tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56903204020109012342012-01-27T20:19:29.487-08:00Wherever Life Might Take UsShari Wardhttps://profiles.google.com/110807295897181067329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690320402010901234.post-30641638209322657472011-10-01T11:36:00.000-07:002011-10-01T11:36:49.790-07:00

After my trip and before trail of 100 giants trip we took the kids to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for a fun day trip.  These three had become such great friends over the summer. I wish that they lived closer so that we could see them all time. Isaac doesn't ask about many of his friends but he always asks about Paris and Garret. The many faces of Garrett

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On July 16, 2011 we loaded up our Expedition with 8 people on 4 dogs to make a 4+ hour drive up to the Trail of 100 Giants in the Sequoia National Forest. It was a fun drive full of laughs and great memories. The kids did great on the drive up for the most part. We had brought a picnic lunch which we ate before heading out on the mile or so trail.   Isaac had just been told that the HUGE

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Last year when John deployed I decided I wanted to take a trip, an unplanned MAC flight. Its where military members, dependents, and retirees can fly on military planes for free. But they can be hit and miss and can be hard to get on. Well last year no one was able to go. And I wanted to go so bad. So this year I put the feelers out there again. I didn’t care where or when, or even how long. I

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We decided back in January that we were going to redo the floors in the dining room, kitchen and the hallway. The day that John torn everything up was the same day that someone decided to hit our house. SO my floors were put on hold. Let me tell cleaning concrete is annoying. And I hate cleaning around construction.  FINALLY after 8 weeks of waiting for construction to start on the house and

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The same weekend as the boys birthday party was the Strawberry Festival, every year it is a good time. All the rides are free and every thing that you think of is flavored STRAWBERRY!! Everything from fried to chocolate covered strawberries is on the menu. Yummy <p><p><img src='https://www.fusionquest.com/

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Since John was leaving before the boyz birthday we decided that we would through the boys a combined party before he left. We rented out a local playhouse and invited every kids the know and went forth. It was the EASIEST birthday that I have ever put on!! I basically showed up with some breakfast food, since the party was at 10am, and enjoyed!! Well worth it!! My brother Aaron, his wife,

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We try really had to take family pictures once a year. And this year with John heading our for deployment we were forced to take our family pictures earlier than normal. It all worked out since my friend Tiffany offered to take our pictures. They turned out BEAUTIFULLY!!! I love them and she did such a great job with the kids and the melt downs that come with a long photo shoot.

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So with Isaac having the week before Easter off, and us needing to register the Expedition in Oregon to save us a bundle of money we headed North for a few days, including Easter. We had to wait until Wednesday to leave since I had to attend an HOA meeting to make sure we didn't get fined for putting in a different door than the one originally installed in the house, remember when our house got

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We had gotten some free kids tickets to Legoland from Fantastic Sams when we got the boys' hair cut. We had never previously even thought about going there, but Isaac was so excited when he was given his coupon that we decided to do some looking into it. After visiting the website I was stoked!! It looked like so much fun! So we started to prepare. The tickets that you bought from the Navy

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I couple weekends ago we went out to Ocotillo Wells, down in San Diego. I brought camera, but forgot to get it out. When we got there it was pouring!! So setting up camp was not going to happen. So my uncle let us sleep in a trailer that he parks out there. The next morning after delicious pancakes and bacon we set up camp. About 30 mins after we got camp all set up, this mini tornado like thing

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Before John deployed the last time we took the boys miniture golfing.

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The last time I took the boys to Chuck E Cheese, I ready to pull my hair out. It was for my niece's bday and John was deployed, and I took the boys by myself and Noah didn't have any way to be mobile. And I was ready to be checked into a crazy house. So when Noah's therapist wanted to do a make up session at the one here in town I was not so excited!! I told her only if we could do it on a day

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John's best friend had bought some new quads, and wanted to take John out on them, so his girlfirend and I decided to take the kids to the Santa Monica Pier. A place that I have never been, but it was a wonderful time. Of course I forgot my camara so all the pictures were taken with my phone. Sorry for the awful quailty  Isaac was so excited to ride this dragon thing. He was great until it

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After John had worked many long days and many nights. I asked if he could please take Friday off so we could take the kids to this place that I had heard of called the Kidzone Clubhouse.$13=tickets to clubhouse$20=McDonalds LunchAfternoon at the kidzone=priceless I know that is totally chessey, but it is so true. This place is huge, clean, open and fun. The place has tons of seating for the

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Since John's car was totaled in the accident. He was able to pick his own car this time (I bought the Saturn when he was deployed). It was a grueling process for me, because he would not make a decision. LOL. But finally we took the time to go look at cars that we had found on craigslist. And the second car we looked at was a Red 1998 Converible Mustang GT. John was in love with it the second we

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you will hit my house. That's the way that I always gave people directions until now. On Jan 23, 2011 at 130am. A drunk driver hit our house, then fled. After being caught over 1.5 miles away, with his face all broken and covered in blood. Since we were sleeping it was a startling way to wake up. I woke to what sounded like a bunch of bricks falling and glass breaking. I laid in bed and listening

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I think I forgot I had a blog. To be honest ever since we got smart phones I have not really been on my laptop. But today I found some really cool functions on my phone and computer that made syncing them easier, also making it easier to get picutres off of it. So to follow will be random blog post from things that we have done since I got my Droid. We have been busy like always, and now we are

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Dr Demer, Noah's wonderful eye doctor told me at his last appt before John returned home that he thought that Noah would benefit from a major reconstruction of his upper and lower eyes muscles.  He told me that it could wait until John got home, so thats what we did. We found out on Sept 1 2010, that Noah would go in for surgery on Sept 8, 2010. At the Jules Stein Eye Institute, at 9am. Noah

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 So we try to get out regularly with the boys and their bikes. It is great practice for both of them. This ride we decided to take the boys alittle bit further than normal. This ended up being a bad IDEA!! Both boys were at their limit before we even got half way home. Which lead to frustrated kids and parents. There almost was an a need to call CPS!! Just Kidding. Although I felt like I was

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 Since John was gone for the boys' birthdays this last summer, when he got home we had a small family party. Since neither of the boys really like cake, or frosting, I just bought 4 cupcakes. And added sprinkles. We decided that we would buy Isaac a 2 wheeled bike with training wheels. And as we were shopping for that we saw the perfect training bike for Noah. Since he was a hard time with muscle

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 Before we headed up to Washington for my parents 30th Wedding anv we stopped by John's families house. I love visiting with them with or without John. We had lots of fun and hit lots of parks....It was was nice to have extra hands to play with the kids, and someone to take some pictures of usGrammie and Papa have birds and ever since Isaac met them he has LOVED them!! He always asks to hold them

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 So one of my goals when John was gone, was to get all the decorating done in the house. John really hates painting, so I figured lets make sure that gets done. The master bath was painted a pretty lilac color. I left the paint can on the table, thinking it was safe until I was able to get back to finishing the bathroom. I went up to get the kids' church clothes and well Isaac is so so curious...

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In the Living Room I will be putting our recent family pictures under it. Under family, if you can't read it, it says "One of lifes greatest blessings" In the dinning Room, our kitchen kinda has a Italian chef theme Daddy Wall...This wall is right outside the boys' rooms. They are all pictures things that the boys have done with dad, so that when he is gone for long periods of time, they can

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Our downstairs bathroom was the hardest room in our house for me to pick paint for. Well not really, just the hardest for me to actually commit to doing it. I knew that I wanted it a red color, and I wanted it textured. That being said one of the many things that I wanted to do before John got home was finish all the paint, and decorating. So I set out just weeks before his return to get

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When my Aunt Ana was a teenager she gave a baby up for adoption. The baby that she gave to a loving family oh so many years ago, found my Aunt Ana just a few years about, right before she died. Most of the family had met her, but my dad's kids that live here in Cali had not, so my Uncle Pat arrange a family reunion. It was wonderful. I got to see my Uncle Jack who I am sure I have not seen since

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On military appreciation day Dierks Bentley came to play at the Ventura County Fair. So I got a sitter and headed out to meet some friends there. Because of some miscommunication, time conflicts, massive crowds and a few other things we were not able to meet up with our friends that had waited all day to get good seats. Erin and I were not really even sure where the concert was suppose to be,

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Click here to view these pictures largerSo when John was deployed we made a trip to visit both sides of the family. I brought my camera, but never once took it out of the car to take any pictures. So my sister, Sheila, graciously posted these pictures to our family website, and ShutterFly as amazing as they are allowed me to post this video. And it was so easy. I clicked the pictures I wanted to

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So I have a hard time with holidays and celebrations when John is gone I am sure that most everyone does. I debated not doing anything for Isaac's 4th Birthday since John would be home in a few months. But someone, I don't remember who now, told me it was important to have a celebration for him anyway... So I did, a totally last minute thing, we had some people over for cake and it was crazy, but

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I have become awful at blogging. I am sure that it has nothing to do with my CRAZY schedule of more that 12 hrs a week for Isaac and 5 hrs a week for Noah. But thats just life right?!?! Isn't that what everyone has? I am sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that my hubby recently returned safely to us :)!! Thank goodness. I have about 8+ post waiting in the blogger thing to be published.

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And now back to the Dad Life

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The first weekend in June John's older brother Adam and his wife, Jamie, and their 6 kids, and 2 friends came to visit. It was a short visit, but we had fun. The weather here in Port Hueneme has been weird the marina layer doesn't burn off some time until noon, and others days it doesn't burn off at all. Then other days it is beautiful and sunny by 8, so I am not sure. But either way the day that

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So you maybe wondering where we have been...well very very busy is the answer. I FINALLY found the cord to my camera so now I can update ya'll on what the Wards in Cali have been up to and what is right around the corner.... From the Beginning.. So on May 27th Noah had an EEG. There was a concern that he may be having silent seizures. So I called his Nuerologist at UCLA and the decided to do

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So this deployment is over half-way done!! And thank goodness since this has been our hardest deployment yet!! Everything with has been emotionally draining, and trying. But soon John will be home to hold my hand through the rest of it. But this party was to celebrate the half-way point in the deployment. It was put on command Family Readiness Group. It was wonderful, the weather could of been

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The military had a Kid's Day so I braved it alone. I generally try to do this kinda things with someone else so I have more hands, but it was a last minute decision to go...so we had a nice time just the 3 of us. Isaac loves the cow for Chic-Fil-A. I promise we don't go there alot. :) I often fell bad for Noah. He goes to these things and just sits in the stroller, most of the time he is

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So I decided with alot of pushing from the ward members, to take the boys on the over night camping trip. We were camping about 4 miles for the chapel, so I figured at worst we go home and come back the next morning. I also decided not to mess with a tent, and just sleep the one night in the car. Which worked for the 3 of us, and only for one night!!! But it worked. It was actually wonderful, and

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Ok so I hate when I have to do massive blog post to get caught up with what has been going on so I will make an effort the next few days to post one new blog post until I am caught up...I am not sure which of these events happened first so here in a random order for the next few days is out recent life....First UP                                                     SWIMMING LESSONSSince Isaac

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A few weeks ago, when we saw Noah's peds Dr we decided to order him a walker, in hopes that it would help him gain more balance and coorindation, so that one day, hopefully soon, he could walk independantly. I was so excited for Noah to be able to walk, even if it was with help. The walker came very quickly, and Tricare paid for it!! Even better. He had used one a few times in PT, so he knew

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I find over 500 pictures on my camera? You guys get to read 5 other posts that are under this one :)

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During Spring Break at my sister's, Karen, we decided to go Ice Blocking. It was really fun. I had done it once or twice when I was a kid. But it was fun to go with my nieces and nephews. Isaac wanted nothing to do with it, but Noah loved to ride with everyone, and loved hitting the ice blocks. The camera just so happened to be on the table when Noah decided he was going to play with his napkin

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The Easter bunny brought Noah a bubble maker, since he loves mommy, and the therapists to blow them so much. And it ended up being a hit with both boys.  So in between conferences, as my sister was at her church the boys and I headed out to enjoy the beautiful weather with the new bubble maker. The boys had so much fun. After our fun, I called John and told him that we need to sell our house and

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Spring Break for Isaac, and for my sister's kids was the same week. So we headed down for Easter and for Spring Break. We had a blast decorating eggs, we had bought these spinning things to decorate the eggs, which the kids loved, and I had bought after Easter last year, this foil kit, which the older kids loved. I made a pig, and a chicken after my sister had printed the idea off the internet.

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So we were told that there was going to be an Egg Hunt on base, so I asked Barb, our friend's mom who has moved here to take care of her son's house and dog as he is depolyed, if she wanted to go, packed up the kids and headed over. When we got there, we found out that it was really for people that live in housing on base, but we saw plenty of people that live there, and they helped us "get in".

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When we found out on Feb 2, 2010 that Noah had a cyst pressing on his brainstem that was probably causing his symptoms . Understandably I was very upset for a few reasons:1. Something on my baby's brain2. John had already been deployed to Afganistan for only a month, meaning no real hope that he could be here in person to support me.3. I was scared to death!! But our family and friends all pulled

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So after days of it being like 90*here, and us being too busy to hit the beach. Finally Friday came, our unbusy day, and I decided to try and go to the beach. I called my friend Barb to see if she wanted to go too. So I packed the kids, lunch, and the beach gear up in the wagon and headed to the beach. Well we should of gone early in the week when it was warm cause it was COLD!! The sun did come

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So today our bedroom was painted by some great people in our ward. So today I finished some of the final touches and took some pictures. And I LOVE IT!!! ALL I want to do is hang out in it. And I can't wait for John to see it. I think he is going to love it too!Ok so we do have this beautiful duvet for the bed, that works perfect in the room, but I thought that I would be painting the room by

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 ***Just so you know, there is 2 other posts under this one***So John has been asking since we moved in if I could do something about the sliding glass door, with vertical blinds. And it just wasn't a task I was ready to under take. The yesterday I was at Walmart and they were having a massive clearance on all sorts of things and I saw these valances for $7. So I picked them up. And put them up

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So a few weeks ago we went to a dog park. The kids have never been to one. Isaac loved all the dogs to play, run and jump with. He was excited that some dogs actually play fetch. It was quite funny actually Isaac was playing with everyone elses dog, but not playing with Scrappy.  Scrappy just hung out under the wagon the whole time. He was not a big fan of running, or playing. He was tired very

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Isaac started a new preschool back in Mid-Jan. This is a speech intensive school that is specifically for kids that fall on the autistic spectrum. Some days he doesn't really want to go, but most days he is begging me to go play at school. These are pictures of his first day, and he got to ride the bus!!Waiting for the bus...it was pouring rain. And of course the bus was late, and I wasn't sure

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I know, I know, I know! I have been neglecting my blog alot lately, but to be honest I just feel like I am swimming up stream and barely able to keep my head above water some days. I have amazing family and friends that are helping me get thru, but some days it just hard. I have been trying to cling to the hope of priesthood blessing promised. Drag myself along with knowledge that this too shall

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Well it has been a busy time for us since I last posted. Our children made out like bandits this Christmas. First Christmas lasted forever. We decided since we were going to be gone for Christmas day that we would do our Christmas, and have Santa come early to our house on Dec 5. (Its nice that the kids are still young enough to do that.)  It was a nice morning. We got up and ate breakfast, as I 

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Sorry that I have neglected you blog, I have been waiting for what I am not sure. I have been waiting for good news, happy news, a look up in life. I feel that although we have many many blessings, I have only been reporting bad news on here.  I had been waiting for some good news, something happy to tell you, but that time has not come yet, and yet I have news. Early this week John called me as

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The Gypsy Spot and Custom Crops have teamed up for a Gypsy giveaway. OOOOHHH I want one so so bad!! check it out here

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So October is always one of our busiest month. And come the end of the month, well its hard to keep up on things. We had our fair share of activities this year too. The month started with my Mom coming to visit, and I have pictures of that somewhere, but I can't find them, and ended with Vegas! We also found the local pumpkin patch and took the kids. I was a bit disappointed since we didn't get

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So as mentioned before I am in the process of starting an online business. It will sell scrapbook page kits. People will be able to buy them preassembled or unassembled, so they can put them together any way they want. The preassembled ones are going like hotcakes around here, since I have found more people that want their pages done for them. Any way here are some of the pages I have done so far

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As stated before I miss John ALOT!! After one of the hardest weeks of my life Sunday being my complete break down after someone suggested I just keep Noah in primary with me as I conducted. I just started to cry, and then well couldn't stop. Anyway after our wonderful ward surrounded me with love and support, dinner, and an ear and a shoulder to cry on. After settling down for the night on Sunday

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MY HUBBY I am having a weak moment in my brief time away from John. And I better get used to it since in a few months, I get to do it all over again, but for EVEN longer!! This time John is gone for 3 weeks, next time he will be gone for 7 MONTHS!!! It has been a rough few days (since it has only been 5 days) Isaac is at the age where he realizes that John has left and every time he gets in

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So John was at work on Saturday so I decided to take the kids to "A Day for Kids" by the boys and girls club. I then decided that I didn't really want to take the kids all by myself, so I invited my friend Lori from church, and she brought her granddaughter, who is a few years older than Isaac, but they had fun and played well together. So they had bouncehouses, velcro walls, bungee thing, and

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I have been concerned for awhile that Noah wasn't trying to stand or walk and had no interest to do such a thing. Isaac OT mentioned that I should get him evaluated a few weeks ago. Than last week when we had his 1 yr check up with his Dr, she was concerned, and even more concerned since his eyes aren't getting better and it does look like they will anytime soon. And his new eye movement

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Splish Splash it was Noah's First bash!! We decided to do the classic 1st brithday theme of ducks, mainly cause the only thing that I could think that Noah just loved was bath time. So I set out on a duck mission. And it was not an easy one!!I really like when birthdays have 3D cakes. I think it makes them fun. John the best decorator in the WORLD, ok maybe just in my house. He decorates the

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Nothing!! That's right Noah's MRI results came back completely normal. Fasting and prayer really do work!! This journey is still not over, but the its not the worse case scenario!! We are now in the process to see a Eye Movement Specialist, Dr Demer, at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. I have been told he is one of the best eye Dr in the World. And the people come from all over to see him. His

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you'll wanna turn down the music at the bottom and turn up your sound to listen to the this one...

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So Isaac has got his dad's humor through and through. Below are all conversations that happened today with him:1) Isaac was being sassy, and was put in timeout for not listening. When I called him out of timeout to talk about why he was in there. He told me he was sad. With a very sad face, one that would make anyone cry. I told him "well it makes mommy sad too, when you talk to people like that"

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John's sister Katie, her husband Jonathon, and their kids Thomas and Ally came to visit just before the 4th. They arrived late, I mean LATE or early depending on how you look at it. Anyway it was 2 am on the 1st. The next day we jumped on the fun, by sitting around watching the kids watch movies. Fun I know. You can hardly stand it. We were hoping John would be off early in hopes that he could go

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Why UCLA only does MRI for sedated pediatric patients one day a weekWhy they only than do one patient that one dayWhy if they have a waiting list that is five weeks long, would they not increase the number of MRIs they do weeklyWhy losing my kids medical records and budget cuts have anything to do with each otherWhy not one of Noah's doctors can do what they say when they say it, and do it by the

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So every year the base is opened up to the public, the seabees bring out all the good equipment that is kept in storage for just such an occasion, the battalions get out their nice dress whites with medals and they put on a parade, where they have a plane fly over head and shot blanks off. Then after the parade the let everyone climb, jump, and play on all the equipment that seabees use. They

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Isaac Turned 3!!Yes I know he turned 3 at the beginning of the month. But its been a crazy month, well a crazy year. We are about 3 weeks behind on every holiday, easter, birthdays, mothers day, and we still have not gotten around to father's day. But anyway we finally had Isaac's party and it was alot of fun. I had a blast getting ready for it. And was way excited about my ideas for the party

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that we need an MRI. And that more in likely Noah has something pushing on his brain that is causing his eye condition, but we need an MRI to confirm it. So overall we really don't know anything new, since I was told that he would probably need an MRI, but at least we are getting closer. I will keep you all posted.OH BTW Isaac finally got in to an OT and one that the insurance will pay for, so

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So I have many many project that I am working on in my neck of the woods that is keeping me from my blogging life, not to mention the normal mother/wife resposniblities that I have. But I am currently painting the rest of my house...pictures to come, making Isaac's 3rd birthday invitations from SCRATCH! Which was a new experience for me since normally Whitney helps me with that department, thanks

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So Home Depot had a great sale on paint over Memorial Day so we decided to go and get the paint for the Living Room and the Master Bedroom (since that is the only colors we have decided on, or I have decided on). So on Friday was taped off the room during the kids nap time, and then we bedtime came we busted out the paint. We pick pumpkin butter for the three walls and loved the color from start

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And I know that you all want one!!!

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So I just got done scanning (cause of how long the list is) a list of Net Lingo. And really??? First I am not saying that many of these letters are used, and I am not saying that parents and others don't need to know these acronyms, but how many people use GSYJDWYMNKH=Good seeing you just don't wear your MONKEY hat??? I am sure that many of the acronyms on this list are used, and to be honest I

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Every since General Conference this last April I have wanted to put this saying on my wall. The second that I heard the talk Sacred Homes, Sacred Temples I had an idea... Ok this is my very first run at this...but just imagine if the wall were pumpkin butter, the letters were a red cranberry color in vinyl, the pictures of the temples were smaller and framed. That the letters were all the same

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How long does it take to get a neurological consult? Nearly two month, alot of yelling, complain to Tricare, and finally going over the eye doctor's head to his supervisor. Noah FINALLY has an appt to see a neurologist. The appt isn't until the middle of June, but at least he has one. I wish that we didn't have to wait even that long to see one. As I watched my sisters son, who is 6 weeks older

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So we had our first house guests and it was great. This last week and a half was a busy one for our family. My youngest cousin got baptized, another cousin recieved his endowments in the San Diego Temple and another cousin got married. So my parents (who brought our second car and our dog down YEAH!!), sister and new brother-n-law, my other sister and her 3 boys, and my brother all came down for

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I know that I am bais, but I know you all think so too...

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we are still fighting with Drs to get Noah's neurological work up. For the last 5 weeks it has bounced back and forth between doctors, each saying that he needed it, but it was not their place or responsibility to put in the referral. Once I contacted Tricare (last Tuesday) and complained that it was such an ordeal just to get the referral suddenly the eye doctors office was more than happen to

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So the Friday before we moved in I took the kids to the SB Zoo and some other mom's and their kids too. We did figure out that we had 4 out of the 6 nursery kids. Anyway we had a blast and so did Isaac. It is a small zoo like Honolulu Zoo has a few hills, well just one really. But it was fun, and I nice way to get my mind off the house closing late. Well I had totally forgot that we had taken

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I know, I know I am a little behind the time for Easter, but I wanted to post about the fun that we had. Part of the reason that I am so late in my Easter Post is because we didn't do Easter on Easter Sunday. We did it the following Saturday. Yes I said Saturday. With the move and all I completely forgot about getting stuff for dieing and baskets. But I did want to do something since the reason

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So we got moved in on Tuesday. And let me warn the people that are still in Hawaii and may have movers moving you off the island any time soon. Watch them like hawks. We have found their trash from the moving supplies in our boxes, 2 whole rolls of packing paper, unused, wrapped, and numbered. Not to mention my wedding dress shoved at the bottom of a box with pans on it. Isaac potty chair packed

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So we are now waiting for the keys!! I know that means soon I will get to move IN!!! Funding happened on Friday, and recording is happening, well right now I HOPE! Well I hope that everything goes according to schedule today, cause I don't really have time for this not to all go through cause the moving in kicks off tomorrow. I have movers showing up at 9:30am, the fridge is getting deliveried in

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We have a few new things that we are dealing with these days. First things first loan docs where signed on Friday, and hopefully; cross your fingers, pray, wish and hope that it closes it on time. I am stressing about this a bit since it’s the end of the month and so the lender said that funding will happen after the first. But it gets tricking, cause funding on a Friday means we will have to pay

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the videos and pictures you have all been waiting for...I had to break the video up, so I did it by floors. Made the most sense. But first this is the front and the side of the house. We have a corner lot so we do have a slightly bigger yard then others, not that the whole thing is that larger, but hey every foot counts. The HOA says that we can't not for any reason change the landscaping, well I

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So we have done nothing super exciting that deserves one post, but we have lots going on....Our house is still in escrow, although things are on schedule, I feel as if it has been months since the offer was accepted by both parties, and the house went into escrow. We are nearing the end though, appraisal has been finished, and the underwriter is working on loan docs for us to sign so any day now

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So after my disastrous trip out with both boys oh so many months ago, (remember the one with walmart, the lost ID, grocery shopping and coming home, 6 hrs later, falling asleep before putting all the food away.) I have not ventured out much with both boys by myself, well actually I never did in Hawaii again, it gave me anxiety to me honestly. But since our time here at the hotel I have begun to

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So today I turned 25 for the second time. Ever since I turned 20 (oh so long ago) I have a hard time getting "older". (**Disclaimer: others that are older then I am, I strangely don't think you are old at all**) So this year I celebrated my 25th Birthday for the second time. (I made a decision this year, I AM NOT GETTING ANY OLDER STOMP STOMP STOMP!!!) It has been a wonderful day though. John

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So today we attended our new ward. We were so excited to see who our new ward family would be that we could hardly wait. We arrived early at church, and I would probably say like 7 or 8 people came up to us and asked about us, where are you from? what brought you here? how long will you be here? were the very common questions that we answered over and over excitedly. Oh our ward is so nice, and

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We are very excited about the fact that we live within a few hours drive of alot of family. My sister and brother and their families live about 2-2.5 hours east of us, and my grandparents, and uncle live 3.5 hours south, and I have other family scattered all around Cali. And John's parents and almost his entire family only live 12 hr drive north. Now many may say, WOW that is a long way to drive,

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So after weeks of looking, and looking, along with offer after offer! And after hundreds of "We're Home" shouted from Isaac's mouth. ONE has been accepted and is now is escrow!! We should actually get to move in around Apr 3. Our new home is pretty new it was built in 2006 and is 2026 sq feet. It is three stories, 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. I did get the large master bedroom and bathroom I wanted,

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We have had our ups and downs and we have only been here in CA since early Monday morning. We left LATE on Sunday and tried to sleep through the flight. But both kids woke up in the middle, probably due to some WONDERFUL turbulence, which John loved as well. So John and I got very little sleep. When we got to the Oxnard Airport we found out that the lost a bag, at first we thought oh no big deal,

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I will miss...1) great friends=great times and great laughs2) lots to do, and all so close3) wonderful weather year round4) Driving by the place where we started it allthat I will NEVER!! miss...1) Sitting in TRAFFIC for 2 hours to go 30 miles2) Bugs and birds in stores and people thinking that this is normal3) Critters that creap and crawl in every nook and cranny4) Price Gouging of everything

Shari Wardhttps://profiles.google.com/110807295897181067329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690320402010901234.post-31223455005403013182009-01-28T01:15:00.003-08:002009-01-28T01:30:32.789-08:00

So we are finally all checked out of our house in Ewa Beach and checked into "home" for the next 5 days. We are staying at the Embassy Suite Hotel, courtesy of the US Navy, it is a nice place with two queen beds, in one room, and a sitting area in another. Isaac was so funny, when we got here, he just wanted to go to bed, and it was only 6pm. But our day was not over yet. Our day started alot

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I was reading this article from CNN that stated that many believe President Obama will be judged differently, because he is BLACK. Now I don't agree with this at all, as does 61% of white people. Now I think that many did vote for him because he is black, black and white alike. My personal opining (and it is just that) is that many white Americans voted for him because they were afraid to look

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So my whole house is packed. Nothing in it except what we are taking with us on the plane. And it seems surreal. We have been working towards this day for days, if not weeks, or maybe even months and it is finally here. It took the moving company less than 5 hours, with 3 mover to pack everything that we own, and we hold dear into crates and leave with a loaded truck. Now my family naps on the

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Like others that I know I have mixed feelings about the 44th President, Barack Obama. I disagree with him on so many policies, and didn't vote for him because of that. But I don't want to be like so many where to Bush. John and I called them "Bush haters", those that hated Bush before he ever did anything. But I am not willing to give our new President a holiday yet like Marion, AL. Let us see

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Every day this country struggles to continue to do what is moral and right. Or rather people struggle to keep laws and bi-laws in place for what is moral and right. As we watch the news, or even in some cases live it, and see the decline of this country's morals we might ask ourselves what we can do. Some might think there is no hope. Well I am here to tell you there is hope. We can make a

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So with the move in 21 days!! We are preparing ourselves to live on the bare minimum for the next 2-3 months. Yes I said months. We leave on Feb 1 arrive in Port Hueneme, CA on the 2nd, start the house hunting process, then wait for escrow to close. They are telling us that it will take 30-45 days for escrow. So we get to live in hotel all that time. It will all be worth it, but man will that be

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So on Friday night we returned from shopping about 6:30 or so. We had saw some lightning on our way home, but heard no thunder. But soon our power started to flicker and I knew that we better be ready for no electricity like as so many days before. Like clock work the power flickered a few more times and it was out. IPIC (our housing community) looses power alot more the other places on the

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So we set up our Christmas tree this year, right on schedule. The day after Thanksgiving, but we had a problem. When we set it up this year we only had enough decoration for about 1/3 of the tree. Two Christmas' ago we had a smaller tree like 5.5 foot tree. We bought our current one just after Christmas, so our first year to use it was last year. But we were in the middle of packing for John to

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As some of you might know Noah is, well there is no nice way to say this, fat! I know that babies can't technically be called fat. But the kids has fat rolls in his fat rolls, how else would you describe him. Well anyway on Wednesday I was upstairs tucking Isaac in for his nap, and suddenly I heard a blood curlding scream come from Noah downstairs. I had left him on the floor, on a blanket. When

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Starting about 2am here in Ewa Beach it started to rain. On any normal day this would not have bothered me. John would have woke me to tell me that he was taking the car and I would go back to sleep and not think twice about it. Well today was not a normal day.Since we are moving in 7 WEEKS we decided that we need to get a move on things to make things smooth. Well the Navy has done this a few

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