Jessica Alba?....Alright!

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Family history - Family history research

So, apparently my celebrity look alike is Jessica Alba. I know, it is a far stretch for the imagination, but we all know the internet doesn't lie...right? Well, whatever...I'll take it for now.

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities

Even better, my handsome hubby is one of the world's most famous Englishmen! Aren't we a handsome couple?

Sick, Sick, Sick!

Thus far, this has not been the best week of my life. On Monday I woke up with a somewhat sore throat, which I figured could be caused by a number of things (cool air blowing on my face from the window during the night, allergies, screaming at Lagoon on saturday, etc.) so I went to work and thought all was well.

I was in a training class on Monday so I was just sitting and listening all day. Progressively throughout the day I felt more and more tired, and sore everywhere. By the time I got to Matt's office around 3, I was miserable, and by the time I was at my office by 3:30 I was barely holding it all together. Unfortunately I had to call and bow out of a big get together with all my girlfriends which I was so sad to miss.

I laid home on the couch completely miserable and tried to go to bed around 8:00. I didn't sleep at all because my whole body was so sore, I had a fever, chills, etc. etc. Tuesday morning Matt called around and found an express care not far from here that charges a very a low fee so I drug myself out of bed, got dressed and headed in.

The doctor looked me over and saw my throat and thought for sure it had to be strep throat, so he did a test. We waited, and waited, and waited and after about 10 minutes it came back negative! I was pretty surprised because I have had strep many, many, many times in my life, and while I don't proclaim to be a doctor, this looked exactly like strep, with all the right signs. He then starts checking me some more and sees a bunch of mosquito bites and says, "you, know, I think this may be west nile virus". Oh well, that makes me feel all better...NOT! He sent in a back-up strep test and told me to wait it out and if it gets worse or doesn't improve to go to an instacare asap. The whole thing was really frustrating, because I'm the sickest I've been in a long time, and he can't even tell me what it is!

I went home and had a miserable day trying to sleep off and on, and all through the day my throat is getting worse and worse. Matt was being a perfect sweetie and taking care of everything. He is even pureeing my chunky soup (yes...that is how bad it hurts). Also, all day my throat is looking worse and worse, and more like strep. Finally Matt's called one of our friend's dads, who is a great doctor and explained the whole situation. He seemed to think that the doctor I saw was silly for not treating me with an antibiotic even if the test was negative, and he kindly called in a prescription for me. I still didn't sleep last night because everytime I started to fall asleep I would reflexively swallow and it hurt so much it woke me up everytime. I finally got up at 1:30 and watched Home Improvement/Fresh Prince of Belair...wahoo!

Anyway, I still feel crummy today and don't know exactly what I have but from all the Doctors' opinions it could be: strep, tonsilitis, west nile virus, mono, or the flu. I choose....strep. So, that's it...I'm sick with strep. I hope I can go back to work tomorrow since I have only been there ummmm...1 week so far. This is really the best timing, but, what can I do? Thanks again to Matt for being the perfect "Mom", cause we all know what we really want when we are sick is our Mom. He has taken care of everything even though he is in the middle of finals week...what a gem. Love you Matt! When I'm all better, I'll make it up to you.

Whoops!

Today I was trying to change my background and I accidentally erased all of my friends and family blogs on the side bar. I'm in the process of putting them back on, but I can't remember all of the blogs I had on there. If you don't see yours on there, can you please remind me of your blog address?

Thanks!

Another Fun Filled Weekend!

So this was my last weekend of unattached fun, because I start work tomorrow. I'm both excited and somewhat bummed to go back...I will admit that it has been really nice to have some time off:)

The weekend started on Thursday with a baby shower for my sister-in-law Heidi and her cute new baby Lucas Brett. It was a lot of fun to get together and chat with my sisters, mom, and my aunts and cousins.

All of the kids loved "helping" Heidi open all of the new gifts. It was pretty adorable.

On Friday Matt and I went out to dinner with Andy and Brittany. They somehow got us in for the opening night at a new Red Robin, so the whole meal was free - wahoo!On Saturday, Matt and I decided to have a full day at Raging Waters. We have been so busy this summer, mostly him because of summer school and work, so we decided to count this as our little family vacation. We had a blast! We both came back sunburned and dead tired. The only bad part of the day was the ginormous slide that Matt convinced me to go down. I think I nearly had a panic attack just getting up to the top of the slide. Matt went first and I just thought..."it's now or never...how bad can it be?" I screamed my head off, and not in an "this is kind of fun" way. I lost my mat in the middle of the slide and panicked about that because I was approaching the next big drop. Luckily I was able to get back on it before I made my big finish by plowing with full force into the water and tumbling all over the place, instead of skimming over it like everybody else does...hmmm...just a tab bit embarrasing. I finished it off by crying, I think mostly because I was pretty shaken up. Anyway, after that the rest of the day was awesome!We finished the weekend off with Sunday dinner at my parents' house!

Memories

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog (if you have one) and leave one about you.

Splish Splash!

Matt and I had a really fun weekend. On Friday night we went over to our friends, Andy and Brittany's apartment for a delicious dinner, and then went to the Friday night movie at Liberty Park. We watched Charlotte's Web, and I must say it was difficult to enjoy a movie about a "friendly" spider while sitting outside in the dark...

On Saturday we went swimming with my sister, her kids, and my Dad. After that we headed over to a going away party for Julie and Jordan. We will miss you guys! Enjoy your time in Arizona!

Finally, on Sunday we had dinner with some of our new neighbors, played some games, and had a great time. We definitely love our weekends!

Camping with the Girls

Since I have been out of a job and Rachelle and Megan are both at home, we thought it would be fun to go camping with just the girls and the kids. I think it ended up being a lot more work than we remembered but we did have a lot of fun. We had hobo dinners, talked by the camp fire, and had one big sleepover in Megan's tent. Here are a few fun pictures of the cute kiddos and us.We thought it was pretty funny that as we were driving into the camp site, we saw Kirby Heybourne there, camping with his family! Here's a picture of his back, for any of you super fans!
By the way...about the job...I finally found a good job! I accepted a position with Zions Bank. I must admit I've enjoyed being home, but I am excited to get back to work and keep myself busy all day.

Balcony Gardening

Last year for my birthday my mom gave me a couple of nice house plants, which Matt and I promptly killed, on accident of course. Ever since then, the pots have been sitting with dead plants out on the balcony, so I finally decided to put them to good use this year. I picked out some flowers at Home Depot and tried my hand at a little gardening. Both plants have already grown a lot and look really good, so I must say, I'm proud!

Happy 4th of July (2 weeks ago)!

I know I'm a little late, but I hope that everybody had a great 4th of July! Matt has been pretty busy between school and work lately, and the week after the 4th he had several tests, projects, and homework assignments. He was busy all day doing homework, but it was fun for me to just relax and be lazy. That evening we decided to hop on our scooter, grab dinner and see the fireworks at Sugar House park. We had a great time playing games, eating snacks, and watching the fireworks.

Down on the Farm

Last week I went to Farm Country down at Thanksgiving Point with Rachelle, Megan, my Mom, and all the grandkids except for Luke. We had tons of fun and were all pretty tired by the end of the day. Everybody especially loved the pony rides and being able to feed the animals. Here are a few highlights!