O Canada...

This last week was so fun. Tally's grandma Edmiston and aunt Cathy flew in from Canada. I met aunt Cathy 2 years ago when her and her husband Mike came down to go to Montana with all of us, but I have never met anyone else on that side of the family. I have wanted to meet grandpa and grandma Edmiston for a long time and the rest of the family, but have not had the opportunity. We were very excited when we found out that the two of them were coming down to visit for Mother's Day. They are both very sweet. We are hoping to go to Canada this fall to visit. Tally has not been up there for many years and I think it would be great for him to see his family and for me and Colsten to meet them. We didn't get any pictures of aunt Cathy. I feel bad about that. When we took pictures she was at a ball game for our niece Brook. But we did get some of grandma. We love all of you in Canada.

Grandma, Mel, Mom T (don't they look like mother and daughter?)

Mom T, Tally, Colsten, Grandma

Mom T, Mel, Colsten, Grandma

Mom T., Tally, Colsten, Mel, Grandma

I am such a slacker...

I don't keep this up to date like I should. Well back in February we celebrated Tally's, Natalie's, and Kristen's birthday. Tally and Natalie share the same birthday and then Kristen's birthday is the next day. I planned to have a little get together the Saturday before Tally's birthday and I didn't mention anything to him. His family came over for cake and ice cream. I ordered him a baseball cake. He told me it looked like a little kids cake, that may be true, but I thought it was cute. Then we went down to the E-Center in Salt Lake and went to the Utah Grizzlies Hockey game. It was a lot of fun. Our friends Cal and Gena met us down there and then Tally's siblings and their kids where there. On his actual birthday we got together with my family and went to Maddox for dinner and spent the time with them. It was Natalie's 21 birthday.

Last week my mom and sisters and Nat's friend DaNean went to Good Things Utah. It was a lot of fun to spend time with all of them.

Life is good. We are just keeping busy. Colsten is so fun. He keeps us laughing. He doesn't ever stop. He is very busy.

Update

This past weekend we went to Cedar City to visit my brother and sister in law (Scott and Kourt). It was a quick trip, but it was a lot of fun. It was relaxing and fun to visit with them. Scott helps out on a farm and on Saturday we went with him to see the horses and chickens. Colsten got to pet the horse. He didn't seem to sure at first, but then it got better. A man in the ward has some sheep that just had babies. So after we were done at that farm we drove over to see the sheep. They were so cute. One of them that was born last thursday came over to the fence to where Tally and Colsten were. Colsten put out his hand and the little lamb started sucking on his fingers. It was cute. I got a picture of it. When Tally saw the picture he asked why I didn't get down and get a better one. Ok that is where they poop. Um... I don't think so. I am not going to kneel down in that. He made fun of me for that one. Oh well. :) Any way the weekend was really fun. So thanks Scott and Kourt for letting us come down.

I also have another thing that I have had an issue with, besides kneeling down where animals poop, and that is cutting Colsten's hair. Ok he is over a year old and I have never had his hair cut. I just couldn't bring myself to have it done. I just knew that it would make him look more grown up and it is hard to think that he is turning into a little person and not staying as my baby. But today I finally caved. I went to pick him up from my sister Kristen's (she watches him for us) and I just told her that he needs a hair cut. Well she went to school to cut hair. So I asked if she would cut it. She was nervous, but we did it. He is too cute. It does look better short. It was seriously to the point where I could probably put it into a pony tail. He had more hair than both his girl cousins (Tatum and Brooklyn) :) Now it is short. And he is still handsome. We spiked it after. Colsten is a very sober child. He is happy and smiles a lot around us, but trying to get him to smile for pictures and other people is not very easy.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY sweet baby of mine!

Things don't always work out the way we think they should

My sister Natalie finished her chemo treatments about 3 months ago. Then she started her radiation and finished up last week. We were so excited. Nat moved up to Logan to attend Utah State. Then she started getting headaches. Nat and my mom went to Primary Children's on friday. The did a scan and found a blood clot in her brain and a grayish area. They needed to do an MRI to find out what that grayish area was, and if it is a possible problem. So the MRI was scheduled for Wednesday. She has been throwing up so much and is in so much pain. Well yesterday they went down and spent the day at Primary's. They fit them into get an MRI at 5:30 last night then told them they would call today with the results. They finally called this afternoon and what was thought to be a blood clot is actually a tumor. We don't know what is going to happen now. If it is between the bone and the brain matter, which they think it is then they might be able to remove it. That is what we are hoping for. I will post updates when I get them. I have realized through this last year and a half how grateful I am for the gospel and for our testimonies and especially for eternal families. I never imagined my family would ever have to go through anything like this. But I truly know that our Heavenly Father loves us and watches over us and I know that it is his plan not ours. I just wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns.

i am

I got this off of my cousin Becky's blog

i am: grateful for prayer
i think: my baby and hubby are the best
i am happy: when I am with Tally and Colsten
i have: issues (don’t we all :-))
i miss: north carolina
i fear: that Natalie will keep having problems
i feel: happy to have so many blessings in my life
i smell: with my nose
i usually: am at work
i search: the internet
i wonder: why so many people get cancer and why there is no cure
i regret: some of the mean things I have said or done to people
i love: my family (i.e. Tally, Colsten, my side and Tally’s side)
i care: about what people think about me
i tell: funny jokes (really I am hilarious :-) just ask Tally)
i worry: about things that I can’t control
i am not: a morning person
i remember: fun times from my mission with fun companions
i believe: in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
i sing: in my car
i don’t always: fix my hair (it is straight and long it doesn’t do much)
i don’t like: tomatoes
i write: e-mails, on my blog, on facebook, etc…
i win: hardly ever
i lose: my mind sometimes
i dance: with Colsten because I love his laugh when I do
i wish: I stayed home with Colsten
i never: want to move far away from our families
i listen: to country
i don't understand: a lot of things
i can usually be found: at the work
i am scared: of spiders… and mirrors
i need: to pay some bills
i forget: to send birthday cards, then it ends up being to late
i tag: anyone who wants to do this

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was great. We got to spend time together as a family and with our extended family. What more can you ask for? We did have a great Christmas though with Colsten. It was his first Christmas and though he didn't really know what was going on, it was still so fun. He got some fun little toys. One of which Tally and I are excited about. For all of you who don't know Tally, he is a HUGE baseball fan. His favorite team... well... that would be the Yankees. Yes I know there are not many fans out there, but he loves them. So Colsten received a soft Yankees baseball bat and a soft squishy baseball. So the wooden bat was taken away which is great because he would hit the walls, windows, floors or anything else that would make noise.
Saturday was fun. We had a big celebration party for my sister Natalie because she finished up her chemo and is almost done with radiation. That is great! Her hair is starting to grow back. It is great. She looks so good.

Monday we spent the day at Primary Children's Hospital. Colsten had a scheduled orchiopexy. (you can click on the link for more info) Any way he was born with one testicle. So they had to go in and make two incisions on his little man parts. One towards the abdomen and one down in the little sac where it was supposed to be. They thought it was just tangled up in some tissue, well once they got in there they found out that the canal that it drops down into didn't even form, so they had to make a canal. He also had a little hernia in there that they fixed for him. I think hernia's are hereditary. Tally has had 3 and grandpa Thomas has had a few. Poor little guy. He is a little black and blue. They gave him a prescription for Lortab and sent us on our way once he was awake and drinking clear fluids. We got home and he slept pretty much the rest of the day. Then yesterday he woke up and was talking to himself. He was so happy. I got him out of bed and he was running around the house like nothing was wrong with him. I haven't really given him a lot of medicine because he doesn't act like it hurts. So if you saw him you would never guess that he had surgery on Monday. He is just his happy self which we are grateful for. Sorry the pictures are a little blurry. They were taken with my phone.

Anyway we hope that everyone has safe, fun evening tonight celebrating the New Year. We have so much to be grateful for.