Flashback Friday - Nauvoo Trip 2002

I got a fun idea from my friend's husband's brother's wife's blog the other day. (Oh, come on, you know you read everyone and their dogs blogs too!) She had an idea to do Flashback Fridays, I think it is a great idea.
So, I have decided that on Fridays (not necessarily every Friday, but some) I will post about something in the past. Some will be from when I was a child and some more recent.

When my dad was here a couple of weeks ago we were reminiscing about the time we went on a long road trip to Nauvoo Illinois. Ned and I went with my parents and my little brother, R. Jay. We met my sister and her family there.

We went to the Nauvoo Temple open house before its dedication. It is a beautiful temple. We spent some time in Nauvoo visiting other church history sites as well.

We went to the John Deere museum. Ned had fun with all the tractors.

Uncle R.Jay had fun with his nieces and nephew. He is a fun and loving uncle.

On our long drive half way across the country Ned was so well behaved. There is one memory that I think all of us there will never forget. I don't know what got him started but there was a time that Ned laughed, and had us laughing, for at least half an hour. He would laugh an adorable, and contagious laugh, then sigh. The sigh would get all of us laughing again, then Ned would laugh at us laughing, then sigh...and so on. My dad almost drove off the rode a few times he was laughing so hard!

We had a great trip filled with fun memories. I think we should do it again sometime! ;)

Dusty's Date with Mommy

Dusty and I went out last night, just the two of us. We went to Sesame Street Live! Dusty has been looking forward to this for about a month now. I didn't think he really knew what was going to happen. He kept talking about it being Elmo's birthday party because it was called 'When Elmo Grows Up'. He would say things like, "Is his party going to be at somewhere that you can play?" So when we went last night I was really curious what he would think. I was worried he would be disappointed that it was not a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheeses or something like that.

We walked in and he was SO excited. We got our snow cone, funnel cake, corn dog and cotton candy (hey, I wanted to have some fun too!) and sat in our seats.



After eating his 'dinner' he asked, "Where is Elmo going to be?" I said, "Right up there on the stage with all of his friends." Uh, oh! That was the wrong thing to say. He immediately said he did not want to see Elmo, climbed up on to my lap and buried his head in to my chest. He was so scared. I was not expecting that, I don't know why though, since he covers his ears and shivers at Monster Jam.


We were there pretty early so he stayed in this position for about 20 minutes or so. He kept saying, "I don't want anybody to see me." I think he was afraid that the monsters would try to talk to him if they saw him. I was worried he would start to cry when the show began and that we would end up leaving.

Well, it took about a minute into the show for him to turn around and look. I think it was when they started to sing that made him look. He did not turn back once he started watching. He did shiver for a while though.

He eventually seemed to be enjoying himself. He pointed at things and would comment about the characters. He was really excited when he saw Baby Bear come out.


As soon as they started talking about the train whistle Dusty covered his ears. They said that the whistle did not work and everyone in the audience helped make the whistle sound. He didn't like that so much!


During the intermission he wanted an Elmo balloon so bad! I could not bring myself to paying $8 for a balloon I can get at Wal-Mart!


He really enjoyed the rest of the show. He was even willing to clap at the end. This was the look on his face for most of the show:
Pretty serious and cautious.

Dusty said his favorite part was when they sang, 'I Like Trash.'


I had a fun time being with Dusty. I guess Lucky is next. Ned went 3 years ago, so I guess it is a tradition for our children when they are 3 years old.

I'm GLOWING!!

No, I am not pregnant (glowing is definitely not the word I would use if I were pregnant right now, check back in at least a year or so for that kind of announcement!). No, I am not glowing because I am so excited about anything, either.

So, why am I glowing?? I am radioactive right now! I had a HIDA Scan this morning. I was injected with a radioactive tracer. I was able to watch the tracer (it shows up as little white dots on a black screen) go into my liver, then in to my gallbladder. It was really interesting. If I had not had to lay still for an hour and a half, in a machine, I might have called it entertaining!

So the little dots all gathered in my gallbladder and then I was given a hormone that made my gallbladder contract and dump bile in to my intestines. (Sorry, that sounds gross, but hey, it happens to the best of us!) I guess if my gallbladder was not functioning properly it would take a long time for the dots to dissipate. It happened rather quickly, so I am assuming my gallbladder is fine. Good news? Yes, I guess, but then what is going on with me? I don't know, but I hope we can figure it out so I can eat, sleep, exercise, etc. without being so uncomfortable.

I should get the results back Monday or Tuesday, I'll keep you posted... I guess that is a literal statement when blogging. :)