NOW A BROKEN FOOT!

Well, 1 week after Tom saw the doctor for the last time about his elbow, and the doctor gave him the OK to use his arm again without any reservations,

Tom broke his foot. 

Life just keeps happening..

He didn't just break his foot, he spiral brook the long bone in the foot that connects to the pinkie toe.

The purple toes got quite swollen and much darker purple.  He has tried his best to stay off his foot but that is almost impossible when you work everyday.  He did take off about 2 hours to have his foot exrayed and to get the half cast on, but then it was back to work. 
Yesterday they told him that the bone didn't move so he could use a walking boot and that surgery probably wasn't necessary.  I am sooooo glad for that!
THANK YOU TOM FOR WORKING SO HARD, EVEN WITH A BROKEN FOOT.  LOVE YOU

Tom's Surgery

Well, we finally finished the yard in St. George.  Tom and I moved 9 tons of this beautiful red rebel rock to cover the front and part of the back and side yards.  We also planed 15 Oliander Bushes and 16 pots of flowers that have thier own bubbler system to them.  I am so glad it is done and I think it looks great.  This is the new front door area

This is the old frond door area.  Big difference!  It looks GREAT NOW!!!

Tom had arm surgery this past Wednesday and was not happy when he came out with a cast on his whole arm.  He thought he would just have a half cast... but not so.... he has a full cast and will have it on for 2 weeks.  When they check the area of the surgery they are going to cut a piece of the cast off but won't remove the cast for another week.  This will be interesting since he only scheduled himself 4 days off for recovering from this.  Rodney will be working with him and his full shcedule for the next couple of weeks.   I hope this was all worth it and that his elbow works well with no pain after he gets this off.

I love you Tom!

Kamden's First Day

My how time flies! Kamden started Kindergarten and I can't believe he is that old. He was so excited! His teacher is Ms. Hamilton and he seems to really like her. We Love You Kamden!

Tomato Soup

Well, I had 40 lbs of tomatoes to do something with so I decided to make............

Tomato Soup. It was so delicious that we all had it for dinner that night before I finished bottling it. I got 20 pints and 7 quarts from the 40 lbs of tomatoes and all I added was fresh basil, celery, onion and salt. It is soooo good. Maybe I will get enough tomatoes from my own garden for this next year.

Results

So the results are in. Amos doesn't have Sarcoma (or how ever you spell it) he has Lymphoma. So, we will just let him live as long as he has a good quality of life. He has a cool scar and so far it has not stopped him at all.

My Country Song Week

You know the old saying that if you play a Country Song backwards things would be better???? Well I had a week like that. My dad had been sick, in bed most of the week, my dog

went in to have a fat mas removed and it turned out to be much more!!! The growth went through 3 muscles and we are having it biopsied because the Vet thinks it is cancer. Here he is the first day...................

He was even sadder the second day because he couldn't stop licking and he had to have a neat cone added to his new attire. He pouted all day!

Then, Sariah and the boys moved back home. Thank isn't a bad thing it just takes a ton of moving the house around to make everyone comfortable and so it was a busy weekend.

I LOVE SUMMER

CHICKENS.....They are so fun to watch. Yesterday, Aug 10, after they had been practicing flying, they ran from one end of their area to the other taking a few steps and flying a few feet, not very high off the ground(we need to clip their wings) they must have been tired to into the garden box they went and rolled around and threw that dirt all over themselves. They stick so close together they look like one big feather patch. We should start to get eggs from them next month. FUN FUN FUN................
Poor Amos, he has a mass on his side that is about the size of a softball cut in half going from his groin area to his spine. He had it biopsied on Tuesday and he isn't feeling very well. He gets to have it removed on the 16th. What we don't do and pay for the ones we love.

Monday the 8th we had a fun grandma day. Kamden and Merric go to my house at about 7:30 and after breakfast we went and picked up Cierra, Breein and Brock and we drove down to Orem to pick up Kaylee and off we went to the discovery park. We had a great time. It is fun to see them play so well together!
After the park we dropped off Kaylee, I took the older kids swimming at Sariah's pool. They had a blast!Brock, Merric and Kaylee on a flat swing......................

I pushed Kaylee on the swing for about 1/2 hour. She loved it.. The other kids were playing a castle game running and chasing each other all over the place.....

Tom and I went for a ride on Sunday. We have not had much time to ride our motorcycles this summer and since Sunday was a nice day we did. We rode the Alpine loope and it is so green still. It was Beautiful.

We stopped at Sundance and took these pictures..the water is still running fast and high.

I love Summer..................................

ONE BUSY SUMMER!

BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES ARE FUN..
RODNEY HAD TO HAVE HAND SURGERY.
AS THEY WERE PACKING THEIR STUFF TO MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOUSE, THE WEEK BEFORE WE LEFT ON TREK, RODNEY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HAND WITH HIS BEBE GUN. THE SAFETY OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T WORK AND AS HE WAS MOVING IT.
IT WENT OFF AND LODGED A BEBE INTO HIS HAND.
HE IS SMILING BECAUSE HE HASN'T HAD THE SURGERY YET, THIS IS 3 DAYS AFTER BRIELLE WAS BORN SO I TOOK HIM FOR THIS...........................
THIS IS AFTER. NOTICE THE HAND. IT WAS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THEN THEY HAD PREDICTED BECAUSE THE BEBE HAD RUSTED AND THEY HAD TO DO SOME MAJOR CLEANING WHILE THEY WERE IN THERE. HE WAS LOTS OF FUN TO WAKE UP!
HE WAS SO TIRED FROM MOVING, THE BABY BEING BORN AND COVERING FOR US WITH THE BUSINESS WHILE WE WERE ON TREK THAT IT TOOK 2 HOURS TO WAKE HIM UP. I THINK HE COULD HAVE SLEPT ALL DAY.....

WE WELCOMED BRIELLE AUTUMN SMITH INTO OUR FAMILY ON JULY 25, RIGHT AFTER TREK. SHE IS A SUCH A JOY. SHE WAS 8 LBS, 2OZ AND 18 INCHES LONG..

PROUD GRANDPA!

MAY 27, AFTER 2 YEARS OF DATING ELIZA MARRIED TYLER AND HAD THE ONLY NICE DAY, WEATHER WISE, OUT OF THE WHOLE WEEKEND. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE!

THEY HAD A PHOTO BOOTH THAT ALL THE GUESTS HAD TO GO THROUGH ON THEIR WAY INTO THE BACK YARD, AT THE RECEPTION, AND AFTER THEY HAD THEIR PICTURES TAKEN THEY PUT ONE OF THE PICTURE CLIPS INTO THE GUEST BOOK AND THE OTHER ONE THEY GOT TO KEEP. IT WAS TONS OF FUN!

ALL 6 OF US GIRLS.

HE IS ONE HANDSOME YOUNG MAN!

MORE BEAUTIFUL THEN I HAVE EVER SEEN HER. SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS!

IT HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR, THIS IS ONLY SOME OF OUR ADVENTURES KEEP LOOKING FOR WHAT'S NEXT......

TREK......A GREAT ADVENTURE!!!!

OUR ADVENTURE BEGAN AT 4:00 A.M. MONDAY MORNING AND WE HAD A LONG 6 HOUR BUS RIDE THAT WAS A TON OF FUN!!

ARRIVING AT MARTINS COVE.........

OUR TREK FAMILY SADIE DOLBIN, HUNTER CASEY, LINDSEY CAMPBELL, MADDIE PITCHER, JACOB ROBERTS, RYAN WORTHLIN, ZAC GARSIDE, ZAC SLATER, KENNEDI ARLT AND DANNY MCARTHUR...WONDERFUL KIDS I WILL LOVE ALL MY LIFE!

CROSSING THE SWEET WATER.............

AND OUR TREK HIKE BEGINS..............

END OF DAY TWO AT CAMP...NOTICE THE CLOUDS IN THE BACK GROUND? THEY BECAME A HUGE LIGHTNING AND RAIN STORM.......INTENSE FOR A FEW MINUTES!!!

THE WOMAN'S PULL.........WE ARE STRONG AND CAN DO WHAT EVER WE NEED TO IF WE GIVE IT OUR BEST AND HAVE FAITH AND COURAGE.......................

LINDSEY, SADIE AND MADDIE PUSHED US UP THAT HILL.....

KENNIDI, ELIZABETH AND DIANE PULLED WITH THEIR MIGHT!

COOLING OFF IN THE SWEETWATER AFTER A LONG JOURNEY...FEELS SOOOO GOOD!

OUR LAST NIGHT RELAXING AT THE CAMPGROUND..EATING DINNER..VISITING WITH FRIENDS....

TREK WAS AWESOME! I'D DO IT AGAIN AN A HEART BEAT......THANKS TO OUR FAMILY FOR BEING SUCH GREAT KIDS AND MAKING THE JOURNEY A TIME TO REMEMBER...ENJOY THE PICTURES

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS A GREAT ADVENTURE