What we did in Utah

First, let me apologize for the random order of my pictures, but this is what we did over the past week while in Utah...

We took time to enjoy the family being together again in the same state.

Cody and Hailey Palmer rekindled their long distance relationship

The boys were able to smother and play with Grandma and Grandpa Bell's new puppy, Mollie.

Tried to take LOTS of pictures!!

Gave Colby and Emily some grumpy kids to take pictures with at their wedding reception!

The boys went out for Colby's last night of bachelorhood! No emergency room visits that night so that's a plus!!

Ryan and Daniel got a few days to play at the skate park

We hit up a jacuzzi and pool at my aunt and uncle's hotel.

We spent a night in Vegas at a fun hotel with a slide and shark tank.

We spent lots of fun times catching up with family and friends

We celebrated Derek's birthday!! Happy 28th little bro!!

We got to see good friends that have moved from California to Utah. We love and miss you Jess!
We attended Colby and Emily's beautiful reception and took advantage of the backdrops to take some family pictures

We got to attend Colby and Emily's sealing at the Bountiful temple (where Daniel and I were sealed). The temple grounds were so pretty and spring like that day!

We tried to get Cody to smile so we could take some pictures with all of the pretty tulips.

We were able to congratulate this fun couple after they came out of the temple. Both looked very happy all day and looking forward to a honeymoon in Jamaica!

We had a great time and did lots of other things. The trip was mostly for Colby and Emily's wedding which is crazy to think about now since all of the Bell kids are married!
It was great fun to be around the family!! It was great to see everyone again!!
Congrats Colby and Emily!!

Life goes on...

We decided to join the many others in this country and try to grow our own produce. We planted everything possible that we could find and that we would eat. Cody loved getting the area prepped with Daniel, finding the Rollie-Polly bugs and worms, and helping dig the holes to plant. He was all over the place. It was good therapy for the whole family. We are anxious to see what actually pops up. Daniel and Cody water the garden every day and are constantly looking out the window to see if things are getting bigger. I keep reminding them it's going to take a few weeks.

Here's Cody ready to start watering
the planting process

P.S. Thank you all for your comments and support in regards to my last post.

Life can suck at times

We all find ways of coping. I am lucky to have this little guy who can always make me feel better.

For those of you who knew I was pregnant, I had a miscarriage on Monday.

Doing better tho.

So hard to be sick and on Spring Break!

Cody has been sick with fevers on and off since Saturday. And now has a bad cold. No fun for kid or parent when your kid is sick on his Spring Break.

Love to sit back and watch

Yesterday I went with Daniel and Cody to the skate park at Eldorado's park. We met up with Ryan and Porter and Skippy and Belen and Tyssen. It was fun to sit back and watch the older boys skate around and the younger kids ride their bikes.


Life was good and fun until the cops came and told the older boys they needed safety gear and the younger kids that there were no bikes allowed in the skate park...party poopers!!

Cody was pretty mad at the cops.

Porter on his bike

Ryan doing some tricks

Daniel getting back on the skateboard

Cody on his bike

The Truth...between you and I!

So life as a firefighter is known to the public as heroic, dangerous, exhausting, exhilarating, emotional and so many other things. After Daniel went to Cody's school and did a little presentation for the kids, one of the teachers asked what they do at the station when they have "down time". He gave a list of duties that can be perfomed on "down time". I kind of sat back and laughed to myself because I know the truth!

Really what they do all day is play pranks on each other! The other morning Daniel came home with a black eyelid and I thought oh no, what happened...did he hit his eye on his locker or who knows, on the fridge door at the station (since he does a lot of cooking). Sad that I wouldn't think did a beam fall down during a fire and hit him or did a combative patient hit him on a medical call. Well, come to find out that he was taking a shower and some of the other guys he works with were planning to play a prank on him by shooting an air soft gun at the ceiling (it was suppose to be empty) and dump Koolaid powder on him to make him think he got shot. It's all fun and games until the air soft gun had a pellet in it and the pellet ricochet off the wall hitting him in the eye and when looking down saw the red koolaid, thought they shot him in the eye and coincidentally, the other guys forgot they put the koolaid in the shower so when Daniel came busting out of the shower saying he got shot in the eye they all thought he was bleeding. After a few seconds and a few whiffs of the koolaid they all realized that it hit him in the eyelid and he was not bleeding. Funny guys! One of the many pranks pulled at his station...but don't let him fool you, he was involved or has been the mastermind of many!!

A diagnosis

I am a big believer in women sharing life experiences so that other women don't think they are in a boat by themselves. I have recently been told that I have Polycystic ovary syndrome and thought it would be a good thing to put out there to let others know about it. It can be very difficult to get pregnant with this and is how I found out I was in the club after about a year and a half of not being able to get pregnant. Some statistics are:

More than 50 percent of women with PCOS will have diabetes or pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance) before the age of 40.
Women with PCOS have a four to seven times higher risk of heart attack than women of the same age without PCOS.
Women with PCOS are at greater risk of having high blood pressure.
Women with PCOS have high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and low levels of HDL (good) cholesterol.

These statistics are scary to me since I am a health and fitness nut.

Also some of the symptoms include:

infrequent menstrual periods, no menstrual periods, and/or irregular bleeding
infertility (not able to get pregnant) because of not ovulating
increased hair growth on the face, chest, stomach, back, thumbs, or toes—a condition called hirsutism (HER-suh-tiz-um)
ovarian cysts
acne, oily skin, or dandruff
weight gain or obesity, usually carrying extra weight around the waist
insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes
high cholesterol
high blood pressure
male-pattern baldness or thinning hair
patches of thickened and dark brown or black skin on the neck, arms, breasts, or thighs
skin tags, or tiny excess flaps of skin in the armpits or neck area
pelvic pain
anxiety or depression due to appearance and/or infertility
sleep apnea—excessive snoring and times when breathing stops while asleep

I just wanted to post this info for others to be educated and also note that it can be hereditary so girls...watch out for your family and friends!! I've recently found that my aunt and cousin have this also. Hope all is healthy with all of you that read!!