Our Home!!!

Well our rental contract is just about through. I can't believe how time flies. Back in October we signed a 6 month rental contract for the house we are in now. They agreed to 6 months because if there was a chance that we wanted to buy we wouldn't have to pay Realtor fees, and they could just sell by owner. Well it turns it we don't want to buy this house, it's not for us for many reasons. First it's way out of our price range, second I don't like the layout so much, 3rd Lot's of things have been bugging me about this house, 4th it's so far away from everything. I would totally buy out in the stansbury tooele area if they would put a tunnel through the mountain so I wouldn't have to drive around it to get to where I wanted to go. It's a huge pain in the butt. So this past weekend we decided we needed to make some appointments with a Realtor to go see some houses. We had about 20 houses, and Matt picked 9 to go and look at. Our Realtor got appointments for all 9 this past Monday. The first one was a huge disappointment way overpriced I think for the condition. the second one was beautiful!!! We loved everything about it, except for 2 rooms that needed paint that I would like. That's easy to fix. We decided to keep going to see what the other houses looked like. They were all so disappointing and so expensive. while we were out and about on our trek our Realtor talked to the Realtor of the house we did like to see if it was still on the market. Our Realtor Doug told us the house had been on the market for 11 days. He said the other realtor said that they had a busy weekend, and that they might have an offer that evening. Doug said that he didn't want to put pressure on us at all, but he didn't want us to come to him the next day and say yeah we want to put an offer down, and find out it was too late. So me feeling scared and nervous agreed with Matt to put an offer down. We finished all the paper work at about 6:30 or so. We heard back from Doug at 9:00 that evening and told us the people selling put down a counter offer which we agreed too. It turns out they didn't have anybody coming that night to put down an offer, they sucked us right in. We're Suckers. It's okay though because WE HAVE A HOUSE OF OUR OWN!!!! I'm so excited it's beautiful. My only regret is that it's not any closer to my Mom. We were trying to be about 10 minutes away, but it just wasn't possible. Everything was out of our price range. We will be about 20 min. which isn't bad at all. We will be closing March 25th or sooner. I hope all goes well and that we're approved. We should have no problem. I just keep praying that if it's right it will happen. Heavenly Father knows what is best for us and our situation. I'm so grateful that things are coming together. Our landlords are putting the house on the market this Monday. The sign should be out in the front yard this weekend. We are going to fix McKenzie's big no no this Saturday. I'm so grateful for my brother in law Justin. He is going to tack down our carpet, and help fix the drywall. Oh yeah we are still without a Microwave, it's been almost a month without having a microwave. I now know that I will never take having a microwave for granted again. It's amazing how much a person uses a microwave. I love how convenient they are! A little side note: My Mom was released from the Hospital on Valentines Day. She is in Georgia still at her sister's house. It turns out that My Mom might have a disease for the rest of her life. I can't remember what the name of the disease is called, but it's where your capillaries burst inside of you, which is why they found blood in her lungs. She can treat this with steroids, but can still have relapses. When she gets back to Utah she is going to see a specialist doc to get a second opinion. Good news though she found out today that she is able to be off oxygen for good, and that she is coming home this Tuesday! Hooray!!!

Nothing like a good clean house!!!

So I was able to clean my house today, it's been awhile since I deep cleaned it. I just haven't had the time. I've been really busy with the holiday and all!!! So I kept telling myself Okay no more excuses, get it done. I put a movie on for the girls and started cleaning. When I got to the kitchen I had a little problem. We had a bottle of Jet dry tip over under the sink. I guess the lid wasn't on tight and spilled everywhere. Lovely I tell you, even better the sink was leaking. Why does it all have to happen at once? I kept calm cleaned it up and didn't use the sink for the rest of the day. It stunk having to use the bathroom sink instead of the kitchen sink to mop the floor. I wasn't sure how I was going to do dishes, because we had a full dishwasher, and no way to really wash them in the sink without it draining everwhere. I was able to clean my mom's bathroom, and make it nice again. I can't wait to get the carpet tacked back down, and cleaned. Hopefully we can do it soon. When Matt came home from work he looked at the sink to see what the problem was. he could tell where it was leaking from, but he didn't know how to fix it. He ended up calling Adam our landlord to let him know. Adam knew exatcly what was wrong because they had the same problem. It turns out the handle on the sprayer came loose, and we didn't see it. Matt tightened it, and it fixed the problem!!! I'm so grateful that it wasn't a big problem. I was afraid to say anything about what could go wrong next.... Hopefully nothing. We really need a break! So anyways yes I got my house cleaned, laundry done, myself ready for the day, and fixed some leftovers for dinner. I love it when i'm able to keep a handle on things, it makes me feel so good. Even better I was able to go and play volleyball again for a couple of hrs!!!

March Of the Penguins

Have you seen this movie yet??? We watched this Sunday night. It's very interesting!!! It so makes me not want to be a Penguin that's for sure. It's amazing what they do day in and day out. If you haven't seen it rent it.

Got Milk???

Now doesn't this just make you want to drink MILK????

I think it's so funny how little kids when they are learning how to drink from a regular cup get the biggest mustaches from whatever it might be that they are drinking!!! McKenzie is doing so much better, but still gets that mustache, not quite as bad as Madisynn though! = )

Sledding day in Evanston Wyoming

So Yesterday we went sledding by my older brother Chris's house in Evanston Wyoming. We have been planning this for quite awhile. We haven't seen Chris and his family since Christmas, and we were all excited to see them! Since this month has been a busy month already, I kept putting off the fact that we needed to buy snow gear for Matt and I, and some waterproof mittens for the girls. So of course last minute we're looking around different stores to see what they have. Of course we couldn't find anything at walmart, sears, Target, which means that we would have to go to a specialty store to get it. Which usually means more money. We are really trying to save right now, and it kills me when we have to spend so much money on something that we are barely going to use. I could kick myself for procrastinating and not buying it back in November when I bought the girls their snowsuits. I just didn't think that Matt and I would need it. It kind of ticks me off though that stores are putting up their summer stuff already. Yes I want it to be summer, but it's the middle of February for crying out loud!!! It's still Winter people come on. Anyways we were able to get everything put together so we could enjoy our sledding adventure. We did have lot's of fun!!! McKenzie was having fun until she biffed it, and then she wouldn't go down the hill on a sled again. I thought it would be the other way around, that Madisynn would be totally miserable scared and wouldn't want to do it. Boy was I wrong!!! She had so much fun! She was so funny, she would lay down on the little sledding disk and we would push her down the hill she had a big smile on her face the whole time. Of course their was someone always at the bottom of the hill to get her if there were problems. Thank goodness there was no problems. Matt was a good daddy and spent most of the time with her. I think he had a major blast. McKenzie little stinker kept taking off the waterproof gloves that my sister in law loaned us. Her hands were frozen. She was still having fun, but I know that it would have been better if she would have kept her hands warm. She spent most of the time playing in the snow around the playground area with my nephew Jack.

Her hands look FREEZING to me, don't you think?!!!

We spent close to a couple of hrs sledding, so it was totally worth going! After we were done sledding we went back to my brother's house did some good talking while eating dougnets, and drinking hot cocoa! You can't go sledding without the dougnets, and hot cocoa. We played a fun game that Matt and I got for Chris and Sara a couple of years ago for Christmas. I wanted to get if for ourselfs, and I could kick myself for not, because I haven't been able to find it since. It's called Hear Me Out. I won, totally kicked everyone's butt's! That never happens! After the game we had some yummy soup, salad, and rolls. Man I love hanging out with family and friends. To me there is nothing better than that!!!

Some exciting, okay, and confusing news

So the exciting news. I'm so excited and happy!!! Madisynn had her Dr. appointment on Valentines day for a weight check. She has been on polycose which is a calorie powder for a few months now. When the doc prescribed it to her I wasn't doing so well. I was very stressed, depressed, and anxious. I was a wreck when we went in. I couldn't stop crying. When the doc came in he asked me how we were doing and I just whimpered trying to be positive oh okay I guess. He asked what was wrong, and I told him I was worried that she hadn't gained any weight, and that he would start doing all sorts of tests on her that I wasn't looking forward to again. At that appointment she weighed 19.6 lbs. Again I couldn't stop crying. I asked if depression, stress, etc. could effect her weight gain. He said absolutley, why are you depressed? I said oh yeah, and told him everything while I bawled. The funny thing is I had talked to a therapist back in Cali when everything had happened with matt's back, madisynn not eating, my dad's death... it goes on and on. Anyways the terapist said you aren't crazy you just have a lot on your plate for one person. So I asked you're not going to medicate me??? He said just Control your thoughts and actions and that should help. It did for awhile, and then we moved. Anyways this doc said I want you medicated like tomarrow. It sounds like you still have some post pardom going on that noone recognized. He said get yourself fixed, and it should help your daughter. I did what he asked and was medicated the following week. It's the best thing I ever did. I feel so much better, and I can control my emotions so much better! So a month after that appointment we went in. I had a better attitude that whole month. Madisynn gained 2 oz. which put her from 19.6 to 19.8. That's great, but it wasn't good enough for the doc. He said I'm not going to poke and prod I'm going to give her another chance to try and gain. He told me that I looked much better, and so the outcome with Maddie should be better. So I went home feeling great!!! Well this whole month I have fought madisynn to eat. She was barely eating anything. I would spend close to an hr. and a half trying to get her to eat. It was exhausting, I dread mealtime at our house. Anyways I think I handled it well. Yes I got upset, but I didn't start screaming and yelling at her like before. Well we went in on Valentines day only to find out that no one was there. They had all gotten snowed in. I was kind of dissappointed. Not to worry though one of the nurses from another dr.s office came out and saw me and asked if my appt. was important. I said yes, and told her. She said that she could weigh and measure her for me just to ease my mind if I wanted. I was all for it, and so grateful! So we followed her got madisynn undressed to her diaper and took her out and put her on the scale table. They measured her first. She is 33.5 inches tall. Then they did her weight. The exciting part: She weighs 21 lbs. and 2 oz!!! I was so relieved, I can't even tell you how relieved. I was just hoping that it would be acceptable to the doc. Well they called the next evening to let me know. He said not to bring her in until the next month just to see, and to keep her on the polycose for the next 3 months. I was thrilled!!! For Madisynn's age with her weight and height it puts her in the 25th percentile. That's way better than being in 3rd percentile or not even hitting the chart.
Now for the okay news. It's good, but not the greatest. So the flood problem is all fixed. They had to tear up some drywall to get the wood beam underneath to dry. The freezer outlet in the garage is working again, so we don't have to run an extension cord from the freezer outside to the outlet inside! Our insurance covers up to a $1000 with no deductible. The final bill came to $1086.61. We payed to the All Pro Cleaning company a $150 deposit fee when they first came out to look it over. We still have to get the carpets cleaned, tack it down, and fix the area with the drywall. It's going to cost about $150 for them to come back out and clean and tack the carpet. I think we will just have them clean the carpet, and we'll ask my brother in law if he could help us tack it down, and help with the drywall. So McKenzie's No No was an expensive No No. I'm just grateful that we didn't have to pay the full amount!
Now for the confusing news. My Mom had been in the hospital for 15 days. They had done a lung scope, to see what kind of Namonia she had. Well it turns out she doesn't have Namonia. Is that confusing or what. The docs don't know what she has. They are still waiting for the analysis to come back. Good news though she was released from the hospital on the 13th with oxygen. She will go back to the hospital when they find out what is wrong with her. She was just grateful to be out of the hospital to go back to her sister's house to recuperate. I talked to her yesterday to see how she was doing. She sounded great. I know she'll be okay. I just miss her so!!!

Happy Valentine's day!!!

So the morning of Valentine's day, Matt woke me bright and early to give me my gift. He gave me this beautiful heart watch to match the heart necklace, and bracelt I have. He was very thoughtful! I was trying to give him hints of what he could get for me. A watch wasn't even in my mind at all. He remembered that the battery in my other watch died a few weeks ago, and so that's what he wanted to get for me. he knows that I like watches so he couldn't go wrong there. I just was touched that he remembered my other jewelry and didn't get me gold. He also gave me a single red rose in this heart shaped balloon. It was funny because he bought everything a couple of days before valentine's day. He asked me where he could put it where I couldn't see it. I told him just put it in our bedroom closet and put a coat over it. I said I wouldn't look, besides that I had his gift under a coat in there already. So the rose was wilting when he gave it to me. If I had known that he had gotten me a rose, I wouldn't have suggested to put it in a dark room with a coat over it!!! Oh well he's still a great husband anyways, it's the thought that counts right?!! For my sweet husband I gave him the third book in the Leventhumps series called the Eyes of Want. To go with it a card, and his favorite Dove's Dark Chocolate hearts. He was absolutely thrilled when he opened his gift. I love it when he is happy!!! I love you babe!


When I was growing up my Mom always liked to do something for all of us kids for valentine's day. We would go to school, and then come home go to our rooms to put our stuff away and there on each of our beds was a valentines package! Each year it was different. I always looked forward to it! I wanted to do it for our girls this year. So I went to the store and found them the perfect items. I got them each a stuffed animal, heart necklace/bracelt, heart m&m package, some hugs and kisses, and a cute fur bag for each of them to put all of the items into. It was so much fun giving it to them. They absolutely loved it!!! McKenzie's Unicorn is named Lilyanna, and Madisynn's bear is named Angelina. They have carried them everywhere since Valentines day. We didn't do anything special this year, which was okay with me. We had a lot going on, but at least we were able to celebrate it a little! Happy late Valentine's day to everyone. I hope you had a great one!!!