Boys! Boys! Boys!

Today was an exciting day for Zach. He went and had his interview with the Bishop to be baptized and then he had his first day of Cub Scouts. He is so excited to get baptized. He has been counting down the days for quite some time now. At cub scouts they played water kick ball. They were having so much fun. I am such a bore, I did not want to play and get all wet. Zach gets baptized on Saturday at 11 am. I still can't believe that I am old enough to be having a child get baptized. Where has the time gone?? (Oops I guess that I am really old if I am saying that) These boys are growing up and are so much fun. They have had such a fun summer. It seems like almost every night they have cousins or friends stay the night. My house is always swarming with extra boys. I don't know what they are going to do when school starts and they actually have to sleep in their beds instead of sleeping bags. They will die when I put them to bed at 9:00.
Mom seems to be in good spirits. When I talked to her today she said that she felt to good to have cancer! I guess that is good?!

Update on Mom

Well we got the results of my Mom's CT scan today. The cancer is spreading quite aggressively. It is up into her pulmonary cavity and it is covering quite a bit of her bowels. It has not penetrated her bowel yet, but that could be where it goes next. My mom has been off chemo since May but will start again on Friday. She responded very well to the chemo before so I am hopeful that she will do well again. She seems to be coping well with things. We are all so proud of her and are grateful that she has hung in this for as long as she has. We knew at the start of this that her cancer was a fast growing cancer. Hang in their mom!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

What's Cookin???

Well Caleb and Chase decided that they were going to make Sunday dinner. Caleb took my order and Chase cooked the food. I was so impressed that they even cleaned up their mess. I only had to asked them once. That is a record! It was nice to have a relaxing Sunday. Justus finally got home. He is tired of driving, I don't blame him. It is against my value system to drive that far in a car. We are glad that he is back home with us safe and sound.

I love Saturdays!!

Today my friend Keiko and I went on a 52 mile bike ride around Cache Valley. What a beautiful place to live. It is so nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air and the clean scent of cow manure, dead skunk (very recent might I add!) and fermenting deer. Even though that was part of the sights that we got to take in I think the bathrooms at Benson Marina topped it off! I don't think I need to say any more!! It was a lot of fun and I enjoy getting out on my bike. Tonight I took the kids to the Millville Night Out Against Crime. They had so much fun doing all of the activities. Cousin Shawn came too. I was glad that it ended at 9:00 or I am sure that we would still be there. Justus went to Fargo N.D. this week. What a happening place to vacation to (no offense if you like that place). He and his Dad went up to support a couple of the kids they coach on the high school wrestling team. We are all looking forward to him coming home tomorrow.

Update on Linda Lee

Well mom got her blood test back today. Her Cancer marker was up from 99 on July 2 to 230 today. We will hopefully get the results of her CT scan on Monday which will give us a greater picture of what is going on. Please keep her in your prayers.

This is mom with her youngest grandson Porter.

Momma Mia

Everyone keeps on asking me how my Mom is doing with her Cancer. Today was not a good day for her and we will be meeting with her Oncologist tomorrow. It seems to me like she is slowly feeling worse each day. She feels like she is filling up with fluid and is having a much harder time walking and getting around. I am grateful that her spirits have been high. We have had a lot of fun together lately. Sunday night my Mom, Chase and I just layed on my bed and talked. We laughed a lot and reminisced about the past. It was great!! There has not been many times in my life that we have done that. I cherish the time we have, and the memories that we are making. Hang in there Mom! I am proud of you!

Happy 8th Birthday Zach

Today we celebrate Zach's 8th birthday. I cannot believe it!!! I am so proud of myself for raising such an awesome boy!! Ha! Ha! He is such a great kid. WE LOVE YOU ZACH!! We had a birthday party last night with all the family. Dang! he got spoiled by everyone. Thank you! We had a birthday party with all of his friends today. It was me and 10 boys. Only one kid had to go home for a band aid, some TLC and quite possibly a tetanus shot. We had a pinata that I rigged up on the basketball hoop. These boys are getting stronger than the last time we had a pinata. Only a few kids got a turn to hit it before Zach knocked it to the ground. I felt bad but they were just glad to get the loot inside.

Zach will get baptized on August 2. Everyone is invited.

Shark Tales

We had a fun family reunion this past weekend at Bear Lake. It is so nice to get together with family. They camped at the KOA over the weekend. I went to my cousin Heidi's wedding on Friday instead. That was a beautiful wedding and they both looked so happy, plus it got me out of camping! - Thanks Heidi! When I got to Bear Lake on Saturday we had a fun time at the beach. The boys loved to ride in the boat until they got knocked off the tube. That was quite a traumatic experience for them and me! Chase made me laugh though when he said, "Mom!! I almost got eaten by a shark!" Boy, we really would have had a story to tell if Chase would have gotten eaten by a shark at Bear Lake.

We had some great news this morning. Shanon gave birth to beautiful little girl. Way to go Shanon, we need more girls in this family!!!

Back home again

Well what a fun trip we had.  Caleb, my mom and I returned yesterday.  The weather here is beautiful.  Last night we watched August Rush.  What a great movie that was.  It was so nice to cuddle with my boys on the couch.  They are getting so big, and I am getting so old!!  My life is great and I have my wonderful husband and family to thank for that.  Thanks guys!!!!

Chase got upset because he doesn't have a picture on the Blog.  So this one's for you Bud!!!

Hello Arizona!

Here we are in Arizona. We thought we would leave the heat of Utah to enjoy the heat of Arizona. My sister in law Michelle talked me into starting a blog. So we will see how I do. We have had a lot of fun here and we will be returning home tomorrow. Thanks for the fun time in Arizona Chris and Michelle. I'll be back when the low temp. dips below 95. Love ya!