Happenings

Hallee had fun drawing animals.  I couldn't believe she drew them, they looked like she printed them up.  She watched how-to videos and they turned out so good.

They had a spirit assembly at school and the sophomores were mythical creatures, so Jonah dressed up as a unicorn. 

Jonah and Maddox came over right before the assembly and lifted weights in the shed so they would look pumped.

I love seeing Jonah have so much fun at school.  He loves High School and is making the most of it.

Caitlyn took some pictures of Jonah and his friends at the assembly.

They had different competitions.  Jonah was in the tug of war and the wheel barrow race.  He pushed Christian in the wheel barrow and he said they won by a lot!

I have been working hard in the yard.  I weeded the whole area in front of the house and did the lawns.  I love yard work because it is so satisfying to look at the results of your hard work. Our neighbor came over with his chain saw and cut down our dead tree out front, so that isn't there anymore.  It looks much better! After I found out I didn't have cancer, it felt so good to work hard and know I was healthy enough to do it. I saw a doctor and he said because of all of my problems he would recommend a hysterectomy, but he said he would send me to the oncologist because she would be more qualified to do the surgery.  He said the endometriosis makes it more complicated and the fact that I've had four C-sections.  He said the C-sections can be rough on the bowels and bladder, so if there are any problems with those when they go in there, this doctor would be able to fix them.  He also had me do the blood test that they wanted from the beginning, but never sent in. It tests for elevated proteins that can indicate ovarian cancer.  I had a scare when I got the results in my email. It said that normal was up to 35 and I was 295.  I called the doctors office and left a message and then I called the oncologist's office to see if they had got my referral.  The nurse answered so I got to ask her about it.  She told me not to panic because the 35 is for post-menopausal women, so I could go as high as 200.  She said I was still high, but it's not definitive and endometriosis can cause it to be elevated.  She said the next step would be to see the oncologist, but she reassured me that it wasn't as alarming as it seems. They called me today and the next available appointment is June 23rd, so I will have to wait until then to have my surgery consultation with the oncologist. The nurse from the doctors office called me back too and told me the same thing, so no one seemed too concerned about the high numbers.  I was so grateful the nurse called back so quickly.  I have had a lot of problems with the doctor's office, but she called right back.  I really like the office when I go in there, so I'm glad things have been better when I call because I really do like the office and the doctors I have seen. I found out today that they sent in the information that the insurance needed so the MRI denial was overturned. I should be able to get that applied to my deductible, which will help a lot because this surgery is going to cost us a lot. I'm glad we went forward with it and I didn't wait until today to finally schedule an MRI.

Hallee is so sweet and brings me home flowers or blossoms every day from school. 

Caitlyn and Cayden went to two different wedding receptions for their co-workers last weekend. They looked nice all dressed up.

Keith and I went to the temple last weekend. I love seeing all the blossoms and flowers. I'm so glad Spring is finally here.

Keith brought some old computers home from work so Wyatt could take them apart.  He thought that was fun. 

Caitlyn and Jonah come home during school all the time! Jonah has sports conditioning 4th period so on game days they don't go to class.  I came home and found him like this.  He said he was playing with Jackson and fell asleep. I thought it was strange that he had one shoe on and one shoe off.

I love when Mel shows me pictures of Zariyah.  She is so cute, I love all of the adorable facial expressions she makes.  I want to hold her so bad!