Skin Cancer-Me? No way-I'm only 34!

Please wear sunscreen! I know I've always liked to be tan and in the sun like most people, however in January the skin doctor was suspicious of a skin mark on the right side of my forehead. I told him I had it burned off 1 or 2 years prior but it came back again. It was itchy and peeling and would bleed sometimes so I really didn't think much about it. My dad has had many skin cancers over the last several years and he said I should get it checked out again. The skin doctor took a chunk of the skin and tissue and sent it to a lab. A few weeks later they called and said it was basal cell carcinoma-the least harmful type of skin cancer. I went in and they cut it out as you can see in the pictures. They put 5 stitches under my skin and 16 stitches on top of my skin to stitch the skin back together again. The doctor said he rarely sees 30 something year olds with skin cancer and more of the retiree age. I will forever be wearing sunscreen, hats, shade and take better care of my skin and my childrens. Don't let this happen to you! Who knew?

Kids having fun with cousins, friends and family

Lauren is too cute with her friend Grace. They love to play with makeup. Lauren is growing up too fast! Where have almost 8 years gone? But I won't let her grow up too fast. No makeup until she is 14? I think that was the age I was. She is beautiful no matter what.

Dawson and his look-a-like best friend Connor playing on the trampoline at Connor's house. Even though Conner is still in Bountiful, they got to play together in January when we went to visit family.

I love how cute Dawson and Damon look with Grandma Warrick's dogs. They love snuggling up with Grace and Rose. Damon's arm is loving the dog and he is focused on watching cartoons with Grandma.

We love exploring around St.George, we found a really neat short hike to some Petroglyphs, you can see them on the rocks behind the kids and a close up shot of the Petroglyphs above. We really enjoyed this time together.

I think we must be the ultimate and crazy UTES fans! Go UTES-Undefeated!

Lauren having fun coloring in the sun with her cousin Emeree who came and spent new years eve in St.George with us! Can you believe it was nice enough to be outside?

Damons 1st Haircut

Damon's hair was starting to grow out like a weed. My friend Angie said she would cut it for me and he did pretty good. She had snacks and all kinds of tricks to get Damon to sit in the chair and be able to cut his hair. He looks like a big boy now!

I'm a slacker!

Okay! I haven't updated my blog in a while! My goal is to update it this week! We have some cute pictures from christmas and valentines and other events! I'll keep everyone posted

Hiking Fun

I had to run after setting the self timer, my

eyes are closed. But I thought this little

cave was neat.

Damon loves his backpack! This is the same one

we use to take Lauren and Dawson in

when they were little.

On Saturday, Dec. 13th, we went hiking in the beautiful red

mountains here in St.George. The kids had fun, we only had

a couple falls on the rocks. I guess its good I'm laid back and

enjoy the outdoors. Then a week later we got snow!! The snow looks so

pretty surrounding the red rocks.

Christmas Season 2008

As you can tell the kids decorated the tree this past weekend and Damon undecorated it 300 times and so he is now taking a break for a few days from the tree (hopefully)! It was a struggle for Darren to get pictures of the kids before church before they were being silly. We can't wait for Christmas!

Thanksgiving Las Vegas 2008

Here we are in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving this year since no one wanted to come to the warm south weather. The kids love the m & m factory and want to go there every single time. Probably because they get their own bag of m & m's. Damon is chowing down on his m & m's.