Split Head Update

We were over to Eric's last night and got a first hand look at the split head. First off, it was kind of hard to find because his hair covers it well. The gash does look much smaller, thought there are five staples there to hold the scalp together. It appears to be healing very well. As you might expect, he's just like any five year old and he's more proud of his staples than bothered by them or the abuse his head took.

Split Head

At 11:00 last night, just about to head for bed, for some reason I checked my email. What do I see? A strange looking email that does not look like spam so I go ahead and open it and see the photo below with the caption below it that says "Taydon hit Riley in the head with a golf club, he's OK though." Of course I had to worry who was okay, Taydon or Riley, because Riley sure didn't look okay, and depending on how it happened that Taydon hit Riley I didn't know if he was okay. I could see from the photo that it was taken in a doctors office or hospital, and since I had talked to Eric just a few hours earlier and he hadn't said anything then that it had to have happened after about 8:00 p.m. Also, the email was marked at arriving at 9:55 p.m. I called Eric this morning to find out what happened and how Riley was doing. First Riley is fine, considering. They did have to staple his wound closed, I didn't ask how many staples. Eric says Riley kept asking "Can I touch my nails?" Apparently Eric, Taydon and Riley were at Swan Lakes driving range practicing their drives. Riley was on the next practice tee behind Taydon. Taydon checked to see that he was clear but suddenly Riley decided he needed a tee and headed over towards his bag as Taydon went into his back swing. You can see the results. We pray for his quick healing and full recovery.

Visit from Roy and Janette

My brother Roy, his wife Janette and their grandson Brian were down for a few days recently to attend a family reunion on Janette's side. Fortunately they stayed with us so we got to see them some. It was very nice to see and visit with them. I feel bad that I don't get to see my brothers more often. I wish all our family could have seen them but because of their schedule we didn't get to see any of our children except Melissa and Jeff and that is only because we had some sandwiches at their brand new deli. They took us to see Glenn Beck at a theater in SLC, which was very interesting. I didn't know very much about him before that. Unfortunately his broadcast schedule is such that I never get to listen to him on the radio. They left right after church on July 20th, but before we went to church we took this photo to remember it by. Brian is not in the photo because he took it for us.

Quiet Time

Shhhh. . . .Put your ear close to your computer speakers. Do you hear anything? That's the quiet in our house this week. After about three weeks of a house full of visitors and excitement we are finding it mighty quiet again. Sure it's nice to have a little peace and quiet once in a while, but we sure enjoyed the visitors. This is an open invitation to any of you to come a visit. We've got Air Hockey, Wii, plenty of games and if we know your coming it's likely we'll have tasty treats. So don't be shy. You know our number.

Lest We Forget

Thank you, thank you, thank you Dustin and Tamra. In the past two weeks we have participated in two wonderful family traditions. For many years, as I heard tales is my sister Marilyn's annual get together with her family I thought about what a wonderful thing that is and would be for our family. Then one year Dustin and Tamra decided to do a camp out at Mustang Ridge near the Flaming Gorge resevoir. They invited any of us that would like to come up to join them. Low and behold several of us did. I don't even know how many years ago this was, but that started a tradition that eventually evolved to our current annual family get together. Something I look forward to excitedly every year. Check the other family blogs for their posts, and watch this one for future posts on our trip to Bear Lake this year.

Last night we participated in another Dustin and Tamra tradition. Several years ago they said they were going to go up and watch the Clearfield fireworks display for Independence Day. They invited us along. Over the years it has grown.

The photo below shows Jeanne (I took the picture so I'm not in it),Melissa and Jeff, Wade's family, Lori's parents, Dawnette and Halley Gaddis (The rest of their family was out of town various places), Lorie Sheridan and Chantelle and Kip.

The obvious missing persons are Dustin, Tamra, Sean and Anna. From the phone call we got I can just say they were a little too busy and a little too far away to join us. We hope they had a great 4th of July (anyway), because they are a big part of the reason that we did. Each year the number and the participants change slightly, though Wade and Lori and her parents have been pretty regular for the past few years and of course Jeanne and I almost every year.

I am so grateful to Dustin and Tamra for starting both of these WONDERFUL family traditions!

A Lot Can Happen in 16 Days

Here is the next photo of our peaches. The previous one was taken on June 2. This one was taken yesterday on June 18. They grow almost as fast as the grass.

Only the Icing on the Cake

As I talked about Kathryn and family arriving yesterday I was reminded again about how excited I am about this upcoming week. Kathryn arriving was only the beginning, on Friday Dustin and his family will arrive in town and we get a Birthday party for Anna on Friday, that I will not get to attend because of work, but then on Monday we all head up to Bear Lake and for the first time in several years the whole family will be together for three nights. We just can't wait. We love all our children and grandchldren so much that this will be a major event in our lives that we will remember for the rest of them. We are soooooo thankful that they are all coming. Trevor will be a little late, but He'll be there next Tuesday and that will make it a full house. HOORAY!!!!

A Special Day

Today is a day I've been dreading for about a year, that is until about a month ago. Today was my birthday and so I'm another year older, but about a month ago I found out that Kathryn, Hallie, Megan and Campbell would be arriving today. What could be a better birthday gift than that. As expected, they got here safe and sound, and despite worries about their current health they all seem to be feeling great. Tonight we introduced Hallie and Kathryn to the Wii. Campbell wanted to get introduced to it to, but his mom was racing Hallie at the time. It didn't take Megan long to remember how much she enjoyed Barbie at Grandma's. Hallie also brought a brand new Webkinz and had to get on the computer and get him taken care of. I really wondered how Cambell would do with all of us strangers, but he warmed right up. We are soooooooo happy to have them here. Of course Melissa got here as fast as she could, and we were so happy for that too. Here are the first of what will probably be lots of photos of their trip.

The Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune

I have a little program/web site I use to track visitors to my blog. (It's free if you're interested). In the past I considered 4 or 5 unique visitors to be a big day. Above is a graph of the past week. Starting Monday I began a series of stories about a cover I am doing for Myrna for the DVD I'm doing for her. She put a notice on the APQS (The name of the company that makes the quilting machine Jeanne uses) forum and that got the ball rolling. Now we'll see how long we can keep at least a few of them coming back. If you haven't seen it and care to you should go to The World's Best Blog.

It Has Begun

I was out mowing the lawn this morning when I saw it. For the first time this year, baby peaches. You may have seen the photos of the trees a couple weeks back on The World's Best Blog. Well now there are baby peaches, so we'll watch them grow. The first picture I took and looked back at it was hard to tell how small they are, so I stuck my thumb up close so you can get a size relationship. If you have never tasted these peaches, I'll tell you they are delicious!!! Remind me to post some more as they grow in a few weeks.