Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Easter Egg Hunt - April 2009

We had an egg hunt with Pyper and Jordan. I hid the eggs and then had Renee and Spencer bring the kids over after they were hid. It didnt take long for Jordan to figure out he was supposed to find the eggs, but he wanted to eat the candy in the egg and then find another egg!  I love Pyper's hat!

Jordan didnt take long to figure out what he was supposed to do but wanted to eat all the candy first.
 "I found one, Grama!"


Jordan finds an egg on the fence
Even Heidi wanted to find the eggs!
Pyper and Jordan were very happy with the eggs they found and seemed to have a lot of fun.

Adelyn's Blessing

Adelyn's baby blessing. They were sealed in the Temple
yesterday and Addy blessed today, so we had the party
today after Church. This is Addy in her beautiful baby
blessing dress.


Grampa Sykes, Gage and Kaisa.



Kaisa in her new dress. Brianne made all the girls dresses,
here skirt, Gage's vest and tie, and Jon's tie.





Kaitlyn in her new dress



Adelyn Grayce in her new dress






My sister, Sandy (married to Bryan), Michelle, and Heidi





Uncle Bryan, Brandon, and Grama Sykes




Brianne's sister, Kaili














Brett and Mia Phillips and their 2 daughters




Brianne's dad, sister and friend, and Kaisa.









Jon and Bri at the Temple.


Well, Jon and Brianne and the family finally made it to the Timpanogas Temple to be sealed as a family in May 2009. We are so proud of them for taking this big step and commitment. The weather was a little cloudy, but didn't dampen their spirits at all.
Scott shaking hands with Brett Phillips, one of Jon's best buddies growing up.


The Temple grounds are always so gorgeous with all the flowers and kept up so nicely.






I love this picture! I thought the mountains were framed so beautifully in the background with all the Tulips in the foreground.




Jon and Gage





Brianne and Adelyn Grayce






The whole happy family







Brianne's family and friends, Jon and Bri with family, Mom, Dad, Scott, Joey and I, and Brett Phillips







Joseph's Hospital Stay ~ April 2009

So Joey had been sick for a few days, in a lot of pain and not able to keep anything down. His friend had come over that afternoon to see him and told Joe he was taking him down the block to the hospital. Joe did look bad. I was a little upset with him for not telling me he was that sick and in that much pain. He was in the ER all that afternoon and early evening they moved him to an observation room. When I got off work about 1 AM I went over to check on him. By late morning, they had moved upstairs into a room. The room was huge!



This is Timpanogas Hospital, which is a block away from us.




Looking out the window down towards our street.

Joe was pretty out of it. They gave him some Golightly he was supposed to drink all of for a Colonoscopy the next day. They suspected Joe's intestines were telescoping inside themselves. The dumb male nurse on duty that night told Joe he didnt have to drink all the solution for he test, that he just needed to drink a couple ounces.... Well when they went to do the test it was a bust as his intestines were not cleaned out enough to go in and see a thing... Poor Joe had to repeat the test the next day, meaning he had to drink the horrible stuff again, but double the amount!

This is a view of Joe's large private room. He was out of it for quite a while when they brought him back up from the failed test. He was sound asleep for quite a while, and when he is out... he is out!














Joe was irritated he had to drink more of this horrible tasting stuff, and double the amount from before. He got it done this time. I had to go to work, but the nurse that night kept checking on him to make sure he was drinking it. He got it finished this time.















He was again pretty out of it when they returned him from the test. Unfortunately they didn't find what the cause of his pain and vomiting was.



I put a smile face on him before I went to work, just so he would know I was there!
















Taking his IV pole for a walk, anxious for the Dr to come and release him.























Joe antsy to go home, actually he is anxious to leave so he can have a cigarette! It had been about 5 days since his last one... terrible how addictions control our lives!

Mid-April snow storm


This snow storm was pretty heavy and wet. It was frustrating to enjoy a few days of nice warm weather and then get this heavy snow. And it looked like there was more to come, which did come.
The branches that had broken off.
Just around the corner and down the street from us a neighbor lost part of his beautiful willow tree. This was really sad.
Mid April snow storm... This is the tree of the neighbor across the street from us... poor tree was just getting so pretty, too!