Santa Claus Came to My House

Savannah got a surprise this Saturday Morning, we were in the middle of making a gift and someone started knocking at the door, when we opened it, who do you say but SANTA CLAUS AND MRS. CLAUS were standing at our front door. The kids across the street were waving and came out of there houses, Savannah was star struck at first and then was very excited that Santa had came to visit. Santa brought her a Candy Cane and Mrs. Claus brought her a Coloring Book. They were only able to stay just a few minutes as this is the busiest time of year for them, but we managed to get a couple of pictures.

Oh Christmas Tree...

So I took the day off well sort of, I think that I talked with someone about work from my work about once an hour, I thought taking a day off from work would mean that you don't work, guess not. Anyway We went and got a Christmas Tree today and it is a REAL one and it makes the whole house smell like Christmas and makes Eric happy. I made the lights blink so it looks like we are missing a few lights but really they are there so here are some pics of the Tree and the House.

Short Note

I just wanted to put a short note in on some updates that have been going on. Eric put the Christmas Lights on our house, I love them I will post pics soon. I went to my first Black Friday Store, woke up at 4 in the morning and stood outside in the Rain for 1.5 hours. Thanksgiving was great I think only a few people cried while we were there and some people were being Kosher (if you know my family then you know what I mean). My friend Laura had her baby boy yesterday Dec. 1st so cute and adorable, I don't know all the details but I did get a pic. My Boss was Fired yesterday after he took a week long vacation. The girl that I had down in my Salt Lake Campus doing Financial Aid was Fired today after she took a week long vacation, so needless to say I am not sure that I want to take a vacation for the Holiday, I might get Fired when I get back... for now I am going to be doing Financial Aid for both of Salt Lake and My Campus oh and I was put into a smaller office today at work and when I say smaller I mean I went from the biggest office in the building to the smallest (how is that for morale) actually I am glad to get rid of the big office I just don't know how I am going to fit all that I need into my new office. So far No Snow in Utah but it is still feeling like Christmas is coming so that is good, looking forward to being home for a couple of days. So it looks like my Short Note isn't that short, but that is what has been going on. I miss all of you who read this and are out of town, umm maybe the few that I even see everyday. Talk to you all soon.... MERRY CHRISTMAS...

Results...

I got my results back from my MRI and it looks as though I am normal no brain tumors found, what a relief. My brother Jason is home from the hospital and is doing okay I haven't been able to see him because we have been out of town but I plan to go see him tomorrow night. Eric and I went down to Las Vegas for the weekend it was nice to get out of Utah. I will post some pics of us. We stayed at the Riviera Hotel and we had dinner at the Harley Davidson Cafe and the Nascar Cafe and we went to see Chris Angel-Mind Freak which was okay I thought it would be better but the dancers in it were amazing! All I know is that we should have trained for a marathon to walk that strip, holy cow I feel like I walked 20 miles. Overall is was a lot of fun! Here are some pics of Savannah in her costume and of our vacation!

This is us at the Motor Speedway watching the races This is Savannah and my Nephew Talyn dressed up for Halloween

The pumpkin that Savannah carved

This is one of the Best ones of Savannah dressed up in her SUPER GIRL costume

Yet another week has passed.

This week has been a little better, job still about the same but I made a pinky promise to someone at work I would try for 1 more month to let things settle down. My brother Jason had yet another surgery on Wednesday, thing seemed to have gone well he had to have a trakiotamy (spellcheck) put in his throat so that he could breath we are still not sure about whether his speach nerves are okay, but we know that at least one of them is paralyzed, he is in stable condition sleeping a lot which is a lot different than last time. I finally went in for an MRI tonight and will find out the results in a couple of days. All I know is that I have a major headache now. Tomorrow is Halloween and usually I take the day off but because work has been crazy I have to go in. Next weekend Eric and I get to go to Las Vegas for a few days just for a vacation. Not really sure what we will do since we don't gamble but I think that maybe we will try to see a show and then just spend time together, it will be hard to leave Savannah here but I don't think that she will have much fun being carted around everywhere. Savannah is being SUPER GIRL for Halloween I have some pictures that I need to post but I don't know where the plug for the camera is at so I will have to wait until Eric gets home from school. Life was a little easier this week so I am going to be optomistic and say next week will be better.

This week has been crazy

So lets see since my last post, #1 I now officially do not like my job, I still love what I do and I hope that I can endure until another comes. #2 To top things off one of my Best Friends at work is quitting today, she is pregnant and wants time to relax before the baby comes which if I was in her shoes I would have done it a lot sooner if I could, but not only is she leaving on maternity she is not going to come back to work so that makes it especially hard to endure, I know that I will make it only because of my Faith in Heavenly Father. #3 We had a huge snow storm the first for the season and it brought us a foot of snow, all the leaves are still on the trees so of course the tree broke and fell right on top of our fence so now we are A: going to rip the fence off and leave it off, or B: going to get another one which would cost us a pretty penny, not sure what we will do yet, but our backyard now looks horrible. #4 I found out that my niece Katie also has tumors which means that not only does my brother Jason and my other niece Chelsie have them Katie does as well, she has 2 of them and will be meeting with the Drs soon. My sister In-Law called me and wants me to get checked very soon, I tried to do it a couple of months ago but my insurance is not good and will cost about $1200 so I have put it on the back burner until now Eric and I have decided that I need to get it done just so that we know. #5 Erics Aunt Lisa passed away on Sunday, it was very unexpected she was only 48. I think I have been having a really hard time with it as she has been a substitute and a great one at that for Erics Mom as she is still in Florida, She left this world leaving behind her Husband and 5 boys, 2 which are married both have 1 child which 1 of them was born 1 week before Lisa's passing, 1 is on a mission, and the other 2 are still at home. Although it has been tough I know that this is what Heavenly Father planned. Eric is doing actually great with it, he doesn't cry very much so I am not sure how he is doing he says that he is sad but he knows that we will see her again and it is a shorter period of time than we all think. I look at Eric knowing that he is right and that is helping me be better, I first thought of it as WHY but then I realized that Aunt Lisa gets to prepare that way for the rest of us, so in a sense I am jealous as she has already returned to where we are all headed. I am greatly for the Fish Family as they have always welcomed us with open arms, ever since Eric and I were dating I have always felt like family, I am very greatful for Lisa as she was there for me when I had Savannah and I will always remember that, especially when she said that I was so swollen that my hands looked like Uncle Glens.

So that was my week I am looking forward to not working this weekend and starting anew for the next week, going day by day.

Blah Day...

Today is Sunday and it is Conference, watched most of it, caught the rest on the radio. It is always nice to hear what the Heavenly Father has in store for us and to hear from the different speakers. I actually started the day out yesterday thinking that President Gordon B. Hinkley was going to be speaking, then I realized that was not true, but I am greatful that we have a Prophet today like President Thomas S. Monson. During the two sessions today they had a biography of him and I am so greatful that I was able to learn more about him. So it is raining to day so it seems very blah. I am sure whoever reads this already knows that we are not pregnant yet, not sure if we are still trying or not, I guess whatever happens will happen when it is supposed to, so we are going to leave it up to Heavenly Father, Eric still seems very nervous most the time about the whole situation so we don't talk too much about it. Work is not very fun these days, I am going to start and look for a different job, maybe in a different yet same field of Finance. Savannah is getting so big I can't believe she is 3 already, and she has such an attitude, she just started to back talk us so whenever she doesn't like what we say she says WELL and then says whatever is on her mind. Eric is doing good at his job but he doesn't like to work on Saturdays, so who knows what will happen next. My Brother Jason has pulled tremendously well through his surgery he says it is the best he has felt in years, he will have another surgery at the end of this month. My Biological Father is doing just about the same with his heart he has another Drs appt. that he will be down for this week. My Mom and Dad are still not quite situated into their house, but in all due time it will feel like theirs. I am going to be putting some more pics up because we finally have internet at our house again.


Savannah bonked her nose and needed a band-aid that she didn't take off for a day.


Pic of our house and it shows some of our flowers.


Our House we bought in March of this year.


This is Savannah on one of our drives that we like to go on.


This is Erics new pride and joy that he traded in his Mustang for.

This is some family pics we had done this week.

Finally...some change

So Eric got a job working at a company named FTD Aerotech (I think that is what it is called), he will be working on the air conditioners that go into airplanes. We have decided to try for another baby, (can't wait) but until that happens I am going to go to the dentist, and because my brother has all of his tumors the Dr. has recommended blood line to all get MRI's so that is what I am planning this next week.
Jason goes to the Dr. at the end of the month to see when they are going to do the surgeries for him. My Parents have moved into their house and it is a lot better and bigger than the one in ogden, they think that they will have Jason and his family move in so that way Elsie can go to school and the kids will be watched and when Jason has his surgery they will have some extra help to take care of him, I think that it is a great idea!
Savannah turns 3 this month, how crazy it seems like yesterday that I was pregnant and in the hospital with her. She is almost potty trained, she actually went poop in the toilet and asked our next door neighbor to come look at it, she was so proud. We went to the store to get her a toy since that is what we promised when she went for her first time. She is growing so fast!
I ran into an old co-worker, and found out that she is pregnant with her second! It seems as though everyone I know is either pregnant or knows someone who is pregnant, and the funny thing is everyone who knows what they are having is pregnant with boys, must be in the water, I think that I am gonna get some.

Blogging for fun.

Today i was thinking that I should start a blog so that I can kind of use it like a journal and yet it will inform others of the updates for my family.
Life seems to have put us through a wirlwind lately, Eric was fired from his job as he was an intern and they could not keep him because they didn't have enough hours to cover him, but for some strange reason I am very calm about it, I know that things will work out because they always do and we have that faith that pushes us through.
We also found out the day after Eric lost his job that my brother Jason has 7 more tumors and now we are in a waiting period to find out when they will do the surgery.
My Bio-Father will be in town tomorrow as he has a bad heart and it is only working 21% and he cannot breath very much even when talking to me on the phone he gets winded so he will be admitted into the Hospital here in Ogden so we are also waiting to know what they are going to be doing with that.
In the midst of it all I keep getting strong impressions that it is time to have baby #2, but with everything going on I feel like it needs to go on the back burner and yet when I think that the feelings get stronger to pursue. Maybe it is because 2 of my really good friends are pregnant, but I don' t know. I can tell that Eric is thinking that it is about time also as he tells the family and others in our ward that it is about time for another.
My Parents just moved to Roy so they are about 5 minutes away instead of 15 which is better for me cause now I can drop Savannah off at their house to be watched on my way to work instead of way out of the way.
I think that I have been feeling better, the stomach aches and headaches are still there and I am really tired still but maybe but who knows maybe I am getting used to it.
Savannah is such a handful at times but beyond that she makes me so happy and helps us get through anything, she is so funny, we will be eating dinner and she will do something that makes Eric and I just smile at each other and that lets me know that she is the biggest and best blessing ever.