Paige's big day

Paige turned 15 on March 19th.  It was a very big day for her. Not only was it her birthday but it was the 9th grade school dance.

she asked for microphone stands and jewelry for her birthday. She got a new karaoke machine, also.

 Hope loves to sing along with Paige.

Loren and I took Paige out to lunch at Tepanyaki .   It was delicious as always. Our chief was a hoot. He told a lot of funny jokes and was great with his utensils.
 Paige went to a friends house to get ready for the dance.  They all did each other nails and hair.  And then off to the dance they went.
Another friend had a party afterwards.  It was one fun filled day for Paige.

I thought that I had down loaded her pic's, but guess not.  I will have to get them from her and post them when I can.

The zipper broke on her new dress when she took it off.  We are in the process of returning it for a new one.  We ordered it on line, so we have to go through the whole return by mail stuff.

One year older

I'm another year older!  Forty four is kinda old.  I have friends my age with grandkids, and kids on missions.  I still have  a few years to go, thankfully.  In my heart, I still feel young but my body is starting to tell me otherwise.
The kids had the day off of school for the snow day they didn't have to use.   It was noisy but fun.  They did all of the choirs that I usually do. I heard Parker crying to Loren, that mom has to many chores on Monday.  At least they all know that I don't just sit home and watch t.v. or play with my friends.

The family got me a new bread maker that cooks 3 lb loafs of bread.  I love it.  Simply add the ingredients, set the settings, push the start button and walk away. The machine does the rest.

this loaf didn't turn out so nice but the second one did.

I also received a gift certificate to have my nails done. They are pretty again.

My in-laws and Parent sent money and a gift card....I bought work out clothes!

Loren took me out to eat ate a place called Tokyo.  It was good.

Scary baby

Hope fell down our flight of stairs last night. She hit her head hard on the tile at the bottom.  I usually have two rugs piled on each other at the bottom but of course I had moved them to clean and hadn't gotten them back where they belong, yet.
I was in my room folding laundry and heard tumble, tumble, boom, and a ear splitting cry. Loren and Zach were down stairs and made it to her first.  I took her and checked her out. I could see a bruise forming on her forehead.  Bumps that stick out are usually a good sign, ones that stay flat are not.  This one started to swell, but not much.  I check out the rest f her body and she seemed okay.  However, I was concerned that she could have hit her head somewhere else on the way down, so as a precaution I took into the ER.  Buy the time we got there she had a large knot on her head but wasn't crying anymore.

The nurses and doctor were great.  They got us in and out under 1 hour.  They gave Hope crayons a color book and some paper dolls.  She colored for quite a while.  She was up and dancing before we left.
They sent papers and instructions home with us with things to look for incase she has a concussion.  She is doing good with no signs, yet.  A little cranky, but she probably has a headache.

Hope is 1 and 1/2

Wow, 18 months already. How time flies.  It seems like we were just in Florida picking her up only months ago.
Loren to her to nursery Sunday, and she loved it!  She is our first child to go without crying. The teachers told us that she just kind of stood and watched for awhile and then jumped right in.  She loved it so much that she didn't want to leave at the end of church.  Loren went to pick her up and she had toy cars in each hand and was dancing around the room.
Loren is as excited as Hope.  He can now go to class without a busy body to take care of.  I laugh because every time we have had a baby, I have been in primary with the 3 or 4 year old class.  This meant that Loren had to take the baby, cause  babies and small kids don't work so well at church.

She still love food.  She will eat almost anything placed in front of her.  She eats with a spoon and fork every meal but ends up finishing with her fingers. It is much faster.

She is cutting 6, yup 6, teeth all at once.  She is happy during the day, but doesn't sleep so well at night.  Hopefully, for the two of us, the teeth will break all of the way through, quickly.
She only has for teeth right now, so she will more than double them in the next week or so.

She loves playing with her friends.  She finds playing with me not as much fun.  She is learning her colors.  We all love the way she says BLUE!! It is so funny.  It sounds something like BBBBoooo, the b's sound like they do when you are blowing raspberries.

She walks down the porch steps with out help.  And would try walking down the inside steps if I let her.

Children grow up way to fast.  At least for their parents they do.

5 K run

I have joined a friend in a 5 K run on fridays.  This means that you run ( or exercise) for the amount of time it would take you to do a 5k.  We really don't meet together, we just all do it on Fridays!!
I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so I can FAST WALK outdoors.  I don't jog or run. It is bad and hard on the knees. I already have a bad knee, so I stick with walking,  aerobics, and dance.  Also, I work out with the Wii and Kinnect.  There are a lot of options.
I am challenging all of my friends to join us!!! I have a 5k button that will take you to my friends blog.  She posts fun things about 5k and how to stay upbeat!

Health update

This for all of you that are wondering.  I have been back to the endocrinologist for more blood work.  My thyroid is now level again and I am feeling a whole lot better.  I have more energy and my hair has stopped falling out by the hand full. I get to go back every 3 months to keep on top of things. they will do blood work to see if there are any changes in my thyroid levels  or if there needs to be a change in my medication.
I am so grateful for medication to help my body function the way it should.