Date Night

Last Friday Night, Mike had the day off, so we decided we would have a Date Night. We haven't had one of those in so long without Gavin. When Mike has a Friday Night off, we just go do something fun as a family usually. Gavin spent the night at Grandma Mary's house. It was my & his 1st official night away from each other. It was kind of hard at first, but we made it through just fine & he had a grand ole time with Grandma. Mike & I went to Dinner, A movie, Cold Stone & shopping. It was super fun! We just might have to do it again in the future.

Picnic Play Date

Last Saturday, Gavin & I had a play date with Jessi & Madi. It was super fun & a much needed girls day + Gavin. Jessi & Madi came out to the house & saw Gavin's room. We got the kids ready & headed out to Subway. We got ourselves some lunch & ended up at a Park in the Ranches out in EM. We spent the afternoon eating, catching up & playing with the babies. Madi & about 3 weeks younger than Gavin & I was in HEAVEN with her. Compared to my 14 pound chunk, she was a beautiful little girl. She was so light, I could have carried her around all day! By the end of the afternoon, we had tuckered the babies right out! Thanks Jessi & Madi for the great afternoon & can't wait for our next play date at the end of the month & many more months to follow. Gavin & Madi will be great friends! Enjoy the pictures!

Madi & Gavin...BFFs

Only 3 weeks apart!

Cutie Madi...I love her!

Madi & I

Jessi & Gavin...he was starting to get hungry

All tuckered out!

Jackson Hole

I just wanted to update the blog really quick before I hit the sack. Gavin & I went to Jackson Hole last weekend. All by ourselves...Friday morning we woke up at 5am, I feed Gavin & we were off. Mike got home from work just in time to see us off. I still can't believe that Home Depot wouldn't let him go with us, but we had a great time & he got to sleep without having to worry about taking care of Gavin.

We got up to McCammon in Idaho at 9am & I feed Gavin there & then we made it the rest of the way to the camp site by 11:30am. When we got there it was Raining & yucky but by noon, it had turned into a beautiful day. We had decided to go into Jackson that afternoon & piddle around there. After we got back to Camp, it had started to rain again, but only rained for about 30 minutes or so...nothing bad at all...that is when Gavin got his best sleep. There was a group of rafters across the camp site from us & the rangers were there on Friday talking to them. We saw them packing up & thought that the rangers were kicking them out because they had a ton of people in there site, so we went down to the camp hosts to buy that camp site for the night so I could park my car. We got talking to the camp hosts & they said that they had an accident & a leader fell in the river & didn't come back up in time. We stopped at there camp site on the way back & asked what happened, they said that they went through a rapid & 4 fell out. The leader didn't come back up in time & when he did, wasn't breathing. They rushed him to the hospital, but it didn't look it! It broke my heart...If you are going to to White Water Rafting on the Snake River, please know what you are doing. A friend of mine said he fell out on the Rapid "Three Ordeal" which is not a safe rapid it all. It has the saying..."If it's high, you die, if it's low, no go!" We looked over the weekend to see if there was anything reported, but couldn't find anything.

Saturday no one wanted to go on the river...we had all had our fear level taken up a notch to hear about the leader in that group, so we played around camp & had nice family time & packed up to go home. It was a rough ride home...one that I don't plan on doing again without someone. Thanks so much to my mommy for riding with me from Brigham City to Lehi...I don't know what I would have done without you. Love you & thanks for the great weekend! Enjoy the pictures.

Playing Cards around Camp

Ben playing in the fire

Jason & Gavin

Kammi & I in all my baby fat glory

Love this picture of Gavin! What a cutie!

One of the souvenirs I bought in Jackson for Gavin - His hat says, My First Vacation, Jackson Hole

Gavin sleeping in his huge warm sleeper & BYU Comforter

Gavin in Jackson

Memorial Day Weekend/Siblings Dinner

I better blog about this weekend before I forget about it. For Memorial Day weekend my cute sissy Cathy came up from New Mexico & my other cute sissy Wendy came down from Idaho. Wendy is getting married in July...only 1 month left...so we got a lot of things done for her wedding. We got a lot of shopping done & figured out what we were going to wear & took some cute Bridal Pictures of Wendy...will blog about this later.

The best day of the weekend was Sunday when we all went to my brother Ben's & his wife Sarah's house for dindin. We had an amazing roast & veggies & some great cake. It was a great night to get together as siblings...minus Jason...without parents & with our spouses...minus Andrew...& have a great night of talking, laughing, reminiscing of growing up & poking fun at the 3 wolves howling at the moon t-shirt! I am so glad that we are as close as we are as family. I wish we all lived closer to each other, but we make it work. Thanks for the great weekend Ben, Cathy & Wendy! I love you all so much & we missed you terribly Jason...maybe next time!

Drill Weekend...Family Addition

This past weekend, the Navy held there annual Drill weekend for Families. It was a sad, rainy Saturday, but we made the most of it. They had several tents set up for the USAA Bank, TriWest/TriCare insurance, Military One Source, and several other services there. Gavin did so good, He slept most of the day in his carrier, except when he was hungry! What a good kid. They also had Bouncy toys for the kids...

Awesome Off Roading Vehicles...

A Dunk Tank to dunk the Captains!

A rock wall...

Really good food...

It was also the day for Divine intervention. I don't know if I am more in tune to it lately, if I need it or what, but it seems I have had a lot of it lately. A couple people came up to us & it seemed like they just told us exactly what we needed to hear at the time we needed to hear it...& we have never even met these people or talked to them or anything. Crazy! Needless to say, we learned a lot of info, heard a lot of things that obviously we needed to hear & had a lot to think about over the weekend!

Crying over split milk!

I have been saving all my posts for when we became a private blog...which is now...so be prepared to be bombarded with posts of the last 2 weeks. On the 15th (Friday) I was so excited to leave work...I pump 4 times a day at work to keep up my milk supply & have a good storage here for the LG. I was on my last pump...so excited to be done pumping for the weekend & go home to spend the weekend with my boys! I drove home, was bumping to the music, excited to be home that when I got home I was so distracted. I was playing on the computer, hanging out with Gavin because I hadn't seen him all day & giving Mike a break before he had to go to work. We had a good weekend...not thinking anything about anything.
Saturday night we cleaned the house & we have a method in our house now that when I come home from work & put the pumped milk away we put it in sandwich bags because we have had quite a few bags leak, so this saves us the wasted milk. So back to cleaning the house, I was cleaning the kitchen & noticed that there was some sandwich bags out on the counter & I kept thinking...where did these bags come from, why are they on the counter? Didn't think anything else about it & went on our marry weekend way.
Monday morning Gavin slept for the first time for 7 hours straight, so we were excited but had to change our normal morning routine, so I was rushing to get ready & get a feeding in for him before I left. I was getting my pumping stuff & bags ready & was wondering where my bag & icepacks were...they were still in the pumping bag, so I pulled them out & realized that I didn't put the milk I pumped on Friday away in the freezer! UGH!!!! I wasted like 16 or so ounces! I was so upset I cried all the way to work & then some. Even after work when Mike brought I up to me & apologized I started crying again. I had more then enough milk for Gavin to get through the day, but it is not the most comfortable thing in the world to pump.
I have had lots of thinking time since then to realize that everything worked out the way it should have, so now it is just a funny story, but I haven't forgotten about my milk since then.

Weekend Update

It has been a long time since I have done a weekend update, but this last weekend was a very eventful one, so I though I would blog about it. Thursday Night Mike FINALLY came home!!! It was a late night. We didn't make it home until about 1:30am Friday morning. We got some sleep & I went to work Friday.

Friday Night we went to South Town Mall for an early start to our Valentines day weekend! We bought some cute Church clothes for Gavin & some some Valentines gifts & cards. I bought Mike the Rock Band game & he bought me a new BLING BLING baby ring! I have always wanted just a band for when we have kids, so that is what Mike got me. We also went to Verizon Wireless because we are eligible for our new every 2 phones, so I have been having a hard time trying to decide what phone to get...that trip helped me out. I decided to get the Chocolate 3 in Blue! Love it! Then we went to dinner at Ab's Drive in & tried to make it home before the Snow storm hit. We hit some snow in Sandy area, but made it home before it was snowing in EM.

Saturday - Valentines day...We had an early Grooming appt. for Bear to get groomed!

We also went grocery shopping & stopped by Home Depot to get Mike's job back...that is a different story! After that, we came home & had a very nice relaxing Saturday - Valentines day at home together...after 5 months. We also order in...Wingers...YUM!!! It was a nice, fun, relaxing weekend for Mike & I! This coming weekend, Mike has his first Drill weekend, so I will have to update you on that after he is done...also, I have my Work Baby Shower tomorrow. It had to be postponed due to Corporate being here & layoffs. So lots more posts to come!

Birthday Weekend Review

So, as you all know my birthday was last week. It was a great Birthday followed by a great Birthday Weekend. I am not a firm believer in extending ones birthday...maybe in March 2010 when my little one turns 1 we will be, but for now, I am not. But this birthday was different. I don't know if it was because Mike wasn't here & I don't really have any family here that everyone really rallied around me & made it awesome, or what...so lets recap...shall we?

Thursday was the actual day of my Birthday. I got the day off - Thankfully - after I worked my butt off Wednesday to make sure all my work was done so I could have Thursday off. The beginning of the Month is not a great time to take off at my work...there is always a lot to do! But I got all my work done & got the day off. I slept in as much as I could through all the phone calls & text messages coming in through my cell at all hours of the early morning. I got up aroung 8am & since my car was due last month for it's emissions & inspection I ran down to the Jiffy Lube in Saratoga Springs. At 8 in the morning they already had a hour & a half wait to get my car in. I couldn't believe it. So I ran to Smith's & grabbed some breakfast & drove home to hang out. I did some stuff around the house & about 10am the Internet guy came out to fix my Internet connection. After that I drove back to the Jiffy Lube after calling them & they said they didn't have a wait. They did...another hour wait. So I drove to Draper to find a place down there to see my car. I found one in Riverton that got my car right in & out! It was nice. After that I went grocery shopping for this week & then got Blimpie for Lunch, drove home & ate lunch with Bear. After I ate Lunch, I fell asleep on the couch for a while - I just love being Pregnant - Got some flowers from my Brother-in-law & his wife & family & then watched the Vice Presidental Debate. It was a great day!

Friday I came back to work - I had a lot to do! After work, I drove to Draper to spend the weekend with my Girlfriend Kammi & her family. I have know Kammi since I was 5 so about 20+ years. We eat Wingers for Dinner & watched some movies, then went to bed.

Saturday we woke up & watched the first session of Conference then got ready for the day. We headed off to a Sentsy party & bought some fun stuff there. Then went to get our nails done. What a fun day - Thanks Kammi for hanging out with me. After the Preisthood session of Conference I met my Brother & his girlfriend/fiancée for dinner at La Frontera (my all time favorite resturant!)

Sunday I watched the Morning Conference session at home then headed up to my Sister-in-law's house for a birthday party/Conference watching party. We had a great time. We ate dinner, opened presents & ate icecream & Brownies for My Mother-in-law's birthday, my birthday & my Brother-in-laws birthday - all in the same week or so!

It was a great Birthday weekend & I just want to say thank you to everyone who gave my birthday wishes or spent some of the weekend with me! Thanks for all you do for me!

Farnsworth Family Reunion

This weekend, we went to Alimony, UT (In central Utah, middle of nowhere) for the Farnsworth Family reunion (My Dad's, dad's family reunion - My Grandpa!)

We got off work early on Friday & drove the 2 & 1/2 hours to get there. We got there about 6:45pm & when we got there it was time for dindin. We said hi to family & ate. After dinner, I had to go out to my parents car to learn the song my Grandma wanted us to sing - Grandma Can I Take Something Home! I learned it in about 20 minutes & Wendy (my sissy) & I decided we could sing it together - A Capella. We did pretty good. We had a little program that night with us singing & my aunts reading poems & some games with prizes...All in all, it was a great night.

Wendy & I singing!

After dinner, the program & pictures were taken Jason (My little brother) & I went to bed, we were both really exhausted! Everyone else went to watch a movie or play pool.

Saturday was a jam packed day. We woke up, ate breakfast then went off to Bow & arrow shooting. That was fun. After Lunch we went horseback riding & Tubing. After that, they had a rodeo that my brother Ben participated in. It was fun to watch. They also had a Line Dancing Class. After that was dinner. After dinner, they had a live band & everyone got up to dance. It was fun.

Me on the Horse

Mike on the Horse

Wendy & Jason Line Dancing

My Grandma Dancing with Will - An employee who hit on ALL the Women!

After the band was done, we went upstairs to watch a movie that my brother brought with him. During the movie, there was a Bat that had flown into the room through an open Door. My cousin hit him with a couch cushion into the wall, then Ben picked him up with Magazines & took him outside. It was kind of a tramatic experience. Wendy & I were screaming! It was kinda funny though. About half was through the movie, Wendy & I decided we were tired, so we went to bed.

Sunday we woke up, ate breakfast & packed up to leave. We had to be out of there at 10am. We drove home, picked up Bear & had a nice relaxing day at home. Jason came home with us for the day because My momma & daddy are taking Wendy to Idaho for College. So he wanted to spent sometime with us instead of going up with them & being bored! It was a great weekend. Thanks Grandma Farnsworth for putting this on for us & giving us a weekend we will treasure forever!

We have some NEWS in the next coming weeks that we found out this weekend as well, we just want to make sure everything pans out before we tell everyone, so keep your fingers crossed for us that it will work out for the best for us!

And remember, I still need some ideas for a Baby shower, if you have any games, please let me know!

Weekend Recap

Well, it is time to blog! I am bored @ work with nothing else to do, so I will update you on my weekend. Shall we start?

Friday night Mike & I enjoyed a nice night indoors, cleaning & preparing for our weekend.

Saturday Mike had to work, so I had a "Girls day" with Jessi. We went to La Villa Salon for Glitter Toes & then to El Pollo Loco for some Lunch. El Pollo Loco it pretty good, if you haven't tried it, I recommend it. It is located in American Fork across the street from the Walmart in the same parking lot as Costco & Lowes. (Wow, look at me, I sound like a commercial) After lunch, we went to Costco to shop. After shopping, I meet up with Mike for his lunch break. I went home, put away groceries & then fell asleep on the couch, it was a long day, I was tired! Saturday night we just enjoyed ourselved again with relaxing!

Sunday we went to Church, had Ben over for dinner & then went to bed. What a fun weekend.

This weekend, we are going to Cedar City area for the Farnsworth Family reunion, so I will have more to talk about next week. Also, Jessi & I made blankets for my Sister-in-law & her baby she will have in Sept. I will take pictures of them & post them sometime. How was your weekend?

Also, don't forget we are having a Baby Shower for my Sister-in-law & I am incharge of the Games & prizes...I NEED IDEAS, if you have any, please let me know.

White Water Rafting

Where do I begin? Lets see, lets start with a couple weekends ago...this will be a long post!

Friday Night (the 20th) My sisters finally got here...we stayed up for a while & chatted it up until we went to bed.

Saturday morning, Mike had to work, Cathy went to hang out with some friends, so Wendy & I shopped & hung out for the day. Saturday night, we went to Springville to pick up Jason so that he could hang out with us. What a fun weekend...Hangin out with my family!

Sunday we went to Church & then had My parents & Grandma over for dindin...What a great day! I miss my family!

Monday I had to go to work, & when I got off work, we discovered a problem with my car...the Wheel barring had gone out on it which meant that I couldn't drive it to Jackson Hole! BUMMER! Good thing Cathy stayed behind to go with me. We packed up the car Monday night in preparation for the drive Tuesday morning (early).

The is a pix of Lunch Counter (the BIG waves this year)

Now comes the fun stuff...Tuesday we left the house about 6am & drove up to the East Table campground along the Snake River (in between Hoback & Alpine) We stopped at the Big Kahuna & Lunch Counter pull out to watch our boat go through the rapids...it was great. Tuesday afternoon we (Cathy & I) were on our first run of the week. Those Lunch Counter waves are bigger when you are going through them in the boat, as opposed to looking at them from the rocks! What a difference.

Wednesday was more river running & going to Granite Falls & Jackson Hole. It isn't letting me upload pictures, so I will try again later.

It is so beautiful up there!

Thursday is when it really gets good. The boys (Mike, Ben, Tyler & Sarah - she can be a boy, right?) Arrived the night before so it was there first run. The first run of the day was great, but we missed Lunch Counter a little to the left...oh well, we always have the afternoon run, right? The afternoon run, we were all nervous, well at least I was! We got into Lunch Counter & we hit it PERFECT, but by the end of the rapids, there wasn't anyone left in the boat! It had kicked us all out! So to my near death experience. The 3-4 Wave got us & knocked me out first. As soon as I was in the water things kept bumping into me whether it was someone or a paddle, but I was running into things. All I kept thinking about in the water was the last thing my mom said to my dad before we left "I have 4 kids on that boat." I didn't think I would ever take a breath of air again. I finally came up & was away from the boat, choking on the air because I was just "breathing water." I saw my dad & yelled for him. I lost my contacts, bandanna & paddle & was trying to remember what we tell the "newbies" to do when they fall out! They had EMT's sitting on the rocks that were throwing ropes, but they didn't throw them far enough for my dad or I to catch them, so we still just floating in the water, trying to be rescued! I started swimming to the other boat that was with us & they finally got me. As soon as I was on there boat they said "Alicia, you have a big knot on your head" that is when it started to hurt! They got my dad & our boat finally got up to them & we headed down the river the rest of the way...This story isn't over...there is more!

The is the bump on my head after we had were back to camp

After we got back in the boat, we were all EXHAUSTED! We still had 3 rapids left before we were done! We went through Champagne fine, then Cottonwoods alright (we were still a little shaken up) Then the McNasty (that is what I call it) It has a bad back curl, not fun. We really were not paying attention to my dad guiding & calling out orders, so we hit it & knocked Sarah & Cathy out & Wendy was halfway out/in. I was ready to get off the ride then! Needless to say we were all really scared after that & took the rest of the week slowly!

I couldn't go on any other runs because I lost my contacts & couldn't see, but all in all it was a really entertaining week. We laughed, we cried & we got out butts kicked! We got home Saturday night & had a lot of Laundry & cleaning to do, but what a great vacation...I will try to upload photos later...if it will let me. Let me know what you think of my near death experience!

Bear slept all the way home...he was tired!

Wendy & Jason, if you read this, leave me a comment! Love you!

This is my bump on Saturday evening after we had gotten home & showered.

BORING Weekend Update

This is be an EXTREMELY BORING weekend update...because we didn't do ANYTHING!

Friday I got off work early, so I went home & we watched about 10 episodes of Army Wives (Love that show!!) Then we went to bed.

Saturday morning we got up & cleaned the house, went to Walmart for some groceries & to finish off Father's Day shopping. Then I went home & Mike went to work.

Sunday I got up early & made Breakfast for Mike for Father's day. We then went to church & Mike had to leave early because he had to go to work...of coarse. After Church I took a much needed Nap...I was invited to go with Mike's family to there "Father's Day" celebration up at Provo Canyon...but decided against it because Ben was coming over for dinner. Ben came over for dinner & we hung out for a while. As soon as Mike came home, I was tired & ready for bed. That was our EXTREMELY BORING weekend.

This weekend will be a good one. My family is coming into town...& we are going to Jackson Hole next week to do some White Water Rafting on the Snake River...It is a family tradition & we go every year...I can't wait!

Another Weekend Update

Word up homies...Back to blogging again. Lets jump into this week & weekend, shall we?

Mike has decided to join the Navy, I know, I know. So Thursday night he spent the night in Salt Lake to take the ASVAB test & Physical for them. There was a bit of a snag, so it didn't happen, he is hoping to join in July & then be shipped off in August to Chicago for Basic training. I will keep you updated on this as it progresses.

Friday night we went to a Viewing for my Brother-In-Law wives youngest brother, he was 27, 2 months younger than Mike. He passes away on May 29th in a rollover car accident in Colorado. What a sad day. After the Viewing, we went to dinner with Kevin, Kammi & Kahlin. What a sobering night, from death to friends, family, laughter & fun. Our lives can change so dramatically in just a couple of minutes. Thanks Kammi & Kev for the great uplift, we sure needed it.

Saturday Mike had to work, so I went to the Steven's funeral with Mike's Mom, sister & her family. It was kinda a crappy, cold day. It was a Great funeral (I never thought I would say that, but they really honored him & told his story well) I have been on a seatbelt kick now though because of it. If Steven would have been wearing his seatbelt, he might still be here with us today, with his 2 young children. What a meaningful yet sad day! Saturday night, Mike & I hung out at home with Ben & Sarah. Thanks guys for coming out & hanging with us.

Sunday was just normal, early church & Dinner with Ben, but Sarah didn't come with him because her Sister was having a Baby Boy...Congrats Sarah - You will be a great Aunt! We love you, hope to see you next week.

Let me know your thoughts on the Navy, or Seatbelt wearing, or funerals, or babies, whatever you feel like, I want to know. Let me hear from you!

SLACKER

Yes, so I have been a blogging slacker...I know, I know! I have 2 weekend updates that I need to do & a busy life to get back to. Lets start with the Last weekend in May update.

Friday night Mike & I had a date night & went to see SATC. Now if you have a fan of the show, you will LOVE the movie, but Mike didn't like it. I LOVED IT! I loved it so much that I bought the soundtrack. Great movie.

Saturday I had a girls day with Jessi - We went to La Villa Salon to get glitter toes. (I will post a picture when I get home) Love them. We then went to Chadders in American Fork. People say it is a "In-And-Out Burger" type place. It is good food. We then went to Walmart to get fabric to make Baby Blankets, because we both have TONS of babys coming this year. After our "girls day out," Mike & I went grocery shopping & had a nice relaxing evening inside.

Sunday is just the same old, same old Sunday. Church in the morning, & Dinner with Ben & Sarah in the afternoon. We had a great weekend. Let me know if you saw SATC the movie & what you though about it! It will post in another minute or so this weekends update.

Memorial Day Weekend Update

Our Memorial Day Weekend was not anything to write home about (as my mom would say) ha! Friday night Mike & I just chilled at home.

Saturday Mike had to work, so I cleaned the house & got stuff ready for my family to come over. Mike got home about 5:30pm & we drove to my Grandma's house in Springville to visit with her & my family that came up to visit (My momma & brother Jason) I talked Jason to come stay with me because Mike had to work Sunday & Monday & I would be by myself. He did.

Sunday we went to church & Jason helped me with our Nursery Kids. My mom & other brother came over for dindin & we just chilled together & chatted.

Monday was a very rainy Memorial Day. We drove to my Grandma's house & had lunch with some other family (Aunts, Uncles & Cousins) & sat & enjoyed a nice relaxing day. I was great to see my mom & brother & also my other extended family as well as my Grandma. I can't wait to see my whole family next month for Jackson Hole!

This weekend will be a good one filled with a Movie & Girls day out! I can't wait!

Just another Weekend Update!

I hate blogging at work because my Pictures are not here, but it is honestly the only time I get on the computer & have time to blog! Having said that, I promise to get pictures on the blog sometime this week. Lets jump right into it.

I always wonder why I only do weekend updates, but then I realize that my weeks consist of going to work, then driving home & making dinner & watching something funny (or not so funny) on TV, then going to bed & starting it all over again. Weekends are the only time I do anything fun or worth blogging about!

Friday night we just hung out at home and cleaned the house for the many house guests we had this weekend. We kinda got to bed late and had an early morning on Saturday. Ben (my brother) woke us up at 7:45am Saturday because he wanted to pay us for the 4-wheeler & take it out riding with a friend. We took care of him & got him on this way, got ready for the day & headed out to Sandy to meet with Mike's brother regarding some financial ?s we had as well as refinancing & mortgage ?s. We then went to Barnes & Noble to get the rest of the "Twilight" series for me to continue reading. After that we drove back to American Fork where Mike is now trying to persuade me to let him buy me a scooter. He bought a Motorcycle 2 weeks ago (which he still needs to blog about) so he thinks I need a scooter. I rode a couple of them & liked a few, but we didn't purchase one. After that, we spent some money at Home Depot on flowers & other things for our yard, then over to Walmart to go Grocery Shopping & then home to do some yard work. It was a hot day Saturday & we got sun burnt, not a very good idea. But we got a section of our yard done. YAY!!!

Sunday we went to church at 9am - still loving the 9am church - & then had family over the rest of the day. It was great to see Michelle & Kurt & my cute nephews at our house. I hope they enjoyed it as much as we did. Thanks guys, we will need to do it again sometime. My brother also came over & we had a great time!

Back to Saturday & the scooter "issue." Give me your opinions & suggestions on a scooter. I want to know what you think about it...would you get one?

Normal Weekend Update Blog

Hey all...It has been one of these weeks, you know, full of suprizes & busyness. Anywho, here is our Normal Weekend Update Blog! I will upload pix when I get home because I have some cute pictures of my nephews playing Guitar Hero!

This is Kyler trying to play

This is Jaden not really knowing what to do!

Friday Mike had booked an appointment for me to get a Manicure & Pedicure at my favorite salon, La Villa, because it had been one of those weeks last week. That was amazing, it felt so good, I love getting Pedicures & they always compliment my feet...It is always good to get compliments. I also got to watch the Jazz game while getting pampered! I LOVE SPORTS, if you didn't know that about me & I Love the Jazz, so all in all it was a pretty good day! After the Mani & Pedi we went to Dinner at Wingers in Lehi & finished watching the Jazz game. They WON, if you didn't already know. After dinner, we drove up to Draper to meet my brother to exchange some things he needed from us & we needed from him. We finally made it home about 11pm & fell asleep right away.

Saturday Mike had to work early (6am) & I didn't sleep much after he left, so I got up & cleaned the house & got our grocery list ready. I took Bear in for his grooming appointment at 10am & went shopping with Mike for Groceries. I took a nap that day & it was a very relaxing day.

Sunday we finally started church at 9pm! YAY!!! It was Mother's day, so it was extra special. We are in the Nursery & they were extra "tired" or something. They didn't want to do anything but play with toys. But we made it through. After church we drove up to Heber to spend Mother's day with Mike's family. It was a nice day filled with family, laughter & love. Thanks Michelle for opening up your house to us & making the day extra special for all of us. We love you!

Lets skip to today. This morning I had to go to the Dr. again to get another blood test done because I still have an HCG level. I will find out the results of that test tomorrow. Lets hope it is good news. Well until our next post, hope all is well with you all out there!

Weekend Update

This weekend was a stressful one. Friday night Mike & I had a nice relaxing evening at home while I slept (I was tired) & he watched movies. We went to bed about 10 pm because Mike had to work at 6am on Saturday. It was an eventful night. I woke up about 1am with the worst cramps I have ever felt before. We went to the ER to find out what was wrong with me & they said that I was pregnant & about 6 weeks along, but something wasn't right with it, my body wasn't accepting it. After an emotional Saturday, I finally came to terms with my body, lost baby & Heavenly Father. I am still hurting emotionally about it, but I am at peace with what happened & know that it happened for a reason & there was nothing I could do about it, I need to stop blaming myself for it.

Saturday was also just an emotional yet relaxing day. Home Depot was very kind to give Mike the day off to be with me & I had a Priesthood Blessing which helped a lot. It seemed the more we spoke to people about it, the more we found it happened to more people then just us. Miscarriage happens to 1 in 4 pregnancies. So needless to say I don't feel so picked on. Also I have had several people with kind words or testimonies I have talked to the last couple of days that have just made me want to go on with life & move on & forward, I want to thank them for everything. Literally you have been my pillar of light the last couple days! I love you all!

This was the bruse the nurse left me with after drawing my blood!

Sunday I only made it to Sacrament meeting because I was having a hard time emotionally & with cramping & things like that, but there was a peace there that spoke to me, I just know it will be okay.

Yesterday we had a Dr. Appt. to verify that the baby has passed through me. We had to do blood work again & the nurse lets just say didn't do a very good job, she poked me 4 times before she got blood. The test doesn't come back until tomorrow & I can't wait any longer, I just want to get this weekend past me & move on with the next chapter in my life. I will let you know when the test comes back how everything is.

If you have gone through something like this or know someone who has or even if you have a kind word or thought about it, please let me know...I could use all the prayer or thoughts anyone is offering.

P.S. Mike has an exciting Blog I am going to make him post tonight, we do have some good news!

Weekend

Ok...So I know it is Thursday & the weekend is about to start soon, but I haven't updated last weekend yet. What a stressful & fun filled weekend we had! And I finally feel up to blogging about it, I haven't been feeling so well this week...read on & you will find out why?!?!?!

Lets start with Thursday, shall we? Thursday night, Mike & I went out to dinner with some old friends of mine, at least, but we are all friends. We went out with Kammi, Kevin & there 5 month old baby Kahlin. What a cute kid! We went to La Frontera (my favorite resturant) & then went to WalMart to buy Icecream & went back to Kammi & Kev's house to eat dessert! It was an extremely fun night, one that we vowed to do again. It was good to catch up with them. We all get along so well, I can't believe we didn't do it sooner.

Friday night Mike & I went to WalMart again because I needed to buy some gifts for a baby shower that I attended on Saturday (I will talk about this next) We also had some CDs made of all the pictures we took while in AZ to give to Mike's family, so that everyone could have a bunch of pictures from the Funeral & family events that took place.

Saturday Mike had to work & I went to his cousins baby shower. It was a fun day, filled with games & cute gifts. Felisha (Mike's cousin) is having a baby boy in July (her first boy, 3rd baby) We are so excited for her! Saturday night was just us relaxing & enjoying the quiet that Eagle Mountain has to offer.

Sunday we had another late church (that is supposted to be changing on Mother's Day, but we will see if it really happens) & then ate dindin & relaxed.

Monday I woke & at 4:30am & was more sick than a dog throwing up. I couldn't keep anything down & only worked a 6 hour shift at work because I kept running to the bathroom all day & not getting any work done. We figured it was a flu bug because since then, I have heard from SEVERAL people that they had the same thing about that same day, Crazy, I know, but I am feeling much better now.

Well, that was our crazy weekend, it doesn't seem that stressful or busy reading it, but it was when we were in the moment. Hope you have a great rest of the week & catch you next time!

Finally Home

By now, most of you have already guessed it & Grandma Lorie passed away last Friday night peacefully, surrounded by her family. They did decided to take her off life support & she passed away about 1/2 hour after they took her off.

Saturday, Mike had to work, so I hung out with my good friend Jessi - We try to do lunch together once a month & catch up with each other. We found out Saturday that the Funeral would be Tuesday (Yesterday), so we scrambled to find plane tickets & a place for Bear. We found plane tickets finally about 5 pm Saturday for Sunday morning early to Phoenix & a flight back really early for this morning. We booked them & got a pretty good deal. Mike & I both had 3 day bereavement leave, so this flight schedule worked out great.

We did fly out early Sunday morning to Beautiful Phoenix, AZ -

What a beautiful day there. We didn't get very much sleep Saturday night & had to be at the Airport at 7am for our flight. We hung out with family on Sunday & did everything we could do to help with Funeral arrangements.

Monday was much the same, we didn't get very much sleep Sunday night, but we did a lot to help with the Funeral arrangements. I did get sun burnt that day, which is kinda nice, because I feel like we haven't seen the sun this year.

Tuesday was the Funeral. Grandma was Lutheran, so that was an interesting Funeral to go to. They didn't even mention anything in the service about Grandma & her life & what she did, it was basically a Worship Service. All I could think about the whole service was, I can't wait until next Testimony meeting, to bear my testimony of the Gospel. That a humbling experience. It was an emotional day for all. We went to the grave site & place flowers by Grandma Lorie & also Grandma & Grandpa O (Grandma Lorie's parents) & Grandma & Grandpa Wallenberg's graves. It was a peaceful day. After that, Grandpa Vince wanted to get pictures of the family in their Sunday best.

It was a nice day. I met all of Mike's cousins & Aunts & Uncles. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world, even though the reason we got together wasn't the best of circumstances, it was still a humbling experience.

Today, our flight was bright & early in the morning. We had to be at the Airport by 4:30am. We didn't get much sleep at all this trip, so it has been a relaxing, quiet, & nap taking day. I hope Mike & I are ready to go back to work tomorrow.

Thank you all for your prayers for the family. We really felt them & are extremely grateful for all the love & support that has been shown to our family in this time of need!