The Thompson's

Embree's Dance Performance

2012-01-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

Ponderings

2012-01-14T09:34:00.000-08:00

Well this week has been a week that has caused a lot of thought and reflection time for our little family. We are having the same issues that a lot of others are having with finances, and are trying to over come the problems that we have caused, but that is not what we are focused on at this point. Our ponderings are based again on our daughter. I don't know if you all know but when she was eight months she gave us all the scare of our lives when she first got sick. The story is bellow if you don't know about it. Well she started kindergarten this year and has loved every moment of it. The only thing is that almost every week to every other week she is sick. Either with a massive cold or with a string of the flu. for the pas two months though it has been the flu. She has had all of her shots and has gotten her flu shot but still is getting sick all the time. We give her vitamins and make sure that she gets all the nutrients she needs to help her be healthy and happy but are still at a massive loss as to why she is sick constantly.

We know that, yes this is her first time at public school and that sickness goes around, but every week getting sick? We don't let her go to school or any where for that matter if she is sick and wait till she is 100% better before we let her go back into the public but there has to be something else doesn't there for why she is always sick? This is why we are pondering, we are thinking, is is something to do with her thymus again? Is there anything else wrong that is causing her to be sick? We haven't taken her to the doctor yet but are contemplating but want to have a list of questions ready for when we do. But all we can think is, is this normal for kids to be constantly sick their first year of school or is this a little extreme? We definitely will be taking her in but it is just wondering what is going on that has a worried. I guess that is why these are ponderings and why it is nice to get them written down and out of my system to see if anyone has any ideas.

Story to help understand Ponderings

2012-01-14T08:36:00.000-08:00

At eight months old Embree had, had a cough for almost a month and no medication was working and it just got worse. We had been to several doctors and still couldn't figure out what was going on. The last doctor finally said we should get x-rays and see if maybe it was pertussis (whooping cough). He was able to set up an appointment to get the x-rays right then. Embree didn't like them at all and it took Jace, two nurses and I to hold her down so they could get the x-ray. Well it took a day to get the results and when they arrived our lives changed. Jace had just gone to work at his parents restaurant and I had just got Embree out of a bath when the doctor called. All I remember is my grandma (who we were living with at the time) coming into the bathroom and telling me the doctor is on the phone and he said it was an emergency. When I got to the phone all i remember is hearing it is a tumor between her heart and lungs and it looks cancerous you need to get her to primary children's asap. The doctor said he had already called the hospital and told them we were on our way and he had a folder of the x-rays for us to pick up to take as well.

All I remember was calling Jace and balling, I guess that was all I had to do and he was on his way home. I tried to call my family and none of them were home but my brother, and once I heard his voice I started balling again, which caused him to find my parents and he rushed over to help. My dad was able to give us all blessings before we left to help and then It took us only 30 minutes to get on the road to the hospital and we never could have done it without the help of all of our family. It took us seven hours to get to the hospital because of construction. Luckily Embree slept the entire way there. When we arrived at the hospital they rushed us back and did tests on Embree and took more x-rays. At the hospital they are able to work with the kids more to get better x-rays. After what felt like days, the doctor finally came in with the results. NO TUMOR AND NO CANCER! We breathed a sigh of relief but then he said, "but there is something that has us concerned." Her Thymus which was supposed to look like a sail on a sail boat, was very enlarged and mishapped, looking more like a giant pair. He told us the only treatment for that was time and it should adjust itself and shrink as she gets older.

Well after that which was about 11om we were able to go home, Embree was so exhausted and because of the adrenaline Jace and I were wide awake. We were going to stay with family if we needed to that night but decided that all we wanted to help us relax was to go home so we drove all the way back that night. After this ordeal, we thought that our only problems were going to be dealt around her thymus but all of a sudden she stopped everything. before all of this she was eating everything, sitting, rolling around, and was rocking on her knees. After all of this though she stopped everything, she just layed there and stopped eating. Well with a lot of help from physical therapists and occupational therapist and doctors it took her till she was two before she crawled and a few months later when she walked. She has also been very small being in the negative 15% for both height and weight up until a year and a half ago when she finally started eating and her thymus finally started shrinking. We had her looked at and x-rayed by about every doctor in primary children's to try to figure out why she stopped everything and finally found that it was caused by massive phobias created because of the ordeal that we had. The one problem she never had was speech, she talked full sentences at one years old.

Well through a lot of work and effort to get over these phobias, yes she is six now, she is finally 100% potty trained, she is eating a lot more then crackers which was her only diet for almost two years and pedia sure with that, she now loves every fruit, corn, peas, and carrots in the vegetables, almost every kind of carb you can think of (pasta, breads, crackers), almost all the dairy items, but she is still a self proclaimed vegetarian, she will have nothing to do with meat at all. But this all only started when she was four and a half years old. She was still only wearing 24 month old clothes and at times could fit into 2t and 3t outfits but not many. When she started to eat she has grown a ton! She is now at a positive 25% for weight and height for her age and is almost as tall as any other six year old out there. If you were to look at her now you would never know that she has gone through any ordeal and ever had any problems (other then eating). We love her to death and are grateful and blessed everyday by the gift of life she has brought with her.

Memories

2012-01-05T21:05:00.000-08:00

Well, I am pondering the happenings of six years ago. I question myself, am I really that old, where did the time go, and have I been the best that I could be? These questions all fall on the subject of our sweetheart and light of our lives, Embree Anne Thompson.

At exactly 1:17am today our little baby will be six years old! Wow, how time flies! I still feel like it was yesterday when we went into the hospital, and through all the complications and misgivings we were blessed with this beautiful child. From the moment we saw her, we were changed for the better. She has had many hard times in her life that have challenged her physically, mentally and emotionally; and yet she has turned out to be a sweet, loving, fun little girl.

She is turning six and is already calling herself old, her comment to me this morning was"mom, it is hard being old, you have to do a lot of things and that makes me tired. It is hard being old, so hard!" If she is old and is only six what does that make the rest of us I wonder? She loves school and can't wait till she is home and able to do her homework! For Christmas all she wanted was crayons and a case that had crayons, markers, colored pencils, scissors, and glue so that she could do her homework. We just hope this love of homework last through the rest of her life.

She is the life of our little family and the joy of our lives. We can't believe that she will be six, but have enjoyed every minute that she has been with us, and look forward to the future with her. We LOVE you Embree!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Love,
Mom and Dad

Clean and Spring!

2011-03-31T09:24:00.001-07:00

This week has been pretty slow! It has been nice though to be able to go out and walk and not have to be in snow clothes to do it. We have been aching to go out side and open our windows and air out the house for a long time and now we can finally do it. To top it all it has bee 3 weeks and we can now WASH THE DOG!!! She is a hundred percent healed and crazy to boot, and we are so grateful that we can now clean her up! I know that she has been waiting for this day since she had the surgery because she hates to be dirty and keeps giving us the look of disgust and wow does she stink! We are so excited, I don't know if it is a good thing to be so excited but we are in this house! Clean dog, Clean house, Spring and General Conference how could life get better! (I know it can but right now it feels pretty great)

(this is Embree all dressed up in her halloween costume! She loves to play dress up and dance all day! Since the weather has changed she is even more excited to dress up and dance! Yeah!)

Embree Pictures

2011-03-24T15:51:00.000-07:00

Embree got a camera with the money she got from her birthday. She has loved it, she is still learning to use it but she has gotten some really good shots here are some:

Kia

2011-03-24T15:36:00.000-07:00

Our dog has been a big issue in our house in the last 2 weeks. (actually for a lot longer but nothing like these pas 2 weeks!) She has been going to obedience school and has been doing really good, we had to miss a class last week because it was time to get her spayed. Well our little crazy girl was a sweet heart so excited to go into the vet, wired I know but that is what she did. The surgery went really good and the vet came out when we went to pick her up to tell us she was the sweetest dogs he has worked with in a while which made us feel some hope. Well the first few days were wonderful, she was so calm and instead of malling Embree she would follow her and sleep where ever embree stopped. Well it came to the day that I had to leave the house and not watch her like a hawk (she is a licker and has found ways around the cone of shame) I had to leave for about 2 hours with Embree and Jace. When we got home, (we were planning on not coming home at that time we were going to go to a cheep movie but decided we needed to check on her first) Jace went into the house to get some things so we could just leave after I checked on Kia. We keep her in her kennel in the garage while we are gone, I walked in a got a happy reception from her and went to check on her I didn't see anything different but then she got out and ran outside. Jace caught her and I looked at her stomach. WOW!!! she had pulled every stitch out and he cut was wide open to see inside her. Time went so fast then, we got her immediately into the car calling the vet and anyone else to see what we needed to do. We got to the vet and luckily she hadn't eaten since noon that day they took her in and fixed her and we got her back the next morning. We thought we might get our calm dog again but no she has been wild and crazy this whole time. We thought everything was over with the drama and then wednesday we look at the wound again (she has worn the cone of shame 24/7 and has tube socks on her back feet and the feet tied together as well, a real sight) it was massively infected luckily we were able to take care of it our selves. So this has been a great adventure that I would have really enjoyed not having.

Embree and Sidney playing dress-up

2011-03-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

These 2 are the best of friends and love to get together and play for hours. This was early in January I know I am late in getting it up but oh well. They danced for almost 2 hours straight and even while watching Little Mermaid they danced. They are destined to be great dancers!

sorry again

2010-07-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while again since my last post. Since then I have taken my last praxis and came out thinking that I just failed it, but guess what I didn't!!! YEAH!!! That was such a great blessing, not only are those tests expensive, they are a pain and if I didn't pass I was told that they wouldn't let me teach biology because I substituted so many on my biology classes for upper-division classes instead of the pre-rec classes so if I didn't pass I would have to go back to school and take the pre-rec classes in order to retake the test. So we are very glad that I passed. Now I am a certified teacher Ha ha ha ha! Wow it took a long time but it will be worth it. Now I just need a job, but I guess I need to start looking to do that and I just want a break for right now, so we will see. Other then that we have been busy playing. Jace is in school full time and works 2 jobs full time so we don't see him all that often but are cheering him on so that he can get done with school as well. Embree and I have been kayaking (thanks to a great friend!!!) several times this summer and loved it, we have played outside in sprinklers, and recently to Rigby Lake (which is awesome now it is cleaned up!) and spending lots of time between rexburg and St. Anthony libraries. We plan to go to our cabin, swim lots, go to Lagoon and just have a blast for the rest of the summer!!! This weather around here has been so wired that planning things takes alot of consideration, so we have had to compromise a lot. Well we hope all is well with everyone, we love you all!

oklahoma

2010-06-10T10:19:00.001-07:00

Oklahoma

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My Graduation

2010-06-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

Easter Sunday with Embree

2010-06-10T10:03:00.001-07:00

long time no see

2010-06-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

Well it has definitely been a long time since I have posted. I have been so busy, and just plain forgot to update that I am going to do my best to update everyone. I am going to just quickly make a list of all that we have done and then expound on some.
1. Started student teaching
2. Jace Started college
3. Embree turned 4
5. My Grandmother passed away
6. I finished student teaching
7. I FINALLY GRADUATED!!!!
8. Embree and I rode on our very first airplane
9. Went and visited Jace's mission companion and one of his best friends in Muskogee, Oklahoma for a week.
10. I am studying to take my Biology Praxis next week (going to fail, it has been years since I took alot of these classes.)
11. Embree learned to ride her bike all by her self!! (yes there are still training wheels but she fell off last year when we got it and she wouldn't get back on till now and now even when she falls she gets up and keeps going)
12. My sister had a baby boy giving them 2 boys and 1 girl and boy they are busy but the cutest kids!!!
13. I finally planted our front flower garden that has taken 3 years to get to.

Well I guess that is about it, if I remember anymore then I will post it. I am trying to find our camera cord so that we can post some pictures. Even though we have been so extremely busy we have had fun. Student teaching was hard at first but then was really a blast. It was hard to leave. I am now trying to apply for a part time position at the Jr. High or aide jobs there at the school, I really enjoyed being with those kids and it makes it all worth it when the kids see you around town and still say hi and tell me all about their lives it is great. Well Embree keeps us busy and entertain she is so excited that I am graduated and can spend time with her, our goals now are potty training for reals and getting her to eat, she has such a phobia with both that it is taking us so long to break these phobias. Jace is doing well, he is finally getting into the groove with school and has decided what he wants to go into, he wants to be a history professor. But the only thing that is standing in his way is work. He is having such great opportunities thrown at him that we are not sure what is going to happen. He works for BYU-Idaho as a Shift Supervisors over the Hart Building, he loves his job and all that it provides for us as a family and as a job. It is nice to have him come home happy instead of angry and hurt. He works so hard so that I can stay home. Well I will try to get pictures on here soon but for now I will be done and I promise to update more often.

2010-03-02T17:36:00.000-08:00

I just want to say how grateful I am for FAMILY!!! I don't know what I would do without them!!! I LOVE YOU! Jace and Embree have been there through everything and have helped me when things hit rock bottom. Things get better and are still on the rocks but I don't know what I would do without such a great backbone of family. I just want to say thank you to all my family and friends that have helped me in these hard times and are still helping me today. I don't know where I would be today with out you. (well I guess I do, I would have quit school and just in simple terms be miserable.) Family is always there and if you ever need anything they are always there to help, whether or not it is in the way you want it always helps in the long run and makes you a better person. I am only hoping that I am getting better and can continue to be reminded how blessed I truly am. I am struggling with things but at the same time there are those moments that make everything worth it.

Student teaching is going, I have good days and bad but I have really grown to love the students even though they pose many challenges and many difficulties. There are many challenges and yet yes there are days that running down the hall there are students yelling how much they hate me and yet there are also those that help in saying I am helping. I hope that I am just not making things worse and and helping the students. That is my only wish is to help the students, whether that is just in that there are other ways of learning, or that I am there to help them, and not that everyday we have to continue to drill discipline. I am just hoping that I will be able to do good and not harm.

WOW

2010-02-01T20:10:00.001-08:00

All I can say is that all I want to do is quit! I don't think I could be doing worse then I am at everything. When I think that I am improving and doing better I always get caught and drug back down. I just feel like giving up and hibernating at home. (school related not life related)

Adventures! sorry it is a long one, sewers and fireplaces etc.

2009-12-06T12:33:00.000-08:00

Well life has been a little crazy around here! we are already struggling financially and have scrimped and saved for Christmas, our basement if full of mold and we are continually sick because of it. We finally had enough money to buy a wood fireplace for the basement so we can cook the mold out. Well right after we purchased it things just started happening. It is huge and almost didn't fit in our basement, it is still not hooked up we are just waiting to get help to make sure that everything is cleaned out, but as we were going through things in the basement we realized that our fruit room is not sealed so we are trying to figure that out so that we don't loose everything. Well we were finally thinking that things are looking on the up side, I just received my student teaching assignment to here in St. Anthony for both an earth science class and a life science class which I am both terrified and excited for. We celebrated both Jace's and my birthdays and had a great Thanksgiving. Well Saturday morning after Thanksgiving we spent time cleaning the basement and getting things ready for the fireplace. We got hungry and our house was a mess with things we brought up to get out of the mold. We decided to go get some lunch and on our way out Jace refilled his glass with pop and luckily we were on the back porch outside unlocking the door when Embree decided that she wanted to help Jace carry his pop in and went to grab the cup and it fell on her bathing her in Mt. Dew it got in her eyes, nose and mouth as well we rushed her in and got her things in the washer and threw her in the bath. Jace went to run a load to the dump and I stayed to bath Embree, well we were almost done when all of a sudden our toilet started to bubble and explode everywhere and our tub wouldn't drain luckily Jace got home right then and ran down stairs to check on things and saw our sewer drain line gushing water everywhere. So long story short we were out of our house till we could get it fixed. We got ahold of a plumber through Jace's family and we thought that our only problem was a collapsed line well come to find out that all these 50+ years our sewer has not been connected to the city line it has been dumping in a drainage line in our neighbors back yard. No wonder there yard has been so green and no one lives there. Well after alot of money and time with our in laws (THANK YOU!) we finally got our sewer fixed and are finally home. Please let there be no more issues this year that is all we can wish.

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TAG

2009-10-07T15:40:00.000-07:00

One word Tag
1. Your cell phone is: pain
2. Your significant other is: wired
3. Your hair: frizzy
4. Your mother: loving
5. Your father: caring
6. Your favorite thing: family
7. Your dream last night: crazy
8. Your dream goal: happiness
9. Your favorite room: embree's
10. Your hobby: cooking
11. Your fear: SPIDERS!!!
12. Where you want to be in 6 years: GRADUATED!!!
13. Where you were last night: SAM's
14. What you're not: dare-devil
15. One of your wish list items: travel
16. Where you grew up: Idaho
17. Last thing you ate: Ham
18. What you wearing: Clothes
19. Your T.V: Average
20. Your pet: Cat (missy)
21. Your computer: Macbook
22. Your mood: Stressed
23. Missing someone: Jace
24. Your car: dirty
25. Something you're not wearing: shoes
26. Favorite stone: diamond
27. Your summer: interesting
28. Love someone: eternally
29. Your favorite color: green
30. Last time you laughed: today
31. Last time you cried: yesterday

Now cut and paste and answer for yourself with one word! I tag anyone who wants to.

2009-07-29T20:00:00.001-07:00

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well . . .

2009-07-29T18:07:00.000-07:00

so this might be the last time for a while. This summer has been really hard financially, we have been hit really hard with the economy issues and so we are now getting rid of internet and everything else that we just can't afford. We love you all and hope that all is well with everyone. We ended up being able to go to Lagoon with Jace's family this past week and I don't know if I have ever had so much fun in my life!! His family was amazing with all the help they gave us. His grandpa and grandma paid for everyone to go into Lagoon so there were 14 of us and we had so much fun. Jace and I didn't go on many rides but the best part was watching Embree. She loved every minute of it. She was so wild and crazy and there was no stopping her. She loved to ride the rides and didn't want to stop! A complete change from last year when we took her. She was to small last year so she couldn't go on many rides and this year she was finally tall enough. Her favorite ride or rides where the kid versions of the Rocket, they were the lady bug and the dinosaur egg drop. She rode on them for an hour and a half and it was so fun. I don't know what is more wonderful then to watch your child loving life and so full of joy! Well I hope to be able to get a chance to update this and check on all of you. LOVE YOU ALL.

buckle up your in for a long one sorry!!! ^_^

2009-06-30T23:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry but this is going to be long for the fact that I haven't updated in a long time! Well I am down one more semester and have only 2 more till I really graduate! So there is officially a light at the end of the tunnel but I don't know if that is reassuring but I am so nervous for these last 2 semesters! Especially because of student teaching and having to take the Praxis! Oh well I guess that is my fault for wanting to be a teacher. ^_^ Well Embree and I (mostly I) needed a break after a stressful semester. I was gone at about 7:30 to 8 in the morning to some night at 6 and some later if groups meetings happened. Embree kept coming to me and begging me to stop school and stay home with her. She towards the end of the semester would even cry the moment she heard that I had to go to class or even if I left the room because she thought I wouldn't come back. Well after school was over Embree and I again loaded up the car (Jace had to work so we left him behind :P) and went to Utah. We were only planning to be there for just under a week, well man o man did we have it coming! THE CAR BROKE DOWN THE DAY BEFORE WE WERE GOING HOME! Can you tell it was a little stressful! The steering column disintegrated and broke the rear breaks and shocks completely shot, so lots of money later we finally got home 3 weeks later. Jace came and visited for 2 days and we thought maybe we would just get a new car and say good-bye to this one because the same time last year the front brakes did this and so many more things. Well he came down and we found a car we loved and thought was in our budget but couldn't get a loan if we begged. So that idea shot we had to find a way to get it fixed and $1,200 later we were finally home.

Well then came our anniversary. We have now been married 6 years and decided that we would try something new. We went to our cabin for our honeymoon and for every year since but this year that was not an option. We did try but others were using it. Well we finally decided on going camping and got all the arrangements made and even had Grandparents watching Embree so we could go and have fun and she could be safe and happy to. Well we planned on camping in Yellowstone and were excited for it when we started at the weather though we were completely bummed! Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and northern Utah were all being flooded by RAIN (THAT HASN'T STOPPED YET!!) So we were about to just give up when I thought of Zion National Park. I went there twice about 7 or 8 years ago and loved it and the temperature down there was in the 60's and 70's and NO RAIN. Well of course it was to late to book any campsites there because the ones that you can reserve you have to reserve a year in advance. Well so our option was to leave the moment Jace got off work and book it there. The campsites are first come first serve and they are gone by noon. Well Jace got off work at 5am on Friday and so my great sister Liz came and stayed with Embree and watched her for the day till my Mom and Dad got off work so that I could leave and not have to wake her up. Well we were on the road by 5:10am and were doing great on time. We had figured out when we needed to get gas and figured that Nephi, Utah was the place. Well we saw the sign that the exit was next and then I started to sneeze and Jace looked away for a moment and then ... Nephi disappeared. Yep we missed it. We have never pushed our car past 330 miles and have only had it since February so haven't really had time to really try and push it to its limits but here we go 43 miles to the next gas station and exit. By the time that we made it the low fuel light came on right as we pulled in (which has always before that come on at 300 miles) we made it 369 miles in our little SUV! Yeah! Well then after that right out of Cedar City, Utah (our car is red just so you know) we were passed by this crazy driver and guess what of course there is a cop but who did he pull over... yep you got it us!! Jace had the cruse on the whole time and was going just the speed limit but got clocked apparently going 86 in a 75 zone. Boy and the cop didn't even talk to us, he came to the window we handed him the stuff and he walked away and then came back gave the ticket and said be safe pulling out and then was gone. $90 later for the ticket and we were finally on our way again. Well we planed on being to Zion's by 2pm and hoped and prayed there was a site open but to our luck we had no traffic the whole way and made it there by 12:30pm, and just by the hair on our heads lucked out with the last campsite. Well it was great we camped and hiked and loved it! Then the next day we ran into a couple of friends and decided to go to Las Vegas with them on Saturday till Monday morning. It was a blast we walked over 35 miles that whole time we were there in Las Vegas and boy did our bodies feel it. But it was Beautiful! The temp only got to 78 degrees and was beautiful. Well we left our friends on Sunday for our anniversary and hung out on the town together and that is when we walked 20 to 25 miles of all those miles. We just wanted to see the sights and walked and saw all the animal exhibits and had fun and yet didn't spend a dime gambling. (Honest Truth) Well then on Monday our journey back home started and we drove back through Zion's and went on Highway 89 to Brice Canyon and then to Centerville, Utah to spend the night with my grandma, and then we dove the rest of the way home on Monday.

Well basically that is it in a nutshell. We have wanted to play out side a ton this summer but because of the weather we have been stuck inside a lot. Embree has been able to play in our little blow up pool once and loved every moment of it! OH and I Finally have a real garden. Jace and my dad helped till up some of our yard and we now have a 10 x 12 garden and I still have my pots for our tomatoes and peppers. But now we have corn, beans, peas, carrots, onions, spinach and lettuce! I am so excited. Well I hope this finds everyone great and safe we love you all and I will definitely be updating more now!

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Watch this link PLEASE!! it is so amazing!!

2009-05-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite song writer and he is so amazing he is at it again. this will make you want to be happy and have a great day!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys
And a update is on its way I promise I now have working internet!!

2009-03-04T20:55:00.000-08:00

Well I think it has happened, my mind is officially gone. I feel like this semester is taking its toll on me and really pushing me out of my comfort zone. But on the mind thing, for one of my classes we observe and teach in a 6th grade class here in St. Anthony and we are able to teach what ever we want. Well the day that my group gets to teach is on Wednesday and boy let me tell you it has been a chore but also a blast. Well today, we were teaching pirate and it is a subject I don't really know about but hey I am up for a new experience. I really studied and new the subjects that I was to focus on and teach and I felt confident that I would do okay teaching. Well it was time to teach and my mind went blank, I left all my notes at home because hey I had confidence and knew what I was doing. OH MY GOSH nothing I tried would help me to remember all I did the first 5 minutes was pray for help to remember what I was supposed to say when the guy stopped talking. It came to my turn and it went okay I started out with a question and it went okay and started to help me remember a little but the kids wanted nothing of it. I kept prodding them and nothing. Well because we are in such a diverse school we are not supposed to call each other by brother or sister and because we are teachers we are not supposed to call the others by their first name and what did I do at that moment to get some help call the one by the first name and the other brother. UUGGHH!! Boy then we get going and things are still not coming to me and apparently one of the other group members was having a hard time as well. Well we made it through and survived and I guess it ended up okay but wow I have never had so much troubles like that in my life. I know I am not perfect and I am regularly forgetting things and mixing things up but never this bad. Boy I sure hope it never happens like that again.

some new pics of our little princess

2009-02-25T20:42:00.001-08:00

My Body Hates Me

2009-02-19T14:55:00.000-08:00

Well it is official!! My body has truly turned against me in everything. I have now felt sick for almost a month now with no hope of what is going on. I have been to doctors and yet nothing just the comment it must be a virus, so we can't do anything. So this is my little two cents on doctors, I feel like at times they just want my money (which I don't have) and also just completely ignore all aspect of what I am saying. Well I guess I am done sorry but I needed to get it off my chest.

25 Random Things About Me

2009-02-14T19:43:00.000-08:00

1. was cleaning a closet and had dentures fall on me
2. worked at a boys scout camp for 2 summers
3. have a beautiful daughter named Embree Anne
4. I have been married for over 5 1/2 years
5. In that time I have moved 6 times
6. I love the outdoors
7. Worked at a boy scout camp for 2 summers and they were the best summers of my life and have great friends that I claim as family because of that. And it was in the most amazing place in the world it was so Beautiful, Camp Loll I love you!
8. Scared of spiders and still scared of the dark
9. Still is in college even though I have been going since 2001
10. FInally decided what I wanted to do for a major/ career
11. Going to be a earth science teacher
12. Love being with family
13. I am super shy
14. Have a house that is basically an archeologist site because we find new things in it about every day.
15. Really loves rocks and has been banned from bringing any more home! (moving 6 times with boxes of rocks kind of takes it tole)
16. Watches more cartoons then any other movies
17. Trying to try new things even though it is really hard for me to do.
18. Had some crazy times with my old college roommates and had a lot of fun with them. (you know who you all are)
19. I have never flown on a plane or been on a train
20. hiked in flip flops down the grand canyon. (Tripped close to the bottom and fell 2 feet and still have the scar to prove it)
21. Hiked the grand canyon twice
22. never been farther east then Wyoming
23. love others and want to always help
24. I love animals all kinds
25. love to be in the water, swimming, kayaking, rafting, boating and everything else.

Mommy

2009-02-14T19:42:00.000-08:00

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yeah it just took a long time because it was so hard for us to get pregnant it took 2 years.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Excited and nervous, shocked because it was so hard for us to get pregnant.
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? NO!
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 23
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? the doctor had to tell us because I just thought I had the flu and we found out we were pregnant at 11 weeks.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jace and I found out together and then we told our families.
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? YES!!
9. DUE DATE? January 18th, 2006
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not too bad
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Carrots with Chiz's ranch I could eat a whole big bag of baby carrots in less then a week, and home made jam and toast.
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Breaking my foot at four months, going to school ( they don't make desks big enough for pregnant women), getting sick 1 day before i had her.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? girl
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? We thought before we found out that we might want a girl but when we found out we were so excited and didn't want anything else.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 50 lbs
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? 1
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? Yeah, my sister got married the day before and so everyone was up and all the family was there so we did it then. it was neat because my friend had her baby a few days earlier and was there for a while.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? yes, fell down 1 stair and broke the strongest bone in my foot (don't recomend that but long story), and Toxemia in the last month so I was on bed rest for a week before she came.
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Madison Memorial in Rexburg Idaho
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 7 hours, 30 min pushing ( was supposed to be longer but i couldn't stop it and luckily the nurse walk by at that time and caught her)
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My husband
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Jace, my mom and the nurses the doctor missed it by 5 minutes.
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I wanted the meds and was ready to kill for them but couldn't have them
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6 lbs 9 oz
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? January 6th 2006
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Embree Anne Thompson
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? Just turned 3.

Married Life

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1. When is your engagement date: March 11, 2003
2. When is your "marriage" anniversary: June 7, 2003
3. How long have you known your spouse: Well known him and remember is 9 years, but our families have known each other all our lives (dad's were friends in high school and parents used to play cards together, in same stake for 22 years and really didn't know it)
4. How long did you date before you were engaged: We officially dated 3 months before we were engaged but we both knew we were getting married the first date. (long story ask me if you want to know)
5. Where did you meet your spouse for the first time: Technically it was in high-school his graduating year 2000 but I really hated him then but when we met again in November 2002 I knew I wasn't going to get rid of him, Oh we were bowling at Teton Lanes with a bunch of friends.
6. What is your spouses full name: Jace Daniel Thompson
7. Do you have any children: yes 1 daughter Embree Anne that is 3, and a cat that we clam as our family Missy who we have had for almost 6 years
8. How many do you have/ want: at least 2 but we would like 4
9. Do you have any house pets: Cat, Missy
10. Do you own a house or rent: Own our house !!
11. Do you live in the country or town/city: in the city on main street which I would have never thought I would want but we love it.
12. What is one of your favorite activities together: We love just to be with each-other and have a chance to talk, we love to be out doors and watch movies together.
13. Do you have a favorite vacation spot: I would have to say our families Cabins in Island Park. Either one we love to be there and be away from all the hectic things in life.
14. How many siblings: I have 2 sisters and 1 brother, Jace Has 2 sisters and 2 brothers.
15. What church you were married in:
Idaho Falls LDS Temple, By our second grade teachers husband that we loved, President Sorenson
16. What town is your current address?: St. Anthony Idaho
17. Do you work or stay at home: I am a full time Mommy, Wife and a Full time student.
18. Where did you honeymoon: My Family's cabin in Island Park.
19. Leave a piece of marriage advice: Patience, Communication and love! Also don't talk about finances right before bed because it always seems to cause a fight or other

My Bucket List

2009-02-14T19:40:00.000-08:00

Things you have done during your lifetime:
(x) Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
(x) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
( ) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Danced in the rain-naked
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
(x) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
(x) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Been on a cruise
( ) Traveled by train
(X) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
( ) Been to Disneyland and Disney World
(X) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
(x) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(x) Been water-skiing
(x) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(x) Been to a National Football League game

How well do you know your Spouse - Jace

2009-02-14T19:39:00.000-08:00

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? FOOTBALL, or any sport (other then golf)
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Thousand Island
3. What's one food he doesn't like? Frozen Lasagna and ice cream (except on a whim he craves it but that is slim and far between)
4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? Mountain dew or Pepsi
5. Where did he go to high school? Madison Senior High School
6. What size shoe does he wear? 10-10 1/2
7. If she/he was to collect anything, what would it be? Tools and guns
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Any kind of meat but it has to have all the vegies (except for olives and most of the time pickles) and has to have swiss, and on wheat and all the dressings normally.
9. What would this person eat every day if he could? Steak and potatoes
10. What is his/ her favorite cereal? Honey Bunches of Oats-- Almonds
11. What would she/he never wear? Thong or speedo, tu-tu
12. What is his favorite sports team? Denver Bronco's
13. Who did he vote for? McCain but he wanted Romney
14. Who is his best friend? It better be me ;), but other then me I would have to say Kade Statham.
15. What is something you do that she/he wishes you wouldn't do? Believe in my self and nagging him.
16. What is his heritage? English?
17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? Angel Food cake, Grandma Blanchard's strawberry shortcake.
18. Did she/he play sports in high school? Ran Cross Country
19. What could he spend hours doing? Hunting, watching football and being with his family
20. What is one unique talent he has? Helping others he has a big heart and wants to help everyone.

vent

2009-02-05T19:35:00.000-08:00

Well it is official I think that i have lost my mind. I am so busy that I can't even think. We are really struggling and on top of that school is ruling my life I may only get to see embree on saturday if I am lucky and sunday. I am going into withdrawls with not being able to see my family. To top that our financial situation just got worse. Jace was forced to quit his part time job by his best friend. I guess it was good in a way the mother of his friend worked there to and made it a living pain to work there and she was the reason jace got canned. Well to top that because of the economy and living in a college town and community no one is hireing so lets just say ouch. Well on top of that we had to get a second car because our other one died and wouldn't be resurected. So we bought a used 2001 saturn L series and we knew that it had problems but they guranteed they would be fixed and they would pay, well no matter how long it was in the shop it never got fixed and we were ending up in the same situation that we were in before. Well long story short every time we got in the car we got sick because the exhaust went right back into the car. Well we took it back after we found out it was a lemon and got another with a higher price without wanting and yet that is the only one they would give us. so we have been having trials but yet we are still a family and working together i just wanted to vent sorry.

2009-01-27T19:49:00.001-08:00

So we thought that last year was bad!! This year it was 2 times worse can you tell by the face! we can't stop laughing.

finally

2008-12-21T13:49:00.000-08:00

well it has been a really long time again sorry. Well it has been a really long time because of the economy Jace has been on the verge of being fired every day. We have been living with very little and yet I don't think that it could have made us closer we have really gotten closer as a family during this time. From little if any work it just gets harder and harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel but we have really been hit hard with the fact that nothing matters when you are a family and work together. Well about three weeks ago my mom found a job opening at the college and we thought yeah right a guy with not much education and little experience is not going to get it. Well he applied for the job and we contacted everyone we could think of who would have an influence and help Jace so we waited for a week and when the job closed we still hadn't heard from them and were okay with the fact that he didn't get it. Getting a job on campus is really hard and hardly any gets jobs there without a lot of influence and things. Well a day later Jace gets a call and asked to an interview and after he goes in it is another week till they call him in again for a final interview and an other few days till the final decision. Well he got called back and the guy acted as if it was a let go sorry that you didn't get it we want the other guy and that is the way they want to go, but then he said that is what they wanted but he stuck his head out for him and JACE GOT THE JOB!!! He is now the new night supervisor at the Hart Building. It is not as god of pay as we need but hey it is a stable job and it has benefits. He works tuesday through saturday 11pm to 5am and so that is hard but he is still ooking for a part time job during the day but hey we are surviving I love this family. We hope that all of you are safe and good we love you all.

2008-11-19T11:52:00.001-08:00

This tag asked that I go to my pictures and click on the 4th folder and the 4th photo and blog about it. Then I get to tag 4 lucky people to do the same! : )

This is of Embree at Jace's cousins wedding reception in Canada. We went up for 4 days and helped set up and be with family it was a blast and Embree loved every minute of it even the long car rides, thanks to the portable dvd player and barbie and disney we made it and had fun. She is in her flower girl dress (what she calls it) and was posing for the pictures and it was so cute that we had to take a million pictures and this is just one.

I Tag:
Lali, Crystal, Megan, and Megan

Seven Tag

2008-11-19T11:06:00.000-08:00

Seven...
...things I was doing 10 years ago
1. I was 16 and went to San Diego California with the school
2. I was in 9Th grade in Madison Jr. High.
3. I was more shy then i am now
4. I was tiny!!!
5. Played night games every night I could.
6. Had troubles with my frizzy hair
7. Went on my first trip with out parents

...things On my to-do list
1. Figure out diner.
2. clean the house.
3. pick up twilight tickets we bought.
4. Figure out finances
5. Figure out how to help Embree feel better.
6. Decide when and where to put up decorations for Christmas.
7. homework and sleep.

...Books I want to read/reread
1. All Twilight books! AGAIN!
2. Eragon trilogy (now 4 books though) again.
3. The Book of Mormon
4. Sisterhood of Traveling pants books again.
5. Work and the Glory books again.
6. Jane Austins works again.
7. All the Harry Potter books again

...7 Places I want to visit
1. Venice, Italy
2. NYC
3. Europe
4. Hawaii
5. Switzerland
6. New Zealand
7. Disney world and Disney Land

...Places I've lived
1. Provo, Utah (when I was new born)
2. Rexburg,Idaho 1-21
3. Flag ranch area, Wyoming summers of 99 and 2000
4. Pocatello, Idaho, 2 years
5. Rexburg again
6. St. Anthony, Idaho 2 years and currently there
7. ?? don't know where we will end up.

...Things I would do if i were a millionaire
1. pay off all debt
2. put enough away for weddings and college for our kids.
3. buy things for my kids
4. Buy a new house
5. Put lots of it in savings for later
6. stock up on food storage
7. Help out family, friends and the church.

...Snacks I enjoy
1. Oranges
2. strawberries
3. raspberries
4. kiwis
5. carrots
6. potatoes
7. chocolate

...Things I can do
1. cook
2. clean
3. sing
4. Help my family and friends
5. fix things
6. plan things
7. have fun with my family

...Things I can't do
1. not worry about my family and friends
2. help every one
3. always have patience
4. shop it always makes me sick but I do it anyway.
5. not be a perfectionist in things.
6. back seat drive without freaking out ( ask Jace ;) )
7. Heal the sick even though embree wants me to

...Things that attracted me to Jace
1. his eyes
2. his smile
3. his love for FAMILY
4. his kindness
5. his tenderness
6. his caring and understanding
7. He is patient

...Favorite foods
1. Steak and potatoes
2. pizza
3. my mom and dad's enchiladas
4. tacos
5. hot dogs
6. grilled cheese and soup
7. macaroni and cheese

...Things I say most
1. Embree Anne
2. I Love you!
3. Me More!
4. What?
5. Because I am your mom!
6. How are you?
7. What's up?

...People I admire most
1. Jace
2. Embree Anne
3. The Prophet
4. My Parents
5. My Inlaws
6. All our Grandparents
7. All those that are struggling but still happy and surviving.

...People I tag
1. Melanie
2. Megan
3. Megan
4. Melissa
5. Crystal
6. Kaydelyn
7. Kalle

some pics from Canada and Halloween.

2008-11-18T07:59:00.001-08:00

2008-11-18T06:56:00.000-08:00

8 obsessions
1. my family
2. the outdoors
3. animals
4. temple
5. friends
6. cooking
7. sleep and bubble baths
8. playing and having fun

8 goals for the future
1. bigger family
2. stronger member of the church
3. travel
4. finish school and be a good teacher
5. be a good wife and mom
6. help others more
7. going to the temple more
8. get out of debt

8 vacation want tos
1. Switzerland (always wanted to since I was in third grade)
2. New York and go to a brodway show.
3. New Zealand it is so beautiful!!
4. Take the family to the grand canyon and lake powell.
5. Europe
6. Italy and Rome
7. Central America
8. Cruise to Alaska and everywhere else.

8 of the best words
1. Mommy I Love you more!!
2. I love you
3. Thank you
4. I so happy I awake with you. (embree)
5. She is doing so great! (Dr.'s for embree)
6. Your great
7. Sweet dreams and dream sweet. (both jace and embree)
8. I want to share and be good (embree)

8 things I must do tonight
1. Home work
2. Make dinner
3. Clean the house
4. Play with embree
5. Spend time with jace.
6. Bath the cat
7. Bath Embree
8. check email, facebook, and blog

8 people I tag
1. Melanie
2. Megan
3. Megan
4. Melissa
5. Crystal
6. Hillary
7. Kate
8. Jayne

Some pics from my fieldtrip

2008-10-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

some pics for your enjoyment of the cabin, Embree and Jace's work

2008-10-27T08:54:00.000-07:00

Been so Long

2008-10-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

Sorry, is all that I can say. We have been really busy lately with school, harvest and eventful trip to Canada. Jace has been extremely busy with work with the spud harvest and is now just starting to have things get back to normal now that it is done and so we can maybe see him a little bit where we hadn't seen him in really in over a week. He would be gone at 4:30 am and not get home till 10pm or even 1 pm depending on the day. I have been extremely busy with school with field trips that are now over and tests that are driving me mad. Who would have thought that there are thousands of different rocks and we have to learn all of them. Our tests cover at least 50 to 200 different rocks each. Well I am surviving so far and can just keep counting the days till I graduate. Embree is finally growing and is trying new foods but is still super small and picky but we can't complain as she is venturing out a little. She is now eating Little Caesars Bread Sticks and thinks they are the greatest thing on the planet, she also is eating other kinds of bread sticks and garlic bread so that is interesting and she is eating grapes, apples, bananas and plums things she wouldn't have eaten before. She is still a mind stooper to her occupational therapist who can't understand how she hates soft food and goes for the crunchy where it should be the other way around but we will keep her. We took a 4 day trip to the great country of Canada at the beginning of this month to go to a wedding and try to take the first real vacation since Embree was born (I guess that we did take her to Butte with us but everything was closed and all we could do was sit in the hotel the whole time so we don't really count that and the cabin we go to all the time but this was the first long distance trip). Well it was all running and really no rest or play but it was a great trip and Jace and I got to go to the Cardston Temple and it was amazing the ceremony was beautiful and wonderful. It was a great trip that made us realize that we are spoiled with such a great kid. She didn't complain at all the whole time and even the 9 hour car ride didn't damper her spirits she was great and makes us know that we can go on more with out any troubles. Well the only hardship was the travel home when we hit snow storm after snow storm and made the 9 hours actually about 11 and the fear of roads closing and being able to get home when we wanted or needed. Well I am running out of time but I figured I better update a little and let you all know that we are good and surviving and making it through this time. Hope all is well we love you all.

I LOVE THIS MAN!!

2008-09-23T20:22:00.000-07:00

1- where did you meet your husband?
Well that is a long story, I will make it short and sweet though, we first met in high school and I absolutely disliked him and didn't want any thing to do with him but aparently he had a crush on me without me knowing. Well he disappeared for 2 1/2 years or so I thought but (he was on a mission to Tempe Arizona) Then one day one his name popped in my mind and my name popped in his mind and it drove us both crazy and so I found his address and wrote to him on his mission to find out that he was actually home because he got really sick and so then i was at a loss and then a friend introduced us and it clicked we knew that night that we were getting married but we still took 4 months makeing sure it was the right thing. (even though neither of us ever talked about it)
2- what was the first thing you said to your husband?
"Hi.... You don't have to pay for me you didn't even bowl yourself?"
3- where was your first date?
We went on a what do you call it a triple date there were three of us in the group and we went to Texas Road House and had Diner and it was so embarassing because he ordered a 4 oz. Steak and wasn't even able to eat it all (He was still so sick he lost 50 in two weeks because of it) then we went to our friends grandpa's house to play pool and eat dessert.
4- where was your first kiss?
That was another little embarassing story but was so good. We were traveling to Wyoming with our friend and his wife to drop her off at her families house and on our way back home we were sitting in the back and I could tell that he wanted to kiss and I really wanted to and so we were sitting there and I just flat out slapping a kiss on him and even though it was just a peck I can't forget the look on his face of shock that I did that and then he got the hint and gave me a real kiss that caught me and kept me forever.
5- How long did you date for?
Officially only 2 1/2 months but we hung out everyday for 5 months including that time.
6- where did you get engaged?
He called me on a Tuesday and asked if I could go out to diner with him and of course I agreed but was a little confused at the begining because we never did that we always went out on friday or saturday. Well I got my roomates to help me and we talked about were he was taking me and we all got excited because I thought it would happen because he said that we were going to the sandpiper and we knew that as the place where people get engaged because it is right across from the Idaho Falls Temple, I remember that my roomates helped me with everything and even offered to stay up all night to talk and see what was going to happen. I don't think anyone had better roomates they were amazing and still are. Well he came and got me and we went to diner and I thought he was going to pass out because he was so pale and sweating bullets and I was so nervous as well but diner came and then it went and we were leaveing and I couldn't believe it and so I started to doubt that it was going to happen and as we were leaving he asked if we could go and play games with our friends and that is when I really thought that it wasn't going to happen and then we were driving past the temple and he looked out of the window and said "Shoot the tail gait is down and I forgot something do you mind if we stop and fix it." so we pulled into the temple and he went and took care of that and then he said that is was such a nice night and we should take a walk, Well as we were walking there was an older lady sitting on a bench and gave us an evil look and then she took and I will never forget what he said next "SOOOO, when is Melanie getting married? (My roomate that just got engaged a couple days before) SOOOO, when are we getting married?" Well as I was starting to answer he let go of my hand and knelt down and proposed, it was so cute! well it apparently wasn't what he originally planned but I still loved it.
7- how did the reception go?
I went really good other then jace and all the grooms men (Our Brothers and his best man) dropped me in a photo shoot and it was so hot. It was good.
8- TAG!
Melanie, Melissa, Crystal, Hilary, and anyone else that wants to do it.

about to give up

2008-09-16T04:55:00.000-07:00

Well sorry that I haven't been good at blogging lately. we have been really busy and I am about ready to just give up and call it quits on about everything. I don't know what else can go wrong. Lately we have been so tight with money because of the job change and Pepsi jiping us on his last pay check that we haven't really been able to make ends meet. Then we start to smell something really bad from the basement and take a whole weekend and try to clean it just to find that everything is covered in mold and no amount of bleach will kill it and actually is making it worse by creating gasses that are more poisonous and so that has been a chore and it costs $50 to have any one just walk through your door to look at it and tell you what to do. Right now we are just waiting to hear if our insurance will help take care of it but the inspector told us not to count on it because it is an old house so that is not reassuring.
To top that Embree has been extremely sick for the past four days, it has gone from what we thought was the stomach flu, to the chicken pox to about everything else under the moon, just to say the least we are not very impressed with the doctors right now because of this. Yesterday my mom watched her so that i could go to class and apparently while she was sleeping she started to have cramps in her stomach and started to scream bloody murder and scared my mom really bad so they called me and when I got out of class we rushed her to the Doctors office, boy was that a joke they were trying to turn us away and say nothing was wrong that it was normal for her to have 3 massive diareah filled diapers in an hour and that her bloody murdering scream was just fine. well we finally got to see the doctor and luckily she had the cramps and the screaming right in front of him and so he is worried that it could be 1 of 3 things. 1st, just constipation (well this is normal for her but not lately and so we ruled this out), 2nd, there is a bad stomach flu going around that causes nausea, cramping and diareah and you don't throw up but it is not a 24 Hour flu it last for up to 2 weeks is the shortest that they have seen lately, and 3rd either a hernia, a blocked bowl or a kinked bowl. So we went with the 3rd and so we had to go get X-Rays of her stomach and are still waiting for the results. Well to top that we have no health insurance and we hit our limit for doctor visits and hospital visits with medicaid in august and so there is more money that has to be paid. Well I guess that i am going to stop complaining but I just need to get it out of my system and so sorry that i did. Well we hope that everyone else is good and we love you all.

hi

2008-09-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

well I know that it has been a really long time since I blogged and I really have no good excuse other then that I have slacked off. Well we have not been up to a hole lot other then jace changed jobs so that has taken a lot of time and emotions and about everything else. Jace used to work for pepsi and loved it but then the Idaho Falls warehouse changed management and they are all really young and money hungry, Well it ends up that they ruined friendships to make a buck and jace happened to be one that they really liked to pick on and abuse jace they then started to withhold his pay checks and so we started to look for new employment in june and this place that jace delivered pop the manager really liked Jace and the way he worked and offered him a job right there. We spent two and a half months pondering and contaplated the alternatives. The thing was that pepsi has amazing insurance and this place only offers a 401K but no health insurance. So that is really a big issue with us and so after going to the temple twice a week for 2 months and really taking everything into concideration we finally decided to take the other job and leave Pepsi. Well we are now going on 2 weeks with this new job and so far so good other then the fact that we never see him because he is driving truck for Bart Larsen Farms and they are huge farmers and own basically a place called hammer, duboise and a couple other places and plant straw, potatoes, corn and grain and this is there harvest time so he is gone every other saturday and from 5 am till 7-10pm so we will see, But all I can ask for is that he likes the job and the people and is happy, which he is. Well other then that I am starting school on monday and can I tell you that I am not looking forward to this other then the fact that it is my last semester so that is a good thing. my only down fall is that my babysitters are backing out so I have to find a new one but my neighbor hopefully is going to help and that will be great because Embree loves her and her kids and that way I can have her sleep in and take naps right at home which she likes to do better then at others houses. Well I feel like i am just rambleing but I wanted to inform people what is going on and say hi and we love you all.

Our camping trip

2008-08-08T11:50:00.000-07:00

Thompson Look-alike Meter

2008-08-01T22:59:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph
I did this earlier this year and she looked more like me and now look she is starting to look like her good looking dad.

this is fun

2008-08-01T13:40:00.001-07:00

Here are the directions for any one who wants to play along.

1. As a comment on my blog leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one abut you. If you don't want to play on your bog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments

let me just vent a little bit

2008-07-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

well we are really hitting the terrible two's right now, and i am really thinking my mind is lost forever. Embree is now just starting to scream 24/7 and it is seaming like nothing is working. Time outs are a no go unless I am out of the house and she can't see or hear me, spanking doesn't work because she only screams harder and longer. (not that we hit her hard) sending her to her room doesn't work either, I am running out of options and I am definitely going def in both ears (whats that Ehhhh?) she has the longest and highest pitched scream I have ever heard and her favorite place to scream is right in my ears. I am struggling to figure out what is going on she is not growing or teething and I feel like it is just a attention getter but boy it is a pain to live with. I ignore her, the bad thing is that when dad gets home he gives her what she wants and that makes her stop but it is not helping me to get her to stop when she can't have everything, and Jace wont stop because he says that he hates that screaming and that stops it. well help me anyone who can PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU HELP ME!!!!

Our Outings

2008-07-09T14:27:00.001-07:00

let me tell you

2008-07-09T13:59:00.000-07:00

Well it got a little confusing to understand me you need to read ready or not here we come first and then continued ... and here are some pictures of our doing there are not many because my camera broke but here are some.

continued . . .

2008-07-09T13:25:00.000-07:00

Well after that we celebrated my niece's birthday and then back down to Utah for the MRI. Can I tell you how terrifying it is to have to have your child sedated. To hear of all the complications and things that could happen if it were to go wrong are terrifying. Well she survived that and passed that with flying colors. Everything came out clear and perfect. The after affect of the sedation was hilarious, Embree was a walking and talking drunk on her feet. She couldn't talk and she couldn't walk. It was sad but it was so funny to watch her trying to walk and talk and instead of her getting frustrated and mad she just started to laugh and try harder to be silly. Well we were gone for three days and then we were back again.
We then the next week went up and spent a week at my family's cabin up in Island Park, Idaho, with my family and boy you would think that for being June it would be warm and pleasant up there. Well we were proved other wise I was just glad that we didn't put embree's winter stuff away and that I brought it up, just to go out side she had to have boots, two coats including her winter coat, gloves, hat, and something to keep her face warm and she had to top it off with her butterfly glasses. Well we were able to survive and the last day it finally warmed up Oh i forgot it snowed six to eight inches on us while we were there luckily it melted the same day but hey it is June it is not supposed to snow!!!
so When we got home we were able to stick around the house for a week and a few days and then we had a ward camp out. We were planning on going but the next day we were going to go to no tellem lake with Jace's family and Jace had to work the night of the camp out. Well my neighbor who has fastly become my best friend and embrees to were in charge of the camp out well Embree and I decided to go and help set up camp with them since it was only at green canyon. Well I feel so bad because the moment that we got there I got sicker then a dog. I couldn't leave the Bathroom (Luckily they had a bathroom) while my neighbor helped me to try to get jace to come and get me. Well when he finally got there I had been able to leave the bathroom for about an hour and took embree into the pool were i just sat in warm water and boy did that help. jace got there and the smart man brought all our camping gear and my medicine and supplies and he took care of me, what a great guy. The only problem was that when we got out of the pool I very stupidly gave Embree a drink of juice that had over 29 grams of sugar in it and she didn't sleep till 2:30 am and then woke up at 6am so that we could be home. so needless to say I didn't sleep at all, but for the first camping trip that we have had as a family it could have been worse. I just wouldn't wish on any one to be sick as I was. Well then we went up to no tellem lake with Jace's family and got eaten alive. We all have a full can of repellent on and the mosquito's acted like it was nothing they just wanted to eat.
We then had about a week till Jace's family showed up from Canada and Alaska for there family reunion/celebration for grandma and grandpa Blanchard's 50th wedding anniversary. Well we hung out with them every night till the big departure for the reunion to Island Park. Jace wasn't able to go because of work and so we spent as much time with the family as possible. Well when the big day arrived we headed for the hills and went to stay in the Winchester Lodge where the family of 32 was able to stay and enjoy each other. It was a blast a little awkward as I was without jace and he was there family not me, but what should I have done I didn't want to keep Embree away from her family. Well we went to Oklahoma the musical at the Playmill and it was a blast Embree was so good and the actors even stole one of her candy smarties (well she did drop them and they kicked them and improvised) but they ate them right in front of her and well I was ready to run and waiting for the scream but she just stared at them in disbelief and didn't say or do anything. Well then we got to ride horses and that was a blast and then family Olympics and family pictures. It was a upbeat and nonstop week but boy it was fun. other then the fact that an aunt of Jace's the nicest lady you will meet, but she did an aerobic class for all of us the first day and for the rest of the time none of us could walk we were all in so much pain. well after that we came home and floated the snake river and that brings us up to date. Well I hope that this hasn't board any one but I just wanted to let everyone know what what going on in out little family. We love you all!!!

here we are ready or not!!!

2008-07-09T12:51:00.000-07:00

Well again it has been a long time since we have up kept our blog so here I go I will try to get everything out but you can't hold me responsible or accountable for mistakes because you know how these mother brains work in one ear out the other or blank stare or a ten second retention period but I will try my best to tell you all of our wild and crazy adventures of this summer as of yet.
Once upon a time a long time ago, oh wait wrong kind of story to tell. Well to get back on track, we have been extremely busy. I think there have only been two weeks that we have been home the entire week without having to be some where or do something. It all started out in April when I finished my second to last semester of college at BYU-Idaho and decided to embark on a wild and adventurous summer with Embree and when possible Jace. A week after school let out I received a phone call informing me that my grandmother was having surgery and my aunt was flying in from Oregon to help care for her. Well in my little mind I thought that it would be nice to see my aunt and grandmother and help out a little bit, (okay I guess a lot) well after talking with everyone in the family to see if that would be okay and getting threatened by Jace numerable amounts of time that I needed to go since I have been running around like a chicken with its head come off and really hadn't had any breaks or vacations since Embree was born 2 1/2 years ago. So that did it we were off in the band wagon and heading for the hills. Actually just to Utah but for us that was a long way. Well we hung out there for about 2 1/2 weeks helping, playing and going crazy like normal when you are with my family for to long we go a little loony after a while. Well while we were down there Embree and I embarked on an adventure to the Hoggle Zoo. Wow can I tell you how hard it is to keep a two year old in one place for longer then 2 seconds and being by your self is another chore. I think I deserve a medal for not killing her and all that were around me. Calling all award givers I deserve a medal, well I guess that they are busy and that if they gave me an award then they would have to give one to all the mothers.
Well we found out that at the zoo Elephants were the most interesting and they were the only things that kept her attention for longer then a minute and the whole rest of the day she was telling me that she and I were elephants and we have to talk like elephants, let me tell you how hard it is to get anything done when all you are is walking with your arm at your nose and sounding like an elephant and all the looks I think all the people thought I was a crazy lunatic but it kept embree happy and that is all that I could ask for. The things we do to be liked by our kids and the things we do to make them happy, boy if I knew that I had to be crazy to be a parent I would have tried not to be normal for all these years I think family members are planing my entrance into the loony bin for all that I have to do to keep the screaming down. Don't get me wrong Embree is not spoiled by any means she just has a high pitched scream that will leave any ones ears ringing for an hour, and put all the psycho screamers to shame. The thing I have to do to get her to stop are amazing and if i were a shy person it would kill me. (Hey wait a minute I am a shy person and hate to be center of attention. oh well I guess)
Well to get back to things while we were down there we got a phone call from our doctor informing us that we needed to get embree into Primary Children's Hospital to see why she is so delayed in her eating and growing. Well we went and had the best doctor we loved him and embree really loved him he really helped her get over her phobia of doctors he played with her and got down on her level and got to know her. Well we had to get blood work and a urinalysis done and found that she is perfectly fine in all those tests. Well we then had to reschedule a time to come back to get an MRI. Well we then decided that we had been gone long enough and decided to come home.
Two days later Jace's brother Cody came home from his mission from Lithuania and boy that was fun. He sent Embree a shirt for Christmas and since then she had to wear it at least twice a week and called it her Cody shirt, well she wore it to show Cody that it fits still when he got home. Well the sad thing is that when he got home she gave him 2 of her very best hugs and gave him his first kiss being home and since then hasn't wanted to touch him again. He is so sweet and patient with her but she wont have it. she locks onto my legs or runs away.

all over again

2008-05-16T07:27:00.000-07:00

Well I just wanted to give another update on what is going on with embree. We went and saw the doctor on Monday at Primary Children's Hospital. We saw a pediatric neurologist named Francis Filloux and can I say that he was amazing and we couldn't have found a better and kinder doctor. Embree absolutely loved him and wanted to stay with him. (I don't know if it was because it was really the only male person she had seen in two and a half weeks or not, but she really liked him) Well we made the mistake of thinking that we could get all the testing that she needed that day so we made her fast not thinking that oh the hospital is going to be busy and scheduled out for weeks.
Well we made her fast and half way through the appointment she was coming unglued because she was so hungry and thirsty. Well we talked to the doctor and he said that the tests that we were able to do didn't require her to be fasting so she was fed and given liquids but apparently not soon enough and I feel so bad about that part. She had to have blood work done and get a urinalysis and we have had to have her give a urinalysis before but never were successful because they have to stick a bag on her and then loosely and carefully put the diaper back on, but she is so wild and moves so much that they have always fallen off and not worked, and I wanted to spare her the pain of that because every time she had to wear the bag it riped skin off with it. So I thought lets just give her a catheter and that will spare her, the only problem was that she hadn't drank anything really in 12 hours and what she had just drank was not enough to cause her to have any liquid come out. Well instead of spearing her I just caused more pain because she had to have a catheter and then when that didn't work she had to have a bag put on. Well we then had to force as much liquids in her as she would allow us and run around the hospital to try to have her fill the bag.
Well when we finally got to the Lad to get the blood work done the lab tech who was really nice as well but not so smart in the head. checked on the bag and yeah it was full!! well instead of taking it off slowly so that it wouldn't spill or rip skin he just ripped it off and tour skin of course and spilled it all over, luckily he was able to save enough to do the testing but still it is sensitive down there and he got to hear her high pitched scream and she didn't calm down till we got out of the lab, the nice thing was that he felt so bad that he gave her a big red teddy bear that she hasn't let go of since. Well we now have to go back down on the 23rd of may to get an MRI of her head and brain to see if everything is going good up there. They are sure that something is affecting her but they are not sure exactly what so we also have to go and see a geneticist and another kind of doctor that are specialists in what the doctor thinks might be causing these delays in growth and everything else. So that is what we get to look forward to this summer lots of travel and doctors how fun!! (not really especially with the price of gas!)
Well on another note we were able to go to Hoggle Zoo while we were down there and Embree absolutely loved it! Her favorite part was the elephants and all the cats. She made all the animal sounds that she saw and it was so funny to watch peoples reactions to her. A two year old knows all the animal sounds? can't be, well it is true I have an animal on my hands ;) she can make every animal sound and can identify them as well, mom elephant, mom tiger rarrrrrr! I think that it is cute. she is such a little smarty. She soaks everything in and is so smart and it amazes us everyday the things that she knows and says. She is so advanced in her language skills and can talk so well that it amazes us. Sometimes it is embarrassing to though. She is ready to be potty trained and tells us she needs to tinkle and to poop but she at this point tells us after she already does it in her diaper. Well she is now telling other people that mommy and daddy have to go potty to and if you ask her a question and she doesn't know the answer her reply is basically always now "daddy is poopy, needs a change he poopy" or it is about mommy. So that keeps us entertained when people look at us and say do you need to go use the bathroom? and we have to explain our selves and that we are fine and that is just what she is saying. funny well we hope all is well with everyone and we love you all.

here is an update

2008-05-08T11:26:00.000-07:00

sorry that it has been such a long time i have been kind of busy since i got out of school. For the last two weeks I have been down in Centerville Utah helping my Grandma, she had shoulder surgery and her other arm doesn't work either so we have a armless woman on the loose for a while oh no!!! well she is now starting to do better and get used to the fact that she can't use her arms but is still stubborn enough to think that she needs to be independent more then she was before the surgery sorry grandma I still love you tonz but it is the truth. she thinks that it is okay to do certain things even though the doctor said that it was not so trying to get her to listen is another story and we are finding out that she is not following instructions and that she is makeing adjustments to things to help her and not have to follow the doctors instructions. So that is one thing that I have had to deal with the other is that we are trying to get embree into Primary Childrens Hospital to get looked at because she hasn't gained any weight since she was 1 years old and she doesn't eat anything but crackers and frosted miniwheats and cheerios. She drinks juice, milk and water like crazy but eats nothing else and even somedays doesn't eat at all. We have tried everything. She has had an occupational therapist since she was 1 and still we have had so success. We are at a loss and the doctors that we have gone to till our most recent doctor in St. Anthony thought we were making all of these problems up for embree and that she was just fine but how can you say that she is fine when she hasn't been on the growth charts for both weight and height since she was 1 she is not even in the less than one percentile for both she is that far bellow. And also seeing that she has not gained any weight in a whole year i don't think that we are crazy to think that something is going on and that we need some more help with her. she looks completely healthy on the outside but i don't know what is causing this and i am starting to really get worried about her not that I wasn't before but i always thought the doctors were helping me to find answers and taking care of her, and now come to find out that they were not doing anything at all. Our new dr. is an angel sent to help, is amazing and is just as worried about embree as we are. He recently recieved all her charts from primary childrens and the other doctors and is not impressed with the information that was there. Come to find out that the other doctors didn't even chart alot of the information that they claimed that they did they didn't do and that they did certain test that we have never done and it worries me about what is really going on with embree is there things that we would have found out sooner if they had done the right thing first and listened to jace and i in the first place. Well we finally got an appointment with primary childrens for monday the 12th and hopefully we can get answers and help to help this little sweet heart of ours. We love her so much and hate to just sit and watch as she is having troubles and everything. Well that is my little venting and pitty party I hope that everyone is doing okay and hope you all know how much we love you. Well Embree and I will be down in Utah till the 12th unless the doctors need us longer but that is the date and then maybe after that we can come home and get settled back in to our little lives again and oh yeah welcome uncle cody home from his mission from the Baltic states, embree asks every day when cody is coming home and now we can say in less then a week he will be here and she gets so excited and dances and sings "cody home oh cody is coming home" I thought that that was so cute and had to share it. ( Cody is Jace's brother just so that you know)

Our Embree

2008-03-11T12:33:00.000-07:00

1. She has a lot of attitude for her size
2. She loves pink and purple
3. Her favorite movie is Toy Story 2
4. Her favorite character is Jesse, we now have a doll of Jesse and she goes everywhere with us now and everyone that she meets gets told who Jesse is and all about her.
5. She loves to scream and out do everyone else that tries to be louder.
6. She loves to sing and dance and is really good at both!
7. She has a lot more boy friends then girlfriends, but that is slowly changing because of her school class, there are more girls there and they all are bigger then Embree and they are all adopting her as there baby doll and really taking care of her, it is really cute. They all hold hands together and go every where together and they all help with getting on or taking off there coats and sitting down to eat there snack. It makes me smile.
8. She has a great imagination, and loves to tell stories.
9. She is the most polite toddler that you will ever meet and she will also remind you to be polite if you forget.
10. She is the most caring girl, if you are sad or hurt she wants to take care of you and make you better, she loves to give kisses and hugs and that is what she says is the best medicine, she also just gives hugs and kisses just for fun not only when you are sad or hurt.
11. She has the biggest smile and cutest smile with those front buck teeth and it makes you smile.
12. She love animals and tell you all there names and make all there sounds it is so cute.

Tagging all that want to do this, it is fun,
(There were only eight to begin with but I couldn't stop I kept finding more things that she is good and and had to tell everyone, can you tell I am a proud mommy and love her to death!)

Here we are again

2008-03-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

Our little cook and mommy! Here is our school girl on her first day!

Our house on when we were almost at the peak of snow it got a lot higher after this picture but luckly it is starting to melt!

Happy Birthday Hair! (fun) Our Little Diva in her leather skirt and gogo boots!

Here are some pictures, sorry that they took so long to be put up, no excuse this time other then I just got to it. Well we are doing good. We have been busy with school, work and play. Embree is starting to run and jump so everywhere we go we have to run, jump, march, and dance but not only do we have to do this but she has to announce what we are doing to the whole world, "I running, got to go fast!"
She is also being so fun because she is starting to really sing. We recently bought the August Rush CD and there are two songs that she knows by heart now and we have to sing them all day long. She really knows how to make us smile and laugh. Well I am trying to get ready for a field trip that I am going on in 2 1/2 weeks with one of my classes, I am excited for it but at the same time terrified. I will be gone for three days and I have never left Embree for that long. We are hooked at the hip and to have to leave her with Jace is scary, not that I don't trust her but I feel bad for him because he has to work still and so we have to take her to a babysitter (grandparents) which is fine but she always gets grumpy when we have to take her from them. Right now as well she has decided that I am the only one that she wants she, yells and screams when Jace comes home and just wants a hug because she says that she is mine and that she doesn't want to go to work.
She is in this phase that everyone works and that it is not fun and when she is board and sad she says that she is at work and that it is hard. Along with that she is thinking if she can't see us that we are at work or at class, and when we try to correct her she just gets angry that she is wrong. Well back on track, well her being so clingy is scaring me to leave so we are trying to have me phase back when Jace is home and letting him take over and help her with things and getting ready for bed and everything and so far it is not working but I guess that we are still going to try.
Well other then that we are just hanging out trying to fight off the snow, our basement is starting to get wet so once we have some time we are going to have to shovel all around our house to try and prevent any more water from coming in, the only thing is that it is now solid ice so that just makes everything better, lol. Well two post in one day is great! I got to go but we hope that every one is still okay and doing well we love you all.

Thompson Look-alike Meter

2008-02-29T15:28:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Pedigree - Roots

Sorry So Long

2008-02-13T14:34:00.000-08:00

Well I really don't have an excuse for not updating this but I know that I can find plenty to sufice. Well since the last time both Embree and I started school. Embree, has started what they call Toddler Lab which is basically preschool for 18 to 33 month olds. Ever since the first day she leaves us hanging at the door waving behind her, she absolutely loves it, and we are glad, she hasn't had all the opportunities to be around alot of little kids her age because of me in school and Jace working, our families help with the babysitting so she really knows them well but there are only three little kids in the family and she loves them all. Well it is also great because she is extreamly picky about food and if she doesn't like something she won't eat it (that is bacically everything but crackers, juice, milk and water) She is now trying more things because she is watching the other kids. She is so fun to watch her there she is really starting to get comfortable and try to play with the other kids.

Well another big thing with Embree is that she has also started to say her prayers, yes with our help but it is still really cute. We get in trouble if we even look like we are not going to say them and the funiest thing is that while I am cooking diner she will come and pull on my leg and say "Mommy, we forgot to pray, we need to pray now." It is fun and even after family prayer at night she grabs us and says "Got to pray at my bed now, come on it time." It really melts your heart and really makes your day to know that she loves to pray that much. Well she is now starting to grow a little bit, she is getting five teeth now and that is a big thing because she has only 8 her four molars and four front teeth so now we are filling in the middle. She hadn't gained any weight either she has been 19 pounds since she was one and in the last month she has gained 2 pounds so that is a great thing, (the only reason is that we have started to give her pedia sure once a day). Well she hopefully is now back on the road that she should be and that hopefully one of these days she will eat real food and start GROWING!!! Well we love her either way.

Well Jace has just been busy with work, normally this is the slowest time of the year for pepsi but because of the weather it takes a long time to get to places. Well for me I am just going to school and playing with Embree (That is my favorite part), Embree now can make all the animals sounds that I can think of and name each and every one. It is cute,(I bet all the college students think we are kind of crazy because we go through all of the animals while we are walking to and from her class).
Well we are about tired of the snow we have four feet and it just keeps comeing, and we are running out of places to put it all. We are getting worried that are basement is going to flood but as of yet it hasn't (hope it stays that way). Well I don't have any pictures on this computer but when I get to them I will upload them so everyone can see our cutie and all the snow. I hope that everyone is well and safe and hope you all know how much we love you all.

Christmas

2007-12-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

Well this has been a busy time of year. I have just finished my finals week and have finaly enough time to update alittle. We have been celebrating Jace and my Birthday's since I last wrote. He turned 26 and I turned the big 25 the last part of November. Then I tried for the first time to shop on black friday.

Embree at my Parents Christmas Party

It wasn't to bad but next year I am going to bring someone to watch mycart so that I can run and get things instead of having to take the cart with me everywhere it reall slowed me down and I wasn't able to get everything planned.

Makeing Christmas goodies with my family for our neighbors.

That was okay I was able to find other things though and I was sure glad that my sister Krista was able to go with me as well it made things bareable. Well then I still had school and it just finished on the 14th of December and boy did the teachers think that we needed to overload on tests and homework.

Embree again at the party

I had in the three weeks of school after the Thanks Giving break 10 tests and they were so hard but I guess I managed. Then Jace, Embree and I all got sick with a terrible cold and flu during finals week and that was no fun at all. I am finally just starting to feel better and so is Jace but Embree is still trying to get over the cold. Well Embree is so excited for christmas (almost to excited) she wants to open all her presents now and not wait she is getting angry that we tell her that we have to wait till tuesday (Chirstmas) to open them. Well I hope that every one has a great holiday and that you are all safe. We Love you all!

Embree helping by eating the goodies

Embree

2007-11-20T11:46:00.000-08:00

Well today is another day and boy is it cold. Well Embree and I are getting ready for the Holiday's and i was sitting there and couldn't help but take some pictures Embree was being so funny. We just recently this year bought a home and I couldn't wait to decorate for Christmas so on the 18Th Jace, Embree and I put up the tree and then last night we put out some other decorations. Well Embree had found a new favorite toy, it is one of those Hallmark Holiday toys that sing. Well this is the one with the snowman and his snow dog and

Smiline and playing with her toy before she fell aslpeep

it sings jingle bells. It has only been out for a day but it is already starting to drive us crazy, but at the same time we can't stop laughing because Embree makes up a new dance every time she listens to it. I caught one of the dances a little bit on tape and hopefully it will work. Well at the same time in nursery she has learned how to fake sleep and she thinks that it is the greatest thing!! (Jace and I think other wise but can't seem to make her feel the same) Well while she was dancing and playing with the toy she figured that she was tired and I had said that it was time for a nap and she thought that she would do it her self and so she was fake sleeping and snoring loudly (that is about the only way that we know that she is faking and you can see her

Being wild and crazy as always

peeking though the smallest slits in her eyes) well she was pretending and well i guess that she was so tired that it got the best of her and she really fell asleep. It was pretty funny. She had to pull off all the pillows from the couch and made herself a little nest and just got a little to comfortable. Well on the other hand there is our funny looking tree because we can't put any

Embree when she finnaly fell asleep

thing on the bottom of the tree because Embree thinks that it is her goal to help us undecorate the tree and put things away and then there is our cat that thinks that the balls and other decorations are the coolest toys, so if we don't put anything low then we cross our fingers and hope that it will help our sanity and save our tree from the tortures of a toddler and a crazy cat. Happy Holidays!

November

2007-11-18T20:56:00.000-08:00

This is Embree playing at home and reading us her favorite book.

Well, this month has seemed to really fly by. Jace and I are going to be 1 year older and probably no wiser then we are at the present time but we can hope though. Well, this month we are really trying to work with Embree. She doesn't eat and we don't really know why we think that she has a phobia of real food. (doctors don't know and I think that they are tired of us) She has been working with an OT since she was one and she is now 22 months and is still not eating. I mean she is eating but not what she is supposed to. She only eats crackers, frosted mini wheat's, cookies, yoga rt smoothies, juice, milk and water, and everything else almost that is full of sugar so candy. We have tried everything and so we have set a goal to get her to try new things by the end of this month. So far we aren't getting far but we did get her to try a dried apple tonight and that is a plus, so maybe things are working. Jace is working hard to get her to try things because he loves Thanksgiving and wants her to try the food, we can only hope that she will pull through and start to really eat. Well other then that I have been really busy with school with trying to get things done before the Holiday and Jace is getting slammed at work because of the Holiday's as well but eventually we will slow done and catch our breath. Well we hope everyone is okay and that things are great, we love you all.

Embree being cute and showing off.

October

2007-11-18T20:36:00.000-08:00

Hey! Well this month has been a great and crazy month. Embree has really started to take off walking. She is a late bloomer at walking (but I was grateful for that) she is now trying to really get into everything and has really become independent, now that she can move on her own. She loves to talk, sing, dance and play with friends and family. She is a whole lot of fun and we love her to death. She is the life of the party, you know the saying if momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy well that is her, if she isn't happy she will make it so nobody is happy but that is okay. She is already in her terrible two stage. Well we are staying busy, Jace is working hard, he drives truck for Pepsi and loves it. I am going to school full time and other then that am a stay at home mom. Well Embree has a fascination with life and last year she was a bumble bee for Halloween and so this year we asked her what she wanted to be and she wanted to be another bug. Her nick name is little bug, so we found her a lady bug costume and from that moment on till Halloween it was hard to keep her out of her costume.