The Larsens 2007

The Larsens 2007

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

I am writing today about some bad news. I have been struggling with the decision to share or not...... I hope that writing a little bit will promote some healing. Recently Adam and I were blessed to find out that we were expecting. I was so excited! Finally after 15 long months it happened. Right as soon as I got off work I rushed to Adam's work so I could tell him the wonderful news. I bought the cutest little t shirt and wrapped it up and then gave it to him. It was such a happy and sweet moment when he put to and to together. Needless to say we were overjoyed. I started going to the doctor to make sure my pregnancy hormones were doing what they were supposed to do. We found that they seemed to be a bit sluggish but still rising ( within range) so things were going well. They were concerned that the pregnancy may not go well but we were determined to keep things positive. On Thanksgiving day I was 6 weeks along. That night I started feeling pain on my right side and we decided to go the the ER just to make sure everything was ok. I ended up having to stay overnight and into the next day. I was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy and shortly after started to miscarry. The whole experience has been one of the most painful things I have ever gone through both physically and emotionally. Due to some of the medication I had to take we have to wait up to 6 months before we can try again to conceive. 6 months seems like an eternity and I am hoping we don't have to wait the whole time. I am coming to accept Heavenly Father's will although it is extremely difficult. I have been touched by all of the love and support that I have received. My husband has been my rock and I am so thankful for him. Having a m/c was one of my worst fears but I survived and I hope I am learning whatever lesson I am supposed to. I hope with time that my heart will heal and I hope Adam and I will be able to have a little family of our own some day.

Sunday, November 21, 2010
















More pics of the house. I took these pictures of the outside right before we had a snow storm. We got about 10" in one day! Holy Crap! It's super cold here. Today it was about 16..... I have been layering like crazy just trying to stay warm.




















We finally finished the kitchen!!!! I am so excited to show you guys. We worked so hard on it, but it all was worth it. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to complete after work and on the weekends. As you can see we re-did the countertops, pulled out the white appliances, tiled the backsplash, sanded, primed & painted the cabinets, and painted the walls. Oh, we also built a breakfast bar! I am super happy with the way it turned out. I still need to accessorize but at least I can cook. It was hard not being able to cook, so we ate a ton of cereal and things that just needed to be warmed up. What do you think??

Friday, November 5, 2010

Ok ok! Sorry that I haven't written for so long. The past week has been absolutely crazy. We closed on the house on the 26th and it has been work, work, work ever since. The move went amazing. The Apple Valley Ward helped us move everything out of our apartment. It went so fast. I served everyone chocolate milk and doughnuts, yum, yum! Then we headed off to Maple Grove where our new ward helped us move everything in. I ordered some pizza for them.... some payment huh? Oh, and someone brought us dinner and someone else left us a plant on the doorstep. Nice huh? They were all great and we couldn't have done it without them. We are so blessed and so excited to finally be in a house. We started unpacking and it was like Christmas because I forgot about a ton of things that we have. I haven't a lot of it for like 6 months because we didn't unpack everything until now. We decided to repaint all of the cabinets in the kitchen. Holy crap!! What a big job! They were a very dark brown color and looked out-dated. So we have been sanding , priming, painting, and painting some more for the past week. They are almost all done! They look completely different. We painted them an off-white bone color and we are going to antique them. We're also planning on redoing the backsplash and countertops. We found some rad deals on Craigslist and got all black appliances. I love good deals. We also painted the master bedroom teal. My fav! I love the way it turned out. Halloween went fast since it was the day after moving day and all. It was so fun to hand out candy to all of the cute little kiddies. Everything is still a huge mess but I will try and take some pictures this weekend and post them.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

We found a house! I am so excited!!! It's amazing how things work out better than we imagined. We have been looking and looking for a house and we almost bought like 4, but nothing worked out until now. At the time it was really hard because we kept thinking there couldn't be anything better, but then right at the perfect time we found this house right after they had droped the price. We put our offer in right away and after 3 weeks our offer was accepted. I can't wait to move in and start putting stuff away. It's in Maple Grove, MN. It's close to Adam's work and right by an amazing lake. The lake has a biking/walking path around it which also leads to some really cool trails. We went to our new ward today and it seems like we will fit right in. There were a lot of people from Utah...who are orphans like us (with no family out here). I am hoping we can make some friends. We are closing and start moving on Tuesday this week. I plan on taking pictures so all can see! Wish us luck with our busy week.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
















O Fall how I love thee! Really I do love fall and all of the fun things that come with it. I have been really getting in the mood. I made some butternut squash soup, bought some fall smelling wallflowers from b@b (holy crap the "fall leaves"and "cranberry woods" ones smell so good!), and have gone outside a ton to enjoy the leaves. I couldn't resist putting some photos up and I had a very hard time choosing which ones because I love them all. On Sunday Adam and I went to our friends, Erin and Bradly's, house to watch conference. It was great and I made some delicious taco soup. After conference we went to Maple Grove (right close to the the house we are trying to buy.. fingers crossed! 4th time's the charm) where there is one of the most amazing trails. It goes all the way around Rice Lake and then to Elm Creek Park Reserve. I have to say MN is growing on me.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Happy Birthday Adam!











Adam had his 29th birthday this week. I surprised him with some of his favorite things... twins tickets , soup in bread bowls before the game, some oatmeal raisin cookies form subway, market pantry brand fruit snacks and a few new tools. I know him so well. I am so happy that 29 years ago a little baby boy was born that would some day be my husband. We had a great time at the game even thought it was a little chilly. Minneapolis has a new baseball Field and it is amazing. The sky line of down town Minneapolis is so cool and no matter where you sit you can see everything.
The other big news of the week is that the bank finally( after 2 weeks) excepted our offer on the house we want. We still have to have and inspection and a radon test. But after that we will have to decide if we want it. I am super SUPER excited about this one and I hope everything works out. I can't stop thinking about it and I have already planed out paint colors, furniture arrangements, how I want to spruce up the yard and a hole bunch of other projects. We will have to see what the next week brings :).

Monday, September 6, 2010
















Today we went to a Renaissance festival in Shakopee. It was kinda fun (would have been more fun with kids). We had some ginormous turkey legs and they look gross but they were delicious. We saw some jousting, fire juggling, and a bunch of odd people. OOOh and we also had some Carmel apples with Cinnamon ice cream. So much for my diet! Some times I just have to cheat or I'll go insane.

Labor day weekend!
















We went to Nauvoo this weekend and had a great time. We went through the temple and then went down to the town and saw all of the houses and other old buildings. We also drove to Carthage and saw the jail. It has been about 15 years sense Adam was there and about 5 years for me. Wow its amazing all of the things that the pioneers did. We drove down to this spot over looking the Mississippi where they have a plaque with all of the names of the people that never made it to the Salt lake valley. We both had relatives on the it and I kept thinking about how lucky I am that I never had to cross the plains. Or ever have my husband leave and have to go on a mission after we were married for more then 2 years. I never had my family die along the way or have to leave everything behind. I am so blessed to live in this time. Also at that spot over looking the river it tells about them crossing the Mississippi while it was frozen over and we walked on the very road that they had all lined up the wagons to head west. How scary that would be..... Thank you pioneers for being so strong and brave.
I had a really spiritual experience while I was in the temple. Adam and I had been rushing to get to the 9:00 session and we got their just in time. right as soon as I sat down I started have some horrible cramps ( I think all of the fertility meds and hormones make Aunt flow 10x more painful then normal). So I was sitting there sweating bullets and thinking I don't know if I am going to be able to do this. I was almost in tears and I just said a little prayer asking Heavenly Father if he could please just take the cramps away tell I was done in the temple. The most amazing thing happened... they went away . I don't really ever get answers to my prayers so fast, most of the time I have to be patient. I am so thankful that I was able to make it through the temple and I felt the spirit so strong. I know Heavenly Father is aware of me and if it was right for me to have a baby right now he would help that happen. I had some setbacks just today with my next cycle getting cancelled until next month. It really sucks but that's just the way it is. I will survive and I guess I am just not ready to be a momma yet. Maybe it will be nice to take a break.....

Wednesday, September 1, 2010




My sweet husband had these gorgeous long stem pink roses delivered to my work yesterday. I was having a bad day but the funny thing is he didn't know I was until after he had ordered the flowers. I wish you could smell and see them in real life. What a sweetheart Adam is. I think I'll keep him.

Sunday, August 29, 2010




Adam and I went to the Minnesota state fair last night. It was so busy and while we were there we saw some smoothies that looked so good. They were really expensive so we decided to go home and make our own. Adam smoothie had ; peach yogurt, peaches, raspberry sorbet, ice, pineapple and pina colada mix. Mine had ; peaches, peach yogurt, figs, pineapple, ice, and pina colada mix. They were so yummy and let me tell you everything tastes good when you use a pineapple as a cup! o and this picture was taken at like 11:30 last night so I look tired and Adam looks crazy lol!!! (s0 lets pretend that we don't really look this ugly all the time)

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Well sorry its been so long. I can't say I have been that busy .... I'd say more lazy. Well any hoo this last round of clomid made me have 2 follicles! yahoo!!!!!!! I was so surprised because last time I had to keep coming back to the doctor to have ultrasounds to see if any follicles would grow. But this time it was the first ultrasound after clomid and kaboom 2 awesome looking follicles. So they had me do my ovidrill injection (in my stomach :( good thing I'm not to squeamish) right at 5 that day. That shoot hopefully made me ovulate and now I'm on the 2 week wait to see if I'm prego. They also have been having me do progesterone which makes me have HOT flashes. Holy cow I thought clomid hot flashes wore bad. Thank goodness all of the Lady's at my work have to the AC cranked up. Waiting 2 weeks seems like an eternity. I wish that a woman could tell right away that she is pregnant. I have been googling it to see if any ladys knew before they waited tell their Aunt flow was late. Some people acutely did know. But unfortunately for 99% of us we have to wait. I figure I have been waiting this long and I guess I will survive. Heck! I don't really feel any different and I have been doing my best to not get my hopes up at every little cramp.

We also just recently put an offer on a house!! Sadly the last 2 we put offers on got better offers and we didn't get them. I hope hope hope we get this one. I feel like maybe we didn't get the other ones because this next house is the one for us. I love it and I can totally think of all the cool paint colors and improvements we could do. Lately Adam and I have been going on dates to Home Depot, Menards and Lowes (how romantic!) to price out how much it would cost to fix things in these houses. We having been looking at houses that just need a little love and a fresh coat of paint. I am definitely going to take before and after pictures of any house we get. That was one mistake I didn't do with our last one. I am so lucky to have a husband that can fix almost anything. We both had parents that had rental houses while we were growing up and we learned a lot about remodeling. I like to think we are pretty handy and the feeling of accomplishment when something that was once ugly is transformed into something beautiful is priceless.

I don't know if I mention that I was called to be a Mai Maid teacher in young womens. I have really loved this calling. The girls are so amazing and I look forward to the lessons that I teach them. Today our lesson was on " preaching to gospel " and we had a great time learning the things Heavenly father wants us to do in spreading the gospel. The church has recently put out some new TV and radio commercials about Mormons. I know they are only doing it in select states and luckily MN is one of them. They give me cold chills every time I hear or watch one. At the end of the commecials they ask you to go to mormon.org to learn more. Mormon.org is this way cool web site that lets you as a member make a profile and share your thoughts about the church. Also you can go and read about tuns of other Mormons. It is so cool and I am so excited that the church as organized another way to spread the gospel. Our Realtor found out we were LDS and he asked us about the commercials and it gave us the perfect opportunity to share a little about us and what we believe. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father! He gives me so many opportunity's to strengthen my testimony.

Friday, July 30, 2010













Lacy came to visit a few weeks ago. The 3 of us had a great time. We had a ruff start because there was a tornado warning the first night she flew in. But we survived. We went swimming,tanning,to the zoo, out to eat, to eclipse, shopping, to a theme park, the science museum, and a bunch of other fun stuff. I love my little lacy bug so much and I am so glad she came. I miss her !! I miss everyone.


Well I am now on my second round of clomid. It gives me hot flashes! I have been waking up in the middle of the night dying cuz I am so stinking hot. I feel like even my toes are sweating. The first round did almost nothing. I only produced 2 follicles and they really didnt go much bigger then all of the cysts on my ovaries. So here we go again round 2 first provera so I can have a period and then clomid. I have had some beasty nurses and some nice ones. I have started learning there names so If I have questions (which is often) I can ask for a nice one.
Adam and I are still house hunting. We found a few we like but we are cautious because we don't want to get in to far over our heads. I did get a car finally after 5 months. Its a electric blue 05 chev cobalt. Its a automatic! Yahoo no more driving our truck through bumper to bumper traffic. Its like first gear is too fast and you have to keep pushing in the clutch and shifting into first and then out and then in and then out and in! Its madding! But now at least I have an automatic. And its a color I love , it has automatic door locks and windows and that is a huge step up from the old green avocado car I used to have. I cant wait to have a little baby in the back. A car seat is gonna fit perfect!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Well as some of you know we have been seeing a fertility specialist. I just found out today that I have PCOS ( poly cystic ovarian syndrome). I am really bummed. But we are going to try clomed for the next few months... I hope it works! I am trying my best not to loose hope and also not to get my hopes up to much. I keep thinking that I couldn't possably want a baby any more then I do right now. But then more time goes by and I want one more and more. I have been having blood test and doing all sorts of pills and I just keep thinking that it will be all worth it in the end. I hope that it doesn't take us to much longer. I wont complain when i get morning sickness, or have an aching back, stretch marks, and what ever else comes with being pregnant. I will just be so happy and thankful.
Last weekend Adam and I got sick of sitting around the house. So we got on line and found some really cool trails up north. We hit one little snag when my oil plug fell out and all of my oil drained out. We had to go to a town near by and get a new one. It was so nice to get out and ride hard. We were so hot afterward we took a dip in the lake. It felt great!


Saturday, June 19, 2010







canoeing at cannon falls... bike riding around our hood.



We went to a twins game last week and it was so fun. Adam got the tickets for free !! We where really close and the new stadium was amazing. The only thing that would have made it better was if the twins had won. ha ha

Sunday, May 30, 2010

I WONDER

I wonder how I would tell Adam he is going to be a father
or how we would announce we are expecting to our family

I wonder what it would be like to feel my baby kick or
watch my stomach grow with a little one inside

I wonder what it would be like to bring a life into this world
or to have the bonding moments of breast feeding my child

I wonder if they would have my nose or
Adams eyes

I wonder how I would design the nursery for my little one
or what cute little outfits I would dress them in

I wonder what it would be like to have a sleepless night rocking my child
or to sooth them after a scraped knee

I wonder if our child would be great at math like Adam or
if they would have a calm side like me

I wonder what it would be like to be a stay-at-home mom or
to see my little ones run up to greet dad as he returns home

I wonder what it would all be like
or who they would be like

I wonder...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Bye bye old house! I'll miss you more then you know..... the squeaky floor board at the top of the stairs... the teeny tiny kitchen..(I had to hum the tetres song when I put stuff away)... the paint colors the we so lovingly chose... we laid every tile and painted every room and made it our own. I am so grateful that Adam and I had a great place to start our lives together. And I hope the the new couple the bought our house love it as much as we did :).















Friday, April 30, 2010