birthday's

There are so many birthdays this month, so Happy Birthday to all of you. I hope Abby and Megan had good birthdays, and Zachary's is tomorrow and he'll be a teenager. Already? How time flies. Kimberly's is the 15th, Stephanies is the 18th, Clyde's is the 21st, Kristin's is the 30th, and that's not counting the anniversaries and there are several. So just know that I am thinking of you and I love all of you very much.
Debbie I will try to have someone with computer knowledge print some of the pictures. I hope Justin is doing well. Much LOVE, Granny

Its all History from here

Hey all.
I was over at moms today and I came across a history that dad wrote in 1964 and 1965 that I had never seen. I love these stories. So, I have added it to the bottom of the Don Hymas Lindsay History Blog. I dated it Wednesday, March 13, 2002 so that it would come after his other history. There is a link to it on the left side of this blog or www.donhymaslindsayhistory.blogspot.com

Baby Shower

Hi family! We are going to be having a baby shower to welcome Dan and Dianna's sweet new baby Daphne to our family. She is such a beautiful, good baby. I just love her to pieces!

The shower is going to be on the 31st of March at my mom and dad's house. It'll be Open House style and the hours are from 11:00 am - 2 pm.

Dan and Dianna will be registering at Wal-mart and Target. I know that they are trying to get a crib, so any donations toward that cause would be greatly appreciated.

If you have any questions please call me or my mom or you can send me an e-mail if you don't have my number. My e-mail address is elisa_moulton@hotmail.com

Family

I know this is belated but I want to give a few Thank You's for this past weekend. First of all, I had a blast and I'm so thankful for the Blessing of Family.

Mom - Thank you for being such a great Mom and for continually watching out for each of us.

Shirley - Thank you for directing and supporting your Siblings.

Dennis - Thanks for putting the Pictures together. PLEASE SEND ME A CD if its not too late. I walked out without one and I really wanted to get one to my clan who couldn't make it.

Wes - Thanks for the Skype connection - It was fun to catch up with Andrea and have her with us.

Jess - Thank you for the Zumba work out. It was especially entertaining watching Dennis dance. (He's really very good. I hope someone got video of it!)

Everyone else - Thanks for coming and adding to the magic mix that is our family.

Special Request #1:

I know many of you have posted lots of pics on your FB pages but can someone please load some pics on the Blog for us? I'm going to print a bunch off and send with the family letters to the Grandkids that could not make it. I wanted to include a couple pages of pictures with that for those who do not have easy access to computers.

Special Request #2:

Do we have any plans for a Family Reunion this year? Can we combine something with Cody's wedding? I know Becky was telling me how much she wishes everyone would just pick her to organize the reunion. Out of respect and love for Becky, I say we do it!!!

Special Request #3:

Seriously, if someone has a video of the Zumba, please post it. I need a home workout video and Dennis had the perfect tempo for me:)

Much Love

Kevin

Unique Birthday

After all, how many people do you know who conclude their 80th birthday party by having a Zumba class??

Connie and Kimberly, Loved your comments!

Count for the party

I wish I had a count of how many of the family were there Saturday! Sure was great! We missed those who couldn't come. Thanks for everyone's help! It was GREAT!!

Open House

TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FAMILY: I thank you all for the wonderful Open House you put on for me. It turned out so great and there were so many people there, besides my own family. I know you worked hard and put out hard earned money on my behalf. I just can't find the words to thank you enough. It was so good to have all my own kids there and many of my sweet grandchildren and great grandchildren. They are all so beautiful and special to me. Also my sons and daughters-in-law. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I love you all more than I can put into words.
Mom, Grandma, and Great grandma.

b-day

I hope you had a super good birthday, Wes. You were cute as a baby and I have some pic's, but you know me, I don't know how to install them. But, YOU'RE GETTING OLD!!! Love you much.
Your Mommy

Happy 11th actual birthday of our brother Wes!!

Happy Birthday to our brother Wes!!

We only get to celebrate his birthday every 4 years, so lets celebrate!!! Happy birthday Wes!! You are wonderful!! I don't even have a cute picture of him when he was little, or any pictures! Trust me when I say, he was adorable. From a big sister who knows!

Jen

I heard from Clyde and Jen's surgery went well. Now I hope Debbie's goes as well tomorrow. I hope Kevin or someone there will let me know.

I really enjoyed Kerri & Jason (and family) stopping in yesterday (sunday) for a little while. They came to Rupert for Jason's parents farewell. (mission) I probably won't see them as often now that his parents are leaving. Granny

sunday

It is always so good to hear from my family. Thank you. I am soooo looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend. I know some of you won't be able to come, but we'll all be thinking of the absent ones. Thanks for the picture of Erika. She is sure growing up, as I'm sure all of them are. I think Shirley and some of the others are working non stop on the weekend activities. It makes me feel guilty because I usually like to get my fingers in the "pie", and nobody will let me. I appreciate everything you are all doing for me. You are all so special to me and I love all one hundred and twenty (?) of you. I think that's a pretty fair estimate. If you don't believe it, count them up.
I hope Justin is doing well. I know he'll be laid up for some time yet, but he'll make it . And I hope Jennifer and Debbie have success with their surgical procedures this week. My prayers are with you all. Randy & Sharyn have worked themselves to death taking care of Sharyn's mother. Well, I must say goodnight. I lave you all. Granny

New Pet

This is Erika's new pet. A leopard gecko! She's so pretty. This is not the best pic but you get the idea... Erika turned 11 yesterday and I can hardly believe she is that old! It goes to show how much I love this girl that I let her get a pet that requires crickets to eat. blah!

Nursing school is going great, though I have NO extra time, whatsoever and I can't wait to see all of you by Skype at Grandma's birthday party!!

So far Florida is wonderful! Best of all no snow :) Hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine's Day! Mine was awesome. Watched the sunset on the beach :)
Here is a couple pictures for my granny the rest are on Facebook. Love you granny!

oops!! spelled Mikala's name wrong in previous post -- sorry! Comes from having a lot of nieces and nephews ;)

Goooooo..... Mikayla!

Wow for Mikayla! Though I think she should wear a neon yellow outfit so we can follow her :)

Justin is healing slowly. In about 3 months, he will start walking. He is doing really well and the doctor is pleased with his young body surviving trauma! So is his mama!!

Lisa doing a rotation in gyn/ob here in Eburg. She is really enjoying it. Plus I get to see her (when I am here)

Did Cassie get all that snow that hit Denver?

This is Minico's show cheer. They took first in all three routines that they competed in and qualified for State, which will be in Boise. They will be going to California later this month and will compete there as well. Minico did AwEsOmE. We are so proud of Mikala. They work hard.

80th Birthdays don't come every day!!

Note: It is Grandma Lindsay's 80th birthday on Saturday, March 3 and we are partying...still have not settled on what we are doing, but we have the church to do it in (from 12-4 at this time). If we need more time, that's a possibility too!

This is her actual birthday. So, Hopefully, you can write the date down and try to plan to be there. As we decide on more information, we will let you know! Love all of you. Shirley

Trophies

Boy oh boy, do I ever remember those Pinewood Derbies. With 8 boys, we had our share of them. But they were a lot of fun (and hard work.)
We'll just call you the "Trophy Family".
I don't remember how many of our boys won trophies, but we had them sitting around the house for a lot of years.
Thanks for the pic's, Jess. How is the Zumba going?? OXOX Granny

Ty's Pinewood Derby. :)

Ty's Pinewood Derby.  :)

 The boys. 

Papa, Ty and Kaylie.

Ty had a migraine at this point and had a hard time enjoying the whole winning and award ceremony. :( He was such a good sport doing the award ceremony and pics feeling as awful as he did.
After this pic Papa took him out to the truck to lay down.

 

Ty kissing his trophy. :)
Migraine is FINALLY gone and he can enjoy the reward for all the hard work.

Kaylie doing a headstand to celebrate brother winning First Place. :)

Proud boy with his trophy and car.

 haha. Kaylie had to go get her gymnastics trophy to sleep with so she had a trophy also. :)

b-day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DENNIS, YOU OLD MAN, 56, i BELIEVE. Then tomorrow is Josh's. He not old yet though, 30, I think, You have a happy one as well. Then the next day is a BIG HAPPY
BIRTHDAY FOR MIKALA, and she is younger yet, but is legal now (18). hOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE as well.
Dan & Diana should have had that beautiful, precious little Daphne a day later, to fall on Grandpa's birthday. She needed a birthday of her own anyway. She is just adorable.
OXOX, Granny

Ellensburg being renamed to Snowburg!

Oh my goodness -- what a cute chunk of cheeks there, Daphne! So glad to see the pics and read the good news. Keep us posted on her update :)

I am home for a couple of days. Justin is doing awesome. It will be several months of recovery but he will recover! We have been blessed with so many miracles and tender mercies that last week. We are so incredibly grateful we still have Justin to love here on earth!

Justin's girlfriend, Jess, will be able to help him out Tues-Fri, and Kevin and I will alternate the weekends for a few more weeks.

His femur was broken clear though, the "ball" of the joint was shattered, and the hip is roughed up but not broken. No arterial damage, no head trauma, no internal trauma. Just really bruised and sore. Utility poles have no give in them when hit! He should be able to walk again in 3 months. He will be out of work at least for 3 months. Basically pretty much flat on his back for 6 weeks. He now has a setup like an old grandpa! His walker, crutches, portable potty, etc :)

Maddie and I started for home last night but the pass was closed due to avalanches and 14" more inches of snow. So we finally found a vacancy (I was feeling a lot of compassion for Joseph and Mary about 9pm last night!) in Issaquah. We took off this morning and finally made it home after more miles of slush, ice, snow, etc on the pass. But any day you don't have to chain up is a good day :) :) Kevin is in Alaska until Friday. Very cold there. Krista is safe and warm in NYC, and Lisa and Brian found an absolute adorable little house they can afford to rent in Selah. So they were moving in our record snow storm! And getting stuck several times in their efforts. I am so tired of winter already and it just started -- yikes.

Love you all and I LOVE THE POSTS! I love reading about your sweet kids and looking at the pictures.

Debbie

A few more shots of Daphne.  The tube in her mouth is to help her not have air in her stomach. 

She had this cool glow thing on her foot.

This is her showing off her hair.

Mother is still very sore.  Baby doing great.

Justin

My prayers are with Justin, and the rest of you. We'll just call Debbie "SUPERWOMAN". Justin has a long route ahead of him and I hope he can come out of it with flying colors. He'll get very tired of the bed, but better get used to it for a while. I love you, Justin, keep smiling. That may be hard to do at this time, but our prayers are with you, and just remember what Jesus did for all of us and the pain he suffered. Love you. Granny

Daphne

WOW!! What a shock. I turned on the Blog and there was my newest great grandbaby (very early). Congratulations, Dan & Diana. What I can see of her, she looks beautiful, even plump for as early as she was. I'm excited for you. That makes my #52 great grandbaby. I hope Diana is doing well, and you too, Dan, and especially little Daphne. I can't wait to see more pictures, and even in real life. Love you all. OXOX Granny

Daphne Lindsay makes her debut 8 weeks early

Daphne Lindsay was born at 12:56 on 1/24.  She is 5 pounds and 3 ounces and 17" long.  She has beautiful brown hair.  Dad is ok.  Mother is very sore.  Daphne will spend a few weeks in the hospital but did not need a respirator and is only wearing the c pap to dry out her lungs.  She is about an hour old in these photos.

Whew!

Justin got to go home today!!! All that moving was really hard for him and he was hurting pretty bad by the time. Moving is rough for him, he has to use a walker and the car is really not a fun place for him right now. My mother is a wonder woman, straight up, no questions about it. She hauled a double mattress all by herself into her SUV and into Justin's house and then hauled Justin in too. It's been quite the day for her! So Justin is home, with a new bed, and his girlfriend is there with him tonight. My mom is thinking she might head home in the next few days, depending on how Justin does.

What an adventure! Thanks so much for the love and prayers and thoughts...

Love you all!!!

This took me all day to convert snow covered into walkable/driveable.  There was a layer of ice 2 inches deep covered with 4 inches of powder.

hi again!

quick update... my parents met the surgeon today and both really like him. he sat down with them and showed them the xrays and explained what was done. justin broke his right femur basically as a clean break right on the bump you can feel if you press your hip. he's got 2 rods holding him together. he had his first round of physical therpy today and has gotten up in a walker. he cant put any weight at all on the leg for at least 6 weeks... pain control has been alittle more iffy today, but he's surviving! he'll probably get to go home on tuesday and will be going to stay at his girlfriend's house for at least the first week. she is an absolute sweet heart that has been with him almost constantly since this ordeal started. we are grateful for her!!

my dad got the car figured out. obviously its totaled, insurance is taking over from here (yay for good insurance!!) he is one lucky boy, his head made an imprint in the windshield, so blessed, this could have been a whole heck of a lot worse!

im going to try to upload a pic of his car, im doing this on my phone (which oddly wont let me capitilize or put in some punctuation...).

love you all! thanks for all the prayers and support :) my parents and justin are very thankful.

Okay, okay! I get the hint.. I'll post too. :]

Hi there family!

Here in the land of Utah things are going well. We had a decent snow storm last night and we are all bundled up cuddling this morning.


Trent is doing well. He received a distinguished service award this past year for discovering a fire really soon after it happened. Thanks to him a lot less damage occurred. He recently went to the funeral for the Ogden police officer. It hits close to home and is scary for me when things like that occur. He's had to go to way too many funerals in the 4 years he's been a police officer. Despite it all, he still loves his job and is truly an amazing police officer and a true hero even if the public doesn't know it. Here he is looking awesome in his Class A uniform.

Bryce is thriving in 2nd grade. He reads really well, although he is supposed to be reading faster. He's a bit of a perfectionist and doesn't like to skip over words if he reads them wrong and that's where his hold up is. One of his favorite things to do is write stories. He is really incredible, he writes these stories and even illustrates them. The only frustrating part is that I read the story and get really into it, only to find out that he hasn't finished it and doesn't want to. I want to know how they end darn it! I like the illustrator's name in this one.

Hyrum is doing really well in Kindergarten. He has learned all of his letters and sounds and is learning to sound out words. He does a great job with it. He is always trying to do exactly what his brother does and I am sure if he knew how to write better he'd be making more books than Bryce. He loves to draw and loves to have Bryce write out words for him to copy down. He is such a ham, and we love him so much.

A while ago, our upstairs toilet wasn't working (Miss Alexis put a bumch of flossers down it :/) The boys ran down to tell me that it was broken. I acknowledged them, but didn't go to investigate. I told them to go close the bathroom and use the downstairs toilet until I could get it fixed. Well, later I went up to check it out and I found this note on the lid. :D I just about died laughing.

Alexis just turned 2 and oh man! Can I tell you how different it is to raise a 2 year old girl who thinks she is the queen of the house compared to my boys? She is my sassy little girl and she is SO funny! She is incredibly intelligent and never stops talking. One of her new things is to throw huge hissy fits. When she does I ask her to go to another room to cry and when she is done she can come back and play. She runs out of the room dramatically wailing and cries for a few minutes and then comes back to me and says, "I'm done Momma." What a little rascal!

I am doing really well. I am finally on a good set of meds that is helping to control my bipolar. I haven't done anything really exciting except for surviving life raising 3 silly yet wonderful children. It's a full time job that I never want to retire from. I started meeting up with the wives of some of the other officers that Trent works with and have made some amazing friends. It's nice to have support like that. :) My sweet boys write me notes all the time telling me that they love me. I think one of Bryce's even said something about how nice I had been to him lately. Those kind of things make my heart smile.

We had a fabulous Christmas full of family and love. We live a really good life. Sometimes the days are long when you are a stay at home mom, but it's the best job in the world. The pure love I get from the kids is all the payment I need.

Love you all! Here are a couple of family pictures from this last summer.