Finally something to blog about! I have been slacking and haven't felt like blogging about anything lately until today. We had our family pictures done two weeks ago and I was little worried because we had major wind and my hair kept blowing across my face and getting stuck in my lipstick. I just got them back and was very pleased. Thank you so much to our awesome photographer Caroline. Here are a few of my favorites.
We had fun this summer spending the Holidays with family. For the 4th of July we went to my sister Emily's and had a BBQ with their family, my parents, and their friends Colt and Christy. The food was great and the kids had a lot of fun playing and watching fireworks together. The 24th of July we went to Shawn and Britney's for a a BBQ and then we drove up to the hospital to watch the fireworks with Vai out on the hospital rooftop patio. Britney had a ton of glow sticks and gave them to me to give to my kids. When we got to the hospital there were a lot of other families up there with their kids. I decided my kids didn't need anymore glow sticks and so I decided to pass them out to all the other kids up on the patio. Most of those kids faces lit up, they were so excited to have a bracelet or a necklace. It turned out to be alot of fun. I am grateful to live in this country where we have such amazing access to good health care, wonderful Doctors, and the advanced medical technology we have to save lives. I am grateful for the freedoms we enjoy as part of living in this great nation.
So as most of you know Vai spent most of her summer in the hospital. Since coming home from the hospital she has done surprisingly well but her life is consumed with taking pills and giving shots for diabetes. She swallows pills 5 time a day and gives herself about 4 shots a day. We spend every Thursday at Primary Childrens for her cardiology appts where they do her lab work and check all of her drug levels, she has an EKG, and an echocraiogram, and then she sees the DR. The staff and Dr's there are wonderful and we love them all they are a huge part of our lives. I took a few pictures just to give you an idea of what she has and is going through and another look at our summer.
Our summer was a little hectic and we weren't able to do a lot with Vai in the hospital. We did take the kids a couple of times up the mountains to have a picnic and spend some time together. We went once up to American Fork Canyon as a family and then once up to Bridal Veil Falls with our cousins and also with the Warner's while they were visiting from Texas.
Makaila and Tila play soccer, McKay plays football, and Isaac thinks he does it all! These past few months I find Isaac putting on the shinguards, socks, and cleats asking me to take him to his soccer game. The next minute I find him in McKay's football pads, helmet, and football cleats telling me he's gonna go play football. I have also caught him ready to go scuba diving. By the end of the day after all his adventures I find him sleeping with the football helmet and if I try to put it away, he wakes up and screams at me.
The other day I was helping Tila get ready for school and this was the conversation...
Tila: Mom do people ever ask you if I was adopted?
Mom: No, why would they ask that?
Tila: Because I look like I am adopted, I don't look anything like you.
Mom: Well you may not look like me but you do look a lot like your Dad and I promise you that you came out of my tummy!
Tila: Yeah, I know I just look like my Dad, but none of your kids look like you. We all look like we are adopted.
I thought it was pretty funny because none of my other kids have ever questioned the fact that they are mine.
I have had so many people asking about Vai. I don't want to put the information out their on facebook because it's so public. A friend told me about a website that I can go on and create a page for Vai that I can update and people can leave comments etc. Please feel free to check it out.
www.caringbridge.org/visit/vai
Thanks for all your prayers and thoughtfulness on our behalf, we love you all.
