Time Sure Does Fly!

 Amber's birthday cake that I made. It turned out so cute!
                                           

We had to have Amber pretend to blow her candles out, because the wind was blowing too hard to keep them lite.

 Amber is holding her big gift from us. She loves Legos.
                                 

 Andy set up a movie screen in the backyard and watched a movie with the girls.

Amber sharing birthday celebrations with her Grandma & Grandpa Dawson.

 The girls got to perform at the Miss West Point Pageant.

                                  Andy & Amber wading in Bear Lake.

                                  Erin & Andy at Bear Lake.

                                  Me and my beautiful girls wading in Bear Lake.

We have had a very busy couple of months. Amber turned 9 years old on May 27. She had an ice cream themed party at the park. I made her cake shaped like an ice cream cone. It was one of the easier ones that I've done. At the party, the kids made their own ice cream by squishing a zip lock baggie until the ingredients formed ice cream. I gave each kid an ice cream bowl and spoon and then they could add whatever toppings they wanted. We made beaded shaped ice cream sundaes for a key chain too.
Amber's Grandma Dawson's birthday is May 26 & her Grandpa Dawson's birthday is May 29 so we usually celebrate their birthdays together. She thinks that is pretty neat.

I've only had Patrick out a few times this summer. The weather was so cold and rainy in June that there wasn't very many chances to ride him. Lately I've had to fight Andy to ride him. Andy loves to ride him too.

My sarcoidosis hasn't been doing well. I have been sick since the beginning of June and finally I've gotten some new meds today to help with all the pain I've been dealing with. I have general feeling of having the flu and very tired with nausea. My feet and hands kill me, while my left knee, right achilles and hip just ache. It has been very frustrating to have this kind of pain with no relief. I saw my rheumatologist and he didn't want to put me on any new meds. He just wanted me to deal with it. I went to my primary care dr and he has helped me so much with new meds. I'm going to get a referral from my primary care dr for the U of U rheumatology. They treat sarcoidosis more in depth. I can't get into see them until at least January 2012. Crazy busy but I have to find a dr to help me.
A lot of people with this disease tend to loose weight with it, but of course not me. I just have to be grateful that my condition isn't any worse.

I've been reading and crocheting this summer to keep me relaxed. My family has been camping, but I haven't gone on every trip due to my health. My poor kids and husband have to deal with a sicko and it makes me feel so bad for them. None of us asked for any of this, but I have to do my best to live my life. If I can get this pain under control than I can be more of a participant in everything.