Puma's First Christmas Tree

Last night Mike and I decorated the Christmas Tree. It looked so cute. This morning when I got up I went to look for Puma and this is what I found...

She thinks that the Christmas Tree was her personal Jungle Gym! Oh, I just LOVE that kitty!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Mike and I went to Cedar City for the weekend of Thanksgiving. We stayed with Ben and Jessica. It was so much fun! We had a huge Thanksgiving dinner. There was about 43 family members there. It was amazing. It is so fun to have a big family. Dinner was so tasty and then there was a family talent show. I married into a very talented family! Everyone was so great! Then we went to see Four Christmases. We had such a fun weekend! I am so grateful for Holidays because they bring family together.

My appendix tried to kill me!

Caution: Do not read the following if you have a weak stomach!!!

About 2 weeks ago I woke feeling really sick. I thought I had food poisoning or something of that sort. So I decided to take some Tums to help calm the inferno in my stomach. It didn't help so I thought I just need to get whatever is in my stomach out so I made myself throw up (which I normally avoid at all cost). Well, to my disappointment it didn't help. In fact it got much worse minutes after. The pain just kept increasing and no matter what I did I couldn't get any relief. I called Mike and asked him what he thought I should do. He told me to call his friends dad (who is a Dr.) and tell him my symptoms and find out what he thought. He told me to take two Prilosec and if I was still in pain in an hour I should go to the emergency room. So I called Mike back and told him what I needed to do but I didn't have any Prilosec and I was in way too much pain to drive. So, my sweet husband left work and came to my rescue with the medicine I needed. In the mean time while I was waiting for him to get home, I threw up all over myself and the bed. I was in too much pain and too weak to do anything so I rolled myself off the bed and laid on the ground. When Mike came home he was so surprised that I had left the bed such a mess because I am such a clean freak. That is when I think he realized how much I was in pain. So he gave me some medicine and started to clean up my mess. Then my pain became too much to bare. I also felt like my stomach was swollen so I asked Mike to come look at it and see if it was. Mike took one look at my stomach and said we need to get to the ER now. He said that it looked like there was a soft ball in my stomach. The ride to the ER hurt so much. Every bump and curve made me feel like my stomach was going to explode. When we got to the ER I couldn't even stand. A nurse saw Mike and I and brought us a wheel chair. I wasn't in the ER more than I minute when I threw up in their waiting room trash can. If I wasn't in so much pain I would have been so embarrassed. They got me into a room and hooked me up to IVs right away. It was instant relief!!! The doctor came in and started asking me questions and felt my stomach to find out exactly where I was in pain. He said that is sounded like it was my appendix. So he set up a CT scan. When I got back to my room after the CT I started getting nervous. I was afraid that I was just weak and that my pain wasn't as bad as I thought. That is when the doctor came in and said that it indeed was my appendix and that the surgeon would be there soon to talk to me. Within about 30 or so minutes I was being wheeled in for surgery. The last thing I remembered was the anesthesiologist saying that I was going to get a little drowsy. Next thing I knew (which felt like 10 minutes) I was being rolled through the Hospital and my throat and stomach were in pain. They rolled me into a room gave me some IVs again! Yay! Then they brought in Mike and Ashley Giddings to see me. It was so nice to have them there to be there for me. I told them my belly button hurt and I didn't know why. Mike started laughing and said that it was because I had a hole under my belly button and he showed it to me. I started to laugh a little and realized quickly that that hurt! Then Mike and Paul Giddings gave me a blessing. I can't even express my gratitude to have a loving husband and such amazing friends that were there for me. We stayed at the hospital a little longer and then I was released. Mike and I went home and Ashley and Paul followed shortly with dinner for us. The next few days I couldn't do anything with out help. Thanks to such wonderful friends Mike and were taken care of. They were there for me to help me during the day while Mike was at work and they brought us dinner too. Thank you for all your help, Ashley & Paul Giddings, Todd & Sienna Jepperson and Ryan & Danielle Mahoney! I really appreciate your love and kindness!

Dr. House is in the House!

Mike and I went to Ryan and Danielle's annual Halloween Party. We look forward to it every year! I used to hate Halloween. I thought it was the silliest holiday ever but now that we have their fun Halloween Party I like it! Anyways, we decided to dress up as Dr. House nand Dr. Cuddy from the TV show "House". Mike truly became Dr. House. He had the limp down perfect! He loved his cane too! We had such a fun time! They had the most delicious soups ever and fun games. There was bobbing for apples, fear factor, and "Don't forget the Lyrics". It was so much fun!!! Hope everyone else had a Happy Halloween!!!

Welcome to the FUN Ship!

Mike and I had the chance to go on a cruise with Northstar. We had such a great time! We relaxed and ate a ton! I am a HUGE fan of cruises now. I think it is the MOST relaxing time I have ever had.

Northstar Banquet & Hanging out with Jess

Creepy Puma Pumpkin

Mike and I carved a pumpkin last night. It was so much fun. As I was looking online at all the different designs it became clear to me what I needed to carve. Puma!!! I printed out the picture I wanted and we named the pumpkin Creepy Puma! Puma was very intrigued by the pumpkin. She tried to go inside of it, sniff it and even tried eating it. I think she decided she didn't care for the taste of pumpkin.

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Our night out on the town with Dad!