First

This month has already brought a lot of new firsts for me.

• First ultra sound
• First MRI
• First time to drive to the San Francisco Airport
• First time being SUPER SUPER sick with out my parents
• First time getting multiple blood tests
• First flat tire
• First shutterfly book made and ordered (best thing ever!)
• First traffic ticket

And last one...Its a long story. We were driving to get our parents from the airport and I turned a corner that you are not allowed to on a red light and got a ticket. Oh brother only in California. 

dolla dolla bill ya'll

SO as many of you know Megan and I are planning on going back to Kenya again in December. Last time we did everything was out of pocket and it is just really hard to do that. We are planning on getting lots of fun activities, books, and school supplies for the kids. We are just asking for something little. It does not have to be a lot. Here is the website.  http://www.gofundme.com/10i4iw?pc=fb_cr and just for an incentive you can just look at these cute faces :)

Doctors

I feel like I have never been to the doctors so much in my whole life. So my eyes turned a shade of yellow. No good right? I am feeling good though if that makes a difference. So Dr. Ly is my doctors name he calls me all the time. I feel like we have become great friends! I went to him and he ordered me blood tests to see if my liver and gallbladder enzymes were high which they were. So then I went to get an ultra sound of my gallbladder and liver and they still cannot tell why my liver is acting up. They found out I have gall stones but are not to worried about it because my gallbladder is not inflamed or anything. But I am still going to get an MRI next week to check things out further. And I got more blood tests done today. So its just a waiting game.

Issues

Well these last couple of weeks I have just been filled with issues. Lets be honest. On a 1-10 scale and 1 being no pain and 10 being the most pain I would say I was around an 8. 10 is giving birth 9 is kidney stones and and 8 I figured was a good number to settle at.  For reals the worst physical pain I have like ever felt. Well you know after weeks (a little over three weeks) of being in pain and a lot of convincing I decided it was never going to go away and something might really be wrong with me, I called my Doctor and set up an appointment to see what was really wrong. He said I pulled, hurt, irritated, stained a back muscle. (I really do not remember that the doctor called it. But, it is all basically the same thing...I think) Then continued to say that there is nothing really that you could do about it. ARE YOU JOKING ME? I was a little up set when he said this. Actually a lot upset. A tear or 2 might have come out of my eyes when I told my mom (who is unforchantly on the other side of America) what  my doctor said. He told me to put a heating patch on it and try stretching it which it nearly impossible because it is the middle of my back and to take at least 600 mg of ibuprofen every 4-6 hours. Sounds simple enough right?
GUESS who is allergic to ibuprofen? ME. Guess who found that out the really hard way? ME. So now my stomach is TORN up. Lets be really very honest. I itch everywhere also. There is no visible hives but holy cow do I itch EVERYWHERE! Back to my stomach. Worst pain ever. I cannot laugh, breath, walk, stand, sit, lay, do basically anything with out being in pain. So I called my doctor again and he said to stop taking the meds which I already had done and he got me some muscle relaxers and told me to take Tylenol for my back pain and some other meds to flush out my system.
It has almost been 5 days sense my stomach started to hurt. Today is the first day that I have not slept almost all day long. But I am still keeping an eye on my fever, the color of my urine and stools, and where the pain is located. It has been a party. I would never wish this on anyone. One step at a time. We will see how I am doing tomorrow because one second I am good then the next I am not so good.

4th of July

We started the day off with helping my mom get ready for a small little party at our house. Then at 2 headed out to The Calls house. This place was GREAT. They live up in the Saratoga/Los Gatos 'Hills' and you know...rich. Lets just say that. But The Calls are SO very nice. They open there house up to the YSA all of the time! They have a HUGE back yard. We set up a volleyball court and they provide us a pool, tree house, swings, a tennis court, bathrooms and lots of sitting room. The YSA provided LOTS of food and goodies.

Hana and I started off with swinging on the swing. It was home made hanging from a huge tree. 

After Swimming we watched the boys do flips..and belly flops. Some were REALLY good.

After the party we headed home to have a good ol' California snow ball fight.

The after results. I had about 3 cups of flour poured on me. It was GREAT!

Then we ended the night watching fireworks in a dead grass field. I loved the fireworks. One of the best shows I have seen.

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday. I do not know why it is my favorite. It just always has been. I love the smell of barbecue and the fresh cut grass. The 4th is always a party celebrating freedom and happiness. Plus you get to spend it with friends and family.

DONE

I did it. You all should be SO proud. It was really hard and I was WICKED nervous. I decided after the fact that I rather give another speech in my 6th grade class then do this ever again.
Well I am not nannying anymore. Donna, the mom was treating me like a worthless piece of crap and I am not exaggerating when I say that. She would yell at me ALL the time. Anything I ever did was NEVER enough. I could do 90549543934 things right but if I did one wrong she was PISSED at me. So I quit last night. I would not recommend that job to anyone ever. Even if I hated the person, they even deserve better.
After she paid me for the last 2 weeks I said 'So I have been thinking a lot and praying (lots and lots of praying) and then thinking some more. I am not happy working here, So I am quitting. I tried to make it work for the kids. But it is not working.' Then SHE had the guts to say 'We are not happy either. But you cannot just quit, you have to give us notice, so 2 more weeks.' I said 'That's fine' And walked out.
When I got into the car I got to thinking YOU are not happy? I do EVERYTHING for you. I take all the crap YOU dish me and do not say anything back. If for reals this is truth that she is not happy with me, she will not be happy with anyone. She needs a reality check. This is NOT Texas or London. She just moved here with 4 young children. She needs help and she should be thankful for what she has.
I have decided that some people will never be happy no matter what you do for them. I have been too nice. It is time I watch out for myself and not others. If she is rude to me these next 2 weeks I am gone and not coming back. She needs my help. I do not need her or her money so she can just keep it. It has been hard enough just getting my bum out of bed this last week.
So I guess I am looking for a new job. I am not ready to hurry into one. I want to go to the beach about one hundred million times before I start up work again. But by the time school starts in August I would be okay if I had a job. We will see what happens though. I will keep you in check, do not worry.

Girls Camp

Wrinkle in Time was the name

Who knew that I would be old enough to be a girls camp counselor. Well surprise, I am. Megan and I were co-counselors of the second years. It was a great week all in all.  

Monday Started out with helping set up 4 tents for our girls. Then as soon as we finished doing that we garbed our already packed lunches and headed off for our hike. Megan gets blisters really easily and one of the girls has knee problems so they got to stay back at camp to help set up. The hikers drove a couple of miles down the road to hike up Eagle Rock. This hike was hard. The beginning was good. All down hill and even some walking on paved roads for a wee bit. But the end HOLY COW. That was like a WORK OUT. It would have honestly not even been that bad. But, I think when you are told that you are almost to the top of this huge hill that it is legit just around the corner, I think, 'heck yes!' and exert all my energy to get to the top faster. Then 30 plus minutes later you reach the top, it is not that great. That is why I call it the devils hike. It was horrible. 

Top of Eagles Rock.

The rest of the night was filled with the girls going to crafts and eating dinner then a slumber party where they got to paint nails and color there hair with chalk. It was just great fun. 

The rest of the week was pretty much the same. You know we got the winner group where at least 3-4 girls were late to EVERYTHING. That is not even a joke. They were legit late to EVERYTHING. No matter if they had to just walk(aka walking slower then the aunts) to somewhere to get there on time, they were LATE. If we gave them a 10 minute warning they were still late. It was really frustrating. Also these girls complained about everything. They always gave you attitude no matter how nice you were trying to be. The other 6 girls were gems. I really loved them.

The rest of the week was filled with games, certification, first aid, capers, laughing, free time, eating really good food, service, fun activities, tears at testimony meeting, C.O.P.E.S course and a lot more laughing.

Our table and our Jc Toshie who is SO awesome. 

Leap of Faith

 100 years of  girls camp

lunch before copes

President Knudson on leap of faith

Service

First Aid Games

So so so funny