Get Well Soon.....I need some HELP!!

Everyone gets sick at one time or another. These are all times no one likes. You are tired, unmotivated, feeling down right wore out, and just want to be left alone. On the other hand, your spouse, mom, dad, or even sister and brothers feel the same way. What I'm referring to is the way my family works. Jonathan and I work as a team on everything from keeping the house clean, to bills, to staying in tune with the kids. So when one of us falls behind, we all fall behind....
This past weekend we went down to deer camp. On the way down there Jonathan started coughing and thought maybe he might be getting sick. And yes indeed he was! Sunday when we came home he curled up on the couch and tried to sleep, and he kept saying that he was cold. (This is not normal at all for him. He is always on the go.) Later we went to Church and afterwards went and ate at Mr.Gatti's Pizza. I knew that something was up, cause Jonathan always goes back for 2nd, 3rd, and even sometimes 4th's. When we left he said to hurry home he wasn't feeling well. When we got to the house, he went to the bathroom, but never returned. So I tucked the kids in bed, we said our prayers, and gave them goodnight hugs and kisses. When I got to our room, Jonathan was underneath all the blankets and had another one on top of him with the heater blowing right on him!  As I climbed into bed I touched his forehead, he was BURNING up, sweating like crazy, but kept telling me he was sooo COLD! He got so hot during the night I had to take his temperature. I was afraid he was getting too hot! I didn't get hardly any sleep that night, til right about 12:30 his fever broke. Then I finally went to bed. And this is how it all began.........

The next day was even worse! When I got home from work, he just looked horrible. So he just laid on the couch the whole afternoon and night. I made him get up to eat and take a shower, but that was all he was willing to do. Which leads me to this case.......Jonathan and I are a team. We do everything together. Therefore we each help keep the house clean. Jonathan washes dishes, takes out the trash, and cleans the kitchen. I do all the laundry, sweep and mop all floors, and keep everything else around the house tidy. With him being sick, this put a halt to everything! I was so behind on laundry, dishes, floors, and etc. Not to mention I have to attended to Rheanna and Jake, and make sure Jonathan is ok. This has been one heck of a week! It would be different if I stayed at home all day, but that would be to easy now, wouldn't it! I am so ready to get my team mate back! I finally got the kitchen cleaned, and somewhat have caught up on the laundry, and as for the floors....that is a never ending job when you have kids!!! Thanks to Jonathan's Mom I was able to accomplish all these things last night. She had made us some WONDERFUL potato soup! It was delish! After getting all this done last night I was wore out, so I hit the sack!

Crying, screaming, crying, crying, crying at 2:30 this morning is what I awoke to. I jumped up out of bed and went to see what was wrong...possibly a bad dream, or just someone scared.......what I arrived to was the one thing I didn't want to happen.........Jacob was crying and saying he was hot, I felt him and he was burning up! NO! Not him too! And....yes, now Jacob is sick! What a night! Luckily Jonathan had heard him and woke up too. So I told Jake to go lay on the couch with Daddy. I gave him a cold wet wash cloth and he finally dozed off. That is until 5:30 when he woke up again and started the whole routine over. Once again Jonathan was up getting ready for work, so he was able to calm him down and give him some medicine.

As you can see Jonathan is starting to feel better, so I'm starting to get my teammate back again!!! Yay! But he is still sick, at least I getting some help though. This has been a tough week and I am so ready for the weekend. Maybe...just maybe..I can get to sleep the whole night on Friday. I am going to pray that I do, and that everyone FULLY recovers, so we can get back to normal life! I miss our normal routine of playing til supper is done, then bathes, tucking them into to bed, saying our prayers, and hitting the sack, with no sickness or crying! I also miss all the help, you never know how much one another does, until its gone!

As for me and Rheanna we are doubling up on Vitamin C. Rheanna has also been a big help since the boys have gotten sick. She has helped put away all the groceries, and even helped me semi-clean the kitchen. Very proud of her, for not getting frustrated about not getting all the attention. I think she finally realizes we need help too every once in a while.

Until Next time......God Bless and Take Care!

VEGAS!

                                                   Is Everyone ready for take off???????

So, February 2nd at 7:25am we got on our plane and flew off to Vegas!!  Jonathan, Me, Mom, Dad, J.C., and Katelynn all landed in Vegas at 9:00am, 11:00 Texas time, I was so happy to step off that plane. I have flown since I was in the 1st grade and still I am not use to seating on a plane for 3 hours straight. On the other hand this was Jonathan's 1st time to fly EVER! At first he was a little hesitate but after we took off he LOVED it! When we got out of the airport there was a man standing holding a sign for all to see that said, SUSAN ORSAK, I turned back and looked at Mom. She was going crazy with excitement! ( The trip was for Mom's 50th Birthday, My super LATE 21st Birthday, Along with J.C. and Katelynn's 21st Birthday (they both just turned 21 in January!)

Mom in her limo ride to our hotel!

Vegas was a blast! But our first day there was kinda different, Vegas was dead! All the flights coming in or leaving out had been cancelled so there wasn't very many people there. Which was great for us, we got enjoy things without being rushed or jammed packed into anywhere. Our first night there we got to go to the TERRY FATOR show at the Mirage! He was so awesome! If you haven't heard or seen him go look him up on you tube. (He was the winner on America's Got Talent) After that and walking around the strip for a while, we were completely wiped out! So we went back to the hotel and called it a night! The next morning I was up at 8:00 ready to go. I woke Jonathan up and we headed down stairs after getting breakfast we decided to walk down to the Pawn Shop, you know the one on T.V. called "Pawn Stars". Of course we had to go there just to check it out! 

 Do you recognize this sign?

This was inside the Pawn Shop in front of a pinball machine that is going to be seen on TV!

After seeing all that we headed back to go gamble, therefore I didn't take hardly anymore pictures! But our last day/night there we did lots of wondering around and sightseeing! The next few pictures are from the Stratosphere, Caesars Palace, Bellagio, and The Venetian!

The Stratosphere building

Mom, J.C. and me in the Stratosphere gambling

Katelynn and JC in the Stratosphere

Jonathan and I at the Wynn Hotel.

The Venetian is just beautiful one of Jonathan's favorite places!

Inside the Venetian, it was so pretty, the buildings, river, and ceiling were all made to look like Venice.

In one of the walkways in the Venetian....Gosh I loved that place!!!!

In the Venetian on the ceiling, they had such beautiful paintings everywhere, and such detail into everything!

Caesars Palace!

Inside Caesars Palace

Inside Caesars Palace

In front of a statue in Caesars Palace

The Bellagio!!!!!

The next few pictures are from Downtown Vegas! And if we ever go back we will definitely spend all of our time down there! We loved it! So much more relaxed, and fun entertainment all day and night! The Golden Nugget and Binions were our most FAVORITE places to be! Of course that is where we won all of our money too!

Downtown during the day

The light show at night in Downtown

The same light show Downtown

Jonathan with his Showgirls in Downtown! LOL!

Jonathan in front of the Golden Nugget! Our 1st Favorite Place!

Gambling in Downtown at Binions!

Jonathan in front of Binions. Our 2nd Favorite Place!

And last but not least!! The view from our hotel!

Vegas was an absolute blast. And we will definitely be going again! Well as soon as we can re-cooperate from our first trip, financial, and physically! LOL! jk! But I will say that when we do go back we will stay downtown and probably never leave!!!

Move out of the way......

Decided I had to write a blog today since, I won't be around the computer for the rest of the week!

This Texas weather is CRAZY!!! We were wearing shorts the other day and now you have to bundle up before you even think about taking a step outside! We were outside playing in beautiful weather on Sunday. Jacob and Rheanna were riding there bikes. I told Jonathan I think it is time for Jacob to take off the training wheels on his bike. He said that is exactly what he was thinking. So we took his training wheels off, and.....he did GREAT! He was just a peddling away. He was doing really great until he started getting frustrated that he couldn't make a turn.(He was trying to make really sharp turns) I told him it takes practice and that you have to make wide turns. By this time he was starting to complain and wanted his training wheels back on. Finally we put them back on and told him the next day they are coming off. He did really well, he just doesn't like change. And taking off the training wheels is a change for him, he will get use to it though. I think he was a little scared to try doing it by himself.

First time of bike with no training wheels!

Go Jake Go!

Move out of the way Sissy, Jacob is coming through!

Look at him go!

And, off he goes again!

Stopped all by himself-and didn't fall down!

We were so proud of him! He did so good for the first time with no training wheels. Even Rheanna was cheering him on! Hope everyone has a great week!

Until Next Time.........God Bless!