Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers for Cody. He is recovering remarkably well and even the surgeon is impressed with how the hand is doing. Cody goes to therapy twice a week to work on decreasing the sensitivity, specifically on the transplant and skin grafted portion, and to increase mobility. He is very encouraged by the progress he is making in his thumb which has a lot of movement, but discouraged by the minimum amount (5 degrees) of movement in his pointer finger. 

We had a bit of a scare on Sunday when Cody's hand began to throb and ache which it had not done in weeks, but after Tylenol and a nap, the pain subsided. An odd side note - the skin graft from Cody's wrist also blistered during this time into one huge lump. We finally took a needle to it that afternoon and drained it, but it began to fill again the next day. Cody wondered if maybe we should have saved the liquid we drained stating that it might have had 'magical properties'. Funny guy!!

Cookie Recipe Please!!

I'm looking for a new cookie recipe that includes white chocolate chips? Anyone have anything?

Update: these look yummy. Anyone have something similar?

New Times

Cody was set apart a few weeks ago as a member of the High Council. In order to do this, he had to also be set apart as a High Priest. We were fortunate enough to convince our stake president to do this at the Riding's so the whole family could be there. Thank you Kristi (Cody's Mom) for making this a special occasion and serving a complete meal to 17 people!

Not sure what our kids are doing.

Set apart as High Priest.

Hank, Logan, Jed, Pres. Lythgoe, Cody, Frank, Kyle, Chris

Set apart as member of High Council.

Hank, Jed, Pres. Lythgoe, Cody, Frank

My parents with Max.

The little kids table. Elizabeth, Crew and Cooper

My father-in-law...aka mule/horse/donkey.

I can't believe it!

How did I come to have a preschooler?


Cooper was really excited to begin school. I'm glad to report that he, nor I, cried on the first day of school, however, he has cried almost every day since. When I asked him what his favorite part about school was he said "My teacher". I think that's a good sign.

I couldn't belive that Cooper just walked right in to class on the first day. Truth be told, it made me a bit sad. Was he that excited to leave me and Max?

Picking Cooper up from school. This is my favorite part of the day. Well, this and when both kids are napping.

Almost 3 Months...crazy!

My Life

My boys...

Why didn't I think of that?

The cutest idea...

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