My Happy Place

So I absolutely love spring when everything is turning green. These are the plants that we started a while ago. A previous post has pictures of us planting and now here are the plants. Every morning I come to this table and look how much they have grown over night. I get on such a natural high with these plants. I just planted some in bigger containers so they can stretch out their roots and flourish.

Here are some squash. That is just replanted in bigger containers.

Here is the same plant I replanted a week ago. They have grown quite a bit faster in bigger pots. The other day when I was replanting them I was telling Curtis how much happier these plants are going to be. I put a lot of love in to these plants and I am glad that they are growning so well. I will have to post some pictures of the garden box I built and put in the yard. I can't wait to get these little guys in the ground. I just am going to be a little ticked off if some hungry moose comes along and eats them.

Our Backpacking Trip

Last week we went backpacking to Rapids Camp Yurt. It was so much fun. Our kids did such a great job. Cassidy and Cayden had their own packs and carried their own gear. Catheryn hiked the whole way with no pack We thought that she was going to be in the stroller most of the way but refused to be in it. So it was nice for her to walk, it made the stroller much lighter. It was 1.7 miles in. The trail still had quite a bit of snow on it in certain areas but again the kids were amazing.

Here is Cassidy being crazy. She had a great time until we started hiking back and then she realized we took her out of school. We did a Thursday night camp out because the yurt is already booked for most of the summer on the weekends. She started crying saying that she was going to miss recess. I guess hiking doesn't count.

When you see this picture you think, What is he wearing. Yes Curtis is wearing a skirt. That is what I call it but in technical terms he is wearing a hiking kilt. He is very happy with it and I am glad. When we were dating he wore a kilt and I was so embarrassed I got him not to wear it. Now I have a lot more confidence in my self and don't care what he wears. If he likes it go for it!!!!

Here are Cass and Cayden on the trail reading the signs were to go. Canyon did great. No crying, slept really well and was just a happy baby. It makes me so excited to be able to do these things with our kids and that our older two can hike and carry their own gear. LOVE IT

The Patch and Prick Allergy Test

So as you can see here, this is Canyons allergy patch test. Each of the little white circles have food on them. It is taped on the back on Monday removed on Wednesday and read on Thursday. All the little purple dots under the patch is where she was pricked. The prick test is more for anaphylactic possibilities. The patch is non anaphylactic allergies. Both tests test for the same foods. So Canyon was negative to all prick tests but positive to quite a few of the patch.

So this is what Canyon's back looked like Wednesday night. She already has a skin rash all over but you can see where she really reacted to some of the foods.

Here is a close up of the reaction.

So her list of allergies that she tested positive to are:
dairy, egg, wheat, barley, rye, oat, soy and peanut.

Since I am nursing I will be taking all of these things out of my diet and hopefully it will help with her body rash. My other kids have not had a problem with body rashes, but very fussy and screaming. Canyon does do her share of crying when I have dairy. I took dairy out of my diet when she was two days old thinking it was bothering her and it made a big difference. Every once in a while I will go and eat something with dairy and then Canyon is vomiting and screaming, so not worth it. It is easy for me to think..... if I eat this it will cause pain to my child.
I feel really okay with what she tested positive to. It really isn't that different than what I did with Catheryn. I just am happy to know.

Many people think I can be overwhelmed with my children and their allergy issues but it is part of our lives. I have been dealing with food allergies with my children for almost 4 years. It is not hard at all. It is just a way of life. Yes we don't buy pre made food we eat fresh fruit and veggies and very healthy food. My children have no problem eating a meal with all veggies. Cooking dinner may take longer at times and some days I just look at my kitchen thinking what can I cook tonight. But I think every mother has days like that.

I just thought that I would add a picture of our dinner the other night. It was so goood. It had lots of different veggies and the kids loved it. Then I made whole wheat french bread. Which I can not eat any more but I am sure I will find some gluten free french bread I can make