Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I updated this page! It has been a really crazy summer. The kids are all doing well and getting big. Daniel and Leslie are still staying with us but are looking for their own home especially since they just found out that they are having another little one in May! Yes, I'm going to be a grandma again. Lily turned three a couple of weeks ago and is doing great. She is staying busy with preschool and dance. She also potty trained herself and is doing great that way! She is a smart little thing. Drew is good. Had some stresses the past little bit but is doing better. He is living back at home for awhile and still going to USU. He has a girlfriend named Aspyen. She is very nice and is here going to USU on a scholarship. She is a cowgirl and barrel races. Anissa is good, just had her 15th birthday! Hard to believe that my baby is that old. She is doing great in school and is still in dance. She is going to do a classical ballet dance this year for her solo so she is pretty excited and nervous about that. She is getting better and better all the time. She is still babysitting a bunch and loving that too. Jeff is good. Had a bout with something last week we aren't sure what but he was down for several days very sick. He is much better and back to himself, thank goodness it was a bit scary. He is loving his new job and is staying busy there. He is counting down until there is enough snowfall to go riding! I'm okay been having some medical problems the past month that most of you are aware of. Started a new treatment today and hopefully it will help to get rid of the headache that has been lingering for a month now. Will follow up with cardiology on the 28th to see what is going on with my heart and what will have to be done to possibly repair it.

We love you and miss you all! We will keep you posted and I will try to do better updating the blog for those of you who live far away. I'm posting some pics of the kids too so enjoy!

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Hey everyone just a quick update on our family. We are doing okay had some recent challenges but doing okay for now. Kids are doing fine. Daniel and Leslie are good looking for a house and talking about having another little one! That will be fun but will be a handfull!!! Both are still working and doing fine that way. Andrew is still working and doing well on his own. We miss having him around but he still pops in from time to time! Anissa is good. School is going well for her as is dance. She is taking choir this year at school and had a concert last week where she sang a duet with another girl. She did a really good job it was very scary fo her but she did great!!! She is working hard at dance also getting ready for her first solo competition the end of the month. Jeff is good, he lost his job last week and it was a stress but, it was for the best he has been unhappy there for quite some time and things were really tense so it will be okay. He already found another job and started there on Monday. It is going well for him so far and he sure seems a lot happier! He and the boys have been riding quite a bit and it has been a great stress reliever for them. I've posted a video of their last "adventure". I'm hanging in there. School is going well, have an anatomy test tonight so been craming the last couple of days! I went back to work on Sunday and had a super busy shift both Sunday and Monday night so pretty tired and shoulder is pretty sore but was good to be back. Not much of anything else to report, we hope that all is well with you and your family's. We miss you and love you all ton's!!! Have a great day and I will write again soon.

Hi everyone! Just a note on our family. Everyone doing okay. Kids are all good. Andrew and Daniel staying busy with work, football, and church basketball!!! Leslie and Lily are good too. Lily is getting bigger everyday! She is talking soooo good now it is scary! We are working on the potty training thing but not going so good most days! Anissa is doing fine. She is doing well in school. She did a project for the school history fair and was chosen to go on to the region competition at USU in April! She did a really good job and we are really proud of her. She is also staying busy with dance. She starts her solo competitions next month so she has been working hard on her routine. She had her first performance with her group last week and she did really good. I'm doing okay. Ready to go back to work starting to get a little stir crazy! My shoulder is still really sore and not much motion still due to some scar tissue and inflammation because I couldn't start therapy right away because of the blood clots. I'm supposed to go back to work on Sunday but we will see what the doc says on Thursday. Jeff is good. Staying busy with work and trying to relax on the weekends. He and the boys have been snowmobiling a few times and have had a really good time. I'm so jealous!!! I haven't been able to ride at all this year because of my shoulder and not sure if I will get to go at all this year. Oh, well! We had my brother Steve's kids for the weekend because their new little one is in the hospital with RSV. We had a good time! We went skating and bowling with my sister and her daughter Kylie. It was fun for all of the cousins to get together! Well, hope that all is well with all of you. We miss you lot's!!! Talk to you all soon.

Good morning. Just a quick note. Not much new here. Shoulder is recovering slowly still pretty sore and therapy has been hard on it but hopefully things will keep moving along. See the doc again on the 19th will see if I can go back to work then. School is going okay. Been hard to catch up since I missed with my surgery but doing okay just had to study extra hard. Going this morning to take the entrance exam for the nursing program so a bit nervous! Kids are all okay, staying busy. Jeff is good. His boss gave us tickets to a Jazz game last night it was really fun! The tickets were in a suite with a catered meal and everything!! It was kind of neat to sit up there once in a lifetime I'm sure so it was fun. Not much else is new. Lily is getting bigger everyday and she is quite the little dancer! I think she is going to follow in her Aunt Anissa's footsteps! I'm posting a video of her and Leslie dancing it is pretty cute. Hope all is well with everyone. We love you all! Have a great day!

Good morning everybody! Thought I'd drop a note and a quick update on everyone. Kids are doing well. Daniel and Leslie are good both working. Lily is good. Getting bossier by the day! She decided to "color" herself with a magic marker the other day (thank goodness it was washable and not permenant!!!) She definately has a mind of her own and pretty much runs the show most of the time but we love her to death she is a sweetheart! Drew seems to be doing okay out on his own. We miss him lot's he comes by once and awhile but it's just not the same. Anissa is good. Just had parent teacher conference and she is doing very well in school! She is still enjoying dance and practicing really hard for her first solo competition in March. I think that she will do really well this year. Jeff is good just working lot's. Been riding a few times with the boys and a couple of times with the neighbor had a good time. Good stress relief for him! I would love to go but my shoulder has prevented me from going so far, maybe some spring riding? I'm doing okay. Shoulder is doing better. Feel much better now that they are getting the blood clots resolved and my blood where it should be. I see the doc on Friday to have my blood checked again so cross your fingers that it's staying where it is supposed to!!! Have to be off work for another 3 weeks so going crazy!!! School is good, only taking one class this semester and started late because of my shoulder so trying to catch up. Had my first test last night did okay I guess but could have done better, oh well. Well, hope that everyone is doing great. We love you and miss you all!!! Have a great day and I will write again later.

Well, I'm finally feeling a bit better. The pain from the clots is going away so just have some shoulder pain still to deal with. Been having a lot of muscle spasms the last few days been pretty painful but hanging in there. My blood work on Saturday was still bad so uped my dosage of blood thinners even more and left me on the injections as well. I go in this morning to have it checked again and see where things are at so we will see. Everyone else is doing fine. Jeff's brother Gus made a suprise visit over the weekend. It was nice to visit with him the kids have missed him. Not much else is new, everyone is doing fine. Hope that you all have a good day!