A PEPSI AND A PAIN PILL PLEASE!!!

WE'VE HAD A ROUGH WEEK AT OUR HOUSE!!! NOTHING TOO DRASTIC JUST A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY STUFF GOING ON. AFTER SUFFERING WITH A PAIN IN MY SIDE FOR THREE MONTHS I FINALLY WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND SURE ENOUGH MY GALL BLADDER NEEDED TO COME OUT. I SCHEDULED MY SURGERY FOR MONDAY. NO BIG DEAL. I RECOUP REALLY FAST AND I AM NOT A WANE PANTS. IN THE MEANTIME MIKE HAS HAD A HERNIATED BELLY BUTTON FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS,YES 11 YEARS, AND WHEN WE TOOK THE BRANCH TO THE CABIN HE PUSHED OR PULLED OR SOMETHING AND IT WAS AN EMERGENCY NOW. NO, HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY AND YES, HE NEEDED IT FIXED THE NEXT MORNING. SO WE GO IN FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. THIS IS THE THIRD PERSON I HAVE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN A TWO WEEK SPAN. I KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AND I COULD PRETTY MUCH PREP SOMEONE FOR SURGERY. (JUSTIN MYSELF AND MIKE) I KNOW THE ROUTINE FOR ADMITTING, SURGERY AND GOING HOME. JUSTIN AND I BREEZED THROUGH OUR RECOVERIES BUT POOR MIKE IS HAVING IT ROUGH. HE IS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO WORK THIS WEDNESDAY AND I AM WORRIED. BEING A PHARMACIST IS ONE THING I CAN'T COVER. I GOT, GET ME A PEPSI AND A PAIN PILL DOWN BUT ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF HE DOES I CAN'T TOUCH. I KIND OF GET QUEASY WHEN I LOOK AT HIS WOUND SO THEREFORE I GOT A MIRROR OUT FOR HIM TO ACCESS HIS OWN DAMAGE. IT LOOKS REAL BAD. I HAD TO USE A PERMANENT MARKER TO RECORD WHERE THE REDNESS IS SO WE CAN COMPARE IT TO IN THE MORNING. THAT WAS KIND OF FUN. AND I TOOK HIS TEMPERATURE LIKE A REAL NURSE. (I WANTED TO DO IT "NOT" IN HIS MOUTH BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME) I HOPE HE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT, WITHOUT TOO MUCH PAIN. I'M CONTEMPLATING TAKING A PAIN PILL JUST TO MAKE SURE I SLEEP TOO, BUT IF WE BOTH TAKE PILLS THEN WHO WILL BE THE RESPONSIBLE ONE. AT THIS POINT, "OH WELL". (AND WHERE IS OUR NURSE WHEN WE NEED HER??? IN TEXAS)

happy birthday emily!!

EMILY AND HEATH AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FAMILY!!!

I HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS A GREAT DAY FOR YOU... YOU ARE A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER AND DAD AND I LOVE YOU TONS. WHEN I HAD YOU 32 YEARS AGO I NEVER REALIZED WHAT A JOY IT WOULD BE TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE PRECIOUS AND WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH!

PARTY ON!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SWEET MAELEY

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO MAELEY!!!

OH HOW WE LOVE THIS LITTLE GIRL. WE WERE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER LIVE IN OUR HOME FOR ALMOST HER FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. SHE IS SO CUTE AND HAS SUCH A SPUNKY PERSONALITY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAELEY.

TWO BOYS!

JUSTIN WENT IN FOR SURGERY ON FRIDAY( THE 13TH) TO FIX HIS THUMB. WHEN HE WAS IN 8TH GRADE HIS THUMB GOT JAMMED IN A FOOTBALL GAME. HE WAITED UNTIL HE CAME HOME FROM HIS MISSION TO TELL US ABOUT IT. (HE WAS SCARED IF HE TOLD US AND HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED HE WOULD MISS A GAME) THIS KID LOVED PLAYING FOOTBALL. SO EIGHT YEARS LATER HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE WISE TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE DOCTOR ADDED TENDONS AND ADDED A PIN, TO KEEP IT TIGHT. HE DID GREAT DURING THE SURGERY BUT THE POOR GUY HAS A HARD TIME COMING OUT OF ANESTHESIA. HE IS DOING FINE NOW JUST WORRIED HOW TO WORK AND START CLASSES WITHOUT THE USE OF HIS RIGHT THUMB. WE ALL TRIED TO CUT OUR STEAKS AND EAT WITHOUT THE USE OF OUR THUMB. IT WAS HARD, AND GETTING THE FOOD INTO OUR MOUTH WAS CHALLENGING. SO FUNNY TO WATCH EVERYONE TRY EATING WITHOUT A THUMB. SMALL LESSON ON BEING THANKFUL FOR TWO THUMBS!
ON SATURDAY CHAD ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY PAPER TOWELS TO REPLACE THE USED UP ROLL. I KIND OF IGNORED HIM BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO THINK IF I HAD ANY PAPER TOWELS OR NOT. WELL ON SUNDAY WHEN I STARTED TO FIX DINNER AND GRABBED FOR A PAPER TOWEL THIS IS WHAT I GOT. MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD. I LOVE MY BOYS AND THEIR WIFE'S. THEY KEEP ME LAUGHING!!!

CHARMIN IS MUCH SOFTER THAN A PAPER TOWEL!!

HAPPY TRAILS

MIKE AND I WENT TO OUR CABIN FRIDAY NIGHT. WE HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG. THERE WAS ALOT OF DUST AND TONS OF CHARLOTTS WEBS TO BE CLEANED SO WE TACKLED THAT JOB FOR AWHILE. MIKE COOKED A GREAT BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN WE WENT FOR A RIDE...
THIS IS WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AFTER RIDING THE RZR FOR THREE HOURS. WE WERE DIRTY FROM HEAD TO TOE. WE BLAZED TRAILS FROM OUR CABIN TO HENRY'S LAKE AND BACK AND THEN WE WENT TO CENTENNIAL SHORES AND BACK. WE JUST BARELY HIT THE PORCH WHEN THE THUNDER SLAMMED AND THE LIGHTNING STRUCK. WHEW WE WERE SAFE INSIDE THE CABIN DOORS WATCHING IT POUR. IT WAS GREAT TO BE IN THE WOODS. SO GREAT WE STAYED SATURDAY NIGHT ALSO AND THEN WE HAD TO HIGH TAIL IT HOME SUNDAY MORNING TO BE AT MEETINGS. IT WAS A REFRESHING WEEKEND TO SPEND TIME IN THE MOUNTAINS. (THIS PICTURE DOCUMENTS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER WORN A HAT IN MY LIFE) I KIND OF LIKED IT.

GRANDCHILDREN PLEASE!!!!!

MY HOUSE IS CLEAN, MY YARD LOOKS NICE AND I AM TOTALLY WANTING MY GRANDCHILDREN TO COME VISIT. OK I AM FREE NEXT WEEK, ANYONE WILLING TO COME HOME????? I WANT TO PLAY IN THE DINOSAUR POOL AND MAKE SOME LEMONDADE. PUT THEM ON THE SALT LAKE SHUTTLE PLEASE. MAKINLEY AND MAES NEED TO FLY UNITED. I WILL TOTALLY BE WAITING AT THEIR STOPS FOR THEM!!!!

A PERFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON

WE TOOK AN EVENING MOTORCYCLE RIDE. IT WAS FUN TO JUST CRUISE AROUND THE CITY.

JESS AND CHAD

JUSTIN AND AMBER

WHEN MIKE AND I GOT HOME FROM OUR BRANCH MEETINGS OUR GREAT SONS AND THEIR WIFE'S WERE MAKING SUNDAY DINNER ON THE FIRE PIT. IT WAS DELICIOUS AND I GOT SOME PICTURES OF THE FIX INS.

YUMMY!

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND SO I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT AND STOPPED AND SMELLED MY BLOOMING FLOWERS. THE RIVER IN OUR BACK YARD IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THE BEAUTY THAT I LIVE IN!

THE GEESE WERE FLYING OVER HEAD.

MY PUMPKINS ARE TURNING. DOES THAT MEAN FALL WILL BE HERE SOON?