My Disneyland Roses

I don't know why but my Disneyland roses are so beautiful this year! I just love them! The only difference I can think of is the weather, because I sure haven't been the reason...

Fishing on the Snake River

Scott and his brothers love to go catfishing on the Snake River. These pictures are from last summer and June 2nd of this year.

Ron last summer

Steve last summer

Scott last summer

Ron and Scott on June 2nd

Storm June 4th

We had a nasty storm come up around 6pm Monday night on June 4th. The wind was so strong and loud. This was the damage it caused. The awning on dad's shop riped off and flew over the shop in the middle of the yard causing some damage to the roof of the shop and the other outbuilding.  The saddest part was loosing Kaylin's tree.  It was twelve years old and so beautiful.  I felt so bad for Mom and especially because Aunt Anita was not expected to live long this was the last thing that Mom needed.  Stace had a really good idea about having something made from the tree.  I really hope we can do that for Mom and Dad. 

This is were the awning was before it landed in the middle of the yard.  Scott said that Dad's surveillance cameras caught it all on video.

Last Day of School June 1st

It was nice to be home when the kids got home from school.  I had some cookies coming out of the oven when they got home.  Kacie brought this art project home that she finished in her Art class.  I thought she did a really good job on it!

I thought it was pretty funny that Brady got the end of the year friendship award. And he supposedly has Aspergers.

Brady's Field Trip May 30th

Brady's field trip to the zoo got rescheduled to after my surgery so I was really bummed I wasn't able to go with him. I told Scott that all I wanted for Mother's day was for him to go in my place. Well of course he had no desire to ride a bus an hour over and back with a bunch of 1st graders, but he did it. And he was really glad he did too. They had fun at the zoo, but what they talk about the most is about them feeding the seagulls and geese at the park. Brady even got pecked by one of the geese trying to get his food out of his hand. It has been fun to see them share that memory together.

Memorial Weekend (May 25-28)

Rosie and EJ's family came for a visit for Memorial Weekend. I was not up to doing much but the kids had a lot of fun with their cousins. They visited graves, went fishing, played games and just hung out.  

The Weiser Cemetery is always so beautiful on Memorial Day!

Fishing at Dry Creek.  Unfortunately it was really cold for them, but they still had fun.  Brady threw a lot of rocks.  Scott said he would have a little interest in fishing but quickly loose it and go back to throwing rocks.

Grandpa George (Van) and Braxton with his fish.

I love this pictures with Anita and the kids which was taken after church on Sunday May 27th.

That evening we all enjoyed some of Scott's yummy tri-tip from the Traeger and celebrated Blake's 5th birthday.  Then later a bunch of Vaughn and Barbara's family came over for a visit.  It was a nice evening.

My Surgery May 22nd

In January I went to see Dr. Mairs about what he could do to help me with my terrible periods and I found out that I have fibroid tumors. So finally at the end of April I went in and decided to take care of the problem by having a hysterectomy. I drove the car and dropped it off at Art's body shop to take care of the little fender bender we had. Scott picked me up and we were at the hospital by 6:40. He said, "I guess both you and the car are getting fixed up today." It was pretty funny. I was back in the operating room by 8am. All I remember is being introduced to all the nurses and then waking up in the recovering room around 11am.
The rest of the day all I wanted to do was sleep.  I remember Gerald coming to see me and then Mom and Dad came later.  They went in together with Rosie and Teniele and brought me flowers, balloons and an American Idol (where are then now) Time magazine.  Tami also came by to see me and brought me a gift bag full of all kinds of good things to eat and keep me entertained.   I remember trying to visit but not able to keep my eyes open.  Scott was a good sport and stayed all day with me then went home to get the kids to bed and off to school the next day.

So the day seemed to go by OK except getting a little nauseated from the pain medicine.  However, I didn't have a very good night.  They were not able to keep my pain under control and around 1am I woke up scared because my hands and feet were so swollen I just knew that my kidneys were shutting down.  I think I was having flashbacks to when Kacie was in this hospital.  So I called the nurse and she assured me that it was normal and that my catheter was working just fine.  Around 5:30 she finally got me up and I walked a loop in the hallway.  I was amazed how much better I felt after getting up.  They took out my catheter and IV and I didn't have too much trouble going the bathroom except that it would take me forever because my body or bladder won't relax to let it out.  The doctor came in around 7 or 8 am and talked to me about the surgery.  He said he was able to leave my tubes and ovaries which was a relief and that my uterus was enlarged and he could see the tumors but didn't think there would be any problems with disease or cancer.  He also explained that he put stents in my ureters just during the surgery to prevent cutting in the wrong area and that was the reason for the irritation and feeling that I had to go the bathroom all the time.  He said I could go home anytime that day, and that I wasn't suppose to do any housework or lifting for two weeks.

Morning after....pretty scary!  Mom came by around 10am and stayed for a little while then went to do some errands.  We left the hospital around 4pm then we had to pick up my medicine.  I got sick in the car.  Luckily Mom grabbed some barf bags on our way out of the hospital.  We then went by Scott's parents house to pick up the kids.  Right after we got home, Tami arrived with some stew, rolls and ice cream bars.  She is such an awesome visiting teacher and friend.  She arranged for some other meals to come in too.  Karli and Zac came by Thursday with a meal and we had a good visit and Karli even did my dishes.  Kay May and Jenny Simpson brought dinner Friday.  Julie Bennett brought us a meal on May 29th.  I was pretty sore for two weeks.  I went back to work on June 4th but only lasted until around two.  When I got home Tami had another dinner for us and Joy Phelps came by and helped me mop and vacuum my floors.  When the doctor found out on the 6th, he was pretty surprised and told me to keep it part-time for another week.  He also did something to one of my incisions that turned it black and gave me some antibiotic creme to put on it because it is just not healing right.  It wasn't until about three weeks out that I started feeling like myself again.