The Spain Family

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Christmas

Christmas Eve was a nice night. We had two families over for dinner and a game of Monopoly. Thankfully all the wrapping was already done, because we had so much fun and it was after 10:00 PM when everyone went home. On the bright side, my kids slept in until 8:30! I bet that is probably the last year that will happen though!

Santa sure did spoil the kids this year! Natalie got a Barbie house and Robbie got an Airplane and a Tonka Truck.

Catch UP! #2

December was a great month with all the anticipation of Christmas!

Natalie dressed as Mary. At Woolworths, they sell the best dress up costumes!

Robbie is totally OBSESSED with trains and Thomas is is favorite! These were his new PJs.

The best part of December was getting this great house all decked out! This was the end result!

Catch UP! #1

I totally stink at the whole blog thing. I guess I don't find my life exciting enough to necessitate giving an update everyday, and now I am so far behind! So I thought I would give the highlights back to September.

Here is a pic of the kids from a Family Home Evening. We talked about Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

From Robbie's 2nd Birthday Party!

Turning 2 turned on the "naughty" switch for Robbie, he shared some of his artwork on my walls!

Our Halloween Jack-O-Smiles

We had a lovely Thanksgiving, just a simple dinner here at home just the 4 of us. Then I (Karen) took a girls weekend away and went to a concert in Birmingham to see Michael Buble. I also got to go to the Preston Temple which was the best part of the weekend.

Tuesday, 16 October 2007

gallbladder surgery

Well, after 2 years of feeling sick after eating certain foods, I finally got the problem taken care of. This last Friday I had my gallbladder removed. Back last November I finally went to the doctor to complain about months of indigestion I'd been having. I was referred to a radiologist to have an ultrasound done and wasn't able to have that done until March. The ultrasound showed that I did indeed have a gallstone so I was referred to a surgeon. I had a consultation with one surgeon that referred me to another doctor and come August, I still hadn't had the surgery so I went back to my doctor of the base. He agreed that I had waited long enough and suggested we try again, but this time go to the military hospital at RAF Lakenheath (7 hours away).

On September 5th I had a consultation with a doctor there and soon after we scheduled the surgery. It was so nice to have the friends we've made through the church here because we didn't really have to worry about who would watch our kids while we were gone. We knew they would be better off staying here and sleeping in their own beds and Natalie could go to school as usual. So I really have to thank Sister Wigley, the Ferrar family and Jess & Phil for making this easy for our kids.

We got back yesterday and I am still recovering, but I don't feel the need to be drugged up on percocet anymore, but I am finding it difficult to get back to my normal routine. I am still really low on energy and I am uncomfortable. But we are managing. Thank you as well to the Relief Society sisters that have taken care of some of our meals. It's nice to not have that to worry about.