WHAT A DIFFERENCE 2 YEARS MAKES

2 YEARS

24 MONTHS

731 DAYS

A TIME MY ENTIRE FAMILY STRUGGLED THROUGH,

BUT, CAME OUT EVEN STRONGER.

3-4 MONTH RECAP:

1.  I HAD TO TAKE MY MOM TO TONS AND TONS

OF DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS.

SHE THEN HAD SURGERY.

HER STOMACH HAD BROKEN THROUGH HER DIAPHRAGM.

2.  CAMILLE GAVE BIRTH TO McKENZIE ON JANUARY 17.

HER SECOND CHILD . . . BUT, HER FIRST CHILD WAS 9 YEARS OLD.

3.  HEIDI WAS PREGNANT WITH CHILD #4.

JACOB WAS BORN APRIL 6.

OAKLEY WAS 4 1/2.

ALLYSON & BROOKLYN WERE 2.

HEIDI IS AN RN FOR A HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOSPICE COMPANY.

WHEN SHE WAS ON CALL AND CALLED OUT,

HER MOTHER ALWAYS TENDED THE KIDS.

SHE HAD TO BRING THE KIDS OVER FOR ME TO WATCH,

AS I COULDN'T LEAVE MY MOM.

4.  I WAS GETTING SHOTS IN MY KNEE.

AND THE HARDEST ONE OF ALL:

5.  ASHLEY HAD BRAIN ANEURYSM CLIPPING SURGERY!

THEY CUT YOUR HEAD OPEN, MOVE YOUR BRAIN OVER,

AND CLIP THE ANEURYSM.

JAYCIE WAS 10 1/2, 5TH GRADE.

PRESTON WAS 8, 2ND GRADE.

ADDISON WAS 5 1/2, KINDERGARTEN.

AND, RYKER TURNED 1 ON JANUARY 23.

LAUREL (ASHLEY'S MOM) STAYED WITH ASHLEY'S FAMILY TO HELP.

THEN, KATIE (RN) CAME TO STAY WITH ASHLEY WHILE

LAUREL WENT TO STAY WITH CAMILLE AND NEW BABY

WHEN MARK HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK AT THE

LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

LAUREL THEN STAYED A COUPLE OF MONTHS

TO HELP ASHLEY.  

MY MOM'S SURGERY WAS MARCH 10 AT THE U.

REID STAYED UP AT THE HOSPITAL.

AFTER 5 DAYS IN HOSPITAL, IT WAS 3 WEEKS IN A 

REHAB UNIT IN OUR STAKE.

(WHICH MADE MY KNEE WORSE.  OF COURSE,

SHE WAS THE FARTHEST ROOM AWAY!)
CHRIS & KIM AND McKAY & LORI ALSO HELPED OUT,
AS WELL AS ALL THE GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

PICTURES OF ASHLEY RIGHT AFTER SURGERY,

AND NOW.

(I COULDN'T VISIT AT ALL BECAUSE OF STAYING WITH MY MOM!)

SOOO GLAD WE MADE IT THROUGH THOSE

3-4 MONTHS!