Summertime!

after such a long absence...We're all doing well here, my back is doing excellent after the surgery, the pain that i had before is completely gone, praise God! i only have risidual pain from the surgery, ie numbness to my right leg and intermittent slight lower back pain, which the doc says is normal and should decrease in about a year. i'm taking a yoga class this summer to help keep my muscles stretched, so far it's really helped. i am soo glad i had it done, its amazing!

nate and i are enjoying our summer just working and trying to fit in play time. not too many get-aways this summer but it should be enough. we're going camping at the end of august and going to LA in october. maybe a few weekends away here and there...

this last weekend we both walked the "Wharf to Wharf" race, i knew i couldn't run it because of my back but i thought i could walk it. it was a blast!!! it only took 1:52:35 to complete the 6 miles....that's not too bad for walking, right? maybe next year we'll be able to run it, or at least jog.

Healing Well

Hey there folks,
just a note to tell all that i'm doing well and recovering well. the pain that i used to have in my back is gone! although it's replaced by aches that are related to the healing process. so let's hope that this will be the end! i've been doing good, hanging out at the house, trying not to do too much in one day, which concesquences into back pain at the end of the day. But thankfully i've had alot of friends/family come and visit and help out, which has been soo nice. i started physical therapy last week, just doing stretching and strengthening exercises, i was hoping to take advantage of prescription that my doc ordered for deep muscle massage....but that hasn't happened yet, darn it.
before i return to work in the middle of april, nate and i will be taking a week long vacation to cabo san lucas, i can't wait!! what perfect time to take a vacation than when i'm recovering from surgery, i love it.
hope you are all doing well and loving the wonderful sunshine that God's given us!
Thank you everyone for the help and prayers!

I'm at home

Hello all,
Just letting you know I'm at home now from the hospital. I'm walking around now with assistance from a walker, yes, it's kinda funny I'm hobbling around with a walker. My pain is actually tolerable for the moment, the hard part is not being as limber as I want to be. I can't bend down and really can't reach for things, So I'm relying alot on family members to get things for me. I am soooo thankful for them! Total Godsent.And they're all doing a wonderful job.
Right now I'm staying at my parents house, because they have a single level house and its easy for me to manuver around. I hope to be at home by Monday, when Nate is done putting in the banisters in the stairs.
I'd love to have any visitors stop by, just give me a call to make sure my super busy (not) schedule is open.
More later

A Little Update

Hello all,

Just a quick update, I'll be going in to the hospital this friday for a lumbar fusion/back surgery. I should be in the hospital for about 5 days and then at home for about 3 months. I'm really hoping to keep myself occupied for 3 months at home, since I won't be able to drive or do alot of moving.
I'll let you know how the surgery goes when I'm out. I'd also love to see any of you who can come visit :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family. hope you all have a wonderful day full of laughs, cheer and of course....turkey!!! Many blessings to you all!!

To the Vets

in honor of veterans day:

i just want to say thank you to all the veterans out there for your service to our country.

specifically i'd like to thank my grandpa stovall, uncle kurt, will, darold, tony the tiger, nick and daniel. Thank you for all you do for us and our country.

may God bless.

semper fidelis.

non sibi sed patriae!

this we'll defend.

Our house!!

there is our house!! it's been awesome to be able to set up a living space the way I want to. we've done alot of work on the inside so far...placed pergo, had carpet installed, repainted the entire interior, replaced alot of electrical things....and that's all what we did before we moved in! there's more left to do but at least now it's livable, i'll post pictures when i get around to taking them :)

not much more is going on in our lives. we celebrated our 1st year anniversary the third week of october. it was fun, we went on a 4 day mexican cruise. it's actually the same one i took my sisters and mom on back in july. (see previous post for same pictures) instead of taking off on exhersions we just walked around ensenada and cabo, it was quite relaxing, we read alot of books and i did alot of sitting in the sun, and didn't get burned, go me! it was a nice vacation for both of us.

now that we're back it's no more frivilous spending, we're both trying real hard not to spend extra money, being that we have a large mortgage to pay and the holidays are coming up and we still would like to have somewhat of a savings account when all's said and done. i'm sure anyone who lives in california knows what i'm talking about ;)