Vacation....

Well there isn’t a whole lot going on lately besides the wedding stuff, but that will be going on for the next 4 months. I went to the doctor yesterday and had the lumps on my breast removed, and they sent them to my hospital for biopsies. They think that they are just some cyst, (she called them a special name but I don’t remember what it is) so that is good news, I have these type of cysts before and had them removed because they can grow to be quite large and they begin to hurt after awhile. I am a little sore this morning, but not to bad. I think I might have been allergic to something she used because I have red blotches all over my chest and they itch like crazy, so I asked one of the doctors in the ER for a cream to make it stop itching and that seems to be working well.

I have one more day of work for this 7 on and then I am going to see my Aunt and Uncle and cousins, in Moses Lake, Washington. I am way excited, I haven’t been to there house in years so this should be a fun vacation. I am taking a lot of my sewing stuff, I have some table runners I’m making for the wedding that I need to finish and then I have some quilts that I have started but never finished that I am taking and hopefully I will be able to finish them while I am up there. Everyone at my house is doing well, there are a few colds here and there but nothing to serious. I guess I will write more later when I have more “exciting” news. Love to all!

Engagement...

So you know I am engaged, and here are the pictures of the proposal and the ring. Enjoy! :)

Casey Proposing.....My ring, isn't it fabulous.

My mom messing around with the camera I like this picture, as you can see neither one of us pick out a traditional ring.

This is the picutre we're using for our announcements.

Getting older.....

Bo had his first dance last weekend, it was a dance where they were suppose to dress up from any other era. Bo decided that he wanted to try and look a little gangster I guess, I messed around with the picture. Tell me what you think, and I am adding the the picture of Casey and I that I posted earlier, and I mess with it too. Love to all.

Doctors, aren't they fun...

I went to the doctor yesterday, I hadn't had a full blow check up in a little while. I had some things that I want her to check out anyway. So, I get there and have her take a listen to my cough, I have had it for about 12 days and it's driving me CRAZY!! She gave me some medicine for that. I then had her look at my chest and face, I have been braking out really bad, and I thought it might be related to the staph that I had when I was younger. She said it might be and prescribed some type of birth control that should clear it up, which I am totally happy about, Yea! Then I wanted her to look at my breast, I have had a lump there for a little while, I had it checked and the lady told me it was nothing. But since then it has grown a little, and turned a different color. I told her that my grandpa (Loftis) had Neurofibromatosis (NF), and had tumors that were neurofibroid tumors, and that I had a mark on my back that was suppose to be realted to NF. She called it a "Cafe ole" mark, and that it was related, that they usually went hand and hand. So she thinks that it might be a tumor from that. I am getting it taken out and biopsied on the 3rd of June. She is also having me genetically tested for NF, I have to have blood work drawn and sent to a outside lab and it take 4 months to come back. I had to blood drawn today, it took 16 tubes!, for the two tests that she wanted. And it is $2225.00 per test, yes I had to look twice at the price to. But since I work in the lab, and I have medical insurance through the hospital I don't have to pay a penny cause I would just have to pay the co-pay to have it drawn, but I don't have to since I work in the lab. So we will see how this all turns out, it shouldn't be anything to serious. I had some other blood tests run like my cholesterol and stuff and everything else come back normal, so now I just have to wait on the other two to come back.

On a good note, Casey and I are getting married! I will post a picture of my ring later, I don't get it til the 28th or so. We special ordered it and it hasn't come in yet. The date is set for the 26th of Sept. in the Boise, ID temple. I have my dress already I will post pictures of that on here too. Casey is coming on the 26th of May and we are planning as much of the wedding as we can cause he won't be back until right before the wedding. Then after the wedding I am going to be moving to Arizona. So that is my exciting news for right now! I will write again soon!
Love to all!

Missouri Pictures....

As promised I have pictures from Missouri. But I can't take credit for them, Coree (Casey's older sister) took all the pictures and sent them to me. I think that they turned out pretty good. My favorite one is the last one.

This is Casey getting pinned I think (and I'm not sure if that is what they call it, I'm still new to all this military stuff, but I am learning)

Casey outside right after his graduation

Casey with some of his buddies from Basic.

Casey's family (from the left: Janet-Casey's mom, Todd-Casey's little brother, Toni- Casey's little sister, Casey, Me, Dale- Casey's dad)

We dropped Casey off in St. Louis at the airport and this is him getting ready to go through security and head back to Arizona. :( I miss his so much, we talk everyday but it's still not the same as being able to see each other. But he's coming in the end of May so that will be good!

Casey and I at his graduation

Trip to Missouri...

So the trip to Missouri went well, Casey was so suprised. If any of you know me, I do not do well with secrets, I was so excited to see him that I really wanted to tell him I was coming. Good thing I only had a week between when I bought the ticket and when I actually saw him!
His family played along with the whole plan, they picked him up at the post, and they weren't sure if they were going to be able to come and pick me up with him because they said the families could only take them 30 mins off post and Springfield is a little over an hour. But they let them, so Coree (Casey's older sister) and Toni (Casey's little sister) came and picked me up at the airport, while the rest of the family and Casey were at the bass pro shop. We went to the store I snuck up behind him, and surprised him. We were both so glad to see each other! That night we took him back to post, and the next day we went to his graduation. The graduation was fantastic, they had a movie, and other stuff that made it really cool. Casey sang the National Anthem with two other soilders, and he got an award for that and he also got another award, (I don't remember what it is called) for doing so well in boot camp and his special training. We then drove him to St. Louis to take him to the airport. So I only got to see him for like 10 hours but it was well worth the trip. After we dropped him off at the airport we went to the mall. Coree, Janet (Casey's mom) and I got pedicures which was fabulous I have only ever gotten one before this. While we were doing that Toni, Todd (Casey's little brother), and Dale (Casey's dad) drove go carts and went ice skating and then we made the trip back to springfield so that they could take me to the airport early in the morning. So it was a good trip, and I will post pictures, when Coree sends me them.

Catching up...

I know that I should keep my blog more recent but I have been supre busy with work, and I just don't think my life is that interesting but I do have some news that I thought that I would share.

I have been working a ton lately, I worked 6 days then had two off, my mom and I went to Idaho falls during those two days to visit my friend and her baby. Then I work another 6 days had 3 days off and now I am in the middle of working 8 days straight, so I have been working a ton! But I love my job, so I don't mind much. We finally got out new schedule, I now work the 3am to 130pm shift for 7 days straight and then I have 7 days off. Which means I can maybe go visit some family on those off weeks, I haven't been to my one uncles house in years, and I keep saying I'm going to go. One of these days I'm just gonna pack up and say Uncle Clint I'm on my way. I do like my new shift, it means I have to be up at 2am to be to work on time which is way earlier than I have ever wanted to get up for work. I am not a morning person, but I have found that I kind of like mornings, I feel more awake during the day when I work mornings than when I work night shift. And I get to sleep in on the weekend that I work til 430am which let me tell you 2 1/2 extra hours is great!

I am going to Missouri next Thursday and coming home on Saturday. My boyfriend is graduating from the National guard so I am meeting his family there and going to his graduation, it is a surprise he doesn't know I am coming it is my birthday present to him. I will have to take pictures and post them later, I haven't used my camera much, but he sent me a picture of him and his niece before he went to boot camp so I will post that below. His name is Casey Unruh, we have dated off and on, and have known each other for 5 years. He lives in Arizona, but we've talked about him moving to Idaho this summer. So we will see.

Tage is growing like a weed. He is talking way more, which is hilarious. You can ask him "what does a chicken say?" and he'll make the noise and he knows about 12 animals if you ask him like that. And then he has two new words that he says and I love them. He learned to say Zorro, (zorro is his dad's cat) and he learned to say spider (which comes out shider) I giggle everytime he says it.

Easter was good, I had to work and Tage was at his dad's for most of the day, but he came home and hunted for easter eggs in the house. We just use the plastic ones with candy in them. He would scoot around pick up and egg open it, take the candy and chuck it across the room and then play with the empty egg. He did that with every egg there was candy everywhere.

Bo went hunting for turkey and go a big one, the beard was 9 7/8 long, which is bigger than my grandpa's was so he had to rub that in just a little.

The weather has been kind of nice here lately, it is a little chilly in the mornings, but by afternoon it has warmed up a little I think todays high is suppose to be like 63 or something. But it's not snowing and I don't need a coat just a jacket so I am happy.

I am still selling stuff for my grandpa on craigslist, it has slowed down but that's okay. We are having his 70th Birthday party tonight as soon as I get off work I am headed there. I can't think of anything else really to say. Oh I painted my bathroom, it was a mint green color (my grandma use to have that bathroom) and I changed it to a tanish brown color. Which matches really well with the counter top, it is a marbled tan/brown.

So that is how interesting my life is as of right now, it's busy but fun.

Tage with Zorro