A Great Mentor

For a while now a lot of us in the family have been taking turns taking dinner twice a week to Jasons grandparents (Who i've completely adopted as my own grandparents by the way). They like us to stay and eat with them which is great! One night after we finished eating Grandma said "mandy lets go paint!" I was so happy she was feeling good enough to paint that I just couldn't say no. For those of you who don't know Jasons Grandma she is an AMAZING painter! She herself would never tell you that, but really she is! Me on the other hand not so much LOL! I have not painted since art class in high school, and that is the only time in my whole life I have ever painted. In my defense I told her that from the beginning. She said don't worry just have fun with it and I will give you tips when you need them. so I said ok and we went to work. It was so much fun! The next few times I went over to their house grandma and I painted together... What a treat for me to spend that time with her! It is something I will never forget! Love you so much Grandma!

This is nothing compared to Grandma's paintings but here is my finished product. Grandma didn't finsh a painting she just worked a little bit on a few paintings she had started a long time ago. When she finishes one of them I will post pictures.

End Of Summer Update

I have completely been neglecting my blog all summer! I know, I know I should be more on top of it. I will do my best to keep up on it now I PROMISE! Since I haven't posted anything for a while here is what we have been up to.....
It has been one busy but TOTALLY FUN summer... we have been camping a few times (which is always great), went to oregon for our anniversary, went to spokane to visit my family a couple times (jas only got to with me once), went to salt lake to visit jasons sister and see my brother while he was there visiting his family (again jas didn't get to go with me :( gotta love retail... NOT!!!), and we took a drive up to redfish lake (which is so amazing!), and in between just worked and spent time with family and friends. All in all it has been a great summer and I'm sad it's over....

I'm too tired tonight but i will be posting A BUNCH of pictures very soon~

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Happy Birthday to the BEST husband ever!!! I love you and hope you have a great day (even if you are at work)!! This year has been a rollercoaster but we made it through it! I look forward to another great year with you! I hope this next year brings you lots of happiness and smiles!! LOVE YA LOTS!!!!

xoxoxoxo
mandy

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!