Moley moley moley

Can you spot the bad mole?

I was SO luckily born with a massive amount of moles. I like to call them chocolate chips. Or even my transportable dot to dot game. The following describes me to a T.-

FAMMM syndrome

An inherited condition marked by the following: (1) one or more first- or second-degree relatives (parent, sibling, child, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, or uncle) with malignant melanoma; (2) many moles, some of which are atypical (asymmetrical, raised, and/or different shades of tan, brown, black, or red) and often of different sizes; and (3) moles that have specific features when examined under a microscope. FAMMM syndrome increases the risk of melanoma and may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. Also called familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome.

Well with all of the odds stacked against me I guess I better watch out what I do to my skin. As a teenager as I would spend hours in the tanning bed I would just tell myself "oh they will have a cure by the time I get old enough to get cancer". Well guess what people I'm old enough and NO cure. After removing 17 moles I've already had numerous "Atypical Nevus" one of which was severe, meaning 1 step away from melanoma.

So it is my personal duty to inform others of the importance of taking care of our skin. YES I know that beautiful glow of a nice dark tan can make you feel great and feel skinny, but it isn't worth it.

AVOID TOO MUCH SUN
WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
AVOID THE SUN FROM 10-2
WATCH SUSPICIOUS MOLES
GET SCREENINGS IF YOU HAVE MOLES

WEAR SUNSCREEN!!!

A wild weekend!

Mommy Daughter Pedi's!

ROCKSTAR!!!

While getting our pedi's Michaella was looking through the hair style books. She decided she wanted to have a colored stripe and she wanted to style her hair. She had some pretty crazy cutting ideas but I went ahead and got some temp hair stuff and then 3 barrel curled her hair. This girl was in heaven.

A WET Easter egg hunt!

Saturday morning we got up and went to an Easter egg hunt. We would have been much better suited had it been in the afternoon because of course the sun came out then. OH well in the end all the wet was worth it because it was fun for Michaella

Easter

POP ROCKS!!

My Little Winston Loverboy

It WAS exactly a day in the park.

Today was SUCH a beautiful day. I couldn't ask for better weather. I wanted so badly to do something outside. And Olivia and her family asked if Michaella wanted to go to the park and feed the ducks so I tagged along. The girls had so much fun. The ducks didn't really care much to be fed. It isn't anything like Layton park where the ducks maul you as soon as they see a bread sack.

So we spent the majority of the time on the toys. But seriously isn't that what a park is all about on a beautiful perfect Sunday?

Our Day with Logen

My Coworker's son Logen came and stayed with us Saturday while she went to Jackpot, NV. We really had a great time.

We got out the sidewalk chalk. Mike will probably freakout about having a dirty sidewalk... but who cares! It is too much fun. Logen LOVED the dogs. When one of them wasn't around he would always want me to go get them. He really wanted one to sleep in bed with him but it just didn't work out. They are too used to sleeping with us.


It was such a beautiful day. It was warm enough that Michaella and Logen were able to have a little bit of a water fight outside.

Michaella was so glad to have someone to play with! Poor child has to entertain herself most of the time, and I'm sorry I don't really want to play Dora Candyland all the time. And the odd thing is, Michaella has a knack of winning every single time. No wonder she loves to play it.
Logen asked Mike to show him some stars with his telescope. Michael was so nice and patient and he showed them Saturn and the Moon. Logen really loved it.


Bed time and brushing teeth. Two sinks came in very handy.
We had puffy french toast for breakfast. I had two very helpful kids.
We really had a great time. I suffered slightly. Boys are a little different than girls if you haven't noticed. So it was rough housing instead of playing house. But in the end it was all good! (and quiet) :)