Andrea, Hailey, Emi and Joel's Not So Typical Adventures: Kangaroo Joel and General Conference Bread.

I'm sure many of you are wondering where the medical update is. Well, we are still waiting for the nurse/dr to call us back. It's been a week since the email told us the nurse would call. I've tried calling back multiple times already and ... yeah... nothing. I've had serious thoughts of when she called back saying, "Sorry to inform you but Joel had a massive stroke four days ago and died. They finished the autopsy and found a massive annuerism in his brain. Why didn't your MRI catch that?" I most likely won't. So what did the MRI say? We're not quite sure. The Dr wrote a quick email saying it came back clean. So we are poorer and no further along than when we started.

Obviously I was quite upset by all of this so I returned to my tried and tested oils. Yes I'm one of those. But if essential oils can get me through major depression and anxiety after mission, marriage, moving, and pregnancy, then I'm sold. I looked up vertigo and did some research. Frankincense is a good for all ailments oil. Expensive but people 2000 years ago knew it's importance and healing powers. So I've been putting frankincense on Joel morning and night and sometimes randomly throughout the day. That combined with a couple other blends and oils and it seems like his dizziness is slowly getting better. It's only been a week though. We'll keep you all posted.

So, what else has been going on in life? On the adventure side! Adventure for a family with a 4 month old that is... we've visited the Boise Zoo! We found that Joel can carry Hailey quite well in his hoodie.
We went out to eat... basically a picnic in downtown with homemade white chicken chili. We got bored in the house and I wanted to play a game so we reworked a few things in Settlers of Catan to make it two player friendly. Basically we each play two players so that we have enough "players." It makes it quite interesting because not only are you playing against your opponent, you are playing against yourself. It makes it interesting when you cut yourself off! How though do you make it so you don't cheat one player and let the other win? You have two ways of winning. Making it to the set score of ten. But also cumulative points for both settlements that you are playing. It's fun.

With Dr. visits, Joel working, Hailey learning more and more and trying her hardest to walk, outting adventures to see the sights of Boise, and other things that waste our time, we are enjoying life. It's hard sometimes and frustrating at others, but then Hailey smiles...even though she's hungry... and life goes on.