My Baby is Ten!!

AAUUGHHH! My baby is 10!! For her tenth birthday, Ashlynn had a swimming party at Adventureland Inn. She invited 11 girls, 7 of which spent the night there. They had so much fun....swimming.....hot tub......nails......hair......games..... giggling about boys......whew! Nice way to turn a decade!!

Matt and his toys!!

Ready for sledding!!!!

Ashlynn is ready for her Christmas program! The whole school performed in the program at Lincoln South. So proud of her!

Iowa Energy

Last week we took the girls to see the Iowa Energy basketball game at Wells Fargo Arena. One of Kami's friends, Xavier, was singing the National Anthem so we all decided to go and hear him. While we were there, Shawn Johnson was there posing for pictures so Ashlynn met her.

Halloween!!

Car vs. Pole

Well...................................................................Kami was driving to school and the pole jumped into the road in front of her !?!?!?!? It was a beautiful, short lived, first car.

Now what!?!?

So, o.k.....is it just me, or is anyone else ready for summer? The ER just called me from Methodist and told me that Ashlynn does in fact have strep throat too. It came back negative on Saturday, but apparently the sample "grew" at the lab, and yep, it's strep....which is actually good news for her....meds and relief here she comes......the Kile family is ready for summer!

Oh, no.....not again!!

Well, H1N1 has hit the Kile household again, this time with Ashlynn. Last night we were in the ER at Methodist with a temp of 104.2. (I don't like temps of 104 in little people! 101....fine. 102.....fine. 104....scary).
Anyway, when we got to the ER we checked in and were taken to the nurses station to be evaluated. We were then handed a green card which informed us that red meant immediate help, yellow meant priority and green meant, basically, we'll see you in an hour, get comfy. That doesn't sit well with a mom who doesn't like temps of 104, but what can you do.
While we were getting comfy for our hour wait, in the waiting room, as we were looking around, we noticed people were coughing, babies were crying, the room was packed and that lots of people had masks on. Needless to say, what a horrible place to be if you were not sick. It was like tempting fate! So I went to the counter where they had masks that they "strongly recommend" people wear. So the four of us put on masks, which Matt then dubbed us as the duck family. We told Ashlynn we could all have our pics taken for Christmas in them and send them out to see if people knew it was us.
Kami was appalled when she looked over and saw a lady walk in with a bucket. Kami leaned close to me and said, "Do people actually walk in with a bucket? Just so you know, she throws up and I'm out of here." (Bucket lady had a green card to).
Anyway, after ruling out strep (which I thought for sure it was) H1N1 it is for Ashlynn. So, another day of lysoling everything standing still, motrin/tylenol rotation, pillow and blanket disinfecting. And, oh yeah, can't let her eat ice cream alone......