tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49325975460638814492024-02-20T15:27:36.876-08:00Westwood LoopUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-45035095358848334332009-05-07T21:14:00.000-07:002009-05-07T21:27:58.597-07:00Quick updateWow here we are almost to the middle of May. Life continues to be very busy for us. Zachary is very busy with baseball. His team is doing well. I love watching him play but I hate the weather. It seems like every game he has it rains or it is very cold. So goes life in the Northwest.Sean has started drivers training and is liking it for the most part. He is still dating the same young lady and they are both excited because tomorrow is their anniversary. I am not sure how long but they seem to be doing well. Sean blessed the Sacrament this past Sunday and did a wonderful job. Austin continues to work hard on his driving. He has really enjoyed his shop class at achoo and has made 4 tile boards that are so lovely.Bryan is liking being 12. Today he got to go to the YMCA for a teen strength training class. This class teaches them how to use the equipment properly and sets up a good program for them. Brandon is enjoying being in the 11 year old scout program. He and Jay went on their first camp out recently and had a blast. Jay continues to work hard and go to school.I continue to be very busy helping my parents and taking care of my family. My dad has fallen into a very deep depression. We saw a new Dr.today who is a member of the church and he will watch dads meds much better and change meds that need to be changed. Thank you all for your love and prayers. We really appreciate it!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-15594495167373225602009-04-16T14:17:00.000-07:002009-04-16T14:35:44.386-07:0016 YEARSWow tomorrow Sean will be 16 years old! Where did time go? Things here are still busy as always. Jay took another Microsoft test today and passed!!! Woo Hoo! I am SO proud of him. Bryan will pass the sacrament this Sunday for the first time. He is growing up so much. Brandon is done with Cub Scouts and is enjoying being in scouts. He will go on his first Boy Scout camp out next weekend with jay and Bryan. Zachary is really busy with baseball. We finally have some baseball weather which is very nice.We had a wonderful Easter with family. We did a Mexican buffet with pulled pork and black beans. Wow very yummy!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-48875874007929625182009-04-04T22:35:00.000-07:002009-04-06T00:08:41.591-07:00Spring?????????Well here it is the 4Th of April already. Today 12 years ago our family was blessed with another son Bryan !! Wow where on earth did time go? We are so blessed to have him as a son!!!!!!!!!!!! Life here has been crazy as usual. Jay is staying late every day after work studying for his tests at school. He will take another test the middle of this month. Austin is done with drivers training and is practicing to get his license. Sean spent 4 days in Seattle recently with his robotics team and had a wonderful time. Zachary is getting ready for baseball to start. Bryan is growing up every day and is looking forward to holding the Priesthood in a couple of weeks. Brandon is looking forward to graduating from Cub Scouts and moving up to the 11 years scouts. I am very busy helping out the High School choir with fundraising and taking care of my parents. My dad has his good and bad days but is doing good. Our family recently started taking a kickboxing class twice a week at the YMCA and we are loving it.Hopefully it will stop snowing soon so we can plant flowers and enjoy some warmer temperatures.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-37611320414698053132009-02-24T08:14:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:38:46.138-08:00Exciting News!!!!!!I now it has been a while and boy have we been busy!!! We have exciting news to share with everyone. Jay and I have been asked to be a mom and pop on our stake pioneer trek this summer. We are so excited to have this adventure!!! Austin started drivers training two weeks ago and is really doing great!!!! Sean is done building the robot. He put in many long hours and is glad it is done and looks forward to the competition in March. About two weeks ago Sean threw us for a loop. One day he cam home and was talking about a young lady at school. I had a feeling so I asked him and he confirmed it HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND!!!! Oh my heck was I ever shocked!!! Of course I could not react that way so I congratulated him. This is so strange for Jay and I. We are trying to teach him how to handle this relationship but not encourage to much. She is a really nice young lady and things are going well so far. Zachary is done with basketball and is enjoying some down time before baseball begins. Bryan and Brandon are busy with school. They just went back to school yesterday after a two week break. Wow that was a long two weeks. My dad is doing pretty good. He has his days where he is really down and others are good. He does not need his cane anymore and continues to go to rehab twice a week. Jay and I are enjoying Primary. We have 5 children and they keep us busy in class. Well tonight is bitter sweet for me. It is our last Cub Scout Blue and Gold. We have been doing this for so many years that it will seem strange to not be involved next year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-33407753639506510442009-02-07T23:09:00.000-08:002009-02-07T23:21:41.764-08:00healthy peanutbutter cookiesI just wanted to let you all know that I made the most wonderful peanut butter cookies tonight. I used the recipe from the churches cook book called peanut butter Cris crosses. Instead of using shortening I used white bean puree and whole wheat flour. That is the only thing I did different. They are so good my kids ate almost all of them. I have also included the chocolate chip cookie recipe i recently found. I hope you all enjoy theses recipes like I do!!!<br /><br />1/2 cup cooked white beans<br /><br />1C. brown sugar<br /><br />4 eggs<br /><br />1tsp. vanilla<br /><br />2 1/4 C. wheat flour<br /><br />1tsp. baking powder<br /><br />1/2 tsp.baking soda<br /><br />1/2 tsp salt<br /><br />2 C. Chocolate Chips<br /><br />1C.Pecans (or walnuts) Chopped if you want<br /><br /><br /><br />Beat beans and sugar tog ether. Add eggs,vanilla. In seperate bowl, sift together flour,baking soda and salt. Aar mixture. Add Flour mixture to bean/sugar mixture. Stir until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Cover and refrigerate dough for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350. Drop by tablespoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes depending on size of cookies. Makes 4 dozen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-4458414556729338222009-02-02T18:42:00.000-08:002009-02-02T19:02:36.057-08:00A FEW QUICK THOUGHTSOK, I know it has been a long time and I am sorry. I get so caught up in our crazy life that I forget to update our blog and I a sorry for that. To start with my dad is doing very well. Thank you for all the support!!! Austin is about to start drivers training. Wow I am not sure if I am really ready for that.Sean is really really busy with the robotics team at school and looking forward to the competition in march. This robot has to shoot a ball into an opponents cart. He is really enjoying this. Zachary is playing basketball in school and loving it. Bryan is doing really well in school and he and Brandon are currently reading (along with the rest of their class) Fable Haven. The author will be coming to their school this month. Jay is really busy at work and still going to school. I am really enjoying my calling as the provident living leader. I am learning so much about cooking with food storage. I have made the most wonderful cookies that have no butter or shortening in them and are low fat and oh so yummy. If any of you want the recipe email ma and i will send it to you. I would post it but my kids don't need to know how they are made. Jay and I just called to be primary teachers on Sunday. That is two callings for both of us. wow that is allot but I now it is for a reason. Our relief Society president asked me today to learn about doing really small gardens for single people or for small families and just basically how to do a garden. Wow between my callings and my family life keeps me pretty busy but I would not have it any other way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-16487288368394754202009-01-07T17:57:00.000-08:002009-01-07T18:10:08.563-08:00School and SnowWow what a week so far. We got pounded over the weekend again with about a foot of more snow. We shoveled out and cleaned off my parent's roof. Then the rain started and everything started melting. Oh my goodness, what a mess!!! The school started freaking out because so many roof in town were collapsing and they had not gotten their roofs cleared off. So they canceled school Monday and Tuesday to get the roofs and side walks cleared off. The plow came through and pushed the snow way far back to make room for the kids to walk to school and they started 2 hours late today. The parking lots are nothing but ice. It reminds me of my days in Alaska. Yesterday Jay and the boys spent the whole day clearing off 3 1/2 feet of snow off our roof and helping our neighbors with theirs. Boy were they tired today but happy to get back to school. It is just a bummer that they cannot go outside to for recess because there is 5 feet of snow on the playground. Sean has started with the schools robotics team again and is looking forward to going to Seattle this spring for the regional competition. The rest of the boys are enjoying making a little money helping neighbors dig out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-66236783218566872412008-12-30T15:57:00.000-08:002008-12-30T16:12:24.448-08:0017 Years agoWOW,where did the time go? Austin is 17 today. What a joy he brings to our family!! Today Jay and I took him out to lunch, and tonight after Young men's and Jay gets home from school we will have his cake. Christmas was wonderful in our house. We let the boys open their gifts from each other and then we gave them their stockings. Inside their stockings was an envelop. In the envelope was a clue. The clue sent them to another clue. They eventually found their gifts and were thoroughly happy. Bryan and Brandon got snowboard and boots and the three older boys got cell phones. We had dinner at my parent's house with my sisters and 3 of my nieces and their families. It had snowed almost every day for the last two weeks. I just keep reminding my self that it is water in the lakes this summer for us to go boating. My mom has a great way of putting it. She says that we live in a snow globe and someone keeps shaking it. I am happy to report that my father is doing great. He is getting stronger every day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-81884279249236011722008-12-11T09:02:00.001-08:002008-12-11T09:20:36.214-08:00SOOOOOOO BusyWell here we are only a few days away from Christmas and I am not totally ready. This past week has been a very difficult and trying time in our family. About a week ago my father had a stroke in the middle of the night. My mother called me about 1am and said that my dad could not move and that she needed to get him to a hospital. I rushed over there and her and i got him to my car and to the hospital really fast. You may be wondering why I did not call an ambulance. First of all my dad does not like them and second of all I knew that I could get him there faster. After all the tests were done we found out that it was a cor roted artery on the right side of his neck that was blocked and a piece of the plaque broke off and traveled to his brain and that was what caused the stroke. We are very blessed that is was a mild stroke and he is now at a wonderful rehab center for about 10 days and getting his strength back.This past Monday evening Jay,the boys and I went to one of our church buildings where every year they put on this huge display of Nativities and have different musical groups every night perform. Wow what a display. There were hundreds of different nativities from all over the world.Jay has been very busy at work which is good. He had been doing lots of training on some of the basic computer skills that some of the people in the company don't know. The rest of the family is doing great and looking forward to Christmas. Zachary will be 14 on Monday and is looking forward to the dances. Austin will be 17 at the end of the month and looking forward to getting his license this year.We feel so very blessed to know the real reason for Christmas and to be able to celebrate is in a free country. May you all have a fantastic Holiday season.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-63743020341509569912008-11-11T17:00:00.000-08:002008-11-12T09:00:29.169-08:00UpdateI know it has been a long time so here goes the long update.Football season was wonderful!!! Brandon's team lost only 1 game and tied 1 game and won the rest. What a blast he had playing. Zachary's team did better this year. They won a couple of games and gave it their best shot.I survived the High school auction. We put in 9 beautiful baskets and raised a good amount of money. The last thing at the auction was 8 front row tickets to graduation this year. There were two women after them and the bid was $5,000.They the auction ne'er told them there was another set of them and the other woman paid $5,000 also. I was stunned and could not believe that someone would pay that much for high school graduation tickets. This last Friday night was Bryan and Brandon school auction. It was nice and the only crazy thing bought was a cake for $310.00. some people just have money to burn I guess.Last Tuesday night I took Brandon with the young men and young women on their annual ice skating activity. we had so much and I only fell twice. I did not fall the last year at all. We spent Halloween night helping some friends in our ward pack up their house and truck. Then the next day we got up and id Scouting for food and then finished packing their truck and then drove 2 hours west to their new house to help unload. Shortly after we got there,about 20 people that showed up from their new ward and had everything unloaded and were setting up beds. We left and headed home. We were almost home and most of the boys were sleeping and I was trying to stay awake when Jay said oh my heck call 911 now. I looked up right as a car a little ways in front of us hit the center median and flipped. jay pulled the truck over and I called 911. He thought he would see a dead body or someone badly hurt. We are happy to say that the worst injury was a broken leg, but her car was completely gone. We got home safely and have continued with our very busy life.We are looking forward to going to Moscow Idaho this Saturday for the Boise State versus University of Idaho game. This will be my 3rd year going to it and the boys second and Jay's first year. I will give details when we get back. I forgot to mention that Zachary started wrestling in school and was injured on the second practice. A high school student was wrestling him and slammed him on his left shoulder and sprained it badly. He is out the rest of the season and cannot play his violin for a while, but he is slowly healing thank heavens.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-53252008375598347842008-10-02T07:36:00.000-07:002008-10-02T08:35:34.576-07:00Fall MaddnessIn my last post I mentioned fall and things changing. Wow I had no idea that things could get really busy for us. I was recently asked to be the parent rep for the choir booster club at the High School. The school puts on a huge auction every year and all the music and sports groups and others are asked to donate at least 10 items and sell 10 tickets. So to add to it all I have both Zachary and Brandon playing football. I love it even though there are times Jay and I have to split up in the middle of Zachary's games to take Brandon to practice. I am so impressed with my boys football teams. They are really great this year. Brandon's team and a really skinny short very fast quarter back and when he gets an opening he is out of there. They tied their first game and they won their second game.It was very close. Sean is working at the school running the time clock for the football games,and really likes it.To add to the chaos, I have been asked to be on the relief Society Enrichment board. I am actually excited for this calling. Oh I forgot to mention that Bryan and Brandon's school is also having an auction in November and I have to do a basket for it and they are both out of school for 2 weeks for their first break.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-69285295734261776082008-09-17T09:00:00.001-07:002008-09-17T09:20:49.603-07:00FallWell Fall will officially be here in a few days,where did the summer go? Everyone is in school and so far doing great. Austin loves having two electives and is enjoying his cooking class and his ceramics class. Sean is in choir this year and enjoying it so far. Zachary is still in Orchestra and getting really good at it. He is playing football again this year and loves it even more. Bryan is doing great in 5Th grade. He had been invited to attend a leadership retreat at school on Friday. They give students that are doing good in school and have a good attitude the opportunity to learn leadership skills and how to work together on a team. He is really excited. Bryan is still playing the cello and really enjoying it. Brandon is doing good in school also. He had started playing football through the YMCA and his first game is this Saturday. I love having boys playing sports. They come home so tired that there is not much contention in the house.Jay is doing awesome in school also. He just took another test this past week and passed with flying colors. He now had his MC SA which is a Microsoft certification. Jay and I were released from Cub Scouts a couple of weeks ago. It is bitter sweet. We asked to be released because we are burned out on Cub Scouts and our activity night changed to Tuesday's and that is the night Jay has school. We will miss the boys but are looking forward to a change. I have been busy canning peaches and making applesauce. We are very blessed to live in an area where we can get fresh fruit and can it. I will take pictures of Brandon at Football tonight and post them just as soon as I can.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-67395840888299436942008-08-27T20:28:00.000-07:002008-08-27T20:50:29.406-07:00Crazy Two WeeksIt is almost the end of August, where has this summer gone? We have been so busy these past two weeks. Bryan and Brandond started school and so far doing good. Bryan is handeling having 3 teachers instead of just 1 and Brandon has the same teacher as last year because they keep thier teachers for two years. Jay took another test towards his certification and passed. He was really sweating this one. The older three boys have been busy helping their grandparents and enjoying their last few days of freedom. School starts 1 week from today for the older 3 yea!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had lots of fun last week. My Aunt Glenda came up from Oregon. We had fun shopping and finding her a kitten to take home with her. Now all our attention is turned towards Austin starting his junior year, Sean starting his Sophmore year and Zachary starting his 8th grade year. We are going to enjoy our last weekend of summer and look forward to all that fall and winter bring our way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-17901889150308309972008-08-03T16:25:00.000-07:002008-08-11T13:14:13.844-07:00Another day on the lakeI can't believe that it is already August. It seems that the boys just got out of school and now Bryan and Brandon start in just over a week. July was a very busy month for us. Last Wednesday we had Cub Scout Pack meeting here at our house. That was our 5th party at our house in the month of July. Wow what a month. It seems like every time we have our friends over for a party it is cold outside and the kids teeth chatter as they are swimming. Brandon had Cub Scout day camp last Wednesday and Thursday and Sean was staff there. They both really had a good time. Our Cub Master asked Brandon if he would get up in church and tell all about day camp and he said yes. I was really surprised. He did a fantastic job!! He didn't use notes or anything. He just got up and told about what they did. It was great. Yesterday we went to the lake for a short trip. It was not that warm out on the water so it was not out best trip. I took Zachary on too many rough rides so he was cranky and Jay's arms were hurting from hanging on so we just did two short rides with Jay and the two younger ones and then packed it up and came home. It was still nice to be together as a family even though it was colder than we would have liked.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-58142943159911670242008-07-27T17:24:00.000-07:002008-07-27T17:34:09.983-07:00Camping TripWell what a weekend we had. We left here Thursday afternoon and I drove the truck pulling the boat downtown to pick up Jay. We left there and headed to Lake Roosevelt to go camping for two days. We had an awesome time. Jay was finally able to get up on his <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">big daddy </span>water ski for the first time. It was awesome. Zachary tried to water skiing and he got up on them for 27 seconds. On Friday our friends joined us with their 6 kids and stayed Friday night. We loved our camp spot. We were able to launch the boat and drive it to a dock a 100 feet from our camp spot. It was awesome and hot. I got on the tube for the first time this year and loved it.We had such an awesome time but really missed Sean and Austin because they were in Oregon for a high adventure camp.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-34578679460507882192008-07-06T19:22:00.000-07:002008-07-06T19:33:02.772-07:00Busy weekendWhat a wonderful busy few days we have had. It Stared when I surprised Jay on his birthday at work with a cake. He was totally surprised.He was able to take the rest of the day off. We were very happy to be able to spend time with two of my nieces that were in town and see their darling kids. We got home and rushed to get the boat and us ready and we headed for Hayden Lake which is a lake the is only 30 min from here that we love to go to. We had an awesome time and the weather was awesome. Friday the 4Th we had two families over for a BBQ and swimming. the weather was not very warm for swimming but it was for grilling. We went with one of the families and one of my nieces downtown to watch the fire works and had a wonderful time. The next day the 5Th we loaded up the boys and my niece and headed about 2 hours west of here to lake Roosevelt. When we got there it was packed and we barely found a place to park. We had to launch the boat at one place and I had to drive over to the Marina to pick up Jay where there was overflow parking. We spent most of our time on the Columbia river that feeds into the lake and the water was cold but the kids did not care. We enjoyed seeing new areas that we had not seen before. The boys and Jay survived me taking them on a wild ride and doing everything I could to dump them off the tube.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-56152779222913810022008-07-06T19:19:00.001-07:002008-07-06T19:19:53.970-07:00Check out my Slide Show!<div><embed src="http://widget-84.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=2522015791330252932&site=widget-84.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2522015791330252932&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-84.slide.com/p1/2522015791330252932/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2522015791330252932&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-84.slide.com/p2/2522015791330252932/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2522015791330252932&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-84.slide.com/p4/2522015791330252932/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-63973641103151903262008-06-26T19:02:00.000-07:002008-06-26T19:09:36.845-07:002 1/2 weeks outSo I am officially 2 1/2 weeks out from surgery and doing very well. I had a check up with my surgeon today and he was thrilled with how everything has healed so fast and nicely. I have to say I am to. i don't have to go back for 3 weeks yea. We are busy working on our yard getting ready for my dad's birthday party. Today was officially the last day of school for Bryan and Brandon. they had field day all afternoon outside. tomorrow is a family BBQ for the kids so we will go to that for a while. We are trying to decide what to do for the 4Th of July. Last year we were in Utah and had a blast and this year we want to do something fun but close by. Hopefully we can some up with something fun.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-51194861611205227872008-06-24T09:06:00.000-07:002008-06-24T09:15:21.154-07:00Almost DoneYes,<br />Today was the last <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">business</span> day for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Brandon</span>. School will finally be out for he and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bryan</span> on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Friday</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Brandon</span> has his last <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">business</span> day today and he took cinnamon rolls and cookies. I have not ever been able to attend any of his previous <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">business</span> days but I am hoping <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">to </span> got to this one today. For those of you who don't know what business day is, once a month the students <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">plan</span> and run a business for an afternoon. they have to bid on what spot they want in the class room and they also have to pay taxes. His teacher invites other classes and they all have class money to spend on what ever business they choose that day. It has been an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">awesome</span> learning experience and he and his business <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">partners</span> have had to go to court before ( she is the judge) to explain why they did not file <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">their</span> taxes and they were fined for it. So the rest of the day today the 3 older boys will go to my parents and work for them and I will continue to work on getting things ready for my dad's birthday party here <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Saturday</span>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-59229652531635556982008-06-18T18:54:00.000-07:002008-06-20T19:06:34.248-07:0012 days outWell I am officially 10 days out from my surgery. It has been very difficult at times but other times not so bad. I love love love my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">surgeon</span>. I know I said that in the last blog but he is really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">awesome</span>!!! This past week all of a sudden i started itching <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sooooooooooooooo</span> bad that nothing took it away!!! I took <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">benadryl</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">percacet</span> and cold wash cloths and nothing worked. I went in to my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">surgeon</span> and he said that i was allergic to the tape that was holding me closed. He took off all the tape and prescribed some other <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">antihistamine</span>. So i get the other medicine and it is supposed to work for 8 hours. I take it and go to bed and 5 hours later and still itching just not as bad I took another. I went and saw my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">surgeon</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">again</span> today and I am finally tube free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It hurt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sooooooooooo</span> bad to have those stitches that were holding it in place taken out and then taken out. Anyway I am healing so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">nicely</span> but still itching just not as bad so he <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">upped</span> the strength of the medicine and I will see how it goes tonight. I am still trying to get use to seeing my flat tummy and for those of you that are sick and wrong and want pictures heck dang no way!!!!!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-81918543678843884812008-06-13T08:39:00.000-07:002008-09-17T15:28:42.571-07:00Post surgery updateWell I did it!!!!!!!! It has officially been 1 week since my life changed. I arrived at the Surgery center at 8:30 and filled out paperwork and then they took me back to get ready. In no time at all i had my iv in and my AWESOME doctor was there to make all the markings. Shortly after that they gave me some happy medicine and took my back to the or. I remember being in a daze and then the oxygen mask and that was it. The surgery took about 5 hours and then they took me to recovery. I remember them putting the binder on my and the feeling of not wanting to wake up. I took my sweet time fully waking up and then the slowly helped me sit up. Boy was that painful and hard. Finally I was able to go home. I was still so out of it i just remember Jay taking his time.When we got home that was the interesting part. It took my so long to walk up the walk way and up the stairs. I made it to our room and then the real fun began. I have a step stool next to my bed to get up into my bed with. So Jay's holding my arm and i step up and sit Ont eh edge of my bed and try and swing my legs up on the bed. Oh my heck the pain was horrible i did not know what I was going to. Jay realized that I was using my tummy muscles to try and lean back against my pillows. He put his arm behind me and I just sat back that way and then he put my legs up on the bed. I have to stay propped up with pillows under my legs. So that was all the first. day. Most of the other days I have slept and gotten up and slowly walked around the house until Tuesday when all of a sudden i was in soooooooo much pain. I took one of my percocet and went to bed. The next morning morning I could not walk so jay called my doctor and we went in and we thought that it was one of the many tubes that was bugging me so he took one out. I was fine all the way home until we got out of the car, then there was that horrible pain again. I was so mad and sick of the pain. The next morning we called my awesome doctor again and went in that afternoon. He took out another tube to see if the would help and it has. I still have 2 drainage tubes left and i am getting around much better, I even got out of my house yesterday all day and went to Wal Mart with my mom and and Tamera and let them push me around in a wheel chair the entire time. That was hard to do but we had fun. I have seen my new tummy once and I am amazed. I am so grateful to have been giving this opportunity and for the most amazing surgeon. I look forward to being totally recovered and enjoying my summer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-56421414976475231472008-05-21T09:08:00.000-07:002008-05-21T15:38:30.091-07:00to much going onWell where to begin,<br />First of all I only have 2 weeks until my surgery. I am soooooo excited but sooooooooo nervous!!! For those of you that don't know I am having a major tummy tuck. They are going both horizontal and verticle. This will pull in the sides even more and make me nice and flat. I am not looking forward to the pain and i really don't want to take the pain medicine that he had prescribed for me. I hate heavy drugs that make you fell funny and cause you to have terrible dreams. Hopfully I can just take a little of it. The boys are not looking forward to this at all. Bryan thinks that it is not fair that i will not be albe to tuck him in for a long time. I keep telling him I will not be able to go up and down the stairs for a couple of weeks of bend over. I have to sleep propped up in bed with pillows under my legs also. I just have to remember that this is what I have been wanting for years and I am finally getting my wish. We are almost done with school Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! The three older ones only have 15 days and the younger 2 have . Well we had a miracle today. A few weeks ago Zachary's bike was stolen from school. Well Sean found it today right by our house. I am soooo happy but saddened that parent's don't watch their children.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-48583300507190288782008-05-09T20:19:00.001-07:002008-05-09T20:19:17.510-07:00Check out my Slide Show!<div><embed src="http://widget-a4.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=1729382256922542244&site=widget-a4.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1729382256922542244&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a4.slide.com/p1/1729382256922542244/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1729382256922542244&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a4.slide.com/p2/1729382256922542244/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-70937750325656780852008-05-09T20:14:00.000-07:002008-05-09T20:18:46.808-07:00Brandon's field tripWell I am officially done for a while with field trips. Brandon's was fun. We went to the Davenport hotel down town and had a tour. WOW!!! What a place. I had never been there. Jay met us there and stayed for most of the tour. Then we walked to the library downtown and had a tour of the library. That was ok. I thought is was cool to see the old newspapers and books from the 1800's. The view from the third floor was awsome as you can see by the pictures.<br />Tonight my family cleaned up the back yard to get it ready to be mowed in the morning and get the back porch all cleaned up. That is what I asked for for Mothers day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932597546063881449.post-43264475887039732312008-05-08T22:38:00.000-07:002008-05-08T22:45:49.458-07:00Field TripWhat a deay it has been. Today I had the awsome opportunity to go on a field trip with Bryan's class to the Post falls dam. We left about 9 and went to a park on the other side of the dam and talked to a Marine Biologist about fish and wildlife. Then we ater lunch and went on the other side of the dam. We were able to walk right by the dam but the adults were able to actually walk all the way across both sides of the dam. WOW!!!! what a cool thing that was. Then we got back on the bus and went to an island where one of the substations was. We started out above the river looking down and then we got to go down about 50 feet in the station and see the control room and the generators that produce the electricity. What an awome trip it was. I have included pictures from our trip. I am going on another field trip tomorrow with Brandon's class so I will post pictures of that trip later.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1