September - was there a September?

So, today I started to think about how fast this last few years have gone by and then I realized It has been over a month since I updated my blog about how fast August went by. Now September is over and October is 1/2 over!

What a great month of September that we had. First we went to Arizona and had a great little get away for Johns and I. We really needed the break, even though it was a working break! Upon returning we found that Jolene (Johns mom) had torn her meniscus in her knee and could not even walk. She has not had the best of luck this last year starting with breaking her right leg and left arm in December 2007 and now this to her left leg.


On September 18, Johns, Kent, Jolene and I headed to celebrate our 2nd anniversary and Kent & Jolene's 40th in sunny, humid Florida. We had such a great time while we were there. Jolene's sister Etta and her husband Don were able to meet up with us there and we had so much with them!


The Disney World trip was just what I expected WONDERFUL! I always have fun at anything Disney but this was really nice. We took it easy, Jolene had her "Jazzy" scooter to get her around and we were able to do everything we wanted with an added bonus of having a "handicap" person with us were able to get the best seats for the fireworks, parades and front of the line....my dream - I felt like my own year of a million dreams came true.


The only thing that was a little disheartening was it rained - ok poured but only for about 5 minutes - one of the days that we were at the magic kingdom and before going I had bought some $.90 (yes that is 90 cents) ponchos to wear for the "wet" rides (I have this thing about having wet clothes - yucky). We had taken a couple of the ponchos and put on the scooter to insure it did not get wet and ruined in the rain. We had parked it under one of the covered areas and went into the Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch - which by the way was the 2nd time we had gone there because of this "ooey gooey toffee cake" dessert can I just say a little bit of heaven - when we came out we had found that someone stole one of the $.90 ponchos! Oh my gosh a crime at Disney I was crushed! I guess they really needed it more than we did. Johns said that maybe it was for a little girl in her princess dress (that the parents spent $100 for but they could not buy a 90 cent poncho) and it needed to be covered.

Oh there are so many more stories about Disney World I could seriously go on and on. As soon as we get the 2700 pictures that Johns took plus the 300 that was on our photopass loaded I will add pictures.

Then on October 2nd I was able to go to the Utah History Museum and the U of U and the State Capitol with my niece Brianna. This same day my mom had her Gaul bladder taken out. She has not had any problems with it but they did an ultrasound and found that she had Gaul stones and before they can do the kidney transplant they had to take it out. Everything went perfect with it and I was able to meet up with them at the hospital that afternoon.

On October 9th Jolene was finally able to go in and have the surgery done on her knee. Everything went great on it and she even has pictures - so cool - I would love to be able to see a surgery like that in person. She is getting around ok and should be back to work on Monday.

Then today the BEST news was received my aunt Debbie is a full match with no health problems to be a kidney donor for my mom. We were a little worried the last couple weeks because one of the tests came back that she may have the same thing that my mom did so they had to repeat the test and the results are in and the surgery is a GO! So, on November 1st she will be flying in and the surgery will be on November 7th. It is very scary but my mom is as her doc said "in good shape for the shape she is in" so we will pray everything will go good. Please keep both my mom and my aunt in your prayers.

I am so thankful that my aunt is willing to do this for my mom. It was such a shock last year when we found out that she was in kidney failure to have Debbie offer this up for her is wonderful! We are so blessed to have the family that we do.

Where did August go?

I cannot believe August is gone already! We have had such a busy summer I don't even know where to start! I have put on some pictures of things that we have done......I have so much more to do but the pictures are not loaded...I will get to them soon...

Alexis birthday party at Classic skating....

Eric

Alexis and Justin

Bridger softball. He loves anything to do with sports.....

look at that determined face....

Family Picnic

Playing on the "tractors" - so they are

not as fun as grandpas but they will do.

Racing on the tractors - ok who but the

favorite aunt will get her bootie on this tractor

and chase you around the tennis court?

Crashing on the tractors - That would be Chase

on the ground, the wheel to the tractor away from it

and Broc cracking up that Chase crashed. .

Family hanging out after lunch!

The girls on the swing! I had a cousin that was really close

to my age so I totally know how great it is to be able

to play and get along with your cousins like these

2 do.

Funny Blog

So today I came across a funny blog about childbirth. I don't have any kids but I have been with both of my sisters when they have had theirs and it is really a great experience. This link is to a L&D nurse and her take on the situation....Check it out for some great laughs....http://itsababynotbrainsurgery.blogspot.com

More to come

So, Johns has been doing this huge project for a friend at work so I can't load any new pictures on our computer until he is done...but don't fear - I will have some great pictures of fun things we have been doing...stay tuned...

Vacation Count Down

I HATE SNAKES!

So as I told Johns last night I can tolerate and deal with a lot of things but I CANNOT tolerate or deal with SNAKES!!! I was mowing our forest that I sometimes like to call our yard (today I call it a yard yesterday I had some other words for it and our lawn mower - UGH!) I was putting the rain gutter extension back on and noticed that there were a few rocks from the roof in it. When this happens no big deal I just drop them in the window wells around the house. Last night as I was tipping the rocks in I noticed that the "stick" in the bottom of the window well MOVED! I nearly freaked out! I remained calm as I walked up to the back door opened it to where Johns and his sister were sitting and informed him the whole "I can tolerate and deal with a lot of things...." speech. His response "What do you want me to do"....My response "I want you to get the shovel and KILL IT!!!!!"

My hero came out and killed the HUGE 2 foot snake - after about 50 jabs at it because the stupid thing kept moving around....Oh my gosh could that be any worse!

Surfs Up

Surfs Up DUDE! The 2 days a year that Dewey waits for he shines up his 4 John Deere tractors, creates a cute family float (Surf Shack) and we join the Syracuse (June 28) and West Point (July 4th) parades. Between the 2 parades this year we threw 3200 frozen Otter Pops! The look on the kids faces as we threw them is completely priceless!



We really do enjoy the West Point parade and the park after since we have lived here my entire life so there are a lot of people we know - and you don't have to worry about any "shaddy" people hanging out. While we played BINGO (you know you are jealous) we let the kids run off and play at the free activities they had going on. First would you dare do that at the Layton or Clearfield parks and second do they have free activities at these 2 parks...um NO! See why West Point is the BEST!

Johns was the official Carlson photographer and took 400 pictures of us at the Syracuse parade. He had to work on the 4th so me and my lousy 25 pictures of the West Point parade did not do him justice - sorry!