MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Okay, I have been thinking alot about life and the things that we each have to go through. I have had Troy's cousin Bryce Brown on my mind alot. He is 33 years old and is fighting for his life. His body is full of cancer due to melanoma that he thought was taken care of about 7 years ago. He was told that they were able to cut it all out of him and he was going to be fine. Then about a month ago he started having trouble breathing and was fighting constant fatigue. He and his wife have a 7 month old baby girl who is absolutely adorable. Her name is Danika and they call her Dani. Bryce's wife (Tammy) has been keeping am online journal of this whole experience that Bryce has been going through. I am so amazed at her strength and determination to help Bryce fight for his life. I wake up every morning without many worries and grateful for my healthy family. I know that at any minute things can change. Who knows what Heavenly Father's plan is for us. I just want my family to know how much I love them and to please do all you can to keep yourselves healthy. I am going to be a crazy mother who is going to insist on putting sunblock on my children. Yes, even the older ones who are adults (at least they are legally, but don't always act like it). I know that we have to be proactive in trying to prevent any kind of skin cancer. Losing Jennifer has really affected me and I know that she shouldn't have died. This could have been prevented. We all need to be educated and know that this can happen to us. We need to know what to look for and my dermatologist said the syblings of Jennifer should be checked yearly for signs of skin cancer. Michael just had a mole scraped off his leg because it looked questionable. We haven't received the results from the biopsy yet but we are hopeful it will be negative. I love all of you so much and I want you all to live a very, very long time. So, just put up with me. If you want to see Bryce Brown's web page, you can go to brycedbrown.com and read Tammy's journal and see beautiful pictures of their sweet family. It will make you feel grateful for your blessings. Love ya lots, Wendy

Miracle in Evanston, WY

I forgot to mention this but I think that is worth noting. As we all left Sandy for Bear Lake, I called all the kids and reminded them to say a prayer for a safe trip. We also did the same in our car. Well, when Mallory, Whitney & Katie got to Evanston, they decided they were going to stop at Wendy's and grabe something to eat. Well, there was a HUGE pot hole that they hit. (They were towing the jet ski's). The jetski trailer immediately got a flat tire and there was no spare. So, Michael's car got there to see what they could do, and then Troy and I got there to see if we could help. Well, of course we have triple A but we have the basic and so that meant the trailer wasn't covered. Wouldn't you know it. Anyway, they tried to pump up the tired because it looked like it had just come off the rim. Well, that wasn't working. So we were right next to Super Wal-Mart so Whitney and Katie decided to walk over there and see what they could find. Hoping the tire center was open and they could find a spare. And on the way they said a little prayer. Meanwhile, Troy and Michael pulled the tire off and the rim was ruined. There was no way it could be fixed. They needed a new tire. Troy was considering just staying overnight in Evanston and sleeping in the truck and getting up early and get a new tire. Meanwhile, Michael took the ruined tire over to Wal-Mart to meet Whitney and a few minutes later, they came back with a spare tire that was the exact size we needed. Whitney said they walked over to the tire department and they were closed, but on a shelf was a single tire already pumped up and it was the exact tire we needed. So, I know that we were being watched over that night. It did cost $50.00 dollars but I think it was worth it not having to spend the night in Evanston and getting us all to Bear Lake together. So, the moral of this story is, always pray that we will always be watched over and have faith in that prayer. And remember that these blessings only come from our Heavenly Father. We know it wasn't just a coincidence. We also had 3 recently returned missionaries with us and maybe that was a bonus. We know Heavenly Father loves his missionaries. So, I thought I would share that with you. Whitney has a cute picture of everyone sitting beside the new tire on the trailer. It's cute.

Bear Lake Weekend 2007

I wish I had pictures but I don't. Mallory had my camera on the boat the whole time and didn't take one picture while they were on the boat. (Thanks Mallory!). Anyway, we had a great time. We were sorry that not many family members were able to come this year. The weather wasn't too bad either. Friday was perfect. We didn't have any rain and the kids loved playing in the boat and sea doo's. (Whitney's friend had 2 Sea Doos and they were awesome). The weather on Saturday was a little questionable. It was cloudy a lot of the day with a few windows of sunshine. So of course the kids took full advantage of those windows of opportunity. Brooke and Jeremy brought their tube "Big Mable" and it was a favorite. It took a while to blow that thing up but it was worth it. Lorna, Annette and I didn't really get in the water. I am a little worried about Melanoma and I made my kids lather themselves with sunblock. So we sat under an umbrella that the Moon's brought and watched the kids have fun. Little Boston was just a perfect baby up there. He never cried. And of course his Nannie spoiled him the whole weekend. She reminded me that was the best part of her life now. The grandkids. Well, I can wait. Anyway, if anyone took pictures and would like to add them to my blog that would be appreciated because I don't have any. Troy, Whitney and her friend Katie left late Saturday night. Troy needed to be at Church on Sunday so we missed him because he was driving home during a HUGE thunder & lightening storm. But they arrived home unscathed. Well, it was nice and we made some memories and we also prayed for those who weren't able to be with us. We hope you are all doing good. Love ya! Wendy

There was a cousins dinner at Lorna's house so we dropped by to have Birthday Cake for Troy. It was a great birthday for himl. We sat did fireworks in our front yard in the street.

Troy's Birthday July 24, 2007

For Troy's Birthday it is a tradition to go to Jim's Family Restaurant for breakfast every year. Mainly because it is a Utah Holiday and the Hanson Family loves to get together for breakfast. It is also Troy's favorite meal of the day. It was to get together with Troy's family.