eve we ate dinner at Rodizio Grill with my sister and her family. (Yummy food) Then we went back to my house for games and Junk food. My sister in law Lindsey, my bro Spencer and my sis Tawni came over too. My parents stopped by for a few. After games and eating, we decided to pull out the camera and take crazy pictures. Yes, we are strange, but we had fun being strange!

MUG SHOTS: Me

Robby

My bro in law Hemi

My sis in law Lindsey


My sister Lindsey

My brother Spencer

My sister Tawni

The girls

the boys

popping up to say Hi!

Hanging around upside down

food!

Oh so good!

Happy New Year!





This is my 5th post of the day. Look below at the first 4~

Christmas Joy's

Christmas Eve we slept at my parents. The next morning the kids opened their presents first. The girls walking to the room with the christmas tree to see what Santa brought them. (The little boys were still alseep)

My sister in law Lindsey made Abbey and Hannah TuTu's. They are so cute! Thanks Lindsey!

Abbey loves her baby.



Then it was time for the adults to open their gift. My parents got us those things you pull behind a bake that the kids sit in. So excited to try it out!

Then Houston and Jaden finally woke up and opened their presents.

My sister in law Lindsey also made the boys winter hats. Thanks again Linny! So cute.

Bean bags for the kids.
After opening gifts, we had a breakfast. Then headed to Robby's aunt's to visit his family and his Grandma who was in town. Then we headed to my Grandparents for Christmas Dinner.

It was a great Christmas, and miss the whole Christmas celebration!

I made 3 post down below.