October 1st

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I am excited about decorating my house with spooky things. I decided a big black spider would look great on my outside wall hanger!

Since we were decorating the outside with a spider, I thought it would be fun for the girls to make spiders. Arianna thought the spiders would look best hung from the light fixture in the entry way...I think she was right!

More spooky things to come...

Before Pat got Really Sick...

July 4th was a fun day...we decided to take the girls up the canyon and do a little fishing. Well, Pat did some fishing and I took pictures. At this time, Pat had been sick, but this was about a week break of non-sickness so we took advantage of it.

Arianna has her own pole and she does well catching fish.

Alayna is starting to get into fishing...especially after this fishing day with dad. She keeps asking Pat, "When can you just take me fishing?" I think Pat has found him a Fishing buddy for life!

I LOVE Utah scenery! I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the mountains, trees, and river.

Raspberries & Stitches!!

We did a lot of raspberry picking this summer...we're still picking them actually! We did a lot of eating too!

This is about half the amount we would get each time we picked raspberries! The girls, specifically Kayla, would eat handfuls while I picked handfuls!

One day as I was driving up to the U to see Pat in Rehab, I got a call from my sister in law telling me there was an accident...Kayla fell into their fireplace and hit her head above her eye. Not too serious...I'm surprised Kayla hasn't been to the ER before since she is a dare devil. Anyway, I turned around and drove back home. Kayla ended up with 3 stitches! And a shiner!

Kayla cried every time a nurse walked into Pat's room after the stitches incident. It was interesting to visit Pat since a nurse/doctor was coming in every hour or so to give him meds or help him with something. Kayla is traumatized now I guess!

Alayna is being a good helper and picking raspberries with me!

I'm Baaaack!

First of all, you must forgive my blurry photos! I took these with my phone so they aren't the best. Secondly, these pictures aren't in order so forgive me on that.
Here is Pat's first meal once he was able to get his swallow back! It wasn't that bad either. The past few months have been a whirl wind and I have definitely seen miracles happen.

The girls, my mom, and I decided to take a Sunday afternoon and go to the Salt Lake Temple and walk the visitors center. It has been a long time since I've been up there. It was so pretty and peaceful. It was nice to get out of the hospital for a few hours...too bad we couldn't take Pat with us.

Aren't these flowers beautiful? They stayed this way for about the entire summer, then they dried up and looked like weeds. So I pulled them out! Better to have dirt rather than dried up flowers that look brown and ugly!

This is Pat and Ari. Once Pat was transferred from the Critical Care Unit, he was placed in the Acute Care Center. The girls were able to come visit. He still didn't have his swallow at this time and he lost 50 lbs! He literally weighed 10 lbs more than me...yikes! We are so glad he is doing better.

Here is Alayna ready for preschoole. She was so excited to go. I honestly didn't think she would go without me. She hates nursery at church and hasn't gone in months so why would she go to preschool right?!?! Nope, she kissed me goodbye with no tears...wow!

I am so grateful for life, miracles, family, and friends. I have definitely felt peace and calmness during the last month especially. I know a lot of friends and family thought of the Jaramillo Clan often and I am grateful for it!

More posts to come...I promise!