This world IS a great place after all!!!

Last month Dan surprised me by paying our rent with his own flippin cash. Well, I got a call yesterday from our landlady that said she hadn't received our December rent $$. I was confused...Dan had paid it. So I sent her December & Januarys rent (a huge lump sum...ouch!!) and had Dan do some checking. It turns out he put the money into someone else's account, not the landlady's!!! LUCKILY the person's account it went into was VERY honest and told the bank. They have been waiting for someone to come in and claim it. Dan went their today and they gave it back to him in cash!!!! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!!

The Holidays are OVER, finally!!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and have been truly blessed!!! I am so thankful for everything we have and that the holidays are OVER!!! Let me explain!!!! On Christmas Eve night, Dan and I were getting everything ready.... As soon as everything was done he got a HORRIBLE headache. We went to bed around 2 am and woke up at 6:30, the headache was still there!!!! We visited Grandma H. & Grandma T. which was wonderful, then headed home. The headache was there all weekend and then he decided to add on some tightening in his chest. On Monday he went to the doctor. They said he had a sinus infection and was starting pneumonia. He was given a 5 day Z-pack. That night he told me he was feeling really weird. On Tuesday, Taylor and I headed down to Grandma H.'s because Hannah & Makena slept over (it was also the day of a yucky storm and the roads were awful) Ethan called and said Dad fell and cut his head open.."I put a band aid on it" it took us 3 hours to get home because of the storm. Dan's head looked OK, but there was a 1 inch cut on his forehead. That night around 1 or 2 he sat up in bed then all of a sudden fell out. He had passed out again. Then on Wednesday, he was walking to the bathroom and passed out AGAIN.... and fell and hit his arm on the corner of the wall. It immediately was swollen. We waited for Taylor to get home (she went to Sun dace with her friends to snowboard) at 5:30 we went to the doctors to get an x-ray. The doctor scared me to death...he said it was not normal to be passing out and falling like he was. He was very concerned that he was having an aneurysm, brain tumor or meningitis. He wanted to send him to the hospital in an ambulance!!! Dan told him that we would drive ourselves, the doctor made me promise that we would go to the hospital. (his arm was not broken). At the hospital there were tons of questions, blood tests, and urine tests. About the first urine test, the nurse gave him the jar and a wipe pack. He went to the bathroom by himself, but called me in to help him get up. He was trying to get the pack open. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was supposed to wipe the pee of the toilet with the wipe they gave him!!! I just laughed, that's to wipe yourself off before you pee!!! His answer was he wasn't dirty... What a spaz. Well.....5 hours later, (thankfully Laura came up to help Taylor with the kids, Thanks again Laura!!!) They were ready to send us home. They said everything looks normal and that it must be a reaction to the z-pack. WHATEVER!!! They gave him a new prescription for augmentin. New Years day (a couple days later) He said he was feeling better and that I could join my family at my sister Wendy's house for a party. Ethan stayed home to watch him. He passed 2 more times and the second time hit his arm again. When I got home his hand was huge. I couldn't believe it. He went to the doctor the next day and it was so swollen they had to send the x-ray to a specialist. The doc did say they got more info from the hospital. He had a STAPH infection and that was what was causing him to pass out. (My sister Jeanette went through the same thing with staph and mentioned it to us. She was right!!) SO...after a week of passing out and worry we finally get an answer and a BROKEN arm!!! LOVELY!!!! Today, 1/4/10 everyone is back in school, Dan went to work and my house is so quiet it is freaky, I LOVE IT!!!!

A quick update!!

I am feeling much better, thanks for asking!!!! I finished my pills last Saturday and I couldn't be happier!!! I am still a little sweaty and shaky, but I guess that can attribute to my being obese!!

Christmas Lights at Thanksgiving Point!!

Last night we went to the Lights at Thanksgiving Point. The kids loved them!!! It was a drive through light show, so no need for coats!!!! We had a really great time, well everyone but Taylor. She had other plans with her friend and was told she had to spend time with her LOVING family!!! That went over really well... I am actually really mad at her, I had some really good pouting pictures and she deleted them off the camera!!! She's grounded!! ANY WHOOOO.... we saw the lights, fed the reindeer, and had hot cocoa and treats afterwards!!!

ELEVEN PILLS A DAY!!!

WARNING: THIS IS DEFINATELY A POOR ME POST!!!

Not to be a downer, but my life has been a little poopy for the last 11 days. I have a bacteria in my stomach called H-Pilori and it's rippping me a new one..... I honestly think the cure is worse than the illness (other than it can cause ulcers and stomach cancer and hey who wants those??) Every morning I take 4 pills. I have about 1 hour until the shakes & sweating starts, then comes the nasty taste in my mouth. It's kind of like just after you throw up..DELICIOUS!!! All that usually wears off after 4 hours, then my kids get home from school. Somedays I get dinner made others I don't (I really have been trying hard to make dinner). Then around 9:00 pm I take 7 more and hopefully I don't wake up until the morning. Who am I kidding that never happens, Makena usually has a leg ache or Hannah touched her so I am up 5 or 6 times with her, so I get to taste the nasty mouth taste during the night also!!!

On the GOOD side of things, I only have 3 days left, then I will be back to my happy self, and maybe be able to get a little more done, Keep your fingers crossed!!!

One other thing.....So Sorry that this is such a COMPLAINING post, but this is serious and needs to be addressed. The new "G's" (that's code if you are wondering) that I bought from the distribution center by the Timpanogos Temple are defective!!! They are making all the waistbands on them smaller than usual.. I am not sure if it is just this one, but I am determind to find out!!! I don't know what the problem is, they are the same size as my last ones and they are definately smaller....who can I talk to about this!!! Hardy har har!!! (I had to throw that in for Laura, because she loves it so much!!!)

Liz Kartchner woo hoo!!!!

Laura and I met one of the most creative people we (now) know!!! Liz Kartchner!!!!

She came to Dear Lizzy in Highland for a book signing of her new scrapbooking book.

Not only is she darling, but she is sweet as ever!!! She was so cute while she was signing our books, my sister Erin wasn't able to be there so Laura called her and they talked like they were the best of friends!!! Check out her blog at http://elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/

She is such a cutie!!

Hannah's 1st Dance Recital!!

Hannah ready for the big night!!

Kenny & Hannah

Taylor & Kam, just being theirselves!!

Makena!!

Jenn, Chloe & Lilly Hancock

Hannah & Grandma Hancock

Hannah & Grandpa Hancock

Hannah with Grandma & Grandpa Thomson!!

Hannah danced to "That's not my name"

Lastnight was Hannah's very first dance recital!!!!! She did awesome!!! I was a little worried about how she would react in front of a crowd, but it didn't seem to bother her. She is a born preformer!!! (Can you imagine???) I have had my emotions stirred up this week getting ready for this night. I haven't really let Hannah go to dance, preschool, playlands at McDonalds, etc...because I am so worried about her picking up some kind of sickness or another. I protect her much more than the other kids because of her little kidney problems. I feel like if I could put her in a bubble everything would be ok.....The problem is that life isn't like that and life goes on and SO MUST THE SHOW!!!! I am so proud of Hannah, all that she has gone through in her short little life. I know there will be more to deal with, but she is so tough and AMAZING that I know that she can do it!!!!