Quick Update

Just to give everyone an update...We bought a house!!! AND we move in 3 days before my surgery. If you don't know about this I'll expand:

When we moved back to Spokane we hadn't sold our house in Meridian so we found a house to rent until we'd sold our house. We had no idea how long it would be and didn't want to be paying for two houses. Well, little did we know that it would only take us a couple of weeks to sell our house. We didn't find exactly what we were looking for so we waited. When I was sick last fall I didn't feel up to moving so we waited some more. A few weeks ago I told Scott that we just needed to pick from what's out there. We weren't happy with anything that would keep us in the same area, but as we know where there's a will, there's a way! We definitely had the will so we found a way. We saw this house on Zillow that had a make me move price, and that we did! We called them, went and looked at it and made them an offer. After dickering back and forth for about a week we settled on a price and time frame. So we move in and then I have surgery.

If you don't know what the surgery is I'll explain. Sorry for any of you who get embarrassed at girl talk--you probably don't want to read the next little bit. I'm having a second mastectomy and a double reconstruction. I am having a TRAM. Can't tell you what it stands for, but it means that they are taking my belly that I've been gaining since last fall and cutting it out to reconstruct what I've had taken off. It's a very extensive surgery. It will last 10 hours!! I will be curled up in the fetal position for 2 weeks. I'll spend 1 week in the hospital and then be home and bedridden for a few weeks. It will probably be pretty hard on me to not be able to "go" for so long! I'm not good at holding still, but the last year has been good training for me. I'm so grateful that my wonderful mom is coming for 2 months!!! I don't know how else we'd manage. We will have lots of unpacking to do still and she will be great at helping kids and doing things that bother me! :)

The dates for everything is: closing on the house on August 10th. Hopefully we'll be able to get our keys on the 11th so we can get the carpets cleaned and then start moving in on the 12th. We'll finish the moving out and cleaning of the old house on Saturday the 13th. I will rest on Sunday and then Monday morning I'll go in for my surgery.

I'm working feverishly to get everything ready! I also started working at an orthodontist's office a little over a month ago so on my days off and evenings I pack. I'll rest AFTER my surgery. :) I don't know how long until I can update my blog. I won't have use of my arms for a while and won't be able to sit up so it may be a while. I may want visitors to keep me from going crazy. Call and see if I'm up to it and come over to see me if Mom says it's a go! You can also visit my wonderful mom. After school starts I'm sure she'd love the company. By then I'll be up to visitors for sure!

My kids are so amazing!!!! They have worked and worked and I know they will continue to do so. They have been so good about not having any vacations due to mom working, moving and surgery. It's been such a boring summer for them. They are so understanding when we talk about the amount of money this surgery and all the treatments have cost us. We're a little behind to say the least, but as my sweet husband reminds constantly we wouldn't put a price tag on our mom. (So hard for me to hear!! I'd rather stay home and not have to work AND I can't help of dreaming about the fabulous vacation we could have gone on instead of paying doctors so much money!!!!!) Hopefully after this surgery I won't be so darn expensive! Hopefully this is the end of big bills for me--not that I want to pay them for anyone else either. :) We are trying to save up for a vacation during Christmas break. We hope to have all the bills paid by then...if not we may have to postpone our trip once again...such is life!

We hope everyone enjoys their summer. We'll enjoy ours once it's all over...Happy Summer!!!

Jed's 14th Birthday

I know I'm a little late, but on June 18th Jed turned 14. I can't believe that my tiny little red head boy is 14. He's not very tiny anymore! He's almost 6' tall. He was so excited to be done with school. The kids finished school on the 17th, Father's Day was the 19th so we squeezed a little celebration in on the 18th. Then early the 20th Scott, Victoria, Jed and I left for trek. It was quite an adventure! Here are the pictures from Jed's big day.

Emilee and Jed

Julia and Sam with Jed

Victoria and Jed

Silly boy!!

Here's the Father's Day/Birthday pie celebration the next day.

It was a fun day! Jed went to his first stake dance the next week. Victoria said he asked lots of girls to dance. He loved going on trek and was a super hard worker. His family was happy to have him. On Father's Day he was ordained a Teacher. It was a big week! We are so proud of Jed and the great young man that he is. We love you and are so glad to have you part of our family!!!