August 2009

Continuation of catching up on blogging part 3. Again I will try my best to remember everyone and everything that happened in here.

Bryan came and stayed with us again to do a week of runs with the Ogden Paramedics. He cooked one night for us. He is a great cook! He will be back off and on until he gets 300 hours (I think) in on these runs. Most of them will be in Ogden but he will do at least one week here in Logan.

My grandmother has been hospitalized several times for a blockage in her bowels. At one point it was decided that the hospital wasn't making her better. She was just being maintained. So my uncle took her home with him. She can't live alone anymore due to her need to have someone watching over her at all times. She has been put on a liquid diet and has to have oxygen. From time to time she gets really confused. When they turn up her O2 she seems to get better. I can tell my mom is so worried about her. The week before school started Les had finished up work so we headed to Myton. I visited with her as much as I could. I took in framed pictures of our family. Les' mom had made a really cute vase from plastic canvas. We bought some flowers (fake so they would last) to put in it and took it too Grandma. Oh we also learned that she has the beginnings of CHF (congestive heart failure). Because of which she has been put on hospice. I cried when I found out. People are put on hospice when it is certain that they are going to die. It may not be soon but it will be sooner than we will be ready for. So we will try to use what time we do have to be as prepared as we can.

On to happier topics.

Ok so it may not be a "happier" topic but school started again. Les was already stressed out on the first day. Not a good sign.

We got a new church calling. We were put on the ward activities commitee. We helped out with the ward swim party. (It is October so I will add that we no longer have that calling and I will explain that in another post.)

July 2009

First of all Les and I lost my hard drive so for now there are no pics. Another consequence of that is not remembering everything that happened or the order that it happened in. So if I forget you or an event or when it happened I am truly sorry.
I do remember that for the Fourth of July we were in Wyoming. Our nephew, Carson, turned 8 last month and was baptized on July 4th. We had so much fun. We drove up the day of the baptism and was given a tour of the house (even though they have lived in this house for a few years this was the first time we had been there). I know, sad huh. The worst part is that it is like an 1 1/2 hour to 2 hour drive. Salt Lake is an 1 1/2 hour drive too but we go there way more often. Back to the baptism. It was a very spirit filled event. The talks were great and Carson glowed. I know that he made a great choice and I know that Carson knows it too. We had a dinner in Carolyn's (my sister) backyard. It was so good! Before everyone could leave we did a quick family photo. Most of us were staying to go to church the next day. That evening we set off fireworks in the road. A few blew over the house and we had to check on it to make sure no fires were started. Expecially the tents that were set up in the backyard (yes we camped out). All the kids seemed to have a fantastic time. The were all running around playing together. The next morning I woke up to a lightly sunburned face. No not mine. Sammi had been kept in the shade the entire time and had sunblock but still ended up with a sunburn. I felt terrible. Despite that she was the well behaved child. While we were at church Emma had a major breakdown. I spent most of Sacrament meeting at the opposite side of the church while she screamed and cried. At one point I thought she was too loud (still) so I took her outside. It was quite a trial. After church we ate and packed up our tent. Then we started the journey home.
We bought a little blow up pool and Emma spent many days playing with her bath toys in it. Occasionally Tyler and Kailey would come over and join her or she would go play with them in their pool at their house. They had a lot of fun. I tried to use our pool to draw out the kids on our street. I wanted Emma to get to know some kids her age. It didn't work. Either there were no kids on our street or they didn't want to come play. That is just the opposite over at Daniel's house. Kids are always riding bikes up and down the street. when they pull out the pool even more kids come by. A lot of them would come by see the pool and head home. The next time we would see them the would have their swimming suits on. None seemed daring enough to actually ask it they could get in. Most were too big to get in anyway.
We traveled a lot to Salt Lake and Myton. We bought a Yukon XL. We love it. I drove the kids to Myton to drop the Jeep off to Les' parents. They needed another car so Laurie could get to work and Les Sr. would be able to go to any job interviews. My brother Bryan was coming up that weekend to stay with us so he could go to Ogden for tests for the classes he was taking. The kids and I hitched a ride back home with him.
Les worked his so hard all summer. He had a summer internship. He worked all week and then on weekends he was expected to go on "fieldtrips." So a few times Les would pack us up and take us with him. Emma loved it when we went to the Golden Spike National Historic Site because she got to see trains. Oh and also seeing the birds at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Brigham City.
I can't remember what else we did so I will leave it there.