Andrea we hope you had a great Birthday! We love you.

Over the long weekend we decided to get our sprinkler system put in. Kirk, along with alot of friends and family were able to get it done. Thank You to everyone for all of your help!

This last year in October, a tumor was found in my Dad's head. For his birthday this year I decided to make this little book about the whole process that we went through, thoughts, feelings and some of the things we experienced. I left blank pages between each page hoping that my Dad or anyone else looking through it will write down their experience also.

This is the front cover of the book, our motto through this was always "Git er done" How greatful I am for the priesthood. My whole family was able to have blessings of comfort, & healing. It was so special to have my Dad ask me if he could give me a blessing, even though he was the one going through the main issues, he knew that I needed a blessing.
This page is just a page of feelings and thoughts. My Dad, Mom and I were able to go to a session at the Manti temple before we met with the Dr.'s. You can't get much closer to our Father in Heaven then at the temple.
After finding out about the tumor, I did some research on the Huntsman Cancer Institute site and found a Dr. Randy Jensen that specializes in brain tumors. We first were sent to see Dr. House, and I remember telling my dad that everything would be fine because "Dr House" fixes everything, for those of you who watch House, you'll get it. So we went to see Dr. House at the University of Utah and he said that he could do the surgery but that he would also refer us to another Dr. if we would like. So we mentioned our research on Dr. Jensen and he said "I work with him all the time, let me call him and see if we can get you in" he came back to us and said, he can see you in an hour. I'm sure you are all aware how hard it is to get into the specialists. Dr. Jensen was a wonderful man, you could feel the spirit with him whenever he was around. He made us feel very comfortable, and we knew that our Dad was in the best hands.
My Dad is doing wonderful, he had very minimal problems after his surgery. We know that he was blessed, and that the Dr's were blessed to take care of him.

Derick has been playing the violin now going on his third year. A friend in our Ward found out in that he was interested in learning the violin. She said "I have a violin of our daughters the he can use". So we talked to the school and they signed him up. They told us that he would have to be tutored after school to catch up to where the other students were that year. Derick caught on really fast and within two weeks, he was ready to join the class. His second year he went on to advanced orchestra. and by his third year he joined the Chamber Orchestra. Derick loves playing and we have enjoyed going to his concerts.

This is what the Mother's Day book Kaitilin wrote says.

My mother is beautiful. My mother has beautiful blue cristools in her eyes. She has nice hair. She is good at lots of things. She is a great artist. She is a good singer. She is good at the piano. She is a good cook. She does lots of things for me. She feeds me alot. SHe helpsme draw stuf. She does my hair. She is good at growing. We love to do lots of things together. We love to go to the museums. We love scrapbooking. I have the best mother in the whole world. There is not another mom as marvelous as mine. I love mother so much.

Thanks Kaitlin, I love you too!

We all wrote a note on a balloon and sent them up to heaven.