My pacer

It has been a year since I got my pacemaker. Which happens to be on of my favorite Christmas gifts I have ever received. I am so happy I got it and it has changed my life for the better. My heart was in such poor shape, and barely beating on its own.  My pacemaker is very hi tech and is able to tell my doctor all sorts of information.  My pacemaker is a "demand pacemaker", so if my heart decides to  work then my pacemaker does not fire.  When I had my first follow up appointment my heart was sending signals to beat less than 1% of the time.  At that appointment they turned my pacer off for a few seconds and I immediately almost passed out, until they turned it back on.  I was fully dependent on my pacemaker, and felt like we got it put in just in time.

3 months ago I had my last check up and I got the best news. My heart was "waking up" as my doctor put it. He said he has no medical explanation for why this is happening. My heart is beating on its own about 32% of the time.They even turned my pacemaker off for a little bit and I did not have that familiar passing out feeling.  I left the appointment crying tears of joy. I had to laugh because everyone I know would not be happy if their heart was beating on its own 32% of the time, but I sure was. By pacemaker battery will also last longer if my heart decides to work more.

One thing that my pacemaker has allowed me to do is get back to the gym.  I have not been able to run, and will probably never run again, but I can do the elliptical machine. I have even able to lose 20+ pounds, and I am feeling so good. It is amazing how this pacemaker has helped me feel normal.

Some days my heart does bad things and I will have palpitations, and some irregular rhythms, my doctor says that is still the stubborn arrhythmia coming through.  I am so grateful for your prayers.  I know that my doctor can't explain medically why my heart is waking up, but I know that prayers and faith are the reason to why it is waking up.

The Robertsons

Seth and Suzanne are expecting their first child. We are so very happy for them. Seth has this really cool newsboy cap that he wears.

While we were in Idaho Falls on Saturday doing some Christmas shopping, we spotted a father and his son both wearing a newsboy cap. I nudged Sarah and said, "Hey there is Seth in 6 years."

Congratulations you guys!!!

Turkey Day

We had a fabulous turkey day in Burley.  We started the day with a 5K turkey trot. I did not participate in the trot, but did my duty as the photographer. 

Attorney

Back in October we headed up again to Boise to have Joe sworn in as one of the newest attorneys in Idaho. I am so proud of him!

Joe is in that sea of new attorneys getting sworn in. 

Isn't he handsome?

Our place

I apologize fore being completely nonexistent from the blogging world. I have been super busy watching Gilmore Girls, finishing up by bachelors degree in nursing and working. Plus not much has happened up here, so I didn't want to bore you with our lives. 

We live in Chubbuck, which is right next to Pocatello. It's basically the same and is like explaining the relationship of Orem and Provo. We have a cute little 2 bedroom town home  For the first time in our marriage we are not basement dwellers. We have loved the other 2 places we have lived, but it is nice to live above ground finally. 

Our place, there are about 300 other town homes that look just like it. 

About a week after we moved in Joe drove up to the wrong apartment and tried to open the door. After a few minutes he realized he was at the wrong apartment. 

Our front room

This is what I look at on my days off :)

Our kitchen! I love our kitchen! Love, love, love, but we need to invest in bar stools.

Our guest bedroom. We like it best when we have guests that use it.  

Now you have a tour of most of our apartment. This cozy guest bed is just waiting for visitors :)

My husband...the attorney

Joseph T. Preston, Esquire

If you haven't heard the great news then I am excited to tell you that today we got the results from the Idaho State Bar exam and found out that Joe is now officially an attorney. Congratulations Joe!!!! I am so proud of you!
He gets sworn in on October 4th!!

Disneyland just got better

This post might be terribly reminiscent of the post from 3 months ago, but we went back to Disneyland with the Preston's and that deserves its own blog post. We got to spend 3 days at Disneyland, and we left completely exhausted. 

I have to tell you about the HIDDEN MICKEY'S if you have not heard of them. It is fun to keep entertained waiting in lines, or even to look for while you are on the ride. We bought a book and it gave us hints to where they were and I especially became obsessed with finding them. Some of the pictures of them are down below. 

Possibly one of my favorite memories is meeting Rapunzel. Tom also really wanted to meet her and was more than willing to wait in line with me for an hour.  Joe was excited deep down inside but tried not to show it. 

The only way to do the new CARS ride is by the fast passes. Other people were waiting in line for about 2 hours. The ride is good but not worthy of a 2 hour wait. 

We got a magic morning which is we got in an hour before the park officially opens. We rode about 6 rides in 1 hour.

One of the many hidden Mickeys

Another hidden Mickey, found while waiting in line at the Tower of terror. We rode it about 6 times each day, so we looked at this often. 

If you haven't done the animation station at California adventure then  you have not fully experienced Disneyland. It is also a great escape if you desperately need some air conditioning.  

Proud boys showing off their Mickey Mouse drawings they learned to do in 20 minutes at the animation station.  

We were stuck in the cars ride for about 20 minutes. It took the who excitement  out of the ride. 

Fast passes anyone? We built up quite the collection, which meant we hardly ever waited in line