Nate and Mom

I came across this picture today. It was taken last month during his lunch at school. Nathan is so sweet. Unfortunately he flies under the radar a bit at our house so he doesn't get as much attention as the "squeaky" kids. I love you Nathan. You are such a sweet child and I love when I get my one-on-one time with you like last night. Eric and Erin were both at piano and Zach was getting a haircut with Mario. So Nathan helped me cut out journal questions for Activity Day girls. He was going through each question and answering them. I enjoyed my few quiet minutes with him. He's a neat kid.

Women's Conference

This year for my birthday, I got to fly to Utah and attend Women's Conference for the first time. I invited my mom and friend, Lisa Trawick (and her mom) to go with me. We flew into Salt Lake on Wednesday and then rented a car and drove down to BYU in Provo for the conference. We stayed in the Wyview Park Apartments. Who knows, maybe Erin will one day stay in one of those apartments, especially since it has a kitchen and she loves to cook. It was fun to act like I was in college with 3 roommates. I never had that experience because I lived at home until Mario and I married.

The weather was a bit chilly and we did get some snow. But that added to the fun since my mom got to make a snowman.

The classes were excellent and I took lots of notes. I didn't expect to fight so many large crowds to get into certain popular classes. But I got into all but one that I wanted to attend. The only one I missed out on was Learning Patience. I wasn't patient enough to even wait in the forever line. I figured I'd never get in. So I took Ann Dibbs class which was wonderful too. Elder and Sister Bednar both spoke at the closing session. Of course, they were both great speakers.

Thursday night we got to attend the evening concert. My kids were jealous when I told them that Kirby Heyborne would be there. We also saw performances from Hilary Weeks, Jenny Oaks Baker, Josh Wright, Vocal Point, and David Osmond. So that was a lot of fun.

Friday morning, before classes, we took a tour of the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center on the BYU campus. Bishop Hussein from my Monterey ward built this for President Hinckley. Another member of my ward who taught the Temple Prep class, that Mario and I were asked to attend, funded much of the building. It is a beautiful.

Saturday morning we checked out of our apartment and drove to see the tulips at the Tulip Festival. Then we walked around Gardeners' Village and then drove up to Salt Lake to Temple Square. My mom and I did a live session and then spent some time at the mall before heading back to our hotel. Sunday we were able to attend The Spoken Word and hear the Tabernacle Choir record live. That was amazing. Afterwards we took a tour of the Conference Center, the Beehive House, and both visitor's centers. We also watched the new Joseph Smith movie before we flew home that evening.

It was a great weekend and I am so glad my mom was able to fly out. She loved it so much that she and my dad are going back for Education Week in August. I haven't talked Mario into letting me go to that one yet. He wouldn't mind, but his work is giving him a hard time with all his leave he has scheduled especially since he is up for promotion this next year.

2nd Grade

This morning I was trying to get Zach to study his spelling words. He told me he didn't want to study because he was pretty sure he would still get to go to 2nd grade.

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Another ER Visit

Eric has been complaining about pain near his ribs on the left side. It got really bad last night. So today, the nurse told me to take him to the ER. Four hours later, the Dr said she wouldn't X-ray it because there's nothing they could do if a rib was broken. I guess there was concern about a collapsed lung but she quickly ruled that out. Fortunately we had the iPad to entertain us. We watched lots of Cosby shows and my personal favorite, Shark Tank.

I think I am tired of ER visits and I want to bubble wrap all my kids!

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Another Update

I am feeling really well. I have a little bit of soreness, but not really pain anymore. The physical therapist thinks I am over the hump. She got me on the treadmill yesterday and made me walk at a 4.5 pace (only because I told her that was my pace before my injury and knee surgery.) I did that speed for a few minutes. Before I did it, I told her I wouldn't be able to. She didn't like my pessimistic attitude. So she told me I could do it and I was going to do it. She would let me stop if my pain scale when up by 3.

She was right, I could do it. I was thrilled. I haven't walked that fast in a very long time. Just a couple weeks ago, that would have put me in a lot of pain. So I am starting to feel optimistic that I am really recovering. I joined the YMCA this week and I went twice. I walked 20 minutes on the treadmill and then did elliptical for 10 minutes and I feel great. I just have to build up slowly and maybe I will be able to jog eventually.

The therapist thinks that my whole problem was my pelvis being uneven and that caused my muscles to shift and be all out of whack. So fortunately she got my pelvis evened out and I am now just working on strengthening my core and getting my muscles back to normal. I guess I had a lot of atrophy from all those months of no exercise due to the pain.

Government Shutdown

So, come midnight tomorrow night, we may stop collecting a paycheck until this congress works out a budget. I don't know if I want them to agree or not. If it shuts down, Mario won't go to Brazil next week, plus his work load will decrease dramatically during that time. That would be a very welcome change. But on the other hand, I have lots of friends who live paycheck to paycheck and the shutdown will be very traumatic for them. So I guess when I weigh the pros and cons, I should hope for an agreement. I just hope the GOP stick to their guns and walk away prevailing.

At Last...A Lost Tooth

Nathan finally lost a tooth. I think he had a little help knocking it loose a few weeks ago when he had a little collision with a something in the house. The lost tooth came just in time. I had just written his teacher a note that he couldn't complete one of his homework assignments because it required him to write about him losing a tooth. Now he will have to do that page.

Update...Nathan lost a second tooth today. We were watching his friend, Adian, play baseball and Nathan was able to pull that one out too. The tooth fairy is going to go broke especially since the very generous tooth fairy in our family gives $5 a tooth. Apparently he didn't realize that we have twins and they are going to start losing teeth at a crazy rate.

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