An Update that really isn't an Update!!

So let's see....we left off with my Birthday. I now have a lot to catch you all up on. So as many of you know this month has been a lot of ups and downs, literally. We have made how many trips down to Ogden and back up to Dutch John. Oh Yeah!! Four (so far)!!! It started on the 8th of June I had to go down to meet with a G.I. Doctor (well, actually his NP) since I have been having problems with my tummy since January. NP Earley gave me three options that it could be and trust me none of them sounded good. I refuse to even write them down until I have an answer for fear of jinxing myself. She scheduled me for an upper endoscopy and a colonoscopy for the 18th of June. But before that could happen we made the trek back home so that JayDee and I could go to the Opthamologist on the 9th of June (yes, that's is right, my birthday!). And I must say that so far that has been the best thing about MY summer. I LOVE my new glasses. The kids all say I look pretty (what did I look like before the glasses?) and JayDee says I look very studious! Well, I must say....you will all have to look for yourself!! They even came in my favorite color - green!!! If you use your imagination please be kind!! :) Well, on June 11th we headed down to Salt Lake and partied with DD and HH. The next day we got up early and headed to the Dentist! Yep, I have MORE cavities along with Cora (poor girl has my teeth) and Brooke! We were told that we should schedule Brooke and Jayden for braces sometime this summer! Yes, they are only 7 and 9 but I guess they are starting early! We headed home after that visit and got to rest for a few days before we headed down to Ogden again on the 17th of June. We opted to stay at the new Best Western at the mouth of the Weber Canyon. We wanted to give the kids a fun, different place to sleep and SWIM! Plus, I had to drink the HORRIBLE drink to clean me out COMPLETELY before my procedures the next morning. This way, we knew that the toilet would work just fine!! I survived both the drink and the procedures and when I woke up I was told that they had found a cut out a few polyps but found that along with everything else they were normal. As much as I am grateful nothing bad was found I was and am so TIRED of hearing everything is normal because if this is normal than I don't want to be normal anymore. I just want to live my day without wondering if I will be sick all day or if today will be a good day and I will only be sick a little! JayDee has the pictures for those of you who want to see them. He says he is going to scrapbook them for me since I won't! It is neat that we have the technology today to be able to look inside our bodies with just a small tube. I waked out of that appointment with a new appointment for the following Friday to have a Breath test done. Trust me, I know how silly that sounds, but that is exactly what it was. I had to go on a specific diet Thursday and then fast for the 12 hours prior to the testing. I had to drink a solution and then I sat in a tiny exam room for three hours with a timer set for 20 minutes. After each timer I had a bag that I had to breath into. I am still waiting for the results for that test. It is supposed to tell me if I am allergic to glutton or not. Do any of you realize that flour (wheat or white) is EVERYWHERE!!? I have started paying attention since that might be my life sentence and I can not believe how often I see it. JayDee has always said that we couldn't have pets because of his allergy. So if this happens to be my allergy, I guess it will become the families allergy as well! I might just get me that dog I have wanted for the last few years, just so he can have some of the foods he wants to keep eating!!

My summer may not be going as I had planned, but the kids seem to be enjoying themselves anyhow! I will leave you with some of our summer fun pictures!!

This started out as "Dancing in the Rain" and ended up with "I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair!!"And the rest of these are of the kids on the Slip and Slide! Thanks Grandma!!Anna wouldn't come close to getting on the slide, heck, she wouldn't even get wet!! She says it was too cold! I don't blame her one bit! The water is COLD!!

Happy Birthday Monica!

Since Monica would never in a million years brag about her birthday, I will!


If you haven't guessed who is writing this blog, well it is no other than JayDee. I want to let my wife know how much I love and adore her. She stands as a beacon for Mothers everywhere and I am so grateful that she would be my wife and walk this adventurous journey with me!

Honey, I know you are not one for being showered with kisses, but I sure love doing it. First of all, it is a good way to tease you. Second, it is the best way I know how to show you that I love your beautiful face. And third, you have blessed me with so many things since you came into my life that it is a way to show my adoration and love for you.

I hope you will have a wonderful birthday!

Love, Jade

What was I doing...

6 Years ago right now? I was watching the dreaded star wars (I never did let JayDee choose what we watched while I was in labor!) waiting to see what was going to happen with the little bump in my tummy. After a long couple of weeks of having ultrasounds atleast once a week and testing 2 times a week, I was finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. On June 3, 2004 I was induced due to a lack of amniotic fluid. After the Dr. broke my water (what very little there was) he said he was going to, go home and get some sleep and advised me to do the same since I probably wouldn't be ready until the early hours of the next morning. I kind of chuckled thinking "Yeah right, how can you say that!?" But I figured that since he was the Dr. he just HAD to be right! But little did we BOTH know! Just under 4 hours since I started I had gone from a zero (I was 3 1/2 weeks early) to a ten and was ready to push. The nurse became frantic because the on call Dr. was already delivering and my Dr. was about 10-15 minutes away. She called him and told him he didn't have time to get dressed. He walked in in his pj's and his slippers and literally caught Cora! I think her post delivery has got to be my favorite. My Dr. placed her immediatly on my chest and let us bond. They didn't worry about any of the measurements and let me just love my new baby. I love my little C.C. She is so smart and can't wait to be in 1st grade because then she will be just like the big kids! She loves to help anyone who will let her. She is such a great friend and such a sweet daughter. We love her so much and are having so much fun watching her grow into such a beautiful young lady. Happy Birthday to my sweet Cora

Is it summer yet?

This has been the question of the day. Really they have been asking all weekend if it was summer but the weekend was pretty rainy and cold so the answer "No" was easy to give. Well, today still wasn't very warm infact the sun didn't poke its head out of the clouds until about 5:oo pm. I was out watering our flower bed and the kids just kept begging me to spray them with the water so I obliged!! Boy, was it fun, and who knows maybe the coldness of the water and the not so warm sun will keep them from asking to get wet again for a while! I doubt it, but I can hope right!?

Being the first REAL day of summer vacation, I am already bored and want the kids back in school. Not really but I do want to know what to do with them for the next 3 months. I am already tired of them asking if they can play with friends (anyone will work), and those of you who know our town know that it consists of the school (which is really our only park), but really, how many times can I send them to the park before they realize it really isn't that cool! We have plenty of roads where they can ride their bikes, but the kids have already pointed out that they all lead back to the house, so once again they are bored already. We have beaches to take them to but not till it warms up quite a bit, hiking trails to go on but not until I figure out what is wrong with my tummy. So needless to say, it looks like we might be in for a long (and hopefully not boring) summer vacation. Too bad, Dad isn't the Mom and Mom is the Dad so that the kids would have more to do!! Anyone who wants to come and play PLEASE do so SOON!!!

I leave you with some pictures of our Memorial Day fun! We had a picnic lunch over at the school (Dad did all the work so I got to enjoy it even more!), and afterwards we turned our plates into bases and played kick ball with the kids. Even Anna got in on the fun. She would stop the ball before she kicked it but she kicked it anyhow! Emmy took pictures for us. Unfortunately none of them passed the "Mommy Test". They were all of the grey clouds above and even some of her nostrils (they looked much bigger than they really are so I think she may have hit the zoom)! Good thing for Dad and his ideas to get us out of the house and the yard we usually use for our picnics!!