Tuesday, July 14, 2009

More Grand Tetons!

These are so beautiful! On our way to church on Sunday we drove through the Grand Tetons. It was so neat to see them!! I had a horrific headache so I didn't enjoy it much that day...but on Tues on our way out Scott had us drive the LONG way so I could see the Tetons while I was headache free....WOW..I took a bunch of photos of that day too!
With my parents and our family...

The boys going exploring.....as boys will do...
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Mud Pots and Geysers

The mud volcanoes were so neat! But they sure smelt bad!
See the buffalo grazing behind Kaylie??
Our explorer takes a snooze!!
WOW.....look at the amazing view and the geysers!
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More Amazing Mud Pots

This is a bubbling, boiling mud pot! It's amazing, we were sure there were pumps under there, it was just too real!

Kyler was so cute using his binoculars to look at all the amazing animal life and geysers! He's a cutie!


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Friday, July 10, 2009

MRI #6 Tumor Update

Well I've been dragging my feet about posting about my recent MRI on June 23rd. Mostly because I've been so busy and/or sick since moving to Utah, but also since the news isn't anything to get too excited about.

Basically the news on from MRI #6 is the same as MRI #5. The results came back inconclusive. They are not sure if the tumor is growing or shrinking, there are signs that lead them to think it could be either way. So for now we WAIT a few more weeks for my next MRI to see if we can make more conclusions then.

2 weeks ago I had a very intense seizure that left our family in a state of shock. A last minute apt. with my Neurosurgeon confirmed that the swelling in my brain has reached a peak point where I may be only days away from starting back on steroids. The pressure in my brain got really intense during our family vacation in Yellowstone. That was really hard and we realized the high altitude contributed to my pain. I'm now on twice the dosage of Anti-Seizure medication which makes me really, really tired. I'm so blessed to not be on steroids though so I'm grateful for that silver lining.

Keep praying for my tumor to show obvious signs of shrinking. We really need that now.
Thanks for all the love and concern.
Hugs,
Heidi

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Jumping Forward a bit...Mt. Timp

Ok, so yesterday we climbed up Mt. Timpanogos with my parents and brother and the kids. I haven't posted all the Yellowstone photos yet but since I just downloaded Kaylie's camera I thought I'd just post these quickly.

Here we are at the trail head...

A quarter of the way up.....it was quite a hike!
Kyler taking a rest...
Kaylie was a trooper..it was a LONG way to hike!
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More Photos..

We've had a lot of adventures lately! My kids each got to pet some snakes...uck!! I got photos of Kyler and Cam with them....

The kids climbing the wall in Yellowstone..
Kyler enjoyed our trip too..although Mom worried about him falling into bubbling mudpots or running off the trails. It was quite a challenge at times...next time we do a big trip we'll wait till he's a bit older!
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Castle Geysers

Dallyn, Cameron, Scott and Kaylie went to see some more geysers one afternoon after Kyler and I were worn out--so we headed back to camp. Here are some photos Scott took of their adventures!!



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