A blur

This week was kind of a blur. I remember doing things. I know I wasn't sitting around playing Candy Crush all day. But if there weren't pictures, I may not be able to tell you more than a few things that stick out to me. Maybe that's better sometimes. :)

The things that stick out:

1--I went back to the wholistic medicine office that I went to a few weeks ago (about my hair falling out) and got the results of my blood tests. Basically I'm falling apart. My intestines aren't doing their job because I have a gluten sensitivity and a candida problem. My hormones are super out-of-whack, and my iron stores are so low, I would probably have become anemic any minute. Plus my thyroid is doing its job, but my body isn't using the results very well, so I have a thyroid problem, too.

It's nice to know that all these weird symptoms I've been having *do* have a cause. Fixing all these things at once has me feeling a little dizzy and a little sorry for myself though. The doctor wants me to go gluten-free and sugar-free for 2 months. Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are within the next two months. **extreme sad face**

2--we cleaned out our garage yesterday. Like pulled everything out, took an entire car-load to DI, and scrubbed the whole thing down, cleaned. I found three black widows in there in the last month, so it had to be done.

3--I had to teach the lesson in Relief Society today. It was about our committment to God. I felt completely unprepared despite reading the lesson four times and praying over it every day this week. But people seemed to like it, so I guess the Spirit spoke to them even if I didn't feel up to the task. It was also good for me to be reminded of the blessings that come from committing ourselves to God.

Things I wouldn't have remembered without pictures:

1--On Thursday was the Monster Mash Dash at the school. Mira and Emilia both ran and Mira was way better at it. Emilia really does hate running. As she ran by on her second of three laps, she told me, "I'm even more tired than I was when I played soccer!" Mira happily jogged all three laps, chatting with different boys from her class. (That's Mira in white.)

2--On Friday night, Steve took Emilia to her soccer team party, which was a pizza party before being the ball girls for UVU's soccer game. Emilia said when she got home that the best part was being able to play soccer with her teammates during half-time and having everybody watching them. The being watched by the crowd was the best part. Oh my. That night I watched a movie and made these letters. I need to tie them together and hang them up somewhere. That's probably as far as my decorating is going to go this year.

Other random pictures of my cute kids: