Medical Mysteries

Well we have had a couple medical issues come up lately and I wanted to see if any of you have had any similar problems and maybe I could get some ideas on what to do.
The first one is Kelsi and a pretty simple thing. She has flat feet, really flat feet. We took her to a podiatrist last week and this is how he explained it to me. When you start walking around 1 your feet will be about 7 degrees off from normal. Each year that your child grows they should lose a degree as their feet move, so by the time they are 7 it should be a 0 degree for normal foot. Kelsi is at a 8 degree right now, she should be around a 1 or 2. They podiatrist wants to put custom molded lifts in her shoes to help "train" her feet to stay in the position they are suppose to be. But they cost over $300 for these lifts and we will have to replace them as she grows, every couple of years. We put some normal lifts in her feet now to help her with the pain when she is walking, the custom molded ones are suppose to help with the training of her foot. What I am wondering is if anyone has had any experience with flat feet and what they did. I of course dont want her in pain and if the lifts will help we will of course get them, I am wondering if there was other alternatives out there as well. Any suggestions?

The second thing is with me, for a year now I have had issues with my heart racing and spontaneous times. Walking around the house, walking up the stairs ect. I have several "small" episodes daily. These include my heart racing for a few minutes then stopping. This has been happening for a year or so so I have just gotten use to them. The "long" issues usually last a half an hour, they include my heart racing, next going to dizziness, headaches and finally burning in my chest. I only have these maybe once a month. I have seen a cardiologist and I am wearing a ECG monitor all month this month to record any events. Once I have recorded these I send them to the cardiologist and he will review the data. He is going to help me figure out what these symptoms may be. It could be nothing at all and I am making a mole hill out of an ant hill. Or it could be somthing small like the electonic signals are getting messed up. If that is the case they can go in and deaden the nerves so they stop sending the incorrect signals and it would stop. I am wondering if this is a getting older sympton and I am in denial over getting older. Have any of you had any similar experiences.

Trick or Treat Smell my Feet

We had a lot of fun trick or treating this year. Kelsi was a witch, Gabriel was Indiana Jones, and Victoria was our Sweet Pea. We started off the evening by going to the neighborhood trunk or treat, it was packed, there was cars up and down both sides of the parking lot and the back. The kids made a haul just there. My favorite part was our bishop serving up churros and hot chocolate, yummy!!! We then headed out through the neighborhood, the kids had a blast, Kelsi could have gone all night, and Gabe got a little scared of monsters once it got dark and wanted to head home. We had a lot of fun and both of the kids bags are completely full to the brim for our candy enjoyment! Enjoy the pictures of the kids in their costumes. The ones of Tory are blurry and not the best, she did not want to cooperate!

Funny kids

Well the kids said a couple of good ones again.

Kelsi as we were on our way home from the gym.
Kelsi: "I'm hungry, what are we going to eat for dinner"
Me: "Dad cooked us dinner tonight"
Kelsi: "Oh man, when we get home our house is going to be on fire"
Me: "Why do you say that"
Kelsi: "Cuz dad cooked and he's not a very good cook"
Me: Laughing all the way home


Gabe as I was watching Dancing with the Stars, we were watching Derek Hough and Brooke Burke.

Gabe: "What are they doing"
Me: "Their dancing, do you want to dance?"
Gabe: "No, but I want her to hold me"
Me & Jeff: Lots of laughing!

Crunch Crunch Crunch

As I have been walking Kelsi to school she has been so excited to see all the leaves changing and all the fun fall colors. She was telling me that her favorite sound in the whole world is hearing the crunch crunch crunch sound of the leaves as she walks on them. So she has been very anxious for the leaves to fall off of our few little trees so she could make a "big" pile and jump in it. She has been watching out the window and watching the few leaves on our little tree out front fall off. So when our friends the Moore's got out their rakes on Monday morning and started raking up all their leaves Kelsi was over in a heartbeat. She ran and jumped and threw leaves everywhere. She was so happy to finally have her favorite sound all around her! I stole these pictures from Makele (thanks Makele) and wanted to show you how much fun they had. I love that these kids are able to play together and have so much fun!

Trappers Loop

Saturday afternoon me and Jeff got a break and got on a nice date. We took a really nice motorcycle ride up Ogden Canyon and over through Weber Canyon. It was gorgeous! The temperature was perfect and it is so much nice to be ridding on a motorcycle through all these places then in a car. We got a better better look at all the scenery. To top it all off we found this fun little cafe snuggled into the trees and stopped for hot fudge sundaes. I forget my camera, but I found some shots of what we saw via google images.
I have got to say there is something so nice about being on a motorcycle together, it is so much easier to leave the world behind and just enjoy the ride!

Husband Tag

Amanda tagged me on this one, and I am excited about it, I love bragging about my husband!

1. Where did you meet? We meet at a group get together through our friend Ryan Rose. We went to quick wits and both me and Jeff had brought a friend with us and they ended up getting married as well... double whammy for the match maker!

2. How long did you date before you got married? We dated 3 months until we were engaged and 6 months until we got married.

3. How long have you been married? 8 years, we got married in 2000, so it is always easy to tell how long it has been.

4. What is your favorite feature of his? He works so hard to keep his body in shape it is hard to narrow it down to one feature... maybe arms and chest.

5. What is your favorite quality about him? Jeff is a really hard worker, he works so hard to make sure we have everything we need without complaint. He is also very caring and wonderful with our family. I know that he would do anything and everything for me or our kids.

6. Does he have a nickname for you? Not that I can think of off the top of my head, probably bean like everyone else.

7. What is his favorite color? I dont know, if I had to take a guess it would be earthy colors, greens, browns ect.

8. What is his favorite food? He has a lot of favorites, some of his recent favorites are lasagna, chicken fried steak, oscar steaks & sweet pork burritos

9. What is his favorite sport? Football, definitely.

10. When was your first kiss? I was teaching him how to country dance, which he was just humoring me with and he busted his move then.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Jeff is my best friend, I love doing everything with him... sappy I know. We like to go to the gym together and do classes together. We also really enjoy going on motorcycle rides together. It is really nice. Tomorrow is probably our last one of the season :(

12. Do you have any children? Kelsi 6, Gabriel 3 1/2, Victoria 7 months.

13. Does he have any hidden talents? I am going to steal Amanda's answer, he puts up with me, that takes a lot of talent!

14. How old is he? He hit the big 30 this year

15. Who said "I love you" first? Jeff did, but I replied pretty quick.

16. What is his favorite type of music? Rock

17. What do you admire the most about him? Jeff is such a great man, I love him so much. He is determined to be his best, physically, mentally and spiritually.

I tag Kami, Amber, Angela and Amie and anyone else who would like to brag about their husbands

Portraits

I took the kids in to get some pictures of the three of them together, here are some of the shots