Life goes on

Things have been going well. I spent the a few days at Special Olympics in Cedar City coaching Track and Field for the TURN Tigers. It was great being able to get away and just think about things. We only had two athletes participate. They done well. One brought home 1 Gold and 2 Silver Medals. The other brought home 3 Gold and 1 Silver Medal. Having a small team was nice because there was not as much stress however I think I like when the team is bigger. It is always such a great experience seeing their enthusiasm for the events and seeing how they are going to do.
Life on the home front has been good. Went camping over memorial day it was again great to get away and not have to stress about everyday events. The fishing was slow but it was nice spending time with some of the family. We also got out of the rain for a few days. Rained at home but not Scolfield. Cant wait to go to Oregon with some of the family for a family reunion and to spend time on the coast and do a little fishing.

Life

Why dooes it seem that when things get tough in life you don't want to be around the ones that are there for you and want to help you?
Back in January my body decided that it was going to try and pass kidney stones. The only problem is they were to big for me to pass without surgical intervention. It was the longest week of my life felt like three or four. I actually ended up loosing track of the days because I was so sick. It all started at about 2:30AM one morning. I was the only one at home in bed sound asleep and get woken suddenly by a sharp pain in my right side and urge to use the restroom. Only problem is I could not go. I came and looked up what the pain could be and it kind of subsided and so I went back to bed. Then the pain hit again this time 20 times worse then the first time. I decided that I would go to work the next morning and then get ahold of the Doctor to see if I could get in. By 5:30AM I was in so much pain that I was throwing up. So I decided I could not wait any longer. So I got in the car and drove myself to the emergency room at American Fork Hospital where they took me straight back had me try to go to the rest room and got me something for the nausea and pain. They then did a CT Scan and came in and said I was trying to pass kidney stones that were to large for my body to pass. They called the  Urologist who told me to call and get an appointment as soon as I got home. I went the next day. Then the next day he took me into same day surgery where he used shockwave to break the stone up. Got it broke u[p sent me on my way. By the next day which was friday I was in so much pain that I could not eat or take meds. This went on all week end. I got to the point that if I would have died I woud not have cared. They ended up doing another procedure the following tuesday after I ended up in the Hospital on Monday. Spent 2 nights there. But the second procedure took care of the stone. They went in was able to get it in a cage. Anyway I decided at this time I needed to make some life style changes. This has been very fruatrating to me. I have cut soda pop and dugar pretty much out of my diet and cut down what I eat in half if not more also increased my water intake. Everyone told me I would take off weight with these changes. I have hardly lost anything and it is frustrating. I have exercised some but not tons.
Then today my dad woke up with a pain in his side and back thought it was a blood clot he has problems with them. He went to the hospital they have ran tests and cant figure out what it is. While he was there he started fevering. So they are keeping him over night to observe and see if they can figure what is going on. The only thing that sucks about this is that they were supposed to be leaving on Tuesday to go and spend time with my younger brother in Nebraska. Were taking my niece since she has not had a grandkid trip with grandma and grandpa since she was born. I am sure they will still make it down it may just be post poned by a bit which makes me sad because everyone was so excited after all they don't make it to Nebraska as often as they should.

Family

The family went to lagoon some of us went for 2 days. Then the second day the remainder went. We decided while there to get a picture of the family. We missed having Ty and his family with us but had a great time. This is what my mom and dad gave all of us for our Birthday this past year. It is always great doing things as a family. Some of the other highlights of the summer was going to Otter Creek with my moms sister and some of her kids while there we caught lizards. I told the kids that they had to let them go before we left so that they could live in the wild. While we were packing up to come home my dad put them in the side of the trailer. I did not think that they would live very long. This was the end of July and we still have them. They are growing. Then we went camping up soapstone basin and caught frogs. That was also fun. Once again when grandpa was packing up to come home he put them in the side of the trailer. Needless to say they only lasted in the pond for a couple of days before ecscaping. The greatest part of the summer was when my dad had decided that he had enough problems with our trailer and so he went and got another one. It is a 2006 just like brand new it had only been used a couple of times. It actually has room to sleep more than my mom and dad and that makes it nice. It has bunk beds. Don't get me wron the old trailer was a nice trailer but it was only made to sleep 2 which made for long nights any time we went somewhere. This one is not as tall but just as nice.

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The Last of the pictures

Here ars some pictures of Wendys kids. I hope you enjoy them. One is of Proter when They came down for Braxtons baptism. This was after a very long day with a very short nap. He finally crawled up on his dads lap to eat a peanut butter finger and fell asleep while eating it.

A few Pictures

Time Flys

Well it has been forever since I last updated. There has not been alot happening lately. Everyone has had the sinis infection that has been going around. Some longer than others. All of Wendys kids have had it. Braxton started it and he has not felt good for a week. Then Bryson got it a couple of days later and Brakell came down with it on Sunday.

I don't know if everyone heard about the shooting in Pleasant Grove. It was Braxtons first full day back to school after getting sick. He tried going back the day before but only made it part of the day. However both Braxton and Bryson ended up with Croupe with the sinis infection. Cristy called me at around 2:00PM and asked if I had heard from Wendy I said about 30 Minutes ago. Why. She then said that Mount Mahogany was in lock down due to a shooting near by. I told her I would call Wendy and could not get her to answer she had turned of the phone so that Bryson could sleep. So I called Danny and he went and picked Braxton up from school. The school handeled it well. They did not let any of the kids know what was going on and were meeting the parents at the door. The kids had been told that they could not go out for recess. Then the next thing the kids knew most of the kids were getting checked out. Braxton said that he was glad that he did not know until after he got picked up from school. He watched the news later that day to see what they had to say about it.

Braxton had his blue and gold banquet for scout where he had earned the first badge and his community belt loop. He was excited about that and can not wait to earn more items. He is enjoying scouts and being able to learn.

Bryson and Brakell have been enjoying the weather and being able to finally get outside. Wendy has had a hard time keeping them in the house so that they can get better they just want to be outside playing and riding bikes.

Work has been going well for me. I have had some additional responsibilities added to me due to our Human Resource Director leaving to have a baby and only coming back for 5 hours a week from home when she comes back. It has not been to bad just time consuming trying to learn it all before she is actually gone.

I am going on a Cruise to Alaska in June with mom, dad, Cristy, and Dave and am way excited to be able to go. I have paid my part off. I will be flying by myself but that does not bother me since I have flown solo before. Just excited to get to see alaska.

Baptism/Family

We have had a busy couple of weeks. Braxton my nephew was baptized by my brother who was able to come in from Nebraska for the Baptism and his daughters baby blessing the next day. I am proud of Braxton for making the decision to be baptized and following the example that the Savior set for all of us. I know that as he goes throughout life that if he listens to the Holy Ghost that he will be guided in all that he does and that great things will happen. I am grateful for brothers that hold and honor their priesthood that are able to help out in times of need.
It was great to see Ty and his family and spend some time with them. Even though it was just a short time. I am greatful for my sister in law Brindee that prepared a great talk on the holyghost and came up with the ideas that she did to help Braxton understand the role of the holy ghost and when he will be able to feel the holy ghost. I am also grateful to his Aunt Tonya that prepared and gave a great talk on Baptism and the story that she shared about the holy ghost that Braxton still talks about. The talks helped him to see the importance of the decision that he made to be baptized.
I love this time of year it is great to be able to get together as family and share our love for one another. I also love the decorations and being able to drive around and look at Christmas lights. I love remembering the importance of this time of year which is the Savior and all that he has done for us. I love to be able to purchase gifts for family and those in need so that they can feel the love that I have for them and also in hopes that the gifts will remind them of the greatest gift that has been given to us which is our Savior. I am so grateful for the Savior and the many blessings that he has given to me and my family. With him all things are possible and I see great things happen daily that is made possible by the Savior.

Deer Hunt and November update

Ok, I have been home from the deer hunt for almost a month next weekend. I was able to kill this 2 point. The hunt was harder than it has been in years past. There did not seem to be as many deer as years past. We seen a few dews and fawns each day. However opening morning we did see a nice but by no means monster 3 or 4 point but we were not able to get a shot off before it disappeared and we were not able to see it after it disappeared. We did try to locate it again to see if we could get a shot but it was a no go. The deer out smarted us. The hunt was very warm and for this reason I believe the Deer just had not moved into where we hunted. They were were there was snow from the storm that came the weekend before the hunt and down in the hay fields by the main highway. I got my deer where there was still snow. It was about 20 miles away from where we normally hunt. My mom got a spike in that same area. We is my dad and me.

We had a good Halloween. Wendys kids got far more candy then they needed but they had fun. We went and tricker treated main street in American Fork and then went to our annual trunk or treat. Then to family. They all looked cute. I did not think to get pictures. Braxton was a Doctor, Bryson a Fireman, Brakell a Candy Corn Princess, and Shaylee was a princess.

November has been a crazy month. I can not believe that is is almost over and time to get ready for the Holidays. I put the lights on the house this last weekend. I can't wait to put up the village that I put up every year. I am trying to decide if I want to do it this weekend or after Thanksgiving.

Work has been going good. So far the merge that we done seems to be going well and I for some reason have not felt as stressed the last little bit.

We have had several Birthdays in November and Braxton can not wait to get baptized on the 6 of December. The whole family will be together for the baptism and we are all excited about this since it does not happen to often. He is extremely excited that Ty will be able to baptize him.

Update

I am a slacker when it comes to blogging. I guess that is what happens when you are not married and do not have to keep everyone updated on what is happening with kids and life. Today has been an interesting day. We woke up to snow in American Fork. Mom was out by Strawberry and said that they did not get any snow there and that Heber also had no snow. The boys loved playing in the snow. Brakell is all girl and says she is going to stay in the house where it is warm. I will be getting ready to go deer hunting this next weekend. I am excited for that. Due to not working for 10 days. I am hoping that we see lots of deer and that I get one this year since I did not get one last year. However I will just be glad to be in the mountains as long as my allergies do not get to bad. I enjoy my job but am definetly ready for a break. I do not like the unknown. We are in the middle of merging with another agency. My boss for the past 2 plus years is no longer there and so I have had to also adjust to a new supervision style which has been a bit tricky and different.

Dad went Buffalo hunting today. He was able to get a nice buffalo. Here is a picture of the buffalo. He is excited. They figure it weighed 2400 pounds with everything. It is 14 years old and has been able to avoid getting weighed at the Antelope Island buffalo round up for the last 8 years and so they did not have an updated weight on it. I will have to post christmas decoration pictures as soon as I take them for you to be able to see.

I have joined

I am new at this. I decided that it was time to join so that I can keep Ty and Brindee updated on things that are happening. I am hoping that this will work since they are not around to keep updated.