Number 2 due in April

I am pregnant!! Due April 10, 2009, and so I'm currently in my 13 week. We are super excited, I will keep you updated.

Sorry about lack of posting lately, I've been pretty sick and not up to it. Hopefully I will start feeling better soon so I can post more often.

Surgery was a success!

Thanks for all the prayers and fasting in our behalf on this day. The surgery went better than hoped for. The Dr. was able to get the stint out and he thought the duct looked open which means it worked! We went in expecting the worst and miraculously everything worked out. Heavenly Father was truly watching out for Mantha as he always does.

Rough Day

Today was the day we had scheduled to get Samantha's tube out of her eye, it was supposed to be a very easy procedure to be done in the Doctor's office. But the tube for some reason is stuck and could not be taken out. I held her down as the Doctor and assistant used tweezers to yank on that tube as hard as they could. She SCREAMED and KICKED and looked at me with eyes of betrayal. This went on for a very, very long time before the Doctor gave up and said it isn't coming out. Now the tube is stretched out and hanging out of her eye, so needs to be removed asap. He called the Operating Room at Primary and squeezed us in for tomorrow. We got a late time slot (6pm) which is rough because Mantha won't be able to eat after 10am (because they will be sedating her), and that is really rough for a short gut kid as she is used to eating several meals every day.

The Doctor is concerned that the tear duct is shrinking down again and that is the reason he can't get the tube out. (The tube is in a loop and knotted to itself, the knot is the part getting stuck.) If that is the case, we are back to square one with 3 failed surgeries!! I'm getting the feeling that Samantha is our Murphy's Law kid.

When this problem started they told us it usually clears up by the time they are a year old....it didn't.

They proceeded to do surgery on it which is very successful and works over 90% of the time....it didn't.

They tried a more intense surgery leaving a tube in for three months which is always successful if they have to do it......will it be? We shall see.

I am pretty optimistic that they can get the tube out (they will try to go through the nose, or through the eye again, just not have screaming kid and Mom watching and be able to be more aggressive). I am only worried that once they get the tube out, the tear ducts will shrink back down. The Doctor is worried about this too. Wish us luck tomorrow.

Sorry this is so long and sob story, it has been a rough day.

Mission Call

My Mom and Dad have been called on a mission for our church. They have posted about it on their new blog. They leave for their 'first' mission this Friday to Romania and Albania. Love them and with them luck.

Ice Blocking

We went Ice Blocking for mutual with the Young Women. It was so much much fun and no injuries this time!!

Youth Conference

I got to plan and attend Youth Conference this year. It was lots of work, but the kids had lots of fun, made lots of memories, and most importantly-their testimonies grew!

July 24th

I know we're a little behind, but here are some things we did July 24th weekend.



Fireworks at Adam's




















Fingerpaints, swings, and swimming!

Losing it!

We LOVE movies and watch lots! That being said we totally score on Blockbuster's Total Access program. We pay $10/month that gives us one movie at a time, then we exchange it in the store for free so we have one to watch while we wait for the next one on our list to be sent to us (takes 2 days). So we ALWAYS have at least one movie to watch.

Anyway, here is why I am losing it:
The other day we went to drop off movies at Blockbuster and I just about threw one of our movies in there too, good thing Benj was with me. The sad part is, when he told me it was ours I didn't believe him for a while. Sorry honey, now we know where all our movies go. :)

Grandma Sandi's

We had a fun weekend at my Mom's last week. The kids played so much and slept so good!

Samantha and Porter look mischievous.








Grandpa Barry told stories to the kids after they swam and ran through the sprinklers. We all sat on the deck and listened.

















Army guys and paints!







Pretty girls all ready for church.
Dad came up to join us, "yeaaaaaa!"

Bubbles

If Samantha could blow bubbles all day she would. But, what is interesting about these photos is her fleece jacket on in the 90 + degree weather! I must have really taught her she can't go outside without a coat in the winter, cause now she WON'T leave the house without her coat and shoes! Thems are da rules!

Memories

Here are the rules:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Girls Camp!

I just got back from Girl's Camp with my YW! They are amazing and after a lot of hard work it turned out wonderful! As you can see we had so much fun! The girls learned a lot and their testimonies grew so much.......success.































I love these girls!

4th of July

We spent the 4th in Farmington with friends and family this year. Thursday night was a 'Girls Night Out' with my sisters that included going out to dinner, a very intense game of Bunko, and pictionary.












The next morning we headed up to the Kaysville parade. This was Samantha's first parade, so we were excited to show her, but she was more interested in this red wagon (which wasn't even ours) than the awesome floats and people going by.










Elisa came with her family, she is due in October with baby boy! Porter was a champ at collecting all the candy.....we gotta work on Samantha's enthusiasm and technique for next year.












Shayla came with us and Doug was in the parade for 'search and rescue', it was fun to see him.

We stopped by the Yorks house after the parade and visited with their family for a while.
Mantha finally got a popsicle after a long, hot day. What a good sport.

Mantha talkinng

Ben's little sister Karilynne (the one on a mission in Sweden) wanted us to get a video of Mantha talking so she could hear her voice. I recorded her in front of the mirror (where she likes to show off).

Samantha is 2!!

Samantha turned two on Saturday and we had a BBQ in the backyard, thanks for all who were able to come! We had a wonderful time, it is so fun to get together with friends and family!