Family

October

2010-10-31T16:33:00.004-06:00

October,

October was a busy month for us.

Justin went to the eye doctor and his one eye is not as good as the other so he suggested glasses. He is having a hard time getting used to them so does not like them too much. We had our first cousin sleepover here and the boys LOVE IT!!!! They are both doing well in school and we have parent teacher conferences next month so hope all is well.

This year we went to a Pumpkin Patch to get pumpkins - my garden did not produce any. The kids had a great time trying to fin the biggest pumpkins.

We went to my parents ward for a Trunk or Treat party and it was fun for them to see some of their friends that they do not get to see every often.

Halloween what can I say - Mark's favorite time of year. It did rain so we were not able to put out all the stuff that we would have like to but we still had a great time with it. Mark was a skeleton pirate, me a Dr., Jarod a pirate and Justin was a monster/goblin. I have taken down all the decorations and now we are getting ready for November.

MTJJ

September

2010-10-31T11:24:00.002-06:00

September,

This month we spend time as a family. Trying to clean up the yard and get ready for fall. Love this time of year.

We went to St George with my family over the Labor Day weekend and stayed in the same house as we did in May - my sister's bosses house. Love it and had a great time. We went to the movies, shopping and did some hikes. It is always nice to get away for a few days. It was really hot down there so we spent most of our time in the house or shopping. I was able to get some Christmas shopping done so that is always nice.

Kids are still doing great in school and we love to spend time with them. They are still in piano and doing well with that also.

Mark is doing well, no hospital visits this year so he has been blessed with that.

I am still working full time from home - that is such a blessing to me. I love being home.

MTJJ

August

2010-10-31T11:20:00.002-06:00

August,

Mark and I celebrated our birthdays this month, I am 40 and he is 38. WOW. All last year I told everyone that Mark was throwing me a surprise 40th birthday party. LOL I told him not to worry about doing anything cause this was just another birthday to me. Not a big deal.

Jarod has been struggling in school this year - 5th grade. So we are really working on helping him through this time. WE LOVE HIM and he will make it through this time.

Justin is now in 2nd grade and doing awesome. His is really learning and picking up his school work fast. WE LOVE HIM also.

Sad to see the summer end but we have had a great time as a family.

MTJJ

July

2010-10-31T11:15:00.003-06:00

July,

We had a great month with the 4th and the 24th of July. We celebrated with Fireworks on each day. We love to do the fireworks.

The kids ended the school year and only had a 3 week break before they started their new year. They are doing well and really growing up fast.

Mark has been doing well he still has his bad day and his good days. But we are grateful that he has day.

I have just been working and spending as much time with the family as possible.

This month Mark and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. LOVE YOU MARK

MTJJ

June

2010-07-13T18:11:00.002-06:00

SUMMER IS HERE!!!!

Kids are still in school and our pool is now open!!!! We are trying to go as often as possible.

This year for Cub Scout Camp for Jarod - Webelos - I took Friday the 18th off and I drove up the boys and meet up with their den mother. We had soooo much fun. It was my first time. We had 5 boys and the group of boys we ended up with were soooo obnoxious and disrespectful and our boys we so good. By the end of the day one of the boys came up to me and said he was getting irritated by them.

Not much happened this month to us but for us that is good new.

MTJJ

May

2010-07-13T18:03:00.002-06:00

Well May we had good news and bad news....

The bad news is we did not go to LaJolla this year :( due to a money situation. The paint, the floors and baseboards. I am sad we did not go but I have to say I LOVE MY FLOORS!!!!

The good news is we did get to go down to St George with my family. My sisters boss has a house down there that we stayed in. They had a little putting green, trampoline and a slide in the backyard. So the kids had a ton of fun playing. They did have a community pool it was not the ocean but it was still a blast. They had a place called Pirate Island that we went to, it is a Chuck E Cheese but with better food. LOL. I have been wanting to get family pictures done and while we were there we were able to get some good pictures. I will post some.

Kids are finishing up school and Mark is hanging in there, me hmmmm same ol same ol.

MTJJ

April

2010-05-10T21:32:00.002-06:00

April

Well we finished up our floors and now we starting on the baseboards.

It took a couple of weeks but they baseboards are done!!!! YEAH

We still need to get the hall closet doors back up - we have to do some adjusting. Mark has being doing a 6 week Flolan increase to help him to get feeling better. So he has not had the energy to work on this. He is doing O.K. with his back not back to 100% and the increase we have not yet been able to get this project done. But hey we are close.

With love
MTJJ

March

2010-05-10T21:21:00.003-06:00

March

Jarod turned 10!!! How time flies. My baby is growing up. We had the grandparents and of course favorite Aunt Sheri over for cake and ice cream. Fun times.

While everyone was here they all helped me take furniture out to get ready for our painter Tony to come and paint. YEAH!!! After 11 years we are FINALLY painting. We are painting the front living room, hallway, kitchen, dinning area and family room. We painted the ceilings white, the walls a silver and 3 accent walls a dark green. It turned out wonderful. I LOVE IT!!!

On Friday March 5th we went bowling with some friends and on our second round Mark went to take his shot and tweaked his back. The funny thing is that shot he got a strike - it was his only strike in the 2 games. After the game we took him to the Insta Care and they said he should be fine but if it still hurts to go and see a back Dr. A couple weeks later Mark decided to go to a back Dr. and they said he did not hurt anything bad but to do some therapy. Mark started therapy 2 times a week for about 3 weeks. He went and saw one of Brian's aide.

On Friday the 26th me, Mark, my dad and Darin started to install our new laminate flooring. Brazilian Cherry. It took most of the night Friday, all day Saturday and then we finished up the following Saturday.

We only have the baseboards left to do. We decided to replace them all. Lots of work but well worth it.

With love
MTJJ

February

2010-05-10T21:18:00.002-06:00

February

The kids are doing well in school and loving piano.

Mark is doing good. No medical incidents to report.

I am still working from home and loving it!! I am soooo blessed.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

We did not do too much for V-Day. We took the kids around to pass out their Valentines and mainly spent time as a family. LOVE THEM!!!

With love
MTJJ

January

2010-05-10T21:14:00.002-06:00

Well it's the New Year and so far so good. Everyone is doing well, the kids are back in school and Mark's health is doing good.

My Dad turned 70 on the 11th. WOW - he is such a great dad!!! We went to dinner with the entire family to celebrate at Red Robin. YUMMY.

With love
MTJJ

NEW YEAR

2010-01-30T14:51:00.002-07:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

This New Years Eve my dad, mom and sister came over and we had dinner and we played on the WII for hours. We got Toy Story for Christmas so we play ALL the games on it. FUN FUN FUN. About 11:30 we decided to watch one of the countdown shows - well we all made it to the New Year but not for long shortly after midnight we all went to bed. LOL LOL

I hope this year will be a good one for all of us.

LOVE YA

MTJJ

Christmas

2010-01-30T14:46:00.003-07:00

Christmas was a great!!!

In the morning we got up and opened presents then went to Marks family and we were able to talk to Steven (on his mission in North Carolina). Spent some time with my family then came home and the kids were able to play with their toys. Mark, Jarod and Justin all got new nerf guns and they had a nerf gun battle throughout the house. It was nice to spend time with family. We are so grateful for this time of year and for us to be able to reflect on how the Lord has blessed us this past year. Hopefully the next year will just as great!!! LOVE YA

MTJJ

WDW

2010-01-30T14:35:00.002-07:00

WDW - WHAT FUN!!!!!

We left for WDW on Thursday Dec 3rd with me, Jarod, Justin, my mom, dad and sister. We stayed the first 2 nights at the Caribbean Beach then moved over to the Boardwalk when my 2 cousins and the ones family. Justin had his 7th birthday on Friday and was able to get a $67.00 gift card from Disney for his birthday gift. What a good birthday!!! It was not too cold or too warm it was in the 70's so not too bad, it did rain on the Friday we got there and the Friday before we left. Of course we hit all the fast rides - Jarod love them!!! That is good cause I do to. Jarod wanted to try Mission Space this year since he has not done it before - they have 2 sides a mellow side and a fast side well to start out we did the mellow side then later he wanted to try the fast side so just he and I went on it - well there is 4 to a side and the car is VERY VERY tight well it took a little bit to get the ride started and I almost started to have a panic attack cause like I said it is very tight. Jarod loved it. Overall it was a FABULOUS trip. Had good food, good rides, good rides and good company. Hopefully we can go again next year. LOVE YA

MTJJ

THANKSGIVING

2010-01-30T14:30:00.002-07:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

On Thanksgiving morning when we woke up Mark was not feeling well so we decided not to go to Thanksgiving with Marks family. He did not feel well to make the drive to Duchesne. My family was having a lunch but my sister had come down with Shingles and we did not want Mark around just in case she was contagious. So we ended up staying home. I have to say it was REALLY nice to just be with just us. We did miss family. Since we were not planning on being home we did not have anything prepared for lunch or dinner so we just made corndogs, fish sticks and taquitos, it was a good lunch. LOL. I posted this on Facebook and some nice people in our neighborhood read it and decided to bring us some of there Thanksgiving meal. It was really good and we were thankful for it. We are truly blessed for great family and friends. LOVE YA

MTJJ

2009-11-01T17:47:00.001-07:00

Halloween

2009-11-01T16:18:00.005-07:00

This month we have had some fun with Halloween.

We had a party with some friends and had a great time. We all dressed up and had yummy soup and bread sticks and played games. We have great friends!!!

It was nice on the 30th I took the day off to go and see the kids parade at school. The kids went dressed in their Jiujitsu outfits (Gee / Gii ????) then went and did some Christmas shopping - YEAH almost done.

On Halloween we decorated outside to get ready for that night. We all dressed up - Mark was a wolf, I was a pirate and the boys were zombies.

Mark loves to try and scare the kids (only the older ones - he is not allowed to scare the younger ones). This year we have some chains that we put on each side of the swing and made loops in them for his hands and he would sit on the swing with his hands in the chains so he could only go so far. When the kids came up he would shake the chains, growl at them or jump up at them and since he could only go so far the chains would rattle. MAN IT WAS FUNNY!!!! It was fun to hear some of the things the kids would say - we heard one kid across the street say "we are going over to that house". LOL. We of course had the strobe light and fog machine going.

One set of kids came up and said look it is Jacob (from Twilight/New Moon) of course I had to explain to Mark what they meant since he is not a fan. We had some friends come over dressed as a dead bride and groom and I told them the story and said they could be Bella and Edward LOL LOL LOL. That is who is in the pictures with Mark.

I am glad Mark has such a great time at Halloween - he was tired that day so he did not go trick or treating with us so he could save his energy for scaring the kids. It is a great way to start off the Holiday Season.

MTJJ

Update

2009-09-29T20:58:00.002-06:00

Not too much is going on to post about but with us I guess that is a good thing. Things have been going well around here since we got Mark out of the Hospital. He is doing good, he still has his good and bad days. He has had a hard time this time getting his energy back.

The kids have been off track all month and I think they are ready to go back to school. I am glad they have had the month off since we started Soccer it has been easier not to have to worry about doing homework while trying to get them to 2 games a week each and practices. They love soccer and I really enjoy going and watching them play.

Justin this month has lost 2 teeth and Jarod has lost 1 so they love to have Tooth Fairy come.

I am sad to have had to say goodbye to the pool but I do love the Fall it is my favorite! Although it is almost time to give up my capri's and sandals - I will wear them as long as I possibly can.

I have decorated for Halloween already and this is one of Mark's favorite Holidays. This is a fun time for us. So if I don't post again until after Halloween I will post some of our pictures. I can't say what Mark is going to be this year cause he dose not want me to tell - he his funny that way. But it is fun to hear him tell me all the ideas he has, that is for decorating the outside of the house and different ways he want to scare the older kids, he is not allowed to scare the little ones. FUN FUN FUN.

Have a good one!!

MTJJ

Again???

2009-09-06T21:10:00.003-06:00

Well September has started off a little rough for us. On Wednesday Sept 2nd I went into the office to work and Mark calls me in the morning when he gets up and said he did not feel well, I did not think much of it since he dose not feel well most days, then around noon he called and said his stomach was upset. The kicker was when he called me around 3 and said his heart rate was jumping between 120 and 140 so I told him to call his nurse and let her know what was going on and I told him I was on my way home from work to take him to the Hospital. On the way home I decided I better call him and make sure he was O.K. and I had him stay on the phone with me until I got home just in case anything happened. Got home and got the kids and Mark and headed for the E.R. My parents came and meet us at the E.R and got the kids (they had a soccer clinic that night that they wanted to go to). We got to the E.R. at about 4:45 and surprisingly they took him right back. Of course they did every test they could and one test did show that his white blood count was high so we knew he would end up in the RICU to be observed. Well we were right they got us up to the RICU at about 7:45 so only 3 hrs in the E.R. not bad. Mark wanted me to stay the night with him and I wanted to but I knew if I did not go home and be with the kids they would freak out so I left Mark hoping I would not get a call in the middle of the night. When I got home the kids wanted to sleep with me and under the circumstances I let them so needless to say between my fears and two kids in bed with me I did not get much sleep. When I got back to the Hospital on Thursday Mark said that night they started and IV Antibiotic then ran some more blood tests and they showed that and his white blood count had dropped. Spent the day with him then I had to get back home and get the kids from school and do homework and we were on our way back to the Hospital to get their dad and bring him home, at least that is what we thought. HAHA they ended up having Mark stay one more night to finish off the last of the IV Antibiotics (there were 3 bags). Friday the 4th Mark called me and said COME AND GET ME!!! they were letting him come home. YEAH. They did want to monitor him to see if this would happen again so they sent him home with a King of Hearts monitor which he needs to wear for 2 weeks. The Dr.'s do not know what caused this or what even happened. O.K. can we say FLUKE FAMILY!!!

I want to thank everyone for their concerns, love and prayers. WE LOVE YOU!!

MTJJ

August

2009-08-23T20:31:00.002-06:00

Well it has been about a month since I posted last and not much has happened and I guess that is a good thing.

The kids are back in school and doing well. Mark's health is stable - he has his good days and his bad. I am doing O.K. my work has taken away all overtime so I have been able to spend more time with the family this month so that has been a good thing.

Mark and I had our Birthdays this month and we saved some money and with our Birthday money we were able to buy us a grinder - YEAH!!! We have been making our own bread the last few months. I know can you believe it US!!! It will be fun to start using it.

All is well and I will post again soon.

Love Ya
MTJJ

Right Heart Cath / Radio

2009-07-16T13:42:00.002-06:00

Well Mark had his Right Heart Cath done on Friday July 10th and all went well.

We went to the Hospital (IMC) at 8:00 and his procedure was supposed to be at 9:30 but they did not take him back until 10:45 (a little late). This time Mark was a little nervous so that made me a little nervous cause when he was first diagnosed they said if he did not seek treatment he only had about a 1 1/2 yrs and at about that time he ended up calling 911. Well they also said when he was first diagnosed that they gave him 3-5 yrs, well this June he hit is 5 yrs so we were hoping nothing major happened. When they took him back about 15 min later I hear over the sound system CODE BLUE/RED - it made my heart stop for just a min then I just had to tell myself it was not for Mark. Our room was just outside the nurses station so every time someone walked by I was hoping it was Mark. About 45 min later the Dr. came in and said all was fine. YEAH!!!!!!! With Mark having such a low blood clotting factor he needed to stay flat for about 3 hrs. They walked him, gave him lunch, walked him some more and no extra bleeding or oozing so they let us go. The funny thing is on the way home we were listening to 1079.5 the Mix and they said be caller 10 and you can win a movie so I asked Mark if he wanted me to call and he said yes - so a few trys later it rang and they said caller 5 try again so I did well it rang again and they said I was caller 10 and I won the movies "Push" and "Knowing" LOL I never win anything and this past year I have won 3 times on the Radio. LOL I guess the Lord loves me.

MTJJ

4th of July

2009-07-09T19:51:00.002-06:00

Well just a little update on what is going on here.

On the 4th of July a few years back Justin had an accident with a sparkler - He burnt his eye he was very lucky nothing major. So since then we do not do sparklers here, well this year we decided to let them have some (Aunt and Neighbor), well you guessed it Justin got burned again! Only on his finger so nothing serious but I have now decided NO MORE SPARKLERS!!! LOL

Today I had a meeting for work and the way they were talking I was for sure I was getting laid off - well they did lay off 40 people and luckily I still have a job. THANK GOODNESS!!!

Mark goes in tomorrow for a right heart cath - I will post about that later.

Update

2009-06-18T21:15:00.002-06:00

Well if you have noticed I have done some back postings for history sake. We are doing well here.

If you have read any of my last few blogs you know Mark's health hit a down point. This year we were supposed to go to Yellowstone with Mark's family. Well about a couple of weeks prior to Mark going to the Hospital he asked me if I would feel bad if we did not go to Yellowstone cause he was not having good feelings about it. So we decided we would really think and pray about it, well a couple of weeks later he lands in the Hospital and then we knew we were not going to Yellowstone. When we got home from the Hospital we started looking into where the nearest Medical care would be and it was about 1 hr away. So needless to say we told his family we were not going to Yellowstone - BUMMER!!! but they all understood why we decided not to go. I write this because this is the week we would be in Yellowstone in fact we would just be getting home today. I am sad we were not able to go but I know we made the correct decision.

Well tonight I FINALLY got to mow my lawn - it has been about 3 weeks since the last time I did it. Every time I had time to mow it would rain - oh well. So my parents come out to help me with the lawn - THEY ARE THE BEST!!!! I am mowing and Jarod was riding his bike and he pulled up to the house and he did not look right and I asked him what was wrong and he said he did not know he had a pain in his upper back and it hurt so we took off his shirt and found out he got stung by a bee!!! Poor kid I felt bad for him. It did start to swell but we washed it and got some aloe vera on it and by the time he went to bed it was hardly red and you could just barely see the puncture point. Thank goodness. Grateful for the little things in life.

THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!!!

MTJJ

LaJolla

2009-06-18T20:59:00.002-06:00

We left for LaJolla on Friday May 15th and I could not wait to RELAX. When we got there me, my mom and my sister Sheri we went and got a wonderful pedicure. A few years ago we found this cute little place up the street from where we stay and now it is a tradition to go and get pedicures the first day we get there so our toes look pretty for the ocean. We stay in a place just across the street from the cove in LaJolla, we have been staying in this place for many many years. My grandparents and parents found in when I was just little. WE LOVE IT!!!! We don't do anything really while we are there we mainly just relax, visit the ocean, seal beach, the pool and just go for walks. There are little shops just up the street that we shop in. This year there was a new candy store that we went to a couple of times, it had candy from when I was little, It was a fun place. Last year we found a mall and we decided to go again this year. While the girls were doing some shopping my dad took Jarod and Justin outside to this place for kids to play, well while he was sitting there his wallet fell out of his pants and he did not know it and he came back into the store to see if we were done, when we came back outside this guy came up to us and asked my dad if his name was Kent and he said yes well this guy said here you dropped your wallet. OH MAN!!! my dad sure was lucky that such an honest guy found it. It was a good lesson for the boys to see cause later that night Jarod came up to me and said "that guy sure was nice to give grandpa back his wallet."

It was a fast trip we came home on Tuesday the 19th, but we had a great time, I hate to leave once I am there. I can't wait to go back next year.

MTJJ

Flu / Fluke Family

2009-06-18T20:49:00.002-06:00

O.K. so on May 12th I started not to feel so good and then the next morning I was not doing to much better but of course I had to go into work that day. I got to work at 7:00 by 8:00 I had drank almost 64 oz of water and was still thirsty and I was freezing, I had my jacket on and a blanket wrapped around me. I was shaking soooo bad Icould not take it anymore so I left work at 8:30 and went to the Insta Care. When I got in I had a fever of 103.3 and they said I had flu like symptoms, so they ran a strep test - can back negative then they did the flu test to make sure it was not the swine flu - OH MY OUCH!!! they take a long q-tip and shove it up your nose, I started to lean back cause it hurt and the nurse took the back of my head so I could not move and kept going - I could feel and hear my nose cracking as it kept going. After she took it out I just started crying cause I was upset - we are leaving for LaJolla in 2 days. Of course all those tests came out negative. So I went home and slept the rest of the day. My fever broke later that night and the next morning you guessed it I was just fine no fever no symptoms!!! So I have decided to label our family as the Fluke Family. Mark gets a blood clot and I get the flu - I have NEVER had the flu. So I guess that this a good thing that I did not have the flu.

MTJJ

ER / Hospital

2009-06-18T19:49:00.002-06:00

Well as most of you already know (I am behind on blogging) Mark had a ER / Hospital visit on May 3rd. He woke up at about 5:15 a.m. and he was bleeding from him clave in his line. We called his nurse and she said to call 911 and get him to the ER but Mark said oh just take me then he stood up walked a couple of steps and decided calling 911 would be a good thing to do. I called them and got the kids ready to go and stay with my parents. While waiting for the ambulance Justin asked Mark if he was going to die and Jarod told him "HE IS DYING" in a very sarcastic tone. I had to tell them that Mark was not going to die, but in the back of my mind I was not too sure. This time for some reason it was unsettling to me.

Well we get to the ER and run every test and they said to Mark that he had a blood clot in his line and they need to try and get it to break free. Well I find this very amusing since THIS MAN'S BLOOD DOSE NOT CLOT!!! They took us up to the RICU (respiratory intensive care unit) and said we would more than likely stay the night and do surgery in the morning to replace his line if the clot would not break. So around 3:00 I decided to go home and get some stuff so Mark could spend the night since it was not looking good. Well I get home and just about to go back to the Hospital when Mark calls and says the clot broke. YEAH!!!! So I was able to go back and only have to spend a few more hours then I could take him home.

So far so good.

MTJJ

David Archuletta

2009-03-29T16:14:00.001-06:00

DAVID ARCHULETTA

2009-03-29T13:30:00.002-06:00

We had so much fun!!! As we got there they just opened the doors and let me tell you the girls started screaming. WHATEVER!!! Are seats were not too bad. I was talking to one of the Security Guards and I asked him what time the concert ended and he said about 11:00 and I was surprised and he told me David would not be coming on until about 9:30 - there were two other acts first. They were not too bad. As we were walking Jarod found $3.00 and I asked him if he wanted to turn it in (trying to teach him options and what is right) he said he wanted to keep it but he would turn it in. As we were walking down to turn it into Guest Services some guy stopped us that was selling Ice Cream and said he had to give some away and asked if we wanted any, Jarod took some. We were talking and we said when you do the right think you get blessings. When we got to Guest Services I told them what was going on and Jarod said he wanted to turn the money in and they told him how wonderful they thought he was for doing the right thing and at the end of the night if no one claimed it he could have the money. Right before David came out the crowd started to chant David's name and it started getting loud and I did not think anything about it. Well when he came out - OH MY GOSH!!! it was sooooo loud. Jarod made it through the first song then sat on the steps (luckily we had the end of the row) and was plugging his ears. He then came back and sat back in his seat for the next couple of songs - I looked over and he looked miserable so we went out and got some earplugs for him and with that he made it through a few more songs. I decided if he was not having any fun it was not worth staying so I asked him if he wanted to leave and he said no - then a few minutes later he said it was just too loud for him and asked if we could go, and I told him we could. So we went back and no one claimed the money so Jarod was able to keep his $3.00. As we were leaving he said to me that he had fun with me at the concert. That made my night.

MTJJ

Update

2009-02-20T16:21:00.002-07:00

O.K. the Dr.'s office called and said Jarod's tests all came back normal so now we are going to wait until next week when he has his well care visit and see what they say to do. We have not heard the "CLINK" with Justin but we are sure it has passed - Hopefully.

I have put on a couple of new pictures of us from our Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet - It was a cowboy theme. We had a great time.

MTJJ

POOP!!! Here we go again

2009-02-13T20:08:00.004-07:00

OK a couple blogs ago I said not much has happened around here - well I will NEVER say that again.

As you know we had to get a stool sample for Jarod well Wednesday the Dr's office called and said that the lab ran the wrong test - AARGGGGGGG!!!! So we had to go to the Hospital and get another sample kit and wait for you know the yuck yuck - Friday he did his duty we collected and Mark took it to the Hospital and that was a chore in itself - he had to go to the lab and they made him go down to admitting then back to the lab so by the end of all this needless to say Mark was very tired. So we do not have an update on him.

On Thursday Justin was playing with his magnetics set and then sat down with Mark to watch some cartoons - I was working and then I heard a gag then some crying I jumped up and asked what happened and Justin told us he swallowed one of the metal balls!!!! That's my toad. I called the Dr.'s office and asked them do we just wait until it comes out the other end??? They said with a child of his age it is best to go and get an X-Ray - so we took off to the Insta-Care and waited for just over an hr. which at the time we were not happy with but it turned out to be a good thing cause by the time we got the X-Ray done the ball had passed through to the intestines and it is now on its way out!! The X-Ray is to the side so if you want to see what about $500.00 looks like, hopefully it won't be that much. So we now get to check out his movements to see if we can see the ball. FUN FOR US. It has been a pooper of a week - LOL LOL - Now that's funny.

Have a great Valentines

MTJJ

Facebook

2009-02-10T14:49:00.002-07:00

OH MY!!!! I was talking to a friend at work about facebook that I might sign up and she told me to, than at Church a friend suggested it so needless to say I signed up. It has only been a couple of days but I am hooked - I get on during my breaks and lunch. Then I talked to Mark and he decided to sign up now we are both on it all the time. That is when the kids are not around they are still my first priority. Come on and be my friend.

MTJJ

2009-02-08T14:55:00.003-07:00

Hello all,

I have not posted anything for awhile but not much has been going on here.

The last couple of weekends Jarod has been getting sick. He gets up Sunday Night / Monday Morning throwing up. We have asked him if it has something to do with school and he has said no, that he likes school. My mom said she got a letter in the mail saying a batch of her crackers she bought was infected with salmonella (hope that is spelled correctly) so after the 3 time of him doing this we called the doctor and told them what was going on and if this salmonella could have any lasting effects on the body and they are not too sure so they said to have him checked out. So far so good but they said they wanted to do a stool sample just to see if there is anything in his system. Well that was last Monday and I went to work on Wednesday and low and behold I get a phone call from Mark saying he finally had a bowl movement. LOL LOL LOL so Mark had to gather the sample and take it to the lab. Man did I pick a great day to go to work. We have not heard back from the labs so I will keep you all posted.

MTJJ

January

2009-01-18T17:49:00.002-07:00

I have not posted in awhile but nothing much has been going on - in our case I guess that is good. Mark has a Dr. Apt. to check on his Diabetes this week we will keep you posted on if anything changes - so far he is doing O.K.

This was a good weekend I am TRYING to start up again going to the Temple on Fridays and I finally went on Friday for the first time in a few months and it was really nice - what away to start off your weekend. On Friday we were able to go and see some friends we have not seen in a long time and on Saturday we able to get together with my family, an uncle and my cousin and her husband - he is waiting for a new heart - so it has been hard to get together with them - cause he is not always in good health. So we understand that one!!!!! Mark and I took the kids to see "Bedtime Stories" it is a cute show and it is good family show so I recommend it. Like you need my approval!!!! LOL. Sunday we started watching the playoffs for the Super Bowl - We are excited to have the Super Bowl coming up in a couple of weeks - I do not care who plays I just love to go to my mom's and have lots of good food. We mainly watch for the commercials and I am hoping they are better this year cause in the past couple of years we have been disappointed cause they have been lame. That is all for now take care.

MTJJ

2009

2009-01-04T18:53:00.003-07:00

The new year has started off pretty good - New Years Eve we just hung out at home it was nice - New Years Day we went shooting with Mark's family and we had a great time. Then on Saturday stayed at home got some things taken care and I went with some friends and saw Twilight - I really liked it - it was cheesy but I have to say I laughed alot. Later that night we went and played games with friends and had a great time. I hope this is a sign of good things to come this year.

2008-12-28T09:34:00.003-07:00

Well Christmas has come and gone and I hope all had a great time.

We enjoyed spending time as a family then going to see our families - Mark has 2 brothers from out of state that came in so it was fun to see them. Then we went to my family and had lunch with them and was able to see my Aunt and some of my cousins.

It has been nice to have a 4 days off from work - Saturday we went to have family pictures taken with Mark's family - there were 44 of us!! I do have to say the place we went actually did a good job getting us placed and out of there without too many meltdowns. After that I was able to go with my sister and see some friends that I have not seen for about 5 or so years. So I have to say this weekend was a good one.

I hope you all have a great New Year!!!!

MTJJ

December

2008-12-13T19:39:00.002-07:00

So far this month has been a good one, I have started working from home and it is WONDERFUL!!!!! We have been greatly blessed by this and I am truly thankful.

Justin turned 6!!!! Man they grow up fast. We had just the grandparent (and of course aunt Sheri) over for pizza, cake and ice cream. We had a great time.

Over the Holidays my family has some traditions that I love to do every year. Wego and see the lights at Temple Square the day after Thanksgiving. This year there were soooo many people there and I forgot my camera DUH so no pictures. Then The Festival of Trees and that is always fun to go to. I have learned over the years just to look at the trees and enjoy them and not read the stories, that way I do not come out of there crying. Another tradition we do is go to Ogden to El Matador for dinner and see the lights in the city center but this year with the storm coming and it being cold we decided to go to the El Matador in Bountiful for dinner and not go and see the lights. If you have never been to El Matador I highly suggest it - it has the BEST mexican food.

I hope we can all remember the true meaning of this time of season. I am truly grateful for all that we have been given this year and am grateful for the birth of our Savior. I hope you all have a safe and great Christmas.

MTJJ

Quick Post

2008-11-26T18:44:00.003-07:00

Hello All,

Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

I just wanted to let you know that I have started working in home as of yesterday. It will be nice to have a long weekend. Starting next week I will be going into the office only 1 day a week
YEAH!!!! I hope all is well with you and will post again soon.

Sorry about not having the video on - I think I just figured it out so I will see if this works, it is just over a minute long so you don't have to watch the entire thing.

MTJJ

2008-11-23T18:18:00.001-07:00

Thanksgiving and WDW

2008-11-23T16:22:00.003-07:00

Hello All,

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!! I hope you have a great Holiday this week.

Well we just got back from WDW and we had a GREAT time!!!! I will try and make this short. We were there for my mom's b-day this time instead of Justin's and we went to the Rain Tree Forest Restaurant and had lunch and they bring out a Volcano (there is a picture of my mom with the it) it has 3 or 4 huge brownies, ice cream and whipping cream - YUMMY!!! On Sunday we were in Epcot and going to go on Soarin and I thought Jarod was behind me with my sister and dad - well Jarod went past me to go with my mom and I did not see him so when I turned around Jarod was not there so needless to say I started to freak out cause I could not find him and my sister kept saying he is with mom so I rushed through the crowd to get up to my mom and there he was - I thought I had lost my child in Epcot it is only a small place to lose him (LOL - HUGE!!!) so after my heart starting beating normal we were able to enjoy the rest of the day. It was supposed to be warm but when we got there they had a cold front come so it was a little chilly but I did not care cause I was in WDW. This is the first time I was able to go there where we did not have to wait forever for the rides - the longest we waited was about 20-25 min and that was on Soarin, Test Track and the new Toy Story ride other than that we basically walked right on everything. Most of the time it took us longer to walk to the loading dock than we did to wait for the ride - NICE!!!! On Wednesday we were in Magic Kingdom and my dad was talking to one of the workers and they said that on that day there were only 15,000 people when normally at that time of year the average is between 40,000 - 45,000 people so you can tell from that there were hardly any crowds - even walking around there was no one around. I am going to put on a little video of Justin on The Runaway Train (Big Thunder Mountain) you may not see much cause I was riding in front of him and did not get a good picture but you have to hear his little scream - it is sooooo cute!!!! The boys loved all the fast rides just like I do so it is nice to know in the future I will have riding buddies. But we did have one exciting thing happen when we were there that has never happened before - we decided to ride the train from Main Street in the Magic Kingdom well they were taking forever to get going and we over heard one of the workers talking and they said something happened then just after that we saw the paramedics come down the row with a stretcher and we all had to get off the train. I do not know what happened it was interesting but scary for that poor family. Man I would hate to get all the way there and then have something like that happen to one of us. I know you are probably bored by now so if you want to hear more about my trip come and talk to me.

Trick or Treat

2008-11-02T09:28:00.005-07:00

Hello All,

Well Halloween is over and we all had a great time. It was nice to have the day off and spend time with the kids and not have to worry about getting back to work after the parade was over. For the parade Jarod was a Jujitsu fighter and Justin was Spider man (thanks to a friend letting us borrow the costume). That afternoon we got the outside set up (strobe light, fog machine, lights etc) so Mark could scare the older kids - he is not allowed to scare the young ones. We believe since it was a Friday night there must have been some junior high and high school parties cause we did not have very many kids to scare. This year since it was so nice outside I stayed out there with Mark to scare the kids and I have to say it was pretty fun. For trick or treating the kids both decided they wanted to be vampires (that's o.k. since that is an easy costume to put together), Mark was a skeleton pirate (I braided his beard and put beads in it), and I do not know what I was - I used Mark's Scream costume from last year and just painted my face. We had a great time. I am kinda glad it is over cause that means me and the boys leave for Florida here soon YEAH!!!!! I hope all had a great Halloween and Happy Holidays!!!!

MTJJ

2008-10-19T15:53:00.002-06:00

Well soccer is over and they both had a great time. So things should slow down a little bit. With Halloween just a couple of weeks away I have told the boys that they need to decide on what they want to be for Halloween by this Friday so we can get their costumes together. I will post pictures of Halloween as soon as I can - we are going to braid Mark's beard again this year cause he is going to be a skeleton pirate. I am taking the day off work so I can get everyone ready. As you can tell we like Halloween around here. Not much to say right now and with the Holidays coming up I will post as much as I can.

2008-10-09T19:39:00.004-06:00

Sorry it took so long for an update on Mark. It turned out to be another site infection, they put him on an antibiotic and the infection has cleared up but in the process the medication did not react well with his insulin so Mark the past week has been battling his sugar levels. He is doing well.

The boys are doing great in school and all their extra activities. Jarod has earned his first strips in Jiujitsu. Our friend who is teaching them says Jarod has natural instincts. He had him in a new hold he was teaching them (he had not told them how to get out of it) and Jarod was able to get out of it. I guess the moral of the story is not to mess with Jarod. LOL

Justin - oh Justin what can I say he is just being himself. Mark took them to the dentist on Monday and his 6 yr molars are coming in and he has been eating alot lately (not like him) so we thought maybe he is going through a growth spurt well yes he is cause I tried on their winter clothes about 3 weeks ago and now some of his pants that fit him are now floods.

My babies are growing up way too fast for me.

MTJJ

2008-09-29T19:24:00.003-06:00

On Saturday night my parents and my sister had the kids for a sleep over. On Sunday morning Mark did not feel well enough to go to Church so I went by myself, I actually got to hear a talk!! When I came home we changed Mark's bandage on his line and it was sore and swollen so he paged the nurse and she said she would talk to the Dr. and let us know what they wanted us to do. When she called back she said we needed to go to the E.R. well as most of you know this is nothing new to us. The nurse told me she would call the charge nurse and give orders of what needed to be done. When we got there and got registered and into a room (IMC - HUGE we were in room 72) we were surprised that the E.R. now has T.V.'s in the rooms so that made it a little bit easier. After asking about 4 people to try and find the orders and 3 hrs later they could not get in touch with the nurse or Mark's Dr. so they let us go saying it was just an infection. I paged the nurse and when she called back and told her the story needless to say she was ticked. When we got home the nurse called back and said she called the Hospital (gave them a piece of her mind) and we needed to go back and get some cultures taken and when Mark got there to immediately take him back and take the cultures and not to re-admit him or charge us for the visit. When Mark got there they did exactly what they should have done the first time. Mark stopped and got the prescription - $42.00 bucks!!! after ins. So now we can add IMC E.R. to our list of E.R. we have visited. It seemed like a long day but we are doing well. We have not heard back on the results of the cultures but will keep you posted so check this blog or Marks in the next week for an update. Thanks for all your love, support and prayers in Mark's behalf. It really helps to keep you going. I know this was not a big deal but it always freaks me out a little cause you never now when this will be the big one that will end bad. I just thank the Lord everyday we do have even if it is in the E.R. LOL.

MTJJ

Lagoon

2008-09-28T10:41:00.001-06:00

2008-09-28T09:52:00.004-06:00

I just can't believe that we are just about into October - how the time goes by.

On Saturday September 13th we went to Lagoon for my Company work party. We did not ride any of the rides this year cause even with the discount it was still way more than I wanted to spend for Lagoon so we just did all the free stuff that they offered. They had a kids corner and the kids loved it!!! They were able to get their face painted, tattoos, make visors and a frisbee. Hey don't forget the free FOOD. I told the kids if we do the free stuff at Lagoon then that means more money for Florida WDW!!!! We are getting excited for that we are at about a month and a half away.

The kids have been in soccer for the last few weeks and they are having fun with it. They have 3 more Saturday games then they will be done, so after that life may not be so hectic for us all. HAHA what am I thinking something else will come up - LIKE THE HOLIDAYS!!!!! The only thing that I am NOT excited about is the snow - I hate to drive in it. The kids have already been telling me what they want to be for Halloween - I should say the last month they have been. As of right now they both want to be Vampire Soccer Players....... we still have a month so that could change again. I will post some pictures of costumes after Halloween. Some of you may know that the last couple of years Mark has really gotten into decorating and dressing up for Halloween so it will be interesting to see what Mark will do this year. Last year he dressed up as the scream character and he did scare some kids and some of the neighborhood. Mark has started his own blog at stuckathomedad@blogspot.com (there is a link on this blog) so he may have already talked about this. Check his out for updates on his health.

I hope all is well with you.

MTJJ

2008-09-12T16:41:00.001-06:00

September

2008-09-07T17:15:00.003-06:00

Mark is going strong. He has started with the new insulin and it seems to be working out well, he is just trying to work out the bugs. He is starting up his own blog to keep you all updated on his progress, when it is up and going we will let you know the address.

Trisha - I went to LA on August 29th with my sister to the Pepsi Smash concert - WE HAD A BLAST!!!! On Friday we got in LA about 8:00 and a town car was waiting for us to take us to the hotel. After we checked in at the Century Plaza (NICE) we had a dinner with Pepsi. On Saturday we got up and went for a little walk to see Rodeo Drive! It was not as wonderful as I thought, it is in the middle of not the nicest part of town. I did find a purse and Niemen Marcus for only $1,195.00 - should have bought it - YEAH RIGHT!!!! Then we walked back to the Hotel and went to the Mall then walked to see the LA Temple - needless to say we were tired from all walking. That night we meet in the lobby with all the other winners (about 200 of us) and went to the concert. They told us we could not take cameras so I left mine at the Hotel and when we got there everyone else had cameras and were taking pictures (MAD) we were in the pit (standing room only) and we were right in front of the stage and I had no camera to take pictures so I did not get any pictures. Natasha did a great job and loved her performance - on the other hand when Fergie came out they turned up the volume and it was really loud. Her dancers were not the most modest I guess you could say, we stayed for about half then went out into the lobby until it was done. Then that Sunday came home.

Jarod & Justin - They are going back on track on Monday the 8th. They are ready to get back into the swing of things. They are loving Jujitsu and waiting for Soccer to start. Justin went to the eye doctor for the first time and his eyes are just fine - no need for glasses yet. Jarod broke his frames and luckily when we went back to costco the frames were under warranty so they just replaced his frames. Costco now knows Jarod cause we are in there about every other week getting his glasses adjusted. He is a boy!! They are growing like weeds - pants we bought for Jarod in March are already floods on him - it is good for Justin cause it has lots of hand me downs. They are enjoying that last bit of summer trying to get in as much bike riding and scooter riding as they can.

Talk to ya soon!!!

2008-08-01T18:53:00.005-06:00

Hello to all,

Welcome to my first blog page!!!!!

August....

Mark
He has his good days and his bad days but overall is doing well. He just went and saw a diabetic specialist and they said that he is type 1 not type 2. He has now been going to the doctors to re-do how he dose his insulin shots.

Trisha
I am still working full time + overtime at Regence BC/BS. I have cut back on my overtime this summer to spend more time with the family and trying to go to the Temple on Friday afternoons. I wish I could be a stay at home mom but that is not what I am supposed to do right now. For those of you who don't know I won a trip to L.A. to see Fergie and Natasha Bedingfield from 97.1 ZHT (radio station) Mark did not want to go so I am taking my sister Sheri with me. I will post pictures when I get back (hopefully with some STARS!!!!! lol hehe).

Jarod & Justin started school and they are doing great and loving it!!!! They will be off track here starting Monday the 18th (they are on C track). Jarod has started piano and a friend of ours is teaching him and she says he is doing great! Jarod is also in scouts and this summer went to scout camp and he had a great time. Both the boys have started Jujitsu (probably spelled it wrong), they are taking it from a friend. They are enjoying it and love to come home and show their new moves on Mark. They will also start fall soccer in September so needless to say we will be very busy. We will keep this up as long as the boys do well in school and are o.k. with it all.

Stay tuned till next time.