Well it has been forever since I last wrote a post. I am terrible at this whole blog thing. It just took me 5 minutes to figure out how to make a new blog post. All of my friends keep hounding me about updating my blog. I have more free time now days so I guess I can do that. :)
Hayden and I moved to Idaho Falls on December 17th 2011. We lived in my sister's unfinished basement for 3 weeks. They were so kind to let us stay there but I diligently searched for a place with walls and a place we could call our own. On Janurary 9th we moved into our new apartment. I just love our new place! Compared to our last apartment this is a palace! It is a 2 bedroom apartment with vaulted ceilings, brand new carpet, granite counter tops, and fresh paint(and no mold!). It is nice having more room to live. We love living in Idaho Falls, and we don't miss Provo at all. It was a great move for us and has helped us in so many ways.
Hayden is working for my brother building homes and he really likes it. He is learning so much. He hopes to be able to build our house someday. He plans to go back to school beginning of next year, but for right now he is taking some time to decide what he wants to do with his life. We have been trying to live a more active life so Hayden has been playing basketball 3 times a week ( when his work schedule allows). We have also been playing some tennis, and Frisbee golf. Hayden is really in to listening to books and right now and he has been listening to a lot of business books on how to become rich. He wants to be a millionaire by next week! I wouldn't mind that. Who wants to join us on that quest?
I am working part time for Sears. I really enjoy it because it is very laid back and low stress. My last job about made me nuts, so this is a nice change. I also enjoy only working part time. It gives me a chance to keep up on chores and errands. Our house is in better order (most the time) now days. In my quest to lead a more active life, I have been going to a work out class called RIPPED for the last 12 weeks. It is super intense and I really like it. My sister in law teaches the class and she does an amazing job! If I can just eat right, I'll be svelte in no time! :p
Something that consumes a HUGE part of our time and our lives is that Hayden and I are trying to get pregnant. We have tried and failed for the last
14 months and it has been very hard on us. I hate opening up about my feelings, but maybe it will be good for me to write about my thoughts. I have seen 3 doctors and 1 chiropractor to find out what is going on. I've had 5 blood tests done and we also had Hayden tested. They say everything is fine with Hayden and they didn't see anything major with my blood work. The only thing that was borderline a problem was my glucose levels. So the only thing they have done is put me on fertility medications. I just finished my 3rd cycle of the medications. I don't have health insurance so it makes things difficult. The doctors make me kind of frustrated because it doesn't seem like they are really trying to help me. They just give you a drug and send you on your way. So that is why I tried a different route. The other day I went to a chiropractor who has a holistic approach. He did some muscle response tests on me and according to his "witch doctor" tests he found that my thyroid may not be working to its full potential and that I need to balance my glucose levels. So he gave me some herbs to get everything working better and I am on a strict diet of no sugar and no carbs. And boy am I starving!! I could go for a giant chocolate cake about now! :) (who wants to bring me one?) But I will try to resist. Hopefully something works because finding out each month that we aren't pregnant is hard, especially since everyone I know is pregnant and had no problem becoming pregnant. I know there has got to be some lesson we are supposed to learn from this, but I am having a hard time figuring out what it is. That is the hardest part...not knowing what I need to do to make it happen. What I need to learn before we will be blessed with a child. I just keep asking " what does "he" want from me?" "Are we being punished?" This is definitely a huge boulder in my spiritual path that I am having a hard time getting over. Hayden is full of faith so he keeps me some what optimistic. Maybe the only answer is more faith. I don't know. Im still working on finding the answer.
Here is a few random pictures from the last few months. They were taken with my phone so the quality isn't great, but o well.
Our new washer and dryer. Definitely worth going into debt for. :)
I was babysitting Caleb and we were trying to come up with a costume for him for Dr. Suess day at school. He mentioned that he could put whiskers on his face and wear a Cat in the Hat hat. I told him that was a great idea and I imagined his mom using eyeliner to draw the whiskers. He had a different idea. He slipped away into the bathroom without me knowing and drew whiskers and a cat nose on his face with permanent marker. Good thing I remembered a tip from Hayden's sister about getting permanent marker off with toothpaste. It worked like a gem, and 5 minutes later he was whisker less. ( Don't you just love his cute little face??)
My oldest niece Bryndee got baptized.
In celebration of St. Patty's Day, I made corned beef and cabbage. It was my first time trying it. And it will also be my last. Corned beef is not my thing. But it was fun to be festive!
While their parents went to dinner for their anniversary, I had my beautiful nieces over to make mini pizzas and cookies. We had so much fun making fun shapes out of the dough and putting all of the toppings on.
Then we made our cookies into cute shapes. (Kloee is showing you all her new CTR bracelet that grandma and grandpa gave all of the grand kids at the baptism.)
At the end of March we went to see my parents in St. George. We went with Brock and Jenn and their 3 girls. It was beautiful down there and very warm.(I of course got super sunburned. I never learn!) Since all of us weren't able to be with the rest of the family for Thanksgiving, my parents made us a thanksgiving feast! This is my dad with his "exquisite" turkey.
Hayden and I have been called to be scout leaders for the 11 year old scouts. After the boys passed off a few of their goals we let them go out and play football with Hayden. They loved it. Our first camp out is this weekend. Wish me luck!
Since we don't have a yard we love going to the park. There are some great parks in town. Last night we went and played basketball. It was fun and Hayden is teaching me how to shoot the ball right. I will be a pro in no time.
Anyway, I will keep you all updated on the status of everything. Thanks for listening to my ramblings. Its probably something I should just keep to myself, but whats the fun in that? :) The more people who know the better right? I promise I will take pictures of the apartment soon. I just need to get Hayden to hang a few more things on the wall and then it will be ready for pictures.
P.s. Comment if you read this...I would love to know who my audience is! :)
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