Tuesday, November 16, 2010

New Chairs

So these are my new chairs(kind of). They are about 2 months or so. But I have not posted them yet. I got them at a church garage sale, kind of. Everything was free. This is the before picture...



I took them outside and painted and covered them. I love them. They are great at my bar for the girls to sit at. This is the finished project.



I also got a princess table for the girls to sit on and play with. Hannah got a nightstand, and I got this great sofa table. I love it.




I think I got some great deals.

Monday, August 30, 2010

A message to every Mother

It has been one of those days where, Kids wont take naps, Kids wont stop crying, Laundry needs to be done, The house is a mess, You don't feel good. Blair has been gone for 2 1/2 weeks and I am ready for his help at home. It has been really hard with him gone. He comes home Thursday and it will be nice to have him home for the help and home is not home without him.
But today has been so hard that I have been so stressed. I thought that getting them to bed would be so easy because they have not taken naps. Not the case. I got the feeling to get onto my friends blog and read what she had to say. This is the message I found... What a strength and a reminder to watch it. It helps push me that extra mile. Of course I cried all the way. It is still so hard but it is nice for the reminder that it is such a blessing to be my girls mother.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

When your not looking

I got in the shower at about 9 in the morning after I laid Rya down for a nap. I gave Hannah some crackers and sent her downstairs to watch a show so I could shower. I got out and didn't notice anything unusual. It was not till about 1 in the afternoon that I went down to her room and found a razor blade knife in her play tent. I looked at her tent and it is slashed all over. I was so mad and scared. Scared that she got into a cu bard and got the knife out, opened it up. I am grateful she didn't hurt herself. She could have been so hurt. I was so mad because she got that tent for her birthday and she loves it. She got in big trouble and got a big talking to.
I look at the tent now and I laugh about it. But yesterday it was not a funny matter. I found the tent after she came and told me she poohed in the sink. :(




2 weeks of crazy

Blair was home for two weeks before he went back out again for his job. In those two weeks we had a crazy life.
First I cut my finger open and had to get 5 stitches. I was cutting watermelon. It was crazy. While that was healing we took Hannah into the doctor because she had a cough for about 3 months and it was not going away. well to find out, It was pneumonia. Not fun. We ended putting her on medicine for that. Then I cut myself 2 more times. Nothing bad. But still. I guess me and a knife are not friends for a while.
Then the big thing.... We went to our farm with my family. We were having a blast. We were going to go to the Rodeo and the horse pull. WE went to the hoarse pull and we had a blast. The bleachers do not have a front or a back to them and I was so scared something was going to happen. I kept getting that feeling that I really needed to watch my kids. Well we went back to the fair for the Rodeo. We showed up an hour early to get seats. Right before it started, Rya fell down the back of the bleachers about 15 feet and landed on Concrete. I heard Blair yell that she fell and he ran down the bleachers. I looked down and was so worried she might be dead. When I looked back down she was on her knees screaming and bleeding. I ran down to go get her. Blair had her in his arms and the security guys were with him. We ran her to the ambulance and they looked her over. They said with a fall that hard she needed to get her head checked out. We went in an ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital. They put an IV in her. They were so bad with that IV. She was bleeding out of her hand so bad. They looked at her chin and said he would need stitches but they were going to try to glue it first. They did an scan of her head and nothing showed any damage. They ended up gluing her chin back together. She hated anything anyone was doing to her. but I am so grateful that she is alive. She could have been hurt a lot worse. We went back to the farm and she crashed so hard. I said my prayers that night and told of how grateful I was to still have my baby. I got the strongest feeling that it was my Grandma Merkley who helped her get to the bottom with out getting hurt. I believe she cut her chin on the bench on her way down. But I don't think she fell. I thinks he was helped out. I can't tell you how scary it is to think that your child is dead and you can do nothing. To think that that morning everything was fine and then your child can go at any moment. It is a scary scary feeling. But I am so so grateful to have Rya still with us. She is an amazing little girl and I love her so much. We thought the next morning she would wake up sore and in pain. She woke up her normal happy self. We looked over her body and there were no scraps, cuts or bruises anywhere. She is a miracle baby.
The next day after we got back from the farm we had two sick kids. both of there fevers were running about 103.7. It was so bad that Hannah wouldn't move off our bed. She even threw up on our bad. Not something you love to clean up. We took them to the doctors and they said that Hannah pneumonia is gone and it is just a bug they have. They were fine the next day.
Blair can't believe that all that went down while he was home. I told him that we were just needing attention from him.
















Sea World

Blair was in Texas for work and he Flew me out to spend a week with him. It was so fun. It was nice to get away with no kids. We spend one day at a water park. It was a lot of fun. But I think we spent most of the time in lines then we did in actual water. But it was still fun.
The next day we went to Sea World. I love sea world. I love the animals. The dolvins are so cute. I got to touch a few of them. I also love the killer whale show. So much fun.
Texas is so hot and humid. It was so crazy to walk outside and to feel like you did not dry all the way off from getting out of the shower. Your skin got moist so fast.













Bear Lake






Summer has just gone by so fast. IT seems like we have something going on every weekend.
We went to Bear Lake over Hannah birthday and it was a lot of fun. The girls had a blast playing with cousins and being able to play in the water and the John Deer. Here are some pictures of our time.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

so long




Sorry it has been a really long time. So much has been going on.
*I got surgery on my shoulder. It turns out it was a tumor. It has been a hard recovery. Very painful. I am not in Physical Therapy and doing pretty good. It still kills me to lift anything above 5 pounds. But the pain that was there before the surgery is gone. I am grateful for that.
*We went to Hawaii for a week. That was so much fun. While we were there we sold our Condo. Whaoo!!! It has been up for over a year. It is about time it sold.
* With us selling our condo we moved into my parents house till the end of August. After the end of August we will find a place to rent till the end of 2011. Blair will then be done traveling around and he can apply for a job anywhere in the united states. Wherever he gets a job that is where we will move to.
* Blair is loving his new job. He says he feels like he is always on a vacation. They treat him so well. It is hard with him gone. But it will open up so many doors for him.
* Hannah will be turning 3 this month. I can't believe I will have a 3 year old. What a road it has been. She is growing up so fast. She has such an amazing memory. I better get her learning so many things while she still wants to.
* Rya will be 2 in November. She is learning so much because she gets to watch Hannah all day.
* Blair has lost 100+ pounds. I have lost 38. It is nice to have us both looking better
Here are some pictures of things that have been taken recently.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Grateful

What a week.
About a year ago I started getting this pain in my arm. It wouldn't go away. I just thought I was sleeping on it wrong. My arm would become weak and I would drop things that I was holding.
I finally gave in and went to the doctor. He said that I had bursitis in my shoulder. He said it was a pocket of fluid. I could either take some Tylenol for 4 months or I could get a cortisone shot. I hate needles. I picked the Tylenol. After 4 months my arm was worse. I was so scared to go in because I didn't want a shot. Finally in February I decided that any shot was better then the pain I was feeling.
I got the shot. It did not hurt at all. My arm felt great for two weeks. I was not feeling any more pain. After two weeks the pain started to come back just a little. The pain slowly came back that the pain is worse now then before the shot. I went in about two weeks ago. He said that he wanted to do a MRI because there was something the ultrasound was missing.
A few days after the MRI I went into the doctor to get the results. I thought I would go in and find we just need another shot.
I was watching Luke's kids that day. I had my two and Luke's. The doctor looked at me and said. Well I want you to stay calm. But I have good news and bad news. The pocket of fluid is gone. But it only revealed a tumor. I was kind of shocked. I was not expecting this at all. He said that it is covering my whole Rotator cuff. He said that he is not sure if it is cancer or not. He wanted to turn me over to a specialist. He said if it is we would need to look into chemo therapy. He said that no matter what I do need surgery because it is causing me pain.
I got put in with another doctor for that Thursday. I went in and he told me that he was not 100% sure it is cancer. He would like someone else to look at it. I got a call that afternoon saying the other doctor doesn't think it is cancer. So because they both don't think it is cancer they think I am in the clear. It is nice to know that it is not cancer. I am still a little worried that they will come back and say it is, just because they both are not 100% sure, only 90%.
Now I just have to figure out what do do about my arm. It is in so much pain. Last night I was in so much pain and wanted to drop things and curl up in a ball and cry. Medicine I take doesn't help. Everyday the pain seems to just get worse.
It will be nice to have my arm back to working order with no pain. If I have to go through surgery to get my arm to be like that it is worth it.
I want to thank everyone for their concerns and prayers. It is nice to know that you have family you cares and loves you.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Grandpa and Grandma Merkley

Tonight as I sat on my couch in silence. I started thinking about how much I miss my Grandparents. They were the best. I have been sitting her thinking about all the memories I have with them. I remember times that we have cried together, sang together, laughed together, prayed together and even smiled together. I have had some great spiritual moments with my grandma before her death and even after.
I remember a time lying in bed with my grandma and her telling me of how it is going to be the new year and what that means.
I remember watching grandma get ready for the mornings, I would rock in her chair that was in her small room and we would just talk.
Grandma and I would wade in the water, while Grandpa and my brothers would go fishing.
I remember my grandma always singing me to sleep senging "Whenever I hear a song of a bird, or look at the blue blue sky." You know the song that I am talking about.
I remember my grandma always making sure that her grand kids were taken care of.
I really remember the songs that grandma would sing driving in the car. She always had junior mints in her glove box. Whenever we saw that lake I knew we were almost to Grandmas. She would get mad at me when I would go slip and sliding her her green tub in her hall bathroom. I would always make such a mess.
She even told me that eating my fingernails would make me grow fingernails in my stomach.
Most of all I will never forget her sweet spirit the night she died and the day I went through the temple.
I love my grandma.

I love my grandpa. I have a little more memory of him. He was around a while longer. He reminds me so much of my dad. When you look at my dad you can see a lot of my grandpa. My dad needs to be a little bit bigger, But like father like son.
I remember the many times he told us to be careful on the four wheelers. I also remember the many times we got in trouble for walking back to the house because the four wheeler was stuck (Daniel) :).
My grandpa also always had treats in his trucks. We would always get in his truck and eat what he had.
I remember the rides we would get riding in his tractor with him.
I always loved the smell when you pulled up to the house and opened that door. You could smell the cows. I still love that smell.
Every time we would leave to go home, We would stop by the barn to say goodbye to grandpa. He would give us some milk and we would be on our way.
All the grand kids loved to go down to the barn and watch grandpa milk the cows. We would have to be so quite as to not scare them while they were eating. We would have to duck behind the wall and wait for the cows to leave before we could come out.
I wont forget that Grandpa always called me Little Ann. I think I only heard him call me Chelsie once. I loved to be called that. I still love to hear it because it reminds me of him.

I started to think of all these things. I then remembered I have a DVD of my grandpa. I quickly found it and watched it. I cried and laughed. I wish I could copy some of those pictures onto here. But I am not that smart.

I loved them both so much. I love that we all can be together again. I can't wait till that day.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Never....

You should never take your daughter to the bathroom while you are on your phone.

Hannah was screaming at me, she had to go to the bathroom. I go in with my phone between my shoulder and my ear. lean over to pull down her paints and my phone drops in the toilet. I hurry and pull it out. I am checking my phone over and my girls saw me stick my hand in the toilet so they start playing in the toilet, Not cool. I get Hannah and Rya's hands washed off. I check my phone and the battery is still dry. I pull out my blow dryer and I dry everything else. It is now working fine.
So never ever talk on our phone while your next to a toilet. And Don't let your kids see you stick your hand in the toilet. What a wonderful start to a Friday. :)

On a up note. It is really good to know that I am listening to that still small voice. I thought I lost something that was making me so sick. I was just sitting in my car when that little voice told me it was in the garbage that was just thrown into the dumpster. I went home and leaned over the dumpster and pulled out my trash bag. I open up the bag to see that the thing I lost sitting right on top of all my trash. I am so thankful for the Lord and his willingness to help us all.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Hair cut



When Hannah was born she only had a little hair across her neck. Well when her hair grew in it looked like a mullet. Nothing was even. Finally yesterday we took her to get her hair cut at cookie cutters. They did a great job. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Thank you Robyn for telling me I should cut it.
Well this is our beautiful Hannah now.