Hospital

The night we were doing freezer meals my brother Rory called about 7:30 and told me he had taken my mom to the hospital. My dad had hernia surgery earlier that day and couldn't drive. I guess she was sitting in her chair getting ready to read on her Kindle and she ended up with a super bad headache and chest pain. My dad watched her for a while and was going to call an ambulance but my mom wanted a blessing. He called Rory and he came over. He also called Rick. When Rory got there he decided she needed to go to the Er so he loaded her up and took her over. When Rory called they were running tests but my mom was feeling better. This was on a Thursday. I was really torn about driving the hour to be there and having a mess on my hands from cooking. Rory said there wasn't much to be done to just wait and he would call me back. After a while he called and said her MRI came back good. There was no sign of a stroke or brain bleed. The Dr. Said there was something with the EKG but they wanted to keep her and observe her and see where they were at tomorrow. Rory told me he would stay with her and Rick would take my dad home with them just to wait until morning. Friday I took Hope to school, called in sick, and Tym and I left for Idaho Falls. I had spoken with Caralyn earlier and my dad was in quite a bit of pain from his surgery and being at the hospital until midnight with my mom. We decided he really needed to stay home and rest. I took Tymber over there to help him and make sure he stayed down. By the time  I got to the hospital they had already done one stress test on my mom and needed to repeat it in a few hours. Rory left to go get some sleep and I stayed with my mom. They ran another test and we waited and waited and waited for the dr to come in. Finally around 6 Rick and Caralyn showed up and Rory was back. We left Rory there and went to get dinner. While we were gone the dr. Finally showed up and said she had a minor heart attack and they were going to do an angiogram in the morning. I stayed with my mom that night and we left Tymber with my dad. At this point my mom was feeling fine. It was a long night. As normal nurses don't let you sleep or rest much in the hospital. The next morning Rory showed up with my dad and Tym about 8 and Rick and Caralyn shortly after. About 9 they took my mom in for her test. Its where they run a wore through your vein up to your heart and we were told if there was any blockage they would put a stint in immediately if needed. We all went down to the ICU waiting room. Rich and Hope showed up and so did Kade and Kylee. Rich was coming to get Tymber for swimming. On a side note I have to say it was really really nice having him there. It seems like I have had to do so many things on my own for the past 4 years because of his back I didn't realize what a big deal and relief it was for me when he showed up. The Dr. Came out and told us everything looked great. He said there was no obstruction at all and she didn't have a heart attack.  They then took us in the procedure roo and showed us the whole procedure that they had recorded and he said her heart was so healthy she would never need to worry about heart problems. My moms family has a huge history of heart issues. He told my dad he would be up in a few hours to release her. This was a different Dr. From the day before it was his partner. I was so exhausted I had slept a total of 4 hours in 48 hours. I decided to go home. My brother waited for a while..no doctor..finally he went and got my dad at 6 who had been at the hospital all day. The dr never bothered showing up. Unbelievable. So my mom.spent her third night in the hospital. Finally Sunday around 2 they released her. Rick and Caralyn went and got her. She was so happy to be home. The following Friday my mom had an appt with the heart doctor...the one who admitted her and seen her first...he said she did have a minor heart attack and has put her on a blood thinner. He thinks she may have had a blood clot.

The night she was in the ER Kade and Rory gave her a blessing. She told me from the time.of the blessing she felt at peace and that everything was going to be fine. The night I stayed with her she told me it was in God's hands. I informed her God couldn't have her because we weren't done with her yet...on the way home from the hospital I was talking to Hope about it because I didn't want her to be scared...she told me...I wasn't worried mom I prayed and the Holy Ghost told me she would be fine. I found it uplifting both my mom and Hope were told she would be okay. Especially because Hope never knew about my mom's blessing.

Prom 2015

Tymber and Robert went to prom. They really didn't have anyone to go with so she asked her yw group. No one was able to get them in their group but finally one of the ym texted her and told her she was invited to join their group. It was a little awkward because she didn't know anyone. They were supposed to go biking for their day date but Tymbers bike broke down when they got there. Instead of holding everyone up her and Robert just left. They went to an antique store and to get yougurt. Then they went to Wendy's and came back here. He decided to stay here while she got ready because he lives across town. He took a nap. Autumn came on her lunch hour and helped Tymber get ready. I loved that Autumn was so excited to help her sister get ready. About 5 minutes after I got home from taking Autumn back to work she showed up again. Her work was slow and let her go early. It was great having her back to help and she really wanted to see Tym in her dress. My parents also came over to see her. She was so beautiful.  I got her dress at Margenes in Idaho Falls. The same place I got Autumn's wedding dress. The lady was telling me she was having a hard time selling the dress because it was such a vibrant color it was washing all the girls out who tried it on. Tym fell in love with it and it really fit her personality. I had told the store what my price range was and they just happened to tell me the dress was marked down to that price ;)  I also had the lady who altered Autumn's wedding dress do some work with Tymbers. We had her hem it and from the leftover material add sleeves to make it more modest.

For the dinner the group she was with had dinner at one of the guys houses. Then they went to Roberts house for pictures and the dance. They were supposed to go back to someone else's house for a movie after the dance but Tym really didn't feel comfortable with that group so they came back here instead. She said the dance was okay. It would have been funner if she knew more people. I'm still glad she had the opportunity to go to prom.

Her dress at the store before we added the straps.

I love this picture for some reason.

 Tymber found a caterpillar.

freezer meals.

Autumn told me she wanted to make freezer meals when school was out. we had talked about it before but had never done anything about it. I kind of figured that is where this would go also. I was wrong. She called me and after work on a Wed. We went grocery shopping. It took about three hours we went to Costco and Winco. We ended up spending about 300.00 each. That sounds like a lot but we got about 30 meals each from the freezer meals. If you break that down to 10.00 per meal for a family of 4 that isn't bad. In the fall when we do it we will be better prepared and watch and buy meat on sale so its not such a hit to the pocket book all at once. Thursday she was here early and we got started by 8:00 a.m. the night before I had boiled and shredded some chicken, we each cooked all our hamburger, 8 pounds each, and I cut up about five onions and  chopped them.  Autumn had all the recipes figured out and the way we would do them. We started with the spaghetti sauce and white sauce. While she was making those I was cutting more vegetables. I didn't like the taste of the spaghetti sauce so she ended up taking it home. I would also do the white sauce different next time. But it was a good learning curve. Autumn had a job interview at 1 and we also had to stop and get Hope and I ended up having to take Tym to swimming after school. Overall we pretty much finished about 9:15 that night. So about 12 hours of cooking. It was a lot and we were both exhausted. It sure is nice to have a packed freezer though. I'll be curious to see how the meals taste and what we change for next time. My dad called while we were cooking and he informed me he had room in his freezer. Next time he wants to make the meals with us.

 Because cooking wears a dog out.

math

I've said it before and Tymber just struggles with math continually. One great thing about moving to this school district is someone finally took her struggles as a real issue and just didn't try to push her on to the next level. I was seriously worried she would even graduate with the new math and common core curriculum. The school asked my permission to test her in math after her teacher seen that she was coming in every day for help and her tests scores were horrible. She just cant connect it together and its frustrating for her and for us.

After about 6 weeks of testing with the school psychologist and then more testing with the math department they decided she qualified for special ed math. I was SOOO excited for her. Finally someone who is willing to help her. So once third trimester started they pulled her from her math class and put her in a special education one. She gets all the help she needs now and so much more. It is wonderful to see her getting a C in math and know she can graduate.

When I went in to get her scores and go over the results I was SHOCKED to see what she scores on level wise. I wont post it here because I don't want to embarrass her. It makes me feel bad all the times she didn't get it and I got mad because I felt like she was screwing around or just not paying attention. I'm grateful for teachers who are willing to help her and a school who wants to see her succeed..

Rock climbing

One thing I like better living in a bigger place is the opportunity to do more with the kids without having to travel 30-45 minutes just to go somewhere. Currently Hope is in swim lessons and Tymber is in drivers Ed and also has signed up to become CPR/life guard certified. hopefully she can find a job this summer as a life guard.

On the down side life is busy. I'm a hermit and not used to running so much. April is crazy and our schedule goes something like this.

Mon. work for me 6 am-12pm
          Rich takes Hope to school at 7:40
          Tym catches the bus at 8:00
          Richs work schedule varies throughout the weeks
          1:35 pick Hope up from school early release
          5:30-9:00 pm Tym has life guard and swimming
          6;30-7:00 Hope swims then I take her home to shower and get homework done and ready for school
          9:00 pm pick Tym up she goes home showers does homework etc.


Tuesday mornings are the same except its my day off (haha) so I take Hope to school.
2:30 pick her up
4-5:30 rock climbing
Pick Tym up from Drivers Ed at 6:30

Wed morning Rich takes Hope I work 6-12 pick her up at 2:30
Tymber drives this day so she rides the bus over and drives from 4:30-6
at 6 I pick her up and take her and Hope to the pool. Hope for swimming Tym for lifeguard. Once again I take Hope home at 7 and go back for Tym at 9

Thursday Tym has CAP so I take her at 6:30 pm and pick her up at 8:30

Friday nothing.. yah

Sat I work and Rich takes Tym to lifeguard at 9 and I pick her up at 3.

I will be glad when April is over but it is nice having my kids participate as well.

Easter

This year for Easter was General Conference. Tymber was pretty sick and we didn't do much. Autumn and Jaron and my parents along with Kylee came for Easter dinner. This is the first time I have ever pulled a dinner off that went so well. I was actually relaxed and not stressed out. The night before I made rolls, boiled the eggs, made cheesecake and jello. That means all I had to do for the dinner was cook ham throw cheese potatoes in the crock pot and devil the eggs. I also made one more salad and Rich rolled out the dough for the rolls. It was a great time visiting and everything turned out great.

The girls got their Easter baskets in the morning and then I had to hide the eggs. I couldn't hide them the night before because my dogs open them and eat the candy. They were going behind me and trying to get them as I was hiding them. They got kicked outside. Stinkers.

 The girls got big Bunnies in their baskets. I didnt get a picture of their other things.

Hopes room and Tymbers room

Tymber wanted her room a turquoise to match her comforter, because she has a ledge around her room we did 2 different colors of turquoise. Then we painted the ledge white. She wanted it black but it looked better white. I have some black curtains I need to hang and I also got her a cute vinyl siding for Easter that needs hung. Her carpet also got replaced.

 Hope wanted a purple room. I really love the color she chose. The drapes don't look like it but they are a deep purple color. She got a new pink/purple bedspread that we adore. She also received a vinyl saying for Easter that isn't hung yet.

Elizabeth

Rich and I sort of started house hunting. Well I started looking. He said he would never live in a plit level house. Well guess what, never say never. This house was an emotional roller coaster and drained a lot of energy and emotions away from me. We had gotten to the point we were just ready to walk away and then something else happened (several times) and we were finally able to move in. What really sold us on the house is the yard and garage. It has a split yard half is fenced in and in gravel for him to park his work trailer and our flatbed. One of the last things I told Rich when we left Blackfoot the thing that scared me most was that he would never have a workshop again. The garage is 52' and there is a huge workshop for him. In Blackfoot I always had to pull my car out for him to owrk on any type of projects. Sometimes for weeks at  time. Right now there are boxes in the garage and I cant park in it but the unpacking is slowly getting done. We are still having to right size and throw a lot of stuff away as our living space has gone to about half of what it was in Blackfoot.

This house feels like home though. It did from the first time we walked in. Honestly we only looked at 3 houses but knew this one was it. We are settling in and I'm in the middle of painting. Slowly remodeling will be done. We want to redo the kitchen but it will have to wait until November or later because right now we are doing a rent to own and will put the house in our name in November.

 Kitchen..the whole thing will be gutted. The one thing I really dislike is there is no pantry yet, but I solved that by adding a bookshelf on a wall.

 part grass part gravel

 LR half wall. it will actually turn into a full half wall and not these outdated banisters

 LR fireplace the wood will all be taken down the mantle rebuilt and bookshelves on each side

 wood pellet stove downstairs.

 Tymbers room. It has new paint and carpet

 PArt of the basment it will also be remodeled and the plate things are gone.

 Love that the basment has big windows and lots of natural lighting

 downstairs bathroom

 My office. Rich is in the middle of sheet-rocking it and there is new carpet waiting in the garage for my toes.

 View from front door before walking upstairs

 master

 The master has a door going into the bathroom. It does not have its own bathroom but shares. Im split if we want to keep the door or not. In some ways its nice but at the same time having extra wall space would be just as nice.