Updates April and May

Throughout April and May, it has started to get warmer and we have been doing things outside with the kids.  Due to Kayla’s treatment, she is not supposed to get any direct sun, so she is always wearing a nice, big pink hat.  Glenn has started to get interested in “helping” by doing some of the same things he sees us doing with her.  Kayla also had her second treatment, which went well.

The biggest news is that I graduated in May, from OSU Optometry.   The College did a ceremony one night, and the next day the whole university commencement was held, and President Barack Obama was the speaker, which meant LOTS of security and lots of waiting.

With school being done, I have had lots of spare/free time to do fun things with Amanda and the kids.  It has been very fun to do all of these things.  Mostly it is just hanging out here and going to the park occasionally, but we went to Palmyra, NY to see some of the church History sites before we left.  Since it was on our way (for the most part) we also went and saw Niagara Falls on the US side. It was nice, but we learned what it can be like traveling with two kids in the car.

Niagara Falls

Another day we went to the Columbus Zoo with the Kids.  Glenn REALLY liked the petting zoo, he stayed there for at least 30 minutes and we basically had to drag him out of there to go onto the next part of the zoo.  The last thing we did was take him on a train ride.  He really likes riding on things where he can see what he is passing.

Glenn with Goats

Train at the Columbus Zoo

Updates April…

Here are some updated pics of Kayla and Glenn in January and February.  My mother came for a couple of weeks to help with Amanda and Kayla just after she was born.

Amanda’s parents came in too to see Kayla and also visited Kirtland (1st for them) while they were out here.  They came during the time that I had to travel to Charlotte, NC to take the last, practical portion of my national boards.  In Charlotte, there was a severe (for Charlotte) winter storm with ice, and everything was shut down (fortunately after our test had finished, we were delayed with the flights for a while.

We took Glenn and Kayla to the park when it was really warm sometime in the last month.

Kayla and bath-time

Glenn and his “i-pod”, kids and dad, Glenn and his Easter painting and egg hunt

Glenn and his silly personality.

Kayla had her laser procedure for the port wine stain on her face.  Things went well.  She had these little red circles from the laser and she was really tired that day.  She will have to have several more laser treatments, based on the surgeon’s appraisal of how things are going.  The red circles are getting less each day

Kayla’s blessing.  Kayla was blessed this week.  My sister sewed a really fancy looking dress and she was beautiful in it.