It's Great to be Eight!

Camryn celebrated her eighth birthday on Saturday by visiting "Build a Bear" and having a family dinner at Red Robin's. She is a wonderful girl and is excited to be baptized next month. We are lucky to have such a special daughter.

Best Cake Ever

I was assigned with ordering a birthday cake for Camryn's birthday and as you can see from the attached picture, I had some explaining to do when I returned home with the cake. Darren thought it was the "breast" cake ever and wanted a similar one for his birthday.

Principal's Pride Deux

Camryn's great school work was spot lighted this week by her principal. We were proud of her and able to attend a special awards ceremony honoring her. Attached are a few pictures of the happy moment.

Apparently Camryn anticipates her grandchildren living in Canada.

Lithotripsy

Kristi is curious if there are any hospitals that offer a punch card for lithotripsy surgery. For the third time in less than five years she had to go in to have a kidney stone removed. Add that to Taylor's recent procedure and as a family we are well on our way to a free prize for filling up that punch card. Her surgery was on Monday and went well. Unfortunately, success is measured by the stones being broken up and then passed. She was is quite a bit of pain Monday evening and through the night, but is doing much better now.

Darren to Attend Utah State University

Darren and parents toured the campus of Utah State University on Friday helping cement Darren's decision to attend USU. He is very excited and has been accepted to the school and awarded a scholarship. We are so proud of his achievements and hard work! What a wonderful campus and college environment. He will live on campus and start his studies in the fall. We were impressed by the level of attention they gave Darren and think he will have a great experience as an Aggie.

Proud Parents!!

You can imagine how happy we were to receive the note below from one of Taylor's teachers. She only confired what we already know - Taylor is GREAT!!

Tyson Visits the New Hospital

They opened a brand new hospital in Murray and Tyson thought it would be fun to pay the doctors and staff a visit. He's been having some problems with swollowing food and had an endocscope today. The procedure is same day surgery and everything went well. Tyson decided he wasn't a fan of IV needles or surgery in general. We were proud of his bravery -he's such a good boy.

They determined that he has reflux that has caused some scarring in the esophogus which blocks food traveling to the stomach. They also took some biopsies to rule out more serious problems that can sometimes exist. They will put him on a regimine of acid blockers which should fix the problem. The downside is he'll have to take the medication in perpetuity. Following are some pictures of his big day.