Boring exciting weekend
Spencer came down with a cold last Sunday. He had a mild fever and developed a cough. He stayed home Monday and Tuesday, and I knew he was really sick, because he actually took naps. Wednesday he seemed better and the fever was gone, so I sent him to school, but he got sent home in the afternoon with a mild fever. I called the nurse, and she said to wait until Friday to bring him in if it didn’t go away. Thursday morning he seemed good and his fever was gone, so he went to school, but he got sent home again. I decided he should stay home Friday and made an appointment at the doctor. When we got to the doctor, his blood oxygen level was only 88 % . They gave him some albuterol through nebulizer, but it did not improve. A chest x-ray showed likely pneumonia, so they put him on oxygen, and sent him to the hospital. So we got to ride in an ambulance, ( no lights flashing) which was exciting. Thereafter ensued 48 hours of boredom. He stayed on oxygen for most of the first day. They tried taking him off while he was sleeping, but his oxygen level was too low. Around noon on Saturday he finally went off oxygen, but they still wanted him to stay one more night, to check him while he was sleeping. He did much better, and we are finally getting ready to go home. To complicate matters, Clare is in California for work this week. Thankfully, Clare’s parents are nearby and always ready to help. They took care of Meg so that I could stay with Spencer. They did come to visit a couple times, which was nice. When they came to visit Saturday, they brought crafting supplies. Meg made a reindeer with Santa clauses for antlers. She is so creative! Spencer and I passed the time by playing cards and games. I taught him the card game spit, and also Risk. He has been wanting to play Risk for some time, but I have been telling hook it takes too long. We finally had several hours to kill. It really stinks being in the hospital, and it seemed like a bit of an overreaction to me, but having personally known a healthy person who died of pneumonia, I’m really glad to know he is okay.
Noshing nieces and nephews in New York
- Sunset on the way to Clinton, NY
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- Clare and Grandma Gladys
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- Rob and Meg at Jessica’s house
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- Meg and Rosemary
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- Jessica holding Rosemary
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- Is Spencer going on 7 or 17?
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- Hanging out in the kitchen
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- Alyssa holding Rosemary
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- Jessica and Alyssa with Rosemary
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- Jessica, Alyssa, Rosemary, and Patti
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- Table one is ready to eat!
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- Spencer playing with a train at Great Grandma’s house
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- Dave shows Meg and Spencer some cool science tricks
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- Ruth, Uriah, Meg and Spencer at the Rich Dibble farm
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- Clare and Meg say hello to one of the calves
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- Uriah warned us not to step in cow poop
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- Meg on Clare’s shoulders at the farm
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- Meg and Spencer checking out a tractor
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- Meg and Spencer pretend to drive the tractor
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- Ruth built a fort out of hay bales
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- Spencer, Uriah and Ruth playing in the fort
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- Spencer shoots me from the fort
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- Pretty New York Sky
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- Spencer and Rich with another calf
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- Emily’s old car
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- Rich looking up at Meg
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- Rich shows Meg how to drive the crawler as dusk approaches
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- Meg driving the crawler
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- Clare holding Uriah
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- Rich gives Uriah a spin on the crawler
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- Rob testing the crawler
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- Meg and Spencer asleep in the car after a long day
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- Meg set up a toy store. This is her calculator
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- Meg and Spencer selling toys to Dave
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- Meg and Dave playing Topple
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- Spencer cuddles with grandma after waking up from a nap
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- Meg and Spencer wrestling with Grandpa
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- Spencer picking up trash in the woods
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- A large paw print on the trail
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- Dave and Spencer by a painted tree
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- Trees bent over looking for sunlight
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- A conifer with needles hanging down
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- Meg and Dwight
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- Rob and Dwight ( Meg is the photographer)
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- Meg’s picture of Dave, Rob, and Dwight
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- Dwight, Ellen, Dave, and Rob – taken by Meg
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- Dwight, Meg, and Dave
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- Spencer cuddling with grandpa
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- Dwight and Meg relaxing
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- Spencer and Dave talkingwith Abe
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- Grandma, Dwight, and Meg
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- Uriah catches a pass from Abe
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- Spencer passes to Ruth
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- Ruth throwing to Spencer
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- Spencer tries to intercept a pass to Dave
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- Joe making a pass
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- Dwight ready to pass
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- Spencer makes a catch
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- Rich tasting the wines to label
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- Hanging out in the kitchen
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- Ruth and Spencer playing foosball
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- Meg playing with Uriah
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- Clare and Meg
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- Ellen carving the turkey
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- Uriah horsing around with Joe
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- Good drinks and conversation
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- Alyssa holding Rosemary
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- Getting ready to eat
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- Uriah playing around
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- Spencer challenges Dave and Alyssa to Yahtzee
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- Meg playing phone with Alyssa
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- Spencer asleep with his football
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- Spencer and Meg on the swingset
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- Monkey Meg on the swings
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- Meg says goodbye to great grandma
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- Spencer says goodbye to great grandma
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- Great Grandma waves goodbye
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- Spencer and Meg back in Denver, with their new suitcases
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Fun with friends in Philadelphia
- Spencer and Meg ready for takeoff
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- Craig and Clare cuddling – nice to see old friends
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- Craig, Isaac, Spencer, and Aaron playing Wii
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- Meg and Vera playing with bowls
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- Spencer and Isaac played some ball
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- Meg and Vera had a great time making art
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- Clare on the train to Philadelphia
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- The public ledger building
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- The liberty bell had lots of info about slavery in America
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- Memorial plaque at the Liberty Bell
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- Spencer waiting patiently in line for the Liberty Bell with Clare
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- Spencer, Clare, Wendy, Pete, Isaac, Meg, and Vera by Independence Hall
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- Clare and Spencer by Independence Hall
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- Clare, Spencer, Vera (and Meg) by Independence Hall
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- Modernist parking structure
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- Interesting parking lot decorations
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- Asian restaurant where we had lunch
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- People waiting in line to see the Liberty Bell
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- Tourist bus in Philadelphia – ride the ducks
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- Meg on the train to Philadelphia
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- On the train back to Wendy and Pete’s house
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- Clare took a selfie of herself and the kids from the car
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- Kids piled on Craig
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- Wendy holding Vera
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- Clare and Felicia in the kitchen
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- Relaxing at Craig and Felicia’s house
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- Craig carrying Meg on his shoulders
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- Isaac, Aaron, and Spencer are fast!
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- Spencer and Aaron bouncing
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- Spencer and Aaron playing bouncy house dodge ball
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- Meg and Craig playing at a jumpy house place
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Lazy day
Halloween 2015
- Meg and Spencer being silly
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- Rapunzel Meg
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- Spencer at the church halloween party
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- Meg at the church halloween party
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- Meg and Amelia in their costumes in a hammock
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- Meg pointing out mommy
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- Meg as Rapunzel
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- Football player Spencer
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- Rob as football player – Halloween 1984
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We had quite a bit of fun for halloween this year. Clare dressed up as sadness from the movie Inside Out. I was a Minion. Meg was Rapunzel, and Spencer was a football player. It looks like we forgot to get a family photo, but at least we got some of the kids.
And for comparison – I was a football player for halloween when I was five. Look similar?
Fall fun
Last weekend was gorgeous here, with highs near 70. Sunday we raked some leaves, and I cleaned out the garage, so we can now fit both cars in; just in time, since it might snow tomorrow.
Spencer’s piano recital
Spencer had his second piano recital Monday. It was a Halloween themed recital. He played 2 songs. I only got video of the first one – A spooky halloween.
He has a lot of talent for music, but hasn’t been enjoying it too much, so he is going to take a break for awhile. I hope he comes back to it at some point.
Meg at the Denver Art Museum
Meg went to the art museum with mom and grandma. She loved the pictures of flowers (Bloom exhibit), especially the interactive components. There was a wall of flower smells, a digital interactive program to design still lifes, and Meg’s favorite, the Flower studio where she painted, drew, and crafted her own flowers. She also showed Grandma her gift shop treasures. It was a fun afternoon for the girls.