sinus infections-go away!

ok-so I can honestly say I am sick of snot! I am finally feeling better. I caught Kyle's stomach bug thing and that weakened me enough for the sinus junk to turn into an infection. I hate that facial pain. It just sucks. But that is after Jeremy has been diagnosed with one and Kenna too. Plus Kyle was sick. It has been one crazy month of Feb. and I hope that March is better. I am waiting for a day to wake up and everyone is well. Kenna is crying a lot today so I hope that doesn't mean that we are on our way to another ear infection since her tubes fell out. The drainage isn't much better-so I guess we will see. He gave me one huge dose of a z-pak all in one pill. I hope it works. So I really believe that one day I'll catch up with myself. :) I have really been questioning the sports thing....If they have talent-what should I do to help them? One wants to be a coach when he grows up or play professionally. I want to help Kyle reach his dream. He loves every minute of playing on the baseball field. I remember that feeling so well. I felt that way about being on stage. It was the one place where I was always happy. I excelled at it. I may not have been able to follow that path into college-but I want to give Kyle the chance to follow his dreams to the best of my ability. So how do you keep a balance of family time, sports time, spiritual time, and quiet time? We aren't even on a team that practices 5 days a week and plays tournaments every weekend. But I don't want him to think that is all life is about. Any ideas? As far as Kelsey goes-she is sooooo good at what she does in soccer-should I keep pushing her when she doesn't want to go to practice? Should I give her a season off? I don't want the little girls to get lost in all the time we spend at these events, but Keira does have her activity too. I guess with all the sickness lately it has made me stop and think-amm I doing the right things with my time? The big kids are going to be grown up and gone in 7-8 years. That is time that will go by so fast-I don't want to miss a minute of time for each of them.
those are my thoughts for the day. I've got to run-but I look forward to the sunshine and a little park time today-I think I am getting cabin fever!

ok so maybe i don't hate science projects...

CONGRATS TO KYLE! HE WON THIRD IN THE SCIENCE FAIR! IT WAS THE PHYSICS OF BASEBALLS AND SOFTBALLS VS. JUGS MACHINE BALLS. WAY TO GO!
KELSEY WAS IN THE TOP FIVE OF HER CLASS-WAY TO GO KELSEY! SHE LEARNED THAT A SOLAR CELL NEEDS HEAT NOT JUST BRIGHT LIGHT TO OPERATE A SMALL FAN!

THE GIRLS ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

KENNA MAKING HER DOGGIE AT BUILD A BEAR FOR HER BIRTHDAY. HER NAME IS TREAT SINCE THE NAME TAG LOOKS LIKE A DOG TREAT. SO NOW WE HAVE THE NANI AND TREAT WE CAN'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT!

Yak N Sak Update

For those of you that come to the Yak N Sak we will have one in March. I created a blog to keep the info coming so here it is...
ESYakNSak.blogspot.com
I'll try to post pictures and stuff as we have them. Let me know what I can do to add to it or make it better!
Amanda

I don't want to hear AAAAAACHOO!!

Well I should be doing a bunch of things but I decided to sit down and write. I can say now that the Lupron shot does in fact have a side effect of mood swings and hot and cold flashes. I have gotten mad mroe times than I can count over stupid things and I can cry over things I never would have cried over before. I am so ready for Kenna to feel better and I fear that now that grass is starting to pollinate that I am in for the long haul and will be in this rut for awhile. I had to laugh when the ENT tells me yesterday that this is the good season if we can get kids to April. I said-not for my family-grass is starting to pollinate and this begins our worse season. He said well if she gets an infection in the next 6 weeks then he'll take her adenoids out and put tubes in asap or check her in 6 weeks. I just want to coughing to stop and the coughing to the point of throwing up to stop. Jeremy has been very sweet with my new temper and frustration-there are sweet blessings that come the longer you are married. He has really taken care of me these past few months and I appreciate it a lot. I am just ready for Kenna to be healthy and well-I am beginning to think I need to become an allergist when I grow up since I am there often enough! Last week Jeremy told Dr. Shaw that I rattled off his symptoms and told him he had a sinus infection-Dr. Shaw said-she should answer the phones and tell people if they need to come in or not. Yeah-if it's allergies -I gotcha covered. 11 years worth of experience! So hopefully Kenna will feel beetter and I'll keep up with everything and have a clean beautiful house like all of my friends.
I'm off to start cleaning!

What Else is New-I am Sleep Deprived Again!

ok so i have to add that i posted that entry at 1am not 10pm-and i was up even more with Keira after Kenna-so I am running on 4 hours of sleep and listening to crying and laughing kids all in one. Hopefully they will get better or I will be at a dr. somewhere so I can get some sleep! Hope Monica-you all don't get the flu! And I just hope to get my house clean tonight once it is all quiet on the western front!!!

Have I mentioned lately that I HATE science projects!

Ok, so I can't complain about the actual project because Jeremy has been great at making sure the project gets done-but the rest is left to me. I get to make the boards look nice. Well this year I got to do it twice and I am just now satisfied with Kelsey's. It looks nice but if I could figure out how to add more I would. But at least it is done and I can get to bed soon. Kenna is still not feeling well. She was back up coughing at midnight-hence why I can't sleep and I hope to go to bed and she will stay asleep. Hopefully her and Jeremy will get better soon. I was thinking as I was making Kelsey's look good that it would be cool to have a mom who is a dr and a dad who has a PhD in petroleum engineering when it comes time for science projects. I bet they would have some cool ideas. (Yes I know this family-saw the mom on Monday) RAndom thoughts come to you when it is this late!
I ordered some books on the book order and still backed out on the Calvin and Hobbs books. I just wish they weren't $30 or so. I LOVE Calvin and Hobbs and think they are the best. After that I love For Better or For Worse. I have been reading these and Peanuts my whole life and just love to see what they say. For Better or For Worse reminded me that raising my kids is a noble cause with lasting effects on society last week. IT was good to hear as I began a week of staying home with Kenna. I never thought chronic asthma/allergies could be so consuming but thanksully I know what to do to help her better than I did with Kyle. I know it could be much worse for a chronic illness-just gets tiring at times.
I started my official diet today. I have a long way to go to reach my goal but I did succeed today so that is my first step. But darn those girl scout cookies! I got to have one and still stay under my calorie count-but MAN would they good as always!
Well, I 'd better get some sleep. Baseball this weekend in Beaumont. Then soccer and baseball begin every weekend for soccer and every other weekend for baseball. I love it but it does get tiring after awhile. Although Jeremy said Kyle was amazing at his Monday game. I hope I get to watch some of the scrimmage tomorrow night after soccer. Kids are great. Mine were really good and loving today so it was a good day.

Ok-so I had like 20 or so pictures that I wanted to post but I do not have the patience to load them all-needless to say-Kelsey you are amazing! I mean Kelsey Call! I confuse everyone have a friend and a daughter named Kelsey! MY Kelsey is amazing too! I love all the shots of Kenna-you captured her sweet spirit in all of the shots and you can even see the hint of trouble in that grin! Thanks for getting her on film since I didn't get any of her from you as a baby. I still say you do the best newborn pictures and wish I could have another baby just for your pictures!!!!!

But little Kenna is the last of this Brann Clan and she is our little Chuchi bear! I'll post pictures of her trip to build a bear and the dog she picked out. She watched soccer all day on her birthday-but we love her and are glad she's a part of our family!!!!