Lagoon Fun

Darrin and I have a list of things we want to do this summer. After all, this is our first summer together! One of the things on our list was lagoon. We're not season pass kind of people though-there is only so much of lagoon fun we can handle. We wanted to go on Wednesday and tried to find people to go with us, but nobody could go :( So, we went just the two of us. We had a BLAST! I have honestly never had so much fun at lagoon as I did with my hubby. And I don't think either of us realized how much there is to do! There's a water park, zoo, live performances, amusement park rides, and more! *This is not an advertisement* haha. It was just a really good, fun day so I thought I'd blog about it. Darrin would scream and yell on every ride just for fun! We were standing in line for a water slide and Darrin went first. He screamed super loud! A girl behind me made a comment, "That's not scary at all!". I told her not to worry-he screams like that on every ride. She replied with, "Sheesh, that's embarassing! I wouldn't want to come here with him! I'd be like, 'let's go bowling instead'!" Haha. I got a kick out of that. I love you Darrin!!!

Trials in Life

It makes me sick just to post these pictures, but I figure it's a part of my life and I should share it. When I was a senior in high school, I had everything going for me. I was a Student Body Officer, I had my high school boyfriend, I was in Cosmetology School, Murray City Youth Government, Church related activities etc. I was loving life. It was a bit overloaded but nice. I started to get horrible stomach pains. And when I say horrible, I mean horrible. I was in and out of the ER with pain, nausea, vomiting and dehydration. They then decided to hospitalize me. I was in and out of the hospital (weeks at a time) for four months. Test after test after test. Blood tests, Colonoscopy, Endoscopy, MRI, stomach emptying, etc. You name it-I had it! After many tests they came to the conclution that I had Mono, a type of hepatitis, gastroparesis (a disorder of the digestive system. Delayed emptying into the stomach. My body cannot digest many foods. This =PAIN when I eat something I shouldn't and I'm still trying to find out what those things are!), and my gallbladder wasn't working properly and needed to be removed.

My boyfriend dumped me, the hospital limited visitors (INCLUDING FAMILY) from 6-8pm, and I was in constant pain.

I actually wouldn't trade this period of my life for anything though. I learned A LOT! Medically, mentally and spiritually. I felt completely alone. This is when I came to the realization and truth that I relied heavily on my family, friends, and boyfriend for love. Where did my Father in Heaven come into play? I learned to rely upon my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ first and foremost.

I am thankful for the trials that life brings. They are SO difficult to deal with, and I'm still dealing with the medical complications of this trial, but God would NEVER give me anything I couldn't handle and it gives me strength to know that I can get through this and so much more.

Sheesh...child birth should be no problem!

Girls, all I really want is Girls

I grew up with sisters. I LOVE having sisters!
(and a bro too) I am seven years younger than my next oldest sister, Tiff. So, as you can imagine, growing up I missed out on a lot of the "Big, cool sisters stuff" But I love it now. I wouldn't trade any of my sisters for the world. We have a lot of fun together and we all can relate to each other. I told Darrin the other night that I can't wait to dress up my little girls, do their hair, you know...all that girly stuff. But he is convinced that we will be a family of BOYS. Yuck! I will be happy for either, but I would love to have some girls. I hope God is listening :)

Gilgal Park

My friends and I went to Gilgal park. It's not a very well known park but it's downtown SLC and it's free! This guy carved all of these things out of rock! He has passed on now but his family still runs the park. You just go and look around. There are some VERY cool things and I learned a lot! It's mostly spiritual. Very neat.

Fun with cosmetology friends

I love the people I met in cosmetology school. We became the closest of friends! And I thought I would post some pictures of them!