Thankfulness in small things

Being in California you take for granted the things that you have convenience in. Such as family being close to see and to know where they are supporting you all the way. Not saying they are not but the closeness is great. You also know that there are others that have the same beliefs you do. So therefore to give priesthood blessings and church especially seeing General Conference. We are so grateful that Jonah is here and has made it through everything he has. Having a pace maker is not the end of the world but it would be much better to not have one at all. We gave him a blessing last night and it was good. We hope and pray all will work as needs to for him. Getting a pace maker will just delay his recovery and we will be here a little longer for that reason. He doesn't have anymore chest tubes YEH!

You also realize that when you are in the hospital you are grateful for the trial you have and not others. Also for the beliefs that you have and the love and support you have from others. There are people here from all over the world and are here alone. Thank goodness for family and loved ones.

I do really miss my little girl. I know she is being well taken care of but it just isn't the same having her so far away.

Thank goodness for our life's and for the faith we have in our gospel and Heavenly Father. I hope non of you take that for granted.

Jonah's Pictures of Surgery

Here he is without the respirator. YEH! Now he really looks like my little boy. He is doing well just two big hurdles to over come. Keep him in your prayers and all will be well.

Little Jonah right after his eight hour surgery. Brings back a lot of memories. But he looks a lot more pink than he used to.

This is Dr. Hanley the one who did the surgery. He was awesome and took care of all the things that needed to for little Jonah. Love him.

This is the little gown they gave him to wear right before surgery. It had lions and tigers and bears. OH MY. Way to cute for going into surgery to prepare them.

Here is Jonah on his first airplane ride.

Jonah Updates

Jonah is doing well he got one of the chest tubes out this morning and they are going to take the repirator out some time today. YEH! Then he won't be so sudated. The heart block still has not come back. Hopefully in a few days when the swelling gets to minimal. All is well Greg flys home today which will be hard. But that is life and we will be fine. I am still trying to find somewhere to put pictures on. Sorry for the delay. We also can't find General Conference. Hope it was good we will read it when it comes out.

Surgery

As we left for CA the leaves look glorious in the canyon with the change in color. It made me think that as we were leaving how are lives will also be changing all in a good way. We all did good on the flight and all arrived safely.

Surgery we good and Jonah is doing great. The Dr. said that he accomplished all that he needed to. We will post pictures later but as far as an update. Their are only a couple of concerns. 1. is heart block which is when the conductors in you heart are not responding to each other to make the chambers pump the blood. He is right now on a pace maker but the Dr. seems very confident that it is only from swelling that they cannot read or respond to each other. 2. is when they repaired his arch that the left vocal cord goes around it and may have been damaged. So we will see when they take the respirator out how things will go with that. It is not life threatening and can be fixed. Dr. said that it may be alright at the same time. Only time will tell. (of course that how it is with everything.)

We did get into the Ronald McDonald house so we will be going there today. What a blessing. I know that our prayers have been answered that everything has been going well. You can see the daily Miracles that Heavenly Father sends each day. Love you all and keep us in our prayers.

I will put pics on soon.

New Family Pictures

These pictures turned out awesome. Thanks to Danielle my cousin. The kids are getting to big to fast. I can't believe how fast the year has gone by and I am sure the rest of it will fly by.

I am so grateful for my family. They are so cute. I am also grateful for extended family and friends for their support and love with prayers and fasting. We pray that everything goes well with Jonah in a week. The time has been passing by quickly but yet it seems long. When the only thing that you think about is the surgery and what he and all of us have to go through again. This is the time where you appreciate the things you believe in and know are true. I am pretty sure if we didn't have the gospel this whole experience would be worse. Now the only thing I need to learn to do is to trust in the lord and give him my son and know that what ever happens is for the best. I love my savior and am truly grateful for him and what he did for all of us. I know that we can see him and other loved ones forever and that is what we have to believe in. I am most grateful for my little family. I hope that we learn the things we are supposed to from this experience to make us stronger and grow closer together. Thank you to my beloved husband for putting up with me this last little bit. All the pressure can really get to you in stressful trial. But through all of this there is no one else I would rather be with then him. (LOVE HIM.)

I hope at this time when conference is coming that all of you take the chance and thank you Heavenly Father for all the blessing that he gives you and the little miracles you receive. I know that Jonah is our miracle and I thank my Heavenly Father for him everyday. Love all of you and thank you again for your support.

Friends far from Home!

Well moving to a new place (almost 1 whole year in November) it seems like we haven't been her and feel a little disjointed from the people around us. That is why you always have friends, but they seem to be all far away. I would like to thank one friend especially today. You are awesome and I miss seeing you all the time. I wish you were my neighbor next door. I will be looking for a job for your hubby if possible LOL. Friends always seem to say the things you need to hear, but more importantly they just listen to all the troubles you are having. It seems as though our lives parrallel each other even though we don't know it. If we don't talk to often. It seems funny how that happens in our lives. I love all my friends and just wished they lived closer and not so far away. Thanks for the listening ear you know who you are. Love ya.

Summer Fun Staycation!

Here is what we have done this summer. I have been slacking and definitely not been updating my blog. So here was our summer. We went to the Palisade Lake where our family has a cabin with the Johnson clan. It was great to be together just as our family. As you see Faith got a little hair cut or say that a 5 year old niece had a hair cutting party with her cousins. Yes she was a victim. Faithy also took swim lessons which helped her not be so afraid of the water and got better aquainted with it. We also rode the front runner train from Ogden to SLC a couple of times. She loved riding on the train.

We went to the Childrens Museum at gateway with Holli my sister and her kids. Thanks to Primary childrens for giving us a pass to go for free. Little benefits of having a child that has been at Primary Childrens. They dressed up and acted out a play. They also played the part of a life flight team. So there is a pic of Faithy with Jonah because that is what happened to him. We also rode the Front Runner down to SLC to go the museum. The kids loved that. As a Archibald Family reunion we went to Cherry Hill for a little family fun. Faith could not even stop sliding on the kids slide into the pool it kept her busy all day.

We had our 7th wedding anniversary. I can't believe that is it has been that long already. Then finally Zach and Karli go married on Aug. 18th. They were excited all summer to get ur done. It was a great day and we were happy to be able to be here for that.

As you know we have been awaiting news on our little Jonah. Well we have finally got it. He will be having his next heart surgery on Oct 1st in California at Standford Childrens hospital. We are way excited that they will be able to fix his heart to have a longer life span. But at the sametime it is very difficult to just had your baby to a surgeon and hope for the best. This surgery will be a high risk surgery but after that only minor things will have to be done as he grows. We are so grateful for our little family. It puts things in prespective sometimes of how fast life can fly by. Always make sure you are doing the best and the most you can for your family everyday for you may not have them in an instant. We love this gospel and all the support we have received so for. Please keep our little Jonah in your prayers and pray for the best. We love ya.