March recap

March has been a tough month for me and my family but before I start on that let’s see the fun things that we were able to do. Spencer’s little brother came back from his mission in Tennessee. The kids were so excited that day. We went to the airport and waited for him. Julia brought a huge coloring page that she spent the entire day working on. It was her ways of welcoming her uncle Greg. At first the kids were shy, but after a minute or so, Josh had lost his timid expressions and even SMILE for a picture with Greg. After that we went to eat at the Training Table where Greg was the main attraction among all the nieces and nephews. Thank goodness he likes kids Here are the kids when he left
                      
Here are they now, 2 years after serving the Lord. We are glad to have Greg back among us.

Welcome Home Greg!

Thyroid news

I was diagnosed with a hyperthyroid and Grave’s disease a couple of months ago. To kill the thyroid they had to give me radioactive Iodine. The good thing I no longer have Grave’s Disease, the bad thing is that my body will have to endure a tough time before I can start getting better. So this entire month I have hit rock bottom. I feel miserable most of the time and when I am not miserable I am extremely tired. Every muscle in my body hurts, can’t walk, I am swollen all over. I feel like I am 90 years old and I look like a 60 year-old woman. Not a good combo! My family has been so blessed to have so many tender souls giving us a hand at this time of need. Spencer’s mom has been coming every night to put the kids to bed, neighbors have been taking them away so that I can rest and sleep and they’ve been bringing us dinner every night. Thank you all for your kindness, love and support for us. I am so glad to know that my Savior loves me and that he can show me his love through all these people. I can’t never re pay all their kindness, but be sure to call me if you ever need me.

Big 30 & 8-year anniversary

                                                 
March 18th was Spencer’s Birthday and our Anniversary I feel bad that he had such a lousy birthday, although he says he had a great time. We woke up and opened the only present I managed to get him. A garage door opener! His old one got destroyed by me, on an intent of performing a McGyverism, (note to self) I am not McGyver, but he just makes problem solving so easy. Yes, I am one of those weird fans. Anyways, I had told Spencer that I had bought him a golden watch to match his gold ring. He was really mad at me. When he open his bag and saw a Citizen watch holder he just rolled his eyes at me and opened it, just to find that he had been tricked. Inside the box was the garage door opener. If you haven’t lost yours, let me tell you, you just don’t realize the commodity of this artifact until you have lost it. So this was a great surprise for him.

                      

Julia made him a card that had her name, daddy’s name and a big happy birthday on the front. She spent hours creating her card, asking me how to spell everything she wrote on it until it was perfect. My neighbor offered to tend the kids that evening. It took a lot of my strength, but we made it to Famous Dave’s. I would have rather gone to Texas roadhouse, but it seemed so far away. We had a lovely evening. Just he and I like in ol’ times. Then we came home and we relax until it was time to pick the kids up again. What a great break, Thanks Maria, we needed it. Instead of cake that night we had root beer floats and we spent the night putting the kids to bed over and over again.
We love you Spencer. We are so blessed to have a man like you in our lives, to looked after us, love us and watch over us.
Your are a dedicated father and a sweet husband. This past couples of weeks I have come appreciate you so much. While I've been sick you have taken upon yourself to keep our family running. You have done dishes, laundry, clean the house cook for me, so that I can start my recovery. I so appreciate you, your love for me, your love for our family.
I knew most of those nights you were tired, but you went out of your way to get our family what it needed.
Spencer I love you more today than I did yesterday and definitely more than 8 year ago. Thanks for being in our lives.

10 years and counting
I also realized that last month marked my 10th year anniversary since I came to the United States, where does time go? A decade ago I was just a teenager lost in the Big Apple. Here I am now, the mother of three kids, hum crazy

March 28th.
Just went to the Doctor today who had good news for me. It seems that he might be able to put me out of my misery. I have all the signs of Hypothyroidism, which is what I needed in order to start my Hormone treatment. It is so good to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am happy and so grateful for this miracle to my Heavenly Father. It was beginning to seem impossible to reach the goal that The Doctor had set out for me and I don't think I could have taken another week of feeling so miserable.
It is all happening and just in time for our vacation, which by the way we had been planning and saving for the past 2 years. I would of felt so bad on not being able to enjoy myself and my family
on this special occasion