July 5-8 2010 Family Reunion Glenwood Springs Colorado

Here is a picture of the place we will be staying in Glenwood Springs. I am including the website sunshineridgeguesthouse.com so you can take a better look at where we will be staying. We will have more information in the coming weeks! Hope you all like it!

Small miracle...

We are getting everything ready for Paiges baptism tomorrow. I went outside to mail a letter and found this beautiful sight, the only flowers blooming in the yard...! Well wishes of love from proud uncles! I guess its true, if we are looking we see small miracles all around us. I am so grateful for Eternal Families!

Getting ready

the dress is nearly complete. just some hand beading to do...

Money Pit...

Paige would like me to share that she is about to start her orthodontic treatments, phase one.

She had small rubber spacers placed between her molars to prepare them for metal rings which will be attached to a permanent retainer in 2 weeks. She was so excited at the orthodontist today and even insisted that she have her braces put on today. However, the pain in her mouth has made the idea a little less appealing this evening. The retainer is to be placed to expand her jaw by 13 millimeters, the amount of space needed to fit her teeth into her currently tiny mouth...ouch. Little does she know how fun this will be! Phase one will cost $2480 with half of that being out-of-pocket. Who knows how many phases this will be, in the end or how much it will cost in all! HMMMM! Hannah will start treatment in 12-18 months. Shelby will be assessed nest week.

Alyson is Old!

Yes, today is my sweetheart's birthday. She's now a very young 36! The kids think that we're both ancient!

Patriotic... sort of

On Valentine's Day the kids and I attended a welcome home celebration for a good friend in our ward who just returned from his third year-long tour in Iraq.

Reid and Adin made the front page of The Coloradoan, (click here) but even Grandma didn't recognize them. They were dressed in their army gear, but it was so cold and windy that they bundled up in their hoodies (who needs coats in the middle of winter?!)... incidentally, they look more like a Palestinian terrorist and a Klan member.

A True Woman

Smiling through the pain

It takes a lot to get Jane down, but a dislocated elbow (also known as nurse maid's elbow) did the trick. She dislocated it playing with Reid & Adin in the nursery at the gym the other day. She was crying inconsolably when they came to get me, which is very uncharacteristic of her, so I knew immediately what the problem was when I touched her arm and she winced, since this has happened before.
We waited for Daddy to come home to fix her, an she sat unmoving in the arm chair with her blankie watching Sesame Street.
Adin came in crying a little while later because he hurt his hand, so while I attended to him Jane slipped out of the room and the next thing I knew she was crying at the top of the stairs. She couldn't carry the blanket she went to get and wanted me to being her and the blanket back down, and then motioned for me to give Adin that blankie. Once I understood, she beamed and kept smiling at Adin.
I love seeing Jane's little womanly instincts and she's not even two yet!

p.s. I should add that although I tried three times to but her elbow back in place, Daddy did it immediately. I even used the same technique he's taught me, but I guess these past 7 years of training have really paid off for him! :)