Tuesday, April 5, 2011

April 1st

The kids thought they were FREAKIN' HILARIOUS because they did this to my bed:

and because that wasn't quite funny enough, they added a finishing touch to the sewing machine:

Monday, April 4, 2011

Spring break

The first 5 days of spring break Kalli and I went to Vancouver for medical.  She for her asthma and me for what was to be my last (hopefully) MRI.  The neurologist, along with my prompting, agrees that my neurological symptoms are food related!  I can tell you that when i eat gluten/wheat, all my symptoms come back!  Wheat is evil! (for me anyhow)  So now i begin a new journey with a gastrointerologist!  Taylor had her genetic testing done and she has the marker which tells us she is 90% more likely to develop Celiac's.  She has been off gluten since Thanksgiving and it appears to slowly be helping her stomach pain.  Kalli will be seeing a gastro-pediatrician in May.  She has little stomach pain, but because she is so tiny, 56lbs @ 10.5 yrs old, i also believe she has gluten issues and is unable to absorb nutrients.  Hopefully this will be the year when we can get some answers!
Vancouver was good except for the rain, and traffic!!  I loved living there when i was in my 20's--i had all the time in the world.  But now, you couldn't pay me to navigate that chaos everyday-downtown Whitehorse is enough for me! 



The rest of spring break was spent at the cabin! It was glorious!  The weather was sunny, warm with blue skies for 10 days with the exception of 1 day.  It's hard to explain why it's so awesome to have it +15 on the deck with 2 feet of snow on the ground!  Chris loaded up the skimmer and made us a ski trail.  The groves on the bottom make a perfectly spaced ski trail!  
 His ice fishing hours resulted in 3 fish but only 1 that stayed on long enough to come up the hole!  But it sure made a tasty supper! 


We also ripped off the old (collapsed) shed roof and put up this temporary fix to keep things dry until spring.  The sunny weather also gave the snow enough moisture that the conditions were perfect for making a snowman! 
Unfortunately all good things must come to an end and it was back to work time.  By Tuesday at noon, Chris and i were both at home with the stomach flu!  (Just 1 week previous i was telling our cabin neighbor that i hadn't had it since before having kids!)  Luckily, knock on wood, the kids appear to have missed out!  It made for a short work week, but i don't know if it was a good trade!
The kids spent this past weekend trying to use up the their ski passes-unfortunately with the cold winter and lift problems they won't get them used up before they close next weekend.  On a exciting note, this weekend i dried all my laundry out on the line-I guess that means spring MUST be on the way!