John Edwards "Crossing Over" Psychic Medium

Last night I went to see John Edwards here in Anchorage. The show only lasts about 2 hours, and he spent about 20 min on 2-3 groups of people. I figured time was up for me and I wasn't getting a reading. He randomly gets "pulled" to people to read as their loved ones come through. He asks that if he comes to you that your entire party stand up with you. I was the last person that he "sought". Interestingly, he didn't have to weed me out of a group of people to figure out it was me he was looking for. I was surprised that it was actually me, but had been somewhat expecting it all night. Then he asks me, when I was coming over here, you knew I was coming to you...how did you know that? I told him that my friends and family tell me, and I know, that I am intuitive. He goes on to say that he is there with a "father-figure" of mine. I'm not sure who he's getting at, because my fathers are both living. He clarified it was a grandfather type. He then asks me if I had lost babies. I immediately tear up and think of the twins. I tell him yes, I lost twins in November. He says well they were here right? Compared to all your other losses? I say yes, I had to deliver them stillborn. He says they were girls? I say yes. He says the father figure has my girls and they are fine. He asks if they were my 5th or 6th loss...I say yes, they were my 6th. He then goes on to say, oh, you are pregnant now? I say yes, and he says how this one going? I tell him it's not looking good though. He asks why and if they've figured it all out yet. I tell him not quite and they can't see the baby. He tells me a story about how if you see a stray dog and fear it, he will know and use it to control you (the dog that is). He tells me that I am being that way with fear about my pregnancies...and I need to relax and just be optimistically cautious. He asks about my other kids, and tells me when my son is 4, that I will have my baby. He goes on to say that all my babies that I've lost are there and waiting for me. I told him that I was just going to ask him that, he laughs and says well I just answered it for you. Then he tells me someone around me is pregnant, my sister is currently pregnant due any time. Then he tells me that he is worried about my health, rather than the pregnancy or baby. He asks me if I have high blood pressure, and I do. He then says I need to be prepared and cautious for gestational diabetes with either this pregnancy or the next one. He wraps this up by telling me, you are moving soon? I explain that yes, I am in the military and due to move in May. He says, Texas? I say, I don't know, but I am from Texas. He asks if I'm from the South Central part, and I say yes, San Antonio. It was pretty amazing...he knew things he couldn't have known if he weren't for real. I was VERY impressed! It was just awesome. If I ever doubted him before, I know now that he is for real, and won't doubt him again. This reading is just what I needed to put me at ease a little bit.

We Lost Our Rainbow Baby

Today was another one of those awful days where you feel like you just had to have been having a bad dream. I went in for my OB appointment and ultrasound, and learned that we'd lost the baby. I was about 9 and a half weeks along. There it was, plain as day on the ultrasound. Before he even said anything I knew, it stopped me dead in my tracks and mid-sentence when I saw there was no heartbeat and no movement. I will be going in the hospital tomorrow to have another D&C since nothing has passed on its own yet. Please pray for us. I'm petrified because last time we had this done I was hemorraging and had a near death experience. They made me sign consent forms for a blood transfusion today, if necessary. I've never signed those for a D&C. Then today they had to draw blood for some kind of specialized blood typing tests so they could have blood on standby for me, if necessary. It's in my records what my blood type is, and again, never had this done before. While she was drawing the blood, it was like watching someone suck through a straw at the bottom of an empty glass. There were tons of air bubbles, and my veins had clamped down and they were DRY. She told me this was because I was in shock....imagine that! They ended up having to stick me like 4 times because after she "forced" it out, the blood was damaged or something so they couldn't do the specialized testing and had to repeat the draw. Drama and trauma....think this shall me my new mantra.

First Camping Trip 2009

Well, we finally made it! Our first camping trip, in the camper we bought two years ago! The weather held out for us, and we made our escape to Lake Eklutna. All went well, with the small exception that the nights were slightly cooler than we'd expected and our our battery didn't last the whole night through to keep us nice and warm. That's okay though, we had tons of blankets and good sleeping bags with us!

Kenton had a great time exploring the wilderness and watching the camp fire. Here he shows us his pine cone that he found, and promptly tried to eat!

Kristina had a good time hanging out with our friend's son that went with us. We even got in about 3 small hikes - two on Saturday and a good long one on Sunday. Here's a couple pictures taken along the hike. Check out the water as it is still partially frozen over!

Lots of people were out hiking on Sunday we noticed, and apparently a few saw some black bears and their ever present "scat". We didn't see either (though we walked right by where they supposedly were at least twice), but we were making lots of noise since we had Kenton and Kristina with us.

On Saturday evening we took a small hike up to a meadow at the bottom of a small mountain and played a bit. Kenton decided he wanted to get a sneak attack in on mommy and tackled me! We all just really had a great time at this spot.

Kenton helped us get the camper all packed up on our last morning camping. Here he is getting "his" gloves on to help out! He is looking too adorable and growing up WAY too fast!

All in all, it was exhausting, but we made some good memories and got a few good pictures. It was just nice to get away! Enjoy the pics!

Moose Sighting

This weekend while we were out running around, we got stopped at a red light. I looked up and saw this moose strolling through the gas station, right past on the patrons pumping gas, and right out into this busy highway! These are some of the very real dangers of living in The Last Frontier, as we encroach more and more into "their" space. Amazing creatures though, and soon there will be many, many moose babies running around to watch out for too!

Other Updates and Goings-on

Kristina had another track meet this past weekend, and she took 3rd Place (in her heat) for the 100 m that she competed in. We are so proud that she's sticking with this and having fun with it. Personally, I think she's just doing it for the sun tan she's been getting at the meets! LOL -her freckles are already blooming again!! She's doing good though and really enjoying it! She will be out of school on the 22nd of May and done with track for this year. She's already on the count down because she's really excited to leave for Texas for the summer with her dad and for their trip to Disneyland in Florida. I'm just a little bit jealous, I have to admit!

And of nothing to do with this story, just wanted to share the "rock band" pictures for everyone to enjoy!

Summer is Here!!!

As you all know, I've been raving about our gorgeous weather these past few weeks. I mean, it's like my very first summer up here. We hit the mid-70's the other day and we weren't even out of April yet! In case you didn't know, that's almost unheard of for Alaska!! Anyway, good weather up here, after a very long winter and two pathetic excuses for summer, just BEGS to be enjoyed. Here's a picture of Kenton helping me get my planter boxes ready for this year's flowers.

He is just LOVING being outside! Every day when we get home from daycare, he will just fuss and fuss until we take him outside! One night we even had to pull his high chair outside and let him enjoy dinner on the porch when he didn't want to come in to eat! This past weekend, we were able to take him to the park in town. He loved the slides, but wasn't so sure about the swings! In other updates, Kyle finally got the yard thatched and we should have a beautiful lawn very shortly. Kristina and I went shopping at some local nurseries for flowers. The choices are varied and all the flowers here are SO vibrant and colorful this year. Here are some we settled on after Kristina helped me get them in the planters. The pictures just don't do them justice, but ah well.

Unfortunately, with all this great weather we're having, the mosquitos (or AK state bird!) are out in full force already! So each evening we enjoy the weather, we are batting off the bugs at the same time! To make it all worth it, Kenton got some new water toys to enjoy. He got a toy lawn mower that blows bubbles when you push it, he LOVES the bubbles! He reminds me so much of Daddy when he's out there "mowing the lawn"! He also got a slip-n-slide, and a beach ball that sprays out water. We are looking forward to many fun days this summer with these, since last summer was too cold and rainy to enjoy! A camping trip is in the plans for next weekend, if the weather holds out! Look for more blog updates with those stories once that happens!

Baby Naval Update

We finally had our first OB appointment, complete with an ultrasound. Found out that this time, there's only ONE baby in there and it has a great, strong heartbeat running about 118-126 bpm! It was such a relief to see that and to get such good news. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a little bit bummed that there weren't two babies in there, but I am certainly thankful that everything was alright though. Simply because I'd worked myself up so bad - I was so nervous before that appointment. I mean, the last time I was in that situation it wasn't good news and that's a memory I will never, ever forget. The baby was measuring right on at 6 weeks and 4 days, which is where I was at that appointment. The due date remains the same for now on 20 Dec 2009. Our next appointment andultrasound is scheduled for 20 May 09 - can't wait to see how much this little jelly bean grows between now and then! Enjoy the picture, sorry it's A LOT grainy, but it's a picture of a picture.

Alaska & Photography

I'd forgotten how beautiful Alaska was. Last year ended on a very rough note for us...and I'd simply forgotten. I pretty much gave up on seeing the beauty in anything after losing the twins and lost my drive to take pictures. My husband, being the rock that he is, must have sensed my "fever" as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer and warmer. He took me out and bought me a camera and then took me out two days in a row to get me "snapping pics" again. I love this man SOOO much!


When you live somewere as beautiful as Alaska, if you like photography, you couldn't ask for a better back drop. I wanted to post some of my newer pictures on here for you to see. Stay tuned, as I "get my groove back" I will post some more! This will be our last summer in Alaska, and I plan to really live it up! We will doing lots of camping and hiking, which will surely entail lots of great pictures.

Sunday Ice Cream Run

The weather here was BEAUTIFUL today, and boy do I have Spring Fever! I simply could not take another day sitting cooped up inside our house, so I begged hubby to get us all out of the house. We ended up doing our once infamous Sunday Ice Cream Runs. This is a beautiful drive, about 1 hour south of Anchorage, down the Seward Highway. This drive runs along the coast line the entire way, and we get to see glaciers and ice chunks moving in the ocean along beside us. Today though, the tide was out, and we got to see the mud flats with chunks of ice beached! It was pretty awesome to see.

We saw a few dall sheep as well, but they were just too high to get a good picture of. Overall though, it was just a great day to spend hanging with the family enjoying the sites. I tried to get Kyle to do some family pictures by the water, but it was really windy and he thought it was too cold.....gee, it was only about 45 degrees.... that's a heat wave for us! Anyway so only Kristina and I got some pictures, she's my little dare devil!

The ice cream was delicious at our turn around point! I had the "polar bear", which was a coconut...that tasted a lot like the coconut snow cream I make myself out of snow! Kenton and Kyle had the sweet black cherry, and Kristina had a blueberry cheesecake and cookie dough - odd combination! Kenton literally savored the flavor of his for the next 15 miles home!

Just couldn't have asked for a better day! I love my husband, I love my kids, and I love Alaska scenary on perfect weather days. Summer is coming and I can't wait!

The Viking Saute Pan

Since it was my birthday last week and Kyle didn't have time to get my a gift, I went shopping for myself and bought a pan I've been wanting for a LONG TIME! I went to Allen & Peterson's here and got this perfect Viking Saute Pan. It's something like 16" and holds 5.5 quarts. It is the perfect depth, width, weight, and everything! I love it, love it, love it! So now that I had the perfect pan, I set out to make a delicious dinner to check it out! I ended up making Pork Meatballs over Jasmine rice with vegetables. I thought I'd share the recipe here because it turned out perfect and my whole family loved it. It was super easy to make too! It just had a very clean, nice Asian flair to it that was really great!

The pork meatballs are made by Kirtland and can be found at Costco and probably Sam's or Wal-Mart too. They come in one package but with two inner containers of meatballs, I started using only one package, but it wasn't enough for us, so the next day I made the rest of them to finish up the rice! They are made with lemon grass and ginger with habanero peppers. TASTY! I simply chopped up 5-6 stalks of celery, one onion, approximately 5-6 cloves of garlic, about 2 tablespoons of cilantro, and then thinly sliced/peeled about 5-6 large carrots. Next I saute'd all these covered with vegetable oil until starting to get soft, stirring often, and then added about 1/4 - 1/2 cups of chicken stock. After these were tender and soft, I added the meatballs and simmered about 10 more minutes uncovered waiting for the chicken stock to thicken up slightly. Meanwhile, while I was doing the vegetables I had the Jasmine rice cooking in a rice cooker, but instead of water I used chicken stock to make the rice. After the rice was done I mixed it with the meatballs and vegetables, and added about 1/2 cup or so of pine nuts, and then simmered about another 5 minutes. Serve immediately and enjoy! This recipes makes a lot - you will have leftovers. My husband liked adding some soy sauce also, while I had mine served over a bed of fresh spinach. I think the meatballs are what made this dish so yummy! You'll have to try it out and let me know what you think! Maybe it was just my new pan...LOL!

Don't Mess with Kenton!

So there's no real point to this blog entry, other than the fact that I happen to love these two pictures of Kenton. They aren't the most recent pictures of him, but they are keepers! I hope you like them as much as I do.


We love the faces Kenton makes! This first one reminds me of the little kid on the Different Strokes TV show - "Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?" Couldn't resist posting it here....


The second picture fits nicely with Daddy's love of the Star Wars movies...."Use the Force Luke" We think he looks just like a little "Jedi in training" here!

The Track Star

Finally, my oldest baby has picked a sport and getting ready to compete! Kristina decided to join the track team this year at her high school. Tonight was an adventure, as I had to take her to buy some "track shoes" for her meet tomorrow. I never knew they wore anything different than just tennis shoes....boy was I wrong! So we took a little trip to Skinny Raven and got her the most fancy looking shoes I've ever seen. They are a pretty turquoise blue and green with silver and look like something out of the future! She is set to compete tomorrow morning at her first track meet. She will be running in the 400 meter and 100 meter events! Everyone wish her luck, she is very nervous! Go Mustangs - Go Kristina!

Updates & Journaling

Most of you know by now that we are expecting the newest baby Naval around 20 Dec 2009! This is exciting news for us and we are thrilled! I posted a ticker at the top of our new blog spot here, to keep everyone posted on the baby's growth and development. I will be posting any updates and ultrasound pictures, etc. to this blog spot to better share with everyone. Hope you all enjoy our new site as much as I will enjoy journaling our experiences!