tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58972693087232085392024-03-12T21:59:20.947-06:00The Hall Fun BunchMusings from the Jeremy & Heather Hall FamilyJeremy Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09474735431299118595noreply@blogger.comBlogger662125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-12205816899693093922019-10-20T17:24:00.000-06:002019-10-20T17:24:32.397-06:00First part of fall <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back to school pictures! School always starts a bit early for me with meetings, training, and getting everything set up. I was lucky to have two of my favorite people come back to work as para-educators in my classroom and was blessed to find someone else equally wonderful. Work is so much better when I am surrounded by people I admire and can rely on. I tried once to decide how many of the things that I do in my classroom were just my idea rather than from other people inspiring me and really hardly anything came just from me.<br />
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Allison had one last hurrah with her church group and dived into student council activities and her senior year. She seems to either be working, doing homework, or helping with some school event. It keeps her busy and happy.<br />
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Robyn is in the same boat doing student council on a smaller scale at the junior high and trying out cross country this year.<br />
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With everyone so busy during school days for Labor Day we had Taylor go into respite and drove up to Mirror Lake to spend a day doing absolutely nothing. It was beautiful and awesome. And of course floaties were required.<br />
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I was able to steal my kids away for a Saturday of Timpanogous Storytelling Festival. Allison pointed out that after this year I will be down to just Robyn and Taylor. I try to explain how much I enjoy a day of laying around with family listening to stories and talking about authors but I never seem to do it justice. Nevertheless it is one of my favorite yearly traditions. The girls like it even more now that I have them bring a friend. I realized that this was our 15th year of going to this event.<br />
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Allison had Homecoming and all the events surrounding it.<br />
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Allison has had several trips down to Gunnison with her friend Evy to see friends she made at Student Council Camp. Scary moment for me was when they had a tire blow right outside of Nephi while driving on the free way. Lots of little miracles including a family who stopped to help them change the tire and followed them all the way to the tire store in Nephi to make sure they were OK. If this had happened after Nephi, they would have been out in the middle of nowhere.<br />
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Jeremy and Robyn were able to go on a trip to Lava Hot Springs with Jeremy's brother's family and his cousin's family for a weekend. And Jeremy has been able to get out on the lake with friends a couple of times. He has been working to get his bilirubin levels down. They were too high, he had to go off the drug, went back on, again his liver levels were too high so currently he is off again. Its a process, that is for sure.<br />
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Robyn has been doing assemblies with student council and having fish nibble her toes with me.<br />
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Allison turned 18 and celebrated with a family night of Panda Express and seeing the musical Thoroughly Modern Milly. Then going with a friend to Frightmares at Lagoon for the day.<br />
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The school term seems to fly by as we are just finishing up fall break. The girls gave me a family day. We put Taylor in respite and went to check out King's English bookstore (the coolest place ever), did a short hike/picnic, stocking up on treates at Trader Joe's, picked up Jeremy who just got back from the Mayo Clinic to drive the Alpine Look and do Sundance's Haunted Lift followed by checking out a new dessert place.<br />
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Then the girls left for a 24 hour Questival sponsered by Cotopaxi where they drove all over the state and even to Winnemucca for 24 hours doing challenges. They did it with their friends and friends dad and had the best time but are so tired now. The challenges ranged from eating a doughnut with a friend without hands, climbing Ensign Peak to helping out a kid you don't know in a non-creepy way.<br />
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Spencer continues to do well on his mission. He has a new companion who he loves and enjoyed being part of the General Conference Activities on temple square.<br />
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Heather Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12633758538359595118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-82053571102566884062019-10-20T16:50:00.001-06:002020-02-15T13:32:56.666-07:00Heather's Brownies<br />
I have had a few requests for my brownie recipe so I am going to post and hopefully get a picture in later. For several years now these have been my treat of choice. I keep a stash in my freezer in individual bags that I pull out often. Kids joke that they can tell how tough a day it was by the size of the brownie. The original recipe was from kevinandamanda.com but then I tweaked it a bit.<br />
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Cookie layer:<br />
1 c (2 sticks) butter, softened<br />
1 c granualted sugar<br />
3/4 c light brown sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
1 Tbsp vanilla<br />
2 1/2 c flour<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
1 tsp salt<br />
2 c (12 oz) chocolate chips<br />
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Oreo Layer:<br />
1 pkg double stuffed oreos (family size is slightly too many, original size is slightly too few)<br />
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Brownie Layer:<br />
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1/2 c plus 2 1/2 Tbsp butter<br />
1/2 c cocoa<br />
1 1/3 c sugar<br />
3 eggs<br />
1 1/3 c flour<br />
1/2 c chocolate chips<br />
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1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 in dish with foil and spray with Pam.<br />
2. Make the cookie layer: Beat the butter and sugars together till creamy. Add in the rest of the ingredients. Flatten the cookie dough in the bottom of the dish.<br />
3. Top with a layer of Oreos.<br />
4. Make the brownie layer: Melt the butter and cocoa together on the stove. Remove from heat. Stir in the sugar and flour. When mixture has cooled slightly stir in the eggs and chocolate chips.<br />
5. Pour the brownie mixture on top of the oreos.<br />
6. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for an additional 25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.Heather Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12633758538359595118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-58512198560500639292019-07-28T15:41:00.000-06:002019-07-28T15:46:57.433-06:00Summer 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used to think teachers got summers off. Now I know that you get a lot of time off but there is also a lot of training, evaluating, and planning that goes on in the summer time. It seems like it has flown by as we have worked hard and played hard. I am taking 21 credits this summer so I feel that a large part of my summer has been spent reading books and doing assignments. But we have fit in a lot of fun as well. For Father's Day we gave Jeremy sky-diving which he did with our nephew Garion. Of course, we had to play the song, "Live like you were dying..."<br />
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Robyn did swim team again this summer. I have a love/hate relationship of her needing a ride to the pool at 6:30 in the morning. So swim meets on Saturday mornings and periodic running work outs to get ready for cross-country in the fall. She took a few days off to go to the Manti temple pageant with me and her friend Collette. We camped in the city park and enjoyed heat, rain, and cold all within a 24 hour period. I had always wanted to go to the pageant and this was the last year.<br />
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Allison works at Chubby's some nights along with her many other activities. She went to EFY at BYU with her friend Kaori. They have been planning this for years.<br />
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Then Allison had student council camp at Utah state the following week which she loved. They have had a few activities this summer such as marching in the parade or lighting the G as well. She came home from STUCO camp in time to join Robyn and I for the Strawberry Days Rodeo. The week of Strawberry Days makes me grateful for out smallish town.<br />
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Jeremy had a few photo trips in June plus his Mayo trips every other week. For awhile he was gone a lot. Drug seemed to be working as tumors stopped growing and even decreased in size a bit. His liver is having a hard time though so he is taking a hopefully short break and allowing his bilirubin levels to come down.<br />
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This year we spent the week of the 4th in Washington State. We were spoiled as we flew there and slept in hotels every night. The rest of the family might disagree about the spoilness factor as some of the hotels especially the hostel were more of an experience than anything else. We drove out to the San Juan Islands where we stayed on San Juan for two days and then Orcas for a day. We hiked around, kayaked (Robyn was convinced I would kill her when she was my kayak partner), saw everything we could think of and enjoyed being lazy and being together. We saw a few of Jeremy's high school friends, got doughnuts at Sly's, watched fireworks in Poulsbo (along with a police officer involved shooting right next to us), watched fireworks at the Indian casino, explored down town Seattle, looked at lots of tidepools, and rode on the ferry's. A great trip.<br />
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Girls said this camp was the best ever. Allison was a stake YCL and she enjoyed being more of a part of the planning process this year. Robyn came home covered in misquito bites. What I was proud of was that they packed and got themselves there. Then unpacked, did a swim meet, and cleaned the office before we came home from our trip. Love these girls!<br />
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We came home to a wonderful visit with my brother Peter and his wife Kathryn and their two kids for a week. We even had a mini-Hall reunion as Jeremy's sister's and brother's family came over along with his cousin for a Sunday night get together. I love having family around and getting to just hang out. We were able to hike Timp caves with Peter's family which is always beautiful.<br />
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Then Jeremy and I to celebrate our 25th anniversary a little early went to Washington D.C. for a week while the girls went to girl's camp. Jeremy noted that by the end of the week he had walked over 50 miles. We went to Mount Vernon, all the monuments (I went back several times to re-live my West Wing fantasies of running the mall), almost every museum even the National Bill Engraving Building, Union Station, the Capitol, National Library, National Archives, and the National Zoo. As Jeremy said, if there was a plaque, we saw it. NASA was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 so on Friday night they projected the launching and landing of Apollo 11 on the Washington monument and shut down the mall so tens of thousands of people could watch it. It was amazing. We even got to go to the waterfront one night to try to cool down, eat pancakes at Eastern Market and one night we visited with some friends of Jeremy's who moved there. It was super hot and humid so we just had to embrace being constantly sweaty and gross. The metro and busses were super helpful to cut down on the walking but nap time was a very real part of our day!<br />
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Spencer is doing great on his mission. He has had a few ups and downs with companions but is working through them. He is enjoying the tourist season and all the activities on Temple Square.<br />
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And then just all the odds and ends of summer time. Getting snowcones, going to the lake, working in the yard, and just having unscheduled time. Allison had youth conference this last weekend at Heber Valley and that is our last planned get away for summer. I almost cried when I realized that its the last Sunday of July as my free time is ending soon but I am going to soak it up as long as I can.<br />
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Heather Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12633758538359595118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-45950775866752018112019-06-02T14:56:00.002-06:002019-06-02T14:56:50.926-06:00Spring 2019I feel that seasonal posts are my new normal. Eventually I want to print these all out but for now digital journaling is what I can do.<br />
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This spring Robyn decided to try something new and ran track. She enjoyed it and learned that she really can run without stopping! She has already committed to try cross country in the fall. <br />
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Allison decided to try something new and ran for student council for publicity. She was selected to be on the cabinet and is very excited for the friends and opportunites that she will have. It was definitely an emotional few weeks of putting herself out there for the skits, posters, assemblies etc. She drove off by herself to hear the results on the radio. She heard she didn't make publicity and then had to wait a long ten minutes to get the call that she made cabinet. Red eyes and smiles followed by a late night STUCO initiation.<br />
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Robyn thought that looked like so much fun she also decided to run for publicity and won at the junior high level! Allison just roles her eyes at how Robyn looks up to her and follows her example. Now if you look closely you will see that publicity is misspelled. Allison and I both looked at it at 6 the next morning and thought it looked great. Robyn posted it up, got teased a ton, took it down with friends supporting her, had her YW leader drop by new poster boards, and had Allison and her spend the night watching World of Dance reruns and making better and improved posters.<br />
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Taylor had a bit of a rough patch with feeling sick again but a few weeks and one hospital trip and he was doing much better.<br />
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After realizing that life is too short to ever post-pone family time, we decided to go to Newport for Spring Break with each girl inviting a friend to join us. Taylor stayed in respite while we were gone. Originaly we were going to cram in a cheap motel a few blocks away from the beach BUT the day before we left a friend gave us his Marriott points so we could stay at the Newport Villas right next to the beach. It was a piece of paradise and my kids thought we were in the lap of luxury. We didn't tell them about the change in accomodations until we arrived. They were blown away.<br />
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The family laughed that I was laying on the beach fast asleep within minutes of arriving! We left super early Saturday so we could do the beach Saturday. Crystal Cove was just across the street and a shuttle would take us there. Sunday after church we spent the day there again, and then on Monday we hit up Newport 26th street our ultimate beach spot. We even got parking right next to the beach which never happens. We finished the night with milk shakes at Crystal Cove watching the sun set. Tuesday, Jeremy had to leave to catch a flight to Hawaii for a photo job. The girls and I spent a super long but extremely fun day at Disneyland. Wednesday we slept in as long as we could, then toured Balboa Island and drove to Las Vegas. The girls wanted to see the strip so we walked a super long time till everyone had their fill and then finished driving home Thursday in time for the girls play practice. A wonderful get away that was amazing and way too short.<br />
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Jeremy spent a week in Hawaii and got to visit with his best friend from high school while there. Then he went to the opposite end of the country to Chicago for a week. Then back for a day before heading off to the Mayo clinic again. He has been going every other week for two to three days. I am really glad that Allegiant flies out of Provo airport now.<br />
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Girls spent April practicing and performing their play. Practices every evening and weekend for My Son Pinocchio. They love it but it wears them out.<br />
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Combined with that Allison had Calculus study groups for the AP test and Prom.<br />
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My parents were able to come out for the play and for my mom and I to go to Women's Conference. We were able to stay in the BYU dorm's so it felt like a mini-vacation with my mom who is one of y favorite people. It couldn't have been better timing!<br />
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We learned that the third tier drug Sutent did not work for Jeremy. It had prevented new growths and slowed current growth but it was still way over 20% growth. He was worse than he had ever been before by quite a bit and the tumors had crossed over to be on the diaphragm and elsewhere. So he had to go off everything for three weeks and try to get approval to be on the experimental drug in the trial. Its always quite a process! He also started experiencing some pretty good pain which came out of the blue after having a few good weeks in a row. It kept getting worse so he has been figuring out what works and what doesn't to help keep it under control. He also got approved to start the new drug and began a year to the day after his surgery. To celebrate and as an early Father's Day present he ticked off an item on his bucket list by going skydiving with his nephew Garion.<br />
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And then other spring activities. I am pretty boring just plugging away with teaching school, being in school and life. I have gotten to work with some amazing ladies this year.<br />
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Allison had Morp, and STUCO swearing in, plus work and finals and too many fun activities to count for choir, clubs, and school.<br />
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Robyn got to go help Jeremy re-build Discovery Park by us, had her end of year guitar recital and did some fun hikes and activities with friends.<br />
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Jeremy got to lead the Eagle's charge at our nephew Garion's Eagle Court...and wore his original scout uniform to do it!<br />
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To end out our spring, some super generous friends invited us to share their house with them for Memorial Day weekend. We slept, played, swam, and soaked up as much sun as possible. It has been a non-stop rainstorm it seems like this spring.<br />
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<br />Heather Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12633758538359595118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-63425913597077912102019-03-24T20:12:00.001-06:002019-06-02T13:55:18.500-06:00Winter of 2019Doing the seasonal updates as my standards are dropping faster than pictures are piling up!<br />
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January started out with my parents visiting which is always a good time. We got to do the Hall family Christmas party with them, attend the play The Odd Couple for my Dad's birthday and just enjoy hanging out and visiting. And then they left, school started again, Jeremy left for a trip to Florida, masters classes started with SUU for me and reality was back in full swing. Highlights of the month were celebrating Robyn's birthday with a night at Color Me Mine with a friend, getting her bottom braces on, and doing a mom/daughter date to see Wonderland at BYU. My birthday was at the end of the month and I was grateful for friends and co-workers who showered me with love. I decided that seeing a show was a great way to celebrate birthdays so the girls and my friend Brenda and I (Jeremy had to work), got to go check out the new Hale Center Theater in Sandy.<br />
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Jeremy had a few big photo jobs in January including a convention in Orlando, working at the Sundance Film Festival and Silicon Slopes. Jeremy's CT scan showed that the tumors were growing quite rapidly so we started pursuing having him be in a clinical trial. It was a long process but eventually resulted in him getting into the clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.<br />
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Allison had a Sweater Swing dance, Save Ferris dance, and a Sweethearts Dance and loved all of them. I am not sure how much they enjoy the actual dance but all the activities surrounding the dance, day dates, games, dinner, photos etc are always a good time.<br />
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Allison and Robyn tried out for their theater group's play and have been busy rehearsing and practicing. Allison decided to try something new and is running for student council for next year. Robyn decided to branch out as well by going out for track and had her first track meet. I love that they both are trying new things and branching out to find their talents. In February we got to redeem our Christmas presents by going to see Wicked together. It was worth the wait!<br />
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Jeremy does photo shoots and client work from home, working around how he feels and the family schedule. Getting into the Mayo Clinic was rather a long process with lots of ups and downs. I was able to fly out with him for a weekend to go through the initial visits and tests. I am so grateful that my sister-in-laws family is willing to host us every time. We got to do some hiking, visiting, and sleeping along with the creepy waiting rooms in the basements of hospitals. Jeremy got into the trial eventually and was chosen to take the placebo or the 3rd tier drug. So far he is is handling it better than the other drugs although the pain from the tumors has been increasing. It hasn't stopped him from living as much as he can including even presenting for my school's career day. His friends threw a spin-a-thon for him at the rec center was was amazingly ridiculous. I biked for 2 hours and then left to do kid duty. Other insane super in shape people though made it the whole 5 hours.<br />
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Spencer is loving his mission and seeing God's hand in his life. It is definitely work for him but one that he really enjoys. He was made a trainer a few weeks ago and enjoying helping someone learn the ropes. He turned 20 last week which still blows my mind. With the changes in missions we got to start talking to him every week which has been awesome and a learning process at the same time. A lot of the things he talks about can seem like gobedly gook as he tries to explain all the tools he uses to help people with their family history.<br />
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Taylor caught a cold which ended up with him dehydrated and miserable which is par for the course. Besides that he has been liking his bean bag, fireplace and little dog to cuddle with. He has even started laughing at time which we all love.<br />
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The rest of life is wonderfully the same full of all the things that seem so ordinary and yet are what give beauty and meaning to our every days. Robyn trying to figure out how to build a bridge of popsicle sticks, Jeremy taking the girls to lunch, Sunday naps, and yard work plus everyone having jobs and school, errands and everything else. I think sometimes looking at the surface of our life it looks so ordinary most of the time, even the cancer treatments and trips are just becoming part of our life. And then something comes along like me getting strep or Jeremy getting initially refused for the trial that just feels like hitting a brick wall. But most days, the regular days that I try not to take for granted are amazing and full of God's love and peace. I am thankful for these normal days...and brownies.<br />
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December went by way too fast. I finished up classes and enjoyed a month of just working and vacation days with family. The above picture was the result of a Sqrd Christmas party we were invited to and challenged to Make It Matter. It was a great message as we tried to think of what we could do within our own family.<br />
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Jeremy hit another birthday which we celebrated the weekend before with a surprise trip to see Jim Gaffigan, stay over night in SLC, and then have brunch at the Cheesecake Factory before heading home. It was wonderful to get away, relax, and just spend some time together.<br />
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Jeremy was able to go be a part of a GIST patient board to help a pharmaceutical company learn about patients' experiences.<br />
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Allison had a Preference date and scored with a dad who knows how to do pictures.<br />
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Jeremy had another scan at the end of December with some disappointing results. He has many new tumors plus previous tumors have grown. So we are currently looking at clinical trials. With this growth has come an increase in pain and discomfort which is hard for everyone.<br />
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Taylor continues to be chubby and happy with a very snaggle tooth. He met with the neurologists this month and everything looks good for now. He put on a Christmas program with his day program which I just loved.<br />
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For Christmas this year it was just our family. Best Christmas present of all was talking to Spencer for two hours. We couldn't get the audio to work very well but loved just hanging out with him and seeing how much he loves his mission.<br />
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Christmas involved ice skating, oreo truffles, watching Elf and eating nachos, more movies, more books, lots of nail polish and food, and just being home together. <br />
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The rest of the break involved fun things that I didn't take a single picture of! Like having my parents come visit for a week to enjoy eating at Red Iguana, going to a play 'The Odd Couple', and just doing all the family activities. We had the Hall get together where we exchanged cousin presents, ate waffles, and went to see Mary Poppins. <br />
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To end the year I took Robyn and some friends sledding. It worked out beautifully. As they happily froze for 3 hours in the canyon, I would dart out and take pictures and then retreat to my warm car with a book and herbal tea to watch them. Robyn and Allison both had friends over for New Years Eve while I was the old parent reading a book, nibbling on cupcakes, and just hanging out in the other room. Everyone struggled going back to school and reality after such a wonderful break. Family down time has become quite precious in this house.<br />
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The older I get the more grateful I am for our family and friends and awed by who they are and what they do. We were super excited this year to have my brother Daniel and his family join us for a week. They definitely brought the party and love with them and we just had the best time being spoiled rotten by all their attention and ideas for activities.<br />
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Robyn got to be checked out of school and go tour BYU with them. I am still trying to convince my kids that BYU is the place to go...along with all my nieces and nephews! They even stopped by my classroom so I could show them off and they brought me flowers which just still makes me smile.<br />
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We watched the Nutcracker with littles and Fantastic Beasts with the adults. We went to a BYU basketball game. Daniel took ALL the kids with him to go swimming while Mimi and I baked away. We visited, played, shopped and just had an awesome time together. I wish Denver wasn't quite so far away!<br />
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Thanksgiving Day ended up being a rainy day for most of the afternoon which cancelled our traditional hike. So we played games, ate, watched the muppets, football and the Macey's Day parade, did a puzzle and trolled through Black Friday sales. Kelly and Jason's family joined us along with Kelly's parents.<br />
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Mimi and Allison took off for Black Friday shopping. A tradition which Allison loves. I don't think so much for the shopping as for the visiting and talking with Mimi. Friday, all of us girls went out for a bit to check out a few sales.<br />
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Friday night we went up to Temple Square to see the lights and for the bigs to see Savior of the World. While walking in we ran into Spencer. He definitely had a deer in the headlight look but I got to hug him before he quickly walked on with his district. Small miracle for me and one of the best Christmas presents. Jeremy took little kids and Taylor home to go to bed and the rest of us stayed for the play. Always gives me a new perspective on the story of Christ and what it means to me.<br />
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It was a wonderful, way to short Thanksgiving break!<br />
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Lots of great stuff happened this fall but there was a lot going on in the background during our activities which just made everything hard. Taylor had an accident at his day program October 2nd which ended up affecting most of our fall. He fell while having a seizure and being changed and knocked his front tooth up into his gums. This meant dentist visits and seeing if the tooth could be saved. It was so swollen and he wouldn't hold still for a panoramic x-ray so we wouldn't know for two weeks that his upper jaw was broken. We just knew that he was in a lot of pain and was not wanting to eat or drink. This meant dripping calories into him with a syringe, visiting instacare for IVs etc. Then once we knew for sure it was broken it meant surgery to get the tooth pulled and the jaw patched together. Unfortunately, although he was no longer in pain he still refused to let anything touch his mouth and it was getting harder and harder to get any nutrients in him. So eventually I took him into the ER, which showed that he had lost 16 pounds, 4 liters of fluid and had a sky high ammonia level. So he was in the ICU for a few days then the regular floor until he was relatively stable. Then onto to Stonehenge a nursing rehab facility for another week with a feeding tube while he got stronger. Then finally home! It was a long 6 weeks! After a few days I stopped staying at the hospital over night which made life easier but those 6 weeks left me just tired!<br />
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With that going on in the background and sort of affecting everything, we had some very cool moments as well. Jeremy got to go on a week long cruise with his brother Jason through the Bahamas as part of an incentive trip with Organo. They had a great time together and enjoyed the warmth, food, beach and all the fun that goes along with that. It was work for Jeremy doing photos and telling his story but he also had a ton of fun. On the way home someone stole his camera case from right next to him. Due to the kindness of strangers and friends, it was found and returned to him, all in one piece. It really was a miracle in my eyes.<br />
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We had fall break and slipped away for three days while Taylor stayed with respite. We went to Bryce which was beautiful and super cold at night. I think we are too wimpy to camp when its 22 degrees at night! The girls couldn't help but compare our "family vacation" with Jeremy's "vacation" It was a great time though and we got to go on a horseback ride which was probably my favorite part. We all learned that vanity over wearing puffy coats and thermals quickly vanishes when you are cold! And that I will always make sure a hike happens no matter what. We brought bikes but only broke them out for a few minutes as it was just too chilly. One benefit is that if felt like we had the park and campground to ourselves! It was beautiful and still one of my favorite places to visit.<br />
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Jeremy had a century bike race in St. George with two of his friends. It was quite an accomplishment for him. He loved the sign at the end right before a big hill that said, "its a hill. get over it." Figure that summed up what was going on right now! The day he came back is the day he started his new drug Sutent. This one is really having some tough side effects for him. Took a few days to kick in but then wow, its been rough.<br />
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Allison went to Disneyland for five days with her theater group including her really good friend Julie. They played hard and went to some amazing dancing and acting classes. She had the best time and came home to crawl into bed and make up for all the lost sleep.<br />
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Robyn had rec volleyball twice a week and loved it. Most of her team were volleyball champs but they were super kind to novice Robyn and taught her and cheered her on. We told her its the best way to learn is to surround yourself with really good people!<br />
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Allison for her birthday got tickets for her and her friend Evy to see Come From Away. Thanks to Evy's parents who arranged to get them from the state football game to the theater and then back home as Taylor was still in the hospital. ThenAllison had a trip to SUU with her Evy for a weekend. Jeremy drove them down, hung out at a hotel and then brought them back. Allison had a great time checking out the campus and college life.<br />
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And lastly, the week Taylor came home was also the week our carpet for upstairs was scheduled to be put in. It was awesome and totally worth it but a real pain to clean out every bedroom and closet. I was extremely grateful for those men in our ward who came over to move all our big furniture out of our rooms and then came back the next night to put everything back.<br />
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So just a few things going on this fall and the best part besides Taylor being home is coming up. But that requires another post.<br />
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For my birthday I commissioned a talented neighborhood teen to build me a library for our front yard. Boy did he deliver! It makes me happy every time I see it.<br />
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It was such good timing too. The day I came home to him installing the finished product was the day we learned Jeremy's latest CT scan showed new tumor growths. So Jeremy had a biopsy done on a tumor on his lung. His brother spent the long day at the hospital until I could get off of work. We are saving my personal days for when we really need them! Jeremy's day was longer and more painful as he developed a pneumothorax (air pocket in his lung) and had to wait to make sure it would start going down and not require a chest tube. A really long, tough weekend for him.<br />
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But...a few hours later early that morning a friend took him surfing at the lake just to give a little more oomph to the day and sort of spit in reality's face a bit.<br />
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We are still waiting on the results of the biopsy but in the meantime Jeremy is back on Gleevac with its lovely side effects as we wait to see if we need to change medications.<br />
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I had planned for school to start for me right after our California trip BUT my room was still a construction zone. So two days before school started I was able to put everything back in my room. I was very grateful as originally it wasn't going to be ready until the night before school started! I am a little OCD about having everything squared away so that was stressing me out. Luckily I also got blessed with three amazing aides this year, two of them returning from last year. AND the district decided to pay for me to train them before school started. Starting the year knowing what I am doing and having my aides know what they are doing makes life so much better. Second year teaching is so much more fun than first year. I have greater confidence, knowledge and just an overall sense of what I am doing and friendships with the people I work with.<br />
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With my room under construction my hours were pretty flexible as I did paperwork at home. This meant I could go with Robyn to her before school started field trip and hike to Timp Caves. It was fun to meet all the kids who will be in her ALL classes. There were all the open houses and school tours that went along with Robyn starting at the junior high.<br />
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Spencer continues to enjoy his mission, moving from the family history library's discovery zone up to the British Isles and Australia research section. And do some fun things like hikes and baseball games.<br />
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I got to go to youth conference with Allison. It was just an over nighter up Provo Canyon. Friday night we played games and did a very cool sensory story of Christ experience...and then play ping pong till midnight. On Saturday we did a devotional and tubed the Provo River. Shortly after I was released and called into Relief Society so it was a little bitter sweet for me to know this was my last activity. They are just amazing girls and even more amazing leaders and it was a privilege to be with them.<br />
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Jeremy got to have a daddy-daughter campout in Diamond Fork which now thanks to the fires is gone. Robyn's friend Nylie went with them and the two disappeared which is why they don't appear in any pictures!<br />
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Taylor got a stander. Its been a long process to get it here! We have been keeping it at his day program so he can use it there every day.<br />
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The kids and I with friends in tow got to enjoy the Timpanogous Storytelling Festival. It is one of my favorite traditions but really hard to describe. Both girls just check in periodically with me, mostly to get food or money, but they both are emphatic on how much they love going.<br />
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Girls started back up with piano (Allison), guitar (Robyn), theater & tap (both of them) and all the other school craziness. Robyn is trying out volleyball this year and seems to like it.<br />
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Jeremy's sister came into town for a convention so we were able to get together for dinner. Always good to catch up and wish we didn't live so far away from each other.<br />
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At the end of July we drove down in two days to Dana Point for my family reunion. We stopped over in St. George so the girls and I could see Matilda at Tuachan and Jeremy could get in a bike ride. Every reunion we do pictures of our family. This year everyone surprised Jeremy by arranging secretly with Allison to smuggle down Jeremy's "I choose to live" shirts for everyone. It is probably my favorite picture of our family we have ever done even with Taylor (stayed in respite) and Spencer missing.<br />
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We stayed in a gorgeous house right on a rocky beach at Dana Point. Every day we picked a new beach to visit. San Clemente, Dana Point, the one in front of our house, Newport Beach was by far everyone's favorite but any beach anywhere is my happy place. We biked, played, swam, ate and had a great time just being together. We even went parasailing which had been Jeremy's father's day present which was so cool to do. We at the best ice cream bars, went boogie boarding, girls tried surfing, Jeremy did long bike rides along the coast, we battled enormous amounts of seaweed and sharp rocks and everyone got sunburned in uncomfortable place. Family is just the best. Nothing fills my bucket faster.<br />
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My habit of blogging every week has become a monthly habit and now more of a tri-anual event. Writing to Spencer on his mission has taken its place it seems psychologically speaking. But I realized that I need to play some catch up before events become too fuzzy.<br />
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In June we got to enjoy Strawberry Days on a smaller scale this year. We went to the annual concert in the park where Jeremy laid in his anti-gravity chair, we visited with friends, and ate strawberries. We went to the fireman pancake breakfast and car show. I had to work during the parade but Jeremy and Taylor got to be in the parade while Robyn watched with friends and Allison did a weekend with Kaori. Then Jeremy went to bed with Taylor and the girls plus Kaori and I got to enjoy the Rodeo. I love Strawberry Days. It sums up everything I love about Pleasant Grove.<br />
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June I got to go to Girl's Camp with both of my girls for a week just outside Sardine Canyon in Wellsville. Allison was a YCL this year with Ashley Court and loved it. Robyn got to be a beehive and learn how awesome camp and friendships can be. It was super hot during the day and we enjoyed ice cold showers with a hose set up in the middle of the field. Slip n slides, tons of food and crafts, cows that mooed at us early in the morning, and late night karoke singing. Too little sleep and wonderful friends to relax and play with.<br />
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We had a formula this year of a group activity, a physical game and a spiritual activity every day. Lots of down time to relax and play games as well. Probably my favorite activity was where girls did a choose your own adventure activity and picked up rocks representing burdens and trials along the way. At the end they laid them in front of a picture of Christ and we talked about how Christ transforms our burdens for us.<br />
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While we were enjoying Girls Camp, Spencer was thriving on his mission with a trip to the Manti Temple Pagent.<br />
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In July Robyn did a volleyball camp and swim team and Allison worked a bunch at Chubby's. Jeremy helped me get our volunteer hours during one of Robyn's swim meets. She has gotten so fast and loves swimming.<br />
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And of course we had the annual 7-11 celebration of slurpees.<br />
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Jeremy began biking again and working from home.<br />
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Then with Jeremy doing well, I checked Taylor into respite and took my girls and niece Kayla for a girls weekend to St. George. For Christmas we had given our girls season tickets to Tuachan so we went down to see Cinderella and Prince of Egypt. Super hot and amazing. We got pedicures, hiked in Snow Canyon, went to the flea market, did our back to school shopping, ate lots, swam, did baptisms at the St. George Temple, and just had a great time together.<br />
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In our aim to pack in as much as fun as we could this summer between surgery and school we went to a Pentatonix Concert one night which was awesome.<br />
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And of course a few post surgery visits such as getting follow up immunizations. Since they had to go up to SLC anyway, Jasper came along for his shots and Allison to act as chauffeur.<br />
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Spencer continued to enjoy his mission, his companion and everything he was learning. Love seeing him grow up.<br />
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<br />Heather Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12633758538359595118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-17053164041191107462018-06-24T18:00:00.001-06:002018-06-24T18:00:57.290-06:00End of May and Most of June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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School ended for us May 30th...except for Allison as High School seems to end a week early and then they just play for a week! Robyn celebrated by inviting her class over for a movie night. Ended up being just all the girls and a lot of junk food and Hugh Jackman. Lovely time for all of us to just hang out. My parents arrived that Tuesday before school got out and were able to cheer on Robyn for field day and help with all of the end of school year drama. Robyn always wishes that I could be there for more things. Jeremy did get to go see Robyn's dance festival and my parents got to see her Field Day. And we got in one last family walk, with some severe grumpiness thrown in there by some parties.<br />
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I was able to go to Taylor's graduation. He is officially done with all schooling. Very strange to think about. It was a tear jerker of a ceremony though and amazing to see the wonderful people who have been part of Taylor's life. He had several old teachers there including his old pre-school teacher from the School for the Blind! One speaker talked about what each student had taught him and for Taylor it was that people and interactions with people are more important than anything else and that you need to take time to just stretch and relax. I spent May meeting with various agencies and Taylor started his day program at Everest June 4th. He goes every day from 8-3 and seems to really like doing music, games, crafts and projects every day.<br />
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That last Wednesday in May Jeremy wanted to do one last item on his bucket list and ride the Alpine Loop. He had some amazing friends that took the afternoon off and spent 6 hours with him doing 40 miles up through our mountains. Still can't believe he did it with all the pain and difficulties he was going through.<br />
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Then we were on to the main event on June 1st with Jeremy's surgery. He was pretty miserable leading up to it but kept powering through everything. Then the day after school ended we were up at the hospital at 5:30 a.m. for a 7 a.m. surgery.<br />
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They removed this one huge tumor that we knew about along with the spleen and part of his stomach.<br />
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And they removed two bigger tumors that were new and had been causing him pain on his right side as well, along with him omentum that had many small tumors in it BUT they were able to just scrape and peel away the tumor from all other organs. They did have to leave a lot of tumors in place and we will talk about the next step to look at in a few weeks. But it was a miracle for us and a testimony to the power of faith, prayers, fasting and blessings. He came out of surgery around 1:45 but had trouble controlling his pain for quite a while. My friend Brenda and my sister-in-law Kelly came and hung out with me as we talked and I worked on brainless school stuff all day in the waiting room. Not my favorite place. He spent till Wednesday night in the hospital. I stayed till late Saturday night and then started sleeping back at home again.<br />
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Jeremy just kept working to walk and take minimal amounts of pain pills. He said recovery felt like he made a lot of gains really quickly and is now in the slow slog of gradually getting better. The amount of kindness and friendship shown towards our entire family this month has been unbelievable. We have been carried by everyone around us and there are too many acts of service and love shown towards our family to list. I don't know how people can think of so many ways to be kind.<br />
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While Jeremy was going through all of this I did 6 more days of work while my parents ran everything on the home front. I would work from 8-3 and then go visit Jeremy till he went to sleep. Friends kept Robyn super busy and tired out from swimming every day. Swim team started at 6:45 every morning for Robyn and Allison did an ACT camp every day from 8-12. Added in to that Allison started working at Chubby's as a waitress/cashier. My parents kept all the kids running to their different places and fixing and cleaning everything possible in our house.<br />
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When Jeremy cam home his goal was to walk every day and it was pretty slow and painful at first but he is getting faster and its getting easier. Before my parents left we had Taylor do his dental surgery - 17 cavities. It was a little ridiculous.<br />
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Jeremy got his staples out at 2 weeks and has been getting more and more active. He does stuff then takes a nap or reads a book and tries hard not to lift anything. He even got to do a leisurely bikeride (for him) yesterday just 3 1/2 weeks out.<br />
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We have all enjoyed starting to have it feel a little more like a regular summer around here.<br />
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Robyn had an art class this month which she has enjoyed. We went to the fireman's breakfast and the car show. This year Jeremy just walked around and said hello to everyone and then we went home to rest.<br />
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Allison is keeping busy working and playing. She got to go spend a few days in Benjamin with her friend Kaori and then they joined us for the Strawberry Days rodeo.<br />
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This year I had to work one more day during the parade but Jeremy had Taylor ride in a truck so he could walk with a friend running for sheriff and the Ropers adopted Robyn for the parade.<br />
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Robyn enjoyed going to the Strawberry Days concert with us and hanging out with friends and was excited to be grown up enough to do the carnival and Huck Finn days with friends. She is in the age of wanting to be so grown up yet not quite sure how to do so. I am so grateful for all the understanding shown towards her by so many as she makes that awkward transition.<br />
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We got to talk to Spencer for a few minutes after Jeremy's surgery. He is having the best time and is loving his mission.<br />
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At the end of April I picked Spencer up and brought him home for a crazy 10 days to get ready for his mission. We had a combined wish Spencer good luck on his mission and tell Taylor Happy Birthday party. It was awesome to hang out with so many friends for a beautiful evening of just visiting and being together. The people our family are surrounded with are truly awe inspiring in the kindness, love, acceptance and support they show towards our family. It is completely undeserved and so appreciated and welcomed. <br />
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We also were able to go see the new Avengers as Spencer waited till after finals to go with us. Then Jeremy was off for a week long business trip. I think he timed it to miss all the last minute shopping trips and appointments. Spencer was either seeing doctors, picking up odds and ends or vising different temples all week long. It was a good week but just a tad stressful on me as emotions were all running high I think. One super nice thing that Spencer did though was to camp out at the pool at 6 am Monday morning for two hours to get Robyn signed up for swim team. She was very appreciative. <br />
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Jeremy arrived home from his trip Friday night just in time to meet me at Costco after I hit another car. It was not my best moment.<br />
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You know those times when you just can't quite wrap your head around how you are going to be able to handle everything? I couldn't stop crying at random moments for a day or two, my head hurt constantly and my had had a burn on it that really hurt. But when ever I wonder how God is planning to have me handle everything - he always shows me the way. Which includes lots of sleep, chocolate and love shown towards us by many people - including several car loan offers. So a few hours later I was at the temple with Spencer and Robyn having my son baptize me and confirm me for his first time. An awesome evening that gave me some perspective back. <br />
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Spencer and I spent Saturday packing and then we all went to Jason and Kelly's for a family dinner.<br />
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Monday morning Maria came over at 6 to stay with Taylor and the rest of us drove up to SLC. We were able to attend a Monday devotional with his mission, meet his mission presidency and many of the other elders and say good-bye. Spencer was so excited and thrilled to be there and was eager to get on with mission life. After attending the devotional, none of us had any doubts that this was the perfect fit for Spencer and that he would thrive in this environment.<br />
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We have had texts from senior missionaries working with him that Spencer is doing wonderfully in the Family History Discover Center and his emails sound like he is just living his dream right now. <br />
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And for the rest of us life continues with all the end of the year activities and field trips and testing not just for my kids but also my students. Robyn is ending elementary school so they have had author's fairs and 6th grade swim parties and country reports and many other things that I am sure I have missed seeing and hearing about.<br />
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So periodically we take breaks for snow cones:<br />
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Allison took MORP pictures for her friends, following in her dad's footsteps:<br />
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Allison was selected by her teacher as one of two top chemistry students
at her school. So I got to spend an evening at BYU with her and all
the chemistry nerds exploring the labs and presentations. Seriously
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I was able to chaperone Allison's choir for their choir festival one Saturday. My favorite part was when one girl who seemed to have some struggles came up to me and told me "I really like Allison. Just so you know, she is one of the nicest people ever."<br />
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Allison had been studying for finals and AP tests, best buddies activities and service projects and lots of soccer games to go to and cheer. Our high school won the state championship which was an amazing game of 2 over times and going to a kick-off. Allison is so busy I am always grateful for some family time.<br />
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Jeremy came home from dropping Spencer of in SLC, changed and then was back off on another
business trip for a week. He had a pretty bad bike crash a few weeks
earlier and his shoulder is still giving him a lot of grief. So its
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But he hasn't given up riding and has been trying to get out as much as possible since he came back home.<br />
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And when the pain gets bad, Jasper is always ready to help out.<br />
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On the Friday evening he flew back to UT he went straight to the hospital for a bunch of immunizations in preparation for loosing his spleen. Then he met me to go out for a steak one last time. Then his colonoscopy was last week. Not fun preparing for but on the good news side - there were no signs of tumor on the inside of the colon. That is really good news for us. I was grateful for aides who cover for me so I can go to these things.<br />
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We are still van shopping but hoping to find a good replacement soon. We now know all the vans that won't work with Taylor's wheelchair so that has helped narrow down the selection quite a bit.<br />
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For a large portion of March and all of April my girls live and breathe Center Stage as they practice and perform their play. This year was Mary Poppins. They had practices almost every day for several hours and often on weekends. They are on one tired, emotional, super happy, hyper, never wanting to stop high for a good 5 weeks there. <br />
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During that crazy time of Mary Poppins (photos to follow) we also had Jeremy's CT-Scan. The tumors had grown quite a bit and it was obvious that Gleevac was no longer being effective. So we moved ahead with meeting with the surgeon and scheduling surgery for June 1st. It was disappointing but also not that surprising. Jeremy had been feeling quite a bit of pain off and on so we were pretty sure the tumors had grown. In many ways I feel that its been a good shift in our thinking. This isn't some acute emergency, this is a life style, a part of our life that is not going to go away. It will have its hills and valleys but this is what we are going to be living with from now on. So instead of letting cancer be our life, it needs to be a part of our life and not our central focus, although at times it will have to be. Just like lots of things are part of our life from Taylor's disabilities to Spencer struggling with bi-polar to me figuring out how to work full time. It is just another aspect of our life from now on.<br />
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Spencer came home the weekend before the play which happened to be the same weekend my parents had come out so they could see the play the next weekend. It worked out wonderfully as Spencer was able to go through the temple that Saturday and give his farewell talk Sunday before heading back to college for finals. And despite his best efforts he was still unable to take his old YM leader in arm wrestling. It is amazing to watch your son making such great choices and at the same time hitting your head and wondering about small stupid things, "how did I fail to teach him that?"<br />
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Our washing machine broke and we have been having the repair guy make regular stops at our house as we work through the warranty process. Its been 5 weeks of repair visits. You think at some point they will realize it would be cheaper just to replace it! And to help keep things interesting Allison had a tooth go bad and required some more extensive work. Life is never boring around here!<br />
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But the girls had a wonderful time living with Mary Poppins non-stop and strengthened friendships, got too little sleep and wore themselves out. They wouldn't change a thing.<br />
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They do such an awesome job and I love watching them perform. Somewhere hidden in a camera if a photo of my girls with my parents who flew out to see them. We will have to track it down.<br />
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Spencer came home for spring break at the beginning of March. He had received a letter a few days before stating that he was honorably excused from serving a full time mission. He was bouncing around from staying at school and was figuring out classes and registration, looking at service mission and living at home or using all his savings to buy a car. Lots of energy, enthusiasm and acceptance but not sure where to put it. He worked a few days at the outdoor expo Jeremy worked at and ran home one night with Jeremy to meet me at the Stake President's office. He was handed a white envelope and was so shakey and excited to open it, it was awesome. He was called to serve up to 24 months at the Church Headquarters Mission leaving May 14th. He was so excited. Tough for him to go back to school and focus for the rest of the semester!<br />
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While he was it happened to overlap with Rootstec and my parents visiting which worked out perfectly. Spencer helped my dad rip out the ramp in our garage as he built a platform for us that week in anticipation of our wheelchair lift getting installed.<br />
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The lift is awesome and has made is much safer and easier to get Taylor in and out of the house.<br />
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Allison had EFY Express with some friends which she enjoyed and resurrected my high school graduation dress from the back of my closet.<br />
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Robyn and Allison had way, way too many trip to the dentist this spring and for Allison even to an endodontist. At the dentist we were laughing because Robyn was so tired out she started snoring - through the whole thing!<br />
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Robyn has been registering for junior high and going on tours and meeting with counselors. It feels all way too grown up for me. Early one Saturday morning I got to attend her 6th grade film festival. They rent out a local theater, have the kids drive around in a limo, and then walk the red carpet all dressed up with the paparazzi "parents" cheering them on. Then we all sit in theaters to watch the mini-movies their different reading groups made. Jeremy was able to sneak in for Robyn's 10 second movie review and to see the "Oscars" presented at the end.<br />
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At the end of February we had our spring break. We left Taylor in respite and then flew to CA to visit my parents. My brothers also planned a visit at the same time which meant we were ALL at my parents house. I can't remember when that last happened. We played at the beach, ate some ice cream, watched Conference, had a birthday party, dyed Easter eggs and had an Easter egg hunt and hiked through the redwoods. We just packed in as much fun as possible before my sister and brothers had to return home. There is something soul-filling and restorative and amazingly joyful with being surrounded by family.<br />
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When everyone left we had a few days with just us at my parents. We went to Santa Cruz to lay on the beach and watch the seals. We drove with my parents down to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium to spend a day and eat seafood at Phil's fish shack. We spent a day at Golden Gate Park, looking at the Natural Science Museum and Japanese Gardens, walking everywhere, riding the carousel and having a picnic. We were tired every night and so grateful for family that made this all possible and the chance we had to spend this time together.<br />
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This is a favorite of my girls and they pack them for every rehearsal it seems like. If you want to make energy balls, you can leave out the coconut oil and get a softer product that you can shape into 1 Tbsp serving balls. I usually put the bars into sandwich bags so kids can just grab a bag and go.<br />
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Melt together in soup pan:<br />
1/4 c coconut oil<br />
1 c peanut butter<br />
2/3 c honey<br />
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Take the pan off the heat and stir in:<br />
2 1/2 c oats<br />
1 1/3 c shredded coconut<br />
1 tsp vanilla<br />
1 c ground flax seeds<br />
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When thoroughly combined, let cool for at least 15 - 30 min.<br />
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February started out with an archery tournament with Robyn up in SLC. This is a picture of just the kids in her school who made it on the team this year. She had a great time, kept her nerves under control and came in 3rd for her school with the team as a whole coming in 4th for the state.<br />
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While Robyn and I were away, Allison was busy taking the ACT and going to the sweethearts dance. Jeremy was busy setting up photo equipment so her friends made sure to give her date a suitably hard time.<br />
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We were able to have the Hall girl cousins over for a weekend. We discovered our favorite ice cream Sunday place, watched too many super hero shows and went to Provo rec for some swimming and rock climbing.<br />
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The month ended with my parents arriving and Spencer coming home for Spring Break. My dad attended roots tech and helped Jeremy build a new platform in our garage in preparation for a wheelchair lift coming this week. My mom ran the home front and helped Robyn and her friend Karly make scones.<br />
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Rest of the month has been full of regular life that keeps everyone busy and happy. Allison has had BB games and activities to go to. Robyn has been touring the junior high and figuring out classes for next year. Jeremy has been busy juggling different jobs that he is doing right now. I have had field trips and career days and lots of meetings that go along with Special Ed. Nothing really noteworthy just lots of good days that leave you tired out and happy and grateful at night.<br />
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January started off by Spencer convincing us all to make prime rib for New Year's Eve and going to see a BYU men's volleyball game. Then he was back off to college, Allison came home from her trip to California to see my family and school was back into full force.<br />
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Regular life met new peer tutors and Saturday computer classes for me, date with cousin, archery team and art classes for Robyn, and some fun times for Allison - stag Save Ferris Dance, friends over, date to Sweater Swing and getting asked to Sweethearts dance for February.<br />
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Our baby turned 12! On her birthday she took brownies to school, had a day long fieldtrip to see SUU gymnastics, then had friends over for nachos, ice cream and going to color me mine. Next day it was time for an awesome birthday lunch date with her dad...more nachos and ice cream. She definitely has inherited something from her dad besides her beautiful eyes!<br />
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Then the first day we could Allison and I along with her friend Luke took Robyn to the temple for the first time. It was also the afternoon we were waiting to get results from the cancer board where our doctor was making Jeremy's case - good place to wait, calm my nerves and get some needed perspective.<br />
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The radiologist report from the first week of January had been pretty depressing. Said the tumor was bigger than it had ever been and had spread. The board agreed that surgery was a good option for us to pursue. So on my birthday we had an appointment with the surgeon. Friends and neighbors knew the day was going to be stressful so they showed forth love and support in amazing ways. I count one of my greatest blessing being the people I am surrounded by. They have carried me through this year and on my birthday especially. Even my para's and student's parents decorated my classroom - which I can't show because of all the confidentiality stuff but I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry all day long.<br />
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Surgeon said radiologist were wrong. The medication had helped with all the OTHER tumors - yep took us by surprise as well. So we are looking at a pretty dramatic surgery maybe at the beginning of summer. Jeremy had caught influenza B the weekend before. So he spent the week on Tami Flu wearing a mask and under quarantine at our house. Luckily by Friday he was feeling much better...<br />
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Two weeks ago with all this stressful news hitting us, Jeremy asked if we could go away over night. So I made arrangements for a sub and for kids and Friday morning thanks to Donny Osmond "aka fairy godfather" we had an amazing weekend. Donny flew us in his private plane to Las Vegas for 2 days. He arranged for us to stay at the Flamingo, see a magic show, "O" at Bellagio, Legends, spend an afternoon at the spa getting massages, dinner out and of course to see the Donny and Marie Show and then we all flew back together late Saturday night. What an unbelievable trip by an extremely caring, generous man.<br />
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Diet went out the window this weekend for sure.<br />
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It definitely has been an emotional month of lots of ups and downs. I am grateful that at the end of the month we were given the gift of time and can discuss more of what the next few years will be like not whether we will have them or not. It will definitely be a new normal for us but that is becoming something we are more used to. Our new normal constantly changes but we are trying hard to be flexible and have hope during the down times and gratitude during the up times.<br />
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It seems like my posts get further and further apart! Jeremy had two trips this November. One to a convention in Arizona to take photos. They had a holiday get together and I was able to meet all the people that he has been enjoying traveling and taking photos with. </div>
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Another trip was for a guys trip with my side of the family to Lake Tahoe. With
Spencer in the middle of college classes he sadly wasn't able to join
them for the guys trip this year. They ate, hiked and talked and enjoyed their time together. I was grateful Jeremy got to get away and for the relationship the men in my family have. If anything this year has taught me to value the relationships we have.</div>
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Of course these trips also coincided with Jeremy switching jobs. So the pressure and time commitments have gone up. He is excited for the adventure and new opportunities of it as well.<br />
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For Thanksgiving, Spencer came down and we all got to drive to Denver to spend the weekend with Daniel's family. We ate, we played, we hiked and ran, watched movies, did crafts and just had an amazing time hanging out. When we said what our favorite parts were, Spencer said just being able to eat and be around family, Jeremy said to just be able to sit around and relax, Allison said doing Black Friday shopping with Mimi and Robyn said playing. I think my favorite part was just having nothing to do but enjoy being together. We did some family photos. This one made me laugh as Taylor looks like he is smirking.<br />
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Robyn and I put together a Bob Ross art project which impressed me with what they were capable of doing:<br />
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It was a wonderful much needed time with family and we had amazing hosts who handled sick kiddos and extra guests with always love and warmth. None of us wanted to leave - especially as we took the long way home to drop Spencer back off at college on the way!<br />
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We had a sad event this holiday season with Jeremy's uncle passing away. This is the last sibling of his mom to die. Robyn accompanied him up to Idaho along with Jason and his kids for the funeral. Jeremy had actually been able to go up a few weeks earlier and spend a day with Ron to say good-bye which he was grateful he had been given that opportunity.<br />
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We celebrated Jeremy's birthday with an early spin class and then out to breakfast. He wanted to work an event that night as a photographer and eggs right now are his indulgence not cake so it worked out for all of us. And Spencer and Robyn decided chicken and waffles are amazing.<br />
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Spencer came down a week before Christmas just a few hours before the girls showcase for their theater company. I am sure he planned it! Allison even had her friend Kaori surprise her by being there.<br />
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December was full of choir concerts, club parties, field trips and all the other wonderful craziness that goes along with the season. We got to do some fun date nights and catch up with old and new friends.<br />
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Jeremy treated all of us girls to new dresses for Christmas:<br />
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I loved having Christmas Eve on a Sunday. On Christmas Adam (sat) we met with the rest of the Hall's to see a very, very different version of the Nutcracker. Then we went back to Jason's house for nachos, truffles and Elf. Robyn was very insistent this year that all the traditions happen and we realized that these traditions started right before she was born so she has never known anything different!<br />
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Then on Christmas Eve after an amazing sacrament meeting the Hall's joined us for dinner, presents and games. Christmas Day was just an easy, fun time together. We set up a double shot in our basement and have been having some fierce competitions ever since. No one has been able to beat Jeremy.<br />
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We drove Allison up to the airport as she flew out to spend a week with my parents and then went and wondered through Temple Square to see the lights. I love seeing the lights at Christmas time, remembering going there with Jeremy when dating and throwing my penny in to make a wish that we would get married someday and being grateful that we were sealed together in the temple. Nothing like cancer to remind you that this life is temporary and being grateful for what is eternal.<br />
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Other big news is that Robyn got braces right after Christmas.<br />
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We have done the necessary evils of being off of school. All the kids and myself visited the dentist. Kids all got their physicals and shots. Spencer did all his missionary medical stuff and we cleaned out rooms. But we tried to fit in fun stuff like ice skating and trampoline parks, puzzles and lots of old psych episodes and movies, date nights and treats. <br />
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Fall has been full of family, changes and some trips. Jeremy has been to South Dakota, San Francisco, and Arizona for some different work opportunities during the last two months. He has enjoyed the challenges and handled the pressure and stress well, including the change to a new job at SQRD. Lots of changes going on around here.<br />
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The kids and I enjoyed our annual trip to the Timpanogous Storytelling Festival. As kids get older and schedules changing I am trying to embrace the idea that our whole family being together for events does not always occur and that I need to enjoy who is able to come and not stress about everyone not being able to be there.<br />
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Allison turned 16 and decided to spread the joy out over a week. She had her friend Kaori who moved a half hour away come join us for a weekend. It happened to be the same weekend Spencer came home to go to a friend's farewell. So Jeremy drove Spencer to and from Logan that weekend plus took Allison and Kaori out for an all day photo shoot of Vocal Point at the Salt Flats. Allison got her drivers license on her birthday.<br />
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Then Jeremy took her out for her first date of going to a shooting range then a fancy dinner at Sundance. Think your first date should always be your dad - show you the way it is to be done. They had a great time. (And she has gone on dates since with guys hopefully almost as amazing as her dad)<br />
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For General Conference weekend we had the Hall family join us for brunch and conference which was a wonderful way to spend the weekend. Then we took a grumpy Robyn and the rest of us up to the canyon for some fall color therapy. Amazing views soon chippered everyone up. We have just decided that when the grump puberty genes start talking in our family we are just going to go ahead and do activities regardless of the fact that they don't want to. It usually works out just great.<br />
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One weekend we checked in Taylor to respite and went up to USU for the day. It was awesome to have our family mostly together again for some catching up time. I am proud of how Spencer is doing as he does adulting full time right now. We went to the agricultural BBQ fundraiser where we ate waaaaay to much, a USU football game and then up in the canyon for some fall color. The day flew by and we just talked non-stop catching up on life.<br />
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Regular life of Jeremy doing fall portraits, choir concerts, school and homework, dance classes, piano, church stuff and date nights all fill our days. I got to have a girls night of dinner, pursuing Bath & Body for new lotions and seeing Thriller, a very cool and eclectic dance performance. It was a great night. Two of my favorite parts was first when Robyn didn't know high school dance students dressed up as zombies roamed the theater until she ran ahead of us and we saw this little figure in the distance start screaming and running back through the parking lot with a "zombie" chasing her. Second, when Allison turned to me after the performance and commented that is was a very cool night. We are enjoying the late Sunday starts with Sunday breakfasts and Sunday night craft times:<br />
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Taylor's last school Halloween party as he graduates in May:<br />
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Over Fall Break, Allison 3 year dream of going to New York with her theater group came true.<br />
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They left Wednesday night at 11 on the red-eye and played super hard till they came home at 1 a.m. on Monday. She saw 5 Broadway Plays: Wicked, Lion King, Anastasia (her new favorite), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and School of Rock. They had dance, singing, and acting workshops. She walked 10 miles a day (no joke) to see every tourist spot in New York, going to the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Twin Towers, Churches, Central Park, Radio City Music Hall, Amsterdam Theater, went to the backstage doors to get autographs each night, ate at amazing places and wore herself out having a great time with some amazing people.<br />
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While Allison was off in New York, I took Taylor to respite and Robyn and I flew to Denver to spend the weekend with the Denver Skeehan's. Robyn was so excited she was up since 1 a.m. that day! We did have to leave by 4:30 and she was worried she would sleep through her alarm. So later that day she crashed for a 4 hour nap!<br />
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We got to watch Matthew's preschool fall performance, surprise Claire and Samantha at school for lunch, go to an amazing farm for a perfect fall day, go to a ward trunk or treat, attend Matthew's soccer game, breakfast at Kneaders, crafts and treats. runs in the preserve, picnic at a park and a night at the Cheyenne Zoo. Robyn has been dreaming of feeding a giraffe and was giddy to be able to do so. And we got to be there for Sammy's birthday. It was an amazing retreat from everyday life where we packed in family and fun and loved every minute of it.<br />
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Then it was back home to life and school and the everyday happiness and crazy. Where shopping for costume pieces at Target requires brownies and bubble bath recovery time, where we have ward Halloween parties and Allison wakes me up to tell me she made curfew and that she made it safely home. Grateful for this life we lead.<br />
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After a week of full time meetings and working on school paperwork for me, we moved Spencer up to Utah State. Drove up, helped him unpack and gave him a hug good-bye. It was a little anti-climatic and felt more like we were just dropping him off at camp. He texted us half an hour later showing a bowl with a few noodle at the bottom saying "this used to be full of potstickers". So we knew he figured out the cafeteria. He had a week to get to know the campus and do a freshman seminar thing before school started. His roommate ended up dropping out before school started along with 2 other room mates who all happened to be on his side of the apartment. So currently he has a bathroom and a room to himself. I am sure that will change at the semester. We try to touch base weekly and he came home this weekend for a missionary farewell. Seems like he is working hard, making good choices and figuring out his way in life - never an easy task. It is just now starting to feel real to us that he is moving on with his life. Such a strange transition period, where he is still your child but independent in so many ways.<br />
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When Spencer came home this weekend we hadn't seen him for a month. Jeremy thought that deserved a Lucky 13 hamburger on the way home:<br />
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That Monday was my first day of school because of 7th grade day. My first week was little rocky as I had yet to hire 2 aides and none of my peer tutors knew what they were doing along with all my students. It has just gotten better and better since but it was a bit extreme for awhile I thought. Now I have 3 amazing aides plus some peer tutors who really know what they are doing (plus some who don't but it is junior high). I do love the teaching and being with students. Its just me figuring everything out as a new teacher as well and balancing everyone's needs. For the first time this week I have been able to walk away from school at a reasonable time and not feel like there were any emergencies I needed to stay up figuring out.<br />
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Tuesday, I set up mom lunches and cookies for after school. But I
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Allison has a pretty challenging load this year but is embracing it. She has joined some clubs and is enjoying all the extra activities and opportunities. She and Robyn are both doing their theater group again and are doing tap lessons once a week plus their regular piano. It does make for a busy schedule for them.<br />
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With all the crazy of school starting I decided why not run a race and loose a toe-nail. Always a good stress relief! And a reminder that I need to exercise more and eat less desserts! I was grateful for a super speedy friend Julie who would wait for me to finish. With school I haven't been able to run like I used to but I try to fit it in when I can and am grateful for some friend exercise therapy whenever our schedules align.<br />
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Jeremy has had a couple of trips come up. He went to Las Vegas for Labor Day weekend to show off his weight loss results.<br />
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He has been doing some longer bike rides when he can. The cold weather and darkness in the morning has started driving him into spin classes again.<br />
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He also got to do a trip to South Dakota for a job and took some time to drive by Mount Rushmore and Sturgis. He has been super busy trying out all these new opportunities and to figure out which ones to pursue.<br />
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Cancer treatment going well still. Bloodwork is still a bit nuts and he is trying what he can to address the problems with sleep and his gut. He ran into our amazing neighbor Peggy who just finished her chemo at the same doctor he goes to.<br />
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For Allison's birthday "party" this year she invited her friend Kaori to spend the weekend. This involved lots of visiting and laughing and helping Jeremy do a photo shoot out on the Salt Flats of BYU's Vocal Point. Plus some birthday cheesecake after which is always a hit.<br />
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One project that has been hanging over our head for the past few years is getting our solar panels up and out of our garage. It finally happened! Thanks to Jeremy and a group he found. We are up and running and I can reach the work bench again.<br />
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We planned a camping trip over Labor Day weekend before Jeremy knew he would be gone. So I wasn't brave enough to pull the trailer but we borrowed a tent and the girls and I spent a weekend at Mirror Lake. Coming home and then packing, taking Taylor to respite and being able to go meant we pulled in long after the sun set. I felt so brave driving these winding roads in the dark and setting up our tent by flashlight with Allison telling us what to do.<br />
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It was a beautiful place and I want to go back with Jeremy and paddle boards another time. Jasper did not sleep the first night and since the zipper was broken on the tent that meant I had to hold him all night long. It was really, really cold at night. I was not super happy with him. But thankfully this was a girls weekend which meant a lot of laying around and napping and reading books. And a few very small hikes. Next time I am going to be more insistent that we do some more challenging hikes. But it was fun, relaxing and a good time to just hang out and learn to be a little more self-dependent. Allison was doing a project for her ASL class where she couldn't hear or speak for 24 hours. Just when I started getting into my mom inquisitor mode she chose to start her project. It made for an interesting 24 hours! We learned that I don't need a swimsuit to swim. Jasper can swim but doesn't like to. That even if we forget a pan to cook with we can figure something out. That little miracles like finding out turn-off in the dark without any cell phone reception or walking into the library and finding 2 new releases from my favorite authors are wonderful.<br />
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We were just a little wimpy as we came home Sunday night instead of Monday morning so we could spend a day with Jeremy, having brunch at Kneaders, doing laundry and I could spend an afternoon working at school. We celebrated the end of summer with visiting our favorite snow cone shack that night with Allison driving us all over to find one that hadn't closed yet...along with A LOT of other people.<br />
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The following weekend the kids and I got to go to the Timpanogous Storytelling Festival. This year they moved it to Thanksgiving Point Gardens which was a beautiful place to explore and a good work out for me pushing Taylor. Allison chose a football game with friends for Friday night but she joined us Saturday for the whole day. Of course she had to bring a butt load of homework along with her to make that possible!<br />
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This last week was our last elementary school fun run with Robyn being in 6th grade. So they did it with flair this year. Taylor and I skipped the colored chalk gauntlet but the girls embraced it, along with Jasper. I was proud of them as they ran the whole way with some cute friends.<br />
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So this meant Jasper got a bath - he is not a fan.<br />
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We are thankful for slow nights and enjoying the crazy ones. I am glad life for all of us is becoming more routine as we each adjust to the new normal.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897269308723208539.post-26629334063808008482017-08-13T21:59:00.001-06:002017-08-13T21:59:59.941-06:00The rest of summer<br />
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Summer went by waaaaaay to quickly for our family and before we knew it school is looming around the corner.<br />
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For the 4th of July we did a family night of fireworks so Spencer could be a pyromaniac which turned into a wonderful late evening of visiting with friends in the grass, eating popsicles and watching some very cool fireworks.<br />
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On the actual 4th of July, Allison and her friend Kaori got up super early with me to attend the Provo parade. Then we picked up the rest of the family to meet Jason and Kelly for a hike up to Silver Lake. Taylor, Allison, and Jeremy stayed by the reservoir to nap in the shade. Spencer, Jasper, Robyn and I made a very hot and beautiful hike up to the Lake. On the way down Robyn lost sight of Jasper who ran ahead to meet up with Spencer. This made for 30 minutes of tears and prayers until an "angel" told us that he had seen a really tall kid carrying a little dog. We had a little recovery time with lots of cold drinks we went over to watch the city fireworks. <br />
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Robyn had swim team every morning and then in July added in Lifeguard camp in Provo four days a week. She loved learning how to do rescue dives, retrieve bricks from the bottom of the pool, CPR, and "shadow guarding" with real lifeguards where she had her own whistle to blow. She slept really well during July every night and often snuck in naps as well! She had a few summer adventures of going to Camp Jeremiah Johnson with her activity day girls and she got to attend a week of Clear Creek. Clear Creek is an outdoor, overnight camp for 5 days only for 5th graders in our school district. She sleeps in bunk houses with her friends, hikes, plays and learns a lot about the world around her. She loved it and came home tired out!<br />
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This is Allison being a very amazing big sister of getting up at 6 so she could cheer on Robyn for a swim meet:<br />
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Spencer continued to work all summer. He and I went up for USU orientation which helped calm many nerves on both of our parts. Lots of firsts this summer. He got to vote for the first time. He got ordained as an elder which just happened to occur on a Sunday when my parents were visiting - small miracles in our life abound. We toured the new MTC in Provo and Spencer kept saying how he will be there in less than a year.<br />
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Spencer and Allison got to participate in our Stake pioneer Trek in July. They went up to Rocky Ridge and Martin's Cove for 4 days and truly had an epic adventure. They had rainstorms, hail, mud, wind storms and were truly pushed to their limits not to mention the bus breakages and other mishaps. Spencer loved being a water boy pushing wagons through the rivers and mud. I was proud of Allison, trek was not quite what she was expecting and she decided that she was determined to have a fun time with her family and she did. Like she said, she didn't get the family she wanted but she got the family she needed to learn and grow. Taking 500 teenagers and 100 leaders through trek blows my mind when I think of the logistics.<br />
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Allison worked at the pool every morning teaching lessons. She also did drivers ed online and then attended a week of range (driving in an enclosed range) and road (driving with a very, very brave teacher). She has come a long way. Today she drove us home from St. George. I sat in the back trying to stay in my happy place while Jeremy was the driving instructor. Allison did a dance class this summer with her theater group. Robyn and I got to watch her performance at the end where she was amazing. Hard to believe how grown up she is.<br />
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We were able to go on one family camping trip this summer. Sad but we could only find one weekend that worked for everyone. We went to Wasatch Mountain State Park for a few days and loved it. The first night we were there involved Jasper being like a little kid and literally bouncing around the trailer. When I let him out for the 2nd time to go to the bathroom at 4 am, he decided to do a walk about. This meant I spent 45 minutes roaming the campground, hissing "jasper" and alternating between praying and being really, really mad. Eventually he spotted me on a road, raced to me and spent a few hours trembling next to me in a sleeping bag. Saturday We did a little hike where I was blown away by Jeremy's ability to suck
it up for family. He had forgotten his pills so had run home to get
them early in the morning. That meant for a few hours he got to feel terrible while smiling and putting up with the whining that always accompanies family hikes. Somehow our kids are usually happy by the halfway point of our family hikes but the first little bit is always pulling teeth! Then we spent the day at Jordanelle Reservoir paddleboarding, floating and hanging out. I think I could lay in an inner tube talking to my kids for hours every weekend. We did a little hike where I was blown away by Jeremy's ability to suck it up for family. He had forgotten his pills so had run home to get them early in the morning.<br />
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Jeremy had a photo trip to Houston this summer plus a bunch of jobs here and there. He enjoys the change of pace, the challenge and adventure but he also works super hard at them. He has been biking hard whenever he can. I took his place one evening with his friend to bike around Antelope Island in the dark. Definitely out of my comfort zone but a great time.<br />
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One of the best parts of this summer is all the family we have seen. My brother Peter, his wife Katherine and their two cute kids Tommy and Lydia came for a visit, which we loved. If we could we would just move them into our basement permanently! It was wonderful to hang out, play whenever we can and just to get to know each other better. Phone calls and texts are great but nothing beats just sitting down at the same table for a few hours. We got to visit This is the Place Park on the 24th for a super hot, very crowded but amazing day of re-enactments and activities. That night we tried to see a big firework celebration but got to enjoy getting soaked in the rain instead and running for our cars. We did picnics, pool time, a cute little play but mostly just got to visit together.<br />
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Then two days after Peter's family left, my parents arrived. They always are like the fairy godparents who fix things, finish all your to-do's and just lift a load off your shoulders. I don't know how much fun it was for them but they provided so much peace of mind for me in that they were here for my first few days of work. I was a little stressed, not sleeping with all the to-do's floating through my head and just feeling overwhelmed with it all. I could not have asked for better timing. While they were here we got to do a double date up to Sundance for a picnic and to watch Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. And we got to attend the Drechsel reunion and meet all of my mom's cousins. <br />
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With summer ending, Spencer leaving this week for USU and me working full time, we decided to do one last family outing. We drove to St. George for a weekend, saw Newsies as a family (minus Jeremy who graciously took a nap in the parking lot and read a book because I forgot to buy him a ticket), went school shopping, got pedicures, did baptisms at the St.George temple, and hiked Kanaraville Falls. Jeremy and I even left kids with money and instructions to get dinner and a back to school shirt while we celebrated our 23rd anniversary with dinner and Mama Mia at Tuachan. Awesome evening, even if it was partly in the rain.<br />
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Summer was amazing and way to short and full of family. Family is what makes this life truly amazing. Some summer days tired me although I was always grateful. I think my kids sensed this:<br />
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Girls Camp was amazing. It was short this year with us leaving Monday morning and coming back Wednesday night. We stayed at Palisades where we played in the morning and then in the afternoon when it was in the 100s we played in the lake. I love being with the YW and their leaders and hanging out with Allison. While we were gone neighbors looked out for our latch key kid Robyn for which I was very grateful.<br />
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We came back Wednesday night and Thursday morning Spencer left for three days of boating and playing with the priests. He came back fried, tired and happy. They had to pack their own food which meant he shopped and split food with a friend living up PB & Jam sandwiches, hot dogs and cereal.<br />
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Before I left for Girl's Camp we knew Macho needed to be put down as he was going into kidney failure which just kept getting worse while I was gone (lots of cleaning to do). He had lots of fight left in him and did not want to go to sleep. And holding a cat still who is literally dripping in pee is not nice.<br />
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Robyn had her first official swim meet where she did pretty good. I get to time at the meets which I really enjoy as I am right next to them as they finish and can cheer them on. It also means the meets go by a lot fast as I am busy the whole time while Robyn talks with her friends and then has to be watching so she doesn't miss her events.<br />
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Then the next wee on Wednesday - very, very early - I drove the girls along with Kaori down to SUU in Cedar City. We were there until Saturday afternoon. Allison and Kaori had a writer's camp while Robyn and I got to play. We got to attend the opening remarks so Robyn could hear Brandon Mull who is one of her favorite writers. Allison got a copy of his newest book for Robyn and had him sign it for her so Robyn has been in heaven reading away.<br />
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Allison was paired with the writer Brenden Reichs and spent the next few days writing, hiking Bryce, learning about how to be a better writer, going to museums and plays and having a great time. We saw them late at night and in the early morning.<br />
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With Allison and Kaori busy writing, Robyn and I hiked Kanaraville Falls and Cedar Breaks, walked along Main Street sampling candy and trying on weird hats, went to see 'As You Like It' at the Shakespeare festival, watched the Greenshows, and took breaks of watching the Disney channel and playing in the hotel pool. It was fun to spend some one on one time with Robyn. We had times of whining and pouting but I learned that I just needed to make sure lots of breaks and food was happening and then life was much better.<br />
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While we were gone Spencer went to Insitute for the first time. He loved it and has been busy this afternoon doing his "homework" which is a great way to spend Sunday afternoon. Jeremy just happened to have 3 friends invite him to lunch for the the three days I was gone. Coincidence - I think not! Especially as he has been having a tougher time lately with fatigue, he just can't seem to get on top of it. And when you feel tired, everything just feels harder.<br />
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We were thrilled to have my brother Daniel and his family visit us from Denver for a week. When they came they managed to bring with them a freak cold spell for a few days. But we do not let the fun stop just because its 42 degrees and rainy! And thankfully after a few days it warmed right back up. We made s'mores, spent a day at This is The Place Park freezing and loving it, did our annual picnic at an outdoor play at SCERA, went to the children's museum, ate way too much junk food at JCW's, visited BYU, spent a wonderful day at Lagoon, went to the pool, the city concert, the parade and the rodeo. We packed in as much fun as we could and it was way too short. Spencer came home every day asking what fun thing he missed while working (Lagoon was a bitter pill to swallow) but he joined us every night. We just love their family and wish they lived closer.<br />
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Because we had a super cold day, swimming lessons were cancelled and Allison got to join us for the children's museum. She was able to join us for most things as she only teaches till 1p.m. When we went to Lagoon, she and Jeremy joined us after she got off of work. Jeremy brave man that he is let her drive the whole way up on the freeway!<br />
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Allison saw this title and said excuses, excuses but it is true. Not busy crazy stressed but rather too busy just enjoying being with family and living to think about things like taking pictures and writing more than a few sentence in my journal at night.<br />
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First of all Jeremy had one more crazy awesome trip, this time to Mexico. This time he went as an editor which mean more hanging out inside working hard. But he tried to play hard too when he could. He came home tired and happy.<br />
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While Jeremy was gone we did all the end of the year madness and I was able to spend some time at my new school.<br />
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Robyn had her school dance festival as did Taylor. Taylor was a volcano in Lava and did not enjoy wearing Hawaiian gear in our 50 degree cold spell but was super happy once we went inside. Robyn danced away with a smile to "Can't Touch This". Robyn had her economics fair where she sold shrinky dinks and her author's fair where she read to me all her stories. It was fun to be able to go to everything. Robyn has a few tears when she realizes that next year I won't be there during school for these events as I will be at my own school.<br />
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Spencer had his Calculus AP test and all his finals along with so many senior events that there really wasn't school for the last two weeks of May. He had a senior BBQ up in the canyon. He had a Lagoon Day for all the seniors. He had a senior dinner/dance at the aquarium. He had yearbook day and graduation practice. It was a lot and he loved it although you could tell the stress of everything ending was getting to him a bit. He got a full time job for the summer and quit Chubby's which he was very happy about as he was done with flipping buns and hamburgers. They even had cake for him on his last day. His end of the year project for woods was to make an art horse for Robyn. She now tells everyone the play house is her art studio.<br />
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And most importantly he graduated from seminary and high school! Seminary graduation was an awesome fireside that talked about how they went and did because they were going and doing. My girls pointed out that they didn't see many other siblings there!<br />
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My parents flew out for his high school graduation which was very fun.<br />
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Graduation was at the Marriott Center at 9 a.m. (that means that everyone had to be there by 8 a.m. in church clothes!!! not the easiest task). Great talks, a few hiccups to keep things interesting and it was a great morning. Jeremy followed along via texts and photos. Followed by lunch out at a Korean BBQ place Spencer really wanted to try. Then we hosted a party in our backyard for 30 of Robyn's classmates (Spencer and my dad figured out the outdoor movie set up) and then Spencer was off for his all night graduation party.<br />
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Allison had all of her end of the year stuff too such as testing, choir concerts and Lagoon Day. She missed yearbook day because of graduation then skipped the last day to spend a day playing with friends. Allison also had job interviews and then training to become a swim instructor at our city pool.<br />
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Before work and swim team started we picked up Jeremy at the airport and spent a few days playing. We went to Gardner Village (minus Spencer who worked his last shift hopefully every of cooking fast food). We ooh and awed at fairy houses and Robyn and I were inspired for our garden. My mom helped Allison figure out a pioneer outfit for Trek and worked hard at sewing it all together. Allison loves it!<br />
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We spent Memorial Day along with our guest Kaori driving down to southern Utah to hike Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon. It was an awesome hike. It involved a lot of scrambling over rocks and even wading through water but it was one of the most beautiful slot canyons I have been in. Jeremy had to help lift my mom and me out at the very end when we had to get up and over a 6 foot wall but we all said it was worth it. Then we spent a few hours recovering at Goblin Valley before heading back, everyone tired out.<br />
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Tuesday real life came in with a vengeance. Spencer started working 9 - 5 every day. The first day he didn't pack a water bottle and only brought a sandwich and an apple. He came home exhausted and collapsed with the fact that he needed to go to cross fit and mow the lawn looming over him. It was a tough transition to adulthood! But he is doing much better and packs lots of water and food for his day now and realizes that jobs do not disappear even if you work all day. And now I no longer do his laundry along with all the other adulting stuff. He is figuring it out. The hardest part is him realizing all the fun stuff he has to miss out on now because he works. That part sort of stinks.<br />
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Allison is teaching swim lessons every day from 9-1. She really likes it and enjoys all the cute preschoolers giving her hugs. She has gotten so tan already. We had to get all her stuff set up for concurrent enrollment which was a bit of a pain but she did it and now she just had drivers ed to work on for the rest of the summer plus a dance class. We have had to learn all sorts of lessons such as curfews and how to communicate plans with parents etc.<br />
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Robyn started swim team every morning at 6:30. I am driving which means I have to be up and going early as well. Once I am up I am good but that initial getting up is really tough! Luckily Robyn loves swimming so much she is up before her alarm ready to leave! She is my buddy this summer as we tackle all our projects and summer cleaning. We had a clean out challenge of getting closets and dressers all cleaned out and scrubbed down. Allison and Robyn met it and we all went out for snow cones at our favorite place as a reward. Spencer missed the carrot part of the challenge but then the stick of no electronics kicked in and he got it done.<br />
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I signed my official contract with the district and have been trying to start on getting everything organized, meeting with parents etc. But fun stuff keeps getting in the way. But our yard is getting back in shape, I have fairy lights strung up in the playhouse and new birthday present chairs on our deck so I probably need to get my butt in gear a bit.<br />
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Taylor is doing well. We finished switching out one of his medications for a newer one to help his seizures. It seems to be helping. We have used respite a few times so that we can do things such as hikes that he cannot do. We have gone swimming a bunch which he loves and he has enjoyed hanging out, laying in his newly pimped out swing and going places with family.<br />
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Jeremy continues working and exercising hard and trying to fit in family time.<br />
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