New pictures !!! Finally !!! Ryan and I have been doing amazing. A couple weeks ago Mom and Wendy came for a vist. We were so excited to see them ! These are some photos from our adventures on hunington beach and at the pier halloween trick or treating. It was a lot of fun.

I am currently still loving school and Ryan is currently the top salesman in his district. Yosemite Water's has really come through for us. We are currently considering purchasing a home out here. Exciting !!! We love and miss you all !!!

This Week was so much fun. We got to go and do so many fun things. I got to start my new Dental classes and Ryan is Moving along really well in his job and school. We got to go to a fun landscaping show and see all the cool ideas there are to do in your back yard. Ryan and I were really excited about this one because our back yard isn't finished. :) . . . Yet. It was just so fun.

We wanted to make steaks but didn't have a grill. It was so funny because Ryan said "like father like sun. I'm going to go to the store and ill be back with a grill. When he came back he had a turkey tin. a bag of charcoal, and a rack from the oven and said "we have our grill!" It was so yummy and worked so good. We had Tritip steak. A California Central Valley original. one of our favorites.

We
fixed dinner for Jeff and Mike...
the 'ultimate baked potatoes'

We also had an awesome time with friends riding quads and dirt bikes and shooting all kinds of guns
And yes, we know, Ryan really needs a better tan :)

All together we had a really fun week. Here's lookin forward to next week! See you all then!

Hey yall this is Ryan. Haha Whit is tryin to show me how to use this Blogger thing. So I figured a good way to start is to let everyone know about the amazing weekend we had. It was so much fun. I got off work at around 5:00 and came home to our wonderful little home. WHit was all ready dressed and ready to go. We had planned the day before to go to the temple to start our holiday off right. I got ready and off we went. It was amazing. We then came home and finished the night with icecream and a movie.
The next morning, saturday, We got up and went out to breakfast. Whit got this real yummy stuffed pancake thing with whipped cream and strawberries. I being the weird one had a nice lunch chicken bacon ranch wrap for breakfast with fries. Haha. Yum. From there we went to go get a trailer for a gift that one of my former investigators had for me. He was moving to vegas and wanted me to have it because he knew i would take care of it, and because I had helped him work on it in the past. It was a 1973 VW Bug with a custom sound system, and a huge 2190 cc motor. Mine to keep for free!! How amazing! so we got it home and Whitney and I went to work washin it and waxin it and just gettin it all good lookin.
It was around 6:00 when that was all over and off i went to get ready to go out on splits with the Elders here in our ward. It was amazing.
Today church was sooo amazing. the spirit was so strong. We have dinner plans with a family tonight, and I am going out with the Elders again. This time, one of the Elders I trained!! haha its his last transfer, and so I wanted to go out on splits with him at least once for old time sakes. Anyway, so that was our weekend. Its been amazing! Love yall!

"Even if for just a short time, we cherished every moment." -meads


The past weeked has been anything but normal. Friday morning, Ryan called from work so sick. He had food posioning from either a sandwich or a taco I fixed him, we haven't determined which. So I picked him up and came home. Around five o' clock that evening I noticed some changes with my pregnancy that doesn't usually happen... bleeding. It scared me really bad. Ryan jumped off the couch as soon as I told him and we headed off to the hospital. We first went to a clinic, then found our way to the ER. I drove and Ryan through up on the way. It was wild.
We checked into the ER and found ourselves there for 4 & 1/2 hours. Ryan was in the bathroom most of the time. After so long, and my condition not really getting better or worse we decided to go home and wait it all out. Around 11:30 it became really bad and I knew that I would cause a wreck if I drove and Ryan couldn't even stand, let alone drive, so I called an ambulance. They treated me so good and got me back to the Emergency Room.
As they were checking me back in one of the nurses who helped me said, "You were just here! Why did you leave ?" I was so nervous at this point and realized it was not smart to have left, yet they were just calling my name as we arrive. I would have waited there 6 &1/2 hours before getting a room, let alone seeing the doctor. I have never had such a rude person in my life as that nurse. She sent me back out into the waiting area to wait, this time at the bottom of the list. It was what the ambulance medics called "her form of punishment" for me leaving. Ridiculous ! Ryan couldn't take any of it any more and walked up to the window and told the nurses, "My wife needs to see a doctor, NOW!" A nurse came out and took us into the back room and told us there was nothing they could do for our situation. I was having a miscarriage and it is simply going to happen. I went into the restroom and came out with my rag which I had been using and had him throw it away. The nurse then realized how much blood I was losing and said, "We just got an opening, come with me." Ryan and I looked at each other and were comforted.
I waited in my room from midnight to seven the next morning still without seeing a doctor. I was in the most pain I have ever been in ( an insight to real labor pains). Around three or four in the morning they finally gave me some medication to ease the pain and I fell fast asleep. During this whole process I knew that there was little that could be done for me and felt at peace. I knew that everything would be okay and that even though this little child was not to come to earth at this time, others would. I can't even describe the comfort I had. It was a huge blessing.
When the doctor finally came in around seven thirty in the morning, the whole process was over. They checked my to make sure nothing was wrong with me and informed me that I was very healthy and should not worry. It was exactly what we needed. We left the hospital around noon that day.
Coming home all we wanted to do was sleep. We opened the door to find a note from our friend who came to check on our puppy that said, "We didn't want any more carpet ripped up so we put her in the bathroom" We both looked at each other and said, "oh no.." Sure enough Cali had ripped up the carpet from the bedroom door where it was closed. We couldn't believe it. Ryan spend the next few hours trying with all his might to fix the carpet. Nothing worked. We both went to bed exhausted.
Looking back on this experience, we both feel that we are handling it well. Ryan is back at work today and I am feeling good. We are sad about our loss, but know that it has opened many doors for us, especially that of more preparation to be parents. We are so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and for the peace that comes from knowing we can have strength in our times of trial. We love our families and are so grateful for their support, love and prayers at this time. I love my husband so very much and have grown so close to him. I know he is going to make and amazing father someday.

With much love to all,

- Whitney Mead

This is Cali. Our newest addition to our little family. We rescued her from a group of dogs that were trying to eat her up. She is three months old and has brought a lot of happiness into our lives.

Our Trip to California !!!!

We first off want to apologize that it has been so long since we have updated the blog. Moving to Minnesota was a really good experience for Ryan and I. We decided to move to California based on a really good job offer and a home in which his friend would let us stay at. Not to mention the School which we have found to be great.
Shortly after leaving Minnesota we found out that our apartment building had been struck by lightning ! We hope that all is well with our neighbors back there and can't imagine the stress it must have caused, but feel so grateful we decided to move.
It was a long trip from Minnesota to California, however we did not have to do it all in a row. We traveled first to Montana to spend time with my sister Wendy and her husband Bret and their five kids. It was wonderful ! Then we headed to Utah where we unpacked the corolla and then repacked the corolla. Lot's of work !
The pictures above are of friends we stopped to see in Utah and of a bird which we saved from a snake in the middle of nowhere at a rest stop. We felt proud. The last pictures are of us in Jeff's home making brownies. Don't they look delicious ? Well, they were.
We are having a wonderful time here in Cali. Ryan's first job didn't go through, but he quickly recovered and found a new one. We feel very blessed and believe this is where we are supposed to be. We love and miss you all !!!!

June Update !

These two adorable kids are Caleb and Ryan Fransen. I watched them for ten days while their mom was in Thailand. It was a blast !!! Ryan and I are doing really good. We are working hard. I can't wait to go visit my family next week !