A Trip to Door County plus an ambulance ride

The last few days we spent in Door County camping at a waterpark with my sister, Bryan and Jacob. We managed to pack all our stuff for the trip in the back of the Jetta. We had a great time the first day spending most of it in the pool.
This was our first trip to Door County so the next day we were going to play tourist and see the sites. We started at a orchard, which is very popular there. We sampled many things in the store and then were getting ready to head to Fish Creek to the State Park.
As we were getting in the car Jenna was stung by a hornet or wasp. She normally swells alot when she has gotten stung in the past so I gave her liquid beydryl and we continued to Fish Creek. On the way she said her feet itched which I thought was strange so I turned around to check on her and saw the scariest thing I had ever seen before. She was white, and covered head to toe in hives. Panic! We stopped the car and I ran to the nearest store and called 911. The fire department arrived a few minutes later and the ambulance about 5 minutes after that. They gave her an epi pen right away and checked her vitals, her breathing was not affected, thankfully. They could not get an iv started and then decided to take her to the nearest hospital which was 23 miles away. The hospital staff was waiting for us when we arrived they gave her another shot of epinephrine and finally got the iv started with Benydyl and a steroid. She was responding well to the 2nd dose for about a half hour, but then her hives came back. So, they had to give her a 3rd dose. Her blood pressure and heart rate increased after this. She was very sleepy. She responded to the 3rd dose and they released us from the ER.
The whole thing took about 6 hours. The longest 6 hours I had spent as a mom. It was so hard to watch and be completely not able to help her, make her better right away, watch her in pain, and not now what was going to happen next. She was so strong. It was the scariest thing I had ever seen. I am scared for her to go outside now the wasp and hornets have been horrible this year.

Summer of 2012

We have sure enjoyed our summer. Here are some highlights. 

The kids enjoyed playing tball and soccer this summer. 

 Dylan loves his fishing pole. He has learned to cast great.

We had our forth Denkins Family Reunion. The theme this year was Holidays. We trick or treated, Santa and Mrs. Claus visited, Thanksgiving dinner and an Easter egg hunt.

We spent lots of time out on the waters of Lake Michigan in our new boat. It is a 27 foot boat. We took a couple shorter journey's to Rodgers Park before we headed to Beaver Island.

Happy Birthday USA! We celebrated the 4th with parades, picnics, and fireworks on the water. 

Baby #4 continues to grow. Can't wait to meet her in November. 

 Beaver Island Trip: Fun included sleeping in the harbor, a snake hike, exploring the island, and relaxing time on the beach.

 Happy 10 years! We got married 10 years ago. Where does the time go ?

March

March is reading month so we celebrated with Dr. Suess day.

Dustin went Winter camping. They hiked out to Suicide hill and built shelters.  

Baby #4. We are so excited to find out we were expecting another child.

 My awesome new greenhouse. 

 Spring Hike. 

February 2012 Update

Dustin started the month in Grand Rapids at the RV show for Suburb Solar Inc. The rest of attended Jacob's 1st Birthday party.

Jenna was a cheerleader for the Big Bay de Noc Black Bears. She was very shy. Dylan loves to give hugs and kisses. Derek's getting to be quiet a piano player, even from playing from memory.

Dustin and Jill headed to Nashville, TN to the Wild Turkey Show. We were able to also attend the Grand Olde Opry and visited Mamouth Caves on the trip home.

We went to the Curtis Winter Carnival to see James carve.

Dustin and some friends have been playing poker once a month.

Dustin was only able to snowmobile two times this winter.

This month ended the same way it began with another show for Suburb Solar.

Winter Fun

As January comes to a close it is amazing how fast the months fly by these days. We have very little snow and the weather has been fairly warm for the most part this month. 

The kids have been learning to cross country ski and skiing in the drive way is a great way to learn.  

 Derek and his lego creation.  Miss Jenna missing her first two teeth!

Dustin and Matt were able to go Winter Camping.  It was a fine trip minus the smoke. 

I was able to go scrapbooking for the first time in a long long time. It was great to be creative and get some of Dylan's scrapbook done. 

The business is remaining very busy. Dustin is gone this weekend to a Lake Home and Cabin Show in Madison, WI. 

It's The New Year

And so it begins, 2012 and Winter. In December we only had a few small amounts of snow. Yesterday winter decided it was time to join us. We received over 18 inches in a 24 hour time. Today, I managed to get myself stuck in the driveway not once but twice. 

We enjoyed the holiday season- with lots of visitors and visits. The kids highlights were a tablet ( Derek), Lalaloopsy Dolls (Jenna), Train Set (Dylan), Winter Sleeping Bag (Dustin), and Farmstand Chef Cookbook (Jill). 

Cheers to the new year!

Note to Self: Keep Blog Updated and More

Notes to Self:
#1. Each month I say I am going to blog more. I love to go back and read the previous years blog. Therefore, it's a new month and I am going to yet again try to blog more.
#2. Print Pictures; Scrapbook them, hang them up, or frame them. Sitting in a box is not a good location.

Family Photo

#3. Enjoy Summer Bonefires: We had our first bonfire of the year at home tonight : It's November 1st.

#4. Clean the house. Enough Said.

#5. Blog More. Until Tomorrow.