Tag....Your It!

Shad's answers are in Black, Brittany's are in Purple
A- Attached or single? Attached for Eternity :) Definitely Attached
B-Best friend? Brittany Shad
C-Cake or Pie? Pie!! (unless we are talking about Costco's cheesecake) PIE (Cake is gross)
D-Day of choice? Saturday. The day i get to spend the most time watching football! Saturday cause Shad is home Hopefully not watching football
E-Essential Item? DVR Flushing Toilets
F- Favorite color? Blue (Go BYU!) RED (but I still like BYU better)
G- Gummy Bears or Worms? Worms for sure! WORMS
H- Hometown? Boise, ID. Sandy UT
I- Indulgence? Can this be an outdoor activity or just a food? Anything Chocolate
J- January or July? Both January for Skiing, July for Camping and the outdoors July because it's my B-day
K-Kids? 2 2
L-Life isn't complete without? My family! My Husband and kids
M- Marriage Date? Let me check the inside of my ring...January 25th, 2003 Same
N-Number or brothers and sisters! 2sisters 3 bros and 2 sis
O- Oranges or apples? Apple but can I add gouda cheese to it? Oranges
P- Phobias? heights (its a long story) Claustraphobia (scary small places!!)
Q- Quotes? "I am going to make this pencil disappear" Don't Worry Be Happy
R- Reasons to smile? BYU beat UCLA 59-0 When my kids laugh and giggle
S- Season? Fall Summertime
T- Tag........ all of your are it! Whoever wants to!
U-Unknown fact about me. I switched my major 3 times I did ballet for 14 years
V-Vegetables? Corn on the cob Corn Broccolli Beans, I love veggies!
W-Worst habit?-Biting my nails I bite my nails too
X- X-Ray Or Ultrasound? I have had neither thank goodness Ultrasounds because you get to see the little baby!
Y- Your favorite food! Steak and Potatoes (I am from Idaho) Spaghetti and all Italian Food
Z- Zodiac sign? Libra Leo

Go COUGARS!

Shad and I went to the BYU vs. UCLA football game yesterday. What a blast!! We cheered, got major sunburn, and sang the cougar fight song! We had so much fun! The cougars pretty much stomped all over UCLA the score was 59 to 0! What a game! We went with my brother Skyler and my brother in law Brady (I was the only girl!) FUN TIMES!

Buddies!

I love that my kids seem to like one another. It is great to see them give each other a hug and kiss. How rewarding! I love to hear them playing together and have a good time. Now don't get the wrong idea here, they do fight too (Chandler likes to shut Brooklyn in the pantry, and sometimes he bites!) but overall it is fun to see them together!

Labor Day Camping

So over Labor day we went camping with my Family! We had a great time even though it rained and even hailed!! But thanks to my parents tent trailer we all stayed pretty dry. Here are some pics! We had a great time !


Here are Shad and Chandler hanging out!

Chandler Loved swinging in Shad's Hammock! He had a blast, and got really dirty!

Chandler and that bucket, and anything else that will fit on his head, crazy kid!

My Brother Tommy and my awesome Dad starting coals for dinner!

This is Chandler sitting in the car right before we left because it started to hail.

Brooklyn and Chandler eating Pop Tarts!

Brooklyn and her Uncle Skyler playing the guitar.

Brooklyn Update

They did some more testing on Brooklyn yesterday to see how the flow of urine was from her kidney to her bladder and it looked pretty good. They still felt that there was a blockage at the top of the ureter where is connects with the kidney so they put a stent in yesterday. This should open up the ureter to allow the fluid to drain even better (i guess its a similar concept to tubes in the ears?). Anyways, the surgery went well and she came out of sedation fine this time. She will have to have the stent for a couple of weeks and then they will have to surgically remove it. They will test her again and see if it made a difference and then decide what to do from there. The doctor said "we are either going to be friends for a really long time or a really short time". I hope its a short time but thats just me!

Brooklyn in the Hospital

Brooklyn (4 years old) had to have emergency surgery on Wednesday of last week on her kidney. It was supposed to be a 45 minute outpatient surgery and up to 2 hour recovery from the sedation. When they were conducting the surgery they found that the infection was a lot worse than they anticipated and it got “stirred up” inside her. This spiked her fever to over 105, dropped her blood pressure to 66/over something and she went into shock and was in and out of consciousness. Needless to say they rushed her into a resuscitation room of the ER and it took about 30-40 minutes (but seemed like an eternity while I was watching) to get her stabilized. We thought we were going to lose her.

So what was supposed to be an ordeal of a couple of hours turned out to be 4 days at Primary Children’s. She is stable now and at home. She has a tube come out of her kidney that is draining the fluid into a bag that she has called her “juice bag”. After the infection is cleared up we will need to do some more testing to determine the cause of all of this. Worst case scenario would be removing her kidney. I hope that this isn’t the case but looks like more surgeries are to follow depending on the results of the tests they will perform. My wife is taking her on Thursday to have a test done so hopefully we will know something then.

Birthday's

I thought I would update one all about the Giffords getting older. Brookln turned four on July 18th , I can't believe I have a four year old. CRAZY! My birthday was on July 29th and I am now 25 years old. For Brooklyn's birthday we had a "Princess Party", my parents came to our house for cake and ice cream, we had it really low key. Brooklyn got a "BIG GIRL" bike and a barbie. It was Fun.

For my birthday Shad and I went to Lagoon and spent the night at the Sheraton, and then saw "Dark Knight". We had a blast! Shad even did the Sky Coaster, (I would never be caught doing something like that). Thanks to my Mom, we had 2 days without the kids (what a great present!). Here are some pics from Brooklyn's party! Enjoy!

Brooklyn's Princess Cake!

Brooklyn's Big Girl Bike, and Chanlder picking his nose! (Gross)

My Dad, Brooklyn, and Chandler.