May 12th --- wow !

As trite as it sounds...

It's awfully hard to believe it's been a year since

Elder See came home

from the Florida, Jacksonville Mission

where he served faithfully and tirelessly for 2 years.

So very proud of him...

and at the same time sad that that is the last of our missionary experiences.

(until grandkids serve)

from 'greenie' above to seasoned servant below...what growth !

from young pup


to mature young man...




















from here...

to there...

Blessings multiply....ready or not !! So proud of you, Kelly. It wasn't easy...but oh, so worth it !!

Yay !!!!

Miss Emily will get her 2nd new cochlear implant on May 27th. (Two surgeries in a one month window!) She is just such a trooper! Emily, you are my hero, along with your Mom and Dad who Heavenly Father hand-picked for you! Oh and I adore your little brother as well! Again, prayers you may offer in her behalf are greatly appreciated. So much power in prayer!

Ouch...Emily !

Emily's cochlear implant failed recently and she had to have a second surgery to place a new one from a different company. Her surgeon didn't like the placement of the first and so had to carve away some more skull to move it over, also the incision is much bigger than before because he was 'teaching' and it had to be viewed by several people while he worked. She went to school about 4 days later and has resumed most normal activity. She's quite a trooper !! She won't be hearing for a while, and will hopefully have a second cochlear on the other side in just a few weeks.

Notice the cowboy boots. This girl loves her cowboy boots, always has, probably always will.

(Cory and Kaylynn's)

Sweetie-pie Owen, doesn't really get why she can't hear right now....

Any of your prayers in their behalf...much appreciated.

:)

Watch out world !!

Aren't they lookers??!
(no idea why CJ's pix came up smaller than Brians**search me**)
We got to visit them on our 'loop' in April as well...so fun to catch up no matter how short the visit.)

Brian shaved his head very recently to raise money for children's cancer research...so proud of him)

(Kyle and Theresa's)

CJ and Brian

Don't tell anyone but CJ is a charmer and Brian is a go-getter...they are just over a year apart...Irish Twins.

Odds & Ends

Here are a couple of pictures of Norm post-surgery

He had surgery sort of all day long on Wednesday

one doctor doing MOHS surgery on his forehead

and a different doctor in the afternoon doing surgical excision on his hand in the afternoon.

Here we are at 8:00pm on Friday.

swelling on both hand and forehead, black-eye and swelling around it.

He resembles parts of my car wreck

from 6 years ago!

Ewe....don't even want to remember that!

My number 1 daughter in law, Julie (Greg's wife); with my latest daughter in law, Monica (wife of number 1 son). Got to see Cory, Kaylynn, Emily and Owen just last week but my pictures got "lost" in cyberspace. Growing like weeds and so so much fun! (these pix from Christmas a year ago).

Suzi and Kevin-----DITTO------saw them and lost their pictures too.

Cody now 2 1/2 and Trey is 8 months now. Cody heretofore had little to do with me....now he's all about "Packo-Packo-Packo!!!!

My life's mission...

Harley and I like to do nails together.

Greyson is a mature man in an infants body patiently waiting for his day to come. Don't expect any baby-ish stuff. He's clearly above that!

Well, there you have it.

Just some misc. cathching up to do!

skin cancer

Norm had surgeries today for skin cancer; one on his forehead and one on his hand. They believe it was successful and so that is behind us. However there will be more burns and freezes to get it all wrapped up. Happy it wasn't deep enough to be serious.

Moral of this short story: use hats and sunscreen....no telling how long you'll live ! : )

argggggh!!!

Made a delightful visit with all grandchildren this past week with my hubby and also visited the 'college boys'.

Took some very cute pix, but somehow accidently 'lost' them....

Hoping each of my kids have some as well so I can recover a few to post from our visits. Kids growing like crazy and learning and stuff.

SO so much fun!

Can't wait to catch up with #1 son--Travis, and Monica, hope to maybe make a date for a Mariner game or something.