Sydney.. Our little trooper

The Tuesday before Christmas Sydney went to Huntsman for more testing. They did a PET scan, which is a specialize test to check for lymphoma. Whoever scheduled Sydney's tests forgot to schedule with the anesthesiologist. The testing required her to be enclosed in a tube much like a CAT scan, only it lasted over three hours. The doctors like to patience to be asleep because it is just to hard to lay perfectly still for that long and not get scared being enclosed in the tube. Since there was not an anesthesiologist we could either reschedule (which meant after the first of the year when we didn't have the insurance) or try the scan with her awake. Sydney said that she wanted to try, she knew she wasn't suppose to move. She was so brave, she didn't even cry when they started her IVs, (even though the took it out and forgot about that the radiation need to be by an IV too) so they had to start another one. I wasn't even allowed to touch her because the radiation levels they injected into her body were so strong it wasn't safe for me. The doctors let me go in the scanning area to be with her. I wasn't able to touch her for the entire three hours, but I talked to her. We told stories and sang Christmas songs. I cannot believe how great she did. She never moved...not even once. After I was telling Sydney what a great job she did and how proud I was of her, she told me that Jesus had helped her be good, and also the fact the Santa Clause was coming the next day... I am amazed with modern medicine, although I wish doctors knew everything. There are still things that remain a mystery even to the doctors, at those times all we have is to trust Heavenly Father and remember that he loves these sweet little children just as much as I do and He knows how to help them.

Student of the month

Sydney has been waiting for me to post this for over a month now. She is so proud.... Sydney was the student of the month for Meadow Elementary. The school only picks one student per grade level. Sydney was chosen for the first grade. We are so proud of her. She is doing so well in school. Her speech is improving, and she can say so many new words in sign language. She goes around the house finger spelling words. It is great to see her learning how to sign and knowing how to spell words. Sydney has such a sweet spirit. She is so kind and gentle. What a blessing she is to us.

Am I really THAT old?

I am a month behind, again... But on December 15th Kristyn turned eleven. Can she really be that old? She planned her own party. I didn't even know about until a few days before. She invited only a few girls from school, then a couple more showed up. All the girls sang songs with the Karaoke machine. It was so much fun to listen to the music and watch the dancing.

Blayne thought the singing was just plain to loud. This is what he was doing most of the time.

We had a great time, it turned out to be such a fun night. Kristyn is such a responsible young lady. She is such a great helper to me. Sometimes I think I rely on her a little to much and forget to pass more along down the line to her sisters and brother. Kristyn is a strong girl, there isn't much of a grey area in her mind, things are either right or wrong. I never have to worry about Kristyn making the right choice, she knows what she believes in. I'm sure that will be a problem as she gets older and doesn't agree with her mom, but for now it is a great asset to have in our family. Happy Birthday Kristyn!! We love you.

Cookies for Santa

Blayne decided the other day that we needed to make Santa some cookies, hoping that the plate full of cookies would make Santa come quicker. I made some sugar cookie dough and let Blayne do the rest. He rolled out the dough but didn't want to use the cookie cutters, he thought that a big glob of dough would be just as good. So, he put in on the cookie sheet and we baked them. I let him keep them for a while until he forgot then carefully got rid of them. He was pretty proud of his culinary masterpiece. I'm sure Santa would have loved them.

So Thankful

We have so much to be grateful for this year. I feel so thankful for my wonderful family. We have so much fum together. This year Holly and her family came to visit from California. We haven't seen her or her cute little boys since last December. It was fun to see how much they have grown. We had a pretty low key Thanksgiving Day. Blayne was able to play some football with Stephen and Bristol. (thankful for the warm weather)

I took some pictures of the kiddos. (thankful for cameras I don't have the best memory) Then we ate sandwiches for our big Thanksgiving dinner. Holly's family made it late on Thursday, so we ate our traditional Thanksgiving dinner Friday afternoon. (thankful for food, although I ate way to much) What would Thanks giving be with out a trip to BYU to see the BEAN museum. This has become a place we visit often. We had just gone the week before for our Saturday family time. Still we never get tired looking at the animals. They never move so you are sure to see every animal.

We had a great time over our long weekend. I love spending the extra time with my family. It seems like there is never enough time to get everything done and sometimes I am so busy I forget how important it is to spend time with those I love.

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Halloween Time

I guess I need to post pictures of the kiddos on Halloween. Mostly everyone I know already up picture of their kids on their blogs. I know I'm always a little behind. Halloween was such a busy day for us. In the morning the school had a costume parade, then Blayne had his party. After lunch I had Kristyn and Kaley's parties, then finally Sydney's after that. It was a busy day, but so much fun. I enjoyed seeing all the kids classes in their costumes, if was fun to see how creative some parents are with the costumes. Everyone looked great. Someone asked me why I am helping at the school so often. she said there were better things I could be doing during my day. I told her that I want my children to know how important I think school is. If I just tell them it is important to participate in school but I myself am not willing to put forth any effort I don't think that is such a great example. anyways if you wonder why I am always there I just want to show them I care. enough rambling from me. Here are the kids all dressed up.

Kristyn wanted to be Martica for the Adam's Family, Kaley was a good witch, Sydney was of course a princess, and Blayne a firefighter.