Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Going Home
After nearly two weeks of bed rest, many pain pills, cortizone shots and x rays the doctors here believe that I have reherniated my disc and want me to go back to Utah to see my doctors and be where my family can help me. I have the best friends, people in my ward and boss ever!! Everyone was constantly coming by to check on me, bring me food, watch movies with me you name it they were there. I am so grateful for the many friendships that I have made down here and am sad to leave!! Thank you Texas for being so great to me!!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Enchanted Rock
Over Easter Break some people from the ward invited me to join them on a trip to Enchanted Rock which is a Texas state park to go repelling and mountain climbing. I was so excited and grateful that they invited me to go. We drove for about 6 hours (maybe) to get to their cabin when we got there the M family was already there. It was pretty late so we just got beds figured out we had 12 people staying in a not so big cabin.
The next day we went up to Enchanted Rock where we hiked up a bit and did our first repel down the medium size cliff. It was so much fun and such an amazing feeling!! We spent some time up there and then some of us hiked up to thru the cave. It was a tight small cave but so much fun! I love going thru caves and simply being out in nature! It was so beautiful out there! We then went and got swim suites and went to swim in the damn (river) in town we jumped off the side into the water (10 stories) and then we went and got dinner. I am having so much fun and am so grateful to be here!!
The next day we went into town and did some shopping looked at all the little shops then got lunch before we went back to the rocks where we did the small repel and the big one the small one was fun and we all did it a few times and then we moved to the other side of the rock for the big repel 80 feet!! It was so intense! I was so scared and nervous but it was such a thrilling experience to do an 80 foot repel! We have been having so much fun here! That evening my back really began bothering me so I took some pain pills and got a heating pad.
The next day we went to church before we headed out of town. My back was hurting me so bad that I couldn't help it anymore and started crying the A's were so good to me and gave me meds and tried to keep me comforted on the drive back. I am not sure what is causing my back pain I don't know if it is a herniated disc again or what but I was in so much pain..
Aside from all the pain I had a blast!! I would go again and again! It was such a great experience! Thanks A family for taking me with you!!
The next day we went up to Enchanted Rock where we hiked up a bit and did our first repel down the medium size cliff. It was so much fun and such an amazing feeling!! We spent some time up there and then some of us hiked up to thru the cave. It was a tight small cave but so much fun! I love going thru caves and simply being out in nature! It was so beautiful out there! We then went and got swim suites and went to swim in the damn (river) in town we jumped off the side into the water (10 stories) and then we went and got dinner. I am having so much fun and am so grateful to be here!!
The next day we went into town and did some shopping looked at all the little shops then got lunch before we went back to the rocks where we did the small repel and the big one the small one was fun and we all did it a few times and then we moved to the other side of the rock for the big repel 80 feet!! It was so intense! I was so scared and nervous but it was such a thrilling experience to do an 80 foot repel! We have been having so much fun here! That evening my back really began bothering me so I took some pain pills and got a heating pad.
The next day we went to church before we headed out of town. My back was hurting me so bad that I couldn't help it anymore and started crying the A's were so good to me and gave me meds and tried to keep me comforted on the drive back. I am not sure what is causing my back pain I don't know if it is a herniated disc again or what but I was in so much pain..
Aside from all the pain I had a blast!! I would go again and again! It was such a great experience! Thanks A family for taking me with you!!
Lady Gaga
For my birthday my parents gave me tickets to go see Lady Gaga and the blessed day has finally arrived! I invited my friend S to go with me and we had so much fun!! I think it's an understatement to say that I am in love with her! :)She put on such a great show!! It was one of the best gifts I have ever been given! Thanks mom and dad!! Love you!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Bella is 6
It is so hard for me to believe that Bella is 6 years old!! I can't believe how much she continues to change my life! She is such an Angel and I am soooo blessed to be a part of her life! Her family invited me over for her birthday party and it was so great to see everyone! I am so grateful for the opportunity that I had to come down here and work with her and be part of their family for a short time! As always she was so spoiled!! :) I can't believe how strong and big she is getting! She is an inspiration to me and I love her soooo much! Happy Birthday big girl! I love you more then words could say!!
Sorry the pictures are sideways I don't know how to turn them
Sorry the pictures are sideways I don't know how to turn them
A New Nephew
I am the very proud aunt of another beautiful little nephew!! He was born on St Patrick's Day, he weighed 7lb 13oz and was 19 inches long. He has an Irish name and a tint of red hair to go along with being born on an Irish holiday! He is so precious and I absolutely love my little Bean!
No Longer a Hobo
Since August I haven't been able to find a roommate or a cheap place to live (except for my two week long roommate and trailer just before Thanksgiving) so I have been staying with different friends. It's actually quite funny I have the trunk of my car set up like a closet and I have about 4 different places I stay a week, so as we joke I am "sleeping around"! My friends husband was watching tv one night and the definition of a hobo came up:One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood. He turned to me and said "Kourtni that's you! You are a Hobo!" So I have become known as the hobo around here!
Well in February I finally found a place!! HOORAY!!! A place that I could call home, a place where I could put my stuff everyday! I place that was mine!! Now don't get my wrong I am so grateful for all my friends and their families for helping me out and being so gracious but I got a little tired of the sleeping somewhere different every night, living out of suit cases etc..
Needless to say I have an apartment!!
My closet I made
Well in February I finally found a place!! HOORAY!!! A place that I could call home, a place where I could put my stuff everyday! I place that was mine!! Now don't get my wrong I am so grateful for all my friends and their families for helping me out and being so gracious but I got a little tired of the sleeping somewhere different every night, living out of suit cases etc..
Needless to say I have an apartment!!
My closet I made
Disney World
My friend asked if I would be willing to drive to Florida with her and the kids and help her by surprising the kids with a trip to Disney World with their grandparents, cousin and aunts and uncles. I told her she may have to twist my arm a little bit to get me to go with her... JUST KIDDING!! I freaking love Disney and was more then happy to go with them! I was very excited to see all of their faces cuz it was the first time to Disney for most of them (extended family included). The drive down there wasn't to bad we learned that we need a new seating arrangement for the drive back but lets be honest for 15+ hours in the car the 6 kids did GREAT!!
We got there the night before everyone else so we just hung out the next day til everyone got there the kids were a little curious and anxious since we were in a different place where they haven't "explored" so it was a little stressful on mom and Ki-Ki at times but they were so excited to see everyone when they arrived.
I don't remember the exact order we did things in but I'll post what we did. We went to see the ocean (it was a little to cold so we didn't swim we walked around and found shells instead). Then the older girls (16-30ish) age group took all the kids to a nearby park to play.
That evening after dinner their grandparents and aunt/uncle gave everyone a gift and inside was a certificate saying we were going to DisneyWorld with a shirt or jacket and a pair of Mickey ears! Everyone was soooooo excited!!
The next day we all went to Disney it was so crowded! We went the 30th of December but we all still had a blast! We were able to watch the parade, go on rides, see some characters and watch the fireworks! Going to Disney with kids makes such a magical place that much more magical! It was AMAZING!! It was so neat to see Disney thru their eyes! I think that everyone had an enjoyable time and 3 of the kids were asleep as we walked to the car. Thanks G'ma L and G'pa E for letting me join the family fun!!
The next day D and I had to run some errands to get ready to drive back to Texas so we ran to a couple stores and then that night we all hung out and brought the new year in together! We said our goodbyes that night since we were planning on leaving early the next day. We had rearranged the carseats and bought bread, peanut butter and jelly and snacks that I made while we were driving so we didn't have to make to many stops. The drive home went GREAT and I was happy to go! Thanks for the fun trip D!!
We got there the night before everyone else so we just hung out the next day til everyone got there the kids were a little curious and anxious since we were in a different place where they haven't "explored" so it was a little stressful on mom and Ki-Ki at times but they were so excited to see everyone when they arrived.
I don't remember the exact order we did things in but I'll post what we did. We went to see the ocean (it was a little to cold so we didn't swim we walked around and found shells instead). Then the older girls (16-30ish) age group took all the kids to a nearby park to play.
That evening after dinner their grandparents and aunt/uncle gave everyone a gift and inside was a certificate saying we were going to DisneyWorld with a shirt or jacket and a pair of Mickey ears! Everyone was soooooo excited!!
The next day we all went to Disney it was so crowded! We went the 30th of December but we all still had a blast! We were able to watch the parade, go on rides, see some characters and watch the fireworks! Going to Disney with kids makes such a magical place that much more magical! It was AMAZING!! It was so neat to see Disney thru their eyes! I think that everyone had an enjoyable time and 3 of the kids were asleep as we walked to the car. Thanks G'ma L and G'pa E for letting me join the family fun!!
The next day D and I had to run some errands to get ready to drive back to Texas so we ran to a couple stores and then that night we all hung out and brought the new year in together! We said our goodbyes that night since we were planning on leaving early the next day. We had rearranged the carseats and bought bread, peanut butter and jelly and snacks that I made while we were driving so we didn't have to make to many stops. The drive home went GREAT and I was happy to go! Thanks for the fun trip D!!
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