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Thanksgiving Eve

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Jonny to Kahlan- "Do you wanna have cat for Thanksgiving?!" Kahlan- "WHAT THE?!" Seeing your kids develop their personalities is so awesome! Gratton tonight wanted to help me clean and brine the Turkey. He said it was gross though, and he WAS NOT eating it tomorrow! Last night, Gratton spent the night at his Uncle Bill and Aunt Kirstie's house. He stayed all day long today, and played with his cousins. It is crazy to me that he is old enough to spend the night away from home, and not be scared. When he came home, he gave me the biggest hug and said, "Did you miss me so so much?!" I assured him that I did, and he grinned so big. Gratton and I spent about an hour before he went to bed, reading lots of books. He loves to read. Tonight, we started a book that is too long to finish in one night. He was very concerned about what we would do because it was too long to finish. I then taught him about bookmarks, and he was excited. It's c

Kahlan Plays Salon, Gratton Plays Art Connoisseur

So last night, Kahlan sat on the top of the couch behind me, brushing my hair. While she was doing it, she kept saying things like, "Sorry it hurts, you have sticky food in your hair." She was saying everything I say while doing her hair. It was so funny. She loves being just like me. She helps me with the dishes, and follows me with the dry microfiber mop, while I mop. The mopping actually helps, because she dries it as I go! A few minutes later, David and I were cuddling while watching TV with the kids. Kahlan said, "Mom! Let go of my Dad! Don't hurt my Dad!" Then  she came and moved me away from her Daddy. She's a protective little thing, and loves her daddy! Today, Jonny pointed out an area on the ceiling that we needed to paint. Kahlan said it was disgusting, and Gratton said, "No, its a masterpiece! It looks like a cow that got pooped on, and is missing it's right leg." It was a very gross, and yet specific description." Out of the

A Hypothesis on Why

Hypothesis for why God would make me sick. Sometimes I've gotten frustrated, because I've tried to follow the commandments and the golden rule my entire life, and then I have this horrible disease appear, which has no cure. Not only is it incurable, but so unknown that it's not like where if you tell someone you have cancer, they understand the severity of it and they're jumping out of their seats to help you. The people who do know lupus, they usually have a sister or friend who was diagnosed, but it only affected their skin, and they were able to live a normal life. There are several types of lupus. The skin type is caked called discoid lupus. I have the rarest, and most serious kind, with the highest mortality rate. Furthermore, within that rare subset of the disease, I have one of the most serious secondary diseases systemic lupus can cause. It's a blood disease called Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), and is also very rare. Patients who have APS ha

Star wars 6 night

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Kahlan and Gratton, David, Jonny and I have been watching the old Star Wars movies, to get ready for Episode 7. Also, it has just been a long time since we've watched them.  I've been super surprised that the kids like the movies so much. As a kid, I didn't like them very much. Kahlan is funny. She said Jaba is a "dirty dragon ". She keeps saying she can't go get stuff from upstairs because her legs are broken. She was watching the movie, sitting on David's shoulder, then saying "I watching from up top." She's hilarious.

Brown Bear Bracelet

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At preschool, they read the Brown Bear story and made bracelets. Gratton's teacher said he was very excited to give me the bracelet he made. He's such a sweet kid!

Halloween Costumes 2015

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Kahlan is going to be Belle for Halloween, and Gratton is going to be Sackboy from Little Big Planet. I'm making Gratton's costume from scratch, because there aren't any to buy. Kahlan's I bought on Amazon though. It runs big, so I'll need to make alterations so it will fit her. But it was only $18, and has sleeves! They had lots of costumes at Walmart and other places, but none of them were full and fancy like t his one. It's not Disney brand, but it's by far my favorite I found anywhere! I thought I was going to need to make one, but luckily I didn't. I love amazon!

The Straw Maze

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Your browser doesn't support the video tag Your browser doesn't support the video tag We went to the straw maze with the Smith family yesterday. It was really fun.  After the maze, we went to Burger King for dinner.

Babysitting Baby Mia

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We babysat Mia, so kirstie and Rachel could go to the Lindsay Sterling concert. It was fun. Mia is such a good baby!

Wedding Dress Alterations

Wedding dress alterations are fun. Up to my eyeballs in tulle! Have to do it while kahlan is sleeping though, because she is just too excited about this wedding dress.  She wanted to wear it so bad! I wouldn't let her touch this one, but I let her wear my wedding dress. I'll have to post the pics David and i took. She sure is a girly girl! Heels, ball gowns, "makeups!" And baby dolls. Gratton says, "girls are crazy... You know, I only like video games mom." Yes Gratton, I know. Video games and winning..... Kids are crazy but awesome! Also, my baby sister is getting married on Saturday!

Kahlan loves her babies

I'm listening to kahlan sing her babies  to sleep. I  don't know if anything is this precious..then she kissed her babies goodnight. I love my princess.

Stubborn kids

David and i have been working on getting better routines with the kids, now that I'm home with them. They both slept in their rooms last night and this is day two of making them eat only at the table. That shouldn't be as hard as it is.  Gratton tried using logical arguments but I put the "I'm the mom" foot down. There was a big tantrum, but he recovered faster than I thought he would.

"That's okay Kahlan!"

I'm in my room and Grat and Kahlan are in the front room watching My Little Ponies. The show stopped and Kahlan said "uhoh!" and Gratton said "that's okay Kahlan, its just loading that happens sometimes because of the internet." Kahlan sighed and said, "ohhh." It's so adorable hearing him teach her things... It's the little things in life !

No Pos-icles!

Kahlan is very into two things right now- popsicles and baby dolls. When she asks for a popsicle at breakfast time, or after she's already had one, naturally I tell her no. So her cousin gave her a baby doll that eats an ice cream cone. This morning, she was talking to her dolly in a tone that sounded vaguely similar to my own. I got closer, so I could hear what she was saying, and had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing. She was telling her baby, "no pos-icles honey. No no." I love this girl !

Tidbits from today

5/15/15 Today I asked Gratton to tell me 3 things he was thankful for. He said, "his hat, his diamond sword and his sack boy (a toy I made him)." Kahlan said I love you tonight for the first time! She kept saying, "mom" and when I said what, she'd day "I love you". She did it over and over. I love her. Kahlan and I played dolls tonight. She wanted to wrap them up and put them to bed. She had me get her pillow out of her bed, and she laid them on the pillow and tucked them in with her purple blanket. Then she would say, "go to sleep". We watched interstellar with Jonny for his last night here. Gratton Watched it with us but Jonny fell asleep haha. It was a good movie, and today was a good day. I had awful back pain today and blood in my urine again. That's actually good though, because today was the day of my ct scan. And it needs to be done while there's blood in my urine, or it's worthless. Because to confirm Dr Rahims diagn

Grat Finds a Loophole

Gratton and David play video games together, it's their thing. Gratton is really good! He doesn't usually like me to play with him because he says I just waste his lives. He and David beat the game Little Big Planet 3, but Gratton wants to beat it without dying. There are prizes you get, for beating the level without losing any lives. Sadly, the game glitches quite a bit! So David has gotten to the last part of the game without dying and then the game freezes or something, and he dies. Anyone who knows David knows that this causes a rant about game glitches and how it cheated him and yadda yadda. So David told Gratton he needed a break from the game, because he wanted to take the disk and just throw it away. He's a rage gamer. Gratton kept asking him to try beating it again without dying, over and over, and it was driving David nuts. So he told Gratton not to ask him again, and that he would tell him when he was ready to try it again. About 20 minutes later, Gratton said, &

Beautiful Dandelions

When David and I came home from our date tonight, Gratton had a whole bundle of dandelions that he picked for me. I've never seen such a beautiful bunch of dandelions. He said, do you love them mom?! I said of course! And he said, now our love is even stronger. I love my little boy. He's the sweetest thing in the whole world. I'm so lucky to be his mommy!

Kahlan's pizza pie cafe party and Grattons Bedtime Stories

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Today was a good day!  David and I both worked and Gratton and Kahlan were with Jonny. After work, we went to pizza pie cafe for a party for Kahlan. Her Grandma Mayfield was in town and so she threw Kahlan a little party together so that she could spoil her.  Kahlan finally got close to her grandma on this trip! She is way more shy than Gratton was, and so not having her grand parents near by- she usually is barely warming up to them by the time they have to leave! This time she let her Grandma hold her and hug her, and hold her hand.  We went to pizza pie cafe for her party, and also invited the Tietjans to come.  Kahlan loved it. She ate three pieces of cake (one was someone else's) and even bit the candle! It was one of those big ones that was a number two. She chewed it up tho and once she realized that it wasn't good, she spit it out. So we know she at least does taste her food! Her grandparents got her a bathing s

Easter Egg Hunt 2015

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The Saturday before Easter, we went to a Easter Egg Hunt at the Teton Vu drive in. It was really fun. They had an optional breakfast that you could buy, and it was surprisingly tasty! The kids liked the Easter Egg Hunt too. It wasn't as busy as the normal one they have at Porter Park every year. David helped watch Kahlan'e egg hunt, and I watched Grattons, since they were in different age groups. Kahlan fell during hers, so she didn't get as many as Gratton, but she was still really happy. 

Gratitude

Things I am grateful for: my beautiful family- David, Jonny, Gratton and Kahlan. My education, my four limbs, sight and hearing. The scriptures, the gospel, the amazing ward we live in. My job, my health insurance, our house and backyard, our cars. The joy we feel when spending time with our kids. The love our children have for us. The love David has for me.

Gratton hates when girls are in pain

I'm having a pancreatitis attack (I decided to blog to try distracting from the pain) and it's one of the worst I've had. I was on the floor curled in a ball and Gratton jumped on me to try making me happy. David asked him why he did that and he said, " you know I don't like it when girls are in pain." I don't like it either... I wish I could make it stop... But it won't... Because that's obviously not in the cards for me... For now- one day at a time

Mon March 30,2015

The nights that the kids don't wake us up are also the nights I can't sleep. Also, why does my side  pain (from my pancreas) have to happen at night too? Maybe if I stop eating and drinking at five pm, then I can sleep without pain. I'm looking forward to the celiac bundle block on April 7th. They say that should numb all organ pain for a few months. So then I'll just have to go in every few months for the rest of my life, no biggie.. Good thing my husband picked a job out that will give us the ability to be able to do this. He didn't know when he married me that I'd be chronically ill, but he's handled it better than some who do know before hand. I'm glad he can be so patient with me, the kids, my brother (who lives with us) and God, while we're in the midst of this awful trial. It's not easy but he lets me rest, cry and even whine when I need to. David Mayfield is a good man.

Week of March 22, 2015

Last week was a quick one! David and I both worked every day and Jonny watched the kids every day. Monday night David and I tutored a gal in high school geometry. I was impressed with what a good teacher he is. Tuesday night I was sick and slept all night. In fact, I think I slept every evening last week... I started a new medicine because the chemo was finally too much after a year and a half and it had stopped helping. My kidneys kept getting worse and my specialist consulted with another autoimmune specialist and they came up with a better plan for me- cellcept. It has less side effects and has a better chance of putting lupus nephritis pts into remission. Right now I'd just be ecstatic to have my symptoms lessen. Dr Hancock did say that I'd have to be not having any symptoms for a long time before they'd think of taking me off of it, but that remission isn't impossible. That's what I'm hoping and praying for, though I know that just because it's somethin

"With cheese please!"

Natalie and her fiance Jordan, and Gratton and I went to wingers a couple weeks ago. When the waitress came to take our order, Gratton just spoke right up and said, "I want a hamburger with cheese please." It was just really cute that he was so sure about what he wanted. That kid...

Powering up for the Prayer

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Gratton is only four, but he says the cutest prayers! Tonight we had pancakes for dinner, and he said the prayer. Before folding his arms, he did some silly thing with his hands to "power up" for the prayer. Then he said the best prayer. He said thanks for making his family real so we don't have to be lonely, and making the world, and making the cat real, and for Video Games to take breaks with, and TV's and food, and our house, and all the other things he loves. It was adorable! He says "I have thousands of prayers".

Feb 13, 2015

It's Friday night- Jonny is at a friends house, Kahlan is sleeping, Gratton is watching Minecraft videos on youtube, David is on his computer, and I'm on my computer listening to a lecture. I start to hear what I think is Gratton singing, so I turn off the lecture. Sure enough,Gratton is sweetly singing to the Skyrim Dragonborne song (he switched videos), and David and I both mouth to each other how cute his singing is... Kids are awesome, and we love being parents!

Out of the mouths of babes

Tonight Gratton said, "Mom you tamed me by growing me in yours belly." I did indeed. Because I'm awesome!

Monday February 2, 2015 First Weekly Nerf Night

Tonight was a great Monday night. We had pork chops, mashed potatoes and mixed veggies for dinner, and Gratton joined in when we said the dinner prayer. Then we had an awesome nerf war! We have enough nerf guns for everyone except Kahlan, so she had two foam Minecraft swords that she used. She also had fun picking up the nerf bullets. I think this is going to be a weekly tradition for family night. Next David and I played magic against each other, while watching super humans with Jonny. Gratton joined my team in the second hand (we put Kahlan to bed). He had quite the imagination on ways wet could beat David. In the end though, David beat us 2-1. Then Gratton talked to David and I about Minecraft, his favorite game right now, and we read him some books and put him to bed. He said the prayer and it was so precious. He thanked Jesus for making the world for us, and food that we could eat to be healthy. He said some other precious things that I can't remember. I love our family an

No naps! Unless it's on a dirty front door mat!

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Kahlan won't take a nap lately when we put her down, she just screams and runs out of the room. Then today, I find her cuddled up on the front door mat...  Hopefully they'll send the screws for her crib soon, so we can get it put back together! They got lost in the move, so we ordered more. She's way too young to not have a crib!