Sunday, October 7, 2012

Miriam's arm

Miriam with her penguin
 Miriam broke her arm last month while jumping on the trampoline. It broke above her elbow and required surgery to realign the bones and pin them together. She had a softer cast for a week to allow the swelling to go down and then got her hard cast last week. She only has to wear the hard cast for two weeks.

When they took an x-ray of her arm before they put the hard cast on, you could already see the bone growth that had happened within a week. It's a blessing if you break a bone when you're young to have it grow back so quickly.

Our ward Primary (church children's class) made her a card and all the children and teachers signed it for her.
She is doing very well under the circumstances and it's nice to have the hard cast because it helps her to do more things without assistance. We are very grateful to the doctors and nurses at the BYU Student Health Center and especially at Primary Children's Medical Center for making a tough experience the best it could be. We are also very grateful for kind family and friends who helped us out through service and prayers during this time. Thank you all!

Miriam with her pink cast

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Emma's First Girls Camp

Earlier this summer, Emma got to attend her first Girl's Camp at Heber Valley Camp. She had a great time.

It was a nice bus.










Montana and Glacier National Park

On our way home, we decided to visit my brother, Andrew and his wife, Christy. They live in Montana near Glacier National Park, so we got to spend some time with them watching the Olympics and seeing beautiful landscapes. We enjoyed our time with them.

At Lake McDonald

Flathead Lake from the south

Closer view of Flathead Lake

Trying buffalo for the first time

Lake McDonald

Notice how clear the water is and the variety of rock colors.

Sarah found a rock.

Andrew

Miriam throwing rocks

Joseph watching the rocks fall

On the shores of the lake

Foliage near Lake McDonald

I love the blue. We think it's because of the underlying rock.






Survivor on a rock

I like the layers of rock.


Our red rocks




We are very high up and very close to the edge.



Bighorn sheep in the parking lot at Logan Pass


Sarah loving the friendly dogs, Romeo and Juliet

Emma humoring her mom (It was in the 50's, so we were a little cold.)