Happy Birthday McKay "8"

On this day I want to name "8" wonderful things about McKay!

1. Very Tender

2. Talented

3. Loves his Best Friends Keaton and Anders- Playing anything afterschool!

4. Smart

5. Always has bumps and bruises

6. Loves to ride his Bike

7. Very helpful

8. Always smiling!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

New "Trickster" Bike

He had to have one with brakes on the handlebar's and the pedals could go backwards!

Sea Monkey's

New Tubes
Bike Lock

Scripture From G&G Halliday

Spongebob cake made by Dad

Hockey Gear From the Quarnberg's and the Shaw's

Bike Gear and Sidewalk chalk from the Rosquist's

Trickster motorcycle guy and a NS Wolf
from the Sorensen's

Opening Presents from G&G Lyman

Wood Burning Kit from G&G Lyman
Sleeping Bag from G&G Lyman

Happiness

Life sometimes passes you by way to fast! I am here to say that I honestly take moments for granted way to much! I can remember the day that I found out I was pregnant for the first, second and third time! Now I am quickly approaching the SPRING and that happens to bring BIRTHDAY'S at our house! It starts with McKay's on March 29, then Trent's April 13, then K'Leigh on April 17, Hannah's April 20th and mine is May 12th ! Really my kids are going to be 10,8 and 4! WOW! I am SO excited for the new FIRSTS but SO sad to leave the memories behind!

McKay is going to be Baptized this year and I am so thankful that he has this oppurtunity to have this done. I am also very sad! With K'Leigh it was different, we were both excited for our firsts. We loved doing everything for the first time! We both were just so excited there was no time to be sad! I was sad when she went to Kindergarten but we were so excited and anxious to see what it was all about there was no time for tears! My mom was with me the day that we took her to school and now I know why she was so emotional! She had been there three times before and she was sending her first grandchild on there way into the world! I am now looking back on the times that I have simply taken for granted and wishing I could have them back! I have no words to explain this emotional roller coaster I am on other than I wish I could have those days back to try to make better Memories!

All I can say now is that I am going to try my hardest to make each day more memorable than the last and to LOVE my children more!

I had a friend of mine take some pictures of Mckay for his Baptism and just thought I would post a few! She does an awesome job and it only took 15 minutes! It is nice when they are old enough to know that the faster they smile the faster they are done!

Jesse Pratt is the one that took these pics I have her contact info!

I have some very cute pictures of the girls they are on my phone. So I will down load them tomorrow and post them. I will just tell you that they are BEAUTIFUL girls!

Jazz Game

It has been awhile since I posted and it has been bugging me so I wanted to take some time and post. The kids played Jr.Jazz this year and they get free Jazz tickets. Trent coached K'Leighs team and got me and him tickets also. We made a day of it, we went up early and ate lunch at Sizzler and then went site seeing a little bit. I will do a different post for that!

All of us at the game! It was a good time! This was the first time in a long time that Trent was able to join us on a field trip!

We walked in and look at what Hannah saw! She was the happiest little girl EVER! All she ever wanted was to see the BIG cheerleaders! It was HEAVEN in her eyes :)

Grandma and Grandpa Lyman got to join us! That was even more special!

K'Leigh and her Dad had a Great time!

The Boys are always wrestling!

1st day of School

This year we are very excited about school. We have excellent teachers and the school got a remodel over the summer and it looks really nice. The kids have had a VERY eventful Summer and were very excited to go back to school and see all there school friends!

McKay is in 2nd Grade and his teacher is Mrs. T.Mason. I warned her about him and his social problem the first day and told her to keep me in touch... then down the hall we saw last years teacher and she informed us that she had warned his new teacher about him. It made me sad for awhile then I decided that he is just my social child and hopefully all will be well this year!
K'Leigh is in Fourth Grade this year and her teacher is Mrs. LaFevre. She was so excited to be in class and with all her friends!

McKay at his desk:) Is he not the most handsome guy ever?

K'Leigh my little ANgel.

Let's hope for a good and fun year for us all!

BEWARE THIS MAY BE GRAPHIC TO SOME

So the 4 month story continued. We got home from Las Vegas and I got another cold. So back to the Dr we went. He thought that maybe all this sickness might be coming from my Sinuses due to all the drainage down my throat. So he gave me some antibiotics and allergy stuff to see if that would help, he also mentions maybe I get a CAT SCAN of my Sinus'. I said I would get back to him on that.

Came home and shared the information with Trent who was still in Las Vegas and he said that I think it is time to see a Ears Nose and Throat Speacialist and just get to the bottom of everything. So I call the Insurance make sure everything is good there and start looking who I want to go to. Well we have had some family go t Dr. Riddle but he was booked for two months. So we went with one of his associates, Dr.Beus. He is a very nice guy and very knowledgable.

The first time I saw him was on July 29,2009, he had my history from all my Drs appointments and all the blood work and test that they had done so far. So I told him a little about it and he reviewed everything and he said some scarry things and said that he thought it was time to take the biggest Lymph node out and send it off to patheolgy. I told him I did not think it was neccessary since I had all these other test and nothing pointed to Cancer. He said there is no way to tell me for sure that I don't have Lyphoma with out taking a node and having it checked. So I told him I would talk it over with my husband and decide from there.

When I told Trent he said that we would not stop worrying about it and thinking about it until I got it out and knew for sure. So we called and scheduled the surgery for August 13,2009. With school starting the next week and crazy Football we thought the sooner the better. So I went under the knife once again. I was really nervous this time and I could hardly keep myself from throwing up before going back but I soon calmed down. It took them about an hour to find it and remove it and it was painful but not anything compared to the tonsils. My doctor was so nice to take my camera back and take some pictures, I told him this thing has been a big part of my life I wanted to see what all the fuss was about!

So this is before they go into the neck to look for it.

Blurry I know, this is the Node inside my throat!

This is the culprit for all the STRESS!

It was sent off and me and Trent went up an met with the Dr on August 21 and he said that it is what they call a Re-active Lymph node and they will just watch all the other big ones and make sure no futher problems arise!!! YEAH FINALLY, we are so excited and very thankful that this can finally be put behind our family.

(When we went up for the post-op follow up my neck had a very hard spot in it and so we were a little concerned about all that but come to find out it is just some extra swelling and maybe a small blood clot that should heal up with time!)

Day 3 of our Vacation

Today was just another leisure day. We started the day off by going to the pool, I think the heat has started to catch up with us. I was a little sick last night and real tired today. So we were only at the pool about two hours and then headed to the room and we just made some sandwiches and took a nap. It was very nice to have some down time after all the running around. Then Trent came home and he wanted me to rest and drink some water and get my energy back. He took the kids to see the lions again and there was one there with a mane! What that is all I have wanted to see, so I think we will try to go again tomorrow and see if I can get a peak at one of those. Then they came back to the Hotel and went to the Arcade, they were gone so long that I called worried and they were just having a good time. Trent is the best he just wants us to have a good time he does WHATEVER we ask him to do! Love ya Babe!

Then we wanted to venture off the strip and find some normal priced semi nice place to eat, so we found a Red Lobster and we ate there. McKay said as we were walking in that he really wanted to see a live Lobster, because he has never seen one (which I think he has but just can not remember at least I hope he has.) We ate, which I remembered that I don't like to take three wild children to the restaurant, they would not stay seated and were just really hyper! They are kids I have to tell myself!

It was off to the Belagio to see the water show after that. We were driving down the strip and we were stopped right in front of the Belagio so Trent told me and the kids to jump out and he would park and then meet up with us. Well we got out and then it started, the kids absolutely loved it. I called Trent and told him just to meet us back at the room at the Excalibur that was a mistake. The kids thought that I was ripping there legs off by making them walk that far. It was kind far but what are you suppose to do in Vegas? That is what it is all about I thought, and we had yet to walk past the M&M factory. So I thought they need the experience?! (We had no stroller this time either so Hannah was just a screaming!) I am a mean mom I guess! As soon as we got to the Hotel they had forgotten all about and were fine.

Trent asked Hannah about the Water Show and she said, "That the water was dancing to the music!" She cracks us up! Then we showered and called it another day in the life of Vacation!

The kids with the lion that has a Mane:)

This was at the entrance to the arcade! Hannah is always so HAPPY to take pictures, I promise she was having a good time, I think!!!

(I ended up taking this picture right after we walked the strip because Trent forgot the camera when he went, so I think that has a lot to do with the not so many smiles:()

Here they are with the LIVE Lobsters!! Hannah is to busy people watching to take a picture once again!!


The water show:) It definitely made us all smile big smiles!!!

We could not go home having not checked out this site!!

Day 2 of Our Vacation

Today we woke up and decided that we would try to stay in during the heat of the day. So we got ready and went to visit some stuff right by our hotel. We started out at the M&M Factory again, they have a little thing you walked through to see how they make M&M's and then you watch 3 D movie. They loved it. Then we went to the Coca Cola Factory, nothing much there.

We found a little food court that was normal price so we ate lunch there. Then off to see the Lions at the MGM Grand. They were out finally, this was our second or third time trying to see them. There was two trainers in the cage with them they were telling us all about them, so I will share the information with you. There is a total of 37 lions and there are 21 females and 16 males, they live twelve miles away from the strip on a personal ranch, they are not owned by the MGM. They give them a bath each morning and they use Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo, they alternate lions twice a day so they are only at the exhibt for about five hours at a time. We stayed at the exhibt for quite sometime. We enjoyed watching them interact with each other, one was trying to eat a rawhide bone and the other one was wanting to play. The one eating the bone jumped up and bite the other one on the tail. Needless to say we all got a kick out of that. The lion was not harmed!

We headed back to hotel and then we just went to our room and just chilled tell Trent got home. We then ventured down to the pool. It was nice and relaxing.

We then got dressed and drove down to the other end of the strip to watch the Treasure Island Show. The kids loved it and it was a nice time.

Waiting for the 3-D movie to start!!

Watching the lions take a drink.

Chewing on his Rawhide bone:)

Loving the exhibt! They did not want to leave!

On the bridge back to our hotel room.

Hannah is always hard to get to look at the camera, she is so busy watching everything else go on.

After an exhausting day. Are they not so cute? Ten minutes before this they were not SO cute!!

So Precious:)