Prayers for Kairi

This is one of my good friends little girl. She is only 3 1/2 and beautiful as they come. She is full of energy and loves everyone. On Sat there was a terrible accident and a 6x6x10 beam fell and hit her. She is in critical condition at primary childrens hospital in Salt Lake. She needs your prayers......

Here is a link to a website the family has made for her and to keep everyone updated.

http://www.larenabbottfam.blogspot.com/

Happy 24th and Sams 9th birthday

It is tradition in Kanosh to have a oh so fun parade for the 24th my mom is in the relief society so she gets to be in the parade. This year they threw t-shirts but in the past they have thrown jello jigglers and twinkies. They keep it exciting:)

My sister brought rock band and boy did we have fun with it. I think the adults may have played more than the kids. We of course are on easy level while the 8-13 years olds laugh all the way to expert.
It was sams 9th birthday party. We threw him a rock band party. He was Sam Stefani for the day making rock star demands and all. Here is the crew with Mick Jagger lips Every star must be inked. I saw a new side of Terry. He ended up with 9 tatoos only 8 visible to the general public!!!!
My brother and I posing for our fans.

The reunion

After our trip to Yellowstone on our way back to Mesquite we stopped at my moms in Kanosh for a family reunion. We had so much fun

Terry played the entire time- ultimate frisbee was the game of choice this year. My brother in law actually broke a rib while playing.
There is always a theme for each reunion this years was forties so my grandpa talked about being in the war in life in the forties. He is an amazing man I am proud to have him as my grandpa.
There was a doughnut eating contest so Terry was first in line and almost won but was beat by a girl. Dang!!!
This is the scariest slide ever it is way too steep and should be taken down it is a broken bone waiting to happen. Luckily noone got hurt while we were there. My heart stopped several times watching the little ones climb the scary stairs.

yellowstone journey

We recently took a trip to Yellowstone with Terrys family including his Mom and sister and her husband and there 3 adorable children. We spent our days hanging out at the very nice KOA where we parked the trailer. They had a very nice pool and playground and and oh so mini mini golf course:) There were many memories created.
Ko Konnor just was not happy with our campsite he wanted to visit everyone elses as well
I don't know who's idea it was to do this but what a good shot!!!!
Terry is the king of the play ground
Old faithful at its peak. This picture does not even come close to doing it justice. It is beautiful and so amazing that it just goes off on its own every 90 minutes no alarm clock or anything. Nature is incredible and I feel so blessed to be a witness to it all.

Good News

So the Dr. had good news for me. He got the oncology reports back from the surgery and there is nothing abnormal about the tissue or blood. He told me he would leave it up to me whether I was ready to go back to work or not. I was so excited to hear that and decided to go for a couple hours. I got pretty worn out pretty fast but I managed to stay for about 4 hours. I will try a little longer on wed and just keep building until I am comfortable with a full day. I came home to find the hospital bill waiting- they do not mess around. It is crazy to me how much everything costs I mean we could go to Hawaii like 10 times for the same price as my 24 hour stay in Mesa View. You would think they could make the food a little more tasty and the walls should be covered in gold. Thank goodness for insurance which I think will cover the entire thing.

I am extremely nervous this morning. I go back to the dr first thing. My fate of going back to work this week is in his hands. I have had a rough weekend. Standing longer than a half hour is very difficult for me. There is still a lot of pain which I'm not sure is normal or not. I still don't have a really big appetite and get nauseous very easily. I'm afraid to tell the dr this because I fear his solution will be to take more time to rest. I am fearful if I take more time off my employer will be upset and my job will be in jeopardy. I love my job and miss getting up in the morning and knowing I will see all the patients who I love dearly. I on the other hand fear even more if I don't listen to the dr then there will be long time effects which could hurt my chances of having a baby. I guess I will know soon enough what the verdict is. I will keep you all posted. Keep your fingers crossed for me that whatever the dr tells me I will be able to deal with and do with a smile.

Firework adventure

What a firework show we had. We had a bbq at the Martinsen residence then watched the big fireworks, which were very impressive with the stars and swirlies and such. Then we had our own little firework show with lots of sparklers. Those were everyones favs.