Van the man.....

Halloween started great. We were excited to go trick or treating.... until disaster happened. Van got hit by a car. We are so thankful his injuries are not life threatening. He has a fractured pelvis, cracked heel, bruised lung and his ligaments in his 1st two vertabraes torn. He had surgery on his neck.... they took bone from his hip and placed it in his neck, holding it together with a metal plate and 4 screws. He has to wear a neck brace for another month. And recovery will be about 4 months. He is such a brave boy. Truly a miracle he is alive and nothing else was wrong. We know he was watched over by his guardian angels. He is still the smiliest kid you will ever meet!!!
The pictures below are probably out of order, but they are of him in the plane going down to Children's hospital in Utah, some in the hospital and 1 I took today... he sure is happy to be home!!

Poor Tyson

3 weeks ago, Tyson had an accident at work. He fell off a roof. NOT FUN! His ankle joint dislocated, which made his foot turn in a position it shouldn't have. He tore all the ligaments in his foot, and his nerves were all damaged. And part of his bone chipped off. It was pretty nasty... (i have pictures of his foot but i won't post it for you who are "weak of the stomach.) He broke his wrist in 2 spots. Tore his lip totally open and cut above his eye. Poor guy looked like he got ran over by a train. We have a lot recovery ahead of us. He isn't able to put ANY pressure on his foot for at least 6 weeks. and his wrist for 3 months. And he has to go in for surgery again in a couple weeks. (if anyone DOES want to see pics of his foot...let me know!! i think they are pretty cool...)

Since he broke his wrist, he isn't able to use crutches, so he has a walker and a wheelchair.
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I just had to add this of Van. I thought it was adorable of him!!!

Tyson's dad and brother came over and built a ramp so Tyson can come in and out of the house. It has made life for him MUCH easier....

Needless to say..... he has got in a lot of resting and T.V. watching in. His favorite spot in on the couch like this.... Looks comfy huh??? He has to keep his leg elevated about 90% of the day so he doesn't get around much. So if you come over...head on downstairs and join him in watching Netflix!!

Check check...

I'm just doing a quick post to try out the new Blogger app... i'll post more later
But this is Mya and her bbf's after cheerleading at the high school half time show

summer pics....

Whew.... its been awhile since i've blogged...but i'm BACK!!! So here are some things that we've been up to......

we waited for fireworks to start....

Van upgraded to a big boy bed and is loving it!!

Nash and Mya were in a Jr. Firefighter Camp.....

We have made sand castles at Rigby lake....


Van got a summer buzz hair cut....
before....

after......

Tyson and I took a vaca to Vegas!!!

Mya and Van getting inventive with clothes pins.....

And we spent time with cousins!!!
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its been awhile....

okay.... so its been a while since i've posted....i will soon. I PROMISE!!!!

Miss Mya turned 5 years old last week. She had quite the birthday......

We got her ears pierced.... (she was so excited....she was smiling for days!!!)

For her birthday party, we took her and 5 of her friends to a beauty college and they got their hair done and got manicures! The girls were in heaven...here are 3 of the girls getting their nails dried....

Mya getting her hair styled.....

Mya getting her manicure...... (she sure thought she was neat!)

The final looks!!!!

Christmas pics...a little late i know....

This year for Christmas my house was FULL!!!! All my siblings (except brett) and their families came to my house!!! They all surprised me and came for Christmas. I had 16 kids and 10 adults in my house for a week. Needless to say....it was CRAZY but so much fun.

Fun in the snow..... Mya, Annalies, and Sofia sledding

Nash...


We all went snowboarding at Kelly Canyon. This is Mya coming down the hill. She loves snowboarding and is fearless!!!

Nash snowboarding......

Mya and Sofia are "santa tracking" on the computer


classic christmas picture on the stairs......

Van loving his new slide!!!