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2 weeks late...

We have embryos!!! It is so surreal to say that, but it is done. For that past 2 weeks I have been taking injections to increase my hormones and get ready for my retrieval. This past week we headed up to Salt Lake. I had my first appointment last Saturday and my retrieval happened on Wednesday morning this past week. I blinked and now we have embryos. So very blessed that everything went so smoothly without any complications.

On Tuesday I wanted to go to the temple so I packed everything up and headed to the Salt Lake temple as I arrived I noticed a sign saying temple closed. I decided to double check, I asked someone and it was closed. Off to Jordan River temple...got there and closed for constructions. Second strike. Draper or Oquirrah temple? Oquirrah it is. It was my first time and what a beautiful temple. I love to see the different and unique architecture each temple has. In the end, I am so grateful to have all these  amazing temples right by me and to go to any time I desire.

I saw my heart doctors while we were down in Salt Lake after my retrieval. I had an allomap and an echo. It was great seeing everyone in the clinic and catching up on things. They told my echo was looking good, but I haven't heard anything about my allomap yet.

Wrigley had a follow up appointment for his aggression. Once the trainer saw Wrigley and how he acts with us when Wrigley sees another dog. He told us some tricks to do with Wrigley. He did good which makes me happy and hopeful. I say that I can't wait til Wrigley can be off leash around other dogs and be okay, even if he is annoyed. But truly, I can because we still have some tweaks to unwind first which may take a while. Overall his obedience is on point, my parents have even said so :)

I have been thinking about my new year resolutions and I was thinking maybe I should run a half marathon for each year I have my heart, but that could get tricky because we all age and the longer I live that means the more and more running. I want to be able to run a marathon some day so that is more realistic. I am first going to get used to half marathons and then move on up. In 2017 I am going to run 2 half marathons, fly to Kanas City to visit the best in-laws in the world and go see the church history sites.

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