Wow it has been a LONG time since I have updated so I thought it would be a good idea to make a post.
First of all we have been super super super busy!! We bought a duplex and have been painting, carpeting, cleaning, sanding etc. Right now we currently dont have the internet at our house or even TV !! so really every spare minute is spent cleaning and trying to get it ready for our baby. Currently the whole upstairs is sanitized and ready to go. I cannot tell you how nice it is to be able to walk around without shoes on !! I LOVE IT !!! but as soon as i even think about going downstairs the shoes are back on. the people that lived there before us had some pets and pet hair was everywhere. So pet owners for your landlords sake please be clean with your pets!

We did find some time to go see the lights with some friends and it was nice to get a little break in the routine. it was great! Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. I love the smells- pine, cider, fresh wrapping paper, hot cocoa, fire. and all the beautiful christmas lights that are put up, christmas trees, stockings-- the whole bit. I am ashamed to say that because of the state of our house we were only able to get a teeny tiny tree-- no lights- no stockings nothing !! so our house is a christmas let down BUT NEXT YEAR watch out neighborhood !!

Grace is doing great!!! and she has developed quite the personality Brock calls me crazy but i think i am right.. when i went to get my Non stress test one week she was sleeping so they needed to wake her up to make her heart rate accelerate. so they bring this buzzer thing in that kinda vibrates and makes noise and they stick it around her head. well most kids jump and their heart rate immediatly goes up. well our dear grace just kicks at the thing and rolls over. ok maybe it was a coincidence the first time But she did it 3 MORE TIMES. the only explination i can think of is that she get so used to my bowels bugging her that, that little buzzer thing wasnt going to wake her up. So from now on I always eat a little bit of candy before i go just to keep her awake. I am so excited for her to get here! I talked my Dr. into inducing me on Jan 11, 2011.. he wouldnt do it any sooner or it would have been then. but i thought that 1-11-11 would be a pretty cool birthday.

thats a quick update! I hope everybody enjoys their holidays and is safe. Enjoy spending time with your loved ones and family!! every moment is important !! let your loved ones know that you love them. I know that more now then ever.

I got my bill !!

I know nobody gets excited for bills, and neither do I. But im not going to lie i have been very curious about my recent trip to the hospital and just exactly what something like that costs!! so in case any of you out there were wondering what an 11 day stay in the hospital, including blood tests, Oerating Room Minutes for 3 surgeries, PICC line and Arterial line placements, Pharmacy (medications), Radiology---just the tests not the Drs reading it, Room service, and any random supplies they use, Labory and delivery monitoring, Respiratory and a few adjustments here and there it comes to about
103868.20 Just a rought estimate. HAHAHAHAHA
When i first saw that number i thought it was around ten thousand and i thought to myself hey not bad. but as i was reading the number out loud it came out right and i started laughing my head off!!! sure glad for insurance!!! i cant wait to see what all the Dr's are going to charge !

Lots to say

I have almost been out of the hospital for a week now, and let me tell you it is great to be out of that place! I first of all want to start off by telling everybody that prayed, fasted, sent flowers, visited, and everything else-- thank you so so so much. you will never know how much your love and support has ment to me and Brock during this difficult time. I know that I was healed, and our baby was saved by a pure miracle and i am greatful every day for that. I am truely humbled by the kindness that has been shown to my family during this time and all I can really say is thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Also to catch you up from where Brock left off. I woke up from my last surgery and quite honestly I dont really remember what day it was. I remember people coming and visiting, my mom and brock showing me cards that people had left, and getting updates about how eden was doing in district volleyball tournaments. I started really "coming to" on Saturday- Oct 23. when i was moved out of the shock and trauma ICU. That day i got another NG tube put down my nose to feed me. I will tell you that i am so glad that i was out of it when they put the first big one down because the 2nd smaller one was TERRIBLE!!! mostly because they had to go past my stomach a little bit. the next couple of days i spent recovering and trying to regain my strength. I was finally allowed to eat food on wednesday oct 27. I was so excited but soon found out that it wasnt going to be that great of an experience. I have no appetite after not eating anything for about a week, and when i did eat i got filled up so quickly it was hardly worth my effort. the first day i was only able to get 600 calories down- and i was trying my hardest!!! on thursday they told me i needed to get down a lot more food so i tried again and did a little better but still not great. and then on friday they said that if i wanted to go home i had to get down 2500 calories!! I COULDNT believe it!! never in my life have i ever eaten 2500 calories in one day-- at least not that i can remember. I figure my normal diet probably consists of anywhere between 1500-1800 calories and thats on a good day when i get time to eat 3 meals.----- i somehow got enough calories down that day (thank you carnation breakfast drinks that have 560 calories !!!) and i got discharged saturday morning.

SInce being discharged my life has been very different from what i am used to. I consider myself to be highly independent and able to do basically everything for myself. well.. not so much anymore. I struggle daily trying to eat... i have no appetite and everything tastes different then it used to. SO my mom and Brock have been pushing food down me like crazy. I think i have been making small improvements and hopefully will be able to get back to a somewhat "normal" eating habit. This may be TMI but hey everybody poops so here ya go. My bowels are somewhat eager to work, so much so that they are working like crazy and things just shoot right through me. I have had a few close calls and i promise to never laugh at those boys that pooped their pants on their mission... enough about that.... Grace as far as we know is doing great i go to the doctor weekly and also get non-stress tests weekly. they measure her heart rate, contractions, and check her fluid to make sure everything is progressing normally. SO far so good. I am so nervous to find out if there are going to be any effects from my surgery, and all the medications that i was given that could hurt her permanatly. Right now that is my biggest fear.

I would also like to say that if you or anybody you know is having medical problems, whatever it may be... If a doctor or Nurse or whoever is ignoring your concerns or telling you that it is no big deal or anything along that line, and it is a big deal to you... DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT... It is not ok.. DO NOT be ignored !! Looking back at the 2 months that I endured this pain, and had the fear of not knowing when i was going to have an "episode" and not getting the help or attention from medical professionals that i needed my biggest regret is that i did let them push me aside and ignore me.. its not ok.

I am so so so greatful for my special nurse in the labor and delivery unit at IMC. she paid attention to me and took me serious--- she did her job as a nurse!! she realized that my pain wasnt a typical pregnancy pain or "just gas" as i had previously been told. If she would have ignored me I wouldnt be here today.... I am also forever indebted to Dr. Stevens (my surgeon) who first of all had the courage to operate on me not only 1 time but 3 different times. and also giving me a chance to heal instead of just cutting all my guts out of me. Being 22 I never really thought about dieing, it just really wasnt one of my concerns. I am so greatful that i was given a 2nd chance at life. I have said it before but i am saying it again. I have the best husband!! He is one of the greatest men i know and i am so blessed to have him. I wouldnt be here without him.. he could have just said lets wait a couple of hours before we go to the hospital... but he didnt he took me immediatly and saved me!!

I believe in miracles.. I know i was saved, and showed incredible mercy from God. I am greatful everyday for this

Update on Haili

Well this is my first and only blog post so bare with me. This is Brock; Haili wanted me to make a post so that everyone knows what is going on with her and how she is doing. At the end of the post I will post a few pictures so if you don't want to see them, don't scroll down.

A few months ago haili started getting intense pains in her bowels. We took her to ER on two different occasions and one time they told us that she had pregnancy pains and the FLU. The Second time they gave her high amounts of Morphine and Dilaudid and it didn't even work. That is some intense pain! They did an MRI and came to the conclusion that she has Intusseption (When part of your bowel swallows/overlaps the other part.). They then sent us home and told us that there was nothing we could do since she is pregnant. All they instructed us to do were to wait and if the pain lasts longer than 6 hours to go into the ER. Over the next few weeks Haili endured these pains for hours at a time.

On Monday night I dropped Haili off at work at 7pm. At 2am Tuesday morning she called me and asked me to come get her and that an episode was starting again. I took her home and within minutes she said she had to go to the hospital. I grabbed her and took her to Labor and Delivery instead of the ER. We got her there and they gave her some Dilaudid, and it didn't touch her pain again. The Nurse there realized that this is something that needs to be dealt with and not dismissed. They gave her an epidural and then ordered a CT scan. After the results came back our room was bombarded with Nurses, Doctors, Surgeons, Residents, etc... They said her bowels are twisted and had no blood in them. They said they had to get her to the OR immediately or that she would die.

The first Surgery was Tuesday morning and after the Doctor (Stevens) came out and said that what she has is very serious. It is called MAL-ROTATION of the BOWEL. When we are still in the womb our insides go out from our body, rotate and then go back in. When she was in the womb it did not rotate/or rotate correctly. Usually it causes pain to the infant from 1 month to 1 year. Haili lived a pain free life until she got pregnant and her uterus started expanding. The Surgeon said that when they opened her up that her Bowels were Black and dark Purple instead of Pink. They were going to remove her Bowels and put her on an IV Feed for the rest of her life. Given that she is 22 yrs old and pregnant, they decided to take a chance to give her a normal life. They took out bowels out and untwisted them 720 degrees. When her bowels twisted it cut off all the blood flow and thus caused the pain. As they untwisted them they noticed that a few parts started getting some good color back. They made a decision to leave her open for 8 hours to give her bowels a chance to heal.

The following 8 hours were tough. She was intibated and paralyzed since they could not have her move, cough, etc... Her stomach was wide open with plastic covering the bowels. There were worries about the Baby and whether or not she would need to be delivered or even survive all that Hail’s body was going through. At 8pm surgery started again and a few hours later the surgeon came out and told us what had happened. He said that 60% of her bowels he regained the PINK color. He said that he was cautiously optimistic that Haili might be alright. They decided to leave her open once more but this time until Thursday morning. They wanted to give her bowels more time to heal. The options of the third surgery were:

1) See that they are healed and sew her back up.
2) Cut out the dead parts of the bowel and stitch the good parts together.

This was a big risk in itself since she was contracting a little bit, she has the chance of infection and other effects. On Wednesday afternoon they took the paralytic medicine off and she woke up very slowly, but only to have her arms tied down and sedatives in place so that she would not move or freak out. All she could do was nod her head yes or no to questions and eventually write questions she had on pieces of paper. She was miserable and in very bad shape. She handled the tubes, in mouth, throat, nose very well and remained calm.

Thursday morning they operated one last time. It went great! The Surgeons were amazed that her bowels had just about healed (with the exceptions of a few dark spots). They sewed her back up and since then she has been in the Shock Trauma ICU. In the last few days she has had some Ups and some Downs. She has had some post surgery complications but has fought through them. She has been very strong. She is still very weak and tired. It is hard to talk to her since she does not have much energy, however between writing on paper and whispering words she has managed to keep her sense of humor. Things are looking good and it will be a long road to recovery. We are so fortunate that so many Doctors and Nurses gave extra care to her. Everyone in the whole hospital knew about her and would have done anything for her. We are thankful that this time a Surgeon had the courage to open up a 22 year old pregnant woman without really knowing what he was going to see. If he would have waited she would have died. With the exception of a few crappy doctors that led up to this event, we received above and beyond care from the best Doctors in the state.

We have witnessed a MIRACLE. She either should have died, lost the baby, or lost her bowels. She went from WORST CASE scenario to BEST CASE! We are so grateful for all the prayers, Phone Calls, Texts, Flowers, Fast’s, etc... We will never know who all prayed for us, or who all fasted us (There were many) but to those of you who did and are still doing so, THANK YOU!!! We know that through all these things Haili was saved and so was our baby (Grace). We still need your payers since this is not over yet.

Thank you everyone!






After Surgery #1


After Surgery #2



After Surgery #3

Busy Busy

Sewing:
I have been sewing like a crazy lady trying to get everything ready. my goal is to have everything finished by the middle of november!!! I know I know its a crazy goal but.... I just have to !! BECAUSE ......


We are under contract on a duplex that i am IN LOVE with !! a quick description is it has white brick on the outside, great landscaping, 4 bedrooms 2 baths 2 fireplaces a garage!!! I am so so excited.. Brock keeps telling me not to get my emotions involved and i have to look at it as an investment but come on i have to live there right??? anyway the one side that we are renting out, the people have been living there for like 5 years and dont plan on really moving ever ! which is so exciting... we did have to have he other side move out. On the side we are moving into needs just a few things updated. mostly carpet/flooring, windows, and of course paint. So thats why my goal is the middle of november to be done with baby stuff because... we are planning on closing end of october/beginning of november cant move in until 30 days after --unless the people living in there right now move out sooner. So lets keep our fingers crossed that everything goes as planned !!!
xoxox
HAILI

Feeling Good !!

Just a quick update!! I have only had one little episode in the last week !!! Thanks so much for all of your comments/calls and especially your prayers !!!

For some new news .......... Brock and I have been looking at buying a house/duplex/etc. and I think we found one!!! we are in the middle of negotiations so as soon as its all straightened out i will post pics and all of the fun stuff !!! but just know that i am so so so so so... excited !!!

one of those sappy blog posts

I am not the most mushy person in the world. And basically I like to keep my private matters just like that private. i think thats what make me such a bad blogger!! But... I am going to go out of my comfort zone a bit and publisize (i dont know if thats a word) my private !! From the previous post you understand kinda the sitution I am in. Through all of this I have briefly told you that brock was great, but i wanted to tell you how great !!!!
You know what a little bunny rabbit looks like when you put a spot light on it, or a deer in headlights look??? The first time I had my pain--in idaho--although i didnt get to see him when my mom told him she was taking me to the hospital and he needed to hurry and get there, I imagine brock having that look on his face. When he first got to the hospital he immediately came and sat on my bed gave me a quick kiss, rubbed my arm and asked if he could do anything for me. The whole time i was in that hospital bed I saw a look of desperation on his face although my family was joking around me and we were giggling here and there Brock was paying attention to and anticipating my every need. The nurse said i needed to drink water so brock came and sat on my bed again and tried to get it down me. even though we went home thinking i was just dehydrated Brock carried me downstairs, put me in bed, brought me some water just in case i needed it, and warmed me up since i was still shivering.
now i know these sound like simple easy tasks that you think to yourself well if my loved one were in this situation i would probably do the same thing...and maybe you would. Brock did!!
I am not going to take you through each hospital visit But i will tell you that since i work nights and have to catch up on my sleep during the days I have kinda been the worst house wife ever. I have woke up some days to Brock having the house spotless--dishes done, carpets vaccuumed. the whole 9 yards!!
The last but not least, the last "episode" that i had lasted from about 6:30 to about 4 in the morning. It was bearable but brock sat by my side the ENTIRE time. for the first hour he drove me around because we thought it would take my mind off it. Then everytime my breathing changed because my pain would get more intense i would see brock stop what he was doing and put his full attention on me. He called the hospital and demanded to talk to the oncall OB at 3 in the morning. He refused to go to bed because he didnt want me to go through this alone....
I honestly dont know who reads my blog and unless you are some creep putting the heads of my pictures on inappropriate pictures i dont care that ya do in fact welcome i hope you enjoy your stay..... I just dont think that i am as kind and thoughtful and caring as Brock has been. I have been blessed to have been able to marry him! I have been blessed to have such an amazing man that is selfless, caring, and attentive to me and my every need. I am so greatful that brock is a worthy priesthood holder. I know that my pain has been lessened because of his faith. During times of struggle it is sometimes difficult to see the bigger picture, Brock has continually given me strength by helping me increase my faith and showing me a christlike example. i say that i love him and i do so so so much but it just doesnt feel like the right word... i wish there was more that i could say because what i think & feel for this sweet man seems like so much more !!!!

Health Update

Ya know when it just seems like everything in your life is going wrong and the onlything left to say is well at least you have your health..... well things have actually been going pretty good but my health is on this roller coaster!!! So here is what is going on.

A couple of weeks ago i had what we will call an "episode." What happens is, i get nausea/vomiting and then my stomach starts hurting. it burns aches and cramps. i also get the hot sweats, and as much as it embarasses brock i have to strip down to my birthday suit put ice packs on me and a fan. TMI?? This pain lasts for about 3-4 hours and then as soon as it is gone i get chills and start shivering for about an hour. these "episodes" have been happening every couple of days without any warning. the first time i went to the ER they thought i was dehydrated from all of the vomiting. so they hooked me up to some IV fluids and sent me home. my 2nd ER trip they gave me as much morphine and dilaudid as i could get all the while i was still screaming from pain, did a ultrasound and found nothing... so i got an MRI.. they found that i have an intussusception of my bowel... google it..

SO. my options are.... drum roll.....


Surgery, oh but wait! I cant have surgery because my intussusception fixes itself and it doesnt cut off the blood flow well at least yet.. So my dr's orders are wait for the pain to last for 6 hours then maybe your bowel is dead come in and we will take a look and see if we can do surgery... oh yeah this also would be super high risk because of your pregnancy. oh and also we dont really see this in adults usually its babies so you are kinda our first patient that we have ever seen with this....

so my brilliant Ob sends me to a gastroenterologist--he knows about bowels right... I paid $50 for a specialist to sit down with me retell me everything that they told me at the hospital and the only dietary advice he has is to stay hydrated.... Thanks doc can i have my $50 dollars back so i can shove it up your bum and make you feel the pain that i have been feeling and then maybe you will be a little more interested and advise something more then hydration.

so thats whats going on...as far as what can be done ---- basically nothing until my bowel dies. I would like to thank all those that have prayed and fasted for me this has been a difficult process and your support means alot. my next step i guess is to meet with a surgeon. until then we are gonna keep praying that i dont have anymore "episodes"

xoxo Haili

p.s. Brock has been amazing through all of this I am so so greatful to have him as a husband. he is the best !! love ya !!

BIRTHDAY BOY !!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this Cute boy !!!!(now 26)

Today is Brock's Special day so i wanted to give a little shout out to him. I love this guy more and more every day, and with every new experience that we go through. Recently I have been having some health problems i guess you could say and Brock has gone above and beyond what i think any average husband would go. He has put up with me screaming at the top of my lungs, held me when i cried, made me laugh when it was the last thing i wanted to do. I know this picture is of a little boy, but the man that i married is amazing !! Yeah there are time when he acts about the age he is in that picture, but i love him for it. So brock when you read this thank you so much for being the husband you are. I love you more then ever and am so glad we get to spend forever together. You are going to be the best dad ever. I hope you have the best birthday ever !!!!! XOXO Haili & baby

FAIR TIME

As all of you should know I LOVE the fair!! in particular the Eastern Idaho State fair. This year Brock and I only got to go 2 nights and it was a little bit disappointing..... here are my reasons.

1. Eden was playing volleyball the days we were there so it was only logical for us to go watch her play while we were there --- meaning our fair time was severly cut down. We got there about 7 and left about 10ish....

2. I WAS SICK... oh boy was i sick. Brock and I sped up to Idaho thursday morning right after i got off work, that day brock had to work in pocatello so my mom met us and took me home. BUT... not before i woofed my cookies right in front of the key bank as all of the tellers and workers were walking in & not to mention it was right by a stop light where there was some road construction. did i feel stupid--- Nope... in fact i did my business and went on my way. thursday night I got super super sick---and dehydrated and had some wierd pains going on so we made a visit to the doc... NO worries everything is fine but the way i felt i thought i was dying and if i was gonna die I at least wanted something to dull the pain. but all i got was a bunch of IV fluid. our little baby was pretty stressed out but when i finally (after 3-4 hours) got rehydrated she was a little bit happier. ALSO----what i found to be SO RUDE was this--- I still consider myself an idahoan. well as i was getting checked in and everything eden was sitting outside and could hear the nurses fighting over who was going to take me because i was "from utah" those big retards if they only knew i was the best patient they would ever have. so Bingham memorial expect a call about hippa violations, and discrimination-- you made this idaho/utah pregnant lady a bit upset.

MOVING ON.....
3. While I was at the fair...... OH BOY! I love seeing people that i havent seen for a while and catching up...its probably on the top 5 reasons to go to the fair. well what Brock and I laughed about for hours is that we saw probably 4-5 of my ex-boyfriends that i dated OVER 4 years ago and every single on of them ducked their heads or tried to avoid eye contact every time we saw them. Brock thinks i must have just been bad at breaking up with them, and they took it a little too hard or something. and i just dont get it....but i do think it is funny-- lets be honest here I love my husband more than anything. he is the best man i have EVER met. but just as he has people he dated before so do i. Brock kinda loved them and left them. but i thought i was friends with these people and its just weird that they would act so crazy---- ok my rant is over but i thought it was humorous.

4. THE BIGGEST LOSER. Brock, my mom, Britni & my dad are doing a family biggest loser. The entry fee to get in was $200 a person so the winner will actually be taking home $600. it started in august and the last weigh in is at State Volleyball October 30. so far Brock has lost about 16 pounds (and is looking mighty fine!!) and everybody else about 5-6. Brock would like to still loose about 15 more pounds, and if he does nobody will be able to touch him and he will be the winner!!! But...lets just say the fair wasnt a good place to go while on a diet. The first night i was there i ate scone nuggets-prime rib sandwich-trout-chocolate covered cheesecake- and basically snacked on whatever was around.

I do love the fair but i didnt even get to make it all around the circle more then 1 time. or ride any rides or buy me a really big cotton candy. I know this sounds kinda like a grumpy post but i still love the fair and i had a wonderful time in idaho! and i cant wait for next year. we didnt get too many pictures, maybe when we make it to the utath state fair !!! thank heavens the utah state fair is going on this week and you better believe i will be there at least once to see if i can get my fair fill !!!

Boating weekend

This last week Brock and I got to go to idaho and spend some time with my family. It was a great time!!! Addi got to come stay and play with me during the week and we had such a good time. She is such a sweet little girl, i changed her diaper for her and she said thank you !!! hahaha i nearly laughed myself to death never once has a kid told me thanks for changing their diaper in fact usually they are trying to run away or kick and fight.. Also i got to hang out with my mom and edee and maddi and had a great time !! Also brock and i went to the Dr yesterday to see how things are going with the baby... Heart Rate was 165 and the little thing kept wiggling around in there like crazy. This is the 2nd time that a Dr. has told us that we have an extremely active child!! i just hope that when we get to meet it we will be able to keep up !!! so on the baby front everything is going great.... now i just have to tell my job !!! wish me luck !!!

$dollar store$ AWESOME

Alright so... the ther day as i was blog surfing i came upon a blog that declared LA's Awesome cleaner stuff to be totally awesome and especially for 1$. well I have been slacking the last little bit with being an awesome cleaner so i decided to test it out and see how awesome it was. Well...... went to the dollar store picked up some of the regular awesome stuff and some of the awesome calcium, rust and lime.I am TOTALLY and AWESOMeLY IN LOVE with it. Living in a condo there is more hard water then you could ever imagine in the kitchen, bathroom and i guess anywhere else you would have water. In our shower there were things in there that i thought a jack hammer wouldnt get off, and my new AWESOME cleaner got off i couldnt believe it. and trust me by my history of blogging you can see that i really dont blog about little things this was a HUGE event !!! and it only cost me 1$. there are a bunch of other products that they have and as soon as i can get myself over there i am going to buy at least one of each. here are some differences between my shower

I just sprayed it on and let it sit for a couple of minutes and got a scrub brush and rubbed it in then washed it off and this is what i got i couldnt believe it !!!!! its AWESOME

joining the club!

well..... everybody knows already but i have gotten told a couple of times already that i should make a blog post out of it so.... here it is. IN january 2011 brock and i will be joining the parents club. We had our first doc appointment and sure enough there is something in there wiggling around like crazy.  our "official" due date is Jan. 19 2011 but we want to try for a 1/11/11 baby !!! We are excited and very very nervous!!!  BUT I have been getting some practice with babies working in the NICU, which i absolutely LOVE!!! those sweet little babies are so precious I am so glad that things worked out and i got the job!!! so thats our story !! SUPRISE  (i will post ultrasoundpics as soon as i figure out how)

Long Time

It has been quite a while since I have posted and there are a few things that we have been  up to so......... here we go.

I got to go to Boise with my family and watch Eden run at the state track meet. Eden is a returning state champion in the 100m  hurdles and the 300 m hurdles. Coming into the state competition she was placed 2nd in the 100 m hurdles because there was one girl that recorded a faster time then her. so we were really worried that she might get beat and lose her state title. BUT.... i will let you be a judge for yourself with her pictures. I just have to say that I always knew that eden was fast but i mean when we would say race you to the house or something like that i felt like i kept up with her (maybe i should have run track hahaha) j.k but eden just must have been being nice to me.  We are so proud of eden and how hard she works to do her best !!!!

NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS

Brock graduated and we went and got to watch him recieve his diploma. There is something about being done with school that makes you breathe a little easier. I would have to say that school was probably Brocks least favorite thing to do in the world, but he stuck with it and got it over and done with.Brocks cousins Cole and Jess also graduated. CONGRATS GUYS He is such a good guy and I am so proud of him for graduating and being such a good husband.

Sundee School

OKey dokey.. soo this might be another boring one. but i thought it was funny.... Brock and I just got called a couple of weeks ago to be the 14yr olds sunday school teachers. here are some of my favorite comments
(talking about Moses & the 10 commandments- movie)
Boy1- He turned the water into blood and the ghost came down and killed all the 1st born.
Boy 2- Did that really happen
Boy 1- NO duh you can't believe everything that you see on TV or in movies gosh havent you seen harry potter.

(I thought that was hillarious- comparing the 10 commandments to harry potter !!!! ps i did tell him that, that really happened)

I asked " if you were going on a trip in the woods what would you bring"
Boy 1- some matches
Girl 1- a tent
etc. etc.
Boy 3- " my wife or my mom so they could cook for me and do my laundry"

(another classic)

Thats it for now. I am sure we will have more in a couple of weeks !!!

Special &Favorite

WARNING: brock told me that my last post was really boring and nobody likes to read boring posts. So unless you want to read something about me my mom and eden .... it might be best if you skipped this post.

With that said here we go !!!!!



This last weekend my mom and eden came down to watch a couple of teams (that have been recruiting eden) play in a volleyball tournament. I always love it when they get to come down because we always have SO SO much fun together. So friday night we went and ate at Benihana, and of course ordered 2 extra orders of rice to go--- thats just what we do..... and since the tournament was in orem we drove down there and got a hotel. ( a special thanks to dear sweet brock for always letting me run away with my mom and sisters when they come around) We had some time to spare so we went to check and see if the hot light was on at KRISPY KREME and we were in luck because it was and at 10:00PM we sat down to some HOT doughnuts. then went back to our hotel I would love to go into every detail of our night and tell you that we got in our PJs and told scary stories to eachother... but whats more on my mind is MAW SPECIAL & FAVORITE. Now to some these names are just crazy ! but MAW got her name because we she is our ma and thats how addi says it but eden and I like to throw on a bit of a southern accent... but Special & Favorite go wwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyy....... back .(ps. we were talkin funny talk in the bathroom at the tournament and this lady said "ok I have got to ask where you guys are from." We all broke down laughing and said Southern Idaho . HAHAHA) The story goes somewhat like this......
One summer my mom decided that she was going to "trim up" all of her bushes and trees around the house and give them a makeover. She was lucky enough to have 2 daughters- 1 that could drive and 1 that was pretty strong. ME being them both (haha j/k eden is strong, i could just drive) So she went about cuttting like Edward Sizzorhands- any thing that got in her way got cut off. So me & eden tried to keep our distance.....Our jobs were to load up the back of the truck with all of the branches (or whatever) that got cut off drive it to the dump and empty it and then come back and do it all over again. after a couple of days of doing this Eden & I were sick & tired of picking up branches & driving them to the dump and throwing them out of the back of the truck. our arms and legs had taken a beaten up from doing all of this. We had been complaining all day and ended up calling eachother a few names sisters shouldn't and my mom had had enough...... She gave us the talk that nice girls don't talk that way to eachother blah blah blah. So the "NICE" names that we came up with for eachother Were special-EDEN and favorite-Me. because eden is "special" if ya get my drift and eden thought that my mom favored me. The names stuck and we made them permanent. One time on our way from the house to the dump the branches kept falling out onto the road and since i was driving i would make special jump out and grab them and throw them back in. -----I know it doesnt seem like that hefty of a task but after doing it for days and over and over... it becomes wearing on ya. ----anyway special had just made herself an icecream cone before we left so she was ticked off it was her turn to throw the branches in in the first place.... so i thought that it would be funny to pull a trick on her. as soon as she came to get back in the truck i started going and made her walk for a while... most people stop and say "come on just let me back in" NOT SPECIAL she just kept running by the side so i picked up speed a little bit until at one point she was at a sprint she threw her freshly made icecream at me and i slammed on the breaks----- She ran into her open door and it knocked her down.. then she got up jumped in, retrieved her icecream cone wiped it off with her finger and started eating it again. I cannot think of another time when i have ever laughed so hard for so long.
Also throughout this time I LOVED the wreckers (michelle branch) and I had just gotten their CD. I made eden listen to it over and over and over all summer and it drove her crazy.... to the point where she actually liked it. .... There were sooo many more events like this that happened.
That summer was one of my most memorable. Eden& I got to develop our relationship and we had a lot of fun doing it. (our poor trees looked like they were dead by the end of it but they did grow back !!)Sorry mom that we complained so much about it.... I always thought of eden as a friend but that summer we became Special & Favorite friends!!! We went through a rough patch there for a bit and we have been working on things and being able to spend this last weekend with herI am pretty sure that I HAVE MY SPECIAL BACK and i couldnt be happier !!!!! Edee-eedle my needle- special-E-ETC.... I LOVE YOU !!! Good luck with picking where to play !!!!

PS. I love Brit & Maddi too!!!! oh and Dex

Suprise!!!

This last weekend Brock and I had so much fun! we got to go to Idaho on Thursday night because Brock had to work in Pocatello on Friday. ( I always like when he gets to go to idaho for work because then i have an extra excuse to go there) Even better this past weekend eden & maddi were out for spring break.... So We made all of these big plans for all of us to go a movie and hang out on friday.... It didnt happen !! but it was alright we got to still hang out at my parents house and then we made a quick trip to idaho falls to get supplies for our easter feast. We went to Sam's Club!!! if you have ever seen us shop together it is hillarious, especially when there are samples!! & if we have ever ran in to you or ran over your child we are very sorry... sometimes that happens !! On friday night brit chris and addi & the boys got to come down, it is always so much fun when we all get together.
saturday morning the boys woke up early to go get the cows taken care of. and us girls got out of bed a little bit later. then later that night the boys went to the priesthood session and it was Sage's first time !!!
Sunday morning we woke up (the boys were already gone to go take care of the cows) and got things ready for conference and the easter egg hunt. On saturday night madeleine had spent hours filling up easter eggs. so eden went and hid them all over our yard for addi, maddi, jack&holden. really addi and maddi were there only ones that got to find them. we watched conference and then ate Lunch !! which was fantastic. then the hunt was on for the golden egg !!! (every year my parents hide a egg with a note inside that says you have found the 100 dollar egg.) this year it was outside and our (1)first clue was that it was on the front half of the property. which really wasnt a clue at all. (2) on the front half from the green house over. (3) on the font half between the drive ways (4) on the right side of the center driveway (5) in the bark area in the trees on the right. (5) it is touching the ground (6) can be seen -not buried (7) on the west half. and finally........ Dexter found it !! that lucky duck..... then we watched (somewhat) the 2nd session of the day of conference. after that everybody went home.
ON our way home we stopped at phil & jills house and visited for a while. THEN WE WENT HOME........... TO A FLOOD ............ I opened up the door and i smelled some sort of a stench coming from inside. and i thought to myself. ok i know that i washed the dishes before we left and i know that we took the garbage out... what could it be.... so i walked in the door and stepped into... A PUDDLE ..... OUR CONDO WAS FLOODED. so i turned on the light and all i could hear was drip drip drip drip. I COULDNT BELIEVE IT. LONG STORY SHORT we moved our furniture- pulled up our carpet- turned off the water-fixed the broken sink- and have had the fans going on the carpet for the past couple of days !!! So if you come and knock on my door make sure you knock really hard because i will be in the back confined to my bedroom until this is all cleared up !!!

hOmE FrOm MeXiCO

well we are finally home from our cruise ! We had such a good time. Here is our day by day review !!!!

DAY 1 (Flight & Boarding)

We woke up real early to be able to make it to our flight. Phil was so nice to drive us to the airport and make sure that we were all taken care of. We got our tickets and walked to our gate, when we got there, there were all these big tall athletic men sitting around. Well we figured out that they were the Basketball team that the Jazz had played the night before ( and beat !!!) I didnt take a picture of them because I didn't want to be one of "THOSE" girls. When they called our flight number to board they basically sent us OUT BACK and put us on one of the smallest planes in the whole airplane. it probably held about 30-40 people. so I was pretty nervous. But we made it to long beach safe and took a shuttle over to the port. and had a couple of hours to burn before we needed to get on so we walked around and took some pictures

We made it on the ship & put on our suits and LAYED OUT !!!!!

DAY 2 ( DAY AT SEA)

This was our first WHOLE day at SEA. I was so suprised that neither of us got SEA SICK or anything. We basically laid out the whole day and read our books. so kind of a boring day but a boring day that we really needed to have !! Also Brock and I went really really cheap when it came to booking this cruise because we figured that we werent going to spend any time in our room except to sleep. This night we went and ate at the GOLDEN PEARL .... it was delicious!!!! And we had the best waiters EVER!!!



Me on the top bunk

Brock on the bottom bunk

This little guy was on Brocks bed when we came back from dinner

Us on the Carnival Splendor (PS. I hope that everybody looking at these pictures love us to ignore our beach bodies (or lack of ) xoxo)

DAY 3 (DAY AT SEA)

After our first day at sea we were kind of ready to have a day off of the sea but no such luck for us. this day we basically did the same thing that we had done the day before BUT !!! i had the hardest time figuring out the boat and finding exactly where i was and where i needed to go etc!! it was tough.. Somehow Brock and i found this little deck where there were only about 2 or 3 other couples. where the wind barely blew and it was just perfect. it reminded me of the titanic deck where jack and rose spit off the edge and her mom caught them. and yes we spit off the deck too......

On "our" deck

Ice sculpture demonstration

This is what all the decks looked like

THE OCEAN !!!

Brock coming down the water slide
This picture is for JILL !!!!

getting frisky on OUR deck

CuTE little Elephant

DAY 4 (PEURTO VALLARTA)

YES !!!! finally LAND !!!! At this port we got to go on a big ZIP LINE !!! we were all the way at the top of the mountains !!! here are some pics of our day

while we were walking back to get on the ship we came across this mime. and casually sat and watched for a couple of minutes..... well somehow the guy picked me out of the crowd and brock pushed me into the action.... the only reason we have pictures of me is because after a little while Brock was brought in too !!!! he made us do some crazy things that we would usually never do but we did..... (this really is a longer story if you really want to hear it all call us and we will let you know)

Brock and Tommy Penrose ( our friend we met from ALASKA )

BROCK gettin hit really hard by a wave
Our monkey !!

DAY 5 MAZATLAN

This really wasnt our favorite spot. It was basically all shopping and we really arent into that sort of thing but we probably walked 10 miles !!!!

DAY 6 CABO SAN LUCAS !!!!!

THIS WAS OUR FAVORITE !!!! we only got to spend 8 hours here but it was well worth it... We got a tour around what they call lovers beach and divorce beach and they took us out to see the sea lions and then dropped us off on a beach. we had been wanting to go parasailing the whole time so we finally did it !!!! I was so nervous at first but it ended up being so so so much fun !!!! i will upload videos later.. Also as soon as we got back on the boat I go sick... So my dear sweet husband took care of me. skipped dinner at the Golden Pearl and got me some buffet food. and he took care of me all night !!!!

DAY 7 we were back on the boat again all day... I was still pretty sick so I just read my book. Poor Brock continued to take care of me. He is such a good husband and I love him more then ever !!!! So i rewarded him and........ SENT HIM TO THE CASINO..... hahaha he had fun.

Day 8 We docked at 9 in the morning and ended up getting off of the ship around 11. and our plane didnt take off until 6:45 so we went and checked our bags and then went to the mall. and for the first time we took a bus !!! we didnt really know how they worked but we figured it out with some help from the locals ....... when we got back to board our flight Delta had overbooked our flight and we were the lucky ones that got to stay in long beach another night with compensation. $ 400 a piece to use at delta, a hotel for the night, transportation, and breakfast. so we thought it was a pretty good deal. we just had to catch a flight at 6:45am we woke up at 5 to catch our shuttle. barely made it though security checks and onto our flight !!!!

Over all we had a great vacation! We met some really amazing people from Alaska and had so much fun getting to know them and spending time with them. Also it was so good to get away for a little bit and just have some time together. BUT.... next time we want every body to come, so yes if you are reading this you are invited to !!! we think a cruise would be so much fun with a lot of friends and family.

lastly here are some random eyecandy pictures for your viewing pleasure. Like i said before please dont mind our lack of beach bodies. after looking at these pics we have decided that school ruined us and now we are going to hit the gym !!!! so just take these as before pics !!!! We love you all and hope you can join us for our next vacation !!

running on our dock !

taken by brock

Brock at the bus stop

This is how i felt- shakey and not so good

WHERES WALDO (haili)

yep i brushed my teeth !!!

MY SWEETIE PIE !!!

The parasailing people in the back was the same one we went on. we went together at the same time !!!

Our waiters !!! they might look funny here, and they were hillarious but they were the best waiters we have ever had!!!

yep me looking my very best

for some reason my tongue wouldnt stay in my mouth and my eyes went crazy... must be the hot weather.

MY SEXY HUSBAND !!!

still looking good !!!