Lava Hot Springs 2008

Yuba Lake

For Justin's family camping trip this year we went to Yuba Lake. We decided it would be fun this year to do more of a boating trip. We all had a great time with the wake boards and the tubes. I couldn't get in the water because I had eye surgery like 2 days before this, so I could ride in the boat as long as I put drops in my eyes every ten minutes and kept my sunnies on!

The Big Wheel Race

Justin had this great idea that when all the borthers got together for his graduation that they would have this big wheel race. So of course he got everyone excieted and commited. Next comes all the planning and the rules...Jut and I went out driving one day to find the perfect hill for the race, we start driving up this steep mountain road with lots of turns...and the whole time Justin is saying, "this is great, it will be perfect..." one mile passes, and I say, "ok this looks like a good place to start" but Jut keeps on going, so two miles pass, and then three miles...finally at 3.8 miles Justin stops and is satisfied. He wanted to make usre the race wasn't over too quick...needless to say the first big wheel fell apart maybe 30 feet from the starting line, and the rest shortly there after...TJ made it the farthest, but I think Sam got going the fastest. Tom and Lynn were in the front of the race with the car and I thin kthey said they were going 35 mph and he was coming up on them. Each one of them were bound and determined to win, they were holding the wheels onto their bikes with their hands trying to get just a little bit further. It was a pretty funny sight, but since I was following the race in the truck picking up each of them one by one as their big wheels wouldn't stay together any more I wasn't able to get any pictures of the actual race so these ones will have to do.

Graduation/Birthday

Since Jax and Justin's birthdays were so close to Justin's graduation we decided it would be fun to celebrate them all together. So after Justin's graduation we went to our clubhouse and had lunch, presents, and cake and ice cream.






Justin graduated from Southern Utah University on May 3, 2008 with his Bachelors of Science with a major in Psychology and a minor in Buisness. He worked so hard and I am so proud of him! Thank you to all our family who came out to support him!

I honestly never thought in a million years that this would ever happen to me. It all started on Thursday and by Saturday afternoon my baby was gone. I will never forget that day for the rest of my life. It broke my heart to go into the room usually meant for happy things, like finding out that you are pregnant, or finding out what you are having, so the ultrasound projection on the wall is all nicely framed to display the good news, only to have the unexplainable feeling of seeing the little gestational sac on the ultrasound screen and to have someone tell you they can't see a heartbeat and that you are experiencing a miscarriage. I was 8 weeks along but the baby only measured at about 5 and a half weeks, he explained to me that I had a missed miscarriage. Meaning I should have miscarried three weeks ago but the placenta that produces the pregnancy hormone kept telling my body that I was still pregnant, and only now was my body starting to realize that the baby wasn't growing and developing. So, the doctor gave me some medication to help me pass everything, I really didn't know what to expect. Not only is the physical pain unbearable but emotionally and mentally it is draining as well. I was lucky enough to have lots of family around, my mom came for Justin's graduation as well as all of his family. I can't thank them all enough for helping me through this hard time. I have really appreciated all the love, concern and prayers in our behalf. What a blessing family is.

Two Pink Lines

Yep, that's right this time there were two pink lines instead of just one!! It was April 2nd, I was only about 2 days late and even though I was anxious, I really didn't want to take a pregnancy test. I was tired of the disappointment every month, so this time I thought I would just be patient and give it a few more days before I took one. Well, Justin couldn't wait so that night he kept saying to me, "just go take it." Finally after all my excusses failed (ie. I don't have to go to the bathroom yet... it's better to take it in the morning, etc...) I gave in and took it, but there was no way I was going to be the one to look at it. So after I took it, I threw it on the counter and told Jut I wasn't going to look at it. So he pick's it up and starts in with all these questions like, "so...how long do you have to wait for the results?"....umm, it says to wait 3 mins. "so...how long has it been?" ....umm I don't know like a minute or two. "OK, well... does it start off with any lines?" ...umm no, but if there is only one line right now then another one isn't going to just appear in a minute, it's already negative.... "so...two lines means you're pregnant...and one line means you're not?"...yeah...it's negative isn't it!? (almost in tears) So he says to me, "just come over here and give me a hug and kiss" Me still thinking it's negative, on the verge of tears, I walk over to him and he turns over the test to show me the two pink lines!! It's probably a little early to be telling everyone that we're pregnant, but we were both so excited. Besides pretty much anyone who actually visits my blog already knows anyway. We are only about 6 weeks along so that puts the due date at about Dec. 10th.

Jackson Hole Memorial

On March 29th Justin, Matt, and I met up with Brent's sister Sandy, her husband Sam and their son Ross; Brent's sister Linda and her husband Don as well as with Jeri and her children in Jackson Hole. Brent and the Boys had a wonderful fishing trip up there one year and they were all planning on going again. Since they hadn't had the chance to go back, when Brent passed away they thought it would be fitting to go up to Jackson Hole to spread his ashes. It was freezing, but we found the perfect spot to pay our respects and it turned out really well.