We're off to Tahiti!!!

Our anniversary yesterday...

I couldn't believe that Brady and I had been married for eleven years! Amazing on how time flies...with so many memories we had over the years.

Brady and I went up to SLC last night to eat at up at The Roof, located inside the Joseph Smith building. We got this magnificent view of the temple where the hostess brought us to a table right next to the window. Beautiful! I probably ate more desserts from the buffet than any other food selections and they were downright delicious. Brady and I had a nice time that evening and it was so romantic. We are looking forward into our twelfth year of our marriage. ;)

Rolls Extravaganza!

Last Friday evening, I had to make over 100 rolls for the wedding shower. It took me about 8 hours by making 8 batches for all of these rolls, but they were very good! We used these rolls for the chicken salad sandwiches. I was told that about 50 people will show up at the bridal shower, but really only approx 20 people were there. I was like, I couldn't believe I made all of these rolls for nothing! I gave away a lot of these rolls to the people who attended the shower, some to my visiting teacher, and my friends. I was very happy to get rid of these rolls, or otherwise I might gain 5lbs by the time I'm done eating them. Now that we only have a few left for today. Whew!

We used the Minnie and Mickey theme for the shower because their names were Megan and Mike. Megan was my cousin on my mother's side so my mother, my sister in law - Ivy, and I helped out with the bridal shower for her in my home. My mother had some great ideas for the shower like we used Disney songs for Megan and Mike, Disney couple game, and wrote down as many Disney stuffed animals you could remember out on the porch where we placed them. My mom had all of these Disney items she had at her house, of course she has a basement filled with Disney stuff everywhere. It was an interesting shower!

Check out the cake that Valerie, my sister in law, made for the wedding shower! The cake was amazing and she did a great job. Look how pretty it is. The wedding colors are white-frosting, black-ribbon, and red-cake. We loved the red velvet cake! Thank you, Valerie!

Yubba Yubba Lake

We went to Yuba lake last weekend to join with our friends JR, Jayson, Christal, and their families. We spent two nights at the Painted Rocks campground. It was a nice campground, but no trees. :-( It was hot during the entire weekend. All of us rented a boat and two wave runners, no wonder you didn't see much of Timothy in the pictures because he was always out on the wave runner. Brady finally figured out how to use the wake board this time after many tries years before! We made steak and chicken dinner out of dutch oven one night and it turned out really good! Yum! The other night, we had to leave early because of the storm coming in, our tents blew out of the campground. It was hilarious with the wind blowing everywhere! We had to gather the tents and our stuff, then stuff them in the car in a hurry. Whew, most of our stuff were saved! We stopped by at One Man Band in Nephi for dinner on the way home. We had a fantastic time and plan on doing it again soon, hopefully!

Lagoon Day!

We went to Lagoon for Brady's work, Becden Dental Lab, on that Saturday (7/12/08). We had the free tickets and Brady's work provided free lunch for all of us, Brady's co-workers and their families. We drove up to Layton the day before for Brady's two softball games and then stayed overnite at my grandmother's house for the night. She passed away two years ago, so the house was empty and there are still stuff in the house that needed to be cleaned out. We took the opportunity to use it for the night.







Boys waited for the Bat the ride, which it was our first ride for the day. It was Caleb's first ride on the Bat. Whoosh... he loved it!



We tried to persuade Joshua to ride the Wicked, Joshua was skeptical at first, but I told him it was like the Spider. When we got on the ride, it felt like the ride was much faster than the other one. I was concerned about Joshua's reaction after we finished riding Wicked. Instead, Joshua just looked at me with his toothy grin and said, "I want to go on it again!".

Brady asked Timothy to see if he wanted to try the SkyCoaster. Timothy said," Why not?". They went and tried the SkyCoaster. Timothy didn't want to be the one to pull the string, Brady did. Off they went! They had a great time! Timothy loved taking risks, but next time he would pull the string. ;)

During late afternoon was hot, we took for a swim at the pool for an hour before we headed home. We stopped by at Suehiros, a Japanese restaurant, on the way back and had a feast there before we collapsed into our beds when we arrived home. What a day!

Fun in the Sun

Last Saturday, Chris and Nelson decided they wanted to rent out a boat to go boating up at Deer Creek for the day. They asked us to get one, too, but all the boats were booked. One of the rentals said that they had two wave runners available so we got them. We and the boys had a great time up there boatin', sunbathin', and playin' in the water. Brady was out on the water most of the day while I sunbathed, since I wanted to get a nice tan before going on a vacation with Brady on this upcoming August. I only got to use the wake board several times. We weren't sunburned as bad because I wanted to be sure they had plenty of sunscreen and including myself. It helps!

















Surf boys chillin' out for the camera


















Joshua and mom ridin' on the wave runner


















Having a blast!

Severe Hyperthyroid

Last month, I had to get several blood tests to get my thyroid checked. I had an enlarged goiter on my thyroid, but not severe enough to require removal of my thryoid. I had been putting off by going to the doctor for several years after first signs of symptoms started showing. It was due to the lack of Endrinologists around in the state of Utah which was why I didn't get any treatment earlier. My father found one doctor up in Murray. That doctor was from Iran and she was very nice. She had only been here for some years. The doctor said that from the tests, she found out that I was onset on having thyroid storm meaning it could be fatal. I did have the recurrence of Grave's disease. I was mild hyperthyroid when I was a senior in high school. After one year at BYU, my thyroid hormones had been stable. I had been blessed to have three children when my thyroid levels were excellent. It was difficult to try for a baby when you are hyperthyroid or hypothyroid. After treatment for hyperthyroid, then I could try again and it would be easier with the next time around. The doctor put me on PTU, an anti thyroid medicine, along with Propranolol for the heart condition. The reason was because my heart beats very rapidly even when I'm at rest. My heart rate could go up to 150 beats per minute and never below 90 beats per minute. It was amazing on how my heart could beat so fast, like a hummingbird, which it was probably why I didn't gain weight, being tired easily, and out of breath easily. I get real shaky if I didn't have enough blood sugar in my system. The only way to cease shakiness was to eat. I tend to eat up to 3,000 calories everyday, sometimes more. The positive thing on being hyperthyroid was that you could eat whatever you want and not gain weight, but the negative thing was if I did not get any treatment, then I could have an early cardic arrest or death. Shocking, isn't it? I had been left untreated for quite a bit of time. Of course, my husband was glad that I was checked in time. He doesn't want me to die on him. I told him that I could still live as long as I could and would only die if the Lord wanted me to. I have to keep taking the medicine for about one or two years, maybe more. I wouldn't be able to get preggy til I'm finished with taking these meds and my thyroid levels were back to normal because the effects that the medicine could impact on the unborn fetus. The medicine I took for my thyroid condition made me really tired and I get dizzy sometimes. I was not supposed to drive if I took the medicine. It was like taking Lortab, Codeine, and Oxydone.

It'll be a long treatment for me and I do hope that the medicine I'm taking will be a success. There's only 50 percent chance that my thyroid will return normal. If the success all fails, I'll have to take radioactive iodine meaning I become hypothyroid and will have to take the pills for the rest of my life. I hate taking pills and I tend to forget sometimes. Wish me luck!