Arizona visit for Joe and Jessica

We loved having Joe and Jessica here.  They had never been down here to visit and we were so happy they made it down!  We picked oranges, went on lots of little hikes, bike rides, and playing lots of games.  We love the both of them so much and we’re grateful the made the trip down!

 

Happy 18th Birthday Jason

I can’t believe that Jason is 18!  These past 18 years have been the most fun, and such an honor to have this amazing spirit in our home.  Jason has really grown and stretched himself over the past couple of years.  He has done hard things and has trusted in the Lord.  We have loved every minute with him!  Can’t wait to see what lies ahead for him!!

 

January Little Things

Dentist appointments for Eliza.  Her gums have been swollen and red since getting her braces off.  She has been a trooper with all her appointments!

Jason got into BYU Idaho!  We are excited for him to attend the school after his mission!

MLK Day fun!  We went to Top Golf!

Jason turned in his mission papers!!  

 

Happy 43rd Birthday

I had a great birthday!  The kids decorated the kitchen for me and we went out to dinner!  It was just a nice relaxing day.  Mom and Dad sent me this yummy chocolate cake!  Another year older and I hope wiser too!

 

Merry Christmas 2019

 Our 4 sweet kids waiting to come downstairs to see what Santa brought!

 Lucy loved her big bear.  She named him Honey!

 Eliza and her love for everything sloth and Air Pods

 Anne Air Pods and lots of clothes and hair stuff.

 Jason clothes and Air Pods too.

Max also enjoyed his gift of dog snacks for Grandma Young!

It was a wonderful Christmas and we enjoyed being together as a family! 

We are ready to take on 2020 and are excited for the new year to come!

Christmas Eve

 Our main goal was to get trained and prove to the nurses and Dr that we were ready to take home Lucy on Christmas Eve.  That morning at the hospital Santa had come and dropped off gifts for all the kids that were in the hospital on Christmas.  Lucy and all our kids received presents from wonderful people in the community!  It was just amazing!

 At the hospital, the kids did their gift exchange with each other.

 Mike and I finally passed the Diabetes test and we took Lucy home Christmas Eve afternoon!  How grateful I am for Mike and the partner I have in helping Lucy through this throughout her life.

 That evening we had our Christmas Eve dinner and Dad got the almond and opened the family gift.

 Christmas Eve Jammies

 That night Santa came!

Lucy's Diabetes

 The week after Lucy's birthday she got sick with the flu.  She was home from school for a couple of days, but we felt she never fully recovered from it.  She started losing weight, going to the bathroom a lot, super emotional, and was thirsty all the time.  I knew something was wrong, but I just thought she was still recovering from the flu.  One evening Mike commented to me that he was worried too.  It was just what I needed to really get the ball rolling in figuring out what was wrong with her.  I looked up her symptoms and all her symptoms pointed to Diabetes.  The next morning we woke up and we took her to the insta care to voice our concern and have her blood sugars checked.  Her blood sugar was at 330 at 8am.  They told us to immediately take her to Phoenix Children's, Lucy had diabetes.  We took her straight to the ER.  Mike and I were trying to be strong for Lucy, but we both her devasted inside for our sweet little girl.  She was diagnosed with diabetes at the hospital and admitted into the ICU.

I had some pretty incredible spiritual experiences while at the hospital.  I knew that the Savior was aware of Lucy and of this trial, she would go through.  I felt his arms around me that day and felt the enabling power of the atonement strengthen me in my ability to take care of her as her mother.  I felt the power of covenants that I had made and that Lucy had made at her baptism that gave us power to be strong and knowledgeable about managing Diabetes.  How grateful I am for Savior and his grace!

 Lucy spent a couple of hours in the ICU so they could monitor her and get her stable.  That night she was moved to the diabetes floor.

 This was Lucy the next morning.  All smiles and looking and feeling so much better with her blood sugars in better control.  We woke up and jumped into Diabetes training.  The nurses and doctors at the hospital were amazing and patient with us as we learned.

 Lucy loved Phoenix Children's.  She got gifts, crafts, watched movies, and got to meet a professional Soccer player down in the game room.  It was an incredible place to be for a couple of days.

Here was our learning board.  This is how we would figure out how much insulin to give Lucy.