oh the weather outside is frightful!!

no that is not a ball of cotton, or whatever you can imagine that to be.... but clearly you wouldn't think that was snow... but it is and i absolutely despise it right now. my hands are unthawing as i type because it is so cold outside... what is this!!! it's almost my birthday... and time for May flowers!! everyone else in the world is enjoying the sun and nice spring weather and i get to walk to school in this! who wouldn't want to live in rexburg! 

this is april 21st outside of my apartment!!!

and this is tonight... allllll over my car!!!

rexburg, get some sun and maybe someone might like you!

reunited and engaged

you may remember when my roommates and i went celebowling (celebrating our end of semester with a game of bowling) 

well my friend megan and i decided to go visit our roommate up in rexburg to recreate our celebratory bowling.. although we were celebrating other things this time... amanda is getting MARRIED. she just got engaged a couple of days ago but we had known about the wedding for a little while. we became really close with amanda during the last month of our semester... sad it didn't  happen sooner. i'm so excited for her! glad we all became close friends! always a good time with these girls!

we're back!!! us 3 1/2 months later.. 

congrats amanda.!

health update

So most people besides my family don't know that i've been having minor health problems. For awhile i have not been feeling the greatest. My mom mostly noticed that i was tired, fatigued, and cold all the time (common college student symptoms especially in idaho). i also was having a hard time loosing weight with dieting. Last fall my mom took me into the doctor to get a checkup and blood test to check all my different levels just incase. from my test results it showed that i had a hyperactive thyroid. We then went to a thyroid specialists to have some more tests done. He wasn't able to do treat it till my thyroid died (for lack of a better term) and became hypoactive. i waited several months and had blood tests done to track my thyroid. In november, they finally called us back and said my thyroid had gone hypoactive. They put me on medicine, that i take every morning, to help make my thyroid normal.

For those that don't know, the thyroid controls all of our hormones. It's really important that my hormone levels return to normal for many reasons. i had a checkup in january to see how i was doing. i still didn't feel any better, so they ran a blood test to see if everything was still normal. Turned out that my thyroid levels are good and normal..... so something else was wrong.

My doctor wondered if i was insulin resistant. He had me come in and test for that. i went in at 8 in the morning and they put an IV in my arm. They gave me a drink that was strictly glucose (sugar) to test my insulin levels. Every half hour they would come in and draw blood. They did this for 2 1/2 hours. It was kind of a long process but in the end it would be worth it. We actually got my test results back and it said i tested negative for insulin resistance. phew i thought! but at the bottom it said i was hypoglycemic. My mom's mom was hypoglycemic as well. we didn't really know what to do from there so we just waited till i had my next checkup.

I went to my checkup today and it was a bit of a shocker. My doctor told me that i was insulin resistant and that i had severe hypoglycemia. We didn't understand my tests results that well so i wasn't aware that i was insulin resistant. My doctor told me that i have very low blood sugar levels that most people would pass out at those levels. i constantly go day to day with those low levels which is the answer to why i feel so crummy all the time. Insulin resistance can also tie in with Alzheimer's disease. My mom's mom also was diagnosed with this disease. Also if i don't change anything that i'm doing right now i will gain 50-70 pounds in one year. That totally freaked me out. soooo.... he put me on medicine to help make my insulin levels normal. He also wants me to count my carbs every day. 3 meals a day-at most 30 carbs and 3 snacks a day- at most 15 carbs. This will help my blood sugar levels to normal out. Also for working out, he said interval training is best. This has been quite the long road trying to figure out what was wrong with me. Even though i had quite the scare today, i am glad we finally figured everything out. Now i can turn things around and get my health back to normal. i am definitely going to miss my sweets but i really need to make a change! i have a checkup in four months so we'll see how things work out! i'm hoping for the best!

i'm an aunt... again!

pierce jenson barlow was finally born on April 6th at 5:00 am. at 6 lbs and 8 oz that little guy is doing really good. i'm so happy for my sister kandis and her family. she was really ready for baby pierce to come!    kandis is such an awesome mom and pierce is lucky to have her and adam as parents. i can't wait till i get to see my new nephew! congrats barlows to the new addition! love you guys!

saint geezy

my best friend megan and me decided to road trip down to st. george for a couple of days. we needed a break from the amazing idaho falls. also our friend cami cooper goes to esthetician school down there so we also went to visit her. it was a long 8 hours down and back but it was worth it. we had a really good time. the only downside was the weather was horrible the whole time we were there... i mean come on when is it not sunny in st. george. we did a lot of shopping and eating ha so we enjoyed ourselves. megan's grandparents live down there and they were so nice to let us stay with them. we are really glad we went.. a much needed trip for me before i head back to school.

us on the the drive there... way too excited to finally get there!

one of the nights we went to a restaurant called Samurai 21 and we sat at the hibachi grill. it was really fun because we hadn't done that before and the food was delicious.

i caught the guy right as he caught the egg on his spatula and cracked it... it was sweet. 

our delicious spread!

cam and me that night... sadly this is the only picture i got of us two this trip. haha it was too bad but oh well. she's a busy girl!

megs and me went to this cupcake place there and had ourselves some 'cupshakes' and they were delicious! we also found these awesome pop bottles and had to get some... 

yup... she's my best friend

on our last day there we went and had breakfast at this delicious breakfast place called Bear Paw Cafe. they are famous for their belgian waffles and boy were they delicious... i kinda went all out and had the Chocolate Fudge-Brownie Waffle.. it was seriously so good. and it had a scoop of ice cream on top.. who doesn't love dessert for breakfast!  yummmmm

we also checked out the st. george temple... really pretty especially at night!

and brigham young's winter home... we thought that was pretty cool too!

 

thanks st. george for a wonderful trip... we'll be back soon for some better weather!

.general conference.

we love conference! haha i was able to go to the sunday afternoon session with my parents.. what an amazing session! 

this lady is so cute!