What's new with the Lavery family??? Well Carson has been acting funny the last few week, he goes into this zone and does really heavy breathing so on Tuesday we went to see Danny and he thinks he might be having little seizures. They did some blood work and on Monday we are going up to Primary Children's for an MRI which will tell us if he really is and hopefully why he is having them. Danny's office called on thursday saying his blood work can back and it looks like he has a virus and that might be why he is having the seizure's so we might be going back into him again to do more blood work in a week or so. As soon as Mike found out he came home that night and was looking up all the natural ways to help so all week we have been downing him with stuff and if it ends up that its really nothing then he will just be extra healthy along with his brother Mason, I have been giving him everything as well because if you give one baby something the other one thinks he needs it as well. We have been extra busy in our yard trying to work on our family projects and last Tuesday we went out to Deanna's to can black and pinto beans, we wanted to get a good supply under our house before canning season started. Love you all and I hope your doing well
Love Virginia & Family
Monday, July 18, 2011
passing summer, boys camp and more from mama Gigi
Summer is quickly dissapearing on us. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think I have enjoyed my time off school enough. I hope to get some camping in the next month since I haven't done any yet. We do have the family campout at Bear Lake that I am looking forward to. Wish more of you could be there.
Scott is back home finally. We have really missed him. He arrived Thursday evening. I knew he was coming, but let it be a surprise to the rest of the family. They thought he was coming Saturday. Everyone was surprised and happy to see him.
AnnaLee has a job. She is working in the deli at Macey's. It makes for a hard busy eight hours and she isn't used to that kind of demand. She needs our prayers that she can endure. She said to me the other day that it is cooking and cleaning and she doesn't like either one. She is hoping to get transfered to another department. I hope it works out for her. This is a new experience for her.
Chauncey attended his first boys camp this week. I think he enjoyed it, but said there wasn't enough food. Gabriel went also. They came home burnt and tired, but said it was fun.
The garden is coming along great. Dad, of course, spends any minute he can in it. He is a hard worker and I really appreciate his example. We have been getting beets, carrots, peas and now beans out of it. We also have chickens running around in it during the day eating bugs. We started with about 50 and now have about 40. We think we have a skunk who has gotten a few. We keep them in the tool garage at night but need to get the chicken coop finished so that we have a real place for them. All in time! Mamma Marion and Brigham sheared the sheep on the morning of the 4th. It was tough at first to get the lamb held down but after a few minutes it settled right down and enjoyed having the hot coat taken off. It took them a long time and they got alot of wool off of it.
We moms have enjoyed the grandkids alot this week. We have had children every day to watch, either Virginia's, Heather's, Becca's or Caramie's. It has been fun. We miss LaRee's tons. Not that we are predjudiced, but we really have the cutest grandchildren on earth. We are excited for the new ones coming next year.
We attended Mckynzie's baptizm this last Tuesday. She was so short she couldn't stand on the floor of the font. She had to stand on the step so he could keep her head above water. It was a sweet baptizm and we enjoyed the spirit there.
Mamma Marion, Landon, and Maura went up to Jordanelle Resivor yesterday and joined Aunt Dawn's family at their campout. They really enjoyed visiting with the cousins and the activities that they had going on. Everyone is growing up and there were lots of teenagers there. It is hard for me to believe that they have grown that much. Scott, Brig, and Mandy joined them that night for a boat show and fireworks. It sounds like it was lots of fun. On the way home they stopped at the job in Midway to pick up tools for another job Monday. The neighbor thought they were stealing things and called the police. After being pulled over and checked out the police let them go home. It made for a very late night though. They got home after 1:30.
We are all going up to Montana for conference this coming week. From there Dad and I are going to go to Lake Tahoe for our 25th year aniversary. I'm looking forward to it.
We can hardly wait for everyone to get home. Please hurry! Love you lots!
Scott is back home finally. We have really missed him. He arrived Thursday evening. I knew he was coming, but let it be a surprise to the rest of the family. They thought he was coming Saturday. Everyone was surprised and happy to see him.
AnnaLee has a job. She is working in the deli at Macey's. It makes for a hard busy eight hours and she isn't used to that kind of demand. She needs our prayers that she can endure. She said to me the other day that it is cooking and cleaning and she doesn't like either one. She is hoping to get transfered to another department. I hope it works out for her. This is a new experience for her.
Chauncey attended his first boys camp this week. I think he enjoyed it, but said there wasn't enough food. Gabriel went also. They came home burnt and tired, but said it was fun.
The garden is coming along great. Dad, of course, spends any minute he can in it. He is a hard worker and I really appreciate his example. We have been getting beets, carrots, peas and now beans out of it. We also have chickens running around in it during the day eating bugs. We started with about 50 and now have about 40. We think we have a skunk who has gotten a few. We keep them in the tool garage at night but need to get the chicken coop finished so that we have a real place for them. All in time! Mamma Marion and Brigham sheared the sheep on the morning of the 4th. It was tough at first to get the lamb held down but after a few minutes it settled right down and enjoyed having the hot coat taken off. It took them a long time and they got alot of wool off of it.
We moms have enjoyed the grandkids alot this week. We have had children every day to watch, either Virginia's, Heather's, Becca's or Caramie's. It has been fun. We miss LaRee's tons. Not that we are predjudiced, but we really have the cutest grandchildren on earth. We are excited for the new ones coming next year.
We attended Mckynzie's baptizm this last Tuesday. She was so short she couldn't stand on the floor of the font. She had to stand on the step so he could keep her head above water. It was a sweet baptizm and we enjoyed the spirit there.
Mamma Marion, Landon, and Maura went up to Jordanelle Resivor yesterday and joined Aunt Dawn's family at their campout. They really enjoyed visiting with the cousins and the activities that they had going on. Everyone is growing up and there were lots of teenagers there. It is hard for me to believe that they have grown that much. Scott, Brig, and Mandy joined them that night for a boat show and fireworks. It sounds like it was lots of fun. On the way home they stopped at the job in Midway to pick up tools for another job Monday. The neighbor thought they were stealing things and called the police. After being pulled over and checked out the police let them go home. It made for a very late night though. They got home after 1:30.
We are all going up to Montana for conference this coming week. From there Dad and I are going to go to Lake Tahoe for our 25th year aniversary. I'm looking forward to it.
We can hardly wait for everyone to get home. Please hurry! Love you lots!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Texas
Greetings from Texas everybody! Hope you're doing well.
It's hot down here. Majorly.
I haven't had to deal with it much just because I've yet to join Sam back at work, but it's definitely there. It doesn't even cool off at night, it's just HOT.
Sam's doing alright at work, he misses my help. He was able to take the first few days of work off last week, but has been working since Wednesday again. The salesreps have started this new rule that they don't actually start working until 3pm? I guess it's just too hot for them or something, partially I can't help but wonder if they're being lazy because we're in a new area. But that's just me. :)
The fact that they are able to knock less than 8 hours a day means there is a lot less work for the installers, which is kinda a pain, but what can we do? It's not like we're the bosses :)
We're living in a hotel room, not an apartment, which could be fine, but it doesn't have a kitchenette at all! Just a microwave & a small fridge. I dunno- it's not the best set up, and I miss having things feel like a home, but it's life. At the very least I suppose it's nice to have someone else to make our bed whenever we're feeling too lazy lol.
There is one working washer & dryer for the entire hotel complex, which is kinda a pain- we need to do laundry but I obviously should have done it on a different day than Sunday, since that's when it occurrs to everyone else that they need laundry done too. haha
But such is life.
It's hot down here. Majorly.
I haven't had to deal with it much just because I've yet to join Sam back at work, but it's definitely there. It doesn't even cool off at night, it's just HOT.
Sam's doing alright at work, he misses my help. He was able to take the first few days of work off last week, but has been working since Wednesday again. The salesreps have started this new rule that they don't actually start working until 3pm? I guess it's just too hot for them or something, partially I can't help but wonder if they're being lazy because we're in a new area. But that's just me. :)
The fact that they are able to knock less than 8 hours a day means there is a lot less work for the installers, which is kinda a pain, but what can we do? It's not like we're the bosses :)
We're living in a hotel room, not an apartment, which could be fine, but it doesn't have a kitchenette at all! Just a microwave & a small fridge. I dunno- it's not the best set up, and I miss having things feel like a home, but it's life. At the very least I suppose it's nice to have someone else to make our bed whenever we're feeling too lazy lol.
There is one working washer & dryer for the entire hotel complex, which is kinda a pain- we need to do laundry but I obviously should have done it on a different day than Sunday, since that's when it occurrs to everyone else that they need laundry done too. haha
But such is life.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Fencing lessons from Mikes Family
Hello again from the Lavery's, life has been so busy the last few week I have not taken the time to blog. We finish our fence, YES! now our kids will stay in the back yard. Mike still wants to fix some things on it but it opens and closes and that's all I need. Marcy and I have been working on a project in our yard, we put in a rock patio out behind our shed that has a small fire pit, its nothing big and grand but it's nicer then all the weeds. We also planted some flowers and I have been looking for grass and rocks on ksl to finish it up. We want to do a dry bed next to the wall and plant some lager flowers and things to try and keep our kids from walking on the wall and the grass will go on the hill side. I think it will be really nice when its all finish, our kids have been great little helpers Mike, Marcy, and I did the youth 5k the other weekend and our two older boys did the kids race, I think Mo is going to be our little runner he did his race and wanted to do all the other ones as well. We miss you all so much and I'm excited it's only another two months or so that we will all be back together again. I'm looking into planning a Baker Family Reunion for next year in the fall. It would be in a cabin that's in the canyon just above Cedar City. Our family stayed in the cabin this spring for Marcy's Family Reunion and had a lot of fun. They have a large cabin that a lot of us could stay in but they also have small ones all around. Zion's is about an hour away grand canyon I think is about three hours or so away. We could do some hiking of fishing, whatever people would want. The cabin also has a game room and a hot tub so we could hang out at the cabin as well. I'm just looking for some feed back from everyone to see if their is interest??????? Love ya all and may God bless and watch over you all as much as he has my family.
Monday, July 4, 2011
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR JULY FAMILY
BRIGHAM
TRISTEN
LEILONI
LAREE
MANDY
LEANDRA
HEATHER
BRIGHAM
TRISTEN
LEILONI
LAREE
MANDY
LEANDRA
HEATHER
Sum memeries
Happy Independence Day!
There has not been much activity around here. Stephen has been working in Orem and gotton a few side jobs here and there, to keep him busy. Mathoni finished his summer reading camp and improved by four months in just three weeks. He is so excited to be finished and feels very accomplished. He is now anxious to go to 7 Peaks, it was his reward from summer camp. Joseph has been my big helper while I do bodywork. He misses school and askes just about every day when he gets to go to summer camp. Ezra started his summer program as well, He loves riding the bus and seeing Ms. Kari and Ms. Gina, He has a favorite book to read that is called MUD. He does such a cute job reading it. He still thinks its funny to run off after church or at the parade, only now we have learned to keep him on closer watch.
Eliza is finally walking! after a couple of Chiropratic visits, and more to come, she is walking all over the place. She is such a joy to have.
We are all counting down the days until we get to go to Montana and camping its been over a year now sence we have all been up there. And now that we have a new ride, yep we finally got a new car too!
May God bless you all as he has blessed us.
Stephen and family
There has not been much activity around here. Stephen has been working in Orem and gotton a few side jobs here and there, to keep him busy. Mathoni finished his summer reading camp and improved by four months in just three weeks. He is so excited to be finished and feels very accomplished. He is now anxious to go to 7 Peaks, it was his reward from summer camp. Joseph has been my big helper while I do bodywork. He misses school and askes just about every day when he gets to go to summer camp. Ezra started his summer program as well, He loves riding the bus and seeing Ms. Kari and Ms. Gina, He has a favorite book to read that is called MUD. He does such a cute job reading it. He still thinks its funny to run off after church or at the parade, only now we have learned to keep him on closer watch.
Eliza is finally walking! after a couple of Chiropratic visits, and more to come, she is walking all over the place. She is such a joy to have.
We are all counting down the days until we get to go to Montana and camping its been over a year now sence we have all been up there. And now that we have a new ride, yep we finally got a new car too!
May God bless you all as he has blessed us.
Stephen and family
family mussing
Good Morning and Happy Independence Day to my wonderful family. I love you so much and feel it a great privilage to be a part of this beautiful family God has blessed me with. I'm up very early today to get my 'baked beans' cooking for the Hess gathering this afternoon. Since I haven't ever done them from scratch I hope they turn out well. Anyway, they are in the crock pot heating up now and since it is too late to go back to sleep and no one else is up yet I decided to take a few minutes and update the parent's household news and events.
My sister Emily called me Saturday while I was enjoying the grandkids at the RCA while their parents ran in the YOZ 5K. She said she may be able to come home that day and was looking for a ride since Don wouldn't be able to get her until later that night. That afternoon I went down and retrieved her from her prison/hospital abode. She is so happy to be home and have her boys with her. She has to stay down for two weeks still and is to have someone with her if she has her boys, but I'm sure she brakes the rules at times. I'm so happy for her and her boys. They really needed to be a gathered family again. I will miss her cute boys around all of the time, but I must admit, I'm a grandma now and get tired and worn alot more easily than I used to.
Gabriel also came home Saturday. He had a wonderful experience on his work mission and I'm glad he had the opportunity, but I'm also glad to have him back. It has been difficult to live without a big boy around when you have had one for so many years. It was good for Chauncey because he got the opportunity to be 'big brother' for a few weeks. We relied on him lots.
At church last week (not yesterday but the week before), John Buckley approached me and said he really enjoyed my son. I didn't know which he was refering to but guessed it was Scott since John was obviously from out-of-town. He said he was a good kid and lots of fun. He also said Scott was surrounded by girls everytime he saw him. Not that I was very surprised, but as a mother it sent me to worrying. Scott, of course, said it was just coincidental that the two or three times John had seen him he was catching a ride with a group of girls. I'll be glad to have him home soon, I miss him and need to keep my eye on him as well.
I'm sure you have all heard that Daddy has another sore on his foot and was on crutches again. I'm happy to report that the crutches are gone. The sore is healing well. He still has to be careful to not brake it open again, but we are glad it has done so well. He will have to have surgery again but he is trying to get onto medicaid first so that we can get some help.
AnnaLee has been working the garden for Daddy quite a bit. She keeps the water going and spends hours weeding. It is good for her and she has learned to enjoy it. We don't see much of Ormond these days, his car is legal! Maura, Chauncey, Thomas, and Landon are enjoying the summer but sometimes they wish for school. As all of you have experienced, when school is "in" you want to be out, when school is "out" you want to be in-"the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".
Daddy, Mamma Marion, and AnnaLee helped with the sports at Girls Camp this year. They enjoyed themselves. I heard that the program for Thursday night was wonderful. Wished I could have been there but it didn't work out and instead I enjoyed a mostly quiet weekend with the four youngest. My sister Margaret took Emily's boys and I just enjoyed our children for a few days.
Virginia has reservations for a small group camp site at Bear Lake in August (I think it is the 7,8,and 9). Anyone who would like to join us is welcome. Those of us going will enjoy ourselves and want the rest of you to know that you are missing out.
On this Independence Day I want to express my gratitude for those who have gone before me who have opened the way for my freedoms, those who led our country to freedom, those who opened doors for the resotration of God's gospel, and all who have stood for freedom and truth. I'm grateful to them. I would remind all of you to take the time to reflect on the importance that freedom plays in you life and determin to be a part of maintaining those freedoms you enjoy, stand firm for truth and liberty. Take a few moments and read a story about someone with great statesmanship who has been an inspiration to you, share it with your children.
I love you all. Make it a wonderful day!
My sister Emily called me Saturday while I was enjoying the grandkids at the RCA while their parents ran in the YOZ 5K. She said she may be able to come home that day and was looking for a ride since Don wouldn't be able to get her until later that night. That afternoon I went down and retrieved her from her prison/hospital abode. She is so happy to be home and have her boys with her. She has to stay down for two weeks still and is to have someone with her if she has her boys, but I'm sure she brakes the rules at times. I'm so happy for her and her boys. They really needed to be a gathered family again. I will miss her cute boys around all of the time, but I must admit, I'm a grandma now and get tired and worn alot more easily than I used to.
Gabriel also came home Saturday. He had a wonderful experience on his work mission and I'm glad he had the opportunity, but I'm also glad to have him back. It has been difficult to live without a big boy around when you have had one for so many years. It was good for Chauncey because he got the opportunity to be 'big brother' for a few weeks. We relied on him lots.
At church last week (not yesterday but the week before), John Buckley approached me and said he really enjoyed my son. I didn't know which he was refering to but guessed it was Scott since John was obviously from out-of-town. He said he was a good kid and lots of fun. He also said Scott was surrounded by girls everytime he saw him. Not that I was very surprised, but as a mother it sent me to worrying. Scott, of course, said it was just coincidental that the two or three times John had seen him he was catching a ride with a group of girls. I'll be glad to have him home soon, I miss him and need to keep my eye on him as well.
I'm sure you have all heard that Daddy has another sore on his foot and was on crutches again. I'm happy to report that the crutches are gone. The sore is healing well. He still has to be careful to not brake it open again, but we are glad it has done so well. He will have to have surgery again but he is trying to get onto medicaid first so that we can get some help.
AnnaLee has been working the garden for Daddy quite a bit. She keeps the water going and spends hours weeding. It is good for her and she has learned to enjoy it. We don't see much of Ormond these days, his car is legal! Maura, Chauncey, Thomas, and Landon are enjoying the summer but sometimes they wish for school. As all of you have experienced, when school is "in" you want to be out, when school is "out" you want to be in-"the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".
Daddy, Mamma Marion, and AnnaLee helped with the sports at Girls Camp this year. They enjoyed themselves. I heard that the program for Thursday night was wonderful. Wished I could have been there but it didn't work out and instead I enjoyed a mostly quiet weekend with the four youngest. My sister Margaret took Emily's boys and I just enjoyed our children for a few days.
Virginia has reservations for a small group camp site at Bear Lake in August (I think it is the 7,8,and 9). Anyone who would like to join us is welcome. Those of us going will enjoy ourselves and want the rest of you to know that you are missing out.
On this Independence Day I want to express my gratitude for those who have gone before me who have opened the way for my freedoms, those who led our country to freedom, those who opened doors for the resotration of God's gospel, and all who have stood for freedom and truth. I'm grateful to them. I would remind all of you to take the time to reflect on the importance that freedom plays in you life and determin to be a part of maintaining those freedoms you enjoy, stand firm for truth and liberty. Take a few moments and read a story about someone with great statesmanship who has been an inspiration to you, share it with your children.
I love you all. Make it a wonderful day!
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