Le Annual Swim party

Since Ammon was 2 we have had swim parties down in Mesa for his birthday. Just recently we have combined his with Talmage's and done it in the middle of July. Last year we even added Michael's birthday. This year, it was kinda casual. We had our friends Kristine, Zane & Elle over. Plus, we invited some friends from Flagstaff that recently moved to Mesa..the Tietjens. They also have four boys like us and our boys are all right about the same age. 7 to 10 months. Their boys like the same things ours do and Kami & I are very simular in how we raise the boys. Even Nathan and Michael have simularities. It's kinda funny. We all had a great time.

the Boys and Daddy in the Pool

The boys love the pool and love when Daddy's there to swim along with them.

Ammon's 7th birthday

My children are up at the crack of dawn everyday. Especially Talmage. Today was no different. And considering it was Ammon's birthday... we opened his few presents before anyone else was up. He loves Pokemon and Ben 10, both on Cartoon Network. So Dad got him Ben 10 dvd and Mom got him cool Pokemon card set. Happy Birthday Ammon. Now the countdown to Baptism starts!!!

Ammon's Hospital Pictures

Most of you know how everything went with Ammon in the hospital. But here are the pictures that we took along the way. Ammon is such a trooper. We were very lucky to have the wonderful nurses and doctors along with us. The nurse, Cindy, that Ammon had right out of surgery was very spiritual. And had a great sense of humor. At first, she was very serious, but she had to be considering all that was going on with Ammon. But once things were under control, we saw her easier going side. Which is perfect for Michael & I because we are a couple who likes to laugh. When Dr. Teodori called and asked her what it was that was done that made Ammon's blood start clotting, her reply was prayer. He said Prayer? She said yes. I kept praying, I don't want to have to take this baby back to surgery. His reply was OK. Ammon never got to see the great painting that Dr. Teodori has for his office. It is surgens operating, and right behind them is the Savior. It shows great humility and faith to know that our surgern knew that he wasn't doing this all on his own.

Talmage, Garrett & Spencer's fun...

Talmage, Garrett, and Spencer were well taken care of while we spent time in the hospital with Ammon. T and Gman got to go to Chuck E. Cheese with Aunt Carol and Aunt Donna one day for lunch. They got to go swimming and have fun too. They took care of one another. Talmage can be a very good big brother. He'll call Garrett, bud or buddy. He's very cute with Spenc too. He will carry him and he is definatly the one we call if we need him to get Spenc out of trouble. We were very grateful for our neice Leesha who came over the night before the surgery to stay with the 3 for us while we were all at the hospital. They love her. Then, my friend Kristine came around noon time to take the second shift. Thank you both so much.

Pictures of Spencer!

New fun pool toys!!

Aunt Carol and Aunt Donna made a special trip over to for Ammon's surgery and to help out my parents with the 3 boys. They brought along with them some super cool blow up toys for the pool so we tried them out the day before we had to go to the hospital with Ammon. Poor Ammon, his shoulders got sunburned at the beach in Texas so we made sure he was well covered from the sun. My aunts both love the pool too. They live in Palm Desert, CA where it gets even hotter than Mesa. One summer day last year I was talking to them on the phone and their car thermometer read 126 degrees. Yuck!!