July

Our July was a very busy, fun and exciting month! I have been trying for the past 3 days to upload this update to blogger and for some reason it was not functioning properly....so I have been impatiently waiting....and today is the day that it FINALLY worked! Our July began with our trip to Boise where we enjoyed all of our friends and family. We went camping in Idaho, the upper Payette Lake, and had an awesome time with our parents, my nephew and Bryan's siblings as well as one of his Aunts and her family. Although the weather was unusually cold, especially up in the mountains, we had a great and relaxing time. We enjoyed riding the 4-wheelers, hiking and fishing with the kids. Wyatt and Jane were so cute! Neither one has ever fished before and it was both exciting and scary, especially when a fish was caught. Neither one of them wanted to touch the fish and in fact, Jane told me that the fish wanted to go back and swim!! My dad would be fishing and then all of a sudden get tired and need Wyatt to hold the fishing pole, when low and behold, every time, Wyatt would catch a fish! Thank goodness that my parents brought their camper because the kids and I would have froze each night as neither one of them have been camping before either! I grew up camping in a camper, no tents, so I have grown accustomed to that!! Poor Bryan had to sleep in the back of the Land Cruiser....he did claim that he stayed warm! Our family trip was overall fun and we can't wait to camp again! After we got back home, we spent a Sunday at a city water park here in Phoenix and had such a great time. Grandma Jeanne met us and had fun as well. We all enjoyed the slide, especially Wyatt, as the lifeguard would catch him at the bottom of the slide. We then drove to San Diego and stayed with Bryan's cousin Rodi and her family and had a quick but fun weekend. We went to legoland, where the entire park is made of legos and the kids had so much fun! We took Sarah, Rodi's daughter, who enjoyed riding all of the rides and swimming at the water park. The water was a bit cold for us since we are used to the 100 degree weather versus the 70 degree weather! Enjoy the lego photos! We didn't get very much time at the beach but the kids loved the water despite its temperature! Bryan and I were able to get away to Sedona and have a lovely dinner and stay the night up there. Neither one of us can believe that we have been married for 9 years! It is crazy how time goes by when you are having fun.....or just living life together. We both enjoy our lives together and have grown so much learning and living over the past 9 years. We are constantly reminded to keep God as the center of our marriage and put one another first and things usually work out the best that way!! Bryan claims at times that he finally has me figured out but little does he know that women change constantly and he still has the rest of our lives to continually "figure me out!" Bryan is an awesome man, husband and father/daddy and I praise God for allowing me to be married to such a great guy. I love you babe! I am getting used to working 5 days/week now instead of 3 and it has been a bit of a change. I am enjoying being a trauma NP and I am excited to grow and learn in my new role. Now that we have weekends off together, we continue to look forward to getting out of town, out of the heat, and spending family time together. We can't wait to get back to the San Diego beach soon!



































9th Anniversary/Sedona




















San Diego Beach





















Legoland San Diego

Water Park

Boise

Camping

June

So I am a bit behind!
Here we are back in June and the big events for June are as follows: My Dad came to have cyberknife radiation treatments for 1 week to stop the remaining piece of his pituitary tumor from growing again and possibly to shrink it. His progress will continue to be followed over the next couple of years in order to fully know the outcomes from the radiation. Praise God that my Dad was able to recieve such great care this year and to follow from the Barrows at St. Joes. God's hand was shown in many ways throughout this process. The kids, of course, always enjoy when my Dad comes to visit as they have his sole attention and Wyatt gets to do some wrestling now that "Papa's tumor is gone."


The next major event was that Wyatt recieved a black eye at summer camp from his friend kicking him in the eye with his tennis shoe. His eye was swollen and bruised for 1 good week and a couple of days after the initial injury my dad and him were wrestling and my dad managed to bang Wyatt's bad eye again causing another lump! The day after Wyatt was kicked in the R. eye, Jane's right eye all of a sudden was swollen and red for whatever reason we still do not know! However, my kids looked like the battered children with matching right eyes! Also while my dad was here, we hiked up the back side of South Mountain and barely was able to see the remaining cacti blooms, which my dad is fascinated with seeing when he is here in the spring/early summer. Jane loves to play outside with her babies and Wyatt continues to enjoy to wrestle with whoever will play and in this case, he and Lady were taking break!

May trip to Boise

We had a wonderful time in Boise and as always, I never want to come back home to Phoenix. We enjoyed time with everbody there and spent some nights at my parents and some nights and Bryan's parents. The kids enjoyed helping make pancakes at Grandma Lew's and playing in the 15yards of dirt that Papa Lew had for yard work. We also enjoyed shopping dinners and games with Tyler, Whitney, Nate, Melisa and Marriah. I enjoyed shopping with my mom and sisters as well and the dinners that we had with my family. Jane got her nails painted for the first time by Grandma Lew! Wyatt had fun with papa Lew shooting ground squirrels but learned not to put the scope next to the eye as it causing bruising! Wyatt enjoyed helping papa Burt clean out his gutters and helped open up their pool for the summer. Wyatt held Freako the frog for the first time and was sad to have to let him go; Jane would not hold him though! We also enjoyed time with Leah, Amelia and Charlotte. Jane learned to love PB&J sandwiches the way that aunt Carrie makes them. The kids always love to play with Bell and feed bubba the fish at my parent's house. Baby Andrea was not so fond of us but she began to warm up even though we got the "business lip!" We can't wait to go back in July for a camping trip and to have another visit with everybody that we miss and love so much!