Shonna Has Surgery

On Friday, February 16th, we went to Logan, Utah, arriving in time for Ken's 2:00pm appointment with Blake for dental work.  He spent the afternoon in the dental chair and I spent the afternoon with

Shonna and family.

That evening, we attended a very fun party with all of the Hinton cousins that live in Cache Valley.  It was Chinese New Years, so each family brought Chinese dishes to share.  It was so fun to see these wonderful people.  The little cousins and the older ones had a very fun time together.

Mindy (Spencer's cute wife) and baby Oliver

Nephi(his wife Aubrey kind of shows), Janelle and her husband, Mark, and Spencer.

The kids had a craft table where they made Chinese lanterns

I sure wish I had gathered all of the cousins together for a nice photo . . . story of my life!  I think of it afterward!

Early the next morning, Blake performed oral surgery on Shonna.  She has had bite/jaw problems her whole life, so for the past four years, she has worn braces and had metal plates in her mouth to correct the problem.  On Saturday, he removed all of the above.  It was a long and difficult surgery.

So, Ken and I helped out with the kids, cooking, cleaning, nursing, etc.

In the evenings, I would sneak out and take pictures of the gorgeous mountains.  Shonna and Blake have such a pretty view from their home.

We read a lot of story books. 

For the first few days, Shonna was on a regimen of ice- 20 minutes on; 20 minutes off.  She got very swollen and sore.

Grandpa doing his morning exercises

On Sunday, we let Shonna rest and went to church.  While we were in church (3 hours) it snowed 6-8 inches!  No, I am not kidding!  Even the locals were amazed.

After Blake got his kids in his van, he came and scraped our windows- such a good guy!  To say we were ill-equipped is an understatement!  We're from St. George!

I was the cheerleader from inside the car.

We made baked eggs, toast, bacon and Julius for dinner.

And Grandpa did the "Grandpa machine"

And horsey rides that turned into dog piles.

I thought it was cute that little Caleb then treated Gabe to his back.

Family hugs goodnight.  Poor swollen, sore Shonna.

Ready to head out the door for school!  Whew!

My little chef helpers.  I don't remember what we made, but I'm sure they were lots of help!

While the older kids were at school, we put on our princess dresses and danced to Keynote music!

Blake had Wednesday off, so Ken helped him haul in boxes of furniture to the basement and everyone helped assemble it!

Mommy was sore, so Gabe did the reading.  So cute!

The beautiful new table- all assembled.

Winter wonderland!

I did Hannah's hair- all ready for pre-school.

We gave Lily this dollhouse when she was three.  It is a favorite toy of all the kids.  Sometimes all four are gathered around it, playing.

It looks like Grandpa turned the horsey riding over to the kids.

Too tired to finish

Goodbye hugs on Thursday.  Oh, bad hair day!  Yuck!

It was a tiring, but wonderful week with the Cameron family.  We are happy to report that Shonna now has her smile back!