Update on my mom

Update on my mom:
Occasionally I will come across someone who asks me how my mom is doing and I realize that some people never got an update from us about how she is doing. My mom had liver cancer and had half of her liver removed last February. It was a very difficult surgery and she had many complications which brought her back to the hospital on many occasions for more surgeries and procedures. It took 3 months of full time recovery before she was able to do anything. Since June she has been doing really well and has been back to working full time. She recently had a CT scan which showed that everything looks great. That was a huge relief. However, ironically she had a mamagram done a few weeks ago and her Dr. noticed some lumps that looked questionable. She had a biopsy last week and on Monday we found out that she has stage 1 breast cancer. CRAZY is all I have to say about that. Who would have ever thought that she would be diagnosed with 2 different cancers in one year? Luckily it is in stage 1 and she is always on top of her health and it was caught fast! She is meeting with a surgeon today and I am sure they will come up with a plan for surgery and radiation/chemo or whatever needs to be done. CRAZY! My mom is such a trooper and I am soooo glad she has my Dad, who has been right by her side through all of this.



Update on us:
The day has finally arrived that I have been dreading. It was only a few months ago that I would look at my cute little Lance's face and wonder if it were ever possible for him to hurt a fly. He has put up with an older brother clobbering him since the day he was born. He has been such a sweetheart. However, I knew the time would come that Lance would do something mean and I would have to tell him, "NO!" Well in the last few weeks Lance has decided he is not going to put up with being pushed around by an older brother anymore! If Liam does anything to bother Lance the teeth and the claws come out! All of a sudden my sweet Lance is a fighter. Yesterday Liam must have done something to him, I don't know, but all of a sudden Lance bit Liam really hard on his back and scratched his face. Liam was really hurt. I pulled Lance away and looked him straight in the face and said, "Lance, No, No, NO!" He did not like me telling him NO at all and he got the saddest look on his face and he started crying. So both of them were crying and I was about to start crying too because I miss my sweet innocent Lance. So it has become exponentially harder to keep the peace around here with Lance's biting, scratching and constant climbing on the tables, counters, chairs, whatever he can! AHHHHH! How can I keep from going insane? And when will he ever figure out that it hurts to fall? How many times does he have to fall off something and bonk his head before he will realize that he can't just walk right off the side of the table? Seriously!!

Well on a lighter note... We went to Grandpa Morrison's for some fun pear and peach pick'n. It was a blast. We got lots and lots of fruit which turned into lots and lots of jam. Yummy! I ran out of energy before I ran out of pears (because of such things as I mentioned in the last paragraph.) So maybe next year I will have it in me to make more.






We also went to the Utah State Fair! Yes the animals reeked and everything was extremely over-priced but it was a lot of fun! They had a really cute exibit for the kids where they were able to be farmers and do a bunch of chores that farmers do like plant a garden, ride a tractor, brush the sheep, and milk the cow. There was a fake cow and you could really milk it, it was hilarious! After all the hard work the kids earned a dollar and could buy something at the little store. Liam chose Root Beer Milk, a natural winner since he loves his milk and he loves his root beer.

We also went up to Park City last weekend for a work party. We stayed over Friday and Saturday night and it was a much needed mini vacation. It was fun spending time with Rob's co-workers and their spouses. We ate, shopped, swam and just relaxed. Good times!

Some good laughs!

I have had some good laughs this last week. Last Saturday was Liam's first "tiny tots" soccer game. It was pure hilariousness! My mom came and she was cracking up the entire time. Liam was soooooo enthusiastic, it was adorable. He loved to kick the ball, but we learned that the point of the game has not sunk in yet - which is of course to kick the ball into the goal. He also does not quite understand the boundaries and would go right on kicking the ball well past the boundaries line. He was very theatrical and would fall to the ground almost everytime he kicked the ball, it was almost like he was sliding to kick every ball. He was giving the other parents a good laugh as well. The most hilarious thing was that he was sooooo fascinated by his shadow as he was running around. Every move he made, he would glance back to look at his shadow. That kid just cracks me up! He had a blast! We scored 1 point, the other team scored 20 -except we scored a few for them:). The kids had fun though. Rob was on the field with the kids the entire time, it was quite a task trying to keep those kids from running the wrong direction! It was just adorable.







I took the kids to the park, and the weather was sooooo nice. Then we went to this new frozen yogurt shop in Bountiful, yummy.

Lance is thinking about sticking his hand in Liam's yogurt...

And he does!

Liam thought he was really cool when he figured out how to wrap his shirt around the vacuum hose, he made me take a picture!

We went to the UNLV vs. U of U football game. Those games are always hard because we don't know who to cheer for. I cheer for UNLV and Rob cheers for the U. Go Rebels! I loved UNLV!


My sister-in-law Holly took this picture of herself on my camera after the game while I was walking to the car. Bet you didn't think I would throw it on my blog - he he!

First day of preschool!

Yipee! Liam went to his first day of preschool today! Last night the "first day of school fairy" came and put some goodies in his backpack and he was really excited to open it this morning! Then we took some pictures with his buddies Bryant and Max before they headed off to their first day! When he came home from preschool he said he had a lot of fun and learned about letters in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. He said, "But I missed you, but I'm home now." How cute! I had some good one-on-one time with Lance playing in the play room while Liam was gone, I think I am going to like this preschool thing.




Here are a few more pictures of what we have been up to lately.....

We had a blast with Heather and her two boys at the Gateway!

Rob had fun wrapping Liam up in a blanket, he did not want to get out!

Lance got his first haircut! Rob and I had no idea how to cut his hair and we both agreed that the mullet had to go, but we both were a little sad when we cut it.

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After:

Liam's first soccer game is this Saturday. It is going to be hilarious! His practice last week was at a park and after about 5 minutes of playing all the kids wanted to go down the slides. It will be entertaining if nothing else. Rob is the coach which makes it even more entertaining to watch. What a great guy!