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Hey everyone. I am not going to be posting on this blog anymore. I have a new one that will be private:

kimmers-korner.blogspot.com

If you would like to have access and I have not sent you an invite, please let me know...Thanks!

Changes...Am I ready and willing?

So the time has come for me to take a look at my current life and decide where I want it to go and what/who I want it to include. A small list of things that I came up with are:
1. Daily scripture study
2. Daily prayer
3. Daily Exercise
4. Better Eating
Now the list is small, but for me (and some of you) this is a big list. I want to do things that help me be a better balanced person. These 4 things I feel are a good ground or core for me to start a new life and gives me strength to stay on the straight path. Now the scary part is that doing these things makes living life harder. I have to have the desire to do them so that when things are tough, I can have the strength to withstand any temptations that will (not may) come my way.
I have the ability to do it I just need to remind myself every day that I am strong and be confident that I have the Lord's strength to help me.
I just hope I have to power to keep going....
*** HOPE -- FAITH -- CHARITY ***

Thank you!!!

God blesses me everyday with what I need and on those select occasions, he allows those in my life to be the blessing carriers and for that I am forever humbled...

Sometimes I get so caught up with my own life and the stresses that it seem to become large trials that I forget that I have a great life. I have a husband that cares about me, families that would do whatever they could to help and friends that are there for me no matter what is going on in my life.
It always amazes me how you know what people will be in your life forever... Those friends that you can go months without seeing and then when you do see them, it is like they have been there every day. I am truly honored and grateful for those that have been there for me when times are great and not so great.
I have been blessed tremendously over the past few months but it is only when I sit back to reflect on those times, that I realize when I had been carried and when I had been accompanied by those with blessings.
Thank you to all who have been there in one form or another. Whether you make comments on facebook that uplift my weakened spirit or you are there in person to make me laugh(or I make you laugh) I am truly honored to have you in my life.
*****THANK YOU*****

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Tough things seem to come in big waves...

So what a month and a half this has been. You know when you make a decision in life that you feel is right and it seems that once the decision is made things start to happen....Well for us, this is what happened...

Yes you see that correctly, We have spent every weekend either in the ER or in the Hospital.

When we started moving I started having extreme lower back pains but because we were moving I just kept going. Well once we had all the big stuff moved, I realized that I may have really injured my back. So I would go to work and come home and lay flat for about a week. Well the last weekend we had to finish the small stuff of the move, Jay thought that he had broken his ankle/leg. We spent that night in the ER to find that it was just a very bad sprain. Okay that's good. Well the following week, I woke up with a new massive pain on my back right side. Never having anything wrong with my kidneys and the pain being more than I could bear, I drove myself to the ER....They thought that I had kidney stones and the only way to diagnose those correctly is to have a CT Scan. Okay no problem...Well I went to the scan and just as I was being wheeled back to my room, the radiologist was running down the hall and said that he wanted another one with contrast...I looked at the tech and asked if that was a bad sign, he just said it was not a good one. Well enduring the pain and waiting for the Dr. to come and tell me the verdict, I found out that I had a large mass/tumor attached to my uterus. Um okay!!! So they said to see my primary as soon as possible so that Friday I went and he sent me back to the ER..The gyno on call came in to evaluate and said that it did not look good. The only thing they could do was to take it out ASAP and to have a hysterectomy..Um okay!!!

Well nothing really prepares you for that when you are only 34 years old and have never had a child of your own but I knew in my heart it had to happen. In a week it had grown 5cm, had my pre-op with Dr. Ollerton and surgery was scheduled. They were able to do it Lapro and that was a blessing since the tumor was completely encompassed within my uterus. Dr. Ollerton & Dr. Lamereaux are amazing!!!!!

(Actual picture-looks like one large bowling ball)
All in all, I am doing well!!! I am truly blessed....

We moved!!!!

Well once again we have moved and it came with many mixed emotions. We lived in the same neighborhood for almost 4 years and I could not have asked for better friends, ward or bishopric.....

It is amazing how much my testimony was tested with the move. Everyone says that the church is the same everywhere and when it comes to the gospel and lessons taught, that is true. We moved from a 500+ member ward with 90% of the members between 20-40 years old and many many chirldren.... We are now in a ward where 50+ year olds are the 90% and obviously not a lot of children.... I know that we will learn to like our ward as long as we allow ourselves to grow and love it.

Thank you to all of my friends that I left behind but know that we will be friends for a long time. (thank you facebook) Below are just a some of them(and babies). Unfortunately I do not have pictures of all of them...

I am blessed beyond words for the people in my life that I can truly call friend!!!!

It's my party and I'll skate if I want to!!

My Birthday Party - 80's Style!!!

So a few of my friends and I have birthdays in June so for the past two years we have done a combined birthday party for all of us. I had such an amazing time. Not only was it fun to be with friends but we all looked amazing in our 80's grundge.... I won't mention any names, but some of those that showed up did not have to purchase anything new. Let's just say that we are in the year 2009 and if you look around, we are back in our own element with the current style!! First we had some desert and did a little trivia at Marcella's and then a small few of us decided that skating would be fun!! Um have you tried skating? Not fun as an adult except for Christi, she was tearing up the rink...

Thanks Kat for making the day great!!!! You are an amazing friend.

Fun Times, Good Memories....

So last night was Jay's night to plan our weekly date night and I just wanted to share. It was really fun to remember the feelings I had when we first met and started hanging out together.

Where was that you ask....

Salt Lake Community College Campus and the Student Center
After we got in the car, Jay made me blindfold myself and so there I sat in the car feeling a little awkward truthfully. I tried to see if I could identify the route we were taking, but halfway through the ride I think I fell asleep. I "came to" when I heard the window open and a ticket was printed. At first I thought, wow are drove all the way to the airport, but nope I was way off....
When Jay and I met at SLCC we had an English class together that always got out early, so for me, I would just go to the Student Center and do math for my next class and after about the first 3 weeks into the semester and a couple of group tasks in English class that we seemed to always be in the same group, Jay joined me in my Student Center adventure.
When we got there last night, most of the food court was closed, which was sad for me because we used to ALWAYS get the Chicken Philly Cheesesteak sandwich, but with the grill closing 10 min early, we settled for Chinese. It was good, just not great... LOL
So here is the fun part, it really brought back a lot of emotion and feelings about Jay that I had forgotten. The small things like the quiet moments of doing homework together and just enjoying being there with each other, playing air hockey and an empty milk bottle falling on his head and the pure laughter we had that was raw and fun.

Thanks Jay for reminding me of when we first met!!! You are an amazing person and I truly can't imagine my life without you. LOVE YOU!!!

TURNING 10 AND MAKING MEMORIES!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELS
WE LOVE YOU!!

So we started out Kelsey's birthday weekend celebration with a trip to a family favorite restaurant Tucano's...I was sooooo yummy...

Mom and Dad were so excited...

My New Favorite Drink, Brazilian Lemonade...

Which tastes like a creamy limeade, I can see myself craving this someday!

The girls came home and had some "bendaroo" fun!!

She just had some friends over for a little bit of play and fun...

And had some "Pixo" fun...

The parents just hung out...

Then the craziness started!!!!
Kels wanted to have cupcake decorating at her party, but who knew that such a simple thing would be such a hit!

It started out as a very innocent activity and then....KC decided to stuff her whole cupcake in her mouth...

Then Angie wanted to shove a cupcake in KC's face..

Sooooo, here is a yummy picture...

What is that you ask........WELL!!!


Just cleaning up the frosted mess...

In an attempt to get a picture of mom and dad, I just didn't have a cooperating party!!

The girl's ended the day playing WII Olympics....

We hope that you had a GREAT weekend Kelsey....
WE LOVE YOU!!!

I highly recommend, it could change your life too!!

A couple of months ago I started this new road to self-discovery or self-mastery as I have talked about before and I decided that I would start doing things with more purpose and intent. Meaning purposefully doing the things I already do better and intentionally trying new things that are truly out of my comfort zone. I have been there many times in my life, but when I had an "Ah Ha" moment and my life suddenly came crashing down around me and I found myself at a stand still, I knew that something in me had to change.

One of the things I decided to start doing is randomly reading books. I wanted to read more for a long time, hence my interest in the book group, but the true desire in me to do so was not.

As some of you know, I am not much of a reader, and some of you have even made jokes about it as well. (You know who you are) Well for the first time in a long time, I read a book that has truly changed my life.. Not only just my "life" but my view of life and how simple it really is.

For years, Jay has always talked about his all time favorite book

"The Little Prince"

but because I did not like to read, it never interested me enough to ask if I could borrow his copy.

Well over the last couple of days as I was puting the final touches and thoughts into my planning of our "date" for tonight, the book kept popping into my head. I wasn't sure how to incorporate it into the evening, but I just decided that we would read it together. I really was just planning on reading a few chapters, but a couple hours later, the book was finished and I felt amazing.

I don't want to tell you much about the story, as I find that it would ruin it for you if you choose to read it. If you do read it, Please, share your thoughts on it with me.

(The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman’s discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet – the Little Prince of the title – and his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition.)

Thank you Jay for always being so passionate about a book that I finally had the courage to read. It has forever changed my life!!!