I Learned How to Spell Aneurysm

Most of you already know that my mom has 2 brain aneurysms. She started having double vision and went to see an eye doctor about it. He had her get an MRI and they found what they thought to be a large aneurysm behind her right eye. Another test found a second, smaller aneurysm deep in the left side of her brain that was far more dangerous than the first one. Last week she had that second aneurysm repaired with a stint and coil. This week they attempted to repair the large one behind her eye. She will go back in about a month so they can finish that repair. Dr. Ahuja was awesome! It is amazing that they can fix these things with a catheter in her blood vessel!

Owen and I flew back, and Cammy and Garrett drove up to be with mom during the first few days.

This is mom's favorite nurse Enaas.


My Grandma got to meet her newest Great-Grandbaby. I snapped this picture right after Owen filled his pants. I love Grandma's expression of surprise after the blow-out.

I did more sitting around than I have done in years! No boys to chase after!

Meeting Uncle Garrett with big grins.

Mom got to go home for a few days in between the surgeries.

A few missing from this family picture!!!

Jason had the boys for the 5 days I was gone. My sister-in-law DeAnne watched the boys while Jason was working. (Thank YOU!!!) When I was talking to Jason the night before I returned, he told me that they were missing me because they had no clean clothes, no clean dishes, and no food in the house. But he was just teasing me, because when I got home the laundry was all done, the dishes were all clean, and there were still some condiments in the fridge. :) Also, he had said that he didn't really get a chance to work on building our house because of having to watch the boys. He was bluffing about that too, because they had finished all the exterior walls in the lower level. We should be ready for floor joists by Monday! :)

Happy 30th Birthday to my big sister!!!! Oh wait...that's Happy "29th" Birthday again. :)

Pre-Wedding

We're on our way!

Lisa and Owen

Sue and Owen

Johnny and Owen

Brian and Owen

The Happy Couple

Lichen and Owen

Tristan the lion

Jason giving Julie away

DeAnne made these cute signs for the nieces and nephews to hold. The funny part is this is Uncle Sam, and they are getting a new Uncle Sam.

They had to practice this part A LOT!

The Wedding

Jane from Australia

Uncle Burt

Don't be confused, this is Dan, Sam's identical twin!

Ashlyn the flower girl

Here Comes the Bride!

Tristan and Caleb held her train.

The boys

Sweet picture of Ashlyn and Leah

The girls

All of the sisters sang "You Look So Good in Love" with re-written words to fit the occasion. It was a surprise, but Julie loved it! We had another funnier version that we sang at the reception.

All that practicing paid off!

Beautiful fruit centerpiece that Bonnie made.

Wade and his cousin Kaylee

All the family, both sides!

The Sandersons

I love this picture! This is Sam's side of the family. His mom and dad, his two sisters with their husbands, Sam and Julie, and of course poor Dan pouting in the corner. :)

All of the nieces and nephews laughing at Uncle Jason who was acting like a gorilla to get the kids to smile and laugh. :)

The Sanderson boys threatening to dump Sam into the river. :)

Aww!

Jason gave a speech.

Not to be outdone by the girls in the family, the men sang "You Are My Sunshine."

This is the car that Sam's mom and dad drove away from their wedding in, his sisters followed suit, so of course Sam and Julie had to leave in this car that's named Panda.

Smiles!

Owen has been smiling for about 2 weeks now, but has been difficult to capture. I finally got one!