The last 2 weeks....

Natalie had her first choir concert. She had a speaking part introducing a song. She used such enthusiasm, it was so cute. I really hope she continues with choir.

That same night (we had to run from one to the other) Kyra had her final choir concert for the year. She had her 1st solo and did an AWESOME job!! The following week she tried out to be advanced and got it! She is now in the 2 upper choirs. Unfortunately we didn't get any good pics.

Jake had a band concert. He plays the baritone and does an awesome job. He has played for 2 years and I hope he continues as he enters junior high next year.

On to the not-so-fun part of the last few weeks. Alaina was sick all day, so she wasn't eating or drinking. That evening I was in the kitchen getting her some medicine. I turned around to get a stool 'cuz my shortness can't reach the meds, and BAM! I heard her hit the floor. I turned around to see her having a seizure. So of course I screamed for Mark and he came running. He picked her up off the floor and was about to help her walk to the couch and she went limp and started shaking but the 2nd time it was more like she passed out than a seizure. It was taking her long enough to come out of it that we decided we better call 911. They got here and decided she needed to be transported. Keep in mind we lost our insurance the week before this happened--Yeah! Anyway, they got her to the hospital, ran tests to make sure it was safe to come off the backboard (cuz she hit her head so hard on the tile) it took over 2 hours and she was getting really mad. So to add to her mood, I took a picture :) It was decided that her sodium level dropped enough to make her blood pressure drop and that caused both episodes. So we are pushing all the stuff she needs to stay healthy. She hasn't had any problems in over a week so I'm sure she's fine. But the picture captured her mood...
At least she has an ambulance story. I've never had to be in one and neither have most of the people I know. Just more excitement! Always somethin' goin' on with the Bumms!

New Header name

Some of you may have noticed my change in header name. It used to be bloggin' bumms. I thought that was a little boring. I decided to personalize it. But in the process, I need to explain it. With a houseful of noisy people, it's really hard to get every ones attention when and where you want it. Whenever I need to speak to everybody in a certain room (this happens alot, saves repeating) I stand in the middle of that room and yell "front and center" The kids who heard it will run to the ones who didn't and yell "front and center kitchen" (or whatever room I'm in) They drop what they're doing and come right away. I never have to say it more than once. I didn't train them to do this. One day I was joking around and yelled it. They responded so quickly because they were curious, that it became "the thing to do" and it's worked every time since then. Keep in mind it only works when I yell it for everybody to come. If I want just one or two people and call their name(s) I have to call them 3 or 4 times and send somebody to track them down or go on the hunt myself. But they never question "front and center" Alot needs to be said for military tactics! So, our blog is now personalized!

More Blessings

Last night our family was the recipient of service. I'm not going to go into detail because the person that did this took great care to be sure it was done anonymously. I'm just hoping that whoever it was is a blog reader because I want to send out a HUGE thank you. It seems like every time things are looking down, a prayer is answered. So, thank you. Thank you for following whatever prompting you got to answer our prayers. I hope I am close enough to the Spirit to do that for somebody else.

Bday and a funny dream...

OK--my birthday was on Friday. I feel the old-ness creeping in. Anyway, Mark and the boys were camping (I'll share pics later, Mark let Ty take them ALL) Alaina had a party to go to, Kyra had to babysit. So, Jen and Natalie went to my friends house to hang out with her kids so she could go have fun with me! It was me, Angie, Jody and Pam. First we went to Texas Roadhouse, had girl talk, giggles, etc. At the end we decided to go to a movie that started in 10 minutes so I got outta there without sitting on the bday saddle and being embarrassed. WOO HOO!! On to the movies. The one we wanted to see had been replaced by X-Men because of high demand. Jody decided to work her magic. The theater messed up our plans so we each got 2 free movie tickets. Awesome! After the movie (it was 11:15) we decided it was time for dessert. The only place open after 11 was Village Inn. So, pie it was! After 2 hours of pie, more talking, more giggles, we decided it was time to go home. By the time I took Jody home, Picked up Kyra, took Angie home and picked up the remaining girls and got home to bed--it was 2:30!! I'm too old for that :) But, since the guys were gone and the girls were tired, I slept in til 10 HEE HEE!!

The next 2 days were spent finishing moving and cleaning our business (partly to my house) Unfortunately that meant working on Sunday. But we had a deadline and no choice. Sunday was also supposed to be the day that we were going to BBQ and do the family bday thing. I called Angie about 5:00 and was filling her in on the 2 days of back breaking labor and commented that my bday dinner would wait until Monday because we were too tired to cook. No biggee! We finally got home around 7:15 ( I think) To our surprise there was our sweet friends, Angie and Brian. They had cleaned my kitchen, BBQ'd my bday steak, made baked potatoes and veggies and even baked a pan of brownies. They ordered us to go take a much needed shower and left us to have our family dinner ( we finally ate at 8:15) I almost cried, I think I was too tired though. It was so cool. I love surprises. After dinner it was time for jammies and the rest of the bedtime routine cuz it was 9:00!

On to this morning...
I woke to Natalie sleeping on the floor next to my bed. When I woke her up I noticed her bear smooshed between my jewelry box and nightstand. She is very protective of her stuffed animals so I was surprised. When I pointed it out to her she commented with, " I know, I was afraid to sleep with it"
She proceeded to share her dream with me which had me rolling in laughter (partly cuz it was 7 am & I didn't get much sleep) but I didn't want to forget it so it gets to be posted for later reminder. The dream...
We were asleep in the house and an alarm went off. I said to Natalie "yes, that is the teddy bear alarm" so we all went outside. All of the teddy bears in the world had come to life. They ate her tortoises ( her favorite thing since she loves animals) then they started to eat everybody else.
I laughed so hard. She said "it was really scary, not funny" But when I couldn't stop laughing, she thought maybe it was kind of funny now that she's not scared.
It was cuter to have her tell it. But at least I can look back later and remember the moment.

Our lives are such a roller coaster right now. We go from excited to mad to sad to goofy and any other emotions that are possible. Sometimes that's just in an hour. But I'm enjoying it, at least we aren't bored!