The Lovely Cabin

In the summer my family and I take lots of trips to our cabin. We spent memorial weekend at our cabin because of the 3 day weekend and that was the first time my family and I went up for a trip this year. My dad built the cabin when my sister’s and I were little and we spent almost every weekend up there at that time so now my sister’s and I are a little sick of it but we still love it because so many memories were made there. Here are some pictures of the trip my family and I took. Also, I probably won’t be posting very many posts for awhile. I am trying to get my balance really good before I go back to school so I am going to be working hard on my balance until then.

Someday...

Today was kind of a yucky day. It has been raining a lot lately and come on, it's May, the weather should be wonderful but it's not! My sister's, their kid's, and I all wanted to go outside but it kept raining and was cold so we all spent the day inside. I love summer day's so I want the rain to go away but I guess i'll enjoy it because it's all I can do right now anyway!



My sister Aubrey holding her little boy Blake, my sister Marie holding her newborn baby Ava, and Marie's little boy Logan sitting just below her eating a chip. Trying to enjoy being inside.

Oh, and I really like these shoes! I can kind of be obsessive with shopping sometimes and I'm pretty sad that I can't wear high heels right now, it would be impossible to wear them, my balance is still really horrible! I'll just dream until that day comes...

Create Video by Elder Uchtdorf

I know this video is kind of old but I still love it and it still remains true. My sister showed me this video when I was in the hospital last year and at that time it was very hard to see. I had to squint and look at the screen just at the right angle to see the picture and now I can see the picture really good, I love how time can heal! Really, we have the power to create and I am so grateful that we can because right now my body is having to create new pathways for my brain to use so I can have all those functions that my body once had. Really, having this experience I have learned how amazing the body is blessed to be. Also, a ballet teacher that I had at BYU-Idaho, Sister Dienhart had a stroke herself. She was thought by doctors that she would never be able to walk again but re-learned to walk and is now back TEACHING DANCE! I don’t know the whole story, I only know bits and pieces but she is amazing and I think of her a lot when I feel something is too hard or I can’t do it. I e-mailed her asking her thoughts of me being in dance class in the fall and she e-mailed me back telling me to take the class of hers and also she will help me a lot. I am so excited! I know the Lord helps me achieve my goals when I do what is right and when I rely on the Lord for help! I can’t wait for the feeling of being back in the dance room again!

Happy Birthday Megan!

My friend Megan is on a mission for the LDS church in San Diego, California. Her birthday is coming up and I made her a blanket. I made the blanket by crocheting and it has been great for my occupational therapy. Occupational is everyday tasks that people do like cooking, cleaning, or the fine motor skills like writing or putting on make-up, etc.

Also, I am now in an institute class and I really liked this talk that my teacher used in her lesson: Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer
Elder Richard G. Scott
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Utah Valley Specialty Hospital

Utah Valley Specialty Hospital, the hospital I stayed at and been going to for my rehabilitation since after being in the ICU in Idaho. They had an anniversary party for their success of being a hospital since their opening and I was invited to the celebration as a guest speaker to tell a little bit about my stay at the hospital and about my experience thus far.

I have had some wonderful therapist and these are few of them. Left to right is Nikki, Brittany, me, and Shanlon.

Re-learning to walk - Videos

Here is video’s of me pretty much re-learning how to be a normal person again. The first video is of me at physical therapy, second video is me practicing walking at our cabin, third video is after I left the rehab hospital and my family and I took a trip to St. George. The last video I just put on my blog to show what it was like at that point in my life. That video was taken about a month after the accident occurred. I just left the ICU and was then taken to a Rehab Hospital where I was to re-learn practically everything. I now want to start focusing on the future and what is going on now in my life so this will be my last post about the past. Also, I want to announce that I am pretty sure that I will be going back to BYU-Idaho in the fall. I can change my mind kind of fast so it is still a maybe, but I feel like going back in the fall would be a really good choice and since I’m doing really well right now, I’m pretty positive it will happen. It may be kind of hard but I feel I can do it right now and that is 4 months away so hopefully by then I’ll be doing so much better that it won’t be too hard.

Cake Mix Cookies

My favorite cookies of all time, cake mix cookies! So good and so simple! I learned the recipe in my Junior High homemaking class. These cookies I made for my Laurels class I taught last Sunday and I made them extra good (and extra fattening) by adding some M&M candies, putting frosting on the bottom, and then sticking 2 together. Really, do whatever you want to them. I love chocolate so I made the cookies out of a chocolate cake mix. Here is recipe below:
2 eggs
3 Tbs. butter
Cake mix
And that is everything! Its okay if the ingredients don’t stick together very good, don’t worry, it’s supposed to be that way. 350 degrees is what the oven tempter is set at. Bake for 5-7 minutes or if you don’t think they are done enough, keep them in longer, I like mine to be kind of doughy. They will seem undone, but let them sit, they will harden. Add whatever you think will be good and there you go, that’s everything!