Knee Surgery

Our dad had a ACL replaced. It was quite the surgery. More than maybe we had anticipated. He is doing better now, but it is always nice when dad slows down so we can all enjoy him. Spencer was loving all the games they got to play and the snuggling time with dad too. William also enjoyed those same things. He started therapy so he is on his way to recovery. They sent us home from the hospital the coolest (no pun intended) Polar care ice pack thing. All you have to do is fill it up with ice and water every 8 hours and it pumps cold water to the ice pack on the knee. Very COOL! I am thinking I need this will all my back/hip problems. We do get to keep it forever, so if you ever have orthopedic surgery you should borrow it! It is the green, white and blue thing.
David had Ted hose on so he didn't get blood clots. He looked hot with them on!

1st Place Reflection Winner

Here is our Abi girl with all her first place gear! We are so proud of her and her great idea. Good Job Abi! Her entree will go on to district and be judge or maybe it is just area. Anyway we will keep you posted. Here is the actual entree.
The theme was WOW!

Turkey

Becky made another turkey this week at Special Needs. She has all the good ideas. :)

I liked the pipe cleaner head. Very clever!

Beck has all the good ideas! Thanks for sharing Becky!

Thanksgiving Table favor

I thought this was a cute idea for table favors for Thanksgiving. Becky made it at Special Needs Mutual. It is a snack pudding turned upside down and then you add the feathers and wings and head. You could ever add real feathers. It would be a project you could do in the next week.

Good job Becky! We love it!

David's tape sculpture

David did this really cool project for school. We taped his whole body in pieces and then cut it off and put it altogether. It was really cool. You start with one layer sticky out and then two layers sticky in. The head was a little tricky. Definitely a parent help project."Here I am to save the day!"

It is kinda crazy to have another David in the house. He had to take it back to school and now his teacher has 30+ hanging from her ceiling.

Becky's birthday celebrations

My mom made Becky a star quilt for her birthday. It is so nice and soft. I love it!Beck got the Emma movie which she was so excited about.

And of course a birthday cake. She wanted to eat at Chuck-a-Rama, so none of us really wanted any cake and ice cream at home, so we had it the next night. Love ya Beck!

Fun kid activity

I found this idea in Family Fun. I tried it out in Abi's class for the Halloween party. It was really fun and something just a little different. Some of the kids really caught on to the idea, some not so much. I took a few pictures of some of the great ones.

I just had lots of magazines and paper bags and let the kids go at it.

Flash from October

Here is a small flash from Oct. I am not too sure where the time has gone, because November is almost gone now. We did make some fun memories! My kids love carving pumpkins and their dad does too. He does like to break out the power tools for carving. He figured that one out the past few years. It works wonders.

Happy Birthday Becky!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!Today my sister turns 28. Hard to believe she is that old. She is still as cute as ever! Happy Birthday Beck! Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!! We love you and glad we get to share your life with you! Thanks for all you do for us!

Jody and Brandon's Wedding

We went to Manti for my niece's wedding. It was such a great and memorable day! I was so glad I got to share it with my family.

The kids couldn't resist a roll down the hill. I was a little late at getting a photo of the actual rolling, but got David climbing back up.

David and I were married here 13 years ago on Nov. 2. Fun to be there for Jody's wedding so close to the day we were married. 13 years later we have 4 wonderful kids to show. Fun day to take my kids to the Manti Temple.

Jody and Brandon
October 24, 2008

Okay for the real fun pictures. So cute! So this is my sister Angela and her family. They finally have a brother!! YEAH!!! Now Stan isn't so out numbered. :) They all looked so good this day.
All the sisters Anne, Cami, Jody, Klea, Erin, and Lizz. This picture is so cute of them all. One down 5 to go. Can you imagine 6 daughters weddings? Crazy, but at least they have Cami the wedding planner!
Jody looked so beautiful! I can't believe she is married, well yeah I can she is pretty amazing! My little niece that isn't so little anymore. She was only 10 when I got married.

Cami's amazing creations. I understand these cakes quite intense. Cami with some help hand rolled all these pearl balls out of white chocolate. She dusted them with pearl dust. She said only for her sister. I thought this was such a cute idea! Brandon's mom decorated for the dinner with these. They are pumpkins painted black with white lines. So clever, I loved it!!!!!