Mesa Temple Trip

 Spencer and I normally go to the Snowflake, AZ temple because its the one we are assigned to and its only 1 hr 45 min away. But everyone in our ward has told us we are silly and we need to go down to the Mesa, AZ temple because its warmer, prettier, and there is more to do like shopping and dinning. So we took their advice last weekend.

It was so nice down there. Flagstaff had a high of 70 which is really nice, but Mesa had a high of 92 which was hot. But we loved it. There was green grass and flowers. And tons and tons of cacti. The Mesa temple is really beautiful.

 Then we decided to try some shopping. There are a million malls in the Mesa/Phoenix area so we tried one out. It is called Santan Village Shopping Center, and its like gateway with outside shops.The funny thing is we didn't end up buying anything but we looked at most of the shops and had intentions of buying something. We just enjoyed the weather, an orange julius, and relaxing. We had dinner at a fun place called Kona out on their patio. Spencer just kept saying that we should just stay here for a few more hours because the weather was so nice. By that time it was in the low 80's and perfect. It was a nice fun saturday in the sun.

Paint job: Master Bedroom- Phase one sneak peak

Alright, after a little pause in home projects, mainly due to the fact that I had surgery and had to lay low for a bit, Spencer and I have been back on track with the projects. Next one we have begun to tackle is the master bedroom. It was all white with rough wood trim, wood doors and a green closet. We began last weekend but then we both left town for a bit. But then on saturday my wonderful husband painted the whole room while I was working on saturday. 

So here is your little sneak peak of the room. It shows the great difference between the worn out wood trim and now the painted trim. More pictures are to come, we just need to hang up some curtains. YAY!!!

 Tape trick found on pinterest here.

Turned out so good. Yes yes yes!

More Snowy Fun!

This is pretty late, but about two weeks ago, when I last posted, we got even more snow the next day and Spencer and I decided to play in it. It was really fun playing around with the camera. 

Snowman was made with a kit that my mom was getting rid of. I thought it looked really great. But by the next day, all of them fell out cause it was so warm, and two days later the whole snowman was totally melted. That is how flagstaff is sometimes. Super cold and a few days later nice and warm.

Crazy Weather

Flagstaff is known for its crazy weather. It can snow like crazy, like today for example, and then in 2 days have a high of 60.

But I did enjoy the snow today. I left this morning for my doc apt and it was coming down in nice big flakes. This is how much was on the tree and the ground at 11.

 But it just kept coming down, so so pretty. So now our front yard and tree look like this.

Like I said, in just a few days it will be mostly melted and sunny as can be. By next fri it is supposed to be 72. Crazy!!

Good News!

So today I had my post surgery apt with my Doctor to see how my incisions are healing up but also to see how the tests went on the cyst and endometriosis.

All came back good, which is a huge relief. She said that the cyst is a dermoid, with no malignancies or concerns. It was really good to get it removed so that nothing happens to it when I get pregnant again. As for the other ovary, she said it will make up for the one that was taken out and will ovulate monthly, eventually. It will take a few weeks for things to get back to normal in there so she said maybe not in the first few months, but in about 3 to 6 months it should be good and normal.

The endometriosis is there but she isn't worried at all about it. I have hardly any in there and it isn't doing anything harmful. It isn't causing miscarriages or infertility.

So from now on we will see what happens. I feel confident that we will be able to get some healthy babies here to this earth. I can hardly wait!!!

Tiffany is a little bit empty now!

So on March 1st, I had surgery to get a cyst removed from one of my ovaries.

A year and a half ago, we got pregnant for the first time and miscarried pretty early on. I went into the doctors for an ultrasound to see what was going on. As they were looking around they found a small cyst on my right ovary. They weren't too worried because women get cysts each month as they ovulate and normally they go away. So about 2 months later I was back in the hospital and we found out we were pregnant with our cute little Calvin. The cyst was still there but the doc said that sometimes it takes a few months to go away. Anyways, the cyst got bigger as I got further along in my pregnancy, and the doc's got worried that if it got too big it could get in the way of the birth canal. So I had Calvin, and the cyst continued to stay around and now it was 7 cm. So after having Calvin we were getting ready to start trying to get pregnant again, and I kept thinking that we needed to figure things out about the cyst because I didn't want it to cause any problems during the next pregnancy.

So after a few attempts to go to the doc in Utah, we moved to Arizona for Spencer's new job and I found a new doc. She took a look at things and recommended we get it out, and there was a possibility that the ovary would need to come out. So Spencer and I prayed about it and really thought things through and decided to get it out before we start trying again. The doc said we didn't have to remove the cyst if we didn't want to but it would probably grow bigger and then it could get smashed or twisted then turn gangrene and lose circulation and then an emergency surgery would need to happen and could cause problems if I was pregnant.

So Friday I went in, they drugged me up, and did a laparoscopy surgery. Three little incisions, one over each ovary and one in my belly button. They had to take out the whole ovary and with that the Fallopian tube comes out as well. She called the cyst something like a dermoid cyst which means it probably has been in me since I was born. It was bigger than they thought, so they had to make the belly incision bigger, ouch!

So they are going to do some tests on the cyst to fully understand what kind it is, they also found some stuff on my uterus that looked like endometriosis, which the doctor wasn't too worried about. They took some out to do some tests on them to double check. She said that with that cyst being a dermoid, it probably hasn't ever functioned normally and the other times we got pregnant were because of my other ovary, which is healthy and doing great. I heard that 25% of the time if you have one dermoid then the other ovary has one too and they both have to come out, so I am very very blessed that I have one that is doing great. There is no worry of ovarian cancer because they have done some blood work and all came out great.

Overall, things are healing well. I feel that getting things removed was for the better, and I feel very confident that we will still have the chance to have more children. I appreciate all the wonderful prayers and fasting on our behalf. It was greatly needed and very much felt. You all are so wonderful.