Sick of sick....

Well, the last time I wrote was regarding Owen's ear infections. Well, after 10 days of antibiotics it hasn't let up. I took him into the doc today because of a bad cough only to find out that he still has the infections and Croup on top of it!! So, now we are on a different antibiotic and prednezone?
Tomorrow I take Grace in to find out what is going on with her green runny nose that she has had for the last month. I tell ya, we are starting to go broke on klenex!!
Anyway, we did have a really good weekend up north by my family! We spent the day with my Mom on Saturday and Aaron worked on reconfiguring her laundry room. Grace, Owen and I hung out with Grandma. We enjoyed grilling out and having dinner together and watching Owen chew on a corn cob! Sunday we woke at G&G Jack and Hollys and bummed around in the morning while Dad went and finished the Grandma project. Dad, Owen and I went for a nice walk. Later that afternoon we hung out and had roast and cheeseburgers on the grill. We had the entertainment of a spring storm with hail and tornado watches. Monday morning we awoke to a beautiful day, go figure its the day we head for home and are in the car for two hours. However we made the most of it. Aaron and Grandpa dug up a couple of trees up to plant in our yard and Holly was so nice to pot me a plant and give me a couple of tomato plants to enjoy! Then we went to lunch with my Mom and headed for home. It was a really great weekend to hang out with the Grandparents! It is so wonderful to watch them enjoy their grandchildren but so sad to head home and know that we can't have them close to us every day. Grace got a little upset and crying in this realization. I guess she is getting to that age where she knows that the Grandparent time is really special and a joyous time for her. I am just happy that she has such wonderful Grandparents to be with! We love you all..........

Mother's Day weekend

Well, I know I am a day late but thought I should update you all on our Mother's Day weekend and my sick little munchking!
Friday I left for my scrap booking weekend away in Lake Geneva with my friend Kris. We enjoyed a quiet dinner with some other Mom's and then headed back to the hotel conference room to get down to business! We ended up till 4:30am! I was then the first one back at it the next morning at 7am!! I returned late that evening and stayed up a short while to visit with Aaron and Kay. Kay had come down that morning and her, Aaron and Owen went to visit G&G Bystry while Grace attended a Brownie outing. Sunday morning I got the privilege of sleeping in but it was too hard hearing my little kiddos up and about. After being gone just 32 hours I sure was excited to be with them!! Aaron had cooked breakfast for us all and then Kay, Grace and I went out for a little shopping in Milton. Later on that afternoon Aaron took me to the Greenhouse in town to pick out my flowers for the front of the house!! For dinner Aaron cooked steak on the grill and treated us all to Cold Stone Creamery!! It was a really perfect day and the kids were angels as always! Grace and I seemed to share a special connection that day and it felt really nice since that tends to get away from us with the busy weeks of school and work.
As for little O, you can see by the photo that he isn't looking to well. Sunday morning he woke to gooey, red eyes. Our first thought was that we were sure it was pink eye. This morning I got him into the doc and come to find out he has a nasty double ear infection!! I guess because he has so much mucus it is coming out of his eyes. Poor little man. So, we are doing antibiotics for the next 10 days! So, that is where we are at for the start of the week. It is our last slow week before recital time kicks into high gear!!! Looking forward to seeing all of you that can make it! For those of you who can't I will be sure to post an update and pictures of the big day!

Lessons learned via email

Below is an email that I had gotten with a story about a lesson learned. I thought it was a good lesson for Grace to read so I had emailed it onto her. About a week later I had recieved an email back with her own written lesson. Below is the email I had passed onto her and Grace's lesson. Aaron and I were almost in tears after reading it!
NAIL IN THE FENCE
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence)
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the ! day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put
a knife in a man and draw it out.
It won't matter how many times you say 'I'm sorry', the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.'
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.

There once was a little girl who got in trouble a lot.So the little girl went to the Mayor of the town.And he said to the little girl that when he was little like her he got in trouble a lot but he did not cry.He just sat there and whined.

Hope you all have learned something from the "Wisdom of Grace"!!
Love,
Sara

Gettin the hang of it!

WOW! This computer technology is incredible!! I think I am finally getting the hang of this! I was so proud of myself to be able to get this slide show put together and in the blog all by myself! I am a blogging Queen!! Anyway, there are some really great photos in the slide show that were just recently taken. The one of Owen with the Lady Bug in his mouth is just from today!!! Grace had this Lady Bug that has a suction cup on the back and Owen has decided to use it as a pacifier!! There is also a picture of him putting the blocks in his peek a blocks farm that he has been starting to do all by himself, over and over again!! As for Grace she is doing really well!! I can tell that she is ready for school to be done. It is getting harder and harder to get her out of bed in the morning! We are finished up with church class for the year and the recital at the end of the month will wrap up ballet and tap. We are waiting to hear on what she will get for summer school. She really wants to do piano and arts and crafts or gymnastics. Swimming lessons will follow summer school which she absolutely loves! It was a real bummer for her that we didn't get signed up in time for the spring lessons!
As for Aaron and I. Bill and Marilee were up last weekend. Bill and Aaron got a running start on our latest project, finishing the basement!!! They managed to get one whole wall framed!! Marilee and I did some shopping at the Croc outlet in Johnson Creek and then took Grace for pictures in her dance costume. It was really great having them here to help out! Thanks again, Bill and Marilee!!!
Well, I will end for now and come back another day with the latest!
Love to you all,
Sara

Keeping in touch....

Hello everyone! I got this wonderful idea of starting a blog from my Sister inlaw Amy!! Its a great way for me to update you daily or weekly on what is new in the life of the SAGO (SaraAaronGraceOwen) King family! I will post some photos for you as often as I can for you to see our growing kiddos!!! Hope you all enjoy this woderful way to keep in touch!!!
Sara