Small and simple things bring me pleasure. Sometimes I am teased about it. For example, I just love to see a full moon, or the beautitul sunsets we enjoy almost daily here, and currently the Russian Olive trees (I think that is what it is) are in bloom and I absolutely love the smell of them. Also when Nate or Hazel text me pictures of the kids and it says "I love you grandma".
Well, this past week we had a couple things happen that made me feel happy. First, we got to meet another "heart" family. The Feinauer's were here on vacation and we got to meet them before they went home. They have a little guy who is almost 5 with some similar defects as Ashton. He is a twin and has an older sister. They are an adorable family. Not only is it good for us "heart parents" to be able to talk and relate our stories to each other but it is so good for the kids to meet each other and know they are not the only ones dealing with the issues they are given. I am so thankful to Carolyn Q. for helping to make these meetings possible.
Then on Friday my phone rang and I was so excited to get a call from a good friend that I have not heard from for a long time. Sharon has always been such a good friend and someone I look up to and admire. She is such a sweetheart and I miss her a lot. It's friends like her that I miss about moving. Other than the friends, I have to say I love it here.
So, ya, small things like that can really make my day.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Catching Up...
The kids getting ready to find the eggs in the yard.
Also, a couple weeks ago was Ray's b-day. Poor guy, we haven't even really celebrated it yet. How thankful I am to have such a wonderful husband who is always willing to help me, and so patient, and such a wonderful dad and grandpa. Love you tons dear!!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
What A CrAzY!! Life We Live :)
Wow, I haven't posted for so long. Just a lot going on, and not much time to get on the computer. I am going to do this backwards and start with this past weekend, and see if I can get everyone a little bit updated on whats going on here.
On Saturday Keanna had a dance competition. Her team did very well, and we are so proud of her. For their hip-hop they took third place and for their jazz dance they took first. Way to go.
Then this past week I started another job. I now work at the city rec center. I am still at Michael's and crossing-guard. I will work three days at the rec center, then three days at Michael's. Crazy huh? It sounds worse than it is. Rather than working one full-time job I work two , or three, part-time jobs to equal almost full-time hours.
Last weekend my cousin Gaylene was here with her family. We took the kids to Snow Canyon and there is a cave you hike down into and then the kids cut open glow sticks, get them all over each other and the cave, then turn off all flashlights and they play hide and seek. They had a great time. I thought I would not do so well in the cave cause I'm a little clausterphobic, but I did fine. We want to go back again. When we came out of the cave we hiked around a little and enjoyed the beautiful weather. That night Keanna went to a concert at Tuachan (an outdoor theater).
The best part of this weekend though (no offense Gaylene :) ) was Nate and Hazel came to visit. Saturday was Savannah's b-day and they were so nice to come here to celebrate it. She is now 3!!! Hard to believe. We took a picnic to the park but it was so windy we hurried and ate and came back home. (It was too hard to try to keep Jaxon out of the wind.) Savannah opened presents and was just happy to play with the kids. The next day we went to church, and afterwards enjoyed a big breakfast together. It was just so nice to have them here and visit. Hazel colored my hair that evening. Thanks again Hazel. You do an excellent job. They left early monday morning to go home so we said our goodbye's on sunday night. I hate goodbye's. :( It was so good to have them visit. We love to hear the giggles of Savannah and even the cries of Jaxon (which he really doesn't do very often). Even all the little fingerprints are so worth it.
Let's see, the kids enjoyed over a week of spring break. We were very lucky to have beautiful weather that whole time. The kids played in the sprinklers, we went to the water park, went to Snow Canyon and we discovered this cute little store here. It is old fashioned and they serve old fashioned candy and malts. I took the kids there and they got some candy. It is so cute. I would love to go and take pictures. It was way too busy when we were there.
And then clear back to when Jaxon was born. Keanna, Ashton and I spent a week up there trying to help out wherever we could. Anyway, Ray and Ambrea came up on Friday, then on Saturday we went to our nephew Jordan's wedding. Nate and Savannah were supposed to come to the reception that evening, but we could not get ahold of them all day. We had tried a couple times, but they never answered. While we were at the reception Nate called to say that Hazel was really sick (she had not been feeling good all week long, but we just kind of attributed it to just having a baby) and he was taking her to emergency. He told us to just hang tight and he would keep in touch. Early Sunday morning he called to say they were taking her into surgery. What had happened was some of the placenta had stayed in the uterus and was causing a major infection. All of us questioned, of course, how does that happen? What happens is there are very tiny blood vesels in the placenta and sometimes they will attach themselves to the walls of the uterus. You generally can't see them in the placenta after the birth. So anyway, it was in there giving her a very bad infection which was making her very sick. They did a d & c that morning. That evening they had to give her two units of blood cause she had lost so much. We visited her that afternoon but had to go home that evening. Luckily Ray was able to stay and help till Tuesday, and then Hazel's mom and step-mom were able to come in. It was so hard to leave when they were needing so much help, but I had to get back to work and the kids needed to get back to school.
Whew, sorry this is so long. Hope it didn't bore you all to death. Just wanted to finally give a little update. And I know there are tons of things I forgot to post. Oh well.
On Saturday Keanna had a dance competition. Her team did very well, and we are so proud of her. For their hip-hop they took third place and for their jazz dance they took first. Way to go.
Then this past week I started another job. I now work at the city rec center. I am still at Michael's and crossing-guard. I will work three days at the rec center, then three days at Michael's. Crazy huh? It sounds worse than it is. Rather than working one full-time job I work two , or three, part-time jobs to equal almost full-time hours.
Last weekend my cousin Gaylene was here with her family. We took the kids to Snow Canyon and there is a cave you hike down into and then the kids cut open glow sticks, get them all over each other and the cave, then turn off all flashlights and they play hide and seek. They had a great time. I thought I would not do so well in the cave cause I'm a little clausterphobic, but I did fine. We want to go back again. When we came out of the cave we hiked around a little and enjoyed the beautiful weather. That night Keanna went to a concert at Tuachan (an outdoor theater).
The best part of this weekend though (no offense Gaylene :) ) was Nate and Hazel came to visit. Saturday was Savannah's b-day and they were so nice to come here to celebrate it. She is now 3!!! Hard to believe. We took a picnic to the park but it was so windy we hurried and ate and came back home. (It was too hard to try to keep Jaxon out of the wind.) Savannah opened presents and was just happy to play with the kids. The next day we went to church, and afterwards enjoyed a big breakfast together. It was just so nice to have them here and visit. Hazel colored my hair that evening. Thanks again Hazel. You do an excellent job. They left early monday morning to go home so we said our goodbye's on sunday night. I hate goodbye's. :( It was so good to have them visit. We love to hear the giggles of Savannah and even the cries of Jaxon (which he really doesn't do very often). Even all the little fingerprints are so worth it.
Let's see, the kids enjoyed over a week of spring break. We were very lucky to have beautiful weather that whole time. The kids played in the sprinklers, we went to the water park, went to Snow Canyon and we discovered this cute little store here. It is old fashioned and they serve old fashioned candy and malts. I took the kids there and they got some candy. It is so cute. I would love to go and take pictures. It was way too busy when we were there.
And then clear back to when Jaxon was born. Keanna, Ashton and I spent a week up there trying to help out wherever we could. Anyway, Ray and Ambrea came up on Friday, then on Saturday we went to our nephew Jordan's wedding. Nate and Savannah were supposed to come to the reception that evening, but we could not get ahold of them all day. We had tried a couple times, but they never answered. While we were at the reception Nate called to say that Hazel was really sick (she had not been feeling good all week long, but we just kind of attributed it to just having a baby) and he was taking her to emergency. He told us to just hang tight and he would keep in touch. Early Sunday morning he called to say they were taking her into surgery. What had happened was some of the placenta had stayed in the uterus and was causing a major infection. All of us questioned, of course, how does that happen? What happens is there are very tiny blood vesels in the placenta and sometimes they will attach themselves to the walls of the uterus. You generally can't see them in the placenta after the birth. So anyway, it was in there giving her a very bad infection which was making her very sick. They did a d & c that morning. That evening they had to give her two units of blood cause she had lost so much. We visited her that afternoon but had to go home that evening. Luckily Ray was able to stay and help till Tuesday, and then Hazel's mom and step-mom were able to come in. It was so hard to leave when they were needing so much help, but I had to get back to work and the kids needed to get back to school.
Whew, sorry this is so long. Hope it didn't bore you all to death. Just wanted to finally give a little update. And I know there are tons of things I forgot to post. Oh well.
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