Mystery Solved

On Saturday Cali called to tell me she had red spots all over her back and some on her arms - about the size of a pencil eraser.

I went through the whole list of typical questions.

Do they itch?
Do they hurt?
Did you change your soap?
Did you eat something different?
Have you been rolling around in the grass?

Her answer to each of the questions was no.

She had been sick last week with a mild fever so wondered if it was a reaction to the fever.

She was on her way to the BYU football game and I knew David and Tricia were probably going to be there so I called them to see if they would meet up with Cali and have nurse Tricia take a look.

Tricia looked and thought it looked like chicken pox - yikes!  Cali has already had chicken pox but it is possible to get it twice.  We would have to wait and watch and see if they blistered.

Sunday morning Cali said the spots were still there.  She and her roommates were going to have dinner at the Stanley's house.  Their son - Elder Stanley is currently a missionary in our ward and last year Bro. Stanley was a member of the girl's ward Bishopric.  I have talked to Sister Stanley on the phone so I called her.  I thought if there was any chance she had the chicken pox I had to make sure they had had them already and she wouldn't be exposing anyone. 

They had had them and Sister Stanley is a nurse so she said she would look at them too.
She called me after dinner to tell me she thought it looked like some kind of allergic reaction.

And then I logged onto Cali's Facebook page.

And I found these...

Pictures of my daughter and her friends and roomies covered in BLUE foam!  And I remembered - I remember that last year about this time Cali had called me with a rash all over her torso.  Just a few days after she had been rolling around in BLUE foam!!

I am really not sure what the BLUE foam is all about but I think it has something to do with Homecoming/BYU spirit etc.

I guess on Saturday when Cali called me about her rash she had forgotten that she had been rolling around in BLUE foam - forgotten that last year when she rolled around in BLUE foam she broke out in a rash!

So now we know - Cali is allergic to BLUE foam!!

Wondering if we should start listing that on her medical forms under allergies - BLUE foam!

Ecola State Park - Indian Beach

We are enjoying some amazingly beautiful weather this week - in the 80's!!  I always thought that the Oregon schools should go through June and then have September off since our weather is so much nicer in September than in June!

Since we had such nice weather my group of hiking friends thought we should head to the coast and enjoy the beautiful sunshine.

We had a wonderful hike but unfortunately for us the sunshine was only in Portland - not at the coast.  We found fog and a little drizzle at the beach.

We went to Ecola State Park and hiked down to Indian Beach - a new hike for me.  Despite the fog it was still beautiful - how can the Oregon Coast not be beautiful.

We hiked through some beautiful wooded areas with lots of amazing viewpoints along the way.

Indian Beach is a popular spot for surfers and there was a group there that day - wet suits and all.

We enjoyed our lunch down on the beach and then did some exploring of the tide pools.

One of the gals 75 year old neighbor joined us - she was amazing.  She had no problems keeping up with all us young girls!!

BYU Blues

I guess enough time has passed by now that we can finally talk about it.

BYU lost on Saturday and they lost bad!

It was a sad day for many members of the Wilkes' family. It was a sad day for Jim as he watched the game from his nice comfy red leather chair at home.

It was a sad for Logan who proceed to wallow in his sorrows the rest of the day (we're sorry Jenesse) and then he drowned his sorrows by grilling up some good eats Saturday night.

It was not quite as sad a day for Clark because he sold his tickets for some cold hard cash and then used a friends ticket to go to the game!

Despite the loss Cali had a fun time. As she walked into the game she was excited to see Elder Holland who said hello to her and her group.

They enjoyed some yummy shaved ice.

And then they got to see what happened when you asked a group of Marines or are they Army guys to flex!

Her friend Brittany was down for the weekend from BYU-I so they had fun together even though BYU lost!

Cali and friends.

Two of her roomies... Where was Lizzie?Despite the loss we still are True Blue fans - Go Cougars!!