coming back to reality

Lynn is the 2nd one from the right.

As all of you know it isn't easy coming back from a vacation. Even though the weather didn't improve much in the Bahamas we still did most everything we planned on doing. We were thankful for the wet suits that they made us wear when we swam with the Dolphins. It was fun and my favorite part. Lynn of course enjoyed the thrill adventure of feeding sharks and I was grateful I wasn't certified in scuba diving so that I could pass on that adventure. Lynn said it was intense and they were all folding their arms because the instructor told them to do that so a shark wouldn't think there arms were food and bite.

I enjoyed jogging on the beach especially when it was yecky weather and only me and a handful of people were out there! Lynn ended up having to fly to Orlando for a conference when it was time to go so I came home with the rest of the group.

When I came back home I was pleased to find out the kids did well and there weren't any major issues. Our babysitters were awesome and we appreciated their help! Robert had a hey day while we were gone especially when the kids were on there own on Sunday and Monday. I was a TAD frustrated when I got in the suburban and saw at least 50 items of leftover snowclothes and equipment. I began chucking them into a huge pile in the garage. When I got to the skis even I recognized that those were a nice pair of skis and I controlled myself enough to set them down nicely. I then had a talk with Robert that IF he is going to sluff school and take our Suburban to go snowboarding with his friends it might be a good idea to at least try to hide the evidence next time! (please tell me I'm not the only mom that has had to teach such an obvious thing)

He tried to explain to me that ANY teenager is going to go a little crazy when there parents are gone! He usually tries to get my sympathy by reminding me what I used to do when I was a teenager, but after always answering him that I never did any of those things when I was a teenager he has finally stopped saying that and has just concluded that I was THE most boring teenager ever. My parents must have been grateful to have such a boring teenager!

Bahamas

Yes, that is a sweater and long pants I am wearing. Bahamas is having an unusual cold spell! The beaches and pools are literally empty. It is so weird to see the beautiful beach with no one on it. At least we can say we are in warmer weather than where we live which isn't the case for a lot of the people here.

We still braved the cold (since we had wet suits) and swam with the dolphins yesterday. That was fun. I was suppose to kiss the dolphin Sasha and apparently I didn't smack at the end of my kiss. Everyone was teasing me and I admitted I wasn't the best kisser. Lynn said "Sasha I know how you feel."

Lynn is heading out right now to go diving and he is hoping it won't be cancelled. I think I'm going to go have a jog on the beach. This place is beautiful. They have huge aquariums with all kinds of fish that you can see as you walk through tunnels. That is my style, looking at the fish without having to get cold or wet, or taking a chance of touching them.! We got to see when it was feeding time for the eels. The sharks and stinging rays were real cool.

We are missing James b-day today. Happy 11th buddy. We love you. We gave him a beebee gun(sp?) for his b-day and left with the warning not to shoot his eye out while we are gone.

Lynn's cousin Jeff and his wife are helping tend for us along with my nephew Marcus and his wife Natalie. We are hoping they will still want children after they are done!

We are hoping for better weather tomorrow so we can actually get in the water. I obviously didn't bring enough long pants if it doesn't warm up.

Read the fine Print

Last week I went to renew my Drivers License. I was in a hurry (as usual) and finished filling out the paperwork while standing in line. Needless to say I didn’t read the questions very well. When I got ready to get my picture the lady asked me to look over all the stuff and tell her if everything looked ok. I looked it over and asked her why the expiration date was one year instead of 4 years away. She said that was because I had answered yes to the question about me being registered as a sex offender! I quickly cleared up that I wasn’t and that I had not read the questions carefully enough. When I looked at it again it had asked if I was honest in my answers to the following question. I assumed that it was asking me if I had been honest in my previous questions and that’s why I had answered yes. I never even read the following question. So, I thankfully caught the mistake before it went on my records and I learned my lesson to not skim important documents! Needles to say, I was a little flustered and my picture turned out terrible. It was wonderful that I could ask her if she could redo it. She must have thought I was a dork. I felt like one.

Taking care of the esophagus

Lynn had to go get an endoscopy yesterday because he has a disease called eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) which causes him to get food stuck in his food pipe. This can be really dangerous if it were to get stuck bad enough to tear the esophagus. So, Lynn consensted to my insistance that he get it taken care of. When we were checking in I asked the lady if this was the same place that they did the colonoscopy's. She answered yes but assured me that they were really careful to work on the right end! I thought that was really nice to know and would recommend coming to Utah Valley Hospital if you ever need an endoscopy and don't want to take a chance of getting a colonoscopy.
The Dr. said they were able to stretch 2 out of the 3 rings (or areas) of the esophageous to almost normal but the upper area they couldn't get it stretched as much as they wanted so they want to do the procedure again in a couple of months. They have him on acid reflux medicine along with an asthma medicine that he swallows instead of breathing it into his lungs.
Ironically enough Lynn's first cousin (Jeff's) son has just been diagnosed with this same problem.

Have you ever been treed before?

The picture above is of five trees that were placed on our front yard a few days after Christmas. Lynn thought it would be funny to go out and torch each one. As you can see he is on his last tree. He didn't let us know he was going to go be a pyro we found out from the neighbor who thought our house was on fire. Men are so weird. I guess Lynn's thinking was that it will be easier to get rid of tree stumps instead of the whole tree. I think it was just an excuse to play with fire.

Jazz game at its finest

Wow, what a fun night we had last night at the Jazz game with tickets from Craig. We were so close you could see the players sweat, hear what they said, and read their tatoos. I had Lynn take pictures of Kyle Korver and had fun yelling for him when I knew he could hear it. The girl we went with yelled with me and we are pretty sure we got a smile out of it. I'm wondering if it is just me who thinks he is cute or if the selection of cute players is so bad that we think Kyle is cute? Comments?

A game will never be the same again after being this spoiled. Check out the laminated tickets hanging on Lynn's neck. From the price tag I thought we might go home with furniture or something but we just went home with candy, a really full stomach, and a fun night.

Joanna

Joanna's Young Women's leader made each of the beehives a darling hat. We don't know what her hair looks like anymore because she loves to wear it. She is enjoying her club volleyball team that she is doing, but is sad she has to miss church ball for it.