Spring Fling

March 15, 2007, Jessica went on her first date. She went with Matt Schroeder, a friend and young man in our ward. It was Spring Fling (a school dance). The weather was more like winter it was snowing pretty hard. Kelly and I drove Jessica and Matt and another couple. They had a total of six couples in their group. They started off with a day activity, the girls dressed up funny and they played dodge ball and ate pizza for lunch. Then all of the girls went to Cameo and had their hair done. They ate dinner at the Spaghetti Factory before the dance. They all had fun and they all looked so nice dressed up. Afterwords they watched a movie at Pelar's house (one of the girls in the group).

Spencer's Mission Call

Today Spencer attended a funeral service for his friend Garrick Hable who passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008. Spencer was a pallbearer for his 18 year old wrestling team mate and friend. It was a very sad day and Garrick will be missed. When Spencer arrived home he had a large envelop from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints waiting for him that suspiciously looked like a mission call. He had to wait for all of the family to get home before he could open it -he almost wore a hole in the floor. At 5:30 everyone finally got home and he opened the call… he will be serving in the Chile Concepcion, Spanish speaking, Mission. He will enter the Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah June 11, 2008. Spencer is extremely excited and wishes he could go sooner. We love Spencer so much and know he is going to be a great missionary. We appreciate his good example and his willingness to serve.

Day 25 and Snowshoing

Today was such a gorgeous day! Kelly decided he wanted to take me on a walk today. We went up Big Cottonwood Canyon and snowshoed for an hour. I'm not sure if this is exactly what the Dr. ordered but it was 50 degrees and beautiful! We saw a moose and it felt really good to be up in the mountains, hiking around and breathing in that fresh air. I hope Kelly will sleep well tonight. I know I will.
Isaac went to Las Vegas this morning for a Lacross Tournament this weekend - We hope he does well and has a lot of fun.

Day 24 of Transplant

Kelly had a doctors appointment today and everything is looking good. His counts are slowing coming up and the doctors are excited about his progress (so are we). He still feels very sick to his stomach, is weak, and doesn't have a lot of energy which is pretty normal. He needs to drink 3 quarts of liquid a day, eat lots of small meals, and go on daily walks. He doesn't have to wear his mask outside if its not windy and can go out to eat but can't have any fresh veggies. He enjoyed a hamburger from Crown Burger today for lunch but he missed the lettuce and tomato. He does have to wear the mask around people and in crowds. He is not allowed to do yard work but was caught yesterday trimming bushes. I have my work cut out for me!

Where in the world will he be called?

Spencer's papers for his mission have been sent in! Where do you think he'll be sent? We will let you know his destination in less than two weeks! (March 5, 2008)

Kelly's Homecoming

Kelly was released from the hospital today! He was able to get out because he engrafted so quickly. We brought the pharamcy home with us and hope to keep everything straight. He spent a total of 21 long days in the hospital. We are all tired and hope to get to bed early tonight!

Day 12 of Transplant

Kelly's body is doing what it is supposed to be doing. Kelly is engrafted! Which means the new stem cells have made it back home in the bone and are producing blood. He is feeling better than he did a few days ago and will continue getting better every day. His body has been through a lot and it will slowly heal itself and could take up to a year for him to fully recover. Yesterday they took him off his feeding tube and switched all his I.V. medications to oral. He is no longer teathered to his I.V. pole and is enjoying his freedom. He is still retaining fluid so he gets to wear these cute stockings. Since his last chemo treatment his hair had grown about 1/4" and he was even thinking about shaving but with this round of chemo and transplant it is all falling out again. He has been in the hospital for 20 days and is ready to go home. He is trying to eat and drink and do everything they tell him so he can get home as quickly as possible.