Asthma and Homecoming!

Every year on the weekend closest to July 6th (my Grandpa Parkers birthday) our relatives camp at Payne Lake. It's always nice to get out and still be close to home. We couldn't stay two nights because we went to a wedding reception for one of Michaels coworkers on Saturday night. Ty has been struggling with sporadic coughing fits and tight breathing... we had been at Payne Lake all day and when he went to bed his breathing started to get heavy and he was coughing so much his tummy was really hurting him. None of us were getting any sleep, so at about 330am Michael drove the hour and 15 mins home and both of them didn't get to sleep until about 6am. Ty had a puffer we got from the hospital when he needed to be taken in months before so Michael gave him that and some Benadryl... They slept for a few hours then drove back out and hung out for a bit. We didn't end up doing much because we had to head back to Lethbridge to get ready for the wedding reception.

That episode of Ty's happened again at Magrath Days, and so I took him into the doctor. We have since been referred to an Asthma Clinic. They can't test for asthma until kids are about 6-7 but it was concluded that he likely does have asthma, though we aren't sure of his triggers yet. Not physical though... So we are figuring all that out at the moment. He used to spend lots of nights coughing in bed, and would cough so hard he could hardly breathe when he would laugh a lot or cry really hard.

 The kids loved playing in the water.. too bad it was kind of murky. 

 Dad bundling his kids. :)

 Noah and I hanging out in the morning.  

 One of the coolest experiences I've ever had was waiting for my little sister to return home from her 18 month mission in Australia. I wrote her nearly every week, sent tons of photos and videos, yet it just is not the same as hugging her and seeing her beautiful face. I took the van up with my sisters and Aiden, and Mom and Bryan, and we were just soooo excited. A flight from Frankfurt of a few hundred people got in before Breannes so we expected it would be quite a while before we would see her walk through those doors.. Still, we stood and watched each person come through searching for a her... a few people made our hearts skip thinking it was her and then finally, earlier than we expected, we saw her!!! We ran to where we could meet up with her and giving her a big hug was just the best feeling. Such a special moment. I am just soo proud of her. Her homecoming talk was beautiful. She is so much more confident with who she is. While hearing the beautiful scripture passages she memorized and recited during her talk, I couldn't help but feel the Spirit. She has grown so much, and she is such an example to me. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for her!