Catch up post - Mom & Brandy visiting in March - Leaf & Feather Farm

So while my Mom & Sister Brandy & two little nieces were here we went to Maricopa's own Leaf & Feather Farm. Actually it's a very neat nursery where they sell all sorts of plants and trees etc at prices lower than Lowe's & Moon Valley Nurseries along with large ceramic pots and some turtles. :o) It's a shame that our camera's battery died and we were unable to take more pictures of the different birds, horses, dogs and turtles there. Here are a few photo's we did get...

Mom, Kyah, Brandy & Kenna 2 Singing birds they talked and sang very well.

The kids in amazement with all the birds

Mom & Brandy in amazement...Mom sang with the birds

Here's Jack a 10 year old monkey they have trying to break open his pineapple

Group shot

Adia & McKenna

Kyah fascinated with the plants & cactus

Racing Pigeons...I've never heard of such a thing

3 cute kids having a blast talking to birds

They had horses, lots and lots of different birds, the monkey, dogs, beautiful peacocks, pigeons and turtles. The had about 30 little turtles for sale, several different sizes of turtles not for sale including 2 burrowing turtles that were over 200 lbs! They were huge! It was definitely more fun than we anticipated and totally FREE!!!

Will's Surgery is Scheduled finally...

After having to be referred to orthopedic surgeon after orthopedic surgeon to get a wrist/hand specialist Will was finally seen by 2 doctors today. His surgery is scheduled for this Thursday, April 2, 2009. It will require a metal plate, screws & rods because it is so damaged, crushed and basically destroyed. The poor guy has been such a trooper with very little complaint but you can seen the extreme pain in his face and by the paleness in his skin. His arm is still very swollen and has some bruising. The doctors said that he may require more than one surgery, physical therapy with no guarantee of mobility and telling him he will likely have arthritis & chronic pain from this injury. The doctor's couldn't believe the hospital didn't cast it right away either!

Shattered dreams I mean.....wrist

Can you tell which arm/wrist is shattered??

(These pictures don't do it justice it looks way worse in person. This was the very first night.

It is his left arm/wrist.)


(Yes that is bone sticking out there and his hand is shoved down where the bone should be.)

My version as I understand it best....So on Tuesday 3/24/09 Will not only broke his wrist both bones from his arm that connect to his hand but he shattered them and they had a mushroom effect as well as his hand being shoved down into his arm. He went to the hospital in Tucson where he was and they did X-rays and told him he needs to see an orthopedic surgeon when the swelling goes down gave him some vicadin, wrapped his arm/wrist/hand, put a splint on it and gave him a sling and sent him on his way. Two days later his shattered wrist is causing a lot of pain. I feel so bad for him! Heis still trying to work which is very difficult & painful.

For those of you that are curious how this happened, I'll explain.....he went to Tucson with his buddy who happens to own a car dealership in Mesa. They went to an auction to look at cars & travel camp trailers. Carson went to look at cars and Will went to look at trailers. Will says that the floors in the trailers were very greasy and slick but he had on his Sketchers with good tread so no problem well after the third or so trailer he said he was ducking down to exit and all he can think is that the cleaning solution used on the floors which made them very slippery combined with ducking down out of a small door and dusty steps were as slick as ice and he slipped right off and landed on his left wrist and knees. This is totally shocking because for the 13 years I've known Will he has NEVER even come close to tripping, falling or slipping ever! I think I trip and fall enough for the entire family and my name should be graceful but not Will! He is just very steady on his feet and has excellent balance almost freaky steadiness....maybe it was all of the years installing commerical glass up 30-40 feet in the air?!? :o) Anyways he says he can't even explain it just very slick greasy cleaning solution and dusty steps.

The auction place took his name and phone number but have not contacted him yet. The first day he was in pain but the second and now third day the pain has steadily increased! His entire arm is immobile and he is having a lot of trouble sleeping and doing daily normal things even getting dressed as to be expected. Will is not one to complain at all so for him to mention that it hurts and hurts really bad...I know it's serious pain. The vicadin barely takes the edge off he says. He is going to call a surgeon tomorrow but is waiting for a referral....who knows when the surgery might be but hopefully soon because I don't know how much longer I can watch him suffer. He seems to be fairly pale and very quiet. His hand is extremely stiff and he can't move his fingers very well due to swelling and soreness. We have to unwrap it to ice it which is painful. I don't think I could be a nurse I'm clumsy and hate hurting people!

This is him tonight after taking a vicadin we unwrapped it and put it on ice. It is still pretty swollen...poor guy!

Two faces a Momma can love...

So adorable! Taken on Saturday 3-21-09 look at how light Chloe's face is

(I Will be posting Kenna's awards & Calvin's birthday party & the JA Biztown fieldtrip soon! :o)

Spring Break & pc training for my Mom

So now that my Mom is no longer working at her clinic (due to her neck and back) she is going to be bored so while she was here we decided that she should get some computer training. She wanted to pimp her Facebook profile and add some pics so we did that....then she said show me how you blog. Magical words I'll never forget! :o) So we created a blog for her and I gave her a whole day of training on how to create a post and add pictures. Unfortunately while she was here she had a migraine for 3 or 4 days and some difficulty walking that only got worse upon arriving home in Utah. She has continued to get worse and has a lot of numbing in her legs & feet so she had to have a MRI and the doctor thinks she has another disk that needs to be replaced with metal...on top of that she got a stomach virus that poor Kyah and Adia had. So although she had some pc training and now has a blog she's been sick in bed and unable to post her own story as of yet but I still have faith that she will as soon as she is able. :o) I sure hope she feels better soon.

Until then please check her blog out as it has many pictures from Spring Break on it and I don't have the time to put a similar post on my blog. :o) http://www.mackgrammy.blogspot.com/

<<<>>>Brandy & Girls are here!!!

So last night at about 11pm we were trying to go to bed but Will kept on talking to us and showing us stuff etc and so finally about 11:45pm I said I'm sorry but I can't stay up another minute well about 10 minutes later when I was brushing my teeth I hear some commotion and shockingly enough it's Brandy my sister and her two little girls Adia & Kyah!!! Mom & I about had a heart attack because we had talked to her earlier in the day and had no idea she was coming.

It's so great to have them here!!! Brandy had called Will yesterday afternoon and told him but he didn't spill the beans. So last night as he was getting a text message after 11pm I asked him who is texting you this late and he said oh you don't know them and I said so who is she...your girlfriend and he just laughed....it was my sister getting directions!!! :o)

Anyways we are thrilled to have them here til Sunday when they all head back to Utah. We won't be going anywhere except to Mesa & maybe the Phoenix Zoo. :o) No Springerville trips but anyone's welcome to come here. :o)

Mom's coming to town!

I'm feeling so much better today almost back to normal! I'm so excited because tomorrow we pick up my Mom from the airport for 8 days! I have vacation all next week and the kids are out for Spring Break! Yippee

We've not set up any plans to go up North to visit family but it might happen. Visitors are welcome here!!! We have a few dental appointments scheduled next week but that is it. Let us know if you want to meet up in Mesa or if you want to come and hang out! I'll post again to let you now if we head to Springerville or not. :o)

Tuesday Blues

So this is me....sick for the past several days! (The real me right now is way too scary looking)

I had a sore throat last week but kept telling myself as I loaded up on the vitamins that I was fine just double up on orange juice etc. Well my throat got worse and worse. I had Will look at it and he said it wasn't strep so I thought toughen up wimp! Friday night it hurt pretty bad and Saturday I pretty much lost my voice but kept on going and taking the vitamins etc. Saturday night I got the whole fever thing and unable to breath very well. Sunday I missed church I couldn't expose the little 2 year olds plus I couldn't speak at all. Sweet McKenna fasted for me on Sunday until 4pm! What a trooper! Calvin & Chloe stayed home to take care of me on Sunday which was sweet too. Monday morning a day before payroll is due to the county I thought well if I get up and get all ready, put my face on, fix my hair I can sit and enter time sheets all day...nope I only lasted an hour at work. Came home took some naps and began the medication Advair inhaler as well as Mucinex and continued taking Levaquin an antibiotic. Unfortunately Will said he had a sore throat and took some Levaquin last night too. I had mentioned to him earlier to please give me a blessing, as I laid down last night to go to bed I realized that I didn't get a blessing but didn't want to wake him as he was laying down with Calvin in his room but about 10 minutes later he came in our room and said he had better give me a blessing before he lost his voice. Great minds think alike. :O) Although I had a blessing I still had a rough night with all of the symptoms, meds wearing off, aches etc. so I didn't make it into work today. I woke up the family and then went back to bed. As I thought about why I might be sick despite that I have a very low immune system due to taking antibiotics for 8.5 years straight I also realized that since the day after Valentines I've been eating 50% off chocolates non-stop. Maybe if I ate healthy foods like these from my Mom's garden I would have avoided it! I haven't had any healthy food and have been going to bed super late every night and getting up early, skipping lunch, not exercising and simply not taking very good care of myself! So I'm going to start eating more fruits & veggies & salads and boost my immune system!!!! The moral of this long drawn out story is...................
So our family is going to grow a garden like Grammy's pictured below.

Doesn't help to be sick in bed when my pretty Mom is coming on Saturday to stay for a week....I need to be doing laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping etc. We have no perishable food in the house except milk. I'm so excited that she is coming and hope that no one is sick when she arrives. The kids have spring break next week and I have a week of vacation!!!
This is just a cute picture of Kenna, cousin Adia and Calvin in front of my sister's house when we went up there for my Mom's 50th birthday party & neck surgery.

My Mom's yards front & back...both very pretty! Part of my Mom's pretty yard!!! Nothing like our yard that is now filled with more dried out weeds that I was hoping to get all cleared out to at least have dirt instead of all weeds before she comes. If Will gets sick he won't be able to clean it up! (by the way my Mom hates weeds)


I wish Pops & my sister Brandy and her family were coming too we miss them so much!!!

Kyah and Adia my two pretty little nieces!!!
Brandy my sister & Tyson & the girls. Come on Brandy just load up and drive down here to visit for a week....it will be fun....just tell Adia's school that she'll go to class during her spring break to miss next week. :o) She can play & swim with the kids and Chloe all she wants just bring her homework she's only in 1st grade what's missing a week to play with cousins she misses in sunny Arizona??? Come on groovy sister load up and come down...
Brandy & Tyson last week at a 70's ward party.

Look they are begging you....come and see us!!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!


Well I better go take some medicine and lay down for a bit. I'm going to be keep thinking positive and praying that Brandy has some pitty on us to come down and visit and maybe I'll take a nap so I can wake up healed from this dumb bronchitis today!!! :o)

Going Gray

Chloe is going Gray! It's funny to see how quickly

she is changing color.
This little girl is getting bigger everyday!
3.4 pounds as of yesterday
at 14 weeks old


But she's so dang cute I'll guess I'll keep her
no matter how many pounds she gets up to.
Her official name is Chloe Gray Bit and I think
she is growing into it now!

Last Weekend

So not yesterday but the week before the kids were both showering and usually Calvin showers in our bathroom and Kenna in theirs but this particular night they swapped. Well after listening to Calvin sing every song that popped into his cute little head for about 40 minutes I told McKenna to go and tell him to get out. She did he said OK and continued to sing etc. A few minutes later McKenna walked into the dining room saying I didn't know it was raining outside and we said it isn't and then she said there's a leak! So I went running thinking it was the washing machine because I was doing laundry on a Sunday wouldn't surprise me if something like that happened but nope it was the ceiling leaking. I put a pot under it and told McKenna to get some towels and then I ran upstairs and Calvin was still singing his heart out and I open the door, open the shower curtain and turn the water off. He was embarrassed and frightened. He had been showering the entire time with the shower curtain on the outside of the tub leaking water all over the place! He showers so often in our master bath where it's an enclosed shower with a door that he didn't know you needed to have the shower curtain liner tucked inside the tub! Needless to say here's the damage which was minimal....

And here's the singing shower boy who caused the whole mess! :o)

He's growing his hair out and can finally comb it down. All nice and clean after a 50 minute shower! Turkey

Will & Chloe never moved from this spot.

Our little tiny teacup Yorkie eats non-stop no more teacups for her!

Dad telling Calvin to tuck the shower curtain in the tub next time.

McKenna asking Calvin if he wanted to grow his hair out as long as hers like he was crazy!



Calvin replying telling her no not that long.

I just want to grow it out longer like the famous boys hair! What's wrong with that?

Now for the I'm sorry about the water leak Mom let me rub your feet....

'Cuz when I grow up I'm going to be a massage therapist, a Vet, an artist and rich so he'll start practicing massages now.

Dad telling them about Big Foot. :o)

Or was it a fish story????