I just got some awesome pictures in the mail....

Man, Donna, your family photo looks great! As well as the individual of Justy, he's such a handsome kid! I can't believe he's old enough to graduate, I'll always remember him as that little baby with the great hair in the footy pajamas. He was such a cute baby! How in the world did time fly so fast? I have the photos on my Fridge, thanks so much for sending the invite, I love those pictures! Tell Justy I love him and congratulations!

Morning my beautiful sisters

If I didn't already tell you, I got the results back from the biopsy. They say they only see "serious precancerous cells" and I would need to have the Leep procedure to remove that. Anyway.. I love you ladies. Mindy, mom might change the time we're coming up. She didn't know that I had Tuesday off. Donna...I sure do love you. Becky...eh..meh... regards! lol Now KEEP SENDING ME PICS OF BABY AarBear

Dallen's birthday party announcement

Just wanted to post Dallen's birthday announcement, his birthday isn't until June 21st, but most of his friends are school buddies, so I decide to do his birthday before then so he can invite his friends that live in other neighborhoods.

Hodge, here are some ideas for saving money with your meal. Here is the recipe Taco Soup
Buy your hamburger at Albertsons, it's on sale in the butcher block for 1.88 per pound.
Kraft Cheese $1.00 off Firefox Internet Explorer
Fritos coupon $1.00 off HERE
I would get your other cans of beans etc. at winco or Walmart.
There is a coupon here for sourcream.

Laurie...how are you??

The reset of the family... how's yours?

***Minni Hop Hop Criminal Minds spoiler****

You are so missing out on not having Criminal Minds! It was a freaky upsetting 2 part season finale IT WAS SO GOOD! Right up there with how good Medium has been! Don't know if you have heard anything about the finale but the very end has a masked armed gun man is laying in wait for Hodgner to get home and he said something like "you should have took the deal" then you hear Bang! I hope he is still around next season, I love that guy!

I'm going to fast for wee

tomorrow. Anyone in the family that can do that with me, it would be great! Wee, just know we love you so much. I'm just in tears! God bless you and your family!! I have your name in 2 temples so far. I sure do love you Laur! Tell Sean thanks for calling.

Shout out to WEE!!!

Love you Laurie... you're probably counting back from 100 right now and falling into a blissful sleep! I sure love you. I'm praying for you and your family...I'll call mom here in a few to find out how you're doing. Thanks for giving us a passcode to your inners. :-)

Crap fest

What a fun day. I get to only eat/drink/gum liquids. This includes Jello, Juice and broth. I also have to drink a laxative that will clean me out prior to surgery. I took it an hour ago. So far no action. Mom and Dad are on their way to Logan to visit Aunt Dee Dee. They will come here after, probably around 7. I told them to do that because I knew I would be dealing with the effects of this laxative all day and I knew that would not be quality time for them. I also had to shave my who ha. If I didn't they would have. Talk about gross and weird. Girls, I had to go in this morning to register and to do some lab tests. They asked me if I had a living Will. I also had to fill out an anastesia consent form that lists as the risks possible paralysis or death. Wow, I really wish I didn't have to butcher myself here and take these risks, but I have no choice. I have to do it. Please pray for me. I know you will. I keep remembering "Legs will be ok" everytime my mind messes with me and i get scared.

THIS IS IMPORTANT: If you want to call the Hospital to check on me after surgery the phone number is 801-268-7719 . They will not give out any information unless you have the secret pass code of 0314. Give them that number and then they can release the details to you. I will post again today after 3:00 to let you all know what time I am scheduled for surgery. They want me to call between 3-6:00 to find out. I will post it so you all know. I sure love you guys.

Hello Darlink

How's your day going??

Hi girls!

Well, my house is a nightmare! I spent all day yesterday either at church and then taking photos of Briggie for his birthday card invite. Say a prayer for him, all of his friends have been telling him "Go away Brigham, you don't belong here." These are the same friends he insists on inviting too his party. His four best friends that he's played with all year have recently had their birthday parties and purposely didn't invite Brig. So I'm really worried about this party. I'll post the invite as soon as it's ready, it has his picture on it and I'm going to get them printed at Walmart 1 hour.


Also, Dallen is getting baptised on July 11th, so save the date and try to make it! I would love to have anyone at all that could possibly make it. He's really excited about it.
How's your day going?

Bonny alert

surgery update

I met with the specialist today to discuss and schedule my surgery. I will be operated on on May 21 (next Thursday). This surgery is far more invasive than I thought. I will be in the Hospital for 5 days. They will actually have to sever the nerves running to my bladder. I will have to have a cathader in for two weeks. I will then have to use a tube to release my bladder until my nerves grow back in 6 weeks. I spoke with my ahole boss Bryce today who's response when I told him my Dr. wanted me out for the full six weeks was "I guess you'll have to check with Personnel". Apparently the days of "don't worry, we will handle everything" are gone. Please keep my in your prayers where my work is concerned and of course with the surgery. I can't drive for 3 weeks following the surgery. It is a pretty major thing. He is leaving in my ovaries. He said that the type of cancer I have does not spread to the ovaries. I would have no greater risk of ovarian cancer than anyone else. He said that way I would not need hormone therapy and I would be able to continue to breast feed my baby. Wow, I wish this were all a dream. I am so grateful however that I am able to do something to save my life, that I actually do have a choice. I am so greatful God gave me that choice and this beautiful miracle baby.
Love you!
Laurie

I either have a

mosquito or an itchy spider bite. The other day at work, I went to the bathroom, go to sit down "take a load off" and see a cricket right in front of me. I fended it off with the trash can...but I was itchy the rest of the day!! :-(

Today is going to be challenging

I decided to smile to everyone I see and say hi. We'll see how this goes! :-) Oh and I woke up with a sore throat :-( Hope it's allergies. my pups are still going potty on the pad...and I've got a new pair of pants on today. Still haven't gone to fast food. This will be a week and a half. (Decided to do it because I was spending ridiculous money every day) Anyway Mindy I called you last night because my show (Medium) cut off at the end when that lady saw that the guy was arrested. What happened after that? Beck, how did little one sleep last night. Donna, you still comin up?? Laur.. you're still in my prayers. You've never had surgery have you?

Good News!

Thank you all for your prayers. You probably all know, My MRI showed that the cancer has not spread and is localized to the cervix alone. Only a radical hysterectomy is needed, no radiation or chemo. Of all of the scenarios this is the best. I am so grateful. I go in on Wednesday to consult with the specialist and schedule the surgery. Hopefully it can be fast tracked. I love you guys! I will have to try that recipe Mindy. You guys crack me up. I love you all.
Laurie

Hi Sisters!

Just wanted to say a belated happy mother's day to everyone. I ended being at church from 1:00 til 4:00, then we had dinner at my mother in laws from 4:00 til about 7:30, so I missed calling you all. :( Anyways, I wanted to post a recipe I found that I thought looks yummy, I'm going to cook it for my meal for the families tomorrow night. What do you think?

Here's the link. And I will leave the jalapenos out this time HA!

Recipe

Family Fast for Wee

We are going to have a family fast for Laurie tomorrow. She's supposed to get her results on Monday, let us know how it goes O.K. Wee. Love you and thinking about you!

Laurie Update

Talked with Laurie yesterday and she spent an hour and a half in an MRI, the results will show how far it's spread. I'm sitting here kicking myself right now as I'm writing this, I forgot to fast yesterday!! Becky did you or anyone else? When should we do our fast for Wee, today or tomorrow? Anyways, they said the cancer they removed when she gave birth was about the size of cadburry egg. Wee, you are in my prayers today and I'll plan to fast tomorrow for you.

Today I got a good deal at Albertsons. When I first went up without my preferred savings my total was 139.00. After my preferred savings it was 70.00, I got it down to 16.89 with using my coupons. I got:
16 boxes of Capri Suns (which we've hidden from the kids, they would have them all drank by the end of the week, were saving them for soccer games, lunches etc.) I used 1.00 off coupons so saved 16.00
6 bottles of Kraft barbeque sauce these were free after my .75 coupon
2 Johnson and Johnson baby bubble bath and wash
3 Johnson and Johnson Cucumber and Melon baby wash
1 J and J shampoo ( I had 2.00 off coupons for all 5 of these)
2 bandaids (I had a 3.00 off 2 coupon)
3 Visine ac (I had 3 3.00 off coupons)
6 boxes of mac and cheese
2 jars of Ragu mexican cheese sauce (had free coupons for these)

I paid with a 10.00 on your next shopping order coupon, a $5/off 30.00 Albertsons coupon and the total was $16.89. But wait! Becky loves it when I say that. I got $15.00 back to use on my next shopping order! So really I got all of that for $1.89 after coupons!!!! Really cool huh?? I got 2.00 back from buying 6 boxes of mac and cheese (it's the magic number of boxes), 3.00 for buying 6 bottles fo kraft barbeque sauce, and 10.00 for the buying $30.00 before coupons of the visine, bandaids, and J and J stuff. I think I like this stuff so much because it's like a strategy game and man it takes alot of thinking and planning!

Love you my sisters!

Shout out to Donny May

Ok you have to make sure you hear the news that the courts worked Mickey in and he signed over his rights to Aaron he even signed a paper saying he is willing to go thru lawyers and give his medical history thru our lawyers if we need it!!! YAY our adoption will be finalized in front of the judge on June 10th! I have tried to call you many times girl and leave messages for you to call me back, not sure if you lost my phone #. Plus my sleep hours are out of whack with little Aaron having colic. When Dale gets home from work I go to bed till he wakes me up at 12 am then I am up all night with Aaron! Hope you are having a great time with Mom Dad and Laurie... we all wish we were there! Love you!

Laurie!! Good luck at the MRI

I sure do love you! Give mom and Dad a hug for me!!

To the rest of you all... regards... (still ticked at Becky for my place in the calling order)

Any Laurie Updates?

Just thinking about you Wee, I talked to mom and Wee and they said Laurie is getting an MRI on Friday, to see how far it's spread? Is that what it's for? Also, they will probably do a hysterectomy. I love you so much Wee Wee, I've been thinking about you every minute today. Glad Mom and Dad are there for you, and hoping you and your family are alright. Tell the girls Aunt Mindy loves them so much!

Talked to Laurie

and mom and dad. It feels like everything is going to go right. I'm still praying for Laurie.. Laur... or anyone...did you see the last Medium? FANTASTIC> If you didn't see it. Watch it on Hulu. Woohoo! Love you girls. No one call Mindy cause she's running around the house huffin and puffin her way to a size 2.. :-) Decky and Bale.. have fun today! Donna... we miss you too. Glad you're able to be with Laurie mom and dad too!!

Mom called

She and dad are headed to Lauries tomorrow morning. Should be there around noon. At 4:30 they have a Dr's appt to kind of spearhead what's happening and the plan of action. They should know more info after this. Laurie...our prayers are with you. Mom and Dad...Take care of her! :-(

Just talked to Dad....

We need a family fast for our beautiful sister Wee. She found out today that the lumps were cancerous. Laurie, I can't find my cell phone to call you, but I want you to know that dad seemed so peaceful about it all, it gave me some comfort. We will do all we can to help you, and you will be in my prayers daily. I love you so much my sweet sister and I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this. You are the sweetest little mama out there and I know the Lord will look after you and you know daddy will be there in a heartbeat to give you a blessing and I'll do all I can to help you too. I love you from the depths of my soul and want you to know how much I look up too you and admire your spirtual strength, lean on it. The Lord can hold you by the hand and I know he can heal you. You're an angel, I'm going to try and find my cell phone. I love you guys and your sweet girls.
Mindy

This is the type of crap I have to put up with, email from Kerri, I am so sick of this! Can't wait till this is over so I can put her in her place :(

Guess what Sav. told John. I can buy things like clothes, formula.......for Aaron. Becky is just raising him for me. John said NO! That is Becky baby! Not yours! Dale & Becky are raising THEIR baby. He said I made it perfectly clear to her that is the way it is. She is just not comprehending all of this. I think it is the only way she went through it so smoothly because she really doesn't know what she has really done. Good thing for the rest of us though huh?

John and I and I think you too will be so excited when this adoption will finally take place. Poor Aaron has been in limbo for almost 3 months now. We would like to be there if we can. I think it will help us with closure too. Besides the fact of major celebration little Aaron Joshua HOCK.

How are the mom and kids

with the new baby in da house?? How much fun!! I sure miss you guys. I love you too!!! You're all the best. I'm so tired at work today. :-( lol Becky, is little man, still making it through the night without waking up?

Welcome to the family Victoria Ann Sullivan!!!

Much love and kisses...prayers and thoughts to Laurie and family!!! Here she is...

Count down too new niece Victoria!

Laurie's in the hospital, I called her a bit ago and she is dilated to around a 4, water is broke and epidural is in. They found a lump in her cervix that could impede her progress, so keep her in your prayers! We love you Wee!