The last 3 weeks....LOTS going on....

It's been almost 3 weeks since I have updated this space of mine. I have been reading blogs that I follow, but that is usually done on my Kindle and I hate typing on that thing. I have a few moments to write a quick update over the last few weeks.

Like normally, lots has been going on. 

On September 13, the kids' caterpillar came out of it's cocoon as a gorgeous monarch butterfly. That morning I was able to show the kids how they could see the wings through the shell of the chrysalis. It came out while the kids were at school. We let her go in the afternoon and she flew off. The boys cried.

On September 14, the kids and I worked some service hours with their AHG and Trail Life troops at the Brown Family Environmental Center. They seeded plants, picked up nuts and pinecones off paths, and weeded and mulched around new saplings on the property.

On September 17 Bill hurt his back at work. He ended up in the ER diagnosed with a strain and was put on light duty and had to go through worker's comp. He was cleared to go back to full duty this past week. 

September 20 through the 22nd, Bill and the boys went camping on a Father/Sons campout with the boys' Trail Life troop. Ben said his favorite part was fishing (even if he did hook his arm once when he was casting). Jacob said his favorite part was learning to shoot a bb gun. (Bill didn't take any photos, so I had to "steal" some from our troops Facebook page...LOL) 

That same weekend, Rebecca's American Heritage Girls Troop held a bake sale. So on Friday night I helped her make no bake cookies and we played Monopoly.

Saturday we spent the morning and afternoon at Rural King at their bake sale booth. The girls made $350 which is good. 

On Saturday night, we ordered subs from Marco's Pizza and rented 2 movies--- "The Greatest Showman" and "The House with a Clock in it's Walls." 

It was a very enjoyable mother/daughter weekend.  

This past week has been stressful. Ben needed to have one of his blood pressure meds refilled. I called the doc on Monday and left a message for the refill need. Tuesday the pharmacy still hadn't received the prescription. I called doc again on Wednesday. Well the doc finally called it in on Wednesday and the nurse called and apologized about not calling it in sooner. I called the pharmacy Wednesday to see when it was going to be ready only to be told that they were no longer allowed to make it on site and that they would need preapproval from insurance for the new commercialized version. This is a compound medicine that we have had to drive 45 minutes 1 way to get. After numerous phone calls to the doctor (who is part of Children's Hospital) we figured out that the restriction had went into effect THAT day. The medicine was now going to be commercially made. Thankfully, insurance put the preapproval through on Friday and we are able to get it our local Walmart pharmacy literally 5 minutes from our house. The insurance wanted extra documentation about how Ben can't take pill form and when I picked up the prescription tonight I figured out why... a month's supply of this med (10ml 1 time daily) is $1105! Crazy. However, we are blessed that insurance is covering it. 

My nephew ended up in the hospital this week. This is the nephew that my parents have custody of. They med-flighted him from our local hospital to Children's Hospital in Columbus and he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. So now my parents have to learn how to check his blood sugar, figure out his carbs, give him insulin 4 times a day, etc. Thankfully, Ethan was able to come home earlier today and my mom said he is doing a lot better. I will see him on Sunday when we are going to go apple picking and celebrate his birthday a little early (his b-day is next Wednesday). 

Last night, we attended a Unified Arts night at the boys' school. The music, gym and art teachers had different activities planned for the families to do all based around a super-hero movie theme. There was super hero gym activities, the boys had to use their music knowledge to save 2 trapped super heroes in an escape room scenario and they painted rocks with super hero themes. It was a lot of fun! 

Finally, tonight was the first middle school dance of the year. The theme was the 80's. Here is Rebecca's interpretation. She had her ponytail up higher but her hair is so thick and long that it kept sliding down. LOL She said she had fun at the dance.

So there you have it. If you made it through this really long post, you now are pretty updated on what's been going on around here (or at least the highlights and lowlights). I am going to try to be better at keeping this space updated in October but I make no promises. Hope everyone has a great weekend!