One year

It has been one year today (or a year and a day by the time I post this) since, the world lost a great person. I cannot believe that it has been a year since Spence gained his wings and was able to breathe easy once again. I feel lucky to have known him, he taught me to be positive even when I thought my world was crumbling around me, he was always so happy and cheerful and could cheer the saddest person up.  He always knew how to make me smile and laugh.
He introduced me to They Might Be Giants, which is the silliest of bands and will put a smile on your face if you are feeling down.
He also introduced me to the Ender's Game series, which he told me to read and said I would love it for sure, I was very skeptical at first as this was the cover:

Which at the time space stuff really wasn't my thing, still really isn't, I remember laughing out loud in the library, and thinking to myself "really Spence? you think I would like this??" and I put it back on the shelf for a moment, then decided well if he recommended it really can't be that bad, and gave it a chance.  Turns out, I loved it, and it turned into one of my favorite books...and now it's going to be a movie!

So here's to you Spence, I love you and miss you buddy, until we meet again.

P.S. Where do they make balloons?? ;-)

My 24th Birthday Party!

A couple days ago Kyle asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, I said I have no idea, let's just have a quiet night in or something. Well he didn't like that answer too much. Later that day his parent's called him from The Magical World of Harry Potter in Orlando, thus an idea was born. I think it was originally supposed to be a surprise, but I figured it out pretty quickly when Kyle bought dowels and asked if we had a hot glue gun (for making wands). But I was okay with it, because I love planning parties (I'm just horrible with coming up with themes). Anywho, the party turned out AWESOME!!! (Especially for being last minute)

Our nephew Gratton, he kept closing himself in the girls' kennel

By the end of the night he made himself at home with four pool noodles

Christmas lights, and the Mega Blocks box =]

 

The Elixir of Life (water)

Harry Potter themed treats!

Butterbeer!

 My snitch cake! Kyle and my brother-in-law David

did an awesome job!

Towards the end of the night we started putting the dry ice

in the glasses with cream soda it made each drink smoky!

I had a really good time, unfortunately we forgot about the wands, so I think David and Sonja are coming back over tomorrow or next week sometime to make them! 

A wallaby, camel, and ghouls oh my!

Kyle and I went to the straw maze out in Archer yesterday. The first time through we did it in about 20 minutes, then we went through again, except we ran and made it through in just under 6 minutes.  We went during the day instead of doing it "haunted".  There were some places that you had to almost crawl through and places with ropes hanging down, it was creepy just going through it during the day I can't imagine it when it's haunted at night!

After we went through the first time

It was a beautiful clear night

There was a baby Wallaby there as well

his name was Rudy, he was super soft! 

The camel wanted to go through the maze too!

 I was a little hesitant to get close to the camel every time it 

moved I jumped back about 5 feet. It was huge! 

After all of the fun at the maze we headed over to the Haunted Mill they actually changed some of it around, so it wasn't predictable at all.  I screamed pretty good a couple times, Kyle gave one of the ghouls' a high five and I followed suit and gave one of them a hug towards the end of it.  He kept holding out his arms like he wanted a hug, so I figured why not? I think it caught him off guard a little haha.

Fall and Halloween crafts n' such

So this Halloween/ Fall I was determined to decorate our house, it's both one of mine and Kyle's favorite times of year.  Here are the results:

 It's kind of hard to tell but I cut out bats out of geo mesh and stuck them to the light.

 Our front door, I made the wreath

 The centerpiece I made.

 bats on the wall and lanterns I got from the dollar store. Heck yea!

...and last but not least garland on the banister

Wilson's Disease Forum

So last Sunday the 30th of September Kyle and I went to a Wilson's Disease Forum in San Diego, California. My dad and step mom as well as my mother-in-law and father-in-law were able to come along as well, which was awesome.
Here are the things that I learned:

• I need to get a liver biopsy, which I knew I was about due for, the part that I didn't know is that if the results for my I think it was liver function came back under 35, then I am okay to stay on just zinc, but if they are over 35 I should start on Trientine again for a little bit.
• Gluzin is an alternative for Galzin.
• I am NOT crazy in thinking that my zinc tastes and smells really bad. Apparently high dosages of zinc can change your taste buds and olfactory glands, it also may be the cause of why I can't smell skunk.
• And the big one is IF Kyle does not have one of the gene mutations for Wilson's Disease our children will have no chance of inheriting it. On the other hand if he does then there will 50% chance of them having it. The odds are 1 in 180 that he will not have it however, which is fairly good in my opinion =]
• The  test is $1000 and has to be done by ARUP or the Mayo Clinic, which is a small price to pay to ensure that we don't pass this disease on.
• However even if he doesn't have the gene there is still either 25% or 50% that or children will be carriers for it (I cannot remember which it was).

So we learned a lot and I would say that it was well worth going to =]

The butter thief

So Kyle was leaving butter on the counter so it would stay soft, but it kept disappearing, it happened twice before he asked me if I had thrown it away, or put it somewhere he just wasn't seeing.  I told him nope. I hadn't touched it.  Soon after this, we discovered that it was Sequoyah stealing the butter! Whole sticks of it! No matter how far back on the counter we stick it, she gets it!  So Kyle just started sticking it back in the fridge after using it.  Well he accidently didn't put it away immediately after using it for scrambled eggs, we were eating them at the table heard Quoyah get on the counter (just her front paws) we jumped up and ran to the kitchen, but it was too late, it was gone.  Also you would think that the wrapper would slow her down, but nope! She eats that too!

My oh my! Look how far I've come!!!

So as some of you know, we finally heard back from my doctor's nurse on Wednesday, after waiting 2 weeks for my test results...I was napping when she called Kyle's phone, after he was off, he came in and woke me up, with a somber look on his face, saying Kathy had called.  My heart dropped with the look on his face, I have been so so good about taking my medicine, the only conclusion I could come to in those few seconds was that it wasn't working again... but then he smiled and said my labs came back perfect! They were normal!!! Like a person that doesn't have Wilson's Disease normal! So mean.  I immediately jumped out of bed and gave him a huge hug! I am so happy!! Words cannot explain, in fact my labs were SO good, I don't even have to go in for a check-up, which has happened never!
I have come so far from a year ago, even just a few months ago! I am so happy!!!