FINALLY!

SOME GOOD NEWS: My Dr appointment finally went well. My blood clot that last week was as big as baby is much smaller. They said I will probably have some more bleeding but that it should let up in a couple of weeks. They said it looked like things were healing nicely, they said hopefully in a couple weeks we will be past all of this stuff. I am sure hoping so. SOoo I still have parial bed rest for the next week or two. But beyond that it looks as though things are going to get better and in August we really will be adding on to our family. Thanks so much everyone for your prayers and help. We have really appreciated it :)

If its not one thing its another..

So we saw the dr today. I now have a blood clot in there. They said it could just go away, could get worse, it could do any number of things right now. Soo we are hoping for the best. Right now it is the same size as the baby. But the baby is still doing just fine. Good news is the by the end of the week I can ease off bed rest and just take it easy.. what ever that means. In the mean time we will hope for the best, but most likely the bleeding will continue. So for now wish me luck that this gets better and not worse.
Thanks for everything and all you love and concern.

Ten positive things I can still enjoy from my bed side view!

Well, today I thought I would write a little about things I can do still.
1- Get hugs and7 kisses from my sweet kids.
2- Watch movies
3- Read good books
4- Can still fold laundry.. ( ok for those of you laughing.. I know not the most positve thing cuz laundry is never ending...) but I can feel like I am still contributing something to my family.
5- Can sleep whenever I feel like it.
6- No cooking and no clean up afterward
7- I get to be alone with my own thoughts for the first time in I don't know how long.
8- I can read books to my kids
9- I can visit with people and talk on the phone with out interuption.
10- I know this won't last forever, so I know I should make the most of it. Eventually this too shall pass. It is but a small moment in my life. So I think I will endure and try my hardest to make the most of this, even though it is long and tedious. Thanks for all your prayers and calls and things I really appreciate them.

From bad to worse..

Well spent half of the day at the ER and found out why I am having so many problems..
Well I think how the put it was something like this.. sub chronic hemorage.. or something to that effect.. so here is what that means.. BED REST WITH OUT PAROLE... ok sheesh i know a little on the dramatic side.. I might get parole for good behavior and no bleeding. Basically my placenta is not fully formed yet which is normal for how far along I am and it has not fully attached but I have a big bleeder as they called it on the outside of my uterus.. so I get bed rest for at least a wk possibly two and we will see how it goes. So pray for me that this gets better sooner rather than later I might go nuts laying here in this bed.. lol.. for now all is ok. Thanks for all your worry and concern!

Complicated

Normally on here I try to keep things happy and positive.. However lately has not been a fun time at our house.. the house is a mess, I feel sick all day all night, sat was the straw that broke the camel's back... I started spotting... but alas after spending a couple of hours at the hospital and getting that stupid rhogam shot that I love so much, I was told things were fine and baby was good. Things were good after that and I started to feel better... I began to clean house and so forth, we also having been working hard on our food storage, gettting shelves and food storage room all done.. Finally got most of it done.. then came yesterday... I cleaned house and felt like crap but at least it got done. I went to take a shower and began to feel really sick.. thought I just over did it... got out and layed down and not ten minutes later bagan to bleed really bad... I thought for sure it was bad news but a couple of hours at the dr office they said baby is still fine and to just take it easy. I am hoping that my all day sickness( labeled as morning sicknes.. such a lie) subsides soon and that my bleeding will ease up so that I can resume normal life and get on with a few things before this baby comes. I am hoping that things will get better here soon and that all will be ok.. I have never had this many things go wrong with a pregnancy before.. both of my other two were text book pregnancys. So hope for me that this gets better soon..

Dum da dum!

Last but not least....

One Christmas Eve we found out the we are expecting a baby. I am now 9 wks along and sick as a dog. I know some of you will be a little shocked by this. I know I sure was, considering the fact that in Nov I had a miscarriage. Well, I wasn't worried until 6 wks later and I still hadn't had a period. And I began feeling sick... I let another week pass and took a test and much to my surprise it was very positive. Well I took a little while to confirm everything... But today the said I am nine weeks. Soooo.. here is my ultra sound...

Due Date finally determined today.. Aug 20!

Sledding

Ammon really loves the sledding stuff!
Can you tell?

Cait still liked the swings at the park, we went to sled at!

We came home and the kids tried making a snow man! Load of fun!

The New year!

Well sorry I didn't document us ringing in the new year at all. We had a get together with family and that was about it. Both kids were asleep before midnight and so we rang in the new year with some martinelle's and banging pots. It was a good time none the less. At the very least we had some great food. Anyhow, Happy New Year Everyone... we wish you all the best!

It's my party and I'll cry if I want too....

Well, these kinda faces were the only kind Cait would make for me while trying to take her birthday photos... sooo after about 5 pics like this I thought well what the heck... on to terrible three's! lol!
Here is one Aaron snapped later that night while opening her presents.. Promise she was happier than she appears to be!

Random Christmas Photo's

Cait on Christmas Eve... She loves doing photo shoots can you tell?!
Ammon and I at our ward Christmas Party!

Daddy and Cait at Christmas!

Finally the santa pictures as promised...

So at our ward Christmas party this year Santa made an appearance, so the kids all took turns sitting on Santa's lap. The kids loved it and so did I since I didn't have to take them to the mall and pay a small fortune for it!

Anyhow, they musta been somewhat good... cuz Santa delivered!

The Week before Christmas!

Well its down to the wire and the count down to Santa coming has begun. I love this time of year. It is filled with lots of love, and kindness, but also is centered around Christ. The pure love that the savior has for each of us truly is the greatest gift of all. I am thankful every day that I can get up and try harder to be better each day, and know that the Savior made up for the rest of it. I don't think I could ever thank him enough for the opportunity that I have to be with my family again someday because of the sacrifice that he made for me. This year for us has been filled with so many great blessings. Our being able to purchase our home is nothing short of a miracle. Aaron finishing school.. again nothing short of a miracle.. ( haha just kidding hun) but we are glad that he is done... graduation is not till April though. Our children are growning up and the things that they say and do are wonderful.. (most of the time). Our jobs that we have are pretty great and in a time when alot of people have lost their jobs ours have remained steady. To be surrounded by family and friends is also wonderful. We love you all and hope you have a Merry Christmas!
ps.. pictures of the kids with Santa are still to come. Stay tuned!

Random Thoughts for the Day!

I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately wipe clean your computer if you die.
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
There is great need for a sarcasm font.
How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
Was learning cursive really necessary?
Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my own neighborhood.
No one wants to say it but obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
Bad decisions make good stories.....as long as you don't end up in jail.
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection........again.
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save my changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.
**My Favorite one, MH I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dang it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice-mail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call. My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja with magic powers?" How the heck do I respond to that?
I think the freezer deserves a light as well .
Last but not least Life is short eat dessert first!

A friend of mine sent me this in an e-mail. I thought.. well.... these past couple of weeks have been like this for me, so what the heck. I had to laugh! Hope you all have a good laugh to and a Happy Thanksgiving!

The Power of a Prayer.

The power of prayer. Things I have learned in the last week.
When you pray with a sincere heart you can feel the veil become thin and Heavenly Father close by.
When you pray for a righteous desire, it often doesn't come imediately.
When you pray and don't get the answer you want it doesn't mean that the Lord doesn't love you.
When you pray and need the comfort of the Holy Ghost he is there, you just have to ask.
When you think you can't handle what the Lord is giving you, you can. You just have to open up to the spirit and learn what needs to be learned.
Heavenly Father is aware of my pain and my needs in my life.

"But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance" (1 Nephi 1:20).
The word chosen in 1 Nephi 1:20 is central to understanding the concept of the Lord's tender mercies. The dictionary indicates that chosen suggests one who is selected, taken by preference, or picked out. It also can be used to refer to the elect or chosen of God (Oxford English Dictionary Online, second ed. [1989], "Chosen").
Some individuals who hear or read this message erroneously may discount or dismiss in their personal lives the availability of the tender mercies of the Lord, believing that "I certainly am not one who has been or ever will be chosen." We may falsely think that such blessings and gifts are reserved for other people who appear to be more righteous or who serve in visible Church callings. I testify that the tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and that the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us. ( taken From Elder Bednar's Confrence)
I know this to be true I know that I have been truly blest in my own life. This week has been a huge struggle for our family. I was yet again expecting a baby. This week I miscarriaged. Not a fun experience. During this time I prayed alot, I never felt alone. Its been a hard week to go through. But perhaps in the Lord's time things will be resolved. The power of the priesthood is real. The blessings that the Lord has to offer us are real. Its really hard sometimes though to put our faith in these things when we feel like our world is crashing down around us. But I know that if we can gather our strength and put our faith in the Lord we will be blessed.

Happy Halloween!

Black spiderman and the skunk!
Ammon sure makes a good spiderman!

Black spiderman!

She's a stinker!

But a cute stinker at that!

Yeah I think we'll keep her!

Cait really liked my blue wig so I let her try it on... I think she looks better in it than I did!

All in all Halloween in our new neighborhood was tons of fun! So much trick or treating and hot chocolate. I was really happy that it was so cold this year! I am really happy to be living in our neighborhood. Its a great place to raise a family!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Monster Mash!

The Coaches! Jon, Jessie, Andrea, Sara, Megan Brooke, Me!
The Coaches goofying off during the clean up!

Sara and I!

Brooke, Megan, Me & Heather.

Brooke, Me, Heather!

Face Painting!

Mellissa teaching Bars!

Megan and I

Brooke and I!

So the night before Halloween.... there was a MONSTER MASH at Jump Up Gymnastics! It was alot of fun. We did a fund raiser to help us get some more equiptment for the gym. Hope you all enjoy these fun pics!

Pumpkin Carving!

You get that pumpkin Hun!
Ammon with his spider pumpkin! Does this surprise anyone?

Caitlynn's is a kitty!

Cait is really happy about pumpkin carving!

This year was a lot of fun! The kids really got into helping pull the seeds out of their pumpkins! It was really alot of fun!

Chloe and Caitlynn!

While attending Mansel's funeral, we were able to let the kids play with their cousin's. They loved it. Sorry these are the only pics I snapped the whole time we were there. I wish I had taken more. But my kids sure had fun. Chloe and Caitlynn were both really sad we had to go home. Anyhow, all in all I wished I had taken more pics. Especially since I got to meet Noah for the first time. He sure was a lot of fun.. and I taught him to say aunt jewey! Well perhaps there will be more next visit.

Tribute to my father in law who passed away last week!

Mansel Manuel Spencer, 70, died October 13, 2009 at Hospice of Saint John in Lakewood Colorado.
Mansel was born Feb 26, 1939 in Hartshorn, Missouri as the fourth of six children.
He was a dedicated printer at The Denver Post for 36 years and received many awards and achievement from the Denver Typographical Union, which he was a member of. He enjoyed the company of his children and grandchildren, and consistently expressed compassion and open arms to help. He was an avid fan of Colorado’s professional sports teams, had a droll sense of humor, and was always up for a good conversation.
Mansel was preceded in death by his parents, John and Ethyl Spencer; and his brother Rex and wife Dolly.
He is survived by his eight children and their mother Lyla Spencer (Ellibee); five daughters, Marquette of Denver, CO; Daliene of Lafayette, CO; Lana Garcia and husband Kyle of Frederick, CO; Andrea Kelley and husband Jason of Lehi, UT; and Elizabeth Magnus and husband Jonathan of Portland, OR; three sons, Jon of Frederick, CO; Paul of Denver, CO; and Aaron and wife Julie of Saratoga Springs, UT; one brother, Roy Spencer and wife Patty of Arvada, CO; three sisters, Shirley Daugherty of Summersville, MO; Gay Durnell and Husband Earl of Cabool, MO; and Darleen Hutton of Springfield, MO.; 25 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
He will be greatly missed by his large and extended family and friends.

Welcome Home Megan!

The mission quilt that was made for her by my bro and mom! She is explaining the pictures on it to us!
Megan before she opened the quilt! She got home yesterday mid after noon!

After eighteen months of serving the Lord Megan's mission must come to a close. Not to worry though I think she will keep on going with doing the work that the Lord has for her to do. She is now on to doing her best to find a man to marry!

Dalton Family Reunion!

Aunt Natalie and Bridger forge a bond!
Grandpa teaches Ammon to fish!

Now, it's Caitlynn's turn to learn to fish!

Grandma and Cait get close for a picture!

My Mom! She actually let me take her picture!

Colin caught the first fish! Look's like a big one!

Jessica Cowgirl's up! Lovin the hat!

I am still waiting for my dear mother to get me some more pictures but this was about all I took the entire trip. So if I get some more good ones then I will post a few more! All in all the trip was alot of fun though. We went to my parents cabin for a couple of days. Their cabin is close to salina. Its very pretty up there and their cabin is really nice. We played horse shoes, Aaron and I won! We had a scavenger hunt... I think Justin and Natalie won that one.. but hey you try treckin in up and down the mountain for clues with two small kids.... anyhow, the food was good and so was the company. All in all it was a fun trip! oh and Congrats to Justin and Natalie who are pregnant with their first baby!

Our trip to Parawon for a Maxican Friend!

Jessica learning how to become a pro wrestler!
The fire we saw on our way down there!

The fire from a distance!

Sorry there were a couple more but I couldn't get them on here, I think saved them wrong or something. Oh well... Anyhow, the trip was a lot of fun! Not much to do, we had a picnic lunch up the canyon and that was about it and came home. It was a quickie trip, but the kids had fun and so did we!

Charlotte comes to visit!

The girls are not sure what to do here... but the boys are posing as super heros!

Ammon and Andrew became fast friends!

Ammon and Andrew playing in the river!

All of us together at the park!

One of my very dear friends Charlotte came to visit. Currently they live across the country. But once apon a time we were roomies! We had a lot of fun times living in the Glenhood together! Its even more fun now with kids and oh the fun we let the kids have together. Needless to say I think that the picutes speak for the themselves!