Ujamma: Back from Vacation and the Hospital

I haven't been blogging for the past week due to both above mentioned things. We left to go the the Wisconsin Dells on July 1st and came home on July 4th. We stayed at the Kalahari for the second year in a row and the kids absoultely love it there. We went with my two brothers in law and their wives and kids. There was 13 of us all together and we stayed in a beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bath condo with a full kitchen and livingroom. It was so beautiful! We had three balconies and they looked out over the outdoor pool. We had such a peaceful time. There were six adults and 7 children. We went to the indoor waterpark. It was actually cold when we were there. Too cold to use the outdoor park two of the days! Bummer, but the kids enjoyed the indoor one as well. They have an indoor theme park with rock climbing walls, go carts, rides and games. Some of us went to see the Tommy Bartlett Show. Kota went and he loved it!!!!

When we got back on the 4th we went to pick up Sunny at my sisters house. It was raining here at home and we weren't sure if there would be fireworks or not. Needless to say, there was much to the kids delight. We only live one street over from the high school football field where they do the firework show so we always have people come over and sit in lawn chairs in our front yard to watch them. Joel pulls the truck around to the front of the house and the kids sit in the back of it to watch. We had a great time.

On Monday Jordan and I headed to the hospital over an hour away for him to check in for hernia surgery on Tuesday. Since Jordan has sickle cell, he had to go in the day before and have a blood transfusion. The transfusion went well, he slept good thru the night ( I however did not!) and he had surgery at 10am Tuesday. His surgery was smooth sailing (Thank the Good Lord above) and he was back in his room by noon. He had to stay again thru the night so they could watch for any complications and make sure he stayed hydrated so he wouldn't go into a pain crisis. We started for home at 11 am Wednesday morning. I cleaned his room which I will show you pictures of in the next post. I had to take pictures of his clean room since it never looks like this when he's feeling fine!

I cooked pot roast in the crock pot today and we had that with corn, potatoes, carrots and green beans. It was super yummy. I am now finding the time to blog about all of it for the first time since I came home. Laundry has a way of tying me up for hours at a time. Anyway, I'm all caught up with my house work and plan to chill out the rest of the night.

Play Area for smaller children