So to start out... If Todd knew I was posting this for the world to see he might be mad...
For those of you that don't know Todd.. He became a father overnight... He married me and my two kids.. we had our baby 4 years ago.. He is a hard working guy, that will do anything for anyone. He may not understand the fact that girls cry and why if you look at them the wrong way they think that something is wrong. But that is something that he will have to get over; because he lives with 3 girls. Him and Connor will always be out numbered.
He is my always makes me feel safe and I know that he will always be there for me.
But now he needs me, family and friends more than he ever will know..
Last Thursday morning he woke up with a funny sound in his left ear, like a tin can was over it. By Friday he could not take it anymore and made a Dr appointment. She told him that it was from the long winter and that because of that we are having to run our heater more than normal and that his nasal passages are plugged. she gave him some spray and saline spray to help with that.
We then left for a family vacation to Moab. When he woke up Saturday he had no hearing in his ear. Thinking it was the same thing he went to the Dr. for he really didn't think anything of it. Monday morning he called me at work and asked if I could make him an appointment with an ENT (you know the ear guy) He was able to get in that same day. When I called him after work to see how it went all he could say was bad. He could not talk because he was at the pharmacy. When I got home he let me know that he was diagnosed with "Sudden sensorineral hearing loss" and that he is 100% deaf in his left ear. The dr said they can't explain why or how it happens but that they will give him a steroid to see if that will help. Non the less we are with out answers. We started to google things. We found out that it happens overnight. One day you can hear and 12hrs you can't. they are not sure if the other one will go too. The articles we read said that 12% of people will have hearing loss forever and some people can get there hearing back in 6 months. He is scheduled for an MRI this Friday to see if anything else is going on and we should have an update on the 16th. I have big mixed emotions, on this one. I don't want anything to be wrong but I do want an answer of some kind. I am sorry to leave the ones that are reading this and wondering what is going to happen, but I don't know and we wont for a few weeks.
I see parents and children at work struggle with life changing things all the time. But I never thought that I would have to deal with this in my own life. He is suck a Strong person and to see him suffer and not be able to fix it kills me. Please be strong for him and our family and keep us in your prayers.

Jordan vs Brighton

This is the face of a winner... Thats right they Won... It was a great game... 20-0. Connor got one pick and some good tackles in. His buddy Oscar got a few touch downs. At end of the game, the black ran to his chin... Boy does he sweet...




So this was the best game ever... Connor got a pick. His buddy Oscar ran in for a touch down.(2x)

At the end of the game one mom bought the boys treats from the snack shack and the coach got them Pizza on Mondays practice.. The boys loved the win.. Connor still had the smile Sunday night.... I love this..

Jordan vs Bingham

This was our first home game... The boys did a great job..
They did not win but they left with lots of good memories...
I did not get a lot of picutes of this one.. I started a bet with Connor.
Every time he gets a good tackle in its one less load of dishes that he has to do.,,

5 good ones= 5 days of no dish duty..

We had one bad play.. Oscar (Connors buddy) got tackled by the other team so hard he left early to with a head injury... The poor thing could not even walk, one dad had to carry him to the car... But he is great now.. It was just a little scary.



Morgan watching the game.. She always has the other Jersey on.
She likes to watch her brother play..
She has mentioned a few times that she would like to play next year...
We will have to see how that ones goes....

Jordan vs Alta

This is the Jordan vs. Alta game..
They played good.

We didn't win but the boys had fun.

Thats Connor... #46. He is on the kick off return team... I just love watching him play

Jordan vs Herriman Sept 4, 2010

Connor's first season game.
He is #46 on the Gremlin gold team (aka A team)
He gets to play safety this year..


I never thought that I would love watching my son
run people over.
He doesn't hit hard yet.. we still need to work on
that one.



Unfortunatly they did not win this one, but they played a good game.
The coach's told the boys after the game " that next we they all need to do there jobs and that today was a learning day. That the pro's are still learning something new."


My goal is to post something about every game..

First day of 7th Grade

Morgan had her first day of Jr. High today.. (8/20/2010) She had to be there at 8am. So what did she need to do before we left? Yes paint her toes because the shoes she had on are open toed.. She painted them at 745.. Are you kidding me... The first day of school picture we always do. Notice that the shoes are in the flower pot.. Toes are still wet...

She is getting so big... I know that all parents say this. But it fills like yesterday that she was just a baby that I was bringing home from the hospital...

Morgan wanted to test out Tennis this year.
She took a two week class at Alta Canyon Fitness Center ( I think that was the name!)

As everyone does she had a hard time at first. But she did get better as time went on..

She was in a class with one other kid, that only showed up 3 days out of the 8.. So luck Morgan got private lessons!

When I asked her why she wanted to play Tennis she said " They have cute skirts!" So true and with those legs it would look cute..
She ended up not liking as much as she thought. She is going to try another sport. So next year we might have a Basketball player, A swimmer, a Volleyball player, or maybe even a racecar driver...