Surgery...

Well it turns out I need to have surgery to fix two things. One is my cyst if it doesn't reduce or the pain doesn't stop then that will need to be operated on and I also discovered after talking to him that the main cause for my miscarriages is that they were most likely because they started out as ectopic pregnancies. Apparently when I had my tubal ligation it partly failed letting some eggs through. So, there you have it... a golf ball sized cyst that should reduce but will be operated on in two months as well as fixing my tubal ligation. What fun eh?

Well now what?

Well to my surprise I've had tons of visitors to my blog and I don't know where they came from but I do know when I hit 10,000 visitors I wanted to do a giveaway. Now seeing that's now passed I should do something else. I want to do a gift card giveaway and since I know you can get several people as a certain number on the counter on my blog I will think of something for the first 5 people that can email me a screen shot showing their visit number. It will take me a couple days to figure it out. Till then, do you have any suggestions for possible gift card prizes? It's not going to be for much but hey, anything is better than nothing right? Leave me a comment!

Monster Cookies

This is courtesy of a calendar I have and we loved the cookies... They were really easy to make as well. I also made my cookies a bit smaller than what the recipe calls for so I'd have more.

1 Pouch Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix
1 Pouch Betty Croker peanut butter cookie mix
1 1/2 C. quick oats
1 C butter or margarine, softened
3 eggs
1 C M&M's

Heat oven to 375 F. In large bowl, stir all ingredients except candies until soft dough forms. Stir in candies. On ungreased cookie sheets place about 1/4 cupfuls dough about 3 inches apart. Bake 12-13 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes, remove from cookie sheets and cool completely on cooling rack. Store at room temp. in covered container.

One hint I like to do with my cookies to keep them soft over time is to put a slice of bread inside the container with them. It also works with hard cookies also.

Fishing

So we got fishing licenses this year and have had lot's of fun trying various spots and not catching anything. We've been camping to fish as well as visiting local spots. Here's some pictures for you to enjoy! We love spending time together and this is one great way to do it.

What in the world?

I just noticed my counter was at 11,000! When did that happen????

Thank you for the visits and would love to know who's visiting. Please leave me comments! Now I suppose I need to post more eh?

When do you toss those left overs?

Hey, I just came across an awesome website that tells you how long left overs as well as pantry items, frozen and refrigerated items should last or be thrown out. It's pretty cool, check it out!

www.StillTasty.com

There's really nothing new to talk about other than boring things... Things like we moved our living room around again. I know, my life is currently boring! The kids are doing great and Hannah is loving school! She can't wait to go every day and is upset she can't go longer. She's so sweet and smart. Jaidyn starts full time preschool on Wednesday with an open house tomorrow for him to meet some of his classmates. He's so excited and is ready to be like his big sister. He's such a fast learner and loves to know how things work. I think I have some amazing kids and am very proud to be their mother.

For Labor day we went to the Transformers II movie and we loved it. Sure there were cheesy parts to the movie that really didn't need to be there, but overall we LOVED it! It only cost us $2.00 for all 4 of us since the dollar theater only charges. .50 cents per person on Mondays. We'll be visiting more often now!

It's nice to read other's blogs and see how you're doing. I'm sorry I don't post more, things have been a bit hard lately both emotionally and physically. I'm struggling with another miscarriage in August as well as my physical pain due to my cyst. I can't wait for my appointment on the 18th to see what all the problems are. I'm a bit scared as well. Wish me luck!

I hope there's more exciting things in the near future so you'll have something exciting to read instead of posts like this.

Hannah's first day of SCHOOL!

Hannah went to kindergarten today and was so excited. She could hardly wait to leave to go and was merely tolerating me by the end. It's hard to let little ones grow up like that and that they can't stay your "little ones" any more. I'm really proud of Hannah and got the word that she's not shy and had a great day. It pays to have friends work at the school!

Really Fun Giveaway!

This looks like so much fun to do with the kids. They love popsicles and this would be a healthier version for them and fun for them to help make too.

Click HERE for more info as well as your chance to win! Good luck!

This photo is from Sweet Life in the Valley~

Well, now...

There's so much to post as well as time getting away from me. We're camping this weekend as one final fling before things get worse! Hannah's starting kindergarten on Monday and her teacher was very impressed with how much she knew and said she's one of the advanced students in the class. I hope Hannah doesn't get too bored and that her teacher can challenge her. Her teacher has been teaching for over 30 years so I think she'll be great. Jaidyn starts preschool on the 8th and I'll have 3 hours M-Th. to my self! I'm so excited to get caught up on cleaning and self care.

We've been fishing several times and I have pictures to share of those trips, we haven't caught anything but we haven't lost our love or hope of catching fish. Maybe this weekend will be good for us.

Marc's health has improved while my cyst has started to become worse. I have an appointment with another Dr. this next month to see what needs to happen. It causes more and more pain every time it flares up which is more than I like. I hope it doesn't require too much to solve the problem, my mom had a grapefruit sized cyst and they had to remove it with her ovary and found it was borderline cancerous. I hope that's not the case with me, but I do know my cyst is pretty large. So, wish me luck on that one.

Marc's brother is coming home from his mission in November, just in time for Thanksgiving. Out of all the siblings, Marc and Bradley are the only ones to serve missions and we're so happy for him. We can't wait to hear more of his stories. Another of Marc's brothers, Michal, is being ordained an Elder sometime soon and we're really excited for him. Marc has an amazing family of which I'm grateful to be a part of.

So, in a nutshell that's what's happening around our part of the world... I'll post many pictures next week with Hannah's first day of school included. I'm so proud of Hannah and the little woman she's becoming. I'm excited for Jaidyn to get to go to school as well so he can branch out and become a better little man. Jaidyn really is an amazing little man now so I'm excited to see just how much better he gets.

Have a great week!!