Please pray for my sister

My sister, Suzanne, was admitted to the hospital last night with a severe case of Toxemia. She is pregnant with her first child, a daughter, who is due around July 10th. She has been very sick for a few weeks now and last night decided to go get checked out at the hospital. She was admitted shortly after arriving and they told her they need the baby delivered within the next 24hrs. Both Suzanne and her baby are in danger. They have been trying through the night to get Suzanne's blood pressure down with no luck. They are afraid she may start having seizures if they can't get it to lower.
If you would all please say a prayer or family prayer for Suzanne and her baby our family would really appreciate it. Her body has been through a lot with her past illness and we are all very nervous about this situation.
They will start her on Petocin as soon as they can get her blood pressure stable. They will then immediatly give her an upideral so that there is no stress on her body or heart throughout the labor.

Again, prayers would greatly be appreciated. My sister Jill is on her way and I am headed down this afternoon with all the kids.(Robert can not get work off today or tomorrow)
thanks!

Happiness Is...

Playing Candy Land in the middle of the day with my little girls, and knowing that I will never regret taking the time to do things with my children.

Having Bruce run back to me from the car two times before he leaves for soccer practice, because he wants to give me kisses and hugs.

Silent moments.

Singing songs at Family Home Evening.

Summer!

Evenings with nothing scheduled.

Claire's knock knock jokes.

Jane saying, "Mom, you're my favorite person...because Sue-Sue lives in the desert."  :)

Linda singing Mamma Mia songs throughout the day.

Laughing with Robert.

School Pictures - Spring 2011

1st Grade

2nd Grade

A few Easter pictures

The Easter Bunny left the kids some yummy treats.

Ready for Easter morning church.

 I looked at Linda this morning and couldn't believe how grown up she is now. She is a great girl.

Easter egg hunt in the backyard, after church.

We had a lovely Easter day as a family. It was a nice day at church to reflect on the life, crucifixion, and resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. I know that He lives and I love Him.

Prepping For Easter

We had a fun day today getting ready for Easter. We went to an Easter egg hunt today at a local park. It's the first time that we've done one. It was pretty crowded but was a fun time.

Here they are, waiting for hunt to begin...Claire was at the toddler hunt somewhere else in the park.

After the hunt...

We also colored Easter eggs out in the backyard. They turned out really cute.

The kids are excited to find their Easter baskets in the morning!

RACING CLUB SOUVENIR!!

When I was on my mission, in 1996, I was in the city of Catamarca, a small town in the North west of Argentina. My companion and I stopped at a Garage and spoke with a mechanic. The mechanic had sporting decorations for a soccer team from Buenos Aires by the name of Racing Club. (Racing Club is one of the big 5 soccer teams in Argentina.) While speaking to him, I felt his passion and love for the team. He pointed to the team picture on the wall and talked about the goalkeeper, Nacho Gonzalez. I instantly felt a connection with the team. I felt like a TRUE fan.

Not many days after this, I left Argentina to return back to the United States to finish my studies at BYU. I learned more about Racing Club from the internet while at BYU. In 2002 KaDee bought me a world soccer book that had several pictures of Racing’s recent championship the year previously. After KaDee and I were married, I found ways to watch Racing on TV, and later by internet as well. It’s not easy to follow a soccer team from Buenos Aires while living in the United States! But now have a couple channels where Racing could appear for any given game.

I’ve never had anything ‘Racing’. None of the soccer stores carry their jersey (I‘ve asked everywhere). My dream one day is to return to Argentina and Buenos Aires and sit in the Cilandro (stadium where Racing plays) with the Guardia Imperial (Racing fans), cheering and singing for the team I love.

A couple weeks ago I found out that an affiliation of Racing had been created in California. I contacted the President of the affiliation and he was very welcoming. He was impressed with my history of becoming a fan and following the team, that he saw it fit that I should be given a team jersey with the signatures of the players. I WAS BLOWN AWAY! It’s really incredible for me to have this memento. KaDee helped me put it in a Jersey Display Case and it hangs proudly in our home.