Family Time

This past month we have seen every member of Kevin's family minus Craig. It had been since Two Christmas's ago that we saw most of them, so we were very excited. It all started in Utah where we went to see Jen and Eric.

On our way down to Utah we decided to stop at Lava Hot Springs (which we have been meaning to do forever). There we spent the day soaking in the hot springs and soaking in the sun. We both received our first sun burns and we were thrilled, I mean I was thrilled.

They were there for work so we were only able to spend Saturday night and Sunday with them but it was still a fun quick trip. We were able to meet our new niece Gwendolyn and enjoy hanging out with Luke. Sadly due to time and lots of spit up we were not able to get a picture. Overall it was a great trip and so fun to catch up with Jen and Eric.

Just for laughs

I always get a good laugh when I see this picture. What cute nerds!

2 wonderful years

It is hard to believe that Kevin and I have been married 2 wonderful years. Although we would have both liked to escape and spend some time in the tropics for our anniversary we were not able to due to me getting time off and well money. So we decided to just have a relaxing anniversary. Our Anniversary fell on a Monday so we both had to work so after I got home from school we went and got pizza, and went to a movie.

When I came home from school I found these waiting for me. Daisy's are my favorite!

I also got head phone extensions and just dance 3! Kevin received his Iphone ha ha.

So since it is our 2 year anniversary I thought I would write about 2 of my favorite things about Kevin. (I could name a lot more, but for your sake I won't get to mushy)

1. His humbleness- I have never met anyone who thinks so clearly, has his head on straight, and is so understanding and humble about everything.
2. His strut- If you have not noticed Kevin has quite the strut and it is very sexy if I do say so myself.

Thank you Kevin for an amazing two years! Bring on Forever!

I've got who's its and what's its galore

Want thing-a-mabobs? I've got plenty. This has become my life song. In January I received a new insulin pump. My old one was fine but the warranty had worn out and since we are on good insurance we decided to get a new one. I was sad to say goodbye to Bullah who was a great friend and stuck by my side for almost 5 years (literally).  But I am happy to introduce Puma the new and I guess improved (I haven't found to much of a difference) insulin pump.

 And since we reached my deductible with my pump I opted to get a continuos glucose monitor (CGM). It checks my blood every 5 minutes and shows me a graph. You can also plug it into the computer and gets lots of other information like what your highest high has been and your lowest low and so forth. So meet Elmer (the sensor that is stuck to me) and Dexter the receiver.

 So yes, I now have two patches stuck to me and another device to carry around.
 Between my pump, my CGM and my cell phone I often fill like I have gadgets and gizmo's a plenty.  But even though they can kind of be annoying to carry around they are very helpful and so far I have loved my CGM and it has really helped me control my blood sugar because I always know where I am headed. It is interesting to see the way different foods affect my blood and the different trends it takes during different times of the day. Hopefully this helps me control my blood sugar better and help me get a better a1c.

Apples

So our Valentine presents this year had a central theme... Apples. Before Valentines Day and babysitting the kids I went and got Kevin's present and planned to give it to him ahead of time. So one night I snuck the present into my bag as we headed to dinner. I planned on giving it to him their but we ran into some friends and ended up sitting with them and enjoyed talking and catching up.  So upon returning home I asked Kevin to get my phone out of my purse. He started digging through it only to find his new "Apple" I-phone. He was completely surprised. We had been talking about how it would be nice for one of us to have a smart phone and so I decided why not spoil him and count it as Valentines and Anniversary since they are so close.

Thank you Stacey for helping me and setting everything up.



So for my Valentines presents I also got lots of apple things like apple suckers (my students are always eating them and making me crave them). And Carmel apples (mmm... those were delicious). Also added on to my Valentines day presents was weights and an ADULT onesie (like pajamas). 

Puzzled?

Kevin and I have a great routine going on. Kevin watches sports and I do a puzzle. Kevin usually joins me in doing the puzzle and I hate to admit it but I usually join him in watching sports as well. (This kept us sane during March madness)

The following are 2 out of 3 puzzles we have done. All 3 of them were of places we have been... Venice (not pictured) Paris, and Holland.