Silicone vs. Saline

I have the next surgery date set for December 16th.  This surgery is to take out the expanders and to put in the implants.  My homework is to research and decide what sort of implant to use, silicone or saline?  Any thoughts?
  I also wanted to put a few pictures with me using the Coz "E" pillow that my mom made for me.  I am sure I will be using it again after this next surgery.  She made two of these for me, I used this blue one ALL the time!  I slept with it, sat with it and just snuggled with it.  It gives a lot of chest protection, it works great!  The other one she made is a bit smaller and skinnier, I used that one in the car to protect my chest from the seatbelt.  It is still in the car now and someone is always using it. 

             These are MUST HAVES if you or someone you know is going to have a mastectomy. 

My favorite way to use it.  Ahhh..I just might sleep with it tonight.

You can also use it this way.

Life with Roman

I tried to walk into his bedroom and was caught with a surprise.  I got all tangled up in string.  The second picture is Roman's reaction.

 The third picture is right before his 30-mile bike ride that he went on with the scouts.  We found out about it about one week prior.  So we tried to ride as much as we could to try and train him for it.  He was gone from 9:30 to 4:30 last Saturday.  He had an amazing time and even learned a few things about evergreens and cattails along the way.  He said he learned that he could do things that were really hard and that he could run faster than someone riding a bike (not too sure about that last one).  They stopped for a break along the way and he said he laid down on the pavement and he was so tired, it actually was comfortable.  Those boys worked hard and had a wonderful time.  Thank you to a wonderful scout leader who seems to know exactly what 10-11 year old boys love to do!

TOFW and TOFG

Meg and I went up to Portland for the Time Out for Women and Time Out for Girls conference.  Unfortunately, I started getting sick the day before we left, so I wasn't feeling great.  But, we still had a wonderful time with our friends and family that were there.  We were able to stay in a hotel close to the convention center, and they had a shuttle, so we didn't even have to walk in the rain.  At the convention center, the girls were upstairs in the ballroom and all the women were downstairs.  We had a great time.

We met John Bytheway! 

 



Saw some friends from our ward, while waiting in line to get autographs from GENTRI.

 

And of course, a picture with the singing trio GENTRI.  

 

It was so fun to be there with Meg.  It was also really fun to see her "fan-girl" side come out. 

Oh, how I love this girl of mine!!  

Veteran's Day Parade

We enjoyed watching the parade this morning.  Roman and his troop walked the 3-mile loop.

Things are busy, busy around here.  It seems that we are always running someone somewhere.  Meg has gone to Eugene tonight for a BE SMART devotional.  Friday we are going up to Portland for the Time Out for Women and the Time Out for Girls conference.  It is going to be awesome.  It is Meg's first time going, so I am so excited for her to have such a wonderful experience.  Another highlight is that John Bytheway is one of the speakers.  We have a lot of his talks on CDs and we are excited to get to see him, hear him and feel of the spirit in the room when he speaks.  Since it is sort of a "girls weekend" Roman will be having a sleepover at a friend's house.  Fun times all around for everyone. 

Yachats

We spent Friday and Saturday on the beach in Yachats, near Florence.  It was a beautiful weekend, hardly any wind at all.  It was so nice to see Dean and Kathie.  We really enjoyed spending some time with them.  Friday we searched tide pools, enjoyed the view of the ocean, ate dinner, watched a movie and the kids enjoyed the pool and hot tub.  Saturday morning we saw the Devil's Churn, Cape Perpetua and Heceta Head lighthouse.  After Dean and Kathie had to head to Scott's for the night, we decided to go to Sea Lion Caves.  We were a bit disappointed that there weren't any in the cave, but we did see some out in the water.  We also saw a whale!!  Well, to be honest we saw his back and the spray of water coming up.  But, I had not ever seen that before, so it was pretty cool.  Then we went to the beach and had our lunch.  The beach was gorgeous.  We had so much fun running around on the sand and drawing with our sticks.  There is something about the beach that is so rejuvenating and calming.  It was something that we definitely needed.  It was a great weekend!

                                                                Exploring the beach

                                                     A beautiful, stormy, rough ocean

                                                         So nice to see so many ferns!

                                                                At Devil's Churn

                                                       These trees are beautiful and creepy.

                                                       Roman having fun with the waves.

                                                          We love you grandma and grandpa!

Halloween

We love Halloween!  We went to our church trunk-r-treat, Meg helped run the "Fishing Pond" game for the little kids and Roman was busy wheeling around with his friends.  Afterwards, we took Roman and a friend for some real trick-r-treating in a neighborhood.  The boys had so much fun, they got spooked by a few houses, got loads of candy, and after about an hour were so tired of carrying their big bags of candy that they were passing up houses just to get to the car.  It was hilarious.  Meg and I walked the neighborhood with them and we were both wearing shoes that weren't that comfortable.  Meg actually ditched her shoes and just walked barefoot.  But, thankfully the rain held off until we were on our way home.  It was a great night.

                                           Wow--time flies by--Roman is an old man already

                                                                Meg-Tinkerbell