Thanksgiving with a difference

On Wednesday 21st we drove up to Jason's parents house for Thanksgiving. We drove up in style in a bright green and purple mini bus type car. It's Ryan's work van! It was hilarious, we were getting some of the craziest looks!
We arrived pretty late and went straight to bed.While we were at jason's parents we took Jonah for his first haircut. It seemed like a good idea at the time but the result wasn't what Jesi wanted!

While we were there we went up to a friend of Ken & Sue's who owns a working ranch. We got to hang out with the cows and mules. We even got to ride a mule. It was good fun trotting around on a big mule.

We got up and went for a nice walk by the lake.

All Clear ahead!

I went for some follow up blood tests on November 13th to make sure that my thyroid gland was functioning properly after the surgery and healing. I had to allow at least 6 weeks after the surgery to give the gland time to adjust to the change of only being half!

I got a phone call the same day which was a little worrying but the call was to tell me that I had the all clear and that my thyroid function was perfectly normal.

That means that I do not have to take any medication and that I can function normally with only half a gland.

The scar is healing nicely although I am still getting some pulling when I swallow and some sharp shooting pains, but that is to be expected for about a year because the surgeon had to cut through a lot of nerve tissue and so now its all trying to heal.

Baby Jill Arrives

Our friends Daren & Sarah had a baby girl on 2nd November at 5.30pm.
Her name is Jill Eleanor Blomquist and she weighed in at 7lbs, 9oz and was 19in long.
She is absolutely adorable.