Catch up time!

I don't know why I try to keep up with this blogging thing.. I always tell myself that I will be better. That I will write a post at least once a month. Obviously isn't happening! The main reason I haven't kept up with it is because we've been so busy! Not always with exciting things, but things none the less.

Levi missed school and studying so much that he decided to sit for the CPA exam. He's been taking classes ever saturday and studies whenever he gets a free minute. So needless to say, I haven't had a hisband very much! He's taken 2 out of the 4 so far but won't find out the results until the end of this month. It's killing us both (him a lot more) just wanting to know the results but we've got to be patient just a little while longer... He's finishing up his huge audit at work so he is staying busy at work as well which is always good. In a few weeks he will be working for a new manager in Dallas, Texas for a year. No, we won't move out there, he'll just be going there each month for a week at a time. He'll be able to work from home more as well which is great! He's still not sure how much he'll really like it though. His calling as YM president is also keeping him super busy but he is really enjoying it. The kids just look up to him and have fun with him.

I'm still just working for my dad and enjoying that. It's nice to see my family on an almost daily basis! I'm absolutely loving my calling as an Activity Days leader! Those girls sure are fun to be around. I have found out that the more quiet ones at church are the most spunky and outgoing girls at the activities which has been fun to see them be themselves and to better enjoy what we are doing together. Well that's the update on my life! Sure not exciting!

When we have had time, we've been able to go on some fun mini vacations with our family and friends. We've been to Moab, camping in the Uinta's, rides in the mountains, and to Vegas.

Moab was very hot but extremely fun! We went with Levi's brother Cody and his family and were there for just under a week. We had fun jeepin' (or whatever they call driving over some scary rocks in a jeep!) I had to close my eyes a lot mainly because I'm a baby when it comes to that stuff and we went over some crazy things! We also went swimming one afternoon then just relaxed. We went to Arches National Park which was so fun! I know they are just rocks but it's still fun to see them in crazy shapes and everything. We made it to Dead Horse Point as well. It was so pretty! Sad story to why it is named that but it is still a pretty area to go and see. Other than that we just enjoyed our time together!

Camping in the Uinta's with the friends was fun as always! Out of the 3 years we've done it, we were finally able to stay 2 nights instead of just 1. We didn't hike, fish, or anything this year. We were just loving being together and visiting as we were. We did play some different games so it's not like we sat around the while time! :) We did get hit by a huge storm our last night there but it was fun! I love listening to the rain hitting the tent and hearing how close the thunder is and seeing how bright the lightening is getting. All until it was right over us and it kind of freaked me out! It was ridiculously muddy in the morning so it's a good thing we weren't planning on staying. I'm so glad we didn't get wet at all inside of our new tent!

Vegas was really fun as well! We went there because Levi had a Tax Forum and I went to just enjoy myself! While Levi was in class I would shop, check out the hotel, or just relax by the pool -which I regret right now. We stayed at Caeser's Palace so I was loving having the Forum Shops right there. We went to see The Blue Man Group one night and it was awesome! We went there not really knowing what to expect but really liked it. We were in the middle of the third row back so we were able to see every little thing they did! It helped to see their faces and eyes since they don't talk at all! We did have to wear ponchos though just in case some of the paint sprayed out or the food hit us but we luckily stayed clean! We went to the temple as well to get away from the strip. It was just a bit too much for the both of us. The temple was gorgeous as always! I love going to temples that I've never been to before and having different experiences at all of them. Such a great night! One of Levi's companion lives there so we were able to meet up with him and his wife and go out to dinner. It was so nice to see them! We see them about once a year so we had a lot to catch up on and just have fun being together again! Over all it was great to get away with my hubby!

The reason I am regretting the pool right now is because I got an infection in my eye that grew to an ulcer. I thought it was just pink eye so I stopped wearing contacts and makeup and put some medicine in it. It all started on thursday night with the eye kind of red at itchy then by friday night I lost all vision in the eye. Still telling myself it's a bad case of pink eye so I don't need to go to a doctor for them to tell me that. By saturday I was in so much pain that I had Levi and Cody give me a blessing. On sunday we decide to go to an instacare that is by our house and he said he has never seen this before and that I need to go see an opthamologist right away. We go to him and he looks at it for 2 minutes and says that it is worse than he has ever dealt with or even seen so he sent me to the University Hospital right away since they have the best doctors there. Since he told us it was a matter of me ever seeing again and possibly have surgery that day you can only imagine how horrible of a ride it was down there just worrying! We get to the hospital and are there for over 4 hours! Constantly having doctors come in and the opthomologist on call got a bit tiring. We just wanted to figure out what caused this and get it taken care of! They took some coulters (I would not recommend this, it killed onc the numbing drops wore off!) The opthomologist was just dumbfounded that this ulcer grew so big and it got so sever in a matter of days. It is right in the cornea and was competely covering the iris and pupil so that is the reason I can't see out of the eye right now. Luckily it was gotten a little better. The first week there was a big jump in the healing process and the size of the ulcer went down considerably but it's just slowed down since then. I've been going in every other day so they can continue to monitor it and try to firgure what else they can do. Now the infection is gone but the ulcer is still large and in charge! It's starting to bulge and they are really worried about it since the cornea is already so thin and they don't want in any more thin so it could perforate. 2 weeks down, at least 2 more to go... Sorry the picture is gross. The white is the ulcer.

On a happier note, one of my best friends got married! I set the two of them up so it was really fun to see it all come together! She looked gorgeous as always! It was so fun being there for her at the wedding. I'm glad I got married first out of my friends so I could see each of them get married but I do wish they would have been able to be there for me. It was such a great day!

I love spending time in the mountains! I love getting away from everything and being somewhere so beautiful! We've been so blessed to have mountain property in our families that we try to use it a lot.

Sorry for the really long post but I'm far behind!