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Back to School
2021 - 2022

This new school year came up fast.

We weren't ready to go back yet!

Alayna is in 6th Grade at Falls Valley Elementary with Mrs. Kniep!

Kaytlin is in 8th Grade at Rocky Mountain Middle School.

Brayden is a Senior (12th Grader) at Bonneville High School.

On the first day of school Alayna was the only one that had to go.

Brayden and Kaytlin had their first day the following day.

They are growing up so quickly! Time is sure flying!

Island Park Canoe Trip

We went with some friends to float the river in Island Park.

This is one of our favorite pastimes for summer.

It is so peaceful on the river. We saw lots of wildlife too!

D.A.R.E. Graduation

This girl set a goal and completed it. The graduates were able to choose to walk 100 miles, bike 300 miles or both over the summer. I pushed her to do both. There was a lot of crying about getting on her bike more but she did it. We put in 300 miles & 100 miles walking! I could tell she was proud of finishing even when she wanted to quit many times.

Good Job, Alayna!

Utah

Follow up at Primary Children's Hospital for Alayna.

We had a nice dinner out before the big day of appointments.

The appointment went good and the doctor wanted to start weaning her off her meds. In order to do that they wanted to do another EEG to check her brain activity. This wasn't in the plan and Alayna got very upset because it was a bit of a surprise to us. They had an opening a couple hours later so we took her to the store and she picked out a big stuffed animal that could comfort her. The EEG results came back great and the doctor had us go ahead with weaning off her medications for her seizures. She really is a trooper and handled it rather well. We hope that was our last visit with the neurological doctor EVER!

So far she has been completely off her meds for 1 month and doing great!

Camping

We attended our ward campout! The girls wanted their own tent so they set up our little two man tent. It was a beautiful area and we were able to hang out with ward members and their pets.