Need a pick me up?

I'm not sure if everyone will find this as funny as I do,

but I LOVE this video!

I guess because it doesn't make me feel so crazy...

actually I guess it does, it hits on all the crazy emotions I feel sometimes.... like today.

"I hate her uterus" is by far my favorite line..
anyways if you go to that site there are more videos, but that one is by far my favorite.

PS I hope people don't think that I hate pregnant people, because I promise I don't hate people that are pregnant, I'm just a little jealous of them sometimes.

Project weekend

My sweet husband's dad and brother came to stay for the weekend.

Unfortunately I was terrible at taking pictures while they were here, so I have no proof,

but trust me they were there.

We had a wonderful time, we worked pretty much all of Saturday.

They worked on the boat.

 Just before I took the picture above I walked out to find my husband and his dad laughing so hard,

I asked what had happened and they said that a raccoon had ran out while they were adjusting the tarps!

They weren't sure if it was in the boat or under or what, so they cautiously took the tarps off.

I videoed it, but it turned out that it had run away.

They were able to get the boat running and cleaned up a bit.

They replaced a few things so it is getting closer to being ready to water test it!

While they worked on the boat,

I worked on the closet.

First I sanded the shelves and things, I vacuumed them, I washed the walls, put plastic down, and then I painted.

I decided that since the walls and the shelves were going to be the same color it would be SO much easier to use the sprayer than trying to roll in all the corners.

It was, but I looked like a MESS when I was through:

 Although, it looked pretty good:

 Later that night we went and got the rods to hang clothes.

So here is what it looks like with clothes in it, but keep in mind that this is not quite what it will look like when it is finished.

We'll each have a side and the drawers will be in. We've almost made all the drawers for this side. 

Besides working we went to an open house at one of the engineering companies around here and looked at planes. It was fun, but once again I forgot my camera.

All in all it was a productive weekend!

Beautiful Sunday

The weather here has been BEAUTIFUL this past week!

Yesterday we had a special stake meeting 

(I'm not sure what to call it because it wasn't stake conference, we just had that, but Elder Jay E. Jensen of the 70 came for a Priesthood leadership meeting with Elder Richard G. Scott on Saturday and the First Presidency told them to attend a local stake, so Elder Jensen chose our stake, it was really neat!)

Our stake center is about 40 minutes or so from our home, we drive through beautiful mountains, especially at this time of the year because they are so green!

So we decided to take the back way home, we'd never done it.

On the way home we stopped by a touristy spot, we've gone several times before and have never seen a train on the loop.

When we got there there still wasn't a train, so we got in the car and started going again, 

but just as we rounded the next turn we saw one!

So we turned back around and behold:

A train on the loop!

 This is one of the 7 wonders of the railroad world!

Don't fall out of your chairs, I know this is BIG stuff! Lol!

It takes some 80 cars on the train for the train to loop itself, 

so I was counting to make sure we'd be able to see it loop itself!

As you can see it did not disappoint!

Where the one is disappearing in the middle of the hill is where it loops itself, it goes through a tunnel under the other track and continues on down the hill.

It was fun to see!

And the weather was beautiful! 

I'll blog about the rest of our weekend later, I need to start getting ready!

Have a wonderful day!

Update

I thought I'd give a little fertility update.

We've been going to our new doctors for about 6 months now.

We've done 5 IUIs (intrauterine insemination).

From the beginning we decided that after three we would step back and decide if we still were doing what we felt was best. We chose three because that's how many our insurance would help with.

But we waited until we had done four, then we decided we needed a break.

I don't know if you've ever had to do this, 

but trust me, it is emotionally, physically, spiritually exhausting at times.

So in March we decided to have a re-consult with our fertility doctors 

and we also met with a social worker at LDS Family Services, about adoption. 

Both my sweet husband and I felt that it was really important that we feel totally ready to adopt and in a way give up the idea that we would have biological children before we started the adoption process.

But we decided that meeting with her and finding out information would really help us know what we should do.

We also weren't sure if stopping the fertility treatments was what we wanted either, 

so that's why we met with them again.

So we took a day off and went to both.

And they both went really well.

We met with LDS Family Services first,

it was really good, she answered all of our questions, and she gave us lots of information.

We left feeling much better about it, but we still weren't sure if it was right for us.

Although, we both said that we felt if we ever did decide that adoption was the path we needed to take we would feel much better about it.

Then we met with one of our fertility doctors 

(the place we go to has 4 and they rotate, so we have a different one almost every time).

I have to say, I LOVE the place we go to.

They always seem to remember you and they don't ask me every time why I'm there, they don't even ask what procedure we're doing or what I was taking, they know! I love it.

Now you are probably thinking why wouldn't they, but my last doctor NEVER knew why I was there, she would ask me every time if I wanted to get pregnant... uh yes! LOOK AT MY CHART!

Sorry, I digress.

So we go into the doctor's office and he said, "Sorry, I'm just finishing looking at your chart."

I really wanted to say, "Thank you! Thank you for really looking to figure out what we should do."

He told us that he felt that doing a few more IUIs would be good for us because we are young and have plenty of time (they tell us this all the time, not my favorite because I'm a tad impatient, but whatever), and it is also the least expensive route.

He told us to do three more rounds and hopefully not have to do all three, but three more would be our limit because he said there is some study that shows if you do more than 12 months of clomid you are more likely to develop ovarian cancer. So we decided to trust his judgment on that one.

He did tell us that we had other options before jumping to IVF if the three don't work.

The other option is giving myself injections everyday, the injections would do the same thing as the clomid.

We asked what our chances were with any of these procedures and our doctor said, "Looking at your chart I would say that you have a great chance with any of them."

That made us feel really good!

So we all decided that we would try the three IUIs 

with supplemental estrogen pills as well as the clomid. 

So we're in the middle of that right now.

We are praying everything will work out.

I know it will someday, I just hope that day is some day soon.... lol.

Closet Organizer

Our project as of late is a closet organizer for our master closet.

It is going to be awesome! I can’t wait for when it is finished!

We started on it the day before we left to go to my parents’ home for Easter.

This is how we left it in our garage while we were gone:

 On Monday after we got home, we made a few more sides and shelves,

Tuesday we assembled them, 

 Wednesday we decided to see if it really would fit,

We decided to leave it in the closet because it was such a good fit (aka a little bit stuck).

 Thursday, while I was at a Relief Society Meeting during the week, 

my sweet husband started installing the trim.

For a little bit of perspective of what it is going to look like when it’s finished, 

the big space under the shelves on the left will have four drawers in them.

The center part will be where we hang shirts, pants, and skirts.

The far right one will be where we hang dresses.

We will also have one on the other side, but the drawers will be in the middle.

Easter: Part 3

Easter morning started bright and early!

We were ready to look for baskets!

Here are the traditional Easter morning pictures:

 Then we prayed and everyone headed out the yard to find our baskets!

 Apparently the Easter bunny thought the chickens could give someone more than just eggs.

 Although they gave us those too.

 More finding pictures:

After everyone found their baskets we got ready for church and headed to church!

At church I got to meet the third baby I'd never met, but I forgot to take my camera to church so I don't have a picture of him. But I think he liked me because he gave me a big kiss during Sunday School... oh and quite a bit of throw-up... luckily, he's cute.. lol!

My sweet husband, in-laws, and I headed out after church and after we ate lunch!

I read Stephanie Nielson's book Heaven is Here on the way home 

(I got it in my Easter basket), 

it was SO good! I would recommend it to everyone!

It was a wonderful Easter!

I've always loved Easter! I love being with family!

It makes me happy!

Easter: Part 2

After we got back from the temple we changed and headed down to the river.

However, before that my family colored Easter Eggs

Then they loaded up in a few vehicles and headed to the river.

When my sweet husband and I got to the river we found more family members than we left there!

I was so excited to see them!

I hadn't met several of my cousins' babies and most of them were there, 

we met all of them by the end of the weekend!

Here are two of the three:

They are adorable!

We had a wonderful time at the river.

The water was nice, not too deep, and not too cold.

Some people flew kites.

After we'd had a great time at the river, 

we headed back and got ready for our big family dinner!

Both sides of the family came 

(my mom's family and my dad's family... and some of my sweet husband's family!)

I left my camera on the picnic table at one point and came back to find a bunch of pictures of my sister's roommates and my sisters.. lol!

We had a great time mingling and eating!

My father-in-law and my uncle realized that they went to the same mission and overlapped about three months!

Here they are reminiscing.

 

Afterwards, my in-laws were so sweet to wash the dishes!

It was a great day, it is always so nice to be with family!