pictures

the counter top

the master shower

beautiful flowers from mom, dad, jac and brent, chance and megan for Leavi's first birthday

the beautiful fountain in the middle of downtown Idaho Falls, in the winter the water freezes

the view from my friend's truck with all four tires on the ground while climbing boulders, notice the jet at the top of the windshield.

a cool shot of my friend's jeep climbing rocks

this truck is awesome! also pictured above with the jet

Eric's truck, way cool! 44" tires and a 2" lift, the bottom of the door frame sits about chest level for me, huge and way fun! This thing is a tank and can climb anything!

We ripped the front license plate off when we slid into a rock. This was a fun trip up to Shelley.

Our Wrangler, way fun!! Love it!

This is our first Jeep, a '65 CJ5. We traded a guy for our 4wheeler. 2 months later we found a guy that had the Wrangler that wanted a CJ5, so we traded him Jeeps. He is still convinced that he got the better end of the deal. I guess if he's happy then there's nothing to worry about!

This is my knee after four days. This is the first time without the bandage. Can you say UGLY?!!

What does Daddy say?

This morning while I was taking Corey to school/daycare I was asking him what sound the animals say. He got most of them right so I thought I'd try something different. I asked him "What does Mommy say?" He responded "Ummm..." so I said "Mommy says I love you Corey." He repeated it and was so cute! Then I asked him what Daaddy says. His response... "Poop!"
Funny kid!

Okay!

Well, I have been waiting to post until I could put some pictures on because I have a LOT of pictures to post! But it seems that I never have time to put the pictures on the computer.

My knee is doing a lot better. I can walk somewhat normally now. It will be three weeks tomorrow. I have an appointment today and I will have it drained again. Woop-d-doo! Anyway, I think it will be a good thing when I can acctually use it like normal. I'm not sure if it was worth it just yet because it is still useless and sore and fat, but everyday it gets a little better.

Our house is scheduled to be done in 10 days!! We are getting really excited to have it done. It is coming along really well and it looks great! The paint is done, and the tile and carpet are going in right now. Yay!

We have joined an offroading club too. We traded our 4-wheeler for a Jeep so that we can take the whole family and fit comfortably. We have been out on several trail rides and have LOVED it! We just got the bigger tires in and we are replacing the axels and going to do a spring over and possibly a 2 inch lift. Once we get all of that done it should be albe to go wherever we want it to go. It is our latest fun project.

I will post pictures of all of this as soon as I get a chance to move pictures from my camera to the computer. Hopefully that will happen in the next day or two.

I hope you are all doing good!

Nervous!

Well, tomorrow is the big day! I go in at 7:30 in the morning. We will take Corey to daycare and then head to the hospital. I have decided that I don't want to have a surgery, I just want the end result. Is that dumb? Oh well!

Surgery & House

I have a date for the surgery. I was hoping to wait until after we move into our house, but the insurance company wants it done ASAP. So I will go in at about 7:00 a.m. on Friday the 19th of March (that's in about 2 weeks!). I am planning on being gone from work for the following week for sure and if I need more time I will take part of the nest week off too. The doctor said it is supposed to be painful and it will bleed a lot inside. I will have to go in and have it lanced and drained. Yippee! But I am glad to have it done. I am hoping it will feel better soon!

Our house is coming along great! It has a roof and walls framed, the builder will be starting on drywall in the next day or two. Devin and I decided that we would like a black roof, medium brown siding with darker brown trim, and black bricks on the bottom half. We saw one house that looked similar and we decided that we really like how the colors coordinate, so that's how we will have ours. It is a lot of fun to see everything come together! We still need to pick out tile and carpet and paint for the inside. We know we don't want white walls, so we may go with a light green or a beige. That will be an easier decision once we get the other things picked out. It is a lot of fun!

Surgery and Meds

So last wednesday's dr appointment went well. The doc said exactly what I thought he would... I will be having surgery on my left knee in the next few months. The doctor will do a scope, so there should be minimal scars, two small ones on my lower knee and one on my upper knee. He will go in and loosen the tendons on the left side and reshape the cartilage on the right side. My kneecap rides up on the bone instead of sitting in the joint. This causes it to move in a J shape when I move it. By releasing the tension on the tendons that will aleviate the pressure on my knee and allow my kneecap to move more toward the joint. I will be out of work for a week to two weeks and it is supposed to be very painful and it will bleed a lot. I am nervous, but I have been struggling with it for so long that I am really glad to have it done.

I had an appointment yesterday and had my thyroid checked. I am on a new perscription to regulate my hormone levels. Hopefully I will be more normal now!

Poor Corey is at home today with tonsilitis. He had a really high fever yesterday, but he didn't act sick. Since I was already at the doctor, we just had him look at Corey too. Apparently Corey has splotchy tonsil. So Corey is on an antibiotic and will no longer be contagious after 24 hours of taking it.

Anyway, this is our exciting life right now! I hope everyone is doing well.

Broken?

Well, apparently I really have issues with Ice! Friday morning on my way to get into the truck to go to work, I stepped on some black ice and I was down for the count! I was right by the hitch of the truck, so I am really lucky that I didn't hit that! However, I did fall on my left wrist. We took Corey to the daycare and then went to urgent care and got x-rays. Nothing showed up, but there is a possibility that a bone on the end of my thumb is broken or fractured. The doctor said that it will show up in x-rays after about 1-2 weeks. I have to wear a brace on it for a week and if it isn't feeling better then I have to go back to see what they can do. Personally I think that it has something going on because there is still a big hard bump that hasn't gone down yet. I guess time will tell.

Also, I have a doctor appointment this Wednesday for my knee with an orthopedic doctor. Hopefully we will find out if or when I will need surgery. And I have an appointment on the 15 of this month for my thyroid. I will have some blood work done to find out what dose of meds I should have and hopefuylly get my hormone levels regulated. My weight has been yo-yo-ing and my moods have been off the charts crazy! I will be laughing one minute and in tears the next. So needless to say that I am a bucket of work!

Anyway, I will keep everyone posted on everything. (sorry for all the typos, I typed this one-handed!)