The Travels and adventures of the past week, etc.

This is Kylie's baptism on May 30.

On Thursday, June 18, Jennie and I flew to Seattle for Cody's baptism. His grandpa Wright did the honors.

After the baptism, Cody's class had their end of school program. He had a speaking part.

They had a rodeo on the weekend, and since we could not stay, Cody modeled his new clothes.

We took Jackson & Hayden with us.

We had to be back for my Fire Department retirement on Saturday. Here is the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal by the Fire Chief, Marc Sanderson. On the other side of me is the Deputy Chief, Dave Thomas, who read the presentation paper.

My Fire Statue, because they don't have an EMT statue, Distinguished Service Medal, and the flag that has been flying over the Fire Station in Pleasant Grove.

Back at home with the little boys, Jackson, Ryan, & Maclay behind our front door.

Sunday was Father's Day and Paul's Birthday, but we celebrated on Saturday while the kids were here.

Monday was back to work being a real nurse for my once a week shift.
Tuesday Hayden spent the day with me at work. I had just paperwork to do, and he slept most of the day, so was not a problem.
Today and tomorrow I have been coordinating and teaching an ACLS class (Advanced Cardiac Life Support).

Friday we are going to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple openhouse. We are excited about that.

So, thus goes the life at the Topham House.

Finally, the family groups from the Disneyland Trip

Three Generations!!
Grandpa and Grandma with all 11 grandkids
Paul and Ann
Vonda, Robert and Austin in back, Melissa, Cody, and Stephanie in the front
Jennie and Jeff with baby Hayden

Dora and Paul, with Kelsey and Kylie in the back, Maclay and Kambree on the laps
Jaime and Evan
Marian and the boys, Ryan and Jackson

This is a crazy week, so will send more next week, when life is not quite so crazy!!

Another week gone by.

Last week I had a wonderful time at our "Dorinda" quilt retreat. If any of you have followed that blog, Deana has posted some pictures. It was great to get together and visit and sew. Virgil thought we were nuts, I am sure, but we fed him good, and he did not complain.
I have some more pictures to post, but can't get the program to work, so will do that later.
We went to our Trek meeting on Sunday evening and we have more miles and more kids to deal with than 4 years ago. One nice thing is that we have a paramedic who has recently moved into our stake who has been on 4 treks in the past and has some really good ideas. He will be a real asset to us. We have a dentist, 2 nurses and an EMT besides him, so we have a pretty good compliment of medical help.
We told the adults that the main rules were that they had to make sure the kids drink plenty of water and wear a hat. They have to be the water Nazis. Those kids get dehydrated and life is worse than having to go to the bathroom. That seems to be the main reason the girls don't want to drink, because there are not a lot of "rest stops". The Wyoming flat lands have sage brush and WIND, so it becomes a necessity to drink plenty of water.
This week is another crazy one. I have 2 meetings tonight, and Paul has 1. And they fall at the same time. Tomorrow night is the same, but Marian has tomorrow off, so she will be home with the kids. That helps.
I will try later to post the pictures, so until then--have a good week.

One wounded boy

On Memorial Day morning, I woke to Jackson crying. We ended up in the Emergency Department and hour before my scheduled shift. Marian had already gone to work.

We stopped at Hart's to show Marian her wounded and repaired baby. He did very well. Only cried when we infiltrated the wound, and when we held him down.
The stitches are out now, and he is doing fine. He cried just as hard as when we held him to put them in.


Kylie turned 8 on the 25th, and was baptized on Saturday. I left my camera at home, but took these on my cell phone. We had lunch and birthday cake after the baptism. She is growing up too fast. They all are!
Other things in our life: We had to buy a new lawn mower. The old one is beyond repair, and we nearly had to borrow a horse or cow to mow the lawn, it was getting so long. Now the grass looks good again.
Paul and I have been asked to go on the Pioneer Trek again. It is to Martin's Cove in Wyoming. We will lead the medical team and take the motorhome, so we don't have to pull/push handcarts or sleep in tents. We had a good time when we went 4 years ago. This will be an entirly new group of kids. The youngest group from then just graduated from highschool, and very few of them will be going. We will be gone over the week of July 24.

Hayden's blessing day, Kelsey's 11th birthday, & Mother's Day

As I went to add more pictures to the last post, I had the picture bar open and did not realize it, so could not upload. I went out and back in and found it. So here is the rest of the past 2 weeks.


Jackson, Maclay, and Ryan on Jennie's patio, with sidewalk chalk.
On Sunday after we got back from California, it was Kelsey's birthday, and Jeff and Jennie had Hayden blessed, so we were mostly together again.



Jeff's parents, Werner and Helen, with Hayden. Paul and Hayden.

Kylie and Kelsey with the birthday cake.

On Mother's day we only saw part of the kids. Vonda and Stephanie both sent text messages. Dora had sick kids. Both of her little ones were sick. Evan and Jaime came by for a visit and brought me 2 books that I really was planning to buy, so now already have them. Just before they got there, Ryan opened the hot oven door and burned his fingers. He cried for an hour, but I think most of it was because he was tired and needed a nap. I put some stuff on the fingers, and when he woke up, he was happy again.
Jeff and Jennie stopped by with baby Hayden. The boys just love him, as you can see in the next pictures.



Ryan and Jackson with Hayden, Ryan & Hayden, Jackson ready to give Hayden a kiss (and his cold)

More of Disneyland

Robert and Vonda, Evan and Jaime



Paul & I, Jeff & Jennie
More proof that we were all there.

Vacation

All 22 of us made it to Disneyland, and it was so great. Everyone had a wonderful time, enjoyed each other's company, and got in lots of rides. The 6 oldest grandkids took in all the wild rides, accompanied by most of the men and a few of the woment. The Moms of little ones, and Grandma and Jaime caught the less wild rides, but we all went on Pirates and Indiana Jones (except for the 4 little boys did not go on Indiana)
The weather was chilly for the water rides, but those who were brave went on Splash Mountain and Grizzly Rapids.
California adventure was great. Something for everyone.
We had such a good time!!!


Here we are on the Tram, going into Disneyland on Sunday, Apr 24



In Line for Small World



Lunch Time and Nap Time


Paul, Robert, Paul, and some of the Kids.


Jennie, Hayden, and Marian



Jackson found the cupboard to be a great place to play.


The Headboards in the rooms were tile, with stained wood over them. Jackson and Maclay thought this was a great place to climb. They have strong little toes and arms. Their short fingers hold on really well, but it scared us all. (No picture of the climbers, though.)




Grizzly Rapids is much like Rattlesnake Rapids at Lagoon. This is in California adventure.
The riders got "a little wet"


We took family Pictures, but I don't have them all on my camera. Paul S will photoshop them and make me a disk, that I can share later. Here we are with the 11 grandkids.
Front: Stephanie with Maclay, Grandpa (Paul) with Hayden, Grandma (Ann) with Ryan, Melissa with Jackson
Back: Kelsey, Austin, Cody, Kylie, Kambree


This was such a cute picture. Ryan just hugged Mickey Mouse. This was on Tuesday, and our last day at Disneyland