weekend in island park.

after our new years celebrations, i had a bit of recovery ahead of me. on wednesday i got the stomach flu and thursday morning we were scheduled to head to island park for the weekend with norman's family and some of their friends that have a cabin up there. {they are so nice to let us come with them}.

 

i didn't feel super great the whole trip so i didn't do any sledding or other snow adventures, but look at this absolutely stunning view.

{i took this on the back of the truck while driving in to the unplowed driveway}

so what did i do, you ask? well, we played lots of games like bananagrams, scrabble slam {word games aren't my thing...}, 7 up 7 down, and of course some nerts.

 

there was lots of food, so everyone ate tons, which i would've loved normally, but i still had a tender tummy....stupid.

 

we also watched movies, and i read my book and took this fabulous picture of my bookmark and sent it to my friend {who is the one in the picture}.

 



 

all in all it was very enjoyable and relaxing. my sister-in-law had to leave early saturday morning to get back to pocatello, so norman and i drove with her since i wasn't feeling too great the night before.

 

i caught this pic of the sun rising behind the tetons.



 

it was a pretty drive and i stayed awake during almost all of it...once we hit idaho falls though..i was done for...that's such a boring stretch.

 

anywho..hope everyone else is enjoying their winter break! for most people, school started today, but for us lucky {or rather, pretty unlucky} isu students...we have til the 14th! woot woot!

priest lake plague

you know what's not that cool?

braggin about how everyone got sick up at priest lake but me...and then 2 days later.....gettin sick.

that's what is not...that cool.

this was the last picture taken on this bed before i made it my home for 48 hours+.

but it's so darn cute isn't it?

these are my 2 little twin nieces that we live with snuggled up to my husband watching the olympics...oh it is so cute.

this night is where it all went wrong though.

about 10 o clock pm is when the horror started. i started feeling sick to my stomach and it's been downhill ever since.

6-7 hours of throwing up every 10 minutes {no exaggeration there} coupled with some other issues = misery.

but let me just tell you, my husband was an absolute gem.

norman and i have been married for a little over a year and a half and in that time i have not gotten the flu.

and this time, not only did i get the flu, but it was the worst flu i have ever gotten. i have never in my life been this sick.

and he was adorable.

i slept on the bathroom floor on a bed that he made for me with blankets and pillows, and a couple seconds after i was all settled in he came on in with his blanket and pillow to sleep next to me.

he stayed up with me all night, making sure i had everything i needed, rinsing out the bowl i would have to throw up in {too much detail?...i don't care...you have to hear it} getting me sprite, going out in the kitchen to make crushed ice for me to suck on.

oh my word it honestly was the sweetest thing. he was so great the whole time.

i have now spent a full 48 hours since then in bed, completely exhausted. and he has still been so wonderful. i have felt so loved and cared for {in fact he is out getting me and my sister, who also got sick, a jamba right now....he's so great}. :) love that boy so much.

let me just tell you, that is true love, cause anyone else who wouldn't seen me that night would've been completely disgusted :)

the good news is, i dropped 7 lbs.

{guess that'll happen when you empty everything in your entire body}.

and

i've gotten to watch the olympics 24-7

so, moral of the story is:

my husband is amazing and...

never brag about not getting the preist lake plague because it will then strike you with full force.

have a good weekend :)

In sickness and in health.

i have been wanting to do a blog post for a couple days now but have not found the time....why? you ask?

cause i've been sick.

ugh...the worst.

i don't get sick very often so i am not really a great sick person. i'm a baby about it. but my husband is fabulous. loves to cuddle me and love on me to make me feel better. he's so great.

so i've been doing a lot of this:

which is a lot of pixar/dreamworks movies, snuggling with blankies i've had since i was 5, saltines, and my ipad.

it's been a good time.

but before i got sick i have been havin some good times.

norm and i had a date night where we went and got a snack at a gas station {big hunks of course}, then went to home depot to pick out everything we would want in our future dream house.

then on to Mckee's pet store of course to pick out our dream dogs.

they were adorable of course and we would've left with that dang black lab if we had the chance. she was so cute {norman even named her cheyenne} :)

then it was my sisters birthday....we of course had to go back to mckee's to hold the puppies:

13 years ago on kelsey's birthday she got a puppy just like this one. :( miss you sami girl. we thought about bringin this one home in memory of her.

this was the unfortunate day when my sickness kicked in with full force. not so fun.

sore throat.

swollen lymph nodes.

headaches.

hot flashes.

dizziness.

nausea.

it's been a blast.

i also have this weird lump in my neck that i had the opportunity to go get an ultrasound on to see what it is.

i'll keep you updated on that. :)

so that has been the recent happenings here at our home.

 not too shabby.