A Note On Strength

You could spend your whole life in the gym and still not have the strength to deal with "the heavy things"

Keto Kid

Cole is going to start the ketogenic diet in April. He will spend 3-4 days in the hospital getting his body adjusted. It's going to be a huge undertaking and a lifestyle change for us. We have started a new blog just dedicated to epilepsy and Cole's journey. You can find it here. I have worked hard on this project, but it is not perfect yet. It gives Brian and I comfort when we find other people on the Internet who are struggling with the same things. We have even met a group of Utah parents whose kids are on the ketogenic diet through blogs. We hope that we can give that same support to others that might feel like they are the only ones going through this.

Life as a Contact Sport

After months of multiple falls and injuries like thisand this where we had to get his forehead glued shutand theseand others.

We got a helmet. We call it the "hat".Cole has been pretty good about wearing it, but it doesn't protect from all falls. I am glad that it has cut down on the constant massive green spot on his forehead.

How about this one?You can't really tell, but the fat lip was received in nursery after a drop seizure and the double bruises on the forehead are from one fall without the helmet and one fall with, when it moved to the side.

One Year Ago

Remember this?

One year later: Still have headaches. Only had one seizure since. No stroke.

Things are good.

Wonder what condition I would be in with all of the stress lately if I had not have done this. Everything happens for a reason.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Stale

I have officially become one of those people that let's their blog sit forever, with no new postings.

aka STALE.

I keep thinking I'm going to get to it. There has been a lot happening. Things like Brian turning 30, Christmas, Cole turning 2, a trip to Florida, Cole's first InstaCare visit, etc. Somehow in between neurofeedback, speech therapy, the early intervention teacher, seizures, Scentsy, trying to keep the house clean (keyword trying) and the other stuff going on around here...it just hasn't happened.

So to those who have requested that I get my act together-I'm making it a goal (not a promise).

I still enjoy peeking at all of your latest and greatest. Keep it up! Maybe someday I'll come back and join you :)

The Big 3-0

All he wanted to do in Florida was water-ski. Wish granted.We had a party on the Saturday before. Cris made an INCREDIBLE cake.I've said it before and I'll say it again. Bri, you have a lousy birthday. Right in the middle of Christmas and New Years. Everyone is gone and has already spent their money. Maybe we can celebrate your six month birthday from now on :)

He got Jazz tickets. The first game was on our anniversary (which is only a week after his big day). We had a great time, but the Jazz could not pull it together.


Man, we're getting old!

Little Miracles

Isn't it nice to know that there are still good people out there?

I have been busy with Scentsy. Trying to build a client base and making some money for all of those medical bills. It's easy to talk about, so I tell everyone I know about the prodcuts. One of my friends from the ward came to a party that another person in our ward was hosting. We got to talking and she was interested in the basket party, so she could just take all of the small samples to work and still get the hostess rewards without having to clean her house :) She was worried about it being successful though, because she mainly works with a bunch of men.

This friend sent an e-mail to everyone in her company, telling them a little about our story and that she had the samples if anyone wanted to smell them.

She called me later that evening to tell me what she had done...and to tell me the amazing thing that happened right after.

Did I mention that she works for a man in our bishopric?
She was worried that she had not asked permission before sending a company-wide e-mail and was going to ask the CEO of the company (the man in our ward) if he was cool with it.

Before she had the chance to get down to his office however, another company-wide e-mail went out. It was from the big guy...and it said something to the effect of, "I know these people. This is a good cause. Anything you spend, this company will match dollar for dollar".

And that is how I made my largest Scentsy order ever.
No one asked him to do that. It just happened like it was something that he does every day. His employees loved it because they got all of their Christmas presents half-off :)

Then he called me this evening to thank me for sending him a small gift and a thank-you card.

This person reminds me that there are still people out there that care. May we all remember the Reason for the Season.
I hope that I can pay it forward.