Happy Birthday Cammie

Happy 15th Birthday
Cammie

Amberly got Cammie this cute bag while she was in California. It fits Cammie's personality perfectly. PEACE OUT MAN!

I picked Cammie up at lunch time and took her to JCW's. I didn't get a picture, but I also got her a balloon bouquet to carry around school for the rest of the day.

Happy Birthday Cammie-I'm so glad you're my daughter. You make our family complete.

Meet Rusty

I'd like to introduce Rusty the dog. Rusty is my dad's dog. My mom and dad went to Kentucky this week to see my cute niece Taylor get baptized. We were sad we couldn't go to support Taylor in this important decision, but we were able to help out mom and dad by Rusty-sitting so they could drive out to see Taylor's big day. We're so proud of you Taylor. Congratulations on your decision to join the church. We've also had fun taking care of Rusty (as long as I hold my breath if he gets to close...his breath is really stinky). Other than that he's been a wonderful houseguest. We'll be sad to see him go (but glad to breath normally again). I think he'll be ready to see grandpa again. He misses his favorite person I think. Travel home safely mom and dad.

Cammie's Big Day

Well Cammie's big day has finally arrived. After 6 1/2 years of braces, she had the great unveiling today. We headed up to Primary Children's Hospital, where Cammie's Orthodontist has his practice. He's a specialist in Craniofacial orthodontics. His name is Duane Yamashiro and we first met him while Cammie was still in the womb. He started taking care of her teeth when she had her second surgery at 10 months old. He has been a really big part of our lives for 15 years. I'll get a picture of him next time.
Here is Cammie brushing her teeth with braces for the last time at home. The next time she was brace free.
Here she is getting the wires and brackets taken off. Some of them had grown into her gums she had them so long and it was tough to get them off.
She had to wear these cute glasses to protect her eyes as they drilled all the glue off her teeth.
Because her braces had fake teeth on them, she looked kind of silly with them off. But not for long.
After being at Dr. Yamashiro's for about an hour, we headed to Crown Burger. Cammie wanted a hamburger for lunch. She said it was the best burger she's ever had. I told her it's just because it doesn't taste like metal.
We had a bit of a wait until her appointment with Dr. Liddell, so we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa at the Family History Library and then visited the Church History Museum. We headed to Dr. Liddell's office early because we had no more change for the meter and they called just as we were pulling up to say they were ready for us early.
Dr. Liddell and Alisa worked on Cammie for 4 hours and 15 minutes. They made 7 molds at different times in her progression. I won't get into the details here, but believe me when I say this man does great work.
One of the many molds made of Cammie's mouth during this long, but worth it process.
Finally the final result is unveiled. It's kind of like Extreme Makeover, don't you think.

We are so grateful to Drs. Yamashiro and Dr. Liddell for the beautiful result of Cammie's smile. Dr. Liddell said it well when he apologized for taking so long, but said he wanted to make her smile match her beautiful eyelashes. I think he succeded. You're beautiful Cammie.

Hello Kitty

I thought I'd introduce Tiger the Cat. She has been with our family since March of 2000, so she's starting to get pretty old. She came to us in a unique way. We had many cats and dogs at the time, and one of our cats, Allie, had a litter of kittens in March of 2000. No, Tiger was not one of them, but instead was the only kitten born to a stray cat who roamed the neighborhood. Her mother chose the neighbor's patrol car to give birth. She was born just a few days after our kittens and our neighbor asked if we would take her and see if our cat would adopt her. Well she did and even though she has retained a solitary streak, she also was the best at using the cat box so she stayed and the others went. For years, Amberly has been graced to be her "person", but recently, she has transfered her limited amount of affection to Janna. She is very low maintenance and earns her keep by keeping the mice away.

Manila Arts Festival

Well our school arts festival was a great success, but the boutique part was not so great. Sadly, Frances only sold one apron so anyone who needs a mother's day gift or birthday gift or bunco gift, just call Frances for some adorable aprons. The kids had a great time. Right when it was time to leave, Marcus came up to me a little shyly and said, "Aunt RaeAnn this was so much fun." I'm glad the kids had a fun time.

Jeffrey, not so much


Kevin and Kambree had fun though.

Janna sang great!

I enjoyed having Kambree to play with.

Cammie and Haley enjoyed making art projects.

Kambree enjoyed my classroom.

For My Benefit

It didn't seem like there was much interest in my scrap pages, so I haven't posted these pages. Then I realized that this blog is my personal and family history so I decided to go ahead and add them. Someday I'll be glad I did.

Church Clothes on Saturday

We had the opportunity on Saturday to see my niece McKayla be baptized. Congratulations McKayla. We are so proud of you and glad we could be there to support you as you became a member of Jesus Christ's church.

We then had the opportunity to go to the Draper Temple open house. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to see for themselves the place we have been encouraging them to work for all their lives. I think they all felt the spirit and were glad they went. I hope it will be a memory to help them make good decisions when temptations come. I hope it will be a memory that makes their first time through a comfortable experience and not scary for them. I love the temple and hope that love will be passed on to my children and grandchildren.


After the temple, we took the kids to Kevin's favorite chinese food in Draper. They all tried different things and even if they didn't love it they ate it. Thanks for being willing to try new things kids. It was a great day.

A Random Post

Cammie-that's right-Cammie has a compression fracture on her right pinkie. Basketball in PE-that's right-Cammie was playing sports and has done what Jeffrey has yet to do-break a bone. That's what I call irony.


Surprise! Janna has received the Curiosity and Creativity Award in her class for the month of February. It's the second year in a row she has received this award. Not a big surprise to those of us who know her.

Did you know Kevin is very near-sighted? He was being a bit silly here, but he can't see well at all without his glasses or contacts.

Jeffrey had to make an edible Cell Model for science. Yummy!
Janna had her Hero report and Wax Museum activity a couple of weeks ago. Here she is giving her oral report as Amelia Earhart.

Here she is as Amelia Earhart at the Wax Museum. She was one of the best ones at being still.