Resolutions are over-rated!

Welp, maybe I shouldn't set new year's resolutions anymore! I haven't blogged since April 1st! Yikes! There are many reasons...but I figure I better catch up before I get a year behind!  So bear with me as I get the pictures uploaded-then I'll TRY and stay up to date from now on! I love reading all about my friend's and their little lives, and really have a lot to say about ours, I've just been anti blog lately. And sort of anti photo. They've been like a bad taste in my mouth...but here's to getting back to blogging...

The flowers this year were incredible. We took a drive up Ash Creek and saw some beautiful ones!

My STUD of a brother!

All the rain this year has made for some fun playing in the mud and streams!

Braden attacking Dasha

Pants on the ground...pants on the ground...

There's that stud again

Playin video games with Uncle Brice

My mom took us geocaching this summer. It was a lot of Fun. Brooke really got into it!

A little fun at the splash playground in Tempe

BWAHAHAHAHA

Valerie is an offical RN! Woot Woot!

The closest thing to cleats he could find I guess...

Performing...what she does best!

My twinners

The kids love going to the Temple.

We go and walk around, have a picnic, or play in the grass by the church.

It's great having one just down the road!

This are the little gifts I made for my Grandma's bday.

Her and my Grandpa played scrabble around the time he proposed to her,

so I thought it would mean something to have that as a reminder.

 She loved it!

Score!

We had a double party this year:

Braden-2

Brooke-3

We had our own little mini farm this year!

We got a TON of beets (not sure about that one) and a truckload of corn!

YUM YUM!!

I love my Duncan Boy!

Welp-I'm not promising another post anytime soon...just because I don't want

to jinx myself again!  But hopefully I'll be a little better for the last half of the year :)

I Heart You Blue Raspberry Artic Rush!

End of story

Hooray for Grandmas!

I have completely overrun my Grandma's House!

She is being the best little nurse to me!

I had no idea it would be this bad,

nor that I'd need this much help,

but I have it and am very grateful!

Big Gulps Huh?!

I just sent Jarom to get a journal for me, but it will be much easier to type it all out before I forget.
So warning: This post isn't meant to entertain. Just facts I want recorded.

Today I got my tonsils out!

Yeppers-I've been having issues for the last few years and recently the one side is almost always swollen, bothering me, etc. So they dug em out!

I got to the Hospital at 8 and got all signed in, peed in the cup, and got dressed in my beautiful green gown :) hehe....Hate those things!

My friend Royanne was my nurse in pre-op (I think that's what they call it). It was nice to have a friend, because I wasn't sure what to expect, my stomach was in knots, and thinking about things that could happen was not a good thing. So all the little chatting helped keep me relaxed.

Anyway, after the surgery nurse came in and talked with me, she decided to switch my meds because of the reaction I've had with two others in the past. I was very grateful that she was so thorough and cared. The last time I was in the hospital, let's just say, it didn't happen like that!

She got me goin on something, slipped my cap on and wheeled me into the OR room. I vaguely remember something about the room, but even now I can't really give any detail about it.

The next thing I know, it was 11:30 and I was in recovery! It was CRAZY! It felt like I'd barely blinked my eyes and bam, I was done!

The nurse in recovery is a girl that went to Thatcher and we played volleyball and basketball against each other. I was grateful again for a great nurse. It was fun communicating as I couldn't (and still can't) talk. At first I'd enter what I wanted into my phone and she'd read it. Then, she got me a clip board and I think I went through 3-4 pages, back to back. It wasn't the best communication ever, but it got the job done.

At first, I was real dizzy, obviously, coming off the anesthesia. Then, I started feeling better in that regard, but got really hot! They took all the blankets off and gave me a sheet. I ended up just tucking it between my legs so no one would get a show. I got ice packs and a cool rag but everytime I would start to fall asleep I'd get so warm. That finally wore off about an hour into it. I think it was a mix of my body dealing with everything and myself, being clostrophobic. The oxygen mask was a killer. I still feel like I'm wearing it!

Then....

I had to pee. "Oh jeez...this is going to be fun" I thought. It was pretty sweet actually! She wheeled my bed into the bathroom and right up next to the toilet! Ya dawg! I'm thinkin I like this service!   :)

All went well in the potty :) Then it was back to bed. They offered me the medicine I'd be taking at home but I only took 1/3 of it, because I didn't want to get dizzy or warm again.

I hung out for a little while longer, then my Grandma Sherry came to get me. I love her! She's letting me stay at her house for the next 2 days, so I don't have to worry about talking to my kids. My mother in law is watching them. My parents cleaned up my house and my dad got me the meds before I even got out of the hospital! Jarom just left to get me a journal and more popsickles. Man, I really am blessed and I'd say a bit spoiled right now. I really am grateful for such great family and friends. I've been told by many of my friends that they are praying for me. It's also nice to have an "almost" RN for a sister! I love it! Thanks Valerie for always helping! And sharing your expert advice :)

THANK YOU!

To EACH of you.

It means a lot and I can feel it~and know it has done good.

I bet it's hard for most of you to believe that I'm actually NOT talking! haha!

On a funny note:

My sister said that she bets I was saying funny stuff coming off the anesthesia. I'm excited to find out from my nurse! I just thought I woke up sane, but she thinks not!

Also, it was crazy how I'd be awake, sane, and then close my eyes and be dreaming instantly! Even when I could hear what was going on around me I was still dreaming and felt like I was wherever I was in my dream!

HAHA,

If you can't tell, I'm not an experienced druggie!! LOL!

My kids just got here so I'll post more when I can.

But that's the main scoop-

Now I think I'll go for a scoop of Ice cream!

Woot Woot! Definitly my favorite part!!!!!!

So much for that resolution!

Ha!
So, I guess I flunked that New Year's resolution test!
Life's just been rollin along and I haven't been doing much of a lot of things I used to do. Suprisingly my camera has been on the shelf most of this year! I've been enjoying more of my kids and just soaking it in instead of trying to document it all. It's been a good break. We are doing very well however!
We have seen so many blessings already this year. We can't wait for the temple that will be dedicated on May 23rd!! It really will be such a HUGE blessing in this little valley we call home. I cannot wait to be able to call a friend on a moment's notice to come watch my kids while I "run" to the temple instead of having to make a 6 hour drive roundtrip!
These are some of the awesome pics that David Palmer has taken of the temple:

CAN'T WAIT!!

Anyway,
the kids are still growing like weeds! They are only 1 pound apart and about an inch in height difference! Braden is ALL boy and Brooke is all girl, and part mom/boss...she wears the pants around here with her little attitude!

Here are some of the most recent Brooke-isms that I have written down. She says a hundred a day, I am constantly crackin up at her!

~Explaining how to find her phone: "When you go in there look on the left bottom, and you will see my purse, and inside are some cute things and if you take them out you will find my phone!"

~Talking to me about Grandpa Skyler: "Is he your dad?" (yes) "Did you know he was my brother when you got married?!"

~Getting ready one Sunday morning, Jarom asked her if she was hungry, to which she replied, "No, and besides...they have bread at church!"

~"Look! I drew a firework! But it's not shooting because it's on my paper." 

~Me (after she was acting CRAZY):  "Brooke, You're on Crack!"
Brooke: "I got it from my daddy!"

~"Mom, can I have some Hanitizer, cuz I just touched a germ?!"

~After noticing the fog outside she shouted to Braden: "BRADEN!! Look outside! See the FROG?! The clouds are low, low, low, so it's really FROGGY and we can't see grandma Sherry's house!"

~A recent prayer: "...please bless Braden not to bite me anymore. Please bless my owie to get better by morningtime. Please bless me not to pee in the bed so we can have a panty party and everyone can come. Amen"

Hahaha, I love that little woman! Today I said, "Brooke, take off your pull-up cuz it's soaked!" To which she replied, "It's a DIAPER Sweetie!"

Sweetie?! Sometimes I feel like I'm the 2 year old and she's the mom!

Braden is starting to talk up a storm too...it won't be long before they are both chattin the day away! Which, I'm excited for-they can ask each other "why?" all day long and answer each other and give me a break! It's hard to answer those why questions when they never end!

I'm so grateful for my little crazies!

Here are a few pics from the last couple months:

Hangin out

Playin in the rain

Lovin on cousin Catalina

Little miss attitude!

Best buds

Fun edit of Brooke at the park

Sportin the JJL hoodies!

watching Grandpa Lunt and Daddy plant the garden

Snow day!!

Hoorah for family!