Anne’s Birthday

Anne’s birthday finally came today. As Grandpa Kent metioned in an email, Anne hasn’t stopped talking about her birthday for the past few months. A couple of Anne’s friends from our old neighborhood came down and they all went swimming in the neighborhood pool for the party. Anne got a brand new swimsuit for the… Continue reading Anne’s Birthday

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Surgery Report

It’s taken me a few days to get back in the swing of posting after taking a leave of absence for Diana’s surgery. Here is a pictorial timeline of the surgery with a few comments: On Thursday morning we got up bright and early and headed to the hospital. Diana was scheduled as the first… Continue reading Surgery Report

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Sugery Prep

Today we went to Primary Children’s Medical Center for blood tests, chest x-rays, and pre-checkin for Diana’s surgery tomorrow. Her surgery is scheduled for 7:30 a.m and will likely last 3 or more hours. She’ll be in ICU for at least 24 hours after the surgery and possibly more depending upon how things go. Once… Continue reading Sugery Prep

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Piano Recital

Emily and Anne had their piano recital this evening. One thing I like about this teacher is that she makes the kids memorize the pieces and she makes them bow. Both Emily and Anne did a pretty good job (a few mistakes here and there). I think they’re progressing fairly well. Now if I can… Continue reading Piano Recital

The Blending Badge

Sam finally got his Blending Badge at Challenger School. When Nancy picked him up he had a big grin on his face. The blending badge is given after the student can blend the various consonant and vowel sounds such as *ow (now, pow, wow), *as (has, was), *in (bin, tin, rin), etc. Sam has been… Continue reading The Blending Badge

Singing Sam

Sam had is annual Spring Sing at Challenger School today. I worked from home in the morning so that I could go with Nancy to see the program. Sam did a good job of singing and dancing this year. Last year he fell and scraped his knee on his way into school and so he… Continue reading Singing Sam

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Play Ball!

In addition to soccer, Sam is also playing T-ball. T-ball is even more painful to watch than soccer. Everyone gets to bat during T-ball and, because there are no outs, the game doesn’t really make any sense. Unfortunately, my agressiveness theory of youth athletics holds true in T-ball as well as in soccer and Sam… Continue reading Play Ball!

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Diana’s Heart Checkup

This past Tuesday we took Diana to Primary Children’s Medical Center for her six month cardiac checkup.  They did both the EKG and the cardiac ultrasound.   Last time Diana had to be sedated for the ultrasound because she was too wiggly.  This time she held still with the aid of a supply of purple suckers and… Continue reading Diana’s Heart Checkup

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Diana in the closet

While waiting for our house to get finished we are living in a three bedroom apartment. Since there are not enough beds, we got the playpen out of storage and put Diana in it and into the walk in closet in one of the bedrooms. Diana doesn’t seem to mind sleeping there, but I’m sure… Continue reading Diana in the closet

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Emily’s Birthday

Emily turned eleven on Tuesday December 12th. We celebrated by going to Leatherby’s for dinner and ice cream. The kids had lots of fun and made a big mess of themselves. Afterwards we went home and Emily opened her presents. She was happy to finally get a tomagachi like her sister Anne. Now they both… Continue reading Emily’s Birthday

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