Surgery and blurred vision

I had a procedure called Novasure on December 30th. I had been having my cycle every 2 weeks for about 6 months. My Dr, Dr Julie Hughes kept attributing it to stress, but I was feeling like I wasn't that stressed with my life just the normal everyday stresses of having a family of 6. So, I finally went to see her and she first decided to do an endometrial biopsy to rule out any kind of cancer. Talk about hurting and uncomfortable. I waited a week and the results were negative which made me feel a lot better. She scheduled me for surgery December 30 at 1:15. The whole procedure only lasts for about 20 minutes in which the Dr burns the lining of your uterus. Hopefully this will prevent me from having a menstrual cycle again or atleast just a very light one. I have never had surgery before besides having my wisdom teeth out years ago so I was a little bit nervous. Luckily, my great husband took the day off to take me over to the Idaho Surgery Center in Caldwell. I love my doctor. She seems to know just what I need. I have been meaning to give her a picture of Cael and her that was taken right after he was born. It's only taken me a year and a half to get it to her.

They gave me a scopolamean(spell?)nausea patch that goes behind your ear and then gave me some verced in my iv to relax me. It took about 5 seconds to relax me and that is all I remember. The next thing I know I was in my recovery room very sleepy. Jared took me home and I was pretty crampy and in quite a bit of pain. He was great. He pampered me and did all he could to take care of me. On Saturday late afternoon I started having pretty bad blurred vision and it just kept getting worse. By Sunday I had severe blurred vision and was dizzy. I guess the side effects of the patch are blurred vision if it somehow gets in your eyes. I must have rubbed my head or something and got the patch on my pillow while I was sleeping. So for about 10 days I couldn't drive, text, write, etc. It was not much fun. Now I just have to wait to see if the surgery works.

Monday

Monday....What to say about Monday. Monday's are hard days for me..... Right after a lazy Sunday. Jared and Trenton left for Riggins on Friday after school. Trenton was more excited than he has been in awhile. I think his bag was packed for atleast 3 days. Jared picked him up from school and away they went. The girls and I just hung out at home on Friday and then we went to lunch and shopping in Nampa on Saturday. We had a good time. Jared and Trenton got home around 11:30pm on Saturday night. Jared shot a spike elk and boy was Trent excited...and tired. After Jared shot it, they skinned it and cut it up. Trenton was determined that he was going to carry a hind leg out. And sure enough he did. It was very rough terrain and steep. Jared had to lift up his pack for him because it was so heavy, but he walked atleast a half mile with it on his back. I am so glad Jared got to take him. It meant the world to Trenton.

The annual Primary Program was on Sunday and went well. All the kids read their parts really well. I invited our good friends, The Mclinns to come with us and am so glad they came. It really meant a lot to me. After church we came back to the house and had a yummy roast dinner. The rest of Sunday was spent visiting and relaxing. Later that evening Jared and the kids played football in the yard while I watered plants. All in all a very nice day.

I always have a hard time on Mondays. I usually don't eat the greatest over the weekend and then it is really hard to wake up at 5:00 am to go work out. So, I didn't this morning. Emma goes to Kindergarten every other day and it switches each week. So this week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday it will just be Cael and I. I have gotten so I really enjoy those weeks. It's kind of fun to just have him home. Although, he really doesn't know what to do in the house without the other kids.

Cael hasn't gotten obsessed with loaders and tractors. Tonight I sent him out with Trenton to go help Jared cut some firewood. They brought up a load of wood in the loader and when Trent and Jared were stacking it by the fence, Cael was just a crying wanting Jared to pick him up. Then when Jared brought him inside, Cael was just in a panic wanting to get back on the loader. Poor little guy. So Jared took him back out and got in the loader and Cael was in heaven. Jared is going to have a hard time getting out the door without his little buddy.

We have gotten out of the habit of having FHE and we decided we have got to start up again. So tonight was the first week back. Taiylor gave the lesson on Honesty and did such a great job. We have had a little bit of a problem with honesty with the kids so it was a good refresher for them.

I am working 3 days this week which I am not too excited about. Linda is having knee surgery so I am filling in for her. I just feel like I am so busy with the kids that it is getting harder and harder to work. Love those kids. They are growing up way too fast.

Barber to Boise 10k

So, I competed in my first race ever on October 15, 2011. I was really nervous. I guess just because of the unknown. I didn't want to look like a total dork out there. And of course I have no pictures to show for it. Jared was hunting and the kids were over at the McClinns. Emilee so graciously offered to watch them for me. I didn't eat much because I didn't want to make myself sick. The race started and I felt pretty good. I ran the whole distance without stopping and got a time of 58:07, which I am very happy with. I ran a 9:22 mile. I wanted to finish in under an hour. So woohoo for me. 6.2 miles seemed so far out of reach for me, so I am very glad I accomplished that goal. 6 months ago I thought that 6 miles was so far out of my reach. I started doing Crossfit with Jared down at the highschool gym and I really believe that is what really helped me out. My goal is to be able to do a half marathon this Summer with Jared.

Cael's first Barber haircut

Cael had his first haircut at 3 months. Can you believe that. Jared said he looked like Conan O'Brien (red, kinda poufy hair). I waited until he was the big "1" to take him to the Barber. So I took him to "Barber Randy" He sat him up in the big chair and used the flowbe. It is kind of like a vacuum that cuts hair. Cael wasn't too sure about it. He cried through most of it, but when he was done and got his sucker he felt like a big boy. Boy, does he look big. He doesn't look like my little baby anymore.

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Drive to the Butte

We headed up to the Butte one, cold Saturday afternoon. We saw herds and herds of deer. It was really neat. We got out of the truck and hiked around a bit. Trent took his pistol and rifle pellet gun with him. The pictures aren't that great because they were taken on my phone. We had a great time. Their was still snow on the butte so it was COLD.

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Taiylor's Spring Concert

Taiylor had her Spring concert and she was asked by Mrs Cutts, the music teacher to be the narrator. This was a big deal for Taiylor because she does not like to speak in public ( she gets that from her mama). Mrs Cutts told the kids they could dress up so she asked Kristen if she had a poodle skirt she could borrow. She didn't have one but decided to make one for Taiylor and Emma real quick. They turned out really cute and Taiylor did an amazing job. I think she was the only one that dressed up but I think she looked great.

Grandma Manship visit and the park

Grandma Manship has been living in an assisted living home for awhile now and we hadn't been to see her in awhile so we decided to drive over Sunday afternoon. We took the kids to a park in Meridian and let them play for awhile first. It was windy and a bit chilly but they loved it. I did too. Anytime we get to spend with the entire family is wonderful.







Grandma Manship's health really declined once Grandpa passed away. The kids were a little nervous when we went to visit her because she looked so frail and she is having a hard time remembering things. So glad we got to see her though.