Stuff

So I'm sick of studying and have a headache after 14 hours of school and I'm bored. I can't think of anything else to do so I'm trying to think of something to post here, but I got nothin. We don't write down Hunter's funny things so I never remember them, even though he makes us laugh almost every day. So let's see......he does have a wild imagination and is always making stuff up, saying there are monsters somewhere, or he's a superhero, or he's flying, or his "friend" BOOtBYt (read booby), needs help or will do what we ask him to. I can't believe some of the stuff he comes up with. I wanted to take him camping and fishing last weekend, but SOMEBODY decided it should rain for 10 days straight.

So I was in clinic today and I got to epilate my patient for the first time. It's a complicated semi-surgical procedure and insurance pays $40 every time it is performed. Whoever can tell me exactly what I did wins the pat on the back prize! One of my other patients had bilateral macular lesions. I've also seen a 17 year old girl with a tumor on the back of her eye-maybe the coolest thing I've seen to date. The best way to describe it was if someone took a big handful of bright yellow fat and chucked it onto the back of her eye. Wow- The picture doesn't really do it justice, but it looked something like the one on the top right.

So now that you're all impressed by my awesomeness, this morning I got to class late and about 5 min after I sat down my buddy texted me. Of course the instructor was in the middle of a long pause, so it was dead silent when I felt my pocket start to buzz. A half second later, everyone hears-"WHO LET THE DOGS OUT, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO...." It was pretty funny, and the instructor played right along...I've got an audio file I can email if you want. It's tough to hear, but it's funny.

Also, this weekend I managed to give myself a second degree burn with a light bulb and slice off the tip of my thumb all within 24 hours. So I know I'm good, but I'm not perfect yet-so don't get too jealous;)

I am writing this for a test. Does anyone read the blog? How long has it been since you have read it? Just in case you do, you can be the first to know...Dad and I are having a baby!!! Exciting, huh? Since no one else is having one, I just thought we should be contributing. Besides, our family at home is dwindling and we need to multiply and replenish. I wanted to have a baby before I turn 50 and start to feel my age.

April Fools! Oh, I mean September Fools! I got you for a minute, didn't I? Haha.

Who read this? Respond please. And know that I love you-ALL of my children. (etc) :)

not-so-exciting-kind-of-scary experience

So I just thought I would update everyone on our new experience last week. Tuesday night we went out to eat at Chili's with a gift card from our wedding. We were excited because we'd never eaten there before and they had a deal going on. Anyway shortly after we got home Aaron started feeling pains of indigestion. It kept getting worse even tho he took tums, rolaids and the unmentionable pink stuff (pepto bismal sp?). Eventually he started feeling a tightening in his chest and lots of pressure that was making it hard to breathe. I started calling instacares but no one was open so I called the hospital and they said since it was his chest he should go to the ER. We wanted a second opinion so we called his stepmom who's a nurse and she said the same thing. So off we went at 12:30 to the ER. It was getting worse while we were waiting and finally I got up and asked if someone could possibly help him now since he was having a harder time breathing and was near passing out. We got him in and they started doing tests. They did a chest xray, an ekg, and an I.V. to get some blood samples. His parents came up and his dad gave him a blessing. It was nice to have their support.
Eventually (about 4 hours later) the dr. came in and gave us the diagnosis. we can't remember the word for it but it's something similiar to Pleurisy which is an inflammation of the lining of the lungs. So they told him to take 800 miligrams of ibprofen 3 times a day and rest. We got home around 5 in the morning and slept for about 2 hours before he woke up with shortness of breath. Luckily it got better and he's been slowly recovering. We discovered that stress is a big contributor to his pain and tightness so we've been trying to lower that.
Anyway it was definitely a new adventure that i'd be totally fine with never experiencing again.
But i thought I would just share our news. This past weekend was awesome to be a part of the Crockett family events. Candice went through the temple on friday night. Bethanie was baptized Saturday morning and Ryan gave his farewell talk on Sunday. After lunch at Crockett's Aaron and I drove down to Lehi to babysit Amelia's 5 kids. It was pretty intense putting them all to bed at once. I think we neglected the baby but she lived through it. We definitely don't feel a desire to have 5 children right now. Aaron asked if we could just start at the beginning with one. I feel good about that. (this isn't any sort of announcement btw). So it was a pretty crazy week and we were happy to get back home.
So that's about it. Oh but our most exciting news is that we are going to Las Vegas the first weekend in September!! Aaron's grandma called and said she had planned a trip for her and her kids to go to a show down there but his uncle couldn't go so she invited us! We're just paying for the gas money to get down there. And then we'll go to Page AZ to visit his sister and brother in law (which is by Lake Powell). So we're pretty excited. Our first gambling experience, um, that is, i mean... just kidding!
Love you all
The Taylors

What would you have done...

I was over at Joe's again, he was having a quiet day, and was seemingly relaxed. He came out of his room after a while and looked a bit more troubled than normal. I asked him if he was feeling OK and he said "I'm feeling alright, but I have a problem.." "Really?" I replied, "What's wrong?" He said slowly and sternly, "I have to go to the bathroom, but I don't remember how!" I showed him where the bathroom was, but that wasn't enough for him. He said "I know I have to go, I just don't don't know how, to go..." So I resorted to plan B. I pulled up a chair, explaining that that back of the chair was like the back of the toilet and the seat was like the toilet seat, and all you have to do is pull your pants down and sit down like so (I didn't actually pull my pants down.) It was really hard not to lose it. Eventually he wanted his daughter to come down and help him which she did. It must be hard living with dementia.

The great new experiences of Denver

So it's late and i shouldn't be writing this, but I had to share this one. Since being out here in Colorado I've worked really hard on not being nieve or showing my sheltered roots. I've done a pretty good job so far. We had a lunch today for the office building where I work. It was a huge party out front with a band and great food catered. I was with a co worker from my office, Alonda. She's a really nice lady, pretty funny. I got my food and headed over for a drink. They had a sherbet drink along with others. I remember sherbet drinks from back in the day and readily scooped up a glass. We went and sat down on a cement ledge and began to eat. I took a drink and thought, wow, they don't make this stuff like they do in Utah, that's strong stuff. I soon took another sip and my suspicions began to arrive. After a couple more sips I couldn't do it any more, something was fishy. You don't put super super strong sparkling cider in sherbet drinks, it just doesn't make sense. I threw it away, but was too shy to ask my co worker if it was really alcoholic.

When I got to my desk I didn't know if it was just my mind messing with me or what, but I was back on my pain pills from my knee surgery again. Things were kinda funny, I couldn't think straight to finish the spreadsheet I was working on, and things just weren't processing right.

I visited my new client, which is another story in and of itself, but it was pretty emotionally draining. When I got home I was so physically exhausted, I hadn't felt like that in a long time, and I had gotten a decent amount of sleep last night too.

Finally after going to a movie with a group of friends tonight I asked one of my friends here if sherbet drinks are alcoholic. She laughed and said yes, if you're gonna drink that one, you better ask for it virgin.

My first sip. What an occasion.

It was really really fun, except we missed you that weren't there. Besides our kids that couldn't come, we were only missing Amber, Jace, Kamara, Natalie, and Corrie and their families. That is quite a group!! We only got to see Mamo and Grandpa on saturday when we worked in their yard and house. It was great service. I think Grandpa was sad to miss it all, but at least he was in on it some.

We had beautiful homes in Park City to live in, and enjoyed Seven Peaks, "campfires" -mostly in the club house because it rained alot-great visiting moments with everyone, and tons of delicious food. (Jared made incredible dutch oven food) We ended the reunion on Tuesday by touring the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple and then a picnic in our back yard with everyone. It was sweet and memorable and went by way too fast!

The wedding and reception for Sam and Camille were so fun. Camille has some gorgeous pictures taken by her photographer. (she flew here from Florida) I will have to get you a link. It was awesome to see everyone from the Clark family. It has been a long long time since we were all together with them. All of the Scott Mackay family were here (except Amber, of course), and we got to see Brett and Jinni's new baby. He is black and has darling wirey curly black hair. He is soooo darling. There were so many little kids around-it was crazy and happy.

We had some great memorable moments when we were all together in the evenings, and some of us went walking in the beautiful morning sunshine. Park City is so pretty and green this time of year.

We were sad to part-as always-and unsure of when we will all be together like that again. We went away thankful for strong and loving families. I think it would be cool to have a goal to have our whole family together at the next reunion. Except for Jared, of course-we don't want him there!!! :) We figured out that there are 94 descendants from Grandpa and Grandma (Grace). (That includes inlaws). It is amazing to think that one couple could produce generations of good families. Wow. That is my hope, too!

Family Reunion ???

From what I hear the family reunion was a blast, but I really think people need to be more specific. So anyone that actually got to go, tell us all your favorite experiences. Also, Charlotte is for real crawling now! She's unstoppable and very very quick. The last bit of big news is that her top right tooth finally broke gum this morning. We're hoping that will make her less cranky. Bring on the stories....