The News Is Out

I had a doctor's appointment today and it took me by surprise. I went in expecting a sit down meeting with a diabetic educator and a perinatologist. Instead, I ended up having an ultrasound and finding out that I am having a girl!

I wish they had been a little more up front about what we would be doing and I would have had Kelly come to the appt. I guess I will be having an ultrasound every month so there will be plenty more, but it was so amazing to see everything going on in there. She is quite active and uncooperative already - she should be just like her mom. Kelly and I couldn't be happier and we are so excited to have a little girl join our family.

Happy Anniversary

Last week Kelly and I both had some time off. We had talked about a bunch of different things we could do, but in the end we didn't really do anything. Wednesday we mostly stayed at home. I did get some sewing done while Kelly worked on some homework. It was a pretty low key day. It was Bill's (Kelly's Dad) birthday so we had a BBQ at Library Park and I made a pan of cinnamon rolls for Bill because that was his request for his birthday treat.

Thursday, we tried to make up for our previous relaxing day by doing a ton of stuff. In the morning we moved furniture. We have been rearranging some of our rooms and we made a lot of progress. Then we had to hurry and get showered and dressed so we could get up to Ogden. We made some stops on our way up and made it there in plenty of time to visit with my Grandparents before our appointment. We met Jamie to go and get our pictures taken in "scenic" Peterson. I say scenic because Jamie has to be the worst navigator there ever was. We basically saw the whole city 3 times before finding the "canyony part with a road" that we were looking for. Needless to say, we saw a lot of scenery. We did finally get to where we were going and get some pictures taken. Hopefully, they will turn out, but you never know. We did get to have a bowl of delicious homemade vanilla bean ice cream at my parent's house while we watered their garden. Plus, we were starving after our photo session so we went to Iggy's and had some yummy food. Kelly loved their Chili Water sauce and dipped everything he ate in it. We also ended up bringing a bottle of it home. I think it stinks.

Friday, we did our weekly shopping. Honestly, I can't remember much about Friday and I asked Kelly what we did and he couldn't come up with anything either. It must have been a real exciting day. Oh yeah, I killed another black widow and this one exploded brown goo all over my garage floor and shoe. There was also a pile of dead spider carcasses that was not to be believed. This motivated us to schedule a trip to Home Depot for some poison.

Saturday, we got a new recliner and got rid of a dresser from our basement. We got some bug bombs to kill all the bugs in our garage and our dead black widow count is now at 3. We actually did some weeding in our garden. We went to the Bees game that night and watched the fireworks, which were very disappointing. The Bees got killed, but on a positive note I did get to eat a bunch of Cinnamon Roasted Almonds that were delicious!

It was a nice, relaxing time and it was great because we got to spend all our time together. We didn't take pictures (except the ones we had done) and we didn't have a whole lot going on, but it was so nice to spend time with my Kelly. We are going on a little trip this weekend, so maybe I will do a better job with the pictures Ü

I am so glad that I have been married to Kelly for 3 years now! I can't speak for him, but they have been great for me. I am one lucky girl.

A Fun (?) New Toy

This is a picture of yet another thing that I get to inject into my body now! I am such a lucky girl. Actually, I am very fortunate to have this little thing, but I have a bad attitude about it today. It is a continuous glucose monitoring system which will give me a reading on my sugar level every 5 minutes. If only it worked we would really have something. I just started using it this morning so we are still working out the kinks. For example, right now it is telling me that my sugar is 334 when it is really like 140. It is a touch off, but hopefully by Thursday we should be in business with this thing. It has a wicked syringe that you have to inject, but I am hoping that in the end it will be a great addition and will help me to control my sugar better. I am sure at this point you are all wishing that you too could be diabetic, right? Let me just say - it is a lot of fun.

Also, I wanted to post this picture I took in my garage.
This is the spider that was in my garage that I killed a few weeks ago. I had to swipe it off the ceiling with a broom and then hurry down the ladder to step on it before it could run away. It is a good thing I have catlike reflexes and that I didn't fall when trying to hurry down the ladder. The great news is that it is dead and it didn't even squish too much on my shoe Ü

I Can Wait To Get On The Road Again

I just returned from a great trip to Oklahoma to see my sister. I was able to spend 3 days with her and her family before we loaded up in the car to head back to Utah. It was great being able to spend time with her and the kids. We got to do a lot of fun things! On our first day we went to Leonardo's, which is a children's museum/playplace and we were able to pretend like we were in space. We also got to sit in the cockpit of a jet and fly! Jack loved this part, probably because that is what his dad does. Elli was mostly a fan of the helmets.
The next day we packed up the car and a picnic and headed to the Oklahoma City Zoo. It was a very spread out place and I think I sweat off about 3 lbs just walking around. Jack ate all his peanut butter sandwich for lunch and was rewarded with a train ride. He needed an adult to join him so I also got to ride the train. It was a small track and we probably went around about 35 times, but we had a great time. We could ring the bell anytime we wanted because we sat in the front car. Jack yelled out "All Aboard" before we started and it was really cute. He LOVES trains. Later that night we also rode another train at a park in Enid that was deluxe. My experience with trains has been greatly expanded in a short period of time.

Miss Elli really isn't into trains, but she is into turtles. She really enjoyed looking at these giant turtles and just kept pointing and saying "Tur-tull". She threw a fit when we left, but it didn't last too long because she was also fascinated with bats, anything that looked even remotely like a dog (bears, rhinos, wolves, you name it) or any kind of fish.
Next, we headed to downtown Oklahoma City to see the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building Memorial site. It was a neat place to visit and it was a very beautiful memorial. On a side note, Oklahoma can be very warm and moist and there are some luxuriously air conditioned bathrooms next to the museum. I wanted to sit in the bathroom for like an hour, but alas the sweating continued. The next day of our trip we didn't take any pictures. We laid around in our PJ's until 11am and then we made a donut run to Winchell's. It is probably for the best that we don't have these establishments near my home. Delicious!

We loaded up and headed out on Saturday morning. The first day was fairly uneventful. We did make some fun stops, one of which was at McDonalds (my favorite place!) where we let the kids work out some energy in the play area.

Then, we stopped at Prairie Dog Land, which is located in Oakley, Kansas - home of the world's largest prairie dog!! Below is a picture of Jack, Elli, and I in front of said prairie dog. I have wanted to do a road trip with Kelly and travel around to a bunch of "the world's largest" attractions - this stop has made me have second thoughts about such a trip.

Prairie dog land was basically a big area of dirt that was covered with prairie dog holes and the little "diggy doggies", as Elli calls them, would pop in and out of the holes ("prairie doggin' it"). There was also a "zoo" with goats, pigs, turkeys, chickens, coyotes, buffalo, bunnies, a miniature donkey, and some of the scariest cows I have ever seen.
This is not the best picture, but this cow has 6 legs. The cow never stood up, but it did roll and move around and it looked like it was pooping out a calf. There were 2 small legs and what looked like a partial torso coming out of its butt. It was sick. There were 2 more of these freak shows, but they were less disgusting than the brown one.
Needless to say, I almost ralphed. The cows were the last thing we saw and I was thinking that is was a good break from riding in the car, until I saw the cows. Oh, I forgot to mention that we were allowed to feed any or all of the animals with milkbones. Very weird. All I can say is that if I don't make it back to Kansas, I won't feel too bad about it.

The next day we drove all day and we had some melt downs, both from children and adults. We finally made it to Grandma's house at about 7 that night. I almost cried when I had to get back into the car to drive to my house later that night. It was a great trip and we had tons of fun. I also learned that the 30 cents I spent on tootsie pops at the gas station was the best money I have spent in a long time. There aren't too many things that suckers can't fix!

Missing My Mel

Well, They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, I feel like I was already pretty fond of Melanie but it's true. Melanie is in Oklahoma until sunday night and I can't wait until she gets back. I told Melanie that this is just a taste of what I am always doing to her with all of my travels...the only exception is she went on vacation whereas I go because of work. Either way, it's not fun being the one stuck at home alone.



I have been staying busy with yard work and just plain work but when I come back inside and there is no Mel there to greet me and give me a hug, it just feels kinda lonely. I can't wait until sunday night. I love you Mel.