Thanks Grandma!

For Mother's day this year my mom wanted my dad to take her to a Bee's game. She called to ask if we wanted to go with them. Halley had dance and Jonathon had Bishopric meetings so we couldn't, but Bridger was all over it! He went up with them. Game time was 6:35 and we got a call from mom at 6:20, they had asked Bridger to be the announcer! Jonathon, Gage and I decided to book it up there and watch him.

This is when they introduced him. Obviously he's not shy!

Front row seats, behind the Bee's dugout. Notice the perma-grin.

Standing on the dug out, announcing the players as they come up to bat. He was in heaven! Way to steal Grandma's Mother's Day thunder. We had such a fun night together with our family (we missed you, Halley!). Thanks for such a great time mom!

One Year

It has been one year today since Jonathon's dad passed away. It seems so much longer than that, it seems like we've been without him forever. It was a rough year with a lot of tears and just plowing through. My heart still aches everyday for my husband and my mother-in-law. But there have been so many blessings, too. We have become closer as a family, we have come to rely on our Heavenly Father, we have gained a stronger knowledge and awe of the Atonement. I know we will continue to miss him and feel his absence everyday, but I hope we have more to smile and laugh about this coming year. We miss you Grandpa!

Bridger's reading homework

Each week Bridger is supposed to find a vocabulary word in the book he is reading that he doesn't understand. I am so thankful this child has always had a teacher with a sense of humor! Here is this week...

Poor Gabby

We have had several pets since we've had children who wanted them. We have had 4 dogs, and we pretty much think of cats as disposable (I know that sounds awful. Neither Jonathon or I like them, but I've decided I like them WAY better than mice or little snakes!) Halley has had 2 miniature dachshunds, Bridger has a chocolate lab, but it's Gabby that has captured our hearts. Maybe it's because she is so mellow. Maybe it's because she wouldn't mess in my house if we locked her in for a week. Maybe it's because she is so stinkin cute! Anyway, we are all completely taken with her. She is one of us, she's our family.


On Sunday I noticed that she hadn't eaten any of her dog food. Bridger is in charge of feeding the animals and I'm sure he was just thankful it was less work for him when her bowl was still full each day! (I really think she hadn't eaten since Wednesday or Thursday.) We were having salmon for dinner that night and I gave her a chunk and she scarfed it down, so I thought she was being picky because we had bought a different brand of dog food. I figured when she got hungry enough she would eat. Well on Monday morning she was shaky and still hadn't eaten. I got the leftover salmon out of the fridge and she wouldn't eat it, then I started to worry. I took her right over to the vet. His first thought was that she was pregnant. This was hilarious to me because we've tried several times to breed her and she's too stingy...wouldn't give it up! So he kept her to do an x-ray. Later that afternoon he called and said he didn't see puppies (their skeletons only show up if they are 52 days along), and he thought it would be best for her to open her up and make sure it wasn't infection. They did surgery the next day and she had 5 LBS!!! of infection in her uterus! I was stunned, and felt so guilty! She ended up with a hysterectomy and was at the vets for 3 days (you don't want to know what that cost!). She's home now, getting some lovin and recuperating. I'm not sure about this pet thing, you get so attached to them and they don't live long enough!



The vet taped this towel around her so nothing would get in the wound. There is still infection in her so we are being really cautious.