Hey everyone,

I'm finally getting somewhat back on track with this whole blog thing. We've had a very eventful week this last week. It all started Sunday night when Dorie started having an unbearable pain in her upper leg. She says it felt like someone was stabbing knives into it. It kept continuing for the next 3 days. Finally, we decide that we need to go to the urgent care doctor to find out why her leg is hurting so bad. Once we get there, we start to become suspicious that it might be another blood clot. This would be her 3rd blood clot she's had. So the urgent care doctor sent us to the ER for more tests. They decided they needed to do an ultrasound to determine if there really is a blood clot. So they take her to the ultrasound technician and at first everything is looking normal. Then she says "uh oh I don't like the look of that." So both me and Dorie are freaking out now. She takes her back to her room and we wait another 10 minutes for the doctor to come back. He tells us that she has a blood clot about half a centimeter long in her leg. Afterwards he wants to do a hereditary panel to see if Dorie carries the gene for something called DVT. For those of you who might not know what this is, it's essentially when you get very deep blood clots. These can be very deadly if they break off and head toward either your heart or lungs. We thought it would be easy--just let the nurse draw her blood for the panel and we'd be on our way--boy were we wrong. The nurse couldn't find a vein that would give her enough blood for the panel. She needed to fill 12 viles all together. She eventually got it but it was a long and painful process. The doctor did mention that the blood clots could've been caused by the birth control she's been on. She has been on the patch which has a very high clotting factor. So for now, she has to be off the birth control until we figure out what the doctor wants us to do. I've had to give her injections in her stomach for the last 5 days or so. Not really fun. It did open my eyes though. Me and Dorie have been having problems for the last few months. Just arguing over stupid things. When I found out that this could be a life long problem and I could potentially lose her, it opened my eyes and helped me realize just how precious my time is with her right now. I am fully commited now to giving her all I am. I do want to thank my friends who stood by me this last little while. You've given me lots of support when I've needed it the most. Even when it's put a lot of strain on your personal lives and those close to you. If I've offended anyone in any way, I apologize and ask for your forgiveness. There is one particular friend I've hurt in the process and I especially want to apologize to that person. You've been a great support for me and I thank you for it. I hope we can be friends forever. Me and Dorie are still planning on moving to New York in September and just working on getting everything ready for that. I think this will be a good thing for her to spend some time with her family. She really needs their support and I think we can help them out a ton as well. Well, that's all I have this week.

Hi everyone,

Sorry it's been a couple of months since I last wrote. So much has happened since the last post. Me and Dorie have been discussing this for a while and due to recent events that have happened in her family, we have decided to move to New York. Dories mom had a heart attack a few weeks ago and it finally hit Dorie just how hard it has been being away from her family. She hates being so far away when crises like this happens. So come september, we're going to travel cross country all the way to New York. We also recently found out that Dorie's youngest sister Katie got engaged. We're extremely excited for her and can't wait to experience that happy day with her. Dorie also just got her phlebotomy license last month. She's been looking for jobs for about a week now with no results yet. We've also decided to wait a couple more years to have kids. Dorie is now back on birth control until we get in a little more stable economic condition. I'm also going to finish my associates degree in university studies here at UVU. I'll only need to take 2 more classes during the summer to finish it. That way, I can transfer my degree to Binghamton University in New York when we move and finish my bachelors degree there. We just figured it would be easier to transfer a degree than it would be to transfer credits. We also found out that my younger brother and his wife are expecting a baby in July. They want to be surprised so we won't know what it is until the day they have the baby. So altogether, things are going pretty well for us. Well, that's all I have for right now!

This is a cute quote that is on a plaque we got recently from Seagul Book. Perfect quote to my wife with our anniversary coming up.

"I love you to the moon and back . . . infinity . . . and beyond . . . forever and forever!"

Hello everyone,

I know its been over half the year since I last wrote. I deeply apologize for that. A lot has happened since then and we have been very busy. We started out the summer by paying another visit to Dories family in New York. It was a rather simple vacation this summer. We just got to sit back relax and enjoy ourselves. It was our very first summer spent at Dories mom's new house. We got to enjoy her pool in the backyard to. It was way fun. Our holiday was very fun this year to. We got to enjoy our annual family gift exchange at my parents new house in Saratoga Springs. It was really nice. Now my parents now live closer to 2 of my sisters. Since my older sister was needing a closer baby sitter, she can now turn to my parents who live closer to them now. We also got to go to my Uncle Robins house in Ogden to see Santa Clause. The grand kids got to have a lot of fun with him. Dorie now has a personal trainer now to help her with losing weight. We're hoping that will help her get pregnant. I transferred to a different department at work now as well. I now work as a freight crew stocker at Maceys. I have to work graveyard shifts now. It's actually been a lot harder on Dorie now. She hasn't been able to sleep as well at night without me. So the last couple of months we've been trying to find a new job during the day that will work better for us. We're still waiting and hoping to get pregnant soon. We had a wonderful new years as well. We celebrated New Years Eve with my parents then on New Years Day we spent the night at the Hampton Inn in Orem. It was also part of celebrating our 3 year anniversary which is next Wednesday. We are really excited to know that our marriage has made it 3 years now. Here's to hoping for many more happy years to come. Well that's all I have for now.

Hello everyone,

I would just like to start out by apologizing for the huge gap between posts. I realize that it's been a while. A lot has happened the last few months. So far me and Dorie are enjoying our fun new calling as cub masters. We only need to go to pack meetings on the last thursday of every month. It's also pretty easy considering we only have about 5 scouts in our whole troop. Pretty young ward. We're still enjoying it though. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary in January. Yes we made it 2 years without killing each other. jk lol. Love you sweetie. We're still trying to have kids. Dorie reached the last month she could be on the chlomid in March so we were left to ourselves to try and get pregnant without medication. She did end up ovulating on her own this month but unfortunately still no baby. So the doctor compared her progesterone levels from when she was on the chlomid and how they are now. Come to find out, without the chlomid her progesterone levels are too low for her to get pregnant. She was still ovulating but now well enough to produce a baby. So the doctor is going to go ahead and put her back on the chlomid since when she was on the chlomid, her progesterone levels were high enough to produce a baby. Please keep us in your prayers. Dorie has been feeling really down lately. She went to the temple with her friend Anne the other day. When she was there, she saw our little girl, the same one I've seen a few times now and this was dories first time seeing her. She told her, "Mommy don't worry, I'm coming." That quite a few tears to my eyes as well as to Dories. I always thought that she looks a lot like her mom even though Dorie does say now that she does have a little of me in her to. We'll just have to see when she finally gets here. We still strongly feel that Dories dad who passed away 7 years ago is still watching over her on the other side of the veil till it's our turn to take stewardship over her. We truly are blessed for the knowledge we have as members of the church. I am grateful for our temple marriage and the opportunity we have to know that we and our kids are sealed together for eternity. Well, that's all I have this week. I promise to get better at writing on here. Till next week!

hello everyone,

Merry christmas to everyone to. Sorry I haven't kept up on my blog lately. I really am excited to update everyone today though. Last Sunday me and Dorie got released as nursery workers and now we've been called to be the cub scout masters in our ward. We're going to really miss our kids in the nursery but at the same time we're excited because it's something new that we haven't tried before. Me and Dorie have also been doing a lot of discussion the last couple of weeks and even more praying in the temple and we've decided to file for adoption next month. We last heard that we need to be married for at least 2 years before adopting. We just feel very strongly that this is something we need to do. So we're really excited about that. Our Christmas was even better. About 2 weeks ago, our neighbor Johanna came around for the ward. Evidentally the bishop asked her to go around our complex and determine if there were any families needed any help with christmas this year so we signed up. So 2 days ago--after I came home from inventory---I found a whole box full of canned goods along with some presents that Dorie said we got from the ward. So we were thinking that was all we got, Right! Oh no! After we got home christmas eve from hanging out with our friends Chris and Catherine Stollworthy, I could hear some rapping noise at our door so i went to check it out and low and behold, our front porch was stuffed full of bags of food. Our cupboards are literally stuffed full of canned food now. We truly are blessed. We were low on money after getting all our christmas gifts and were wondering how we were going to get by with food. Then Heavenly Father sent his angels to help us out. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for the blessings he continuously gives me and my wife. So all together, it was a great christmas! Well, that's all I got this week!

What I'm grateful for this year:

1. First and foremost I would have to have say I'm grateful for my beautiful wife. She's been such a wonderful joy in my life. We're coming up on our 2 year anniversary in January. Thank you sweety.
2. My membership in the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.
3. My Heavenly Father and my savior jesus christ. The love they show me every day.
4. My temple marriage and knowing I can be with my wife forever.
5. My parents and the wonderful example they've been to me growing up. The opportunity I always had to ask my dad for priesthood blessings.
6. My wonderful friends I've had growing up and the wonderful example they were.
7. The opportunity I had of serving a full-time mission. Those were 2 of the most wonderful years of my life. Right next to the 2 years married to my wife!
8. The many wonderful bishops I've had growing up. They helped shape me into the man I am today.
9. The many young men advisors I had who did the same!
10. My current calling serving with my wife in the nursery. We love all our kids in the nursery. It's really helping us prepare to become parents.
11. The opportunity me and my wife have constantly of providing service while watching our friends kids. Again helping us prepare for kids of our own.
12. Getting to serve with my wife in the temple. Also feeling our kids presene from the other side of the veil when we're there.
13. Getting to do temple work for my wife's ancestors. This is the first opportunity I've gotten to do family names and I've enjoyed getting to do it.
14. My in-laws. Even though they live in New York, we can feel their love and support from thousands of miles away. My mother-in-law always has great advice.
This is my list of things I'm most grateful for this year. I hope everyone can give thanks to those they're grateful to have in their lives. I hope we can all also be grateful for the many blessings our Heavenly Father has blessed each of us with.