Finally we have a Family Picture with everyone in it...I just need to get one made up and on my wall before that changes.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Our Wonderful Family
Finally we have a Family Picture with everyone in it...I just need to get one made up and on my wall before that changes.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Another Year...Another Big Celebration
Okay...so is this how you are suppose to celebrate 38 years of marriage...in Insta-care??? Craig came home from work with a swollen, red elbow today and no explanation of what could have possibly happened. So we decide we better check things out before going dinner as we had planned for our anniversary. Turns out that Craig has Olecranon Bursitis that is infected...What is that???Well here is your health lesson for today...
This may occur without any warning, or it may be caused by a small injury and infection of the skin over the bursa that spreads down into the bursa. Instead of blood or inflammatory fluid in the bursa, it becomes filled with pus. The area around the bursa becomes hot, red, and very tender...Yup...that is what Craig had.
So instead of going out for a nice dinner to celebrate our Anniversary...we sat in Insta-care while Craig had intervenious injections of medication of some type. Apparently Craig has had this going on for a few days and has just been brave and not complained...otherwise it would not be so advanced and he could have just taken oral medication rather than from an IV. He now has an IV needle in his hand so he can go back for the next couple of days for more intervenious injections of his meds...Excitement as always at our house...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER---
Yes...another St. Patrick's Day and that means another Anniversary. Our life together actually began the middle of March of 1971 when we met on a blind date...On March 17th...yes on S. Patricks Day...of 1972 Craig and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple. He left me about 2 weeks later to go into the Army and I did not see him for 5 more months...But here we are today...5 kids, 5 in-laws and 13 and a half grandkids later...This makes 38 long and happy years...okay sometimes too long and sometimes things were not so happy...but it has all been a great!!! We have not been without our trials...but then who is? We have had fun times and we have had some crazy times and we have learned alot and we have grown alot...actually we grown in more ways than one...but I would not have had it any other way...well except to maybe be rich and famous...Most of all we have learned to love a lot...love for life...love for our family...love for the gospel...and most of all love for each other. All in All I would say it has been a very prosperous 38 years. Happy Anniversary Craig...I love you!!!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thirty-five years ago today Mindie came into our lives…and they would never be the same…nor would we want them to be. Mindie was born around 2:00 in the morning and weighed about 7 pounds 2 ounces. So she started out well…but she remained very small.
One morning when she was 16 months old she woke up very early and was a little cranky all day. I figured that was normal since she had woke up very early that day. I put her down for a nap around noon and at about 2:00 pm she woke up crying and threw up…not violently and not a lot…but she was a little bit warm. Something inside of clicked and I was in a panic. I called the doctor and told them that I needed to bring her in immediately and them I called my mother crying and asked he to come and tend Jared and the children that I was tending that day so I could take Mindie to the doctors. She asked what was wrong and I felt somewhat foolish as I explained that she was a little warm and had thrown up her bottle. I figured I had had a bit of an over reaction. Mom came over and me and Mindie left for the doctors. That was in the day before car seats were the law, matter of fact they were not even a big deal. I put her on the front seat and away we went to the doctors. She just sat there with her head kind of drooping down and was a little pale. We went into see the doctor and he really could not find anything wrong with her. I remember him snapping this little thing trying to get her to look down and she would not do it. He told me to take her over to the hospital which was about 2 blocks from his office and he would follow us over there. He wanted to take a spinal tap and check for spinal meningitis. I did not know much about spinal meningitis, but it did not sound like something we wanted to have. He told me that he was going to draw fluid from her spine and that it would take about an hour for the results. I called Craig and was waiting for him to get to the hospital when the doctor came out and looked at me and said she has it and then he started snapping orders at the nurses. They would not let me be with her or even see her. I felt totally numb. Craig finally arrived and finally the doctor came and took us to a room to talk to us. He told us that she was very sick and that the spinal meningitis that she had was the type that moved very fast and that they were doing everything that they could for her, but no promises. He asked why I had brought her in when I did…I had no answer other than something just told me that I had to. He expressed that he had had those same feelings. He said that at the time he had taken the spinal tap that there was not the medical justification for doing so, but that if he had waited it would have been too late. My mom and dad came to the hospital and they finally let us into see her and give her a blessing. She was in quarantine because they did not know what strain of bacteria she had, so we had to wear hospital gowns and masks to go into her. With the assistance of my dad Craig gave her a blessing. It is an experience and feeling that I will never forget. Never in my life have I felt my Heavenly Father's spirit so strong. I felt that if I were to open my eyes I would have seen Him. After Craig finished the blessing, my dad looked up and said: "She's going to be alright." He said that during the blessing she lifted her little leg and bumped into his arm. It frightened him because she had been so lifeless, so he opened his eyes and looked at her and when he did he said that she just smiled a little smile as if to say "I am going to be okay."
She was in the hospital for 10 days and it was a long 10 days. The doctor told us that even though we had caught this illness soon, that there was not promise that she would make it and that even if she did that the disease would have to run its course…he said that a stiffness would set in and that there was nothing they could do to stop it. She had an IV put into her leg and they strapped her arms and legs to the hospital bed so she could not move around. It was the worse 10 days ever. But she recovered completely. So many times I have been told of people who were serverly handicapped or deaf as a result of spinal meningitis. She was fine…How blessed we were.
We made many trips to the doctors with Mindie, as every time she got the least little bit sick I would panic and take her in. When we would stop at the store to pick up the medicine that the doctor had prescribed for whatever ailment she had, she would ask for things and I was so grateful that she was okay that I would buy what ever she asked for.
Then one day, when at the store on our way home from the doctor's office she asked: "Why do you buy me what ever I want after we go to the doctors?" and I realized that she had been playing me all along…she knew exactly what she was doing.
Mindie loved her Aunt Dawn…She would go stay with her and not want to come home because I was the mean mom and Aunt Dawn was so fun.
She loved to dance and she loved to dress up.
She did some pretty funny things during her life. One time when we were at a confirmation she was looking around and said "Where is the funny ghost?" Another time Aleisha was taking her somewhere and as they passed the gas station she hollered "Hey Aleisha…there's Gase…Don’t you need Gase?" One day she was driving our old brown van down the freeway and when she got home the side window was missing. When we asked her about it she replied that she had heard a big whish but did not know what happened except that cars kept trying to get her attention. One of my favorites was the day she called me after arriving to work at Salt Lake City Parks and said…Mom you know how every day you learn something? Well today I was driving to work and noticed that some cars had snow on them and some did not. Then all of a sudden I realized that the ones that did not were in a garage all night."
Mindie was always a jokester…just like her dad. As a matter of fact in high school she was voted "Class Clown".
Mindie met Jeremy, who was from Virginia, while he was serving his mission in Salt Lake. All I can say is that I am just glad she met him towards the end of his mission rather than the beginning. He called her the day after he went home from his mission and every day after that for the next month and by then he was back in Salt Lake and they were married 5 months later. They now live in Idaho with their 4 children. Maddie, Kailee, Jaxon and Jace. Last August She completed her schooling and received her Bachlers Degree in accounting. We love you Mindie and are so very proud of you and so thankful to have you in our lives. Happy Birthday.
One morning when she was 16 months old she woke up very early and was a little cranky all day. I figured that was normal since she had woke up very early that day. I put her down for a nap around noon and at about 2:00 pm she woke up crying and threw up…not violently and not a lot…but she was a little bit warm. Something inside of clicked and I was in a panic. I called the doctor and told them that I needed to bring her in immediately and them I called my mother crying and asked he to come and tend Jared and the children that I was tending that day so I could take Mindie to the doctors. She asked what was wrong and I felt somewhat foolish as I explained that she was a little warm and had thrown up her bottle. I figured I had had a bit of an over reaction. Mom came over and me and Mindie left for the doctors. That was in the day before car seats were the law, matter of fact they were not even a big deal. I put her on the front seat and away we went to the doctors. She just sat there with her head kind of drooping down and was a little pale. We went into see the doctor and he really could not find anything wrong with her. I remember him snapping this little thing trying to get her to look down and she would not do it. He told me to take her over to the hospital which was about 2 blocks from his office and he would follow us over there. He wanted to take a spinal tap and check for spinal meningitis. I did not know much about spinal meningitis, but it did not sound like something we wanted to have. He told me that he was going to draw fluid from her spine and that it would take about an hour for the results. I called Craig and was waiting for him to get to the hospital when the doctor came out and looked at me and said she has it and then he started snapping orders at the nurses. They would not let me be with her or even see her. I felt totally numb. Craig finally arrived and finally the doctor came and took us to a room to talk to us. He told us that she was very sick and that the spinal meningitis that she had was the type that moved very fast and that they were doing everything that they could for her, but no promises. He asked why I had brought her in when I did…I had no answer other than something just told me that I had to. He expressed that he had had those same feelings. He said that at the time he had taken the spinal tap that there was not the medical justification for doing so, but that if he had waited it would have been too late. My mom and dad came to the hospital and they finally let us into see her and give her a blessing. She was in quarantine because they did not know what strain of bacteria she had, so we had to wear hospital gowns and masks to go into her. With the assistance of my dad Craig gave her a blessing. It is an experience and feeling that I will never forget. Never in my life have I felt my Heavenly Father's spirit so strong. I felt that if I were to open my eyes I would have seen Him. After Craig finished the blessing, my dad looked up and said: "She's going to be alright." He said that during the blessing she lifted her little leg and bumped into his arm. It frightened him because she had been so lifeless, so he opened his eyes and looked at her and when he did he said that she just smiled a little smile as if to say "I am going to be okay."
She was in the hospital for 10 days and it was a long 10 days. The doctor told us that even though we had caught this illness soon, that there was not promise that she would make it and that even if she did that the disease would have to run its course…he said that a stiffness would set in and that there was nothing they could do to stop it. She had an IV put into her leg and they strapped her arms and legs to the hospital bed so she could not move around. It was the worse 10 days ever. But she recovered completely. So many times I have been told of people who were serverly handicapped or deaf as a result of spinal meningitis. She was fine…How blessed we were.
We made many trips to the doctors with Mindie, as every time she got the least little bit sick I would panic and take her in. When we would stop at the store to pick up the medicine that the doctor had prescribed for whatever ailment she had, she would ask for things and I was so grateful that she was okay that I would buy what ever she asked for.
Then one day, when at the store on our way home from the doctor's office she asked: "Why do you buy me what ever I want after we go to the doctors?" and I realized that she had been playing me all along…she knew exactly what she was doing.
Mindie loved her Aunt Dawn…She would go stay with her and not want to come home because I was the mean mom and Aunt Dawn was so fun.
She loved to dance and she loved to dress up.
She did some pretty funny things during her life. One time when we were at a confirmation she was looking around and said "Where is the funny ghost?" Another time Aleisha was taking her somewhere and as they passed the gas station she hollered "Hey Aleisha…there's Gase…Don’t you need Gase?" One day she was driving our old brown van down the freeway and when she got home the side window was missing. When we asked her about it she replied that she had heard a big whish but did not know what happened except that cars kept trying to get her attention. One of my favorites was the day she called me after arriving to work at Salt Lake City Parks and said…Mom you know how every day you learn something? Well today I was driving to work and noticed that some cars had snow on them and some did not. Then all of a sudden I realized that the ones that did not were in a garage all night."
Mindie was always a jokester…just like her dad. As a matter of fact in high school she was voted "Class Clown".
Mindie met Jeremy, who was from Virginia, while he was serving his mission in Salt Lake. All I can say is that I am just glad she met him towards the end of his mission rather than the beginning. He called her the day after he went home from his mission and every day after that for the next month and by then he was back in Salt Lake and they were married 5 months later. They now live in Idaho with their 4 children. Maddie, Kailee, Jaxon and Jace. Last August She completed her schooling and received her Bachlers Degree in accounting. We love you Mindie and are so very proud of you and so thankful to have you in our lives. Happy Birthday.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Sarah is the baby of the family. She was our Christmas gift in 1984. Sarah arrived on December 23 and we brought her home on Christmas Eve. We had bought her a little red jogging type of outfit…that was back in the day when you did not know what you were having so we had to choose something that would work for either a boy or a girl. We dressed her in that suit and put a big red bow on her head and put her under the tree. That year I had made all the kids Cabbage Patch dolls and she was not left out. We knew that chances were good that she would arrive before Christmas so I had to be prepared. He doll was bald because we did not know what gender it needed to be and it was bigger than she was. As special as it was to have a new baby at Christmas, it proved a challenge to celebrate it through the coming years. Rule #1 was that December 23 was her birthday and no matter what you had left to do to prepare for Christmas, we all stopped and celebrated her birthday. Rule #2 was that Birthday and Christmas gifts were not combined and Rule #3 was that Birthday gifts were wrapped in Birthday Wrap and not Christmas Wrap. I am not sure if those were all her doing…I might have to take a credit for no Christmas Wrapping Paper. Not only did she have to have her Birthday on it's exact day…she for some reason thought she should also celebrate her birthday on Becky's which is in June.
None the less she has been a joy in our lives. She looked like a cute little Blonde Pixy Doll. Her Grandpa Bagley used to look at her and say ”She is such a pretty baby.” That was a statement I don’t think anyone could argue with…not that they would dare to argue with Grandpa Bagley if they did not agree.
Sarah liked to be invited to the party…She would never go to bed at night because she was afraid that something would happen and she might miss out. She liked to be the star…Where ever we would go she would insist that lots of pictures and videos were taken of her…actually mostly videos. EXAMPLE: We would go to Yellowstone and as we walked around and looked at the sights the camera had to be on recording her while she described each particular sight…and when she had no description left to give…we were treated with a commercial of some kind. An annual event at Moon Lake was her and Donavon and Cameron filming documentaries about the area. She and her friends would spend hours making movies.
Sarah loved to dance. She danced from the time that she was a little girl till she was 17.
She did well in school…if only I could get her to go. From preschool on she would do almost anything to stay home from school. By the time she was in Middle and High School she had it figured out. Frequently I would drop her off at school, go around the block and drive back to the school only to find her leaving. I found out only a couple of years ago that she would also let me think she had gone to school. She would walk out the front door then go around to the front of the house and climb in Christopher's bedroom window and spend the day watching TV until it was time for her to come home…then she would climb out the window and walk through the front door. I worked a night shift so I slept all day and had no idea she was at home.
Sarah was very social…she always had lots of friends…girls and boys…went to tons of school dances and would never wear the same dress even though they were often at different schools.
After she graduated from High School she did not date anyone special…just hung out a lot. She claimed boys did not ask girls out any more. Then one day Trevor called and asked her out on a date…It was all over then…No more hanging out with anyone…just dating Trevor. They were married in December…of course…is there any other month during the year? Then just before their second anniversary…in December of course, they had a darling little girl - Anna Kate.
It is so fun to watch Sarah as she has grown from a little girl, partying and making movies to a beautiful wife and mother. I love that she wants to sew and bake and make cakes and do all the things she has watched me do. We love you Sarah and are so very proud of the woman that you have become. Happy Birthday!!!
None the less she has been a joy in our lives. She looked like a cute little Blonde Pixy Doll. Her Grandpa Bagley used to look at her and say ”She is such a pretty baby.” That was a statement I don’t think anyone could argue with…not that they would dare to argue with Grandpa Bagley if they did not agree.
Sarah liked to be invited to the party…She would never go to bed at night because she was afraid that something would happen and she might miss out. She liked to be the star…Where ever we would go she would insist that lots of pictures and videos were taken of her…actually mostly videos. EXAMPLE: We would go to Yellowstone and as we walked around and looked at the sights the camera had to be on recording her while she described each particular sight…and when she had no description left to give…we were treated with a commercial of some kind. An annual event at Moon Lake was her and Donavon and Cameron filming documentaries about the area. She and her friends would spend hours making movies.
Sarah loved to dance. She danced from the time that she was a little girl till she was 17.
She did well in school…if only I could get her to go. From preschool on she would do almost anything to stay home from school. By the time she was in Middle and High School she had it figured out. Frequently I would drop her off at school, go around the block and drive back to the school only to find her leaving. I found out only a couple of years ago that she would also let me think she had gone to school. She would walk out the front door then go around to the front of the house and climb in Christopher's bedroom window and spend the day watching TV until it was time for her to come home…then she would climb out the window and walk through the front door. I worked a night shift so I slept all day and had no idea she was at home.
Sarah was very social…she always had lots of friends…girls and boys…went to tons of school dances and would never wear the same dress even though they were often at different schools.
After she graduated from High School she did not date anyone special…just hung out a lot. She claimed boys did not ask girls out any more. Then one day Trevor called and asked her out on a date…It was all over then…No more hanging out with anyone…just dating Trevor. They were married in December…of course…is there any other month during the year? Then just before their second anniversary…in December of course, they had a darling little girl - Anna Kate.
It is so fun to watch Sarah as she has grown from a little girl, partying and making movies to a beautiful wife and mother. I love that she wants to sew and bake and make cakes and do all the things she has watched me do. We love you Sarah and are so very proud of the woman that you have become. Happy Birthday!!!
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......................Through the Years
Top Quality Wedding Flick...Don't ya think?
Our first pictures after we were married. Craig left for Boot Camp two days after this picture.
Pam, Craig, Mindie, Jared
Jared, Pam, Chris, Craig, Mindie
Mindie, Jared, Craig, Chris Becky, Pam
Mindie, Pam, Sarah, Craig, Jared, Becky, Chris
Jared, Craig, Mindie, Chris, Pam, Sarah, Becky
Chris, Craig, Jared, Pam, Bridget, Becky, Jeremy, Sarah, Mindie, Maddie
What can I say.....
Mindie, Jared, Pam, Craig, Sarah, Chris, Becky
So here we are today...okay 3 1/2 years ago and...and yes we are missing a few Grandkkids in this picture and Trevor, but we are working on an update...
