Big Bear

We spent the last weekend in Big Bear. I don't think I've ever been so cold! The weather channel would say it's 26 but feels like 19! Is that supposed to make me feel better? Ha! It was bitterly cold....I always "think" I want to live somewhere where there are seasons until I spend 4 days in the snow and then think.... "no thanks!"

Next time I want to take a lesson and learn to ski. Now that my kids know how, I'm ready! See my family standing on the mountain posing....well the cloud coverage was so bad that they said they could barely see 10 feet in front of them. They cut their second day short because it was so hard to see.

Tonight we "skyped" with Ryan. He's in Arizona until tomorrow night and I thought it would be fun to read a book to Zach with him. It was a book of riddles. Really silly stuff. It was really cool! If you haven't ever done it, find somebody to do it with. I think it took like 5 minutes to set it up. He gets home tomorrow night...which means I'll get a good nights sleep. I hate being home alone when I have to go to bed. I become really nervous.

Any plans for the weekend? I'm scrapping all day Saturday. I'm looking so forward to it. Even though I have my "space" here in the house, I seem to never really sit and do it. I always find something else to do. Have a great weekend!

A fun little birthday party

Zach turned 6 on Valentine's Day. Here are some snapshots from the party!

We had some traditional old fashion birthday party fun!

What's going on with me?

For the last year and a half I've been going through something I couldn't explain. Erratic periods, mood swings, high blood pressure, night sweats, fatigued all the time, and just feeling "off." I would tell my primary doctor my symptoms and she would say, "you're too young to be peri-menopausal" even though I had ALL the symptoms. So I went to my Gyno and he said the same thing. He handed me a prescription to regulate me and sent me on my way. The hormone didn't work. I took it for 6 months and my cycles came whenever they wanted and often. After the 6 months all of a sudden my period stopped altogether. I knew something was still not right. I went back to my gyno doctor and he wanted to do a hysteroscopy...basically clean my "pipes out." So when we got back from Maui something in my gut told me no, don't do it. So I got a second opinion. He listened and asked if I had a blood test to test my FSH levels. Nope, he just wanted to go straight to surgery. Well I got my results and the reason why I have been feeling this way is because I am in Premature Ovarian Failure. I guess this would explain why I haven't been able to get pregnant for the last 2 years! We always thought it would just "happen" but now know why it hasn't and won't. The symptoms are awful....as a women the hot flashes and night sweats are miserable. I'm on a natural remedy to replace estrogen in my body and am taking it from there. I wanted to share this because we as women have to stand up for ourselves. I would have had surgery that was totally useless and still have had the same problems. Don't ever let a doctor intimidate you!

He's 12

Austin turned 12 on Jan 25th, but we didn't have a party until this past Saturday. He's becoming so mature and grown up. We took the kids to downtown Disney for dinner at ESPN Zone and then a movie. The kids were so cute....one girl started talking about Paris Hilton and wondered why she was so famous. I forget what they came up with, but I told them she's famous for her namesake and then having a reality show on MTV. Then they all said, "ooooh." Like they got it. Here's some shots from the night.

I wanted to share ( if you don't already know)that I'm going to be teaching on a cruise with Candice and the Red Bee! I'm super excited and would love to see some familiar faces. It's really inexpensive and you can get all the details here.