Well they postponed my surgery to the 4th. Which I really did not want. Ryker's birthday is on the fifth so I really am not happy about that. At least mom and dad will be here to help with the party. I am going to go to the Mountain River Hospital in Idaho Falls. They will either make two two inch cuts on my lower back or one five inch cut. They will go in and cut the ruptured disk off and hope that the disk will suck itself back into place. I just hope things go according to plane.

Jord is still working towards going to John Hopkins this summer. He is really looking forward to it.

Kenzie is starting gymnastics in Idaho Falls this Tuesday and is excited to learn more than what Blackfoot has to offer.

Ryker is now talking to Grandpa as much as he can in anticipation of their arrival. He also has all his birthday planned out.

I hope you are all well. We miss you.

I thought I would update you on everyone. Not much is changed.

Jordan is doing well. He is enjoying his time volunteering at the hospital. He was able to work in the E.R. last week and thought that was much more exciting. He always comes home with a smile on his face when he get to work at the hospital. He has finally grown taller than his dad and is quite proud of that. We thought that he was pretty much done growing.

Kenzie is always keeping me busy. I can't wait till she gets her drivers license. She is going to try Idaho Falls Gymnastics out. She was pretty much topped out here in Blackfoot and is getting board. I really don't like to venture out of Blackfoot too often. This will be a trial for me. We will see if it will work.

Ryker is such a little boy. He has a different outfit on every hour it seems like. It just depends on which sport he wants to be playing. I am, of course, his announcer. I have to announce him before he can come running into the room. He is such a ham. I finally came down with a fever this Sunday. He hardly ever gets a fever. Even if he is really sick. So we took him in and he has strep. Me and him are keeping are distance from each other and he does not like that one bit. He is so use to being right by my side. I have to get surgery on my back on Wednesday and I can not get sick right now. I feel bad for him.

Well we miss you all and hope you are doing well.

I thought I better put in a new update.

Jordan is doing well. He loves volunteering at the hospital. I had one of the nurses who work in the E.R. come into my work today and said that he is doing great. Some of the things he does really makes me wonder what is going through his head. For his anatomy class they are going to GET to look at cadavers. Yuk. He really does get interested in some odd things.

Kenzie is doing well in gymnastics. I am considering taking her to Idaho Falls for gym. I think we have topped out at the gymnastics here in Blackfoot. They just keep practicing the same thing over and over. She has done some growing this year. I hope she continues to stay on the right track. This is a piture of Kenzie with her little brother Tiden.

Ryker is about to turn five next month. He is so excited for kindergarten. He is ready. We just hope that kindergarten is ready for him. He constantly wears his football pads and uniform every day.. I wonder how the school would act if he shows up in them every day. In fact he has already broke his pads so we need to get some more. I have a feeling that is all we ever do with this child is replace broken things.

I am going into surgery on the 28th of this month. I have to say I am scared to death. I really don't want a five inch cut down my back.. I am hoping maby they can do two small cuts instead. They are pretty confident that if they cut off the ruptured part of the disk that the rest of the disk will pull itself back in and I wont have any nerve damage. I am trying to get my house in order so that I can be in bed and everyone can keep it half way normal. Four to six weeks is a long time. Mom and dad are coming to help that week after I get out of surgery. That will be a great help. Ryker is already asking if they are coming yet.

Well we hope you are all well. We miss you.

Here are the cousins and Ryker feding the fish. He is the one in the Blue snowpants.

Here are some of the christmas pictures. We were covered with snow in one night. Ryker loves to ride on the snowmobile. He went to feed the fish at least three times.

Here is our lastest family photo. We finally got them all together. As you can see the kids are all growing up. Skylar really isnt that tall he is standing on a step. They are growing fast.