Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Honey!!

Matt & I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on April 22nd. Matt was working and I stayed home. Matt came home with a dozen red roses. They were beautiful! What a sweet husband. I had planned a surprise get away for Friday night. I told Matt just to keep Friday and Saturday night open. He hates surprises, I thought it was funny. So, when he got home on Friday, I had everything packed and ready to go. I called and ordered pizza and salads from Pizza Villa in Preston, Id. So, we could pick it up on the way up to Riverdale Resort just outside of Preston. They have about 8 rooms up there. Our room was very nice. Each room has a jetted tub that pumps the natural mineral water into each tub from their natural pools. It was so nice to relax and let our muscles relax. Dad is in Georgia visiting family. Mom is watching Colton. So we got a nice break. We had a candle light dinner and I had brought dvd's to watch and just spent a very relaxing night. Matt was very surprised. I had made a can of memories and little sayings from when we were dating and engaged and things that have happened during the last three years and it was filled with his favorite treats. He really liked it. Matt had gotten me an engraved crystal photo frame. It's beautiful.

Well about 4:00 am, my back started killing and I knew it was my kidneys, I laid there thinking no, not now. Then around 6:30 I woke Matt up, because I was in a lot of pain. He gave me a blessing and we headed to the ER in Logan. What a long drive. I got right in and they started an IV with some pain killers, then they took a CAT Scan, and yep. I have a 4 mm kidney stone in my left tube. 4 mm is the size of a garden pea. It's pretty painful. They sent me home with Loratab and orders to call the urologist on Monday. Told me if the pain got out of control again, to come back. Not the nice relaxing day that I had planned on. So, I met with the Urologist on Monday. He explained that my stones are formed by Oxalate and Calcium. The type of stones my body creates are hereditary. So, I will probably have them the rest of my life. My left kidney also shows swelling suggesting that kidney has had some lower out flow of the urine. I also have a stone in each kidney one is 1.4 mm and the other one is 2 mm. We want to try to keep them from growing. The calcium is what your body naturally makes. But there are certain foods that are higher in Oxalate. Some of the foods are- Sweet Potatoes, Chocolate, Nuts, Strawberries, Blueberries, spinach, grits, okra, collard greens, cranberries, and a bunch of other things. He wants me to try to pass it, since it is almost to the bladder. The only problem would be if my temperature goes up higher than it already is, suggesting a possible infection or blockage. Also, if I have a lot of pain. Then they would take it out. They would go in with a basket and then have to put a stint in the tube to keep it open. The stint would stay in for a week or so, then be taken out. The stint can be very painful because it is a foreign object in the body and the body doesn't like things that don't belong there. So, we have until Friday to see if it passes and then make a decision on what to do. I pray that it passes. I felt it moving a bit last night, but nothing since. Just the pain in the kidney. Which is not fun!! I'll keep you posted on what goes on.

So, what a "fantastic" Anniversary

Forgetful

When I was doing the major postings, I forgot to add that Colton took the sacrament for the first time on Easter Sunday. Grandad had passed the sacrament to us and he wanted to take it. Matt and I had decided that when he asked for it and inquired about it then we would let him take it. I thought what a perfect time to take it on Easter and while Grandad was passing it. Also Colton has been going to Nursery for the past month. His Nursery leaders say that he is such a good little boy and always cleans up after himself and others. They love having him in there. Today he actually went in without crying and Matt said he just walked off and started playing with his friend Carl. There were no tears shed today in Nursery. YEAH!!! He also colored on his paper today for the first time. I got to teach Relief Society today. I filled in for Sister Hawkes who recently lost her husband. I've taught the last two lessons for her. She is an amazing lady. The lesson was on Overcoming trials and tribulations with courage and faith. It ended up being a great learning opportunity for me. I love the sisters of this ward, I grow and learn so much from them. Mom lead the music for me, so I wasn't a one man show today. Dad taught the Sunday School lesson in the other class. Matt said it went well. It was a great day at church. We have been so blessed and know that the Lord provides, cares and watches over us. We feel that the Lord is in charge and has a plan for our little family. He will lead and direct us where we need to be and go. Only time will tell. Matt and I both got the impression today that we need to be in this ward, there is something that we need to do and learn here. That is why none of the houses have worked out, and we are okay with that. It's amazing that Matt and I got the both impression today during church about why it didn't work out. Matt received his during Priesthood and I got mine during Sunday School. We didn't see each other until Sacrament meeting and he leaned over and told me and I was surprised and said that I felt the same way. We both got the answer. The Lord is so amazing!! We are truly blessed to have the knowledge of the gospel and the Plan of Salvation.

Major postings

Well, it's been a few weeks since I posted and I had a lot to post. So, let me update you on things around here. First of all, we have decided after a lot of trying, that for some reason the Lord doesn't want us to get a home right at the moment. Everything we try from finding a home to financing, something little in every attempt stops us. And, very strange it's never the same thing, in each instance they have been totally different things. Strange, I know, so we prayed about it and came to the conclusion that know just isn't the time. We need to pay off some of our debts and continue saving. So, that is what we are planning on doing.

Second- Matt is loving his job, he starts out on the floor this coming Thursday. It has been such a great job for our family. The insurance alone is all worth it. After having a $10,000.00 dollar deductible for the year and a premium of about $2,000.00 a month for the last 3 years, which I can't complain, because at least we were insured. And sadly we have met that deductible every year. Know our premium is $75.00 a month for our whole family to be insured and not have a deductible and having pretty much everything covered has been a great blessing. He looks forward to going to work, which is a major difference. I just tell him, it's because he finally has a job, that suits him and he will be great at it. He doesn't have to just work there until something better comes along. Because, this is great!

Third- We have enjoyed our Easter holiday and going crazy with the yoyo weather. Sunny and warm one day and then cold and snow the next. We are hoping that it is finally going to start to warm up and stay that way.

Fourth- Just quickly some things that Colton is saying and loves to eat. He is trying so hard to talk, he is saying a lot of different syllables now. He can say- Baby, Me, Nanna (banana), Bird, Dog, Cheese, Hi, Hey, that is all I can think of off the top of my head. He loves to eat carrots any way you give it to him, cooked, raw, he will eat them. He likes cherry tomatoes- the other day, he wanted the fridge opened and I opened it and he pointed to the tomatoes, I asked- "You want one of those?"- he shook his head yes, so I gave him one, he popped it in his mouth at it and walked off. He loves croutons, jerky, chocolate, pears, apples, bananas, corn is his all time favorite he will eat the whole can if we would let him. Let's just say, I don't like to change his diapers after he has corn. He likes, raisins, craisins, goldfish, cheese, ice cream pretty much anything. He loves to dance, read, play outside, go for walks, help around the house, he helps unload the dishwasher, picks up his toys, clean up, throw things away. He kneels and folds his arms for prayer, it's precious. I'm going to try to catch it on film. And he loves to talk. He joins in on any conversation he can and acts like such a grown up.

I mostly write all these details down for our family history. My friend Alison listed a great site on her blog one day that you can convert your blog to a book. I just finished my first one for the year 2008. It was a lot of fun and really easy, it transfers everything over for you. I inserted the comments also. I'm going to make one for each year for our family history. I made a hard bound copy for us. Then for our kids I would like to make a paperback copy for them to have for their future families to see. The site is called Blurb. It's http://www.blurb.com/ I sure enjoyed it and the prices weren't too bad, considering what it does for you.

Scripture Time at the Parker's

The other night this is how scripture time went, granted I was filming him, but it was funny. Usually we make him sit down with one of us. But, he was so wound up this night. And I thought he was so cute. I can't help but think I have the cutest little boy in the world.

Colton Reading Scriptures

Colton loves to read the scriptures, he is such a good reader. Every night when it is scripture time, he will bring us the scriptures and usually he will read at least one afterwards, so we all have a turn. He just hasn't wanted to very much lately. But, he loves to read them by himself, during the day.

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