Quick update on Treven...

We went to the orthopedic surgeon today and he ordered an MRI for Monday morning then we have another appointment with the doctor on Thursday. So one more week until we really, for sure, know what is going on within that knee of his. The doctor is thinking it is a lateral meniscus tear and possibly a partial tear of his ACL because of the tests he did today. He said there definitely is something going on because the x-ray they took looked perfect and nothing was out of place, but when we went to the ER they did pop something back into place. Something is going on and we have to wait another week...

We're Twisted Pretzel was a little too expensive...

So tonight Treven and I decide to go to a Pretzel place here tonight with the girls. We wanted to be able to take them out of the house and get a little snack for FHE. Well we get there and Treven gets in the back of the car to get McKenzie out of her car seat while I was getting Melia. All of a sudden I hear this scream... sounds familiar to me. He has made the same scream when he has popped his knee out of socket, but this time he wasn't able to get it back into place. We sat there for about 5-10 minutes while he continued to try and push it back into place. Melia was laughing at him the whole time because she thought he was trying to scare her. We then decide, "Okay maybe we should go to the urgent care before it closes." We show up at 7:55 PM and I can see that they are locking the door. They close at 8. So I run up to see if maybe they can just let us in and just pop it back into place real quick. She informs me that they don't take patients after 7:50 so we need to go to the hospital. Well that is just wonderful! We are moving in three weeks and Treven's last day of Pepsi was this Friday so the insurance was going to be ending this Friday. We believe all of this came from when Treven first popped his knee out when we went snowboarding back in February of 2006! In the last 3 months he has popped his knee out probably 3 to 4 times. I called our friend Linzi to see if she can come grab the girls and she met us there. All this time Treven is still in the back seat, in A LOT of pain from whatever is happening. We are trying to decide what to do because we don't want to spend a bunch of money. But I kept getting a feeling that we did need to go since he definitely was not able to pop it back into place. Well we decide we do need to go to the ER and we will be able to work out the money part later. We get to the ER and Treven cannot get out of the car so I run in and the nurse comes out with wheelchair. Three guys helped him get out of the back seat. He could not straighten his knee at all! We get him admitted and they take him straight back and give him X-rays. Doctor comes in and tells us that it is not fractured, but that he thinks it is a buckle tear in the meniscus of his right leg. He proceeds to pop Treven's knee into place then give us some pain medicine for his knee. Treven has to wear a knee immobilizer so that he is not able to bend his knee at all. We now have to go see an orthopedic surgeon by the end of the week. We will see if he will have to get the surgery soon or after we move to Washington. We don't know what will happen, we are just trusting in the Lord that everything will work out. Treven is obviously not able to work his last 4 days of work. They said we can keep our insurance, but we will just have to pay a little more. I am so stressed out already with the move and now we have this... what did Treven do when we get home? Popped in Twilight to watch with me and help me forget about the stress. I love him!

Daddy and Melia making Milkshakes

I copied our friends Linzi and Sam! But it was such a fun idea that we had to do it. Melia absolutely loved it. When she says milk shake she shakes her whole body! It is hilarious! Here are the pictures from Treven and Melia making strawberry milkshakes and yes we are making them in the food processor. Melia misplaced the rubber ring for the blender... only piece we are missing...oh two year olds!

Bows I made since my girls have no hair!

I decided to make some bows because people keep calling McKenzie a boy. So here they are!

Compare the Girls... Wow they are different!

Just got all of Melia's baby pictures transferred to the Mac. It is so weird to go through and see how fast everything went. Found similar picture of Melia at McKenzie's age right now. Here we go... look at the differences... Definitely Melia is showing the Stinchfield side and McKenzie is showing the Perry side! I always just thought... well she looks like Melia but with brown hair and eyes.. boy was I wrong!

Diploma/Teaching License and things I have made lately

I am in charge of Birthdays in Relief Society. I made this for the girls for their birthdays


Made this for Maureen for her birthday last week. It is a photo frame

From Snow Fest back in January

Girls Valentine Pajamas

Melia's face is priceless... she thought the bear was real...

Treven and Melia walking on a snowy path

Family Picture in the freezing cold!

More pictures

She wanted to wear Mommy's shoes and shirt...

Took a lot of pictures of her with her Pink dogs

Her "silly face"

Melia likes to act like she is sleeping when she doesn't want to do something.

McKenzie chowing down some food!

Picture... Lots and lots of pictures!

Giggles from McKenzie

She would not sleep today at all, but at least she was like this all day... It was strange...

Melia counting

Video of McKenzie "crawling" ??

She has been doing this for about a week, but Hey! It is getting her around everywhere when she wants to play. She is at the same place that Melia was at this age so we will see if it continues with the walking. If so, it will be when we are in Vancouver.

It has been a while...

We are so sick of winter here in Rexburg... only a month and a half left. We both would LOVE to have rain any day over this weather. We reserved our moving truck a couple of weeks ago and we will be leaving Rexburg on April 15th then stopping for the night in Boise to split the trip up. Then we will be getting into Vancouver on the 16th. Treven will be starting classes with WSU Vancouver on May 11th. He has not planned his classes yet because at WSU you have to meet with your advisor every semester before you sign up classes which I think is awesome! Treven plans on going year round and he has around 5 semesters left so that would be he would be done by December of 2010... Kind of stinks that way because he will have to wait a full year to begin Medical School. It is just crazy to think that there is an end in sight.
As far as jobs in Vancouver for me, I am trying to contact Vancouver Public School District because there is a health teacher retiring this year from Alki Middle School (in Salmon Creek where Mom and Dad are at) which would be perfect. The school district is weird in the fact that they don't really post jobs on their website or so I have heard from teachers that work there. But they say they will not look at applications that are not from a job posting. I also heard from Mom and Dad that they are coming to Idaho and Wyoming to do job interviews for teaching positions so I am also looking into that. We will see if they respond back to me in the next week. Please keep us in your prayers that I may be able to find the best possible option for us! Of course even if I do get the job I will have the summer off for the most part. If I don't end up getting a full time position... I will probably just substitute around 3 to 4 days a week since they are having a subsitute shortage in the Vancouver area right now... That is enough of that rambling.
The girls are doing great. I cannot believe that McKenzie is 7 months old! She is scooting all over the place... so close to crawling. She was sick from about a week and a half, but now my giggling active baby is back and all over. She started sitting up on her own about 3 weeks ago and she is getting stronger. She loves to stand up or pull herself up on our hands. She absolutely LOVES electronics... controllers, the laptop, and cell phones and such. Her personality is really coming out and we are loving it. Melia loves being able to play with her sister more. Melia loves church. We had to miss church a week ago due to the girls and I being sick and so everyday she has been asking to go to church. Today we pulled up and she just screamed YAY! CHURCH! The other day she walked over to the corner of the room and folded her arms... We asked her what she was doing and she said " I am in BIG trouble!" We have never said that to her so we have no idea where she got it from! Also when McKenzie was sick our neighbor Andy and Treven gave McKenzie a blessing. Ever since then Melia pretends that she is being Daddy and giving McKenzie a blessing. Melia loves to paint so I buy these wooden cut outs of different shapes and animals and I starting making them into magnets for the fridge when she finishes painting them... Papa and Grammy, look for yours in the mail! She wanted to send some to you. Those are some things lately that have been going on with the girls.
I did get my diploma and Idaho State Teaching License like a month or so ago. I took pictures just to prove it to Mom and Dad... I need to post some recent pictures of the girls and stuff since I haven't lately so sorry if there are a lot!
I have been trying to stay busy with crafts and such. I am on the fellow shipping committee and in charge of birthdays so this weekend I made a little wall hanging for each of the girls on their birthdays. I will have to take pictures and post those as well. I love them and got many compliments at church and that girls couldn't wait until it was their birthday... only problem is I will only be here for another month and a half. So I am going to make extras for them to have for a little while until they have someone take over my calling! I was going to be coaching a club team in Idaho Falls, but since we are moving I would only be there for 5 practices. I didn't think it was fair to the girls, but I am helping them with this weeks practice since they haven't found a coach yet.
Sorry for the long boring post... just thought an update from us could help with the blog moving along! If there are grammar problems it is because I am tired, but waiting for Treven to be done studying! So deal with it!