Gideon

So we had spina bifida clinic a little over a week ago, and it was pretty boring. YAY! That's what I want--boring is really, really good. He's doing great on weight (19.4 lbs), gross and fine motor skills, neurology stuff great. His feet are really responding well to the brace...AND we get to take off the braces during the day starting on August 10th. (It's funny how excited and impatient I am for that. When I didn't know how long we'd have to wear them all the time, it was no big deal, but now I CAN'T WAIT to lose them.) Urology is the only unknown--not bad, just we have a test scheduled for mid-August and we won't know if he's still doing great until then--and if he ever has a fever of just about ANY kind, I'm supposed to take him to the doctor because it might be a kidney infection. Gah. He should start teething here and how am I supposed to know if it is a kidney infection or just teething? Oh, well. At least my doctor is just down the road.

Anyway, just thought I'd update y'all on my adorable, cute, sweet, wonderful baby!

Page is Everywhere

I noticed as a BYU student that everybody I ran into has some sort of connection with Page. They'd know somebody from Page, or their car had broken down in Page, or they'd eaten at the McDonald's in Page.

The trend continues.

I'm going to be moving into new office space in a couple of weeks (along with the rest of my department) and I've been eagerly checking up on the progress of the remodeling over the past month. I went down into the room that will be my office and I heard someone assembling the desk. I called ahead into the room, so as not to startle the worker, and then poked my head around the door. Imagine my surprise when Brother Thatcher looked back at me!

His son Ryan's company is a contractor for BYU to put together the furniture. It was fun to chat with him for a few minutes. He is serving as a bishop in a married student ward right now and loving it. He'll spend another two weeks or so toiling away on our furniture and then I'll get to enjoy the fruits of his labor!

GREAT REUION DVD

Thanks for the fabulous DVD of the reunion Nicole!
I know many hours must have gone into it. We sure had fun and appreciate your hard work and love.

I sure am excited to see the DVD from last year too BRADLEY!
He insists that we will enjoy it more as time has past.... I hope to find out if that is true very soon.
hee hee

Thanks for the reunion

I wanted to give a public thanks to Theo and Nicole for all their work on our recent Party in the Pines. Our family had a great time. Ezra and Mercy had fun getting to know their cousins and Keryn has warmed up well after her dip in the pond. We sure missed the East Coast Rosses and we hope you continue to keep us posted on what you're doing. I'm still waiting for more of Jack's Photoshop work!

CUTE GRANDKIDS

cross-country travels

The Martin family has just returned from a marathon cross-country journey as we drove out to Indiana to visit Theo's brother, Tim. We departed for our trip last week and took 2 days to make the trip. We crossed through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and then into Indiana. Tim and Anne have been in Corydon, Indiana for a year now which is about 40 minutes from Louisville, KY. While we were there, we got to go to the Louisville Zoo, Holiday World (an amusement and water park), and a science museum among other things. Tim and Anne live in a brand new house on a beautiful piece of land surrounded by trees and lots of wildlife. The kids had a blast hunting for frogs, turtles, salamanders, and other critters. On our way home, we went through Carthage, Illinois and then on to Nauvoo. Our drive home took us through, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah. Our trip ended with a visit to Grandma and Grandpa's new house in Salt Lake. We miss them already! We are now home just in time to regroup so we can gather with all of you Rosses for our reunion! We are so excited that it is finally here!

One last note, Happy Birthday Drake, Double Digits!!!