Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The Weekend
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Oh Nuts!
So I don't get along with nuts so well. Over the last year or so, I'd had a random attack here or there, maybe after eating some trail mix -once after eating some red dyed pistachios… This incident takes the cake. Ella and her friend Mikana were zooming around the house two days ago, and at one point were carrying chestnuts. Now, having heard the song “Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” the nut seemed pretty inviting, as Ella left it untouched sitting on my kitchen counter. I decided to giver her a try. NO BUENO!!! AAK, chestnuts are AWFUL!! I spit out what I had in my mouth immediately, but could tell within a minute that it was an even bigger mistake all around. I noticed that my throat began to swell up, and I had difficulty swallowing. I called my mom and asked her to come over and help me –as I was having a pretty severe allergic reaction. Bless her heart, she stopped by for some Benadryl and was at my house within minutes. I had lost my voice by that point –because my throat was so swollen. My hands felt huge and became VERY itchy along with my arms, my belly, my neck, and head. My chest felt heavy, and that’s when I knew that I couldn’t mess around with it –we headed for the ER, They wheeled me in quickly and gave me a shot of epinephrine (I think) and started an IV. The lowest my blood pressure dropped was about 64 over 34. Lots of great drugs later, and slipping in and out of consciousness, we’d killed 3 or 4 hours and then I was discharged. Mom had taken the girls to Donny and Debbie’s who kept them for the night. (Thanks guys!) I went home and slept well –but too bad I was too out of it to enjoy the night without the girls! :) Just kidding! ...But am I??
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Dinner at Connor & Logan's!
Monday night, Betsy (above, holding baby Teagan) invited us to dinner! Her little family lives two doors down from my mom, and they're some of the neatest people I know. Ella is GREAT friends with her boys: Connor and Logan. Next to Betsy in this picture is her friend Marilyn. She's a really nice gal.
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Last Weekend (better late than never)
Well last weekend we headed to SLC. We stopped by Tai Pan and got some fun new things for the house -we're SO excited! Mia started the day posing in her CUTE new outfit that Nanny made for her. Fun, huh? OH, there she is again!
Not so quite decked out anymore: when we hit SLC, we hit a major baby "blow-out" and Mia wound up posing in one of Lily's ensembles. Note the two bottom toofums. Too cute!
Lily had a great time playing with Ella and the other kids as we all met at Rachael's for a potluck! Though this picture doesn't quite capture the enthusiasm, believe me, excitement was in the air!
Ella kept busy playing with toys and babies. She had too much fun to pay attention to mommy taking your picture!
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Not-As-Ugly-Ugly-Frog
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
OUR new house!
Well, through the grace of God, it looks like the house is going to be ours. The miracle within every aspect of this has been so obvious, it's absolutely undeniable. I took a few pictures while we were visiting with the owners. Here is the kitchen.
This is the other side of the kitchen -the windows have a ton of old-school character.
There's the master bedroom and bathroom.
One corner of the living room.
Another corner of the living room. Living room, with the front door. We think we'll either stain it with a nice mohagany or possibly go red!
Living room -lots of character with cubbies in the wall. Love it!
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Monday, November 10, 2008
LAVA
Lance and I took off for an amazing weekend in Lava Hot Springs on Saturday. We walked around and shopped and talked. We had delightful coffee at this little shop.
Here's a picture of the two of us together. This weekend Lance got me the most esquisite set of pearls -the necklace, and a matching bracelet. You can't see them too well, but they're now my favorite piece of jewelry (that's saying something since I'm a jewelry junkie).
All ready to go out!
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Friday, November 7, 2008
A house?
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
This Wall
Over the last few days, I have had a redirected focus. I guess you could say that I was heading down a chaotic path of uncertainty -holding together what I could, but planning on a future of being a single mother. This has changed. The path is still unknown, however, it's completely different. It's reserved, terrified, yet, undeniably the road I need to travel. I love Lance. He's my heart and soul. He's absolutely irreplaceable -as the father of my children, as the love of my life. He's been seeing the same, through the hurt that he's experienced as well. There is no guarantee that this road won't end in further heartache. There is only the double-edged sword of sweet/cruel hope that we can put these broken pieces back together and make our family whole.
Lance, I know you have a long way to go. I know you're taking steps to fix some of what has gone wrong. I know you have had a change of heart and recognize the irreplaceable value of having me to love. Words are one thing, actions, quite another. So far, you are beginning to break down this wall.
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Happy Halloween!
I took the girls Trick-Or-Treating at work. It was good times. Mia was SO tired, this is the only shot I got of her! :( She was a lady-bug. I love the foot propped on the tray! Ella was a pirate. We didn't bother putting facial hair on her -she'd had that earlier for her pre-school party. She was a pretty pirate! AARGH!
*That's my senior team lead in the back -Trent. Funny guy! Here's my boss Jessica -she was a cow-girl. Can you imagine sitting next to this woman everyday? Not good for your self-esteem! ...She's one of the prettiest girls I know.
To my other side was Uncle Fester (my quiet buddy Shane who giggles at us girls without adding much opinion)!!! I LOVE The Addams Family -in fact, here's a little known fact: Addams Family Values is one of my favorite flicks! I should have been Debbie Jellinsky from the agency! "Don't I deserve love.....and jewelry????"
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