This week I was sick as a dog, we think it was pneumonia, but still aren't 100% positive. The good news is I am feeling WAY better now, and I learned a lot from this experience. Here's a few things this experience made me grateful for:
- I'm grateful for a husband who faithfully holds the priesthood. Christopher was a wonderful support to me this week and alongside doting on me hand and foot and making me food he gave me a wonderful priesthood blessing. I truly believe this is the only reason I didn't get bad enough to need to go to a doctor (which I really didn't want to do based off our current health insurance status), and also know this is the reason I am feeling back to normal already.
- I'm grateful for a father-in-law who is in tune with the Spirit. Dad Andrew randomly sent us some immune system-boosting supplements in a package about a month ago "just in case we ever needed them". At the time we had no use for the medicine, but they seemed to contribute greatly to my health this week and seemed to be exactly what I needed to launch myself to the road of recovery. I guess this also means I'm grateful for a father-in-law who's a doctor!
- I'm grateful for the family prayers that were sent in my direction. I just loved knowing that I was being thought of by those I love here on earth as well as up in heaven.
- I'm grateful for the health I normally have! I can't wait to get back outside and start exploring again with Chris. I'm done being cooped up!
Needless to stay I spent pretty much the whole week in bed or on the couch. Christopher continued to study hard, go to class and work, and took care of me. And that wraps up this week.
Now for the fun stuff.....
LAST week was a blast! Our week started off as normal - work - school - studying - etc., but the end of the week was where the real fun came in.
On Thursday Chris and I went to the Logan Temple to perform initiatories. The Duersch kids have done some amazing family history work and we were so grateful to be asked to be a part of it. We took the family names that they found and started and were able to continue to help our ancestors progress in their covenants. It was also my first time doing initiatories since I went for myself and it sure was a beautiful reminder of my own covenants. (Also, for those keeping record, it was my first time in a while going to the temple and not fainting! Let's be grateful for those simple things in life.)
Now the crazy adventures for us started on Friday. Chris and I entered a competition called the Cotopaxi Questival. To set the record straight - yes, it was my idea. *Side note: Chris and I were talking a couple weeks back and he said something along the lines of, "Dani, if I ever have some crazy ideas it's ok for you to tell me we can't or shouldn't do them. Sometimes my dad has some nutty ideas and my mom has to be the level-headed one and nicely shut him down." Well this is great for mom and dad Andrew, unfortunately when it comes to Christopher and I we both have a little too much spontaneity and a little too much of a drive for adventure that it seems sometimes we don't have a level-headed part to our relationship and we do some crazy things because neither of us seem to say "no" and shut the other down in time..........* The Questival was a spontaneous adventure we randomly signed up for a few weeks back and Chris got a friend from work to join, who then brought in two more team members for us. On Friday night we went to a giant festival to start off a crazy 24 hour adventure scavenger hunt. It'd almost just be easier to tell you what we didn't do in the next 24 hours - such as sleep - but instead I will show some pictures (not all of them, that would take FOREVER!) in an attempt to give you a glimpse of the madness we somehow willingly signed up to do.......
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| Donating food to the Utah Food Bank |
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| Eating food from a food truck |
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| Watch a sunset |
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| Share a dutch oven meal with another team |
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| Visiting a museum |
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| Drove all night....... to get to Canyonlands |
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| Watching the sunrise from False Kiva - we made the hike harder than it should be by bouldering instead of following the nice trail...typical... |
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| Visiting Arches! |
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| Bouldering |
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| Eating fry sauce at a Diner |
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| Take a picture of someone with a beard, flannel, and a dog |
You can see the whole story (including some funny videos) at our team's website: http://questivalteams.cotopaxi.com/category/2015/salt-lake-city/24h-the-original-salt-lake-city/stoke-level-rad
Warning if you choose to watch the videos: we make the cat food sound WAY better than it is - I definitely spit mine out the minute the camera stopped filming and we highly suggest to never eat wet cat food, it's disgusting.
Also, we fly out to Alaska in just 13 days! If any of our family in Utah (Sorry Brading family out in WI and Roylances in WA) wants to see us before we go and we haven't arranged a time to meet up let us know. We are planning on being down in the Salt Lake-Highland-Pleasant Grove area next weekend and the end of the following week for a bit and would love to hug everybody goodbye.
Warning if you choose to watch the videos: we make the cat food sound WAY better than it is - I definitely spit mine out the minute the camera stopped filming and we highly suggest to never eat wet cat food, it's disgusting.
Also, we fly out to Alaska in just 13 days! If any of our family in Utah (Sorry Brading family out in WI and Roylances in WA) wants to see us before we go and we haven't arranged a time to meet up let us know. We are planning on being down in the Salt Lake-Highland-Pleasant Grove area next weekend and the end of the following week for a bit and would love to hug everybody goodbye.
Remember to pray and remember to play but not eat cat food,
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew
