Vehar Family

There has been this family that has been here with us with their son. He also had a fall (from a skateboard). They are taking him off life support right now. His injury was so bad that there was nothing they could do for him. I went over to his Dad and talked to him and told him that we were sorry. He said that he couldn't understand why it was his son that had to pass. So we decided to give them a Book of Mormon with our Testimony in it. They loved it and cried with us. I will have to tell more of the story later cause it is really neat but my brain is too tired right now to think. I am grateful that I had the chance to do that!

My Sister Christy

These past few days have been some of the hardest days of my families lives. I have thought some other "petty" stuff has been the hardest of my life but have come to realize that that is all it really is "petty stuff". Don't take things for granted cause one day a simple fall can change the rest of your life.

Saturday my sister Christy fell down her steep, hardwood, slick stairs and fractured her skull. Her husband, Dustin found her after returning home from the store. She wasn't acting "right" so he called his brother that just graduated as an MD and he told him that whether it was shock or a brain trauma, she needed to be checked out. He did know thought that she would require stitches to the back of her head. He took her to American Fork Hospital where they did a CT scan which showed a bruise on the brain. They told us that they didn't have a neurosurgeon there that would be able to take care of her injuries so they transported her by ambulance with lights and sirens to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center where they did another CT scan that showed that her blood on the brain (bruise) was worse than before so they needed to do surgery on her. 3 hours later they finished the surgery and did another CT scan that showed another spot that had blood on it that needed to be removed so back into surgery she went. 2 hours later that surgery was finished and another CT scan was done again. For the third time there was another spot that showed up and so back into the OR again. 2 more hours and finally no more "worry some" spots. She was taken up to ICU where we were able to, two at a time, see her. Her face was so swollen we could hardly recognize her, plus all the tubes etc. that was attached to her. (breathing tube, 3 drains from the surgery site, feeding tube) Plus others I am not sure what they are for. Her eyes aren't dilated which is a good sign and she is following commands most of the time. She isn't out of the woods yet but there are a lot of people that are praying for her and she is a strong person. We probably won't know what lasting effects this will cause, if any, but we will be there to support her, Dustin, and Ryker where ever they need us. We know that whatever is meant to be will be the right thing even if it is not the answer we are wanting.

I am thankful to know of our Heavenly Father and Jesus has a plan for us and he loves us and Christy. I am also Thankful to know that Families are Forever and that is the Greatest gift ever!

We love you Christy! Keep up your fight.

Remember When August 14th 2008

This is another one I found

Thursday, August 14, 2008 I Remember When.... I lay in bed tonight not being able to sleep. For some reason I am thinking of all the things I remember throughout my life so far and thought that I should write them down... They aren't necesarily in order but it's what I remember.

I Remember When... I remember when... I was around 6 years old I had to go to the bathroom and I was in my swimsuit so I just sat on the curb and peed in the gutter. My friends brother rode past on his bike saying "I saw that". LOL

I remember when.... I was mean to the next door neighbor because she was so mean to me. ( I won't say what I did, just know it was pretty bad) Sorry!

I remember when... These same kids kept taking my sunglasses away from me so I went crying to my dad. He told me to tell them " If you do it again my dads going to kick your butt to the moon." I really thought he could.

I remember when... I cracked my head open when I fell off a trailer and then I ran into a tree because I couldn't see where I was going with all the blood running down my face.

I remember when... I saw a little boy playing in his dads truck and put it into gear, as it rolled back he fell out and went under the tire and got run over. My friend and I called the police.

I remember when... On the first day of kindergarten I got the flu and couldn't go to school so I didn't get my box of crayons. I was so sad.

I remember when... The people upstairs in our apartment was supposed to be babysitting us, left us alone because they "FORGOT" that we were there. Yeah Right.

I remember when... I went boating with my friends family and we were swimming. I couldn't swim back to the boat so my friends brother had to come rescue me.

I remember when... I went 4-wheeling on ice and it tipped over onto my leg.

I remember when... My mean Aunt was babysitting while mom was in the hopsital having a baby. I threw up all over her carpet. I told her I didn't feel very good and not make me eat the macaroni & cheese with hotdogs...YUCK!

I remember when... We were at my Aunts sitting in dads truck waiting for mom someone put the truck in gear and we rolled down a hill next to a pasture. I thought the horses were going to eat me.

I remember when... I had a birthday party and everyone was SO MEAN to me. I won't say names, they know who they are. I still wonder if they even still like me.

I remember when... I wore one of Teresas shirts, she was so mad that she pushed me down the stairs. I still love her though.

I remember when... Going to work with my dad watching him do CPR on a kid that was almost dead, when he came to he threw up all over my dad. When we went back to the "office" I saw his "missing person" poster on the wall of missing kids.

I remember when... Dad told me I needed to give my blanket to the cat because she was cold, so I did. What a LIAR! LoL (no wonder my kids love blankets)

I remember when... The day I told my "best friends" I was pregnant. They pretty much stopped talking to me. They were "TO GOOD" for me. What "best friends" they turned out to be. Same "friends" that were supposed to come to my house for a get together but they ditched me instead. I waited and waited then finally called one of their houses and the mom said that they went up to temple square. I guess I am not good enough to go with them since I got pregnant?????

I remember when... I was riding my bike at my cousins school flying through the air because I went over steps.

I remember when... I got left at my cousin Saras house. I watched as my family drove by.

I remember when... It was the 4th of July at Aunt Judys house and doing fireworks. One almost hit my Uncle... going to school the next day I had to write a book about something and I wrote how he had almost got hit by a firework and could have died. When I got home from school, my parents had told me he had got killed. I couldn't believe it. He was such a good person. I still have that "book".

I remember when... I went to visit grandma because she had been sick and a couple days later she had passed away... I sure do miss her.

I remember when... Going to visit grandma and grandpa, her telling dad that she "will give us a sandwich if she wants to and he can't stop her"

I remember when... We would go visit grandpa he would be sitting at the kitchen table with his bowl full of cucumbers and vinegar. YUM

I remember when... Grandpa would come over and play his guitar and sing to us. I miss him so bad, it doesn't feel like 4 1/2 years. I wish we could have been "closer" than we were. Also that I wouldn't have waited until the last day of his life to visit him in the hospital. I should have visited him way more often. I miss his singing!

I remember when... I had just got my lisence, going to my friends house, getting a flat tire and crying because I thought my dad was going to kill me, but instead he just said "It's just a flat tire"

I remember when... Dakota got his head stuck in the rail to the stairs because his head is so BIG! I thought I was going to have to call the fire department. I just pushed him the rest of the way through. Luckily he is skin and bones. LoL

I remember when... Samantha was turning blue because she was choking on a marble or a bead, being so scared. Not remembering the heimlich on my own child even though I have been trained.

I remember when... I was pregnant Dakota got behind the wheel of the van, even though it wasn't running or the keys weren't in it, him being able to put it in neutral, me chasing it as it rolled down my inlaws driveway.

I remember when... I was having a really bad day and my dad being able to talk to me making things all better.

Silly Samantha - July 11th 2007

This is from a entry I did that I found... I wanted to make sure I kept it! Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Silly Samantha Well we went to the grocery store today. I put Sammy in the cart and we began our weekly shopping. Those of you who know Samantha know that she can not hold her feet still its like she is nervous or something, anyways while we were shopping every once in a while she would cry like something was wrong and for the life of me I could not figure out why so I pretty much just ignored it. Well as we were at the checkout I had Shelby push the cart over by the Service Counter and she cried again and when I looked at her I noticed that her foot was STUCK between the bars and could not get it out. Chad went over to see if he could get it out but could not. Then all the people at the service desk were freakin out and called the Manager to "the front of the store ASAP" I finished paying for my groceries and went to see if I could help. Her foot would not budge. I then thought "great they're going to have to call the Fire Dept. to get it out" But I had one more trick up my sleeve (not really a trick) but I grabbed the two bars that her foot was between and pulled away from her foot. Thankfully even though they didnt move too much, it was enough to get her tiny foot out. Come to find out she did this exact same thing to my mom the other day but it didnt get stuck as bad as it did today. I hope this is the last time she tries this as a way to get attention LOL! What a little stinker. She was all smiles after! :)

Stregth of a Mother :)

Kids Hair Styles

I found this AWESOME website that shows you how to do different designs on kids' hair. I was so Excited! I haven't been very good at doing my kids hair in cute ways but now I have learned a thing or two. Here are some pictures of some that I have done.

This is Shelby's friend Skyllar. She asked me if I would do her hair too after I had done all the other kids. Her hair is PERFECT for doing.

This is Savanah's friend Raia. She said "I wish my mom could do my hair like that" so I offered to do her hair too. I think it turned out CUTE!

Savanah

Samantha. I LOVE this too!

Savanah again.

OLD TO NEW!

Chad's job has some benefits. Like this little Charmer....

It is really nice the way it looks but I wanted to spruce it up a little so I had

Chad get to work.

This is what we came up with......

I absolutely LOVE IT!

On the top of the Entertainment Center is a Candle type thing that is also one of his finds. I just need to add something to it I just don't know what to add.....

YET!

My whole house needs some Sprucing Up. I can't wait to do it!

The BEST part of this is

IT WAS ALL FREE!

Who doesn't like free?

Don't even know what to call it!

This past week has been one crazy week! Actually the whole month for me is one I don't ever want to re-live. I have been physically, mentally and emotionally drained of all the things that has been happening....

Last month we had a gas leak in our front yard that we would never had known about if it wasn't for Questar's routine checks. We got evacuated from the house for 8+ hours, plus the neighbors on each side of me. They fixed the leak which happened to be caused by the sub contractor "forgot" to put in a "o-ring" in the pipe. Come to find out this leak has been leaking for as long as we have been living here which is almost 2 years. I am beyond shocked that NOTHING serious happened. We lit off fireworks in our yard, we planted a tree right next to the spot that was leaking 2 months prior and were using a Pick Axe to break up the ground, hitting rocks, making sparks in the process. How nothing happened I will never know.

JULY 29th 2010

My grass and my brand new tree continued to die, beyond die, my grass was "balding" in spots. So I called Questar again because I was nervous that it may still be leaking. They came out and we got evacuated AGAIN! This time it was because there were "gas pockets" left trying to escape still. They will eventually replace my tree and grass. Hopefully it won't take too long because I HATE how my front yard looks now.

This is not the only thing that happened this day, UNFORTUNATELY. Right before being able to come back into my home I hear sirens. I thought they were farther away than they really were. They were at the house right behind me. My neighbor called 911 because her 11 yr old daughter "passed out" and had blood coming out of her nose, ears and mouth. They rushed her by ambulance with lights and sirens while doing chest compressions on her. She didn't make it to the hospital. I can't even describe my feelings of pain, sorrow, and love for my neighbors. I went over there with her mom after the ambulance left. I can't even imagine how the mother was feeling. She was crying uncontrollably and then she got a phone call back from her husband. Now she has to re-live it again to tell him what is happening. By this time they did not know that she had passed.

I feel truly blessed that I was able to tuck my kids in that night and give them a kiss. I didn't know this girl that well and I regret it very much and it reminds me that I may know a LOT of my neighbors but I need to do a better job of getting to know them. A lot of my neighbors around here say that I know everyone, but I don't know them like I would like to. I definitely i am going to do a better job of getting to know everyone because I don't ever want this feeling EVER again!

Unfortunately that is not the last thing that happened... Earlier in the morning I remember seeing the Animal control Officer and an Ambulance but neither of them had lights nor sirens on so I didn't think anything of it. Come to find out when we were all over with the little girl that a family in our ward went in to wake their mom up and found her not breathing. She was put on life support but only lived a couple days. Her funeral is this Friday that I am planning on attending. I feel so sad for the family. She was a "young" mother at 50, too young to die in my opinion.

So like I said I am full of emotions this past little while and I pray every day that things will turn around for our neighborhood. I know I for one could use some good things to happen. We have had a lot of babies born though, but with our ward if we go without a birth in a week it is shocking. LOL

I am thankful for my family, my home, and all that I have. It may not be much but I have what I love the Most and that is FAMILY!