Comings and Goings

The kids keep bugging me to blog. I try to explain to them that no one ever reads our blog, and we already know what is going on in our lives. That did not make them happy so I am blogging. I haven't blogged because I figure it would take forever to get caught back up. Feel free to stop anytime if you get bored.....
Let's start with Camden.
Camden had a milestone birthday in July. He turned 8!!!! We celebrated by having family from out of town, his baptism, and his Birthday Party at Safetyville!! It was a great weekend for him!


He also completed swim lessons and finally seems to have "got it" this year!! He didn't even seemed freaked out when they jumped off the diving board!

We also spent some time doing our favorite thing - 4 wheeling (Quadding to those of you who are not from Utah).

The boys started back to school on July 26th! They LOVEd Their teacher and seem to be having a great start!!! Next up is Camden's busy soccer schedule!
I think Camden has had a great summer! He is such a good kid and can entertain himself for hours, we love it!! In fact right now he is hammering away in the garage building a bat and ball holder!!
Next is Kellen -
Kellen has spent the past many weeks playing basketball. He loves it, and I would love to say that he is part of a winning team with great players, but I am against lying, so I won't. He is a good foot and a half shorter then anyone on his team. He is however,(and I am saying this without bragging, I promise), the very best player on the team. I wish I had pictures, I will have to post them later!
Kellen also enjoyed the time with family in town. His cousin Jodan and him really had fun together. They played so good and were buddies the whole time!!


We had a ton of fun going to Jelly Belly, Quadding, Safetyville, hanging out in the hot tub, and Old Town!!
Kellen's health has been pretty good too. He had a few weeks with a lot of pain and they were concerned about a stricture but he seems to be doing pretty good making it to school most days and having a couple of pretty good weeks (yeah!)
Then there is Mekenzie. She has kept us REALLY busy this summer with all she is involved in. I have a funny feeling it is a glimpse of the future for us.
She started out the summer with her Dance Recital dancing with Elk Grove Dance. She did a beautiful ballet number and three clogging dances. She was awesome!!!


It was so fun to watch her this year in dance! It is making us look forward to her performances with the Sheldon High Dance Company!
She also had the great oppurtunity to dance in the Strauss Festival. Strauss is a festival that has been in Elk Grove for 20 or so years (I think). It is sooooo fun! Mekenzie got to ba a part of the Polka Group, which is the best part of the whole show! The boys tossed the girls in the air, spun them around, flipped them over. It was sooooo good!



She has been really busy! She spend most of the day dancing or singing. Mekenzie does not start school until Monday but she got her schedule tonight and is really excited to get started (Does dance, weight training, and English sound like a rough schedule??? She better get all A's!!!)! She has tryouts for Elk Grove Musical Theatre Companies production of Annie on Tuesday and is currently practicing for the start of school events with the Dance Company!
Kelly - I should let him write this part. He has done a little bit of fishing, helping Kellen to catch his very first fish!! He has been able get out and do a little bit of quadding but I know he has not got to do enough of either of these things! The boys keep bugging him to take them camping so I see a camping trip in their near future.
He is finally getting busy at work and he loves it! He really does like his job when things are going well and he is busy! He has been doing the mom and dad job's around here while I recover from a illness and he has done a great job (I think he is just about done with it all though!)!!
I have stayed busy with the kids, house, and work. I have had this pesky ulcer that will not go away. After 2 visits to the emergency room and numerous calls to the doctor they took a look and could not believe I was still functioning (I am guessing they don't have 3 kids, a job, and a house). Right after they took a look I was admitted to UC Davis Hospital where I spent 4 days, they inserted a pic-line, and have put me on TPN or IV nutirition. I am not able to eat ANYTHING for the next few weeks (possibly months) while they hope that it will heal. You do not relize how much eating is a habit and it is weird to not be able to do it! It has been a week and I am miserable. I still have no energy and am in some pain but hope it will quickly heal and I will soon feel better then I have in months!! I had been telling the docs for weeks I was in pain and really sick but they did not realize just how bad it was. (I was gonna post pictures but I thought that might be TMI). So if you see me with my backpack, and a tube hanging out of my shirt - don't offer me food!! I am scheduled to have the tube in until February (yes, really February) but will eventually go on a night schedule instead of the 24hours I am currently doing and adding back some soft, bland foods into my diet. We have been blessed with great neighbors and friends that have stepped up to help us out!
I think that is everything in a nutshell! If you made it this far.... AMAZING!!! I am going to be better to blog and not let it go so I feel so overwhelmed when I need to do it! Yes kids, I promise!!