April 2010

Brian and Jessica’s newsletter entry

March has been a whirlwind month! It started with our Meet the Family Weekend Adventure which included seven different families in two different states in a mere 48 hours. First, we flew to Utah and met up with Becky, Christian, and my sister Kristin for a night of BYU fun…men’s volleyball followed by ice cream because that’s what you do when you’re in Provo. We stayed with Kristin that night, and then had breakfast with my cousin before driving up to spend some more time with the Weavers before heading back to the airport. From there, we flew to Boise where we were met by Mark, Rachel, and Alyssa at the airport. After we picked up some Papa John’s Pizza (of course), we headed over to Mom and Dad Sawyer’s. My first concern was winning over Emily and Lauren who weren’t quite sure about this whole Brian getting married business…but a bag full of candy and gum did the trick. In addition to Mark’s clan, Amy and her family were in town, and we were happy to see Jazi again who had just visited us in Cali. Peggy rounded out the crew and I quickly felt very welcomed by everyone there. I also enjoyed seeing pictures of Brian from across his childhood J Coming from a small family, I very much enjoyed the energy that a bazillion children will bring to any situation. However, I did have to sleep for about 12 hours the night we got back to California!! The next weekend, my sister Lindsay visited us in California. I think my mother was a bit jealous that my sisters got to meet Brian pre-wedding and since then has planned a quick trip out west…she comes next weekend!

In the midst of all the family fun, Brian and I have managed to plan the most important parts of the wedding and have started the process of cleaning out my apartment and moving in most of his things. I am very happy to have a Carole Sawyer original hanging on my wall! My cats are a tad traumatized by all of the commotion, but probably not as traumatized as Brian at the thought of living with his new furry friends. We also found time to attend Round 1 and 2 of the NCAA tournament in San Jose…6 games in 2 days. Well, I should say 5 ½ games because we left the last one early to watch BYU vs. K-State …we won’t say anything more about that…or mention Cornell beating my Big Red….or talk at all about my bracket…

Only 6 weeks until the wedding!! We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Hardings
Things have been so crazy! I guess that shows you that I have been running around in circles doing dishes, changing diapers, potty training, working, laundry, groceries, church, etc. Life has just seemed hectic. Oh yeah, This month everyone has taken their turn on being sick except me. Well, I at least didn't get the virus that has been running around our house. One night Kimberly was so congested that I slept with her in the recliner and she decided to stop breathing for a little bit. She finally started breathing again on her own so I didn't work about it. Then she did it again, so I took her into the ER. I guess she was just choking because she was just congested. So, I took Kimberly into the Bronchiolitis Clinic to get suctioned out. That helped make our nights a lot more pleasant.

Oh yeah, Bishop Bowler came by our house and helped will dig out the old grass in our front lawn and layed down grass and compost. Now we have a black front yard and a 1 ton truck full of dirt and dead grass. Will and I took it to the dump and shovled it out, in the rain. Let me tell you that was a workout. I am so excited for our grass to grow in. Our bishop is an amazing person. Seriously, that to a lot of time and effort on his part.

We were a little disappointed that everyone was sick because we were excited to get out of town for a little bit and visit with family. So instead of leaving on Wednesday we stalled hoping everyone would get better before we left. Thankfully everyone was feeling quite a bit better by friday, so we headed up north to visit with Mom & Dad Sawyer. We had a great time and are so grateful for everyone that came to visit. It was nice to meet Jessica ("Brian's Jessica) and to see Brian. Kaleb had so much fun playing with Eric. He has never just ran into a house and played with kids before. Kaleb was oblivious to the fact that I was even in the house when he was playing. He definately misses Idaho. Some of the ladies(Peggy, Rachel, Alisa, Jessica and Emily went shopping with me to help me find a nice interviewing suit. It was fun to get some opinions and help picking out clothes. Will had a good ol' time playing on the tractor at Mark's house while I hopped back and forth visiting.

Dad & Mom were such troopers even though they couldn't do a ton. They even managed to take care of the twins while I was at Mark & Rachels house. I am so glad that my kids can be able to play with Grandma & Grandpa. Thank you everyone for the fun visit!

The other nice thing about going to Idaho is on the way up and on the way back there is family to visit and spend the night when there is a crazy snow storm. We just hit a few snow flurries on the way home and then we decided to stop to avoid driving in the crazy snow down south. I'm sorry Weavers! We will be sure to catch up with you next time we are up!

I have been on the search again for a Clinic Manager position around St George. I didn't get the Southern Utah Behavior Health Clinic, but I got a call to apply for a growing Pain and Spine Clinic. So we will see how that one goes. The interview should hopefully be in the next couple weeks. Well, that is about it for now.

The twins have been growing up so fast. They are both around 18 pounds and healthy. We had a fun scare with Kimberly last month where she stopped breathing on us in the middle of the night, but all is well now. Thomas has learned to crawl, sit up and is working on pulling himself up on things. Kimberly is working on crawling but can sit up by herself. It has definatley been an adventure to keep up with this kids.

Love,
Will, Amy, Kaleb, Thomas and Kimberly

Weavers

Our months have been so busy. We started off with Brian and Jessica coming out. They already mentioned the BYU fun we had. It was great to see Brian and to meet Jessica. I can't wait to go to their wedding.

Right after they left, we Cait had surgery to get tubes. It went very well. She is doing great. We have seen so many improvements. She is really a happy little girl when she isn't in pain all the time. She also started walking and thinks that she can run.

The weather is trying to get nicer so Christian and I have been going out and playing catch. Just getting ready for softball season that will be starting at the end of April.

Christian has been climbing on his climbing wall trying to get ready for some outdoor climbing.

Brenten had a hearing test and we found out he is pretty much deaf. He is getting his second set of tubes and allergy testing at the end of the month. Hopefully his surgery will go just as well as Caits.

I will write more next month.