Oh how time seems to fly!

Here at the Adair house it seems to be ALL or NOTHING! We are either ALL involved in everything! Or else we have absolutely NOTHING going on! And let me tell you, TIME FLIES when we are busy!

After 3 months of nothing, everything has ramped up again! Ethan is getting ready for 9th grade football tryouts and has been going to weight training 4 days a week. Bradon is playing super league baseball and city league. Not to mention all the new diabetic doctor appointments we get to go to now. Carsten is playing Lacrosse and city league baseball. Reagan is in dance, she takes piano, and she just got put on a soccer team that she's thrilled about! Talan isn't in anything right now but asks for me to buy him football cleats almost daily. David is coaching Carsten's lacrosse team and he was just recently voted in to be the American Fork Youth Football League President. Which leaves me. And I get to drive the kids to all these various activities and attend their games to cheer them on!

Although time has been flying by we are doing all we can to stay sane (and when I say we, I mean ME!), have fun, and keep it all together here on the home front!

It's fun to watch the kids learn and grow and BECOME!

De-bond disappointment!

Yesterday I was scheduled for DE-BOND!
I was suppose to get these things off!

Oh and I was so excited!

I seriously can hardly wait for this whole process to be over with. It has taken double the amount of time than I had expected. 18 months ago I was told that this would be a 6-9 month process! Not that I'm not glad I've done it, I'm just excited for it to all be done with!

My implant post is good and ready to go, but when I got to my appointment Dr. Fairbanks didn't like what he saw. I have a small gap between my two front teeth! A GAP! As you can see from this awkward picture above I didn't have a gap in November! I don't know when this gap happened! But I guess gaps happen and I'm the lucky recipient of THE GAP! So Dr. Fairbanks did some tweaking and I have 2 more weeks in braces!

UGH!

Diabetes Diabetes Diabetes

Around here we have
DIABETES on the brain 24/7!!!
It's amazing how much you can learn about something in such a short amount of time. So far we have done a pretty good job of managing Bradon's diabetes. He's had a few lows but Bradon's been able to recognize it and treat it quickly. I've talked to several parents of diabetic children and everyone seems real eager to help. Everyone tells us that 12 years old is a good age to get it. Not that it's ever a good thing to get it but at least at age 12 he will be able to test himself, count his own carbs, and give his own shots. So far Bradon has done a great job with ALL of it! He's a responsible smart kid and seems to have a real good attitude about it. Even when we give him a shot that hits something that makes it hurt he lets us know that it's okay and that he knows that we aren't trying to hurt him. It kind of breaks my heart that he has to go through this and that this will be with him for the rest of his life but at the same time I know that Bradon's a tough little cookie and he can handle it!
It's crazy how everywhere I go now I notice diabetic stuff. I notice diabetic commercials on TV that I never noticed before. I notice diabetic radio ads. Today when I walked into the orthodontists office I noticed a girl with a diabetic pump. It's like when you're pregnant you seem to notice every pregnant girl in the world and when you're running you notice runners everywhere you go. It's not like anything has changed, I've just become more aware!

It's just like I said,
I'VE GOT DIABETES ON THE BRAIN!

NO YOU'RE THE CLOWN!

So I'm pretty sure that I've mentioned that I've become friends with the people who work at Holiday Oil. After going somewhere everyday for so many years, It should be expected that I would know the people there... Right?
Sandy has been working there as long as I can remember and Blyden is the manager. The other day I received a phone call from Sandy asking if I could decorate a cake for Blyden's birthday. I said I would and asked her what she wanted on it. She had no idea!

Holiday Oil's logo is a picture of this clown and
their current slogan is "No You're the Clown!"
I asked what she thought of this idea and she thought it was great and very fitting!

Sandy and Blyden both loved the cake
and I loved that they loved it!

Happy 60th Birthday Blyden!

We've had a LIFE CHANGING weekend!

Our little Bradon has been diagnosed
with having Type 1 Diabetes!

Saturday Bradon had a ball game in Orem. At the game David and I both noticed that he wasn't acting like his normal self. He was distant. He didn't seem to say much to any of the other players, he acted tired, and David and I both chalked it up to him struggling with confidence or self esteem or something. After the game we went to the BYU Creamery for dinner and then to the BYU mens volleyball game. Thinking back on it now I realize that he went to the bathroom an awful lot. At the volleyball game Bradon could hardly keep his eyes open. He kept telling us how tired he was. I thought he must be coming down with something. After the game we drove home and told all the kids to go to bed. As Bradon was dragging himself to bed I asked him why he was so dang tired. It was then that he told me, "Because I wake up every hour all night long to go pee!" I was shocked! That's not normal! I sent him to bed and headed straight for the computer! I Googled, frequent urination in children. And #1 on the list of possible problems it could be was DIABETES. I read all the symptoms and then talked to David about it. We decided to stay up to listen for him, in fact David decided to sleep on the couch right outside of Bradon's room so that he could count just how many times Bradon woke up to pee. Between 10pm and 2am he woke up 5 times. And each and every time he didn't just pee, he peed A LOT! That next morning being Sunday we got ready for church and did our Sunday thing. In Sacrament meeting I sat there with my iphone searching and reading everything I could about diabetes. By the end of church I was pretty convinced that Bradon could very well be diabetic but then there was always that slight chance it was something else. After church we went to my Uncle Jay's house for dinner. Jay is diabetic and I knew that he had a tester thing. When we got there I asked him if we could test Bradon. Since we were eating dinner we decided to wait until after dinner to test him. A few hours after eating dinner when everyone had gone home we decided to test him. Jay got out his little tester thing and we called Bradon up from the basement from playing. We tested his blood and the tester thing read, "HI". Jay looked at me and said, "I don't know what that means. I've never seen it do that before. Let's test it again just in case it's something weird with the machine." We tested again and again it said, "HI". Jay went into the other room to look it up on the computer. By this time Bradon had gone back downstairs to continue playing. Jay came back in the room and with a very concerned look on his face he said, "I looked it up on the computer and it says a HI reading means it's over 600!" He then told us that the highest reading he had ever seen was into he 400's. Fear and panic started to set in and David and I just looked at each other with looks of disbelief mixed with fear. Jay calmly said, "Let's just give my neighbor a call. He's a doctor and he'll know what to do." He called his neighbor and I could over hear most of the conversation but what I remember the most is, "Have them get him into the car and drive him straight to Primary Children's Hospital tonight! Don't mess with a hospital close by, go straight to Primary Children's!" My heart sunk and I couldn't help but to cry. I asked David if we should give him a blessing and he said yes. We called Bradon up from the basement once again and told the kids to hurry and get their things together because we were leaving. All the kids ran upstairs. We told Bradon what the doctor next door had told us and that we were going to give him a priesthood blessing before going to the hospital. It was VERY obvious that every adult in the room was upset and concerned about this news and the children knew it! You could have heard a pin drop during the blessing and anyone that knows our Talan knows that this was a miracle in itself! We quickly headed to the car, drove home to drop off the kids giving instructions the whole way, and then headed to Salt Lake City. Bradon held his head down trying to hold back his tears the entire ride there. He was scared of the unknown and the situation all together. And to tell you the truth, David and I were too! We walked into the ER, told them the situation. They pricked his finger and took quite a bit of his blood to test for several things all at once. Not too long later a doctor came in and said, "Bradon has Type 1 Diabetes. For some unknown reason his autoimmune system decided to attack his pancreas and now his pancreas no longer is working." They informed us that we would be checked into the hospital and be educated and trained over the next few days on how to take care of Bradon.

And then we did just that!
Bradon was a little freaked out about having to get shots but he was brave about it and has done a fantastic job! He loved the special attention he received by all the hospital staff and he LOVED the room service! He could just pick up the phone and order whatever he wanted to eat and they would bring it to him. They would answer, "What can I get for Bradon?" I think Bradon ordered bacon with every meal! No joke! One time he failed to order bacon for dinner so after he was finished eating he picked up the phone and ordered 4 strips of bacon and a diet Dr. Pepper. A few minutes later a nurse walked in with his tray and said, "Bacon? Really?" He gave her a big huge grin and said, "YES, BACON!"

We had class after class giving us a crash course about everything we might need to know about diabetes. We all gave each other shots and Bradon learned to give himself shots after practicing on his dad first! We came home last night after a 2 night luxurious hospital stay (NOT), feeling rested (NOT), and totally comfortable with our new responsibilities (NOT)! We have a boat load of new medical supplies and our lives will never again be how we once knew it!

Bradon has a terrific attitude about his NEW life that I imagine will wear off after a few weeks when reality sets in! We've decided to jump into life again with 2 feet and are heading to St. George for a baseball tournament Bradon will be playing in this weekend. Wish us luck with our new endevors because heavens know we'll need it!

"She said NO!"

Our family has been taking turns with having the stomach flu. Today I stayed home from church with Reagan and slept the entire time! When the family got home they woke me up to announce what Talan had done in Jr. Primary.

Sister Cook is a member of our primary presidency and when church was over she told Carsten and Ethan what had happened during primary. It was music time and the question was asked, "Does anyone have a song you would like us to sing?" Talan quickly raised his hand and when called upon he said, "Sexy and I know it!" and the best part is that he was dead serious! And the bad part is that his pronunciation of SEXY is getting better and no longer sounds like SOCKSY!

I asked Talan about what had happened and he hung his head down and said, "She said NO!" He told me that he also asked to sing the Polar Express song too, but she said NO to that too! (The Polar Express song to Talan is 'Santa Clause is coming to town.' Except it has to be sung in slow motion like they do in the movie when Santa's sleigh bell is falling to the ground.)

David said that on the way home from church they had a little talk about the difference between primary songs and regular songs. They discussed what was appropriate for primary and what wasn't. I'm pretty sure Talan doesn't get it but it was worth a try. Seriously how do you safeguard your 5th child from his older siblings? I guess I should just be grateful that he didn't bust out in song and DANCE for the Jr. Primary because trust me, he knows how to put on a show!

ELDER ADAIR

Yesterday David took the day off of work and we headed to the airport to pick up our nephew Coltin Adair. He's been called to serve his mission in Columbia. David was explaining to Talan that Coltin was going on a mission. He explained that missionaries teach people about the church. Then Talan asked, "Is Joseph Smith going to be there?"
I thought this was so cute! And I'm so proud that Talan associates Joseph Smith with missionary work!

We took Coltin to Five Guys for lunch and then to Build a Bear in University Mall. I had Coltin make a Missionary Bear with a recorded message in it for his mom. I think it was all a little more than Coltin could handle. He wasn't really ON BOARD with the whole bear idea but he recorded a VERY short and sweet message anyways and then we were on our way to the MTC.

We dropped him off at the curb, said goodbye and he was off on the adventure of his lifetime! Being there at the MTC brought back so many memories of my own mission and MTC experience. I hope that he enjoys his mission and works hard so that he'll have no regrets.

Being a missionary is one of the biggest crash courses we could ever take in SELFLESSNESS! For most 19 year old boys up until the day they enter the MTC their entire lives have been all about them. But once you enter the MTC it's not about you anymore. It's about service unto others! It's what turns boys into MEN!