Thanks!

Thank you to everyone who sent me the stories of how they met. I copy and pasted them into my report. (of course I cited that they came directly from my "interview") And I have to say it was one of the easiest reports I've ever written.
It's already back and graded! I got 128 out of 120. Yep extra credit for my wonderful interview skills.

So Thanks Again.

I'll do another post later with pictures and a summary of what's been going on.

It's hard to say Goodbye...

The most amazing woman I've ever met passed away yesterday morning. Marco Keller Forsgren, my Grandma. It's a very bitter sweet passing. She was hurting so bad and had lived the most wonderful life, so it was her time to go. And knowing that she's with my Grandpa again makes me happy. You've never seen two people who loved each other more than they did.

Their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Since I'm not a very eloquent writer this might just end up being random ramblings about my Grandma...

One of my favorites memories of my Grandparents was when I was 18 or 19 and was visiting them in Nampa. It was Father's day, I woke up to the sound of some music in the living room. I peeked around the corner and there was my Grandma cuddled up in my Grandpa's lap in his big lazy boy chair they were kissing and watching old home movies of their kids and grand kids. They served each other and that's how Grandma said you knew they loved each other.

Oh, my Grandpa teased my Grandma relentlessly. But she loved it and it was never mean spirted. He would answer the phone "Marco Forsgren's answering service..."
I've always adored my Grandparents! And I'm so glad I had a chance to get to know them. I spent a lot of time with them growing up. My cousins Kellie and Angie and I got to spend a week most summers with my Grandparents, it was our cousin reunion. Grandma took us swimming, shopping at the Pic n' Save, stayed up late with us to watch old movies and eat root beer floats, and a million other wonderful things.

When I was diagnosed with diabetes I called my Grandparents to tell them. Grandma asked what she could do to help make it better and I said come visit. They did. They were there the day I got out of the hospital. But to make me feel better while I was in the hospital my Grandparents and my Cousin Kellie sent me a teddy bear that had a wrinkly face like my Grandpa and legs that were straight so they didn't get in the way when you hugged him. In the sixth grade they drove to come and see my country presentation. And then they checked me out of school and we went to the zoo just me and them. Even though it was hard for Grandpa to walk very far.

Grandma could always get away saying things to me that no one else could. Like if anyone had told me to take out my extra piercing in my ears I would have rebelled. But I happen to be at my Grandparents house the conference when President Hinckley said "one piercing per ear." She just turned and looked at me and the extra earrings came out. On another visit I showed up with Orange hair with blond streaks, I thought it looked great! Nope, I was out Grandma's salon by that afternoon with lovely brown hair with a few blond highlights.

She would always tell me how lucky I was to end up with Sam and what an amazing guy he is. I have to agree. Sam and I got married while she was on her mission in Australia. (Yes, my sweet little Grandma ran away to Australia after my Grandpa passed away). I was tempted to wait for her to get home but she said that we should get married because my life couldn't wait around for her. I remember her walking off the plane from her mission and just bawling that she was finally home. Since she came home Sam and I have been to visit quite a few times. I'm glad Sam had a chance to get to know her to. It just makes me sad that Seth won't... I guess I will just have to pass on the stories. But at least he got to meet her.

Seth and Grandma when Seth was 2 months old

My Dad, Grandma, Seth and Me in Feb 2008

Our visit with Grandma a few weeks ago

again not the most flattering picture of me but it's good of Grandma

She was in so much pain but got all dressed up while we were there so we could video tape her testimony for all her Grandkids.

The last few years weren't the easiest for my Grandma. She had an acoustic neroma removed in 2005, recovered from that only to get an infection around her heart, she was finally getting better when this tumor started. Even when she was in such pain and struggling she would focus in the positive. I got to spend quite a bit of time with Grandma over the last few years and it was wonderful. it's all the little things that will remind me of Grandma.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

All the Pictures from the day

Sam had meetings in Salt Lake in Halloween Day so Seth and I tagged along. We dropped Sam off at his meetings and started our Trick or Treating early...

We met up with my friend Allison and her two girls. We played at the park and then had lunch.

Playing in the Leaves
Seth and Lauren

It was almost a year ago to the day that Seth and Lauren were blessed and had the family picnics at this same park.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... WEEEEEEE and I slide right back down

Seth and Lauren
So, I promise Allison and Abby were there I just didn't happen to catch them in a picture.
We made sure to see Uncle Matt while we were up in Salt Lake. He was a big shark for Halloween but I missed taking a picture. Seth's was a little scared when he was all dressed up.

Are you sure your eyelashes are real? They come out when I pull on them!

Uncle Matt is Silly
After visiting with Uncle Matt we went to visit our Friends at TURN's IDC Program. It's where my old office was.

We saw Aunt Jodi first, she was dressed as a cheesehead, but I didn't get a picture again!

But then we made our way to the back and saw all of our friends.

Seth enjoyed chasin' J-Dog and his Electric Wheel Chair around

It was starting to get close to Nap time so Seth was getting a little less impressed with Doc H, MR as the bunny, and LS as the witch. After he shed his very warm monkey costume he was a little happier.

Telln' Doc H all about his ouchies and maybe sneaking a candybar.

Makin' Friends with LS

Just Chilln' with J-dog

Seth loved cruisn' around with J-dog, RC in the motorized wheelchair. They stopped to say hi to SM.

We headed back to Happy Valley just in time for dinner and trick or treating!Waiting for Daddy to get ready

Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George
We carved the Pumpkins on Halloween eve and the one to the left is supposed to be Curious George, then there's a 2 because it's Seth's second Halloween and Sam did a wolf pumpkin.

All Ready to go
Can't wait to get going... Trick or Treat

Curious George and Man in the Yellow Hat out Trick or Treating

We ran into some pretty "scary" Characters out Trick or Treating

Our personal Favorite was the BYU Cheerleader.

(I promised the cheerleader that his picture wouldn't end up on YouTube...do you think the blog counts?)

All tuckered out from Trick or Treating but needed one last look at the Pumpkins

Sorting through his loot from Trick or Treating...

And that's how we spent our Halloween!

Tagged

6 THings I value...
1. Modern Medicine. This includes glucometers, insulin, insulin pumps etc. with out these things I wouldn't be alive. And without moderen medicine I wouldn't have been able to have Seth.
2. Sam, the fact that he never once made me feel bad when we thought I couldn't have kids, the say he sings me silly songs to make me laugh, that he gets up in the middle of the night to get me juice when I go low, he tolerates and doesn't complain about all my "projects"... There's a million reasons.
3. Seth, his drunken' walk, goofy grin, silly sounds, hugs and kisses, that he misses me while I'm gone, he keeps me active, helps with everything, he's my shadow, it took alot of work to get him here but so worth it.... again there's a million reasons.
4. Disabled People: my memories would be so boring with out the clients I've served. They make life interesting and see the world in a way that most others can't. They love and accept everyone and being around various people with disablitities has blessed my life more than I can ever imagine.
5. My Family and Friends- I value my parents, brothers, sister, in laws, neice, nephews etc. But I also have a wonderful group of people that's not blood related that have choosen to treat me like family and I value them so much too.
6. Knowing that I am a Child of God and that I'm loved.

6 Things I don't Value
1. Mean people
2. Debt
3. Never ending problems with this house mainly caused by the people we bought it from
4. Homework (don't get me wrong a value an education, and that I get to go to school and not work and school. Sometimes homework is just so overwhelming)
5. Dog hair- I love My lab Lucy, she's my girl. but she sheds and I get tired of all the dog hair.
6. Goat Head Thorns It's taken us all summer of pulling goat head thorn plants, spraying but I think we are finally winning.

Six people to tag... Well considering I tagged a bunch of people a week ago with another thing like this and no one has done it yet...
I'll tag:
Allison
Sally
Chesney
Shanna
Jenny
Jenni

More Halloween Fun

Ward Halloween Party
Some people couldn't figure out what Sam was, I thought it was pretty obvious but I guess if your not a big Curious George Fan...

Sam as Man in the Yellow Hat and Seth as a Monkey Curious GeorgeFun at the Party

Jodi and Larry came down for a visit and we went on the Provo Halloween Cruise.
Jodi, Larry, Seth and ScareCrow
US

Jodi and Seth

Just for Kellie

.I’m doing this just for Kellie because she said I wouldn’t respond…
A) Four places that I go to over and over: American Fork DI, Costco, Maceys, and class

B) Four people who e-mail me (regularly)
Ummm, no one... Jim forwards me stuff, and my sister used to send out the best emails with pictures but stopped a little while ago.

C) Four of my favorite places to eat: Ruby River, Whale’s Tale, Greek Market, Panda Express

D) Four places I would rather be right now: The Ocean, Idaho, on a trip (or even a date) with just Sam, with friends

E) Four people I think will respond:People will say that they will respond but then don’t

F) Four TV shows I watch:Amazing race, Curious George, Clifford the big red dog, and signing time

g) Four things I love
Sam, Seth, Lucy, Maggie

H) Four things I hate
Being lied to, feeling left out, mean people, and suffering

I) Four Favorites
Favorite holiday: Sam’s birthday
Favorite movie: Bourne Series
Favorite hobby: Photography
Favorite book: The Outsiders

So there's random stuff about me...

First Stiches... Well Almost

I woke up feeling pretty good and I was determined to get my list done today... Seth had other ideas. At about 8 this morning I was packing up Seth's summer clothes into a tote for storage. The lid of the tote was leaning up against the rocker. Seth decided he wanted to sit in the rocker and he was sure that by climbing the the lid he could get up there. Well, the lid slide down the floor and the lip of the lid split Seth's lip.
After a few minutes he stopped crying and pulled his head up off my shoulder, and to my horror there was a big spot of blood, he looked at me his eyes starting to go black, his lip getting fat, a bruise coming on the tip of his nose up to his eye brows and blood and drool dripping from his mouth. I laid him down and looked at his mouth. I couldn't see anything. I got him to suck on a few ice cubes in his mesh eater, gave him some Tylenol. And after about a half an hour it stopped bleeding... or so I thought.
He laid down for his nap like normal, well almost like normal he wouldn't take his binkie. I checked on him every 10-20 minutes. He was sleeping fine. I showered, folded laundry, dishes, homework etc. He woke up from his nap about a half hour early. I picked him up and there was about a dinner plate sized spot of blood/drool on his sheet and down front of him. I cleaned him up and gave him a cup of milk and he preceded to throw up all over. And the puke was full of blood. On the positive side though the bruises didn't get nearly as bad as a thought they would.
I called the pediatrician and he said it sounds like he needs stitches. And with Seth being so little they would probably have to put him all the way out to do it. And to put him all the way out we would have to go to Primary Children's. I said how could I be sure before I drove all the way to Salt Lake. He said I could try to get him in with my primary care that is here in Orem.
At 1pm we went to see Dr Olsen. Seth was active as always, vocal and happy as could be. He climbed the step up to the exam bed, pulled out a drawer and tried to climb that too. let the Dr. look at his lip and check him for a concussion. The lip had torn away from the gums and would probably need at least two stitches. UGH!
Are you kidding me...they have to put him all way under for two stitches? I asked what would happen with out the stitch. They said it would heal but might take a few more days than with the stitch. But it would take a few days for him to recover from the anesthesia. I said lets not do the stitches then. The Pediatrician and Family Doctor talked and decided I was right. But while the Doctors were talking Seth proceeded to make faces at himself in the mirror on the back of the door. He thought it was pretty funny to bang his head into the mirror and then laugh. The Doctor said it's a boy thing...
So we left the doctor with no stitches, minor concussion, instructions to keep doing what I was already doing. And with the confidence of the doctor that something like this will happen again and probably again and again. It's a boy thing.

OH WHaT a BeauTiFuL MoRNiNG!

Last night after the ward party Seth went to bed at like 9pm. And he Slept, yes Slept till 9am! OK so at like 3 am he fussed a little just enough to wake me up but not enough to get out of bed because he fell right back asleep. And at 6am (the time he normally gets up I went to check on him because I was a little worried I hadn't heard him yet)
Sam works late on Fridays so the whole family was able to sleep in! it was GLORIOUS!

I was sure he wouldn't take a nap today because he slept in but he's down and out.

Jesus Cake

Ok my sister in law is great! Here is her story about my nephew Ty's fourth Birthday Cake...

Birthday #4. Let's back up here a moment. Just a few weeks after his third birthday, he somehow decided that he wanted a Jesus cake for his fourth birthday. I thought that was cute, but didn't think too much about it, because I was sure he would change his mind before his birthday, which was almost a year away! Only he never changed his mind. All year he talked about his Jesus cake, and never wavered! So here is where a mother gets confused. Is it disrespectful to put Him on a cake? How do you cut the cake? Who gets what part of His face? It doesn't seem right to just pick at the leftovers like our family tends to do (my sister-in-law calls this phenomenon the Domecake, because the cakes always end up as a circle as we pick at them one bite at a time). After worrying for awhile, I came to the conclusion that if my little boy looks to Jesus as his hero, then that's a great thing, and maybe He would be honored. So...don't laugh, I did the best I could!

Isn't she great? And Ty is so adorable. I just found it funny.

Catch up...

So here goes. We got home from Grandma's a week ago, we cleaned (well I cleaned), did some homework, laundry, grocery shopping stuff like that. That was Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday, Seth and I went with my friend Jenny and her daughter Ava to the Zoo.

Seth, Jenny, and Ava

Seth and Ava
Ava and the Giraffe
Jenny (isn't she gorgeous? I always wanted to look like her)

So here's the story with my and Jenny. Jenny and I met at diabetic camp back in 1993. She lived in Orem and I in Bountiful. We started spending so much time together. BFFs. Only, I was stupid my senior year of high school and we lost touch. Until earlier this year when we moved here to Orem. I called Jenny's parents house and got her phone number. And we started hanging out again.

So, after the zoo on Thursday I got home and was changing Seth's diaper and he was really warm. (He had been a little grouchy at the zoo and had a low grade fever but he's also cutting a tooth). But when I took his temp it was 102.9. So I took him to instacare. The Doc there said it was foot and mouth virus. (but he didn't have sores on his feet, in his mouth or on his hands). But just to be safe I called Jenny and apologized, called Sam's family that was supposed to be coming up Thursday night and warned them. And then I called our pediatrcian. He said it was most likely a reaction to the flu shot he got on Monday. But couldn't say for sure since he wasn't the one who examined him. But the rest of the night Seth cuddled and slept.

Friday, Sam's family drove up. Mom, Peggy, Sister Angie and Angie's kids Kate, Ethan, Amberli and Little Sam. Because Little Sam is only a few weeks old Angie and her kids went to stay at Brian and Crystal's house but Mom Hall stayed with us. We all met at DI and visited the DI Anniversary Extravaganza!

Angie took her kids to Brian and Crystal's to unpack and I took Mom Hall to Salt Lake. We went in search of a SQUEEZO. And some Gluten free pasta. We never found the Squeezo but ate dinner at Biaggis, they have a wonderful gluten free menu. Then zoomed back to Salt Lake for the fun and exciting Provo Halloween Cruise.

The cruise was ok, but the kids were hilarious. Amberli (age 4) yelled "these Pumpkins Suck." But that's not what she meant. Ethan (age 6) was so scared at first scared of the beaver, the boat moving, and Pirates. But he eased up a bit when the pirate missed the boat twice and nearly ended up in the water. So after the boat ride we headed home for an early night's sleep. (but it didn't work that way) Sam had to work late and finally got home around 10pm but the Fed Ex man and come by earlier and dropped of Sam's Christmas Present. And Sam did not want to wait to open it. So he opened his Wii and set it all up. And proceded to show Mom Hall how good of a bowler, tennis player etc. he is. So finally off to bed.

We got up the next morning and jetted off to Salt Lake for Chrissy's (my really good friend/sister type) birthday brunch. It was fun Chrissy, Laura, Dulan, Matt and Erin were all there. After brunch...

Off to Zoo! With Sam's Family...

Walking the Zoo

Sam's the biggest kid of all

The Group at the Elephant

Group at the Rhino

After a fun and exciting day at the Zoo Saturday they headed back to Hurricane. Sam worked late Saturday night too so Seth and I hung out and I set up the Wii fit. (and I must say I LOVE IT!)

Sunday Sam went to Sacrament and I went to Primary I was in charge of sharing time. I tried to make it work but I don't think it went very well. Oh well! Better next time I guess. We didn't want to take Seth to church because I didn't want to get other kids sick just in case.

Sunday night we went to put Seth in the Tub and the hot water knob broke!!! water every where! So Seth missed his bath, Sam missed Lowe's being open by like ten minutes. So we shut down the water to the whole house because it was leaking everywhere. And Sam tried to fix it the next morning. Only Lowes didn't have the right part and Sam had to get to work for an Audit. So I spent the day with no water. :( But we survived and I made it to the plumbing store and got the right part. And now it's all fixed.

The Baugh Boys fixing the Shower.

So now it's Tuesday, we spent the day cleaning out the garage so hopefully I can park the car in there before it snows. And we set up our new dining table.

So now off to do more home work and continue playing catch up...