buzz lightyear picture

so here is a picture of me and mom on the buzz lightyear ride at Disneyland.

One way to spend a Saturday.

Well I it acually began on Thursday and Emily stayed home ffrom school because she didn't feel good(I thought it might the stomach flu) and then on Friday evening (when I went to see the Movie "twilight") she told Ivan that he stomach hurt but mostly her right side hurt. well she went to bed and woke up with still the stomach pain and it hurt worse than before and she could hardly walk and layed down curled up in my bed trying to sleep. I called the doctor and luckily they were going to be in for a few hours. 10:00 we get to the doctors and we wait. then when we do see the NP he says lets wait and see what happens. so we wait for 1hour and after a while longer he ends up calling the MD and ask his opinion because her temp had gone up and no reduction in pain. We waited a few more minutes and then they sent us to the hospital (whcih is basically in the same parking lot.) and has us check in up on the Peds floor. Anyway at about 1pm we were checked in at the hospital then we waited for the doctor on call. The nurses at the hospital were able to find some Elders ( Ivan was not able gto get there in time)so she could get a blessing before she went in for surgery and then the surgen and by 3:50 Emily was in surgery for apendicitis(?)she had her apendex out. 5:15 she was back in the room and doing and looking much better then she had more than one hour before. She came home Suday night and is doing very well. She had it laproscoped and so there are 3 small bandaids and she will be able to enjoy Thanks giving.

California...

Vacation time is so much fun. we have had so much fun. The Zoo and Sea World have been really fun to go to and the weather has been so nice. I hate the idea of coming back to cold, rain and maybe snow!!! The weather has been very nice except for one day we have been able to enjoy the sun the nice southern California weather. The kids have been good considering the fact of driving and all the walking we have been doing. Today we went to the beach and enjoyed the tide pools that were there and the many other things to do at the beach. Tomorrow is Disneyland and Space mountain, Pirates of the Caribean and to many to name. ( I have been trying to upload pictures for the last hour so I will try later.)

With a bit of luck

Yikes! Opening the pantry is a little scary at moms house. The thought of organizing it was a daunting one. As I stood in front of the pantry staring off into space, I think I heard a couple people say good luck, thats impossible. I told mom I needed some organizational stuff so I took her money and Stephanie and we headed to Savers. I'm tellin ya it was meant to be because we found everything I had in mind (talk about the laws of attraction in action!) So we found some baskets, shelfs, and a new rolling shelf for cans. I love finding good deals! With a little help Stephanie and myself were able to restore the feng shui to the pantry. oi! where do I begin!

everything now has a place

My work here is finished!

Life is going and going.

So as of yesterday My oldest son is now 11. That means that in one year I will be the mother of a 12 year old and a deacon and a young man who will be in middle school and quite possibly starting puberty. I am in aw at the prospects of all that this one boy will bring to us in the future. for example will he be a scientist (like his dad) who will find a cure for some great disease (I am legend). will he be a doctor or a lawyer( heaven forbid) will he be some one who joins the Army, or Air Force, or Marines,or Navy and protects our frail country from all it enemy's. Or his big dream of playing professional football. There are so many possibilities that this one young boy could do for us. I just want him to stay young and enjoy the time he has to be 11 and being young.