Brady is a Priest...

 Brady was ordained to a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood today.  His dad gave him a very special blessing.  It is hard to believe this day has come already.  I asked him how well he knew the sacrament prayers and he had them pretty much memorized he just needs to slow down a little a pronounce the words a little clearer and he will do great.

January 11th...

Scott had fun geese hunting with Ron, Ryan, and some buddies.  They almost got their limit.  He got home around five and we ran over to Costco with Brady and then to Cafe Rio for dinner.  We then spent an hour visiting with Harlan and Kendalee at St. Luke's.  They are really hoping they can go to Salt Lake next week for his bone marrow transplant.  They are just waiting for his red blood counts to come up before he can go.  We had a great visit with them.  We sure love those two!

Wheeler's Cute Apartment...

 Jan 7th while Cole finished getting his hunters ED Kacie went to Hobby Lobby and got the cute Eat sign and white dish.  It is so fun seeing her add more to their cute little apartment.  The signs below she added above her bed were from Brenda & Mark Hartley.  I love how they always keep the blanket she made Cole for his first birthday together on their bed.

Juliene had this dish made for their wedding and she just dropped it off at our house.  It is crazy how they keep getting presents and it has been over 4 months since they got married.  haha!

Caleb's Snowman...

This has to be one of the coolest snowmen I have ever seen.  So happy for Caleb, he is so cute!

New Year's Day...

Scott and I had a really quiet New Year's Eve.  We went over to Ron and Stacie and had Chineese food and watched Utah get beat by Texas then we left around 10:30.  It was nice to spend some time alone and even managed to stay up long enough to watch the ball drop in New York's Times Square.

New Year's Day was even more relaxing.  Scott and I watched a movie together and then three football games.  I might have even staying in my pajamas all day. haha!  It was fun to see pictures of Kacie going snowboarding for the first time.  She said she had fun but boy was she sore after.

Kacie's 21st Birthday...

Kacie just wanted to go out to dinner for her birthday so we met her and Cole and his parents at the Indian Creek Steak Restaurant in Caldwell Saturday night the 28th.  The food was really good but we thought a little over priced and loud so I'm not sure if we will be going back.

 Scott loved his beef ribs...

 These two had steak and potatoes...

 I had salmon and mashed potatoes...

 Brady had finger steaks...

 I think Joe had steak and Jolene had salmon too... They are so fun to visit with.

 I can't believe this cutie is 21...

After dinner Cole and Kacie came out to the house to open her presents and Mom and Dad came over and we had root-beer floats and ice cream sundaes.  It will be weird not spending time with her on her actual birthday because they have to head back to Rexburg so Cole can go back to work.  Kacie is going to start Paul Mitchell school on January 13th so this will be a fun new adventure for her.  

December 26th & 27th...

Kacie had a kidney appointment with Dr. Bender and she wanted me to go so Scott, Brady and I met her and Cole at her new office across from the St. Luke's hospital.  Everything went good and we discussed getting a new adult kidney doctor in Idaho Falls so it would be easier to make it to her appointments.  By changing to Idaho Falls then she has to change her transplant team to Salt Lake City.  If they move back to the Boise area she can change back to the transplant team out of Portland that travels to Boise once a year.  After her appointment we all went to eat at Zupas.  Scott, Brady and I then went to visit Harlan in the hospital.  He has to stay there five weeks before he goes to Salt Lake City for his bone barrow transplant.  He looked good but boy has he been on a roller coaster ride these past few months.  While we were there Kacie called and said Dr. Bender wanted her to go to the ER because her muscle enzymes were elevated.  We visited with them a little more while we waited for Kacie to come back.  We waited in the ER for about two hours before she finally got back to a doctor.  Her CK (muscle enzymes) were 11,000 from 12/24/2019 and they need to be under 135 so they admitted her to the hospital for the night to give her fluids.  When they get to high they can crystallize in her kidney and can cause damage.  They really pumped in the fluids.  She was going to the bathroom every half hour and peeing 16 oz every time.   Cole's parents came to visit her for a little bit.  We stayed with her while Cole went and got them some things for the night.   We finally left around 10:00 pm.  It was so weird leaving her there and not staying with her. 

The next day we went back to see Kacie but they released her by the time we got to Boise.  Kacie's CK had dropped to around 4000 so the doctor said she would be fine and even thought Dr. Bender could had handled it without admitting her to the hospital so she was kind of frustrated about that.  So we took Harlan and Kendalee some lunch from Tin Roof Tacos compliments of mom and dad.    We visited with them for an hour or so and then the Scott, Brady and I went to Cafe Rio for lunch.  We then did a little shopping and then met Cole and Kacie at the movies to see Jumanji2.  It was funny!  It was a crazy couple of days.