Thursday, September 18, 2008

Spot light on the kids

Recently, my cousin lost his little girl in a tragic accident. Reading the blog about this darling little girl made me sad I didn't get to know her in this life.
I have always thought it was so sad to read obituaries of people that were so special, but no one knew about until they were gone.
So I decided to spot light each of my children. It may be awhile before I get through all four, but I think it will be fun!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Night @ the Fair








One of our family traditions, every fall, is to go to the
state fair.
We go on the all you can eat ice cream night.








We could go and buy a lot of ice cream for the same amount of money, but it's the novelty of it. Ice Cream makers from around the state bring their kinds to sample. My favorite was the raspberry cheesecake from the BYU Creamery. The Fat Boys and the Creamies were a hit with the kids.

The kids also loved to see all the animals, especially Pierce.
We also found a clown making balloon shapes and that was fun too.

Emma really wanted to see the tiger show but it was "climbing room only. "




So now it really feels like fall; the kids are in school, we've gone to the fair and the weather is cooling off. I love sweater weather!:)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

The New Temple

For our Activity Days activity a couple weeks ago, we went too the new temple. (I have been a leader for a while and it is fun to be with Hannah.)
I got to take pictures of all the girls in front of the temple, while another leader talked about the temple. It is so fun to have a new temple being built so close to our home, we can see it from our up stairs windows!

Life sometimes dishes out liver and onions...but there always is cheesecake for dessert

Almost a year ago life got a lot more complicated. I was diagnosed with MS about seven years ago. Last Oct. after getting a virus the MS, reared its ugly head. I had problems with my vision. Since then it has gotten better, but the doctors say the damage is probably permanent. Dusty was sick off and on for about 3 months at the same time. I got back on some medicine and Dusty did finally got better. In Jan. I turned 30 (which I was really excited about). In Feb. I had a reaction to the medicine I was on. I had a hard time breathing and my lips turned blue. On Feb. 27th Dusty hurt his knee. He was playing basketball with the YW in the ward. He slipped on the floor and severed his patella tendon among other things. After an ambulance ride and some lortab he was awaiting surgery on the following Monday. Friday night I got sick. It turned out to be an ectopic pregnancy, that ruptured. When I finally got to the hospital, I had lost about 2/3 of my blood and had to have emergency surgery, and blood donations. Dusty had his surgery, and we, pathetic as we were, healed. We had to rely on or parents for a while. Hannah crashed on her bike and got a concussion, and Emma fell and got stitches on her face. We really felt like we were done having difficult times. But, we were not. We decided with my health problems that it would be the best to have a hysterectomy and concentrate on my health. A few weeks after my surgery Dusty found out that he was getting laid-off at work. Last week I went to the doctor for my surgery check up, and he told me I might have received contaminated blood back in March. They did blood tests and all came back negative. :) But, I need to be retested in six months. Now it has been 3 weeks since Dusty lost his job, and not many promising prospects. I am babysitting for a neighbor, and Dusty is getting unemployment checks.

I felt like I needed to write this for awhile. I don't know why we are going through so much, this last while. I do know that Heavenly Father is mindful of us. On Tuesday a friend in the ward called to see if Audrey could come and play; and said while she was there why not leave Pierce and go to the Temple. It was definately inspired and was a really wonderful visit to the temple, the Spirit was so strong. We have so many blessings and I am not writing to complain. Life is hard sometimes. But, we have so many blessings that out-weigh the trials. (The cheesecake for dessert. That sounds really good maybe I should go cook!)