Blessings!

So it's been a little while since I checked in. And things have been going along very well here in our home! Riley is doing great! He is healing nicely and even startted going back to work on Monday- he was getting stir crazy! I can't believe it was a month ago that we were doing Dr. appointments and finding out he was goign to have open heart surgery again. In that time we have had SO MANY blessings! And this post is to name all those blessings by name. Heather watched our kids as we left to go to the ER, and then IMC. Our Bishop met us at the ER and gave Riley a blessing. Riley's Uncle Scott has an AWESOME wife! She used travel points she had to put us up in a hotel close to the hospital for 2 nights, and my wonderful dad put us up for one. It was a HUGE blessing to be that close to Riley. My little sister, Anisa, came and stayed with me the Thursday- Sunday that Riley had his surgery and helped me with my lil Jaxie when he couldn't go into the ICU. Marci and Chad and the kids hosted my lil girl for the whole weekend, and Jaxon for a night- He broke though, and needed Mommy after one night LoL Riley's retro Ride buddies went ABOVE and BEYOND and jumped my battery the day it died at the Dr's office, then took it and fixed the AC compressor, and replaced the battery- and charged Riley nothing! Nothing!!! They are so wonderful! Our wonderful ward brought in dinner, and have helped us so much with the trials we've been given. Riley had several wonderful friends come and see him- Justin, Jeremy, and Rob. Riley's parents were an awesome support as well! Between rides up to the hospital, helping us when I had to go back to work, and taking care of some burdens that seem small, but really were huge- they have been wonderful. My parents are not physically here, but the emotional support, the daily phone calls and concerns, and helping with other obligations as well, have been invaluable to me! And then the support and prayers of our other family and friends have been felt and appreciated! And of course Heavenly Father for placing these amazing people into our lives. And helping us ( mostly me!) have faith in hard times. I know I will need it more and more as we go on with life. Thank you all so much again. We love you all!!!!

Oh My! Hello Irony!

WoW! So fun reading my last blog! LoL Well I guess I do actually have good things to report. My family and I had to wade through a whole lotta crap before we got to the good stuff, but sometimes that is what you need to happen to see all the good and all the miracles in your life.

So you know that ultrasound that my husband had? Well the ultrasound turned into a MRI and the MIR turned into a phone call to get my hubby to the nearest ER because they thought he had an aortic dissection ( blood is leaking between the layers of the aorta). EEK!!!! I looked it up...and probably went as pale as a ghost because I read that if the aorta ruptured there was a 80% mortality rate. Not the best moment in my life, just the opposite actually! So they life flighted him to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray and did a CT scan. The good news was that it was not an aortic dissection...the bad news is it was an aortic aneurysm, and there would be the same conclusion if it ruptured. His condition was urgent, but could wait a day for the Dr.s there to prepare to do open heart surgery and replace the aorta and the aortic valve with a mechanical graphite one.

So Thursday the 12th was probably the WORST day of my life so far. I was a bit of a wreck and my husband was scheduled to go into surgery the morning of the 13th...Friday the 13th btw :D After a blessing on him and on me I did feel much better though! I don;t know if you know what goes into doing a surgery like this, but it is a scary thought! There is a lung and heart machine involved, and blood draining, and cooling the body into suspended animation! Craziness and pretty scary!! But after everything he came out of it fine and is on his way to recovering right now. It will be quite a few weeks and months before I expect him to be tip top again, but I am just grateful he is here!!! And I will tell you that God has had his hand in this the entire time. I am amazed at how he has worked this in our lives. I know that we will have more trials come our way from this, but I am just blessed to have my husband and the father of my children here with me. I hope that we can live many many MANY more years with each other. For everyone who has helped and supported us- THANK YOU!!! We have AMAZING family that was able to help us, and an amazing ward that has already been such a comfort, and has offered so much! I am sure you will hear more from me as we get him home and settled! Till then keep us in your prayers, and check out how happy this little guy was to see his daddy!!

I'm Done

So my hubby has bronchitis, and also gets to go have an ultrasound of his heart tomorrow just to make sure it's ok. My son ran a temperature of 100-104.5 most of yesterday, and all of last night while I played the part of human pacifier, and temperature checker every hour- I got TONS of sleep!!! And I am about ready to delete my facebook because people are annoying me. These go in order of concern BTW- the facebook thing is a minor poo compared to the 1st two things! I am just worried and tired...and tired... and have no motivation for anything!!!! On a good note Jaxon has been fever free today, but way whiny and insistent on nursing whenever he gets a notion to do so :p GRRRR But Daae and I seem to be healthy! At least that is a little sunshine through the clouds! Hopefully I will only have good things to report next time!

Hello!!!

Hi there! Nope I didn't drop off the face of the earth :) I did however drop off the "loose weight" band wagon over our little vacation. Funny I worked out with my mom while I was down there but I drank about 6+ Dr. Peppers in a 3 day period- WOOPS!! And then I got home and I don't know if it was post vacation blues or weighing myself and realizing that I had gained weight over vaca, BUT I slacked off last week in a bad way. Which brings us to this last week! I'm getting better and back on the wagon! And although Vegas put some weight on me we had a great time! We went to the scary suspension bridge over the Hoover Dam- AH!!!!!!! I am not a heights person- I only got out there about a 1/4th of the way before I was ready to scoot back onto solid land! And there is about a 4 1/2- 5 foot railing on this thing! That's it!!!!!!!! SCARY!!!!!

We also went to my parent's Friday night date spot- the pinball place! I seriously think we need one here in Utah because it was way fun! I am planning on saving up for my own lord of the rings pinball machine for my basement someday...when I have a basement... :D
Jaxie riding in the car at the pinball place


We also went to the Mandalay Bay Shark Reef and saw all the fishies and petted some Rays- they were slimy, but oh so cute!!!!! I think Daae got a good kick out of the whole thing, and Jax enjoyed it when he finally woke up! Daae and the Big blue fish!

And fortunately both plane rides were very mellow and easy going... except when we were delayed by 3 hours going to Vegas- PAIN!!!! We were sad to go home though :( I REALLY wish my parents lived up here! REALLY! and my mom sometimes reads this blog so I am hoping she sees this! Hi Mom!!!! :D

Week 3- Woo!

Well I am getting pretty good at posting each week thanks to the attempted weight loss. I can say that I worked out more consistently this week and I have my personal trainers to thank for that AKA Daae and Jaxon! They are dancing FOOLS!! LoL Daaelynn is always asking me to do dance exercises with her and she is sure motivating! It was a better week this week for the emotional eating. I totally gained back the lb and a few after I posted last- conference eating! Doughnuts killed me! But I think I am back to the 1 lb lost- still haven't got the scale thing going :P and I probably will gain some more this upcoming weekend and not have a scale still LoL We are heading to VEGAS BABY! WooHoo!!! We really need to go visit my parents and with spring break and all it was a good time. But it seems like whenever we go down there 1/2 the trip is based on what we want to go eat! We don't have some of our Vegas favorites up here so we tend to try to get all those goodies in while we are down there. My mom had the wii dance game as well though so we will have to play it with her. So there it is my friends and on a very RANDOM side note I have a picture to share! This was taken a few months ago and it is seriously just awesomely fun. We were talking some friends about it tonight and I thought it would be good for a laugh- Jax will WAY hate that I have this picture later in life hehehe! have a great week everyone!!!

Week 2 and Conference

So week 2 was kinda rough! I was having an emotional up and down week, and that didn't bode well for my weight loss efforts. Yes...I am one of those emotional eaters. There is no feeling sugar cannot heal...well except the feeling of being too fat LoL You only think it helps till you're done eating a gallon of sherbet then the guilt- OH the GUILT! It wasn't too horrible though. I am still down 1 lb, but I need to get a better way of weighing myself. At work there is a scale we cheat and use, but it is a scale for laundry LoL Sooooo I really need to get my wii fit game up and running so I have a scale here at home. But all in all I've been doing better than I have in past, and my lovely sister in laws and I are going to do a self made weight watchers thing with each other, AND my hubby hopefully is buying a bike this weekend and we can pull the kids around and go biking about the neighborhood. So we are still on the way to a healthier Meggie! Second is I just got done listening to part of the 1st session of general conference. I only caught the very last talk all the way through, and I loved it. I have felt the stirrings of wanting to do service and implement it into my life consistently for quite some time. I think soon I will be on the hunt for something I can do each month that will serve others. One that I wanted to do when Jax was little was Meals on Wheels- they take meals to widows and home bound people, but Jax was a newborn and I didn't think dragging him around int he car would be fun for him lol But I think I'm going to re-look into doing that. It is one of those things that touches my heart, but also makes me get out of my comfort zone. But that is what makes us stretch and grow like a muscle. You gotta tear it up a bit, but it grows back stronger each time! I'll have to keep you updated on that project too. I look forward to what the next 3 sessions bring- I'm excited for conference! I must be growing up! :D Hope you all can listen in too! Peace out!!!

Week 1 and some Sat night fun!

Well first off I had a pretty good workout and watch what I eat week to start out. I might have killed it with a little of the Saturday fun, but hey- I needed some fun! I did my dance workout 3 times, and walked my daughter to school on one of the nice days :) I also kept track of everything I ate till Friday on my iPhone. SO I am starting at my 0lb lost or gained- let us see what I can post next week! Now for Saturday! I had a girls night! WOOT WOOT!! I love escaping for a while to chill and be a crazy lady! I went out with my Husband's boyfriend's wife...yes you read that right :D but aside from being car widows together we are buds too! She has a 4 month old so she needed the break too! We went and saw Red Riding Hood, and it was pretty good. I am totally shallow when it comes to movies. Give me a "happily ever after" anytime! And I am WAY bad at guessing the outcome LoL I'm the one who totally didn't see THAT coming! So after eating popcorn, drinking a Dr P, and a candy bar ( Yaaahhhhhh not helping the weight thing, but hey) and drooling over the 2 hotties in the movie- OH YAH! We went and grabbed a Jamba Juice AKA heaven in a cup! And we were kinda crazy and gave the cashier an alias instead of our real names HEHEHE! Next time we're planning for another crazy Jamba night- like break out into a fake fight! We're planning another escape in April so if you have any ideas send them my way! Till then!!