Times have changed

I miss the way things were when I was younger. People (kids in particular) were so much more respectful. Last night at Jasons birthday BBQ he had to tell 2 kids (about 9 or 10 years old) to leave because they were getting into our stuff. One of them even tried to take off with our camera! UGH!!! what is this society coming to?? I know not all kids these days are like this, but you find it more often than not anymore. What happened to the good ol' days when kids played kick the can, and hide and seek, and built tree forts?? Back then you didn't have to worry about a 9 year old stealing your stuff! SAD :(

check out my kitchen aid

Big thanks to your shop for doing this Jeff!! You guys are awesome!!!! I can't wait to see it when it's all finished!!!

A Little Relieved

For the last month I have had a scare with my liver. I went in for a routine physical and bloodwork. My Dr. called the next day and told me my liver enzymes (ALT and AST) were really high. He did more bloodwork and I went in for an abdominal ultrasound. I ended up going to a specialist last week and she re-ran the test again and also tested me for other things (diabetes, hepatitis, ect...) that can cause your enzymes to be high. All of my tests came back negative and my enzyme count actually had gone down quite a bit. It's still higher than it should be, but at least it has improved. I have to go back in 3 months to re-run it again. The specialist is pretty sure I have whats called fatty liver disease, which (imagine this) is common in TS patients. Luckily this is something that can be controlled with a low fat low carb diet. The problem is diagnosing it because it can only be diagnosed through ultrasound (mine did not show fatty liver disease, but sometimes you won't see it on an ultrasound) or a liver biopsy. We are still not 100% sure that I have fatty liver disease, but more than likely that's what it is. I'm hoping that with ruling everything else out, and my levels improving, she can diagnose me without doing a biopsy. I will know more when I go back in 3 months, but for now all I can do is eat a low fat low carb diet. Thank you for your support and concern everyone! We are truly blessed to have such great family and friends.

weekend in spokane

We had a great trip to spokane this weekend! My mom works for an assisted living home so on friday I went and sang for them. So much fun to pick up that mic again!



Friday Night we got to go visit my aunt and uncle. I had a little geneology lesson! SO much fun to see them!




On Saturday we went to Kettle Falls where we got to stay with my Grandma. My aunt and cousin came over and played games with us. We also got to see my brother and his family. My brother also stayed and played games with us. My sister and her kids stopped by too! I can't believe how big the kids are. It's pretty sad when an 8 year old is almost as big as you are LOL!





We also got to see Dee and Jeff and Hailee. Hailee kicked our butts in wii bowling!



Jason was playing with Hailee and said hey whats that in your ear and pretended to pull a dollar out of her ear. Hailee then tried to put the dollar back in her ear LOL! SO CUTE!!



It's always great to go visit family! I am exhausted from staying up WAY too late chatting and playing games all weekend,but thats part of the fun! We came home and both of us fell asleep. Now time to go back to bed and then work tomorrow. It's great to be home!

The mouths of babes

we just got back from the hotsprings with jasons family. It was so much fun!(we missed you Erik, Nicci, and Savannah, and wish angie and joel and the kids could have been here to come with us! (move back already guys!!!!!!) we swam and played to our hearts content. There was just one thing I couldn't figure out... I was trying to play with our neice Hailey. She always gives me hugs and wants to play, so imagine my surprise when she politely (in her own "hailey" way) declines! what!? my first thought is did i do something that upset her? I couldn't think of anything, but nonetheless there had to be some reason for her polite "Hailey way" decline. I shrugged it off for a while, and then had this conversation with her where she (in her "Hailey" way) declined again. I GIVE UP LOL!

me- Hailey do you want to come swim with me?

Hailey- no!

me- Why not? It will be fun!

Hailey- I don't want to because you're just too small

me- (while laughing) ok well is that such a bad thing?

Hailey- (looking at me with an "are you crazy" look...swam away from me and said "nevermind"

She is too cute for words! We love each and every one of our neices and nephews, and the funny things they say!!!!

garden of glow

Winter 2009

I tried snowshoeing for the first time today. It was so much fun! It was the perfect day to go to Bogus today!