Cynthia Smiles

I love it when Cynthia dresses herself. In this video she is sporting a onsie (on backwards) over a black tee-shirt and purple pants. She loves having her finger nails painted. She picked orange polish to go with the black, purple, and pink outfit. And to top off the outfit she has a sticker in the middle of her forehead.

Achy Breaky Heart

I was on a heart monitor for a while. I wore electrode wires that were connected to a bluetooth that sent info to a cell phone. The monitor company would call when they got a reading that was abnormal.
They called at like 4:45 AM "Are you having symptoms?"
Well let me see.....FATIGUE! It's 4:45 AM, I was asleep before you called!

Yesterday, I had a treadmill test at the Cardiologists. I am having arrhythmia problems or irregular heartbeats. The leaky heart valve gets backed up and puts pressure on the chamber of the heart. That effects the nerves (wiring) which creates aarhythmia problems. And as the Cranberry Farms Ward Choir Director I want you to know that a Arrhythmia problem and A rythmn problem are different, LOL. Even though I have both. LOL.

So my heart is randomly racing like crazy. So I am on a beta-blocker heart medication called propranolol. It slows the heart down. So lets cross our fingers that it takes away the dizziness, fatigue, chest pains (aorta spasms), water retention and migranes.

I went blind in one of my eyes last week when I tried to go to a class at the gym and gained 10 pounds in 36 hours. That makes me really angry. I have low blood pressure so we are watching my blood pressure to make sure it doesn't drop it too low. Because I'm nursing the medication may effect the baby in that he may not grow as quickly. Breastfeeding has a lot of advantages so I'm going to keep it up.

I'm hopeful.

Draper Temple Open House

Two days ago, March 9, 2009, we went to the Draper Temple open house, which was so cool.


Before going we stopped by IKEA, this was my first time, for a quick lunch. I definitely need to check that place out in more detail some day. I hadn't realized that it was Swedish. The food was good/healthy and cheap. During lunch Cynthia announced with a grunt "I pooping." Cynthia is potty training. I jumped up "Oh no, no poop!" This made me sweat bullets the whole trip, thinking .......please no poop in the panties. Disaster averted and we had no poop in the panties and no poop in the potty either. Waiting for the poop, that never made a formal appearance, made us late for the appointed temple open house time.

We then went to a church parking lot (the kids were confused and didn't think the church-house looked at all like a temple). We watched a short film which was interrupted by a few potty breaks. We then proceeded to the buses. We made the mistake of bringing a full size stroller and the baby's car seat/carrier with us. I think I hit a few people in the knee on my long walk to the back of the bus.

The kids were really excited to ride on the bus. I was wearing my high heeled dress boots and a long skirt. Again, I was sweating bullets trying to carry the hugeanormous stroller and herd the children to the exit. Trying to be as lady like as possible,(barely missing the bus drivers head), I made it down the narrow steps of the bus and onto the sidewalk. I felt a rush of false security to reach the ground. I immediately stepped into a hole next to the sidewalk. I stumbled....recovered.....and giggled nervously, as the polite temple workers asked if I was okay. I then awkwardly tried to get the dang stroller open (emphasis on the awkwardly and dang).

By the time we were parading down the long hallway of tents, the group had left us in the dust. Spencer turned around with a smile on his face and said that he was more excited for the kids to see the temple than anything else.

The tour was a "silent tour." So when Richard (4 months old) decided that the hour since his last feeding was up and wanted to eat again, everyone in the temple knew it. When we got to the "big bath tub" I was once again sweating bullets. Watching the children carefully, anticipating a splash....crisis averted. Later the kids fessed up and told me they wanted to go swimming in the "big bathtub."

We got special elevator privileges because of our hugeanormous stroller, which was fun.
We walked into the Celestial room and the baby stopped crying. Katrina (6 years old) was staring up at the huge vaulted ceiling accented with stained glass windows and a gorgeous crystal chandelier that was sparkling in rainbow colored light. Katrina then whispered in my ear, "When I look at that, it makes me think the Holy Ghost is here." Aawwww, how sweet. Alexander (4 years old) told me later, "I saw beautiful things."

We went into a sealing room and the doors were shut. A couple talked about the blessing of the Priesthood Power to seal together families in this life and those in the next. I had tears streaming down my face as I looked at my little family, wiggles and all, knowing that we would be a family forever. It was a special moment. I am so grateful for temples.

As we were leaving the sealing room, Spencer and I failed to notice that Cynthia (2 years old) had left the pathway and was climbing onto the alter in middle of the sealing room. The man that had just spoken was kindly redirecting her. She joined us on the beaten path as we tried not to laugh.

Afterwards there were cookies and water at the church house next to the temple. Which we were grateful for since the kids were again "starving." We took pictures there in the cultural hall. While heading out to the buses we realized that we were in the middle of a blizzard. Didn't see that one coming.

Overall it was a special day to be remembered.

Free Workout Mixes

Me at the Jordanelle Triathlon 2007

In the April addition of FITNESS Magazine there is an article on motiontraxx.com.

Click on Fitness Magazine

The free workout mixes changes every two weeks (ideal for running) and it's totally legit.

Our New Pet...I wish

This is the new pet I want..... Fish With Transparent Head Filmed

His name would be Flaffle. I would love him and keep him for my very own.

Fish With Transparent Head Filmed
For the first time, a large Pacific barreleye fish - complete with transparent head - has been caught on film by scientists using remotely operated vehicles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.