Mudding, Sinus Blockage, Vegas

This last week had its ups and downs. On Monday afternoon we went up to Smiths Mesa and rode Vaughn’s 4-wheelers. We managed to get our family of 4 on one, Vaughn and his date on another, and then Royce and Adar (the 2 exchange students) and Adam’s nephew Josh on another. We dressed ourselves prepared to get muddy and possibly very cold as from the time we unloaded the 4-wheelers on the lower Mesa area we mudded our way up to the top and checked out the ponds that were filled with water from the snow and rains. No one from the family had been up there to see how everything was doing, so we used that excuse as an adventure and had a lot of fun. I was glad Vaughn let us use the 4-wheeler with the seat, which made it a very comfortable ride for me and the boys. That is a small waterfall in the back of the photo flowing off the lower part of Smiths. On Tuesday Tyson, Lincoln, and I accompanied Wynn and Phyllis to JB’s for Phyllis’ birthday. I wasn’t too impressed with them when I mentioned it was her birthday and the guy asked if she had her driver’s license to prove it. Never had that happen before. Phyllis didn’t have hers with her and so she didn’t get any kind of a treat. My little boys even sang Happy Birthday to her when we got there and were waiting for our food. Not Impressed! On Thursday I had Adam take me to the IHC in the morning on his way into town as I had this horrible pain above my left eye that was throbbing and pulsating and I had a difficult time sleeping because of it. When a nurse got there just before 9 a.m. I called over to her from where I was sitting and informed her that I felt like I was going to black out. Throwing up was an uncomfortable feeling as well as I kept eyeing the garbage can by the door and trying to decide if I could make it over there if the action became necessary. Luckily I didn’t need to use it, but after being wheeled back to a room, talking with the doctor there, having a CT scan on my head, getting two different shots in each bum cheek (that was a first), and getting the results back that I had a major sinus blockage (they decided to do the scan since I was having feelings of blacking out and they wanted to make sure there wasn’t anything brain related causing that) that probably was bacteria related, so we picked up antibiotic and Adam took me home to sleep the afternoon off. Phyllis was so kind to let us drop the kids off that morning on short notice and watch them all day, while I slept at home and felt much better that evening. On Friday early evening we went to Las Vegas and stayed at Joe and Haylee’s new home. Haylee had planned an Abbott cousin’s party (Phyllis’ side of the family) for Saturday afternoon. We went Saturday morning for a drive to the Hoover Dam and were able to see the new bridge that is still under construction, which is absolutely amazing that structures like that are even thought possible. The party was fun and we stayed up until about 3 a.m., so with the time change and the difference from Utah and Nevada time we were really up late. We slept for a few hours and then drove home Sunday morning so that we could make it to our Stake Conference. Lincoln was having some throwing up issues so Adam stayed home with him and I took Tyson to conference. We spent the rest of the day at the flat. Considering my sinus issue it was a fun week.

Easter Weekend

This always seems to be a great weekend as family get together for easter egg hunts, picnics, bbqs and just spending time outdoors. As for a few happenings to recap the week I am now at my weekly appts. and found out last Monday that I am dialated 1 cm. The time is getting closer and I'm about as prepared for a new baby now as I was a month ago (which is basically not saying much). I've been very busy with the every day happenings in life. Monday I also put some time towards analyzing our wheat supply as the word was going around of a price increase this past week. It worked out great as we had already made our house payment and I could put some money towards getting a year supply in buckets for the three of us. I know I need to still prepare more for others around us as well. I was telling my mother-in-law that it has been a little discouraging because I have felt for a long time the need to have food storage and have really wanted to, however after all the bills are paid for and not even entertaining the personal wants or extras, I never seem to have enough to get even the smallest amount to start with. I feel that we are just getting to the point financially that we can set money aside for that purpose and I am very excited about that. Thursday, we watched the twins for Heidi and it was cute to watch them and Tyson standing at the window watching the neighbor girls. Whoever was standing in the middle of the threesome would put their arms around the two on either side of them and then they would all start jumping up and down. It was fun to watch them together. Saturday morning we headed over to Snow Canyon high school to watch Dwayne's b-ball game (he is a guy that Adam baptized on the mission). I videotaped it for Dwayne and gave it to him when him and some friends came over to Stuart's Sunday for Lizzy's b-day. After the game on Saturday we went over to Shelley's inlaws and had a bbq/easter egg hunt since it was really windy and miserable in Hurricane and on Smiths Mesa. We did a little easter egg hunt for Tyson after church on Sunday in our yard of dirt, mostly so I could get pictures since my camera ran out of space yesterday. It was a great Easter Sunday.

Anniversary Makeup

Today we tried to have a makeup anniversary day. Adam worked during the morning hours and then came home for lunch. We then headed to town together. Adam went to a contractor's office where he did a takeoff on some plans for a roof while Tyson and I sat out in the car. From there we went to the temple visitor's center and watch a couple of their short clips on the construction of the temple and the purpose of temples. While we tried to watch the clips Tyson kept himself occupied by trying to reach through glass to grab at rocks...he loves rocks. We decided to move on to the next errand due to Tyson needing a diaper change. Adam was very nice to go with me to get the oil changed in the car which came with a free car wash. That was a new experience for Tyson and it kept his attention the whole time. I think the most exciting part about the whole day was that we were able to find out how to connect the food processor/chopper onto our compact bosch (a father's day present I gave to Adam :) You may be wondering why that is so exciting...it is especially if you dread having to grate potatoes and cheese etc. Not any more...although I made Adam grate the potatoes if he ever wanted hash browns for breakfast. So as one might guess that is what we had for dinner with a yummy pork chop and a zuccini squash straight out of our square foot garden box. I can't believe that I can actually grow something. It has been a much better day. One last thing, I just finished reading Elder Jay E. Jensen's talk on "The Nourishing Power of Hymns". It brought back great memories of my grandma Steele and my mom as they seemed to always be singing hymns in the home when I was younger. That always brought a peaceful feeling into the home. I have found myself at times doing the same thing. I am very grateful for hymns.