End of Summer

Now that summer is drawing to a close I realize I have totally neglected this blog. A quick overview of our summer: family trip to Utah, Brandon started school in May, older children take trips to Utah with family, swim swim swim, Brandon's semster ends, trip to Kansas/Church history sites, Brandon's semster starts and here we are. Now for the pictures I think most are self explantory.

Hazel is NOT impressed with grass!

Emma & cousin Aleyah

Anna loves Poor Carter!! Such a patient baby.

Cousins

Hazel and cousin Carter

Emma and cousin Naomi

Anna and cousin Joshua

Hazel and Cousin Micah

Anna now has two babies to wrestle with.

Ivy and Isaac playing chess

                   Cousin Kaulin getting some "medicine" from Emma

Anna and cousin Rhett

Cousins Miriam and Eliza with Ivy being silly girls!!!

Anna and cousin Joshua playing so cute together.

Hazels 1st Bday\

Again lots of cousins

Emma

Emma and Anna with Grandpa and Grandma Wetzel

The kids with cousin Haven at Bryce Canyon and it was sooo COLD!

Ivy and Cousin Eliza

Hazel really took to cousin Haven while she was with us.  We miss her alot!

End of summer continues...

Ivy and Anna's 4th and 9th B-day

Silly Hazel

Hazel at Willow River

Isaac and Anna enjoying the Drive In

Hazel and cousin Brynn "playing" piano

Isaac 11th B-day at pool

Pool's too cold for baby Hazel

Issac getting his Arrow of Light

Emma, Ivy, Isaac, Anna at Independance visitor's center

With cousins Spencer, Andrew & Chase

Family picture in front of visitor center

Anna, Isaac, Hazel, Ivy, Emma in Libery Jail

Isaac is never far from his lego's

The butterfly's were very friendly to Hazel

The End

Just for fun

These are just some cute silly pictures of the family and some firsts for Hazel (swinging and standing up in crib).

Ivy Tonsilectomy

It's been awhile and alot has happened but I will start with Ivy's tonsilectomy. We scheduled it for the 12th of March. Ivy was really nervous but we talked about it alot so she was pretty well prepared. The nurses when we checked in thought she was hiding her fear but everytime they turned their backs Ivy grinned and jumped around. She was a little excited about the whole thing and they gave her a pretty pink surgery hat that she loved and she took her bear and a necklace that Grandma Wetzel sent her. When she was layed down to be put under we started singing twinkle little star together I couldn't finish because I was choking up but she bravely sung on and was asleep halfway through the song. It went pretty quickly about an hour later Brandon was called back to her as she was waking up but he came back quickly saying she wanted mama. She was pretty disoriented and in a bit of pain but somehow she remebered the sign for water in sign language it was pretty cute. She was tranfered to her room which I had planned on staying with her overnight but the room was too small for me and Hazel to stay so Brandon stayed the night. Ivy recovered really well the drugs she took for pain made her really sleepy and hurt her stomach so it was a relief when she no longer needed them. Now on day 5 her neck and ears hurt a little. The doctor said her tonsils where as big as he has seen in a child her size and they and the adenoids where terribly inflammed and infected. This is a huge relief to have behind us now maybe Ivy and Emma will get more rest at night with the snoring stopped.

Christmas Tree