Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Joys of being a Woman



No, this is not a picture of a cows head...this is what we
call the "female anatomy". We already had a very busy
week ahead of us with the office, school, etc. This I did
not have on my schedule for Tuesday morning. I woke up
with horrible pains and had no clue what was going on. At
first I was thinking, "boy these are really bad cramps I am
having". On a scale from 1-10, I was about at a 9, almost
felt like labor pains or contractions. Dave was running
around trying to get Ty ready for school while I was
doubled over in pain. We called Urgent Care and told them
what I was feeling and they told me to go right over to the
ER. I tried to get ready, then we dropped Ty off at
school and Ashlynn with my mom and off we went to
the Hospital. After getting blood drawn, a urine sample,
external & internal ultrasound(that was fun...yikes!), a
wonderful shot of morphine for pain, they found out that
I have a Ovarian Cyst. I was in so much pain because a part
of it had ruptured and the fluid had gone into my pelvic
cavity. The lovely thing is still there and I could have
another episode like I did that morning. I just have to go
get another ultrasound in 6 weeks to check on it. The
doctor told me that normally every woman has 2-3 cysts
that form each month and they just dissolve and go away.
There are some that stay put and fill up with fluid for a
while...they either dissolve or rupture. 5 hours later I was
sent home and feeling pretty good from that Morphine.
I had just enough time to take a bath and get ready for
Tyler's parent teacher conferences. Later that night I
sat in on 12 interviews with Dave at the office for our
Front Office opening. I was just an extra set of eyes and
ears and helped take notes for him. What a busy and
eventful day that we had! Crazy I tell ya...CRAZY!!!!

Trunk or Treat

We had our church Fall Festival last weekend and
had so much fun! We invited our friends from Iowa
that now live here in Maricopa...Doug & Becca Stoker.
Dave entered in the Chili Cook Off and won for
Hottest Chili...we were very proud!
Batman & Tinkerbell

Me & Ashlynn~Becca & Brooklynn
Joshua & Tyler


Doug & Becca and kids

Dave thought I was such a goof with this mask!

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Missing Friends

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Friends at Play

One of my girlfriends from High school was here
visiting her family this week...Lynsey! We had
the chance to go to the Zoo with all our kids,
her niece and her wonderful Mom! Tyler
was in school all day so it was just me &
Ashlynn...which wasn't so bad! It ended up
being a little warmer than expected but
we had a great time at the ZOO.






Thursday, October 25, 2007

Game Day




What a gorgeous day for a Soccer Game! My nephew
Zac had his last game while we were there visiting.
It was so fun to go watch him play and to be together
as a family.


Gardner Village




While we were in Utah, we went to Gardner Village
one day. The whole place was decorated for
Halloween and had witches everywhere. It was so
much fun and the kids had a blast finding all of
the witches!

Our Extended Family



~Lisa and Lindsey with Tyler...& Lisa with ME~

For those of you who don't know who these FABULOUS
people are...meet the Markham's! This is the family that
we lived next door to for 5 years while we lived in Utah.
We love these guys so much, they are really apart of our
family! They took us in as their own while we lived there
and they were our kids grandparents, aunts & uncles while
we were there.
Every time we get back to Utah we make sure to stay with
them and spend time together. I know in these pictures it
looks like I am introducing my son to the "bottle", but it
is only grape juice. They have their own little vineyard in
their back yard and make their own juice. It is the BEST!
They just put in a cellar in the basement that is full of
all the juice they have bottled. It is pretty cool! We always
have such a wonderful time with them and we love them!
Kevin is the wonderful dentist that took care of Tyler's
dental work that needed to be done while we were there.
That was such a HUGE BLESSING for him to do that
for us...Ty loves his "pirate teeth"!

~Todd & Kevin with Ashlynn~

~Michelle with the kids~

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Hee-Haw Farms


The first part of our trip we stayed with Dave's brother
Brent and his wife Alli. One night we drove out to this
place called Hee-Haw Farms. They had animals, rides,
piglet races, pumpkin patches and a corn maze. I don't
know if any of your children act like this...but Tyler
was in Kid Heaven about to lose his mind! Ty was
in overload with excitement. You know when you
take your kids to Chuckee Cheese or to a Carnival
and they run around like a crazy person about to
lose their marbles? Well, that was Tyler. He wanted
to do EVERYTHING and not stop for anything!
All of the kids had so much fun and we loved watching
them. What a good time!






Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Sundance



I really forgot how beautiful this place is in the Fall!
My sister in law (Liz) and I drove up Provo Canyon one
day with our kids and went to Sundance. We went
and parked by a friends cabin and busted out the
strollers and went for a walk. It was a little chilly out
but so gorgeous and refreshing! It was so nice to
feel Fall and be around it. I'm starting to get
excited for the Holidays coming up!