Hailey update

Last week we had a check up on Hailey's ears. Since the last post about her ears she got an ear infection in the ear that had healed. When we went to this check up there was no infection, but she still had fluid in that ear and the hole is still in the other ear. The doctor seemed to be puzzled as what to do. She then checked Hailey's adenoids, which are enlarged. They could be causing all of her ear problems so she will have surgery on Dec. 30 to remove them and also fix one of her ears. If there is still fluid in her ear on the day of surgery she will have her 4th set of tubes put in and if there is no fluid then she will patch the hole in the other ear.

Last night Nate was talking to his mom about Hailey's surgery and she broke down in tears telling me that she did not want to have surgery. I feel so bad for her. This will be her fifth surgery. Hopefully this one will fix all the problems and will be the last one.

December Already!

I can not believe that it is already Decemeber. On Saturday we put up our christmas tree and the girls had fun decorating and listening to christmas music. This is the first year that we have been able to put lights up on the outside of our house. We put them up a few saturdays ago when it was still warm, but did not start turning them on until a little while ago. I love the holidays!

Thanksgiving

We have many things to be thankful for. On Thanksgiving I sat down with the girls while our turkey was cooking and we made a list of things that we were thankful for. It was fun to listen to their cute answers. We are thankful for family, the gospel, our home and our nice neighbors, Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father, and many more things. The list could go on and on. Here is the list that Kaelynn and Hailey came up with on their own.



This year was the first Thanksgiving that we had by ourselves. It is fun to share this time with family, but it was a fun experience for it to be just our family. Nate and I tried a new way to roast our turkey and it turned out wonderful. We spent most of the day cooking and eating.


One of our favorite traditions is to go shopping on black friday. We enjoy looking through the ads for good deals, and planning where to go. We have taken our girls with us the past two years and they have done very well.

I am glad that we have this time of year to reflect on the things that matter most and what we have in our lives to be thankful for. I am the most thankful for my wonderful husband, my three girls, and the Gospel.

Happy Halloween!

We love Halloween! Kaelynn was snow white, Haiely was a purple dragon, and Chloe was a chicken. Yesterday was full of Halloween activities. We were able to go and see Kaelynn at school in a costume parade. It was fun to see everyone dressed up. After that we came home and got ready to go back and help with Kaelynn's Halloween party at school. Nate was able to come home early from work so we were able to get our house ready for trick or treaters. We went trick or treating with our neighbors and the girls were very excited. It was a good day and they got a lot of candy!

Tenaya, Kaelynn and Makenzie at the bus stop ready for school.



Here is Kaelynn at the school parade.




Everyone is ready to go trick or treating.

Hee Haw

Last Saturday we went to Hee Haw farms to do a corn maze and pick out our pumpkins. I was not feeling very well, but decided to go anyway. We were able to go on a hayride, slide down a big slide, shoot a corn cannon, pet animals, and much more. We had fun in the corn maze but we did get a little lost and finally found our way back out the entrance, but at that point we did not care, we were out! It was fun, but I was worn out by the end.


We saw the biggest pig ever. I think it weighed about 1200 pounds.

Erika's Wedding

So I have a lot of catching up to do because I have not be very good at posting lately. On October 11 my oldest sister got married. We are very excited for her and Jared and it is also the last wedding on my side of the family. They got married in portland, OR. Since we had just been there for our family reunion we decided that it would be cheaper if just Nate, Chloe and I flew out and left Kaelynn and Hailey here. Luckily Nate's sister Ali was able to watch our girls for the weekend. This was the first time that we have ever left them. Thank you Ali!!

It was a very quick trip for us. We flew in friday night, the wedding was on Saturday and we flew home on Sunday. The wedding went well and the reception was very nice. Congratulations Erika and Jared!!



Nate and I realized how nice it was to take a trip with out the kids. We are going to have to do that more often.

Hailey's ears

It has been awhile since I have had time to post anything. Hailey had tubes in her ears when she was about 18 months old. For those who knew us then know that we had a lot of problem with what is normally a simple surgery. She had to have tubes put in 3 times before they worked, and they put in a more permanent tube that does not fall out. The down side to that was that she needed to have them removed after 2 years, which was this year. So for the fourth time now she had surgery again. This time things went well, and they patched the holes in her ear and wait for them to heal. We followed up with the ENT and found out that one of her holes has not completely closed and so if it is not closed by december (our next appointment) she will need another surgery. We are hoping that by some miracle she will not need it.

On a lighter note we also got her ears pierced. She was very brave and did a good job. She picked out her own earrings and is loving them.