A cute baby

This is Drew Drinking out of his bowl, his new thing to do when he doesn't have a bowl with a straw. It's kind of cute.

This is Drew saying goodnight with his teddy. It's not very bright but you can still see him. One night I was putting him to bed and he started to wave his Teddy's hand at me, so now I say "night, night Drew," and "night, night, Teddy." It's really cute. Some times he just tries and reach for whatever he can grab on his bear to wave, so sometimes it's a foot or it's nose.

L.A.

So last week Michael had basketball camp up at UCLA for the week. It actually turned out to be more fun than I thought. Michael had camp Tuesday thru Friday 9 am to 3 pm. He had a lot of fun. I did manage to catch one of his games, and he made his first and only basket that game. On the last day Taylor and I tried to find where they where playing and spent about 45 minutes walking around in the heat up hills to the outdoor court to find out Michael wasn't playing anymore. So frustrating.

The girls and I had fun, we went to the park for the most part. I was able to see a friend who drove down from where she lived. Shay, her sister and girls met us at Mark's grandma's house and we went to the park and had a picnic, it was fun but a little short. I was trying to make it to Michael's games and award ceremony. We were going to go to a museum but I couldn't do it with Michael's stuff. But we had fund at the park. Shay and I met in Boston and lived 2 years there together.

Also the girls and I went and found my Grandma's old house, I believe this is the second one she lived in after she moved from Canada, I may be wrong. But this is where My grandpa and her where married. It's changed a bit. But it was fun to see. Also My mom remembers walking down to Helm's bakery to pick up bread for her grandpa. Oh and we went and saw where my grandparents went to school to Hamilton High.

Test's

So I've been having some upper right quandrant pain.  Mark checked me and said I was positive murphy sign which is a sing of gallbladder problems.  Mark had been trying to get me in for unltrasound and stuff.  So today her called at 7:30 and said come in as soon as you can.  So I waited until 8 to call to get someone to watch my kids.  Oh and Mark said, just in case...Don't eat anything today, that means just incase of surgery.  So I got there around 9 am.  The girls where at one house, and the boys to another, so many thanks to those who helped.  First ultrasound, than blood word.  Than I waited around to find out those results.  All negative.  By this point it's around 10:30.  I told Mark I'd rather call it quits because I know they won't find anything.  Next they want to do a hida scan (don't know how to spell it)  I have an IV they put nuclear die in me, and watch it for and hour and watch my gallbladder, than they add some other stuff and watch it some more for another 1/2 hour.  It's a long time on a little table about 12 inches wide.  

So the results....Negative.  Lastly let's check for an ulcer, so they are going to stick a camera down my throat to my stomach, it makes me nausea's to just think about it.  I had gargle the nastiest numbing stuff twice and swallow.  Than they lay me on my side, and they tell me to swallow, this is them sticking the tube down, than I don't remember anything because the sedation was finally given.  I woke up only to find out the awful procedure that made me totally Nassau's was worthless.  Negative.  I hate going to the hospital this is why I deal with the pain instead of going in.  But now they are dumbfounded, they totally believed I had a gallbladder problem I have all the symptoms.  So now we will be looking into other things.  I have had this pain on and off for 3 years, it just got more consistent, I normally have it every day, it's not killing me, but it's uncomfortable.  Anyhow I hope you had a better day than me.  It's been 6 hours since I got home and I'm still nausea's.  I can't even think of the procedures, it makes it worse.  OH yes I did finlly get to eat, around 5 a piece of toast.  Mark was in charge of dinner I was ordered by the doctor to lay down and do nothing.  Mark is such a great husband, tonight was a very busy night for him he has a lot of studying to do, but he made dinner, and took care of the kids.  Well I better try to go to bed.

Kayaking,

So after the party we went kayaking with Mark's new kayak. It was fun. But I have to say I felt like I was on beach in Mexico, I think we were the only white people.

It's a "tea party"

Here's the cutest inventation my friend Nicole made for me, it's a little purse. Below is our game it's called pin the butterfly on the Flower. And the flowers in the pot are the dessert, instead of cake. Not the best picture, but Mark did a great job arranging the flowers. It's full of brownie, ice cream and top with crushed oreos.

So just a little bit about the day. First I thought Mark was going to be home all day, but he had to go to work in the morning. Next I made a bad choice and decided to build something so I could hang my decorations it took a lot more time than I planned. And so when the party was supposed to start at 1 pm people arrived right at 1 and I was still trying to still put decorations up. I barely got food done before noon. I was going crazy, thankfully my 3 kids helped, with minimal complaining. But anyway here's the pictures. Michael also helped serve "tea" aka lemonade.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Jalapeno's

So the other day I made Pioneer women's Jalapeno thingies. Michael and Savannah tried them out. I liked them, but let me warn you they are spicy. I don't know if I didn't get out enough of the membranes. WE had to have milk handy. Here's Michael and Savannah trying them out. I also made her lazy morning omlett, today it was good. And Onion strings, and the chocolate sheet cake, all very good.

Welcome to the Jungle

So my garden was so much bigger when I got home, it's turned into a jungle. And here is some of my zucchini. So far we have picked 10. We also picked jalepeno's.