Colby a little too Honest

So my cute cousin J-Cuz was taking mine and Tim's picture with her cell phone...and of course me only wanting my head in the shot was telling her to make sure she didn't get any of my fat.......well Colby said...mom you aren't fat.....my sister laughed and said you don't even know what fat is......of course colby said...yes I do it's when you have bigger legs, bigger arms, bigger feet etc......and my sister said............oh crap...I am fat!!!! J-Cuz said oh Colby I love how honest you are! He is so cute...............and which one of you told him about being fat?.....that's a swear word at our house!

Funny Boys

It's been awhile..One day I will post about our summer!!! But just a cute thing my kids have done....

At dinner on sunday night we were saying the prayer and Parker the little stinker refuses to fold him arms and stuff for the prayers....well I was saying the prayer and right after I start I hear Colby whisper to Parker "Don't you love Jesus?" It was so stinkin cute.

We were getting ready for bed and some of our story books have stickers. Well Parker grabs a sticker and sticks it on his forhead.......he then holds one hand out in front like he is going to catch it if it falls. Leans his head forward and starts tapping with his other hand the back of his head trying to knock the sticker off......I guess he had just saw something like that on America's Funniest Home Videos with a penny or something. It was so cute!

Colby's 1st year of Preschool

Colby's "graduation" from his first year of preschool was May 27th. I finally got the pictures from my mom's camera. They sang a song that we got recorded and did a little skit about goldie locks and the three bears. Colby was apart of the trees. He part was "down by the trees by the pond where the bees hide away from the bears living there." He had it memorized before I even started practicing it with him. Here are some pictures.

May 2010

So may FLEW by!! What a month for our family! We had a lot of thing happen. May 1st my Cousin Kiera was in town from Florida and had a Breakfast with some of the kids from the neighborhood and her friends and family. It was so nice to catch up with her and some of my old friends. Her dad had the same problem as I do. He had a stroke last year I think it was from a PFO. We all talked about that. When we were visiting my Dad came bye as I told my mom what we were doing and said My grandma's & aunts new house was up the street and they were moving boxes and would like our help. So we loaded up the kids and Tim went and helped them move the boxes. We made a couple of Trips and Grandma bought us pizza's for helping. Tim was suppose to go to a priesthood leadership meeting that afternoon and us Stake Conference Adult session but we ended up not going because we were to late helping grandma. But that's ok.

On the 8th of May we were suppose to race in the Race for the Cure but it was my Grandma's official Move day so we didn't sign up. That morning we got up early and went to the church for a scout fundraiser breakfast. It was a silent auction and breakfast. I ended up getting/payingfor a haircut, a printer, and tim got banana bread and the kids got a book and sword. We then had to run over for Colby's last soccer game. He threw a huge fit and didn't want to play but shaped up by half time and helped them make a bunch of goals. he got a Medal to wear around his neck and was proud of it! We then ran home and my dad was waiting with his truck and Tim loaded most of that by himself. We had to call the rest of the family about 1 hour and a half later to come load the rest of the stuff from our basement(we were storing my aunts stuff) For some reason they all were just hanging out there thinking my DAD was going to load it all? What? So they got it all loaded and taken away. My neighbors all thought we were moving out and they told us they wanted to come over and tell us not to move.....I think they secretly were saying "YES" finally :)
After that we didn't go up to help unload the stuff because Tim and I were going with our neighbor Jenn to get our flowers in Layton at J&J. We all grabbed a bunch of flowers. I won't tell you how much we spent....but there were a lot of flowers. We went and planted my mys yard with flowers as that is what we give her for Mothers day. We then went to our house and and planted flowers in our yard, trina's yard and helped Jenn rototill her flower beds. It was long and we were wore out!!! On mothers day I woke up and my boys gave me a super cute purse I was eyeing at a boutique. They worked something with my sister to get the purse without me knowing it! Then we had a BBQ at my parents house with my dads side of the family! It was nice to see everyone.

On the 15th We went to the Brain Injury Associations 5k. We run for the little boy I help on Fridays with some therapy to help him walk and stuff. His name is Charlie. We had our friends the Cary's come with us as their girl received a similar brain injury as Charlie but a different level of Damage persay. In a way I was runing for myself also as strokes are an injury also. My friend Donna was also their with her Hubby who had a stroke also. We know too many people. But we ran the race. I pushed the boys and Tim helped push the photographers childs stroller as she took pictures. It was fun. And nice to have the Cary's there with us! That evening we went to a birthday party for Charlie. They were planning on 200 people..holey cow that is a lot of people to feed. I asked if I could make charlie a B-day cake. It was an incredibles cake as they call him Charlie Jack jack...this was a nick name before his illness that hurt his brain. I didn't have time to put trim on the cake so it wasn't as finished as I would like but it turned out good. Sorry no pictures. Our camera is still broken....I am waiting to see if Charlies mom will send me some! The boys loved the party. There was a bounce house trampoline, soccer, sandbox and lots of food and fun!! What an awesome family the Christensens are!!!

I had a boutique at my house the 21st with my sister. The turn out was ok. But we still had fun with those that came and the people selling stuff. We had purses, jewelry, scentsy, blankets, headbands, hats etc.

My sister had surgery on Monday before mine to see why she had a lump under an old surgery scar from 7 years ago. They found a massy thing with an old suture that never dissolved. This last weekend I spent time recouping from my surgery. Friday when we came home the boys of course didn't notice I was gone for a day and a half and ran right to daddy. But oh well. We went home and I settled in on the couch!! We had to go get some prescriptions but that's it we did. Our friends the Woodruff's of course brought us a delicious dinner!! We were spoiled. our friends the rogers also dropped us by a Pizza to eat anytime we needed it. It was take and bake. On Saturday we got up and Tim wanted to get yardwork done but it was cold so I told him I would bundle up and sit outside while he did the yard work so I could keep an eye on the boys. So they just played with the neighbors and I sat there resting and Tim did our yard work and Trina's. I guess they both helped each other. My sister came over during Parkers nap time and We watched a movie the two recoveries watchin shows. Colby played in the basement with neighbor kids. That morning my friend/fellow relief society presidency member brought us breakfast. We had the pizza for lunch and our friends the Cary's brought us dinner. I felt so good and didn't feel like I had surgery so I felt guilty letting people bring me food but they all insisted. We then watched another movie that night with Tim. He ended up spending the afternoon helping at our friends the woodruff's frame in a fireplace in their basement. Yard work, basement finishing what doesnt that guy do!!!

Sunday on memorial day we didn't go to church and I guess there was a wow factor in Relief Society. Heather told them they excused me because I had Heart Surgery. I guess they were all shocked and concerned. She had to back up and say not open heart type of surgery they were all thinking but just easy surgery I had. We did go put flowers on the graves and the cemetery with my parents, syblings and uncle. Its a tradition of ours. We walked all over the cemetery and even went to my future burial plot!! When we were about done colby said Mom when I die I want transformers on my head stone thingy. It was so cute!!! That night our friends the Wolfley's brought us dinner also!!! Seriously don't we have the best friends ever!!! They all volunteered to bring food non of this was set up by the compassionate service committee like it usually is!!! The husband made the food and he even made it when his wife was home sick....worse off than me!! I felt really bad!

On memorial day I was off my 2-3 day take it easy after surgery days. We went to Woods Cross City Park memorial day celebration with my parents. I helped start this Celebration14 years ago when I was on the youth city council. We had breakfast and played at the park. We ran into my cousin Liz so we hung out with her and let our kids play. It was fun. After that we went to the store for Tim to buy my b-day presents....oh yeah it was my b-day too...on a holiday yeah no work!! He got me some unmentionables......sheets and new pillows. We got the boys a few more summer outfits and we only had a couple. We then went and got some new flowers to replace some that died for what reason we don't know. We quickly planted them and then our family and my sister went to see the last Shrek movie. colby loved every minute of it. Parker well he was a little stinker the whole movie walking around in our isle and talking loud I was embarrased. We then all went with my parents to Robintino's for my Birthday dinner!! It was weird not having a memorial day BBQ. But oh well we can have one soon!!! That's may for you! Sorry no pictures one day we will fix our camera or get a new one!

It's done

So I went in at 6:00 am this morning for the PFO fix. They of course had to poke me 3 times to get blood and and IV. I was wheeled into the Cardiac Cath Lab Operating room at about 7:15. I spent most of the time in there just hanging out. They got me ready and prepped and tried to pull the gown out from under me after transfering me to the table. This nurse saw me leaning to one side and came running she thought I was rolling off. But i don't think she was big enough to stop me if I was. They gave me Versed(sp) I was a little nervous that I would turn into the devil incarnate like Parker did. But it just made me sleepy. I was hoping t be asleep....but no they made me stay awake but it wasn't as bad as I thought. They gave me local anesthetic to go through the femoral artery. All I felt though was a little butterfly feeling in my heart when the camera went in and when they put the "helix" in. He said it was the best device because it allowed the thinner part of the heart and the thicker part of the heart to mold around it. I had a 1/2 inch hole and the device was an inch. He said it is in there tight and ain't goin anywhere. I think the actually procedure took about 15 mintues. I was rolled back into the recovery room by 8:15. Dr Sorensen said that this was a fix that needed to be done. It wasn't just a PFO but a ASD atrial septic defect. So it was something that needed to be fix. As some people don't need PFO's fixed. So I am glad I got it done. I was tired for another hour and then I was ready to get up and go. Of course they won't let me. I had to lay flat in bed for 2 hours and not lay. But the amazing feet is that they had me take 3 pills and eat breakfast laying flat on my back. My mom fed me breakfast like a mother bird. It was kind of embarrasing. I have just been hanging out in my room with my hubby watching movies, playing on the internet and taking a few walks around the hallways. I feel just fine. I feel a lump in my throat everyonce in awhile and my IV hurts worse than the incision!! So I think this will be and easy recovery. Thanks everyone for their prayers and concern. It means a lot to us!!! Thanks to my dad and grandma and mom for taking the kids today and playing with them!!! I think they forget me and Tim are their parents!! I am grateful for and awesome family!

6:00am WHAT?

Ok so tomorrow is the day....how did I get so lucky to get the 6:00 time slot!!!! Seriously! Oh well I guess I get to be put to sleep for part of the day! I haven't gotten nervous yet!! Just excited for what I hope the out come will be after!!!! Wish me luck!

Blood Work

So I got my results over the phone from all that blood work that was taken by my neurologist.
I have low Vitamin D and Vitamin B12. My liver function is elevated(but could be from all the tylenol I had been taking for the headaches.) . My glucose was up from the last time. About 100 points. But I was given early that day a solumedrol infusion. That skyrockets your blood sugar. So I am not worried about that and neither are they as it wasn't a fasting blood work. So I just have to take the Vitamin D and B12 supplements now.

I had about a week break from headaches....too bad it didn't last long. They are back! Oh well hopefully in 2 weeks they will be gone for good. It's funny when I get a headache my left eye will almost droop shut with the headache. I unconciously just close it and watch the world go with one eye! I hope this improves in two weeks also!

April 2010

So April went by superfast!!! Most of the month was spent going to doctors and me feeling sick so not much fun went on. Our camera bit the dust at disneyland so no pictures from this family for awhile! We had a good Easter. The easter bunny came and visited the kids.....don't ask me to remember what he brought them candy....and something. Oh yeah shoes I think. Maybe some toys. We had dinner at my parents house. I was in charge of the potatoes. My sister and mom like always were fun and did an easter egg hunt for the kids. It was fast because it was a little chilly. We got the yard all ready for planting and weed prevention. Well I shouldn't say we. TIM got it ready. He brought in compost for the whole yard and weeded and got the garden ready for planting and even planted our stuff in our basement until it warms up here!

Colby has been playing soccer again. His team isn't doing as good. The other teams seem to have learned how to dribble and be agressive over the winter break and Colby's team stayed the same. But they have fun. We do find Colby running off the field whenever he wants without the coach saying so to grab a drink. He's so funny he wants a drink water all game long. He still is pretty agressive on the field and makes a lot of the goals. He has gotten hurt more and cried a few times but he enjoys it!

+We had a few BBQ/Hot dog roasts/marshmallow roasts at our house with friends and neighbors it was fun! I love having good friends and family over. We have some good friends that live by us that gave us a whole bunch of stuff because they were cleaning out finishing their basement and their boys are older and weren't playing or using stuff anymore. We got new Luggage, A new electric play truck for the boys and a set of dressers for Parkers room. Parker needed the storage space in his room!!! It's all be fun and nice.

Parker has been learning to talk and say peoples names and put words together its so cute. We sometimes can't get him to say a word right. We are trying to teach him some neighbors names. Craig is Kaig. Julianna is Anna. Trina is Noah(don't ask but he refuses to say it any other way) Jenn is gnenn. He loves to see them now he learned their names and talk to them and wave at them. He is starting to get into his 2's though a few more fits and he is stubborn! But can make you laugh all the time. He has my dads and grandpas sense of humor. It's cute.

Colby is still enjoying his preschool. He has made some friends and he gets to go to their house after preschool and plays. We are trying to learn that we don't throw fits when grandma comes to pick him up! He is turning into a big boy now. he likes swords, and action things now! he loves driving the truck around (the play one) and loves loves loves to argue with us and talk back and say no. But we love him. This has been the hardest stage for me. But I am sure it can be worse!!

Cardiologist

So I went to see Dr Sherm Sorensen the Cardiologist....kind of a weird Duck. he didn't like me saying I was getting old when He's probably older than my dad. I had a Transcranial Doppler done. They put two dopplers on my temples where the arteries that go to my brain are. When she put it on it was a faint heartbeat sound. She put the IV in...one the first try might I add. That doesn't happen that often to me. She then injected aggitated saline(bubbles) into my veins and almost immediately you heard the bubble on the doppler. In a heart without a hole they would get filtered through the lungs and back through the heart before going to the brain. Well the hole in my heart allowed them to go immediately to my brain. The test ranges the amount of bubble from 0(meaning none) to a 5, and then a 5+. Well at resting mine was a 4. When I applied pressure I was a 5+. He also said I have a septic Aneurysm which can collect clots and send them the wrong way. So I have three things against me. Spots on my brain, the 4 & 5+ reading and the aneurysm I have a really high risk for a Stroke. He suggested surgery to close the hole with an artificial something or other :) He will go through my femoral artery and insert the mesh device and it will close the hole off and my heart tissue will grow over it and hold it into place. There is a 99% success rate with this surgery. It's only one night in the hospital and back to mostly normal duties in 2 days. No lifting heavy things for a month or strenuous exercise (not a problem as it hurts to bad to do strenuous exercies). Anyways that's the story for now. I have the surgery scheduled May 27th. Then I follow up with the neurologist a week later to go over the rest of the results and see if they ruled out MS or not. As the Cardiologist said this problem doesn' t rule out MS. It just prevents strokes from the PFO. So the neurologist knows in the future if I continue to have problems that it's not the PFO. I hope this all makes sense!!! Lets hope it's all the PFO.

Echo.........

So I had an echocardiogram today. Well what do ya know....I have a hole in my heart. I have a PFO. It's a hole you have as a baby that usually closes but mine didn't. Now off for more heart tests and to meet with the cardiologist to get the plan of attack to make sure it quits attacking my head. I am SSSOOOO done with headaches.....hopefully this means no more steroid injections....that is nasty stuff!

Dr Update

So I went to my first Neurology appointment on Monday thanks to sweet Angel for getting me an appointment ASAP. The anticipation is killing me...knowing your brain is getting damaged and don't know why. So he looked at my MRI's and he said there are spots on my MRI that are typical placing of MS lesions but that the MRI doesn't show for sure if it's demylenating lesions or if it's from some type fo vascular problems(small clots or strokes or whatever) So now the testing starts to figure out what it is. I started monday with Steriod infusions for two days. It did a number on me but has helped in some areas. It did make my headaches more massive and painful but it's a side effect of the drug. I had rapid heartbeat at points in the night with 110 beats per minute. I got flush for hours and still am. But I have had some relief in pain and stiffness. He said if this relieves some symptoms it means that it might be autoimmune like MS or Lupus or something because it will take down the inflammation and pain caused by those in the brain and spinal column. Second I had about 10 vials of blood or so (I think it was more) taken for all kinds of tests. I have some of them back on my dr's webpage he has for me but I can't tell what all of them mean with the medical gibber gabber. So I will have to wait for the dumbed down version from my dr! But all the autoimmune, kidney,liver and lupus ones are higher than normal. I will have to have and EKG with bubble this thursday to rule out a hole in my heart that could be sending clots to my brain. Right now they are just ruling out things and trying to find out what could cause all my pain, fatigue, headaches, miscarriage, my left eye having problems, muscle twitching etc! He did show in my appointment that my left hand was weaker and had drifting left eye, and i saw double at one point out of my left eye. Which is where the majority of my headaches are. I am also realizing I can't concentrate. Remember things as well and I can't remember even some of my close friends names. So don't be offended if I all the sudden can't remember your name. I know you just can't pull your name out! He said that alot of times after someone has a kid or the hormones from a pregnancy loss could make a flare up in an autoimmue disease and that's why I could have had more problems since the miscarriage. So we will see......only time and tests will tell. I hope this is the beginning of some relief and not the beginning of worse things to come! We are doing good. We are grateful for all the outpouring of love and support. Life gives us challenges, but the lord knows we can handle all that he gives us so we will handle all of this! We know we aren't the only ones that struggle.

Pondering (warning long emotional post)

These last couple of months for me have been a humbling experience. I have been pondering a lot about my support system I have. Lets start with my family. I was lucky enough to be born to my parents. I do indeed have the best parents in the whole world. They serve me everyday and never ask for anything in return. The tend my kids EVERYDAY I am at work. They do special errands for me as I can't do everything because I work full time. They are loving and supportive and are wonderful people who serve their family and community.

My Husband....what did I EVER do to deserve such a wonderful man! Words can't describe how awesome he is. With all the pain and sickness I have had in the 5 years we have been married he sure has stepped up to the plate. Not once has he ever blamed me for being lazy(which I blame myself all the time) not once has he told me to help him when I am just watching him because I am so fatigued or hurt to bad to help. This is the list of things he does for me. He does the Laundry, all the yard work, Cleans, takes care of the kids, does dishes, grocery shopping, and many more things. You ask what do I do? Not much. I pretty much do the little cooking we do and sometimes dishes but he takes care of the rest. He picks up all the slack without complaining or degrading me. Which I probably wouldn't give him the same respect. He loves me and his family...all his family and would do anything for any of them. Not only does he do this for me....but he finds time to help my parents, and syblings out. He finds time to help our neighbors with their projects. He is the definition of Service. Each day I spend with this man I fall more in love with him. What a blessing he is in my life.

My sister......not only did I get the best parents I got the best sisters too. She has stepped up to the plate for me too. Since we work 10 hour days and are required to and since we only have about 1 1/2 hours with our boys before they have to go to bed because we drag them out of bed at 5:55 or so to go to grandmas......well any who. We didn't want to spend that time cooking and cleaning up dinner........so what does she do she says. Well have something in mind or something ready and she will cook us dinner each night and stop on the way home from work and do that for us. She exercises during that time to on our WII. So now we come home and dinner is on the table. What a selfless thing to do! Did I tell you I love my family! She is like another member of our family at our house. She does so much for me. She will tend my kids anytime for free. She takes my kids on auntie nephew dates. She is so awesome. She pushes me to exercise even though its painful. Which I need. She makes me want to be a better person.

My neighbors & friends......how lucky I am to have such wonderful friends to live by. They are just neighbors they are friends and some I would consider family. I am somewhat of a social butterfly...I am shy but I love having friends over for social events. I love just being able to walk out the front door and be able to know I can find someone to talk too and know that they care about me as much as I do them. They bring so much joy in our family and I know I can count on them for anything and I hope they feel the same for us. I love our monthly dinners we have with a couple of our friends. We have done it for 5 years and look forward to it every month. The are such a blessing in our life! We love them so much! I am grateful for Janae...for comforting me through my break down at church and crying with me even though she didn't know what can of worms she was opening. The sincernest in her eyes comforted me! I think all those former neighbors and friends I grew up with know that they have effected me all in such a way to mold me to the person I am today! I am grateful for each one of them.

My coworkers..........ok Well two of them...they know who they are. I can count on them for anything! Did you hear me anything. Even though I spend 40 hours a week with them they aren't sick of me. I can talk to them about anything. Any question I am to embarrsed to ask anyone else................I ask them. They will explain to this sheltered girl! They would do anything for me and I love them and I am grateful for them each day!


Unexpected friends.....Every friday Tim or I (it's my job to do but tim fills in when I can't) one of us goes to Charlie's house to help this little sweet angel try to regain some function in his sweet little body after having bacterial menegitis. We go and with a couple of other people at a session help him crawl and learn sensation and sound and sight again. We started in November I think it was of 2009. I know from us serving this sweet family that we have been blessed. How do I know Charlie. Well Charlie's mom Angel(the name is fitting) grew up close to us back in childhood days at one point we were in the same ward. Well she is my brothers age and her and her husband Rob are friends with my brother. Also when they got married they moved in the duplex across the street from my parents so I lived by them for a while. I was heart broken about Charlie for them. When the opprotunity came for me to be able to help them. I didn't hesitate. I always think what if I needed help? How could I not help someone in need. Once I found out I had the problems with demylenation I had my dad call a neurologist while I was in disneyland and make me an appointment for me. Well at my last Therapy session with Charlie I asked Rob about Angel's job(my dad had mentioned he thought she worked for a neurologist) He said she did but it's strickly and MS clinic. We talked about things for a minute and immediatley he said I am going to ask Angel if they take your insurance and see what we can do about getting you in ASAP! He looked at me and told me that his heart hurt for me. I never in a million years thought one of my brothers friends would ever feel that way for me! I always felt like the stupid little younger sister with his friends. Angel and Rob have never treated me that way. Angel is working right now with her Doctor to get me into him as soon as possible even though he only works 9 days in the next two months. I even remember when I was still single and struggling with loneliness and stuff I was outside my parents house and Rob and Angel, my brother and a bunch of their friends were going to dinner. Angel invited me. There was no way in heck I was going to hang out with my brothers friends. I was never accepted there. I declined. But Angel being the sweetest person ever INSISTED I come and join them. I went and it was just what I needed at that time. Being accepted somewhere were I never dreamed I would be accepted. It was wonderful. In a small way it changed a perspective in my life. Also when I help with Charlie another one of my Brothers friends helps at the same time as me Troy. What an awesome guy he is! He talks to me and actually cares too about me! I guess I have never been accepted in that part of my Brothers life.....so to me it's shocking. I guess these weren't the guys that hung out at our house when growing up. But I wish they would have been the ones!!! I am glad that now I get to see them once a week and chat! They are funny too. I am sorry about getting on the Brother band wagon but apparently I have some brother issues. Don't get me wrong I still love him. I guess we have just never grown out of the sybling rivalry/ older cool brother vs younger sister that he thought was annoying. Maybe by the time I am 70 we will be over that.

I am grateful for all the people in my life that have influenced me for the good. Even if you weren't mentioned I hope you know the impact you have made on my life and I am grateful for you. Even though I have struggled physically and been sick for a long time I am grateful for all that I have and I just wanted to share it with the WWW :)

March 2010

On March third our night was going so well. We had the kids bathed and ready for bed and about to read them stories at about 7:30....we were on top of it. Well I was in our bedroom. Tim was in the Living room and Colby and Parker were playing in the hall. I heard a thud and a cry and Tim did to. He was quicker to get to Parker than I was and he yelled "Kari" I ran! Parker was pouring blood out of his mouth and screaming. Then Colby started crying super hard.....saying he was so so so so so so sorry he didn't mean to make "Parkers blood stick out." He was so sorry. Well it looked like to us that his tooth went all the way through his lip. We didn't know wether to take him to primary's or an insta care. We stuck with insta care so we didn't want to take him around all the sick kids at primary's. Well instacare said they can't do stitches on a lip on a kid and we had to take him to the emergency room. So off to Primary's we went. He luckly cut his lip on the heater vent and his tooth cut the inside so it didn't go all the way through. The inner lip they let heal on it's on but the outer lip they put 3 stitches in. Well they gave him versed to calm him down and it would make him not remember the process. Well with him it didn't calm him down. He became the devil incarnate and screamed and hit and kick and threw....well that ain't my sweet little parker. It lasted for about 1 hour and a 1/2. He threw a popscicle at the Doctor. But he looks as good as new! You can hardly see it now. How it happened....well we can only tell you what a 4 year old did. Their ballon strings got wrapped together and he pulled hard and pulled parker down and he landed face first on the heatervent air return!! Boys will be boys.

Two days later my dad got put in the hospital again for bleeding in his stomach and really low blood pressure. He was in Intermediate care unit. A step above the floor but a step below ICU. They got it all stopped and his stomach feeling better and released him 3 days later. While this was all happening.....I got a nasty eyelid infection and had to go a week with glasses (my most unfavorite thing in the world) all with the worst headaches and dizziness I have had. The eye is cleared up and I am working with Dr's on the headache. I have had a couple of MRI's and have a probable demylenation disease. Isn't that wonderful. I meet with a neurologist in May.

We have decided how this year has started for all of us WE NEED A VACATION!!!!

Parker had his 2nd birthday. He is getting to be such a big boy. He is just learning to but more than one word together and starting to say a lot more words. He is a verying loving boy and so cute. He loves his older brother and loves to repeat him. He loves basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, anything ball related. HE loves bubbles and balloons. He likes to put his hands on his cheek and yell your name when he is trying to get your attention. Its so so so cute. We had a birthday party with just family. I made him a sponge bob square pants cake only because he could say spongebob before mom. We had sandwhiches and chips and salad for his dinner. We love this kid and we are so grateful he is a part of our family!

So we took one at the end of March. Ok it was planned before all the craziness. But it came at a time we needed a break. But still had stuff going on but we made it work. Last year at the fair Tim got us into one of those timeshare meeting things that they tried to coerce us into getting a timeshare....well we didn't but we got some cash, gas gift cards, two nights in vegas, and 100.00 at planet hollywood in vegas and a bunch of other stuff. Well we decided since my Cousin was blessing their baby in Cedar City on March 28th that we would take our trip after that. So Saturday the 27th we drove to Cedar City and played in the pool at the hotel with all our extended family and had pizza. My mom and sister came with us. The next day we went to the blessing. It was so fun to see our family all in church together and Tyson did a awesome job blessing Grady! It's the first boy in my Uncles family. I hope they know what to do with him. My uncle has 5 girls and all the grandkids up till grady were girls! We left right after the blessing to head to Vegas....well when we were rolling into Vegas. My cute mom said...."you know we are only a couple hours from Disneyland" We should have just gone there. We all laughed and said that would be fun. Well we started driving down the strip....MISTAKE. it took forever to drive down it! We were frustrated with the lights and everything. It was so crowded even that early in the day. My mom said we should really go to disneyland. We started talking seriously about it. We got to the hotel. And before checking in we tried to find a computer and internet. My sister had forgotten her laptop so we couldn't use the wifi. Well they only had outragiously expensive pay computers. So we called my brother at home. He said he would look for us but I am sure was disappointed that we were going to disneyland without them. He found us a hotel and gave us the number. In the mean time we found a free internet at the travel bureau. We found a hotel with half price rate and booked the rooms. We stayed one night in our hotel in vegas used our 100.00 at planet hollywood and the next day headed to DISNEYLAND! Seriously....no one in my family is spontanious...if I didn't know better we were all on something. But we weren't! We spent the first day in California getting ready for disneyland....We had to buy another umbrella stroller for Colby because we only brought one. We had to buy deoderant for me i forgot mine and had to use Tim's one day...gross I know.....I forgot a lot of stuff...swimming suit. deoderant..church shoes....2 strollers. I Am loosing my mind slowly but surely. We bought sandwhich stuff and breakfast stuff so we didn't have to go out to eat too much. We were sick of eating out already! We spent three days in disneyland. Colby and Parker loved it!!! Colby Hated Space mountain but pretty much liked everything else...oh wait he cried on.....Thunder mountain too....but didn't hate it as bad. He says he loved....buzzlightyear....pinocchio....dumbo.....rocketship. All of which he rode with me :) He loved meeting the characters. Goofey put the moves on me!! Tim said watch out Goofy! He stared at the parade and never looked back. We ate at a BBQ in Disneyland one night. He was brave and got on stage and was so cute and Parker had to follow...they kept wanting to go back on stage! We only got to spend a couple of hours in California adventure so we rode the monsters inc ride and a few of the dorky bugs life ride for the kids before we headed off to California Screamin! It's an awesome roller coaster. Colby and my mom went on Toy story 3d....they loved it. Parker couldn't behave in line so I had to take him out. We ended our trip with me, tim and malene riding the grizzly rapids or something and I got completely wet! It was 9:00 at night and freezing cold....but it was worth it. No one was in line we got to stay on the ride and go twice. The boys fell asleep while we were riding with my mom. It was fun and we made lots of fun memories. The drive back all in one day was rough but the boys were so good in the car! We were exhausted. We crashed at night...well atleast did. I saw my friend Christy at Smiths the next day and she took one look and me and said holy cow you look tired is everything ok...I said we just got back from disneyland..she laughed and said she understood! What an adventure! Our camera broke so all I have is my sisters pictures so enjoy!


The only shot of got of Parker's stitches. He didn't want his picture taken he wanted to take pictures.


Here we come Disneyland. Ok so we took our coming to disneyland picture when we were leaving!!!
My mom and sister Malene looking cute after eating a BBQ dinner.

Me and Colby taking a self portrait.

Colby showin off his new Mickey ears he made himself.

My sister and mom waiting for a ride!

Parker and Tim enjoying the parade...Of course we were by the COCA COLA Store!

Me and Parker waiting for the rocket ship ride. He loved it. He is not a scard of rides at all.

Me Colby in the Buzz lightyear ride. That buzz that was talking and moving was so cool!

Isn't my sister GORGEOUS? She single and would make any man happy if you know of someone let's hook her up!

Sister again!

Us riding the tea cups. Parker was sleeping and my mom and sister get sick on these types of rides so it was just us three.

This is us meeting Goofy. Goofy decided to get a little fresh with me. Kisses and then loves and hand holding!!! I have never been so forwardly flirted with!

Us in Vegas in front of the Bellagio!!!

My sister getting her picture taken by colby in the planet hollywood restuarant. Did I mention lots of my sister cuz she was the only one whos camera decided to work?

This is the cake I made for my nieces 1st birthday.

This is the Spongebod cake I made for Parker's second birthday.

February 2010

I had a 8 week ultrasound appointment in early february with my dr....we found out that the baby didn't make it and that I was going to have a miscarriage some time in the next two weeks. Luckly I was able to have it on my own and it only took about a 1/2 a week. We understand that this happens and it's a part of nature. It was just the chromosomes not all right. I still get sad when I see babies but I am grateful for my two little ones I already have and know that I will have another one when the time is right!! A couple of days later my dad went in the hospital he had amonia built up in his body so it was making him very forgetful and didn't know where he was or what he was doing. So they got him fixed up and his mind was as clear as it had been in a long time. He also celebrated his 60th birthday!

January 2010

January is a big month for our family. We have soooo many birthdays Tim had his 35th birthday....we love you OLD FART!!! We had a fun shower that me, my sister and my cousin Liz and cousin Becca threw for their sister Rachael who lives in Cedar City. She came up for the shower. It was so much fun. We had soups and treats and rolls. Our family, their moms family, and old neighbors all came. It was nice to catch up. We had fun afterwards too. We sent Tim off to hang out with Liz's husband Gaylen and all the girls and kids stayed at my house and we did pedicures, Ordered in Applebee's and watched Julie and Julia(boring show) but fun company. I was exhausted by the end of the night. The night before that Tim and I spent the night in the U of U emergency room. I had a very high heart rate it stayed between 130 and 180 the entire time I was in there and of course throughout the whole night.....The diagnosis......early pregnancy and it was an early symptom of it. It luckly was gone by the end of the weekend. I spent the next two weeks going from normal clothes to maternity clothes. Come to find out at my first dr's appointment I was only like a day pregnant when I was in there because two weeks later the ultrasound only showed 5 1/2 weeks along. but I looked about 6 months pregnant. More about this in february. No pictures this month either

December 2009

Well December was busy like always. My Uncle and Aunt moved in with my parents since their house sold so we had fun eating dinners with them most nights. We went to the Michigan vs Utah Utes basketball game. We did the normal trip to see the lights. We had christmas eve at my moms with her brothers and all the cousins. We had christmas breakfast at my cousin liz's house since Uncle Kevin is moving :( We helped make breakfast casserols to share. The boys enjoyed their christmas. Colby got like 7 transformers and that pretty much cured him of his gimmie gimmie gimmie attitude at the store asking for them. What else is there to ask for when you have it all. He got clothes and a cool school computer. Parker got a wagon and he seriously sat in it the whole time we opened presents. It was cute! He got toys and clothes also. The day after christmas we went with my parents, sister and nieces to Hardware Ranch to see the elk and go for a sleigh ride! New years eve....well I did the normal falling asleep at 9:00 on the couch so Tim had to ring in the new year all by himself!!! Does anyone else never have something to do on new years and want to start a tradition with us and ring it in with us?

The elk!

This is my moms, sister, dad and Nieces on the sleigh ride at hardware ranch.

Other people enjoying their carriage ride!

All of us waiting happily for the ride!! Well my sister looks confused and my dad well that's almost his bitter beer face!

My Aunt Lori surprised with a ring from her family

My sister and Parker enjoying Christmas Breakfast.

Parker enjoying his new wagon

Christmas can sure wear a boy out!

Pictures so early?

Very blurry picture of us enjoyoing lights on temple square

our whole family enjoying temple square.

Michigan players at the U of U vs Michigan game!

This is a blanket I made for my cousin Kiera who had her first baby boy.

November 2009

Ok so nothing really happened exciting that I can remember. We had thanksgiving with my mom and her side of the family. My Uncle moved to away in Dec so he decided to come with us even though it wasn't our year to have them so it was a nice surprise. No pictures this month!

October 2009

We had colby's birthday he turned a big 4 years old. For Halloween we went to the ward party and trick or treating. Nothing else that I remember really happened that was exciting. Here are some pictures for the month.


These are cupcakes I made for colby's preschool program.

A close up of the mummy cupcakes

Colby and his cousins enjoying birthday cake at his birthday party. It was a transformer birthday party of course.

Some random day of Parker eating breakfast

My Sexy man in his Halloween outfit!

My cute little bumblee bee transformer and little monkey.

Colby opening presents on his birthday. It was on sunday. That's why he is all dressed up!

Colby got a transformer bike for his birthday

Here is his birthday cake

The top of his transformer birthday cake

Me and Colby making his cake.

September 2009

I know I posted some of this but here is pictures from salsa and peach jam. We had our wedding anniversary for 5 years. Tim sent me flowers at work and took me to dinner and to the temple on a date.



This is the finished product. All of our salsa and Jam. This was only one of the three times we bottled.



We made yummy shish kabobs for dinner......crazy I know. too much work!

We had some left over peaches from the jam and made peach crisp.

We shredded zucchini to freeze for zucchini bread later or whatever uses.

Just our finished Salsa

The garlic we use

Our Jalapenos

Breakfast Jenn always provides

Getting our tomatoes ready to peel.. apparently at 8:49 am

Our onions peeled

Our fresh from the garden green peppers

Our home grown Roma Tomatoes

Me, Julie and Jenn just having fun making salsa.....well by the looks of it Julie might be.....constipated?

Last but not least......my Anniversary Flowers Tim sent me!