Pivoting

I went to a new sports medicine physician this week and he told me my right leg is an inch and a half longer than my left at the moment. Holy cow!  My hips are so out of alignment. No wonder nothing will heal in my lower back and hips and leg that have all been hurting for ages. I got a referral to a physical therapy clinic that specializes in this sort of stuff and I have a lot of hope they can help me get some of these issues fixed! 

Genevieve got to hold a baby rabbit while she was at her friend’s house this week  ❤️

 

This week instead of my normal workouts, since those are right out at the moment, we picked up some new pickle ball rackets for the kids to add to the pair Bill and I already have and played together one night. It was fun! Bill and I are pretty evenly matched. I played tennis when I was younger and actually learned pickle ball in high school way before it was popular. Bill is a rocking good ping pong player. So we have a great time playing. 

Saturday we woke up at 5:30 and did a four-mile hike in Corner Canyon before the kids woke up. We left a note and came back by 7:45 and Aaron was the only one awake. I was so amused.

 And by extension, at church today I looked at Spencer and the pants I had just bought and hemmed for him for an Easter gift are short now. What?? No wonder he’s sleeping so much. And Genevieve must be growing too because they continue to be the exact same height. 

On Saturday we also went to a get together with four of the five roommates I lived with when Bill and I were dating  we have 17 kids between us now! And three more from the fifth roommate that couldn’t make it  it was really a fun afternoon.

My old, trusty miter saw, that I actually really wanted to upgrade, fell and broke when we were moving into our house eight months ago. I haven’t been able to prioritize replacing it until this week and it came and I finally was able to cut wood to frame this temple paint by number I finished back in February before I started my new job. I love it so much!  And I’m so happy to have a saw back in my set of tools.

Health challenges

What a week! I ended up in the instacare because it hurt so much to breathe that I woke up panicking Tuesday morning. Turns out I developed pleurisy, inflamed lining of my lungs, after my race a few weeks ago and it flared as bad as it had ever been three weeks later. It was crazy and scary and so much pain. I got some meds and am feeling significantly better, but not all the way back to normal. I was hoping this forced slowing down would help some of my persistent injuries heal, but so far not. I’m not at a great place health wise, and it is really frustrating. So I’m plodding along, trying to figure out solutions and everything takes forever while you wait to see if it works. This is just another phase in the ongoing health saga I’ve been on since I got a kidney stone on my 34th birthday week. I wish it was easier to figure things out and find healing. 

That being said, we had plenty of other nice things happen this week. Spencer and Genevieve had their end of year concerts. Spencer for guitar, Genevieve for flute. They have done so well. I’m so proud of them. 

Bill and I went to a wedding for a girl in my FiA group. A ton of us in the group were able to come. This group has been a lifesaver to me the last two years. Such a wonderful community of supportive women. 

Spencer sat in a helicopter at a party yesterday. 

Freya continues to be cute. 

I finally framed my diamond art Jesus picture and I’m thrilled how awesome it looks. I was convinced it wouldn’t look good as I was making it and upon completion I stepped back and the picture magically appeared. 

More cute Freya. 

 

Spring hiking

 It’s spring and we’re coming out of our winter hermitude! Or is it the Covid hermitude? Is that even a word? Doesn’t matter. We got out this afternoon on a lovely little hike ten minutes from our house in Draper. Chloe gathered me these flowers. 

It was warm and sunny so we brought hats and water and it was lovely. 

Funny story this morning. We called the kids to head out to church this morning only to discover Genevieve was in the shower. Haha! I sent Bill and the rest along and she hurried and got done and dressed and I did her wet hair in this cute braid before we headed over. We weren’t on time by any stretch but we made it for the sacrament, so I’m pretty impressed, honestly. She’s so funny. Love her. 

 

Bill and Chloe’s cuteness one night. 

Genevieve taking selfies with Freya this afternoon. 

I got to go to my old roommate Mindi’s bridal shower yesterday! It’s been so many years since we lived together or even saw each other. It was lovely to catch up and hear her story about her fiancé and I’m just so excited for their marriage. 

Last Sunday Bill and I took a walk in the rain. It was lovely. Thanks Seattle for teaching us that all you need is a good raincoat to head outside in the rain. 

Happy Mother’s Day

 It’s been a lovely Mother’s Day. A little heavy on the side of mothering as opposed to putting my feet up and relaxing. Not a bad way to celebrate, honestly! We woke up this morning to realize Aaron had gotten a case of poison ivy last weekend and we only just found out how bad it was. It was all over his legs and arms and even on his face. He’s been just treating it himself all week and we totally didn’t realize the extent of it or that it had happened. So instead of going to church and listening to the primary kids sing and going to Relief Society and what not, I took Aaron to instacare, confirmed the diagnosis, and for him some cream to help it heal and then came home and cooked a bunch of tortillas to prep for our lunch. Bill took everyone else to church and recorded the song they sang for me and for my giant candy bar, lol! He’s so great. He even sang with the nursery kids for me so they wouldn’t miss out.

We were going to go to the Herriman house to celebrate with Bill’s family, but we pivoted and hosted at our house instead, which is awesome too. Bill made carnitas and we had them on the fresh tortillas and watermelon and an apple cinnamon cheesecake I made last week and froze and it was just as good cold as warm last week! 

We had a lovely time eating and playing a game and watching a movie, and Aaron did this most of the afternoon. Poor guy needed the sleep to fight off the poison ivy. I’m glad we ended up staying home and having our family come over instead so he could sleep.   

Yesterday I had a girls night out with my mom and grandma and niece and sister and sister in law. So fun! We went to Texas Roadhouse and then to a concert for the Utah County Children’s Choir. Their youngest group sang a song Grandma wrote. So cool! We got Crumbl afterward. It was really fun. I love living near all of them! 

 

 

It’s been a great weekend.

Also, I should really stop being surprised, but I still can’t believe how I could have birthed twins 19 months apart, lololol. 

 

Random fun things

 Chloe wanted ALL the clips in her hair one day this week. 😁

Chilling outside one day this week on our awesome porch furniture. 

She finds all sorts of fun things to do even just on our back porch. 

Church dress awesomeness. 

Bill and I went on a super fun dinner and magic show date on Friday. It was a gift from his work at Christmas and that’s the option we picked, not really knowing what it was. It was really fun. 

I got some photos back from my race last week and look how awesome this picture came out! I never get good race photos. I always look like I’m walking, lol. I’m so pleasantly surprised. 

This week I worked one afternoon while I walked on the treadmill. That was pretty awesome!

More fun back porch time. 

Costume day after school before her siblings came home. She gets the fun of being able to wear all her older siblings’ old costumes. So many choices! This is a peacock costume. 

Freya has settled right in and is the queen of our house now. 😂 She sure thinks so at least.