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There have been some big new changes in our lives lately that I've failed to mention on the blog. I really should blog more often these days. I'm too aware of the fact that very few people care or read the stuff I write on here… but then I remember that I’m not really just doing this for the readers, but for our family record too. If it weren't for a lot of the posts I've written in the past, those days would probably be erased from my memory today.

And so I write.

1. Air got a new position within his company starting this week. Not a promotion, but a big change. He’ll be working in an office that’s only about 5 minutes from our house so that’s kinda cool. We are excited that he will no longer be on 24/7 phone call watch… this will mean a lot less stress and some regular working hours. Finally.

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2. On the day before Air’s birthday he celebrated by getting high. haha… Let me explain this. He had his first colonoscopy that morning and whatever medication they pumped into him definitely made him loopy/high. Ames and I had been in the waiting room for quite a while as they kept telling us that he was slightly inebriated… he finally stumbled out with a huge smile on his face and a glazed over look in his eyes. I knew something wasn’t quite right with the way he was acting so I filmed him as I drove him home. Best decision I ever made. We watched the videos with the family and we all got a lot of laughs, Air doesn’t remember most of this. I’m sharing them with you guys too. I’m sorry if we say anything in here that is TMI about Air’s health etc. Maybe these videos aren’t for everyone? Just a warning

in this last video Air was a little more conscious, but still pretty weird... as you'll see. Also plug your ears if you dont want to hear about blood clots and what-nots

They did find some things with the colonoscopy and are running some tests for us currently. He will also be going in for some minor operations soon. We are really happy that something is finally being done!

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3. Aside from the colonoscopy/gastroscopy business, Air was also referred to a dermatologist to check out his moles. They removed three of them (one on his nose) and are running some tests now too… We’ll see how that goes. I honestly couldn’t list to you all of the specialist appointments, medical procedures and everything we’ve got scheduled for Air right now… there really are so many. It’s keeping us extremely busy… but we like it. We are willing to do anything to get Air’s health back.

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4. I planned and carried out my first full cub scout meeting this week. It was…. alright? Those boys are pretty wild most nights. Its hard to get some of them to stay still and listen for any amount of time. We have a lot of work to do I guess. The great thing about this calling is how much my Sunday’s at church have changed. I get to go to Relief Society and visit with all of the women again. It’s so weird to see all the new people in our ward who I never even met when I was in primary.

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5. My baby is turning 18 months this week and thus will be beginning the full two hour stretch of nursery alone on Sundays. I’m going to write more about Ames in another post, how bout.

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6. We got a new camera… A Canon 6D. It’s been our dream for a while and it’s pretty heavenly to finally be using it. All of the pictures from Air’s birthday party were taken with it. I’ve still got to learn more of the buttons and settings, but gosh it’s a beauty!

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Things have been a bit upside down here lately with so many changes happening all at once. Have I mentioned that January is not my favorite month? It’s like the Monday of months and I’m just not a big fan. Luckily we have Air’s birthday coming next week and he’s taking a few days off work… at last! I will hopefully blog more about all of this another time.

So, for now, here’s the merchandise:

↓↓↓Ames in his comfy new jammy pants made by his Aunty Gwen//Cubs: A whole new world!↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓I took this pic of my cub leader so I could remember where to put all the patches on my uniform//I scraped for hours and hours one day and this was as far as I got on our driveway. Air came and helped me scrape the rest a few nights later↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓This is what Ames did while I scraped the driveway all afternoon. He always finds ways to entertain himself while I work outside↓↓↓

↓↓↓in the waiting room during one of Air’s MANY Dr appts//getting a nice base tan↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓I got the car majorly stuck in DEEP slush when I was trying to leave our driveway one day//Air and his friend/co-worker/bishopric member Tim finally came and pushed it out when they got off work later. I have since seen many other people on our street doing the same thing! This snow has been melting too fast.↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Aaron posted this photo. I look like a ghost//The weather has been so beautiful lately so we’ve gone for some long walks down this path behind our house↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓standing on the ice//the gorgeous view on our walks↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓the best thing that came out of the package according to Ames//Ames would live at the park if we’d let him. Specifically in this big truck thingy↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Another of Ames’ favorite park activities↓↓↓

↓↓↓We finally found a way to get these two to play nicely with each other. Rhys pushes Ames, but when it’s Ames’ turn to push he pretty much just holds on and gets pulled everywhere… and loves it↓↓↓