Our little getaway!

I am writing this from the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express in Couer d'Alene. Brian and I were able to get away yesterday and today to enjoy a little refreshment time...without children. They are being well taken care of by several different people. When you have 4 you kind of have to divide and conquer. Anyway, I'll post a few pictures when we get back.

Day 4: Missoula Vacation - Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

Oh, how I love motherhood! You get to learn about all these random childhood ailments that you had never heard of or wanted to hear of. The new ailment of the day is "hand, foot and mouth disease." It turns out that I misdiagnosed Brock on Wednesday with thrush when in fact he had hand, foot and mouth disease not to be confused with hoof and mouth or mad cow disease. You can find more info on this virus at WebMd. I thought Brock was getting better on Thursday and seemed to be fine yesterday and then today I noticed little blisters all over his hands combined with a few around his mouth. Abby had also had a fever last night and was not feeling well. It can affect older children but generally they do not get as sick as infants and young toddlers. It really is not as bad as it sounds. Just a virus that affects their hands, feet and mouth. We have still managed to have fun on our vacation despite the kids not feeling well. Thursday we went to the Raptors of the Rockies visitor center to look at different birds of prey. The kids thought that was great. We also went to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation visitor center. Brock loved looking at the elk and other stuffed creatures. We also looked at our lot we purchased here and took some pictures of some other homes with the Montana look that we want. I'll post some pictures when we get back. We have also got to spend time with our great friends, the Beesons. We are praying that God would boost their children's immune systems since our kids have played together several times! Brian is off to Snowbowl with the boys today teaching the boys how to snowboard which should be interesting considering he skis and doesn't know how to snowboard. We are so excited to move here and have a ski hill minutes from town. Brian is already talking about season passes! The picture below is of Snowbowl at the end of the day. Brian says it is a great ski hill!

Day 1: Missoula Vacation - Binky Fungus??

Today was our first full day of vacation in Missoula. The kids and I started off by sleeping in which was nice. Brian had a meeting with the superintendent of the school that we are hoping to rent for the church and that went really well. We are praying that it all works out...it would be a great location. Our day started to go downhill when I realized that Brock had white spots in his mouth. Yuck! Brian said he thought it was "Binky fungus" Well close...thrush! So it was off to Walgreens for a prescription and then to Target for some tylenol and a little retail therapy for mommy. That didn't go so well with 4 kids...what was I thinking! Brian did take the kids after lunch so I could hang out with Jamie for a little while. We hit Old Navy and Dillards and found some great sales. PJ's at Old Navy for $2.94 and 75% off + an add'l 30% at Dillards. Brock's mouth seems to be better this evening so hopefully he will be in a little better mood tomorrow.