Life and Times of The Johnston family: April First Couple Weeks, Tony's Birthday and Casper!

Let's start with Thursday May 31st, I got a call from my doctor's office about my lab results. It was not good news. Ever since Eric passed away from liver disease complications they've been keeping a close eye on my liver enzymes which were moderate the first time they checked them. With this time the enzymes in my liver were high, indicating liver disease. She told me to immediatly start a strict diet of 1200-1500 mgs of sodium, few proccessed foods, no red meat and I even have to limit the amount of fruits and egg yokes I eat. I can however have as many veggies as I want...and am encouraged to eat lots. I was also just at the border for type 2 diabetes so she suggested I add that diet in while I'm at it, so low sugar and carbs, plenty of fiber and protein. My bad cholesterol could come down too, but she said if I followed those diets and kept my daily caloric consumption between 1000-1200 it was bound to come down. She emailed me some reading matierial and websites that would help. It was really overwhelming actually! Tony and I went shopping that evening for my new way of eating....it's pretty tricky and has taken A LOT of getting used to. I was really hungry the first few days, but it's getting better. Tuesday the 5th was a non-stop day for the kids and I! It started with Lizzy's eye exam in the morning which was fine. then in the afternoon we went to her medication follow up and decided to increase her anxiety medication just a bit. They were running behind so the kids(especially Devin) was getting worried were going to be late to the movie. You see my dad's work reserved a theater showing Zootopia and of course my kids were ok with seeing it again! Luckily we made it there in time just fine. We met up with my parents and Jen and Daniel, and got popcorn for the kids and Tony. I brought lightly salted peanuts, and a Kashi cherry and dark chocolate granola bar, for my sweet and salty. The kids loved the movie just as much the 2nd time! And always enjoy seeing their cousin Daniel and Aunt Jen! Wednesday was Tony's birthday so I took the kids shopping for his presents. I guided both kids towards great gifts for him. Lizzy made him a birthday card, and when he got home the kids couldn't wait to give him his gifts! After opening his gifts and cards we went to Cantina Southwest Grill for his birthday dinner! That night we decided that instead of just Tony going up to Casper the next week, we'd get a suit for a little more(he had a company discount which helped greatly!) and we'd stay up there with him, until the 5th wheel came in(little did we know!) So the next few days consisted of getting ready for that! Sunday Tony drove his work truck loaded up with work stuff with Lizzy and I followed in the van with Devin. The weather wasn't great and the wind made havoc with the tarp on his truck so we had to keep stopping to adjust it. So we got in a little later than we planned, but it was fine. We settled into the hotel and got dinner before it was time for bed. The next week consisted of waking up getting dressed and ready, going down to the hot complimentary breakfast, going back to the room, playing for a bit then doing school. After that we'd head to the pool for a couple hours, then we'd go back to the room for lunch, then some quiet time, then screen time, then more playtime, after Tony got home we'd have dinner and sometime go back down to the pool with Tony, sometimes we'd just chill until bedtime. Almost every night I'd go down and soak in the hot tub....it was sooooo nice! It was a good week!

Tony's birthday!

This was from Devin

This was from Lizzy

From his parents

Card from my grandparents

We found great prices on bikes at Walmart and since Lizzy was too big for hers we got her a new one. Then Devin found one and HAD to have it even though he absolutely cannot peddle, but we gave in.