Puppies!!!!

here a few of the girls that look like Felina

This is our only male...he is fun! He loves to run and jump into the back of Brighams dumptruck and go for a ride.



This girl is our favorite. She fell asleep on my foot while I was taking pictures and I did my best to capture it.

My Brigham...Update

So we went back to the Doctors last week and Brigham's sight was a little worse, at 20/30 than the previous week. He said it was good, at least it was not at 20/40. Considering when he first came in he was legally blind! I sure we all would be with a thorn and an infection in our eye! He also said that he wants to see it get all the way back to 20/20. We go back in a month-unless Brigham has pain, redness in his eye or any discharge. In which time, he said we will give the eye more time to fully heal. He is watching for a cataract( I have no clue how you spell that). They occur when the Lens of the eye is touched, and could show up now or in 40 yrs, if indeed his lens was penetrated by the thorn. He said due to the infection he was not able to see completely the depth of the thorn and wants to make sure the lens is undamaged. He said since it went right through the very center of his eye, that he is concerned it could of easily pentetrated. So, in a months time we hope it heals properly and the cornea does not heal with a flat spot where the incision was( in that case he probably will need glasses). If his vision is the same or worse, they will patch the other eye for awhile to see if that will strengthen his right eye.

Brigham is doing well for the most part. The days for the eye patch and arm boards are at least past. I put this picture in because it makes me laugh! to fall asleep Brigham holds his blanket right under his nose. he could not do that with the arm boards so he would ask me to hold his blanket and get frustrated as he would demonstrate on how to do it right. I just was not getting it right! He finally decided to use his whole arm.Every once in awhile he cries because of pain and the sun still irritates him a lot.Over time I am sure things will be better. Again, Thanks for your prayers!!!

Answered Prayers

I wanted to thank everyone for their prayers in Brighams behalf! I truly believe that because of them he is doing so well. I took Brigham to the Doctor Sunday after church for a quick check-up. After checking his eye, The Doctor told me, he was very pleased with Brighams progress and that two days ago while he was performing the surgery he was very afraid that he was going to be losing his eye. I do not know if the Doctor was exaggerating or not, but I am so grateful that at this point things look good. We see the Doctor frequently to make sure the infection is still leaving and the incision in his eye is healing properly...in hopes his eye sight will be 20/20 again. Thank you all again for your prayers!! There are more pictures below on Samuels post. They were taken when Samuel came to get us to take us home. The arm boards, if you are wondering are to keep his arms straight so he does not touch his eye and cause more damage while the incision is healing.So every night we wrap them back up. Poor kid! I hate doing that, but hopefully it will help!

"If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee..." Matthew 5:29

--A man who had an eye made of wood walked into a bar. He saw an attractive lady who sported a leg made of wood. He was infatuated by that beautiful thing; the way the light reflected off the varnish just so, the uniformity and symmetry of the grains as they ran the length of the post- vascular prosthetic. As he approached her, she too was taken by his eyes, especially the solid walnut, naturally finished right eye which he displayed with no shame. She wondered what was his name and from where he came. He spoke just loud enough for her to hear him over chatter in the bar, the billiard balls cracking and dropping into the pockets, and Phil Collins singing "You'll be in my heart." He asked with little confidence, "Would you like to dance"... he paused visibly shaken, then continued, "with me? You really don't have..." Before he could finish she answered with notable enthusiasm, "Would I!" Despondently and with a touch of venom he sneared, "Peg-leg!!" as he huffed away, evidently offended.



Last weekend Brigham had an irritated eye. Over the next week it got progressively worse. 6 days and 2 doctors later the medical proffessionals discovered a thorn in his right eye. I'm not sure if it had gotten there by accident or whether that eye had offended Brigham and he had taken action. The incident is still being investigated. Friday evening at 20:43:27 Brigham had emergency surgery on his eye to remove the thorn that had been in there for one week. The fiberous tunic of the cornea had grown over the thorn with a risk of penetrating the anterior chamber of the sclera. Brigham was under the knife for two hours. He now has to wear an obnoxious eye guard and splints on his arms to keep his hands away from his eyes. It is enjoying to tell him to touch his nose- to really encourage him to... because he can't. It's just kinda fun. Anyway here are some pictures. One is off him on Thursday, you can tell his eyes are really irritated.

Long awaited....trip to the sand dunes

After a long days work, we took the kids by the Sand dunes for some fun! It was a very, VERY long winter for those boys.....but well worth the wait!

A Wonderful Sacrament Meeting

Today was a great day!!!! for many reasons, one being I was finally able to rest after an eventful weekend of Branding. Today for Sacrament meeting we had a wonderful surprise. Elder Bednar, who was in town for the CES fireside, presided over our meeting. We also had Elder Clark( BYU-I President) and our Entire Stake Presidency as well. The Spirit was so strong. Elder Bednar Spoke to us and then invited Sis. Hobbs to share her testimony( the stake presidents wife), Our Great Bishop, Pres. Hobbs and Pres. Clark. Elder Bednar than concluded with his testimony. Over all it was just amazing. Emmaline was very impressed, when Samuel explained to her who he was and showed her his picture out of the Conference Issue he had on hand.
I am so grateful to be a member of this church and for my testimony that I have and hope that my children will someday appreciate this church as much as Samuel and I do.

Starting out with 8

Here is a tag i am just know getting too...sorry!

8 things I did Yesterday:

1. Exercised
2. Read with my Children
3.Took a 20 min. nap-yeah!
4.Went to work with my husband! for a couple of hours
5.Cleaned house
6.Made dinner
7. vacuumed the floors for the tenth time!( can not stand anything on them:)
8. went to the grocery store

8 movies I love to Watch:

1. The "love comes softly" series
2. Musicals
3. Jane Austen's works
4. Anne of Green Gables series
5. Really, we do not watch movies. I never know what is going on in that area. The only time I can justify it is when kids are in bed and Samuel is out of town and I am waiting up for his phone call. Other than that there is too much to do! So, sorry I do not have 8!

8 Things on My wish list:

1. a new baby
2. New Couches!!
3. No more illnesses! sick of the colds
4. lose some weight!
5. to be a better person, friend, mom, wife- there is always room for improvement
6. no more snow!
7. a yard for my kids to play in
8.

8 Things I look forward to:

1. Samuel Graduating!!
2. Samuel going to Graduate school
3. A job once he is graduated
4. Adding on to our Family
5. Seeing my Family in July
6. Owning a barbecue grill
7. Spring and summer- so we can play outside and plant our garden
8. more room to live in

8 favorite restaurants:

I do not have one. Like Maria, I prefer a homemade meal any day! Plus we don't go out so I really have no idea!

8 people t o Tag:

If you want to go for it!