11 Years

Yesterday Raymond and I had our 11Th wedding anniversary. We didn't really do anything yesterday because we are celebrating next week by taking our first ever Vegas vacation. We have not gone anywhere, just the two of us, since our honeymoon and we are really looking forward to it. We plan to stay at the Venetian and to see a Cirque Du Solei show, probably KA. We have also heard that we have to go to Smith and Lewinsky's Steakhouse and get a pass that lets your ride all of the roller coasters. Some "people" are under the impression that we will be bringing a "little souvenir" back with us, I keep telling them that I am pretty sure it is illegal to buy babies but I will look for one!!! Anyway I just wanted to tell my Raymee that I love him and Happy Anniversary!!!

Christmas 2010

I am a lazy blogger so this post is a little late. We had a wonderful Christmas. I still love keeping our tradition from growing up of opening our pajama's on Christmas eve and my kids enjoy it too. Santa Claus went a little crazy for Rayden again this year, last year he brought him a real Bow and this year he brought him a real electric guitar (Fender Strat) with an amp, gig bag, strap, and pics & extra strings, what a spoiled kid he is. Ryan got Lego Harry Potter the video game, Oopa got a Bumble Bee Plasma Cannon, he asked for a Bumble Bee Blaster but unfortunately that got discontinued and replaced by the Plasma Cannon, luckily Santa was smart enough to figure out what the replacement was. Soren got Princess dresses and presents because that is what she asked for. She also got this cool toy called Hide and Seek JOJO, it is a little bunny rabbit on wheels with a sensor that seeks a little carrot that the hider takes with them, the bunny puts it's ears over it's eyes and counts to 10 then seeks, it is really cute and when it finds the hider it does a little dance and says hooray, yipee. Ryan got some earings and nail polish and a 3D art set, Rayden got some instrucional books and dvd for guitar, alex got LEGO Star Wars the video game and a Bumble Bee action figure, Iron Man action figure as well as a pillow pet. Ray got some new Sketchers boots, a robe and a book of mensa logic puzzles. I got a new curling iron, brush and a very fancy 72 piece dishware set, all white with accents around the edges, I love them. We loved all of the cards from family and officially congratulate Rochelle and Scott on their pregnancy, we also enjoyed our puzzle from Mom and Dad, it will give us something fun to look at while we walk on the treadmill, and the kids loved their books. We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and wish you a happy new year.

Kidney Stones and studying.

Yesterday Morning around 4:30 AM as Ray was getting ready for bed, he started having a sharp pain in the bottom left side of his abdomen that spread around to his back and down to his groin. It was causing him quite a bit of pain but he was able to lie down & fall asleep for about 20 min, then he woke up rolling around in pain barely able to move and feeling nauseated, he went into the bathroom to throw-up. I went in to check on him a few minutes later and he was still rolling in pain and nauseated but had not thrown up yet, we decided he needed to go to the ER. When we got there he was in so much visible pain that they took him straight back and did a ct scan. He has a great big kidney stone, they are not sure he will be able to pass it on his own, they might try to break it up with ultra sound waves or he might have to have surgery, we will know after his visit with the urologist. Poor guy!!!

On a healthier note, I went and spoke with an academic counselor at SLCC about starting classes and whether or not I should enroll in the Materials Science Engineering program through SLCC and get an Associate of Pre-Engineering (APE) or get my Associate of Science (AS) and then enroll in the Materials Science Program at the U of U, both options have advantages and disadvantages. If I get my APE, which is designed for a transfer to the U of U, then I wont have an AS and may not be able to transfer my credits to any school besides the U of U, but the APE also has reduced General Education requirements so I wouldn't have to take some of those pointless classes people have to take just to fulfill their credit hours, plus I plan on transferring to the U of U anyway so I don't really know that it would make much difference to me that other schools may not accept my credits, I am new to this whole college deal though so People who have done this please feel free to offer advice. Anyway I have been studying like crazy and have this whole upcoming week off to continue studying for my accuplacer exam which I will take on the 6Th of December and then register for classes on the 7Th. Scary and Exciting all at the same time.

So please wish us luck as we strive to pass tests and stones.