Halloween Shenanigans

Once upon a time there was a husband and wife who had way too much time on their hands, and a $1.69 face-painting kit. They decided to paint each others faces and begin their own fairy tale story. The wife became a feared, merciless pirate who plundered the seven seas with her ferocious, rabid rabbit from hell. Together they sailed the ocean in search of lost treasure. On their way they defeated many other pirates including Jack Sparrow (with one hand tied behind their backs). They slaughtered the Kraken and roasted him for dinner (wouldn't recommend, not very tasty). And they managed to sink Davy Jones' already underwater ship. They did it all, except for finding the treasure. After many years of searching they realized that the treasure was not actually buried gold, but the true treasure had been there all along, it was the love they shared for each other...And they sailed off into the sunset together in eternal bliss. El fin.

Arrr! You do not wanna mess with this.

Rabbit in the headlights

The rabbit showing just how rabid he can be

Carving Pumpkins

Tonight we were feeling the Halloween spirit, so we decided to carve us some jack-o-lanterns. It was fun, and super gooey. I think they turned out really good!

First, we had to clean out all the goo, or in Dan's case eat it

And... viola! Dan's frightening masterpiece


My spooky masterpiece

P.S. Any one have some suggestions for a couples Halloween costume that is cheap and easy to put together???

Dan beat me to it....

...giving birth, that is.

My husband sure is a trooper. His first kidney stone came back in April of this year, and then again in May, June, and July...we spent July 24th in the ER. Things were smooth sailing from July to the beginning of September. He hadn't felt the last one pass, but was sure it was gone because he had been symptom free for a few weeks. One morning Dan woke up to go to the bathroom when all the sudden his "flow" was blocked off, and was replaced by an intense sharp stabbing pain. He knew it was a stone because we could actually feel it in his urethra; it felt like a BB. He could barely urinate, it was more like a drip from a broken faucet.

After a few weeks of this, he realized it wasn't going anywhere so he made an appt. with our family doctor. She told him he could give it another week or so and try to force it out himself; the idea was that by pinching off his urethra when he had to pee until the pressure built up, then releasing it, it would force the stone out. Similar to when you fold a hose in half then release it. Well, unfortunately that did not work either, and he made an appt. with a urologist. The urologist figured that since it was so close to coming out he could go up there with a wire scope, which had a clasp on the end to grab the stone and pull it out. Dan was not put out, and was only given a "local" anesthetic (he was given a shot straight down the middle of his penis). Well this stone was just too stubborn, and too big; hence, that did not work either. They only alternative left was actual surgery.

This morning we went to the Utah Central Surgery center where Dan was admitted. They put him out, which I was grateful for, but let's hope I still feel that way when I see the bill lol! The surgery itself only took about 45 minutes. The stone looked like a cluster of granola. It was as big as my 1/2 k diamond, but overall has cost much more! Dan was a little loopy afterwards, but didn't say anything too embarassing. For the next three days he has a catheter in, and will be pretty doped up, but we are so grateful this stone is finally out, and that there were no complications with his surgery! Now we can take it in and have it tested to see what is causing them!

I have been alive for 8035 days and counting...knock on wood

Today I am officially 22, wow I am getting old. It was a great day, I went to my first class because I had a midterm review, but decided to take the rest of the day off of school and work! Dan let me take a nice nap! Later that night we went phone shopping; my old pink razor and I sure went through a lot together these last four years...but i lost it a few weeks ago so I finally had a good reason to say goodbye! I got a Samsung Gravity 2. It's sweet, but it will take me a while to get used to the keyboard texting.


We also went to dinner at Ruby River (yum!) with some friends, I am not the kind of girl that likes getting sung to by the Restaurant staff...even for free dessert, so I am glad Dan didn't volunteer that information! It was fun to visit with friends (we haven't seen most of you in months)! Thanks guys for celbrating my special day with me lol.

Most of the gang except Shawn and Jana got cut out and Casey was the photographer

Me with my super blonde hair, my hott hubby, and Courtney who must have been playing Pictionary in the background