In the thick of it all

We had a fun and fulfilling weekend. We were able to go to the Portland Temple! We were able to see some friends go through and get sealed with their children. It was AWESOME!!! However I am in the thick of being o so sick.. We had to go to Urgent care to get my cough under control and I have a bronchial sinus thingy. Doesnt it sound oh so very medically correct. Alas you now know why this doctor is not my favorite Urgent care doctor! Hopefully some good ol' steroids and a z-pack will get me to breathe without coughing.

In other new we went to see Stefens new GI doctor this week and we LOVE him! He was so considerate and informed us of what Stefen has exactly. (his last doctor was too quiet to let us know.) He also let us know that in 4 years my dear husband will have to have a colonoscopy every 1-2 years for the rest of his life. Sounds just peachy! Poor guy! Stefen once again leaves out of town! :( Hopefully he will be back when he is supposed to!!!

Well once I have more energy I will hopefully get some fun stories and object lessons up!!!

The Pageant!

Things have been a bit crazy around here! We have had A LOT of visitors and more to come. We also had my dad and friend move down. We have been working and doing school and babysitting like crazy people! So tonight we took a break from it all and went to Mesa with friends! We had a blast! There are more pics on Facebook but these are my favs!

Jen with the tall flowers! No kidding these things are MASSIVE!!!

Adam can reach!

Stefen cheating and making himself taller!

This just cracks me up! I said lets take a NICE pic of Adam and Jen in front of the temple and stefen decides differently!

He says I win BRI!

There were animals!

And actors!

And US!

And jumping! We did it!

One Saturday in Janurary

Hello!

So today we decided to make a trip down to Mesa and go to the temple. It was so much fun but when your used to temples with steeples on them and they are pretty noticeable you get pretty confused. The Mesa temple is gorgeous don't get me wrong but it was pretty hard to find and we drove around it a couple times before we decided that it was the temple.

So after the temple we went to go see my great great great grandfathers house. His name was Joseph Ellis Johnson. He was a pretty cool guy and did LOTS of things. He went to Carthage with Joseph Smith and Joseph Smith married my Grandfather and his first wife. The pictures of his house are last. (There are out of order)

Next to the house there is a natural history museum and outside of it were these dinosaurs made out of car engine parts. Stefen of course was very enthralled with it.

After that we went to lunch with Marji Snider who used to babysit me when I was younger. We walked up and down the street looking for a specific restaurant but we decided it closed and chose a different place.

We then went to the BIGGEST cemetery I have EVER seen in my life. Seriously this thing is like a whole city block big! My great great great grandfather is buried there. Unfortunately because of the vast size of this thing we couldn't find the grave and no one was working for me to ask where it was. So next month when we go to the temple we will try again and I will call ahead of time to find the exact spot.

We then came home and went swimming. Yes in sunny Arizona at the end of January you can go swimming. It was fun. Then we watch some fun home videos which were hysterical beyond believe. (I will try to figure out how to upload those later) As I am writing this blog Stefen calls me into the kitchen and there he is making potato chips with no clue as to what he is doing. So that was our day today!

The Pink T Rex looking thing

This green one looked like and alligator not a dinosaur

Stefen Posing

Me posing o by the way I made that purse!

My grandpas house

The plaque that was in front of my grandpas house