Temple trip

On Saturday we attended a session at the LA Temple with Scott's sister Carolyn and her husband Abraham. It was a packed session (and yes we were in the last row). There were many people receiving their endowments in the session also. It was neat to see the smiles on the girls faces as they were preparing to marry their companions. It reminded me of when I went to the temple for the first time and had Scott right there. I would always look at him and have this huge smile on my face. I realized that in every session I still do the same. If I glance eyes at him he sends me a wink back and I give him this huge cheesy smile with watery eyes (I can't wink, its more like a twitch thats not very attractive or suttle lol). How blessed I am to have married him in the Temple and to receieve those blessings. Going to the temple brings me so much closer to him. When I first got married I wanted to keep getting married (of course to Scott!) because I never wanted that feeling to go away. I've realized that the feeling never goes away and how grateful I am for that and each time we attend the Temple just makes me fall more in love with him.

Yes, we are still newly weds However , I do not believe there's such a thing as "the newly wed phase" I believe when you first get married you are on cloud nine and nothing can come between you, but then you realize certain things and learn to communicate more. The feelings I felt the day I got married grow stronger each day and I know that as we keep the Lords commandments and follow his teachings that our happiness and love for each other will grow and that we can work anything out between us. I know that if I do these thigns that I will be in that "newly wed phase" (people call) for the rest of my life. =)

FINALLYYYY

I am parasite free!! What a LOOONGGG Journey just in time for out great adventure to Alaska!! I have 14 days until school and 18 days until Alaska!!

Parasites still?

Oh boy, so after so many different Dr.'s (8 to be exact) and so many different diagnosis. I never believed any of them. Even when I went to the Dietitian and she told me I had them, she did this test of my meridians through my hands and I could not believe it. After a year of basically depression, anxiety, severe pain, stomach issues, and weight gain the conclusion is I am invested with parasites. I have had them with me for over a year now (from our honeymoon in Mexico) Not only do I have parasites, but now Fungus in me. Parasites and fungus are linked together by the way. ANYWAY, my 9th Dr. was AMAZING!! A True blessing. Right now I am taking all natural supplments to kill and pass them, gross right? They are tiny, not worm like, or else Iw ould have been dead lol I will find out exactly what I have probably next month, but they are just amebas as far as we know right now. I also found out that I am alergic to grains, oats, soy, rice, wheat, and corn (for right now). The parasites have taking all the minerals out of my body, and have done major damage to my body. I have been so swollen and inflammed for a year that I just had enough so I'm looking forward to feeling "good" whatever that feels like<~~I have totally forgotten!!! Right now I have to be on a "stage 1" diet. Which is just meats, vegtables, and eggs. I can not put anything on the meat or vegtabels eithe rjust salt and pepper. I'm REALLY trying to get creative, but its hard, it IS getting easier though. I just hate it when people around me can eat yogurt, fruit, or bread, it makes me crave it, but I have been strong and only splurged once! =)

So sometimes prayers do take a year to be answered, and sometimes we do have to struggle physically and mentally. I know my faith has been so week and my hope was gone. So given this trial has really helped me grow and be able to trust the Lord.

Other than that, we have been doing good. It's summer so its HOT which means we are BUSY. We went to Havasu for Fourth of July with the family, it was great, hot but great. I can't believe the summer is almost gone!! However, that does mean that we will be leaving for Alaska soon!! Scott told me I need to take more pictures =/ So I am going to try my hardest!!

Whats next?

Warning: context may be graphic

I have never been to the Dr.'s so many times in my life! The last 4 weeks I have been to the Dr.'s 4 times, and not be choice. Ever since I got back from my honeymoon I have been miserable and in pain whether its just joints (elbows, hands, or knees) or my abdominal. I have had to pee in the cup more than twice and be checked for hemorrhoids (which is like the worst procedure EVER!!). I take Scott in to the Dr.'s room with me in case I forget to say something. At this point in time I am very frustrated and in pain. I have been diagnosed with 5 different things and then the test results came back negative but I get to hear "by your physical symptoms" you definitely have "this." When I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis the specialists sent me a referral to see a stomach specialist. Well I never went b/c I didn't like the Rheumatoid Arthritis Dr. and she made me feel like I was dying (I'm in denial w/everything by the way lol) Well my last two trips to Urgent Care said I had to go see him. Well I did and next week I will be having the honors of getting a colonoscopy. Now I just turned 22 and this procedure is for people 50 and over. So you can imagine when I was waiting in the Dr.'s office the average age was 70 lol. I can tolerate pain that I'm going through, but I CANNOT tolerate pain people due to me like needles, pelvic exams, hemorrhoid exams, shots, etc. SOOOOO this should be fun!! I hear the worst part is cleaning your system out, but honestly what i have experienced in a year I think I'm pro haha. Anyway WISH ME LUCK!

And the semester has ended!!

I am so glad to be over!! I have exactly one year to graduate!! Majority of people know I can NOT make up my mind at times it can be really frustrating, so I thank those who put up with me, especially Scott =) So technically I should have graduated this semester but I went from a Psychology major to a Math major, then a Liberal Studies Major, then a Double Major in Family Life Education and Child Development. So that explains why it has taken me this long. My final verdict is I am finishing up my major in Family Life Education and I have just completed my minor in Child Development along with my GE credits and Capstones. The longer I stay in college I do feel smarter. So I have a quick break before Summer School starts. With all the budget cuts I have to try and get into all the classes and take summer and winter now. However, they did raise the prices, so for me to take one summer class which is 3 units its $800!!! It will be worth it I think...haha.

So right now Scott has been working hard and we were in the process of trying to buy a house. We love our condo, but we want to try and take this advantage of the houses being low.

As for my health, I have been in so much pain that I went to urgent care the other day and they were just RUDE! They only wanted to hear one symptom and disregarded all the rest. Then all they did was like look up symptoms on the computer, kind of like a webmd thing. So they sent my urine sample in and that's it. So the result is, I am still in pain, not a happy camper!! So at this point I am diagnosing myself. The only thing I have to really work with is I have high C-Protein. It should be under .8 and mine is at 1.47. So those disease of inflammation consists of diet and exercise. So I am in the process of doing a food elimination test and also I can only have fruit, veggies, and proteins.

Disregard my previous post... =)

So I make pretty good food I must admit. My husband has not once barfed, not eaten, or ordered pizza.


Anyway, Shawn and Shannon came over for game night on Tuesday. No, its not the kind of game night where you gather around with couples, Tuesday night game nights are HALO nights. The guys all play on Xbox live together, for about 3 hours, or sometimes until they get sleepy. So anyway, Shawn and Shannon came over and I made my FAVORITE dish Poppy Seed Chicken. Then after dinner my loving husband told them what I accidentally did. I bought a turkey instead of chicken (the ones that are already cooked) so we had like Turkey/Chicken Poppy Seed. No one could tell which makes you think you are a good cook right? haha. I do have to describe my dessert because its one of my favorite, however it is fattening, but what dessert isn't..I mean c'mon the ones that taste REALLY good.





I took Buttermilk waffle crackers and spread nutella on them. Then I took ice cream and cut the box and too the ice cream out so its like a role of ice cream. Then I cut it to make ice cream sandwiches. Put it in the freezer and BAM! You have a cheap no mess ice cream sandwich that has like fudge (nutella) which makes it so YUMMY! I would dare anyone to try these. They are so simple, yummy, and great for guests!

My cure for chocolate

I do not like mangoes, and I bought these for Scott because on his Mission he ate Mango's all the time and since they were "Philippine mango's" I really had to buy them. However, I found myself eating them one day on accident lol and I now am able to eat those and not have chocolate! It's the weirdest thing! I really can't even look at chocolate and go "mmm thats good" I don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing lol.