Here I am again! I guess I have been emailing everyone when I could just be using the 'blog'...duh! I am doing much better than I was even a week ago, and I am glad to have the first 2 weeks after surgery behind me. Albeit, weird things come out of your body after surgery, and mine are coming out my nose! ...still! I find myself apologizing to my husband in the middle of the night for all my snorting, coughing, and sputtering. 'Its a sticky business.' But I can already feel it is so much better. The worst part has been the headaches the last 2 weeks. (And that's not much to complain about - I know!) But I can feel a turn around since just yesterday, and my good friend Esther said its only for the first month. So I am hoping to pain free - headache free - and illness free really soon! (But lets be honest - I have toddlers - I may not be headache free for a while still!) So about those toddlers... last Wednesday I thought I felt good enough to run a bunch of errands for 5+ hours. Turns out Thursday morning I could not get out of bed and was in and out of sleep for 2 hours after my children woke up. I finally got enough strength to get out of bed to find my 3 year old found my scissors and decided to make herself look like her brother! (That's what she said when I asked her why she cut her hair!) One whole half of her head of hair - gone! Down to the scalp! I was stunned, in shock, and finally broke down crying to the relief of my husband calling...just in time to hear all my glorious blubbering! (Our poor husbands.) I didn't touch Keala's hair for 6 hours when I finally felt enough strength to remedy the situation by cutting off the rest of her hair and making her look..."like her brother"! Kasey came home from high school and asked me "Is this too delicate of a time to ask what happened to Keala's hair?!" I turned to her and said "Yes!" And then we both laughed and I explained what happened. In all honestly, I hate to say it today, but I like it better! It just suites her sassy, insubordinate, head-strong, bossy, ornery personality! And it actually brings out her cute little dimples and beautiful blue eyes...the little turkey! Anyhow, we are still having a ton of fun being a part of our new family. Kasey and Austin love to play, rough-house, and tease with the kids. I help Austin with his Spanish homework, and Kasey and I love to eat 'white cake - birthday cake' at least once a week! Our new fun tradition... of having an un-birthday party, just for the fun of it! But Brent says that's gonna have to stop soon because he keeps eating all the cake! I am starting to get used to the routine of shopping once a week, laundry everyday, cleaning, cooking, straightening up, keeping after the kids, (keeping them alive!), reading books to, singing with, and putting my kids to bed 'almost' every day. (And yes, Brent has been a bunch of help already (when I can't take it anymore!) - thank you honey!) It still feels surreal being 'happily' married, living in a home, and not being bossed around by my 8 - 5 job. Holy cow! Life is so weird. But I feel such an outpouring of blessings, that I can hardly believe it. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"... still feels like the worst of times is still close enough to feel and remember the last 3 scary years of being a single mom. But so much is so good right now I can't imagine my life being any different. Brent and I are celebrating our first 6 months of knowing each other this weekend, General Conference weekend. That's the first time, 6 months ago, when we started emailing and the whirlwind of dating and falling in love started. Have I mentioned how great it is being in love! All dad has said to me the last 3 years is that "all the hard times, and loneliness, and pain and suffering, will all seem worth it when the 'Right One Comes Along'! ...I was SO hoping he was right! AND HE'S RIGHT! And all the snorting, and coughing, and blubbering, and putting up with ornery toddlers, (and all the other trivial 'hard times') seem worth it when your honey comes home and smiles at you right in your eyes! Thank you honey!
-pictures of Keala to be posted soon!
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