Dancing Queens?

Jeewon and Sayuri finally were able to show off their ballroom dancing skills on Wednesday at the Weber School Districts "Christmas Tree Jubilee". As you will see they both did fantastic for only taking lessons 3 months. They are our Asian Dancing Queens!

Decorating Grandma's Christmas Tree

Everyone thinks it's too early to put up a tree, but I say it's never too early to put up your tree and Toby, Elly and Jeewon will agree. I have the Christmas Spirit already, and my first Christmas present was Henry. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008!

HENRY CHUGG CARLTON, Ruler of Household

I just witnessed the birth of my 3rd grandchild, Henry Chugg Carlton, what an honor to be invited and allowed to see this. A sacred, glorious time when the spirit leaves heaven, and enters into the mortal realm of the human body. The birth was at 1:38a.m., November 13th. Jayni had been having contractions all day, and by evening they were every 5 minutes. They checked in at Davis Hospital, and called us after Jayni had her epidural. We arrived at 11:30 to await this special occasion. Jayni was intensely sick (nauseated) through the last portion of the delivery, but she handled it with grace, using extremely good manners to the nurse and Doctor. When little Henry's head popped through, I was amazed at the miracle of birth. The doctor gently pulled the ambilical cord from around Henry's head and helped the shoulders come through. Henry had very broad shoulders, making it difficult to finalize his birth. The Doctor had Jayni push one last time and that was all that was required. Henry came out lickety split. It all happened to fast, I wanted to savor the miracle a little longer. With Jayni's last push a wave of ambiotic fluid came too, unfortunately Henry swallowed a great deal of this fluid. The doctor said it was like getting dunked in a swimming pool. The doctor hurried and tried to suction all of it out, but to no avail, she handed Henry over to the nursery nurse to put him on oxygen. It was a little intense for a while. I seen Henry struggle for air until they put a tube down his throat to suction all the fluid out of his lungs. The nurse cleaned Henry up and weighed him. He was 7 pounds 10 ounces and measured 20 inches. The nurse wrapped Henry up and gave him to Jayni. Jayni was cleaned up by then looking healthy once again. (with the exception of not being able to move her legs ) Henry was still having trouble breathing, so the nurse took him into the nursery and put him on oxygen. I was concerned, but knew everything would be O.K. We said our goodbye's to Jayni with a hug and a kiss, then Andrew and I had one final peek at Henry before leaving at 2:30a.m. What an eventful night or morning? Though sleep deprived I could not sleep because of the excitement of the thought of having a brand new grandchild, HENRY CHUGG CARLTON!

ISLAND PARK, YELLOWSTONE, JACKSON HOLE IN A WEEKEND! WHEW!

PEACH DAYS!

O.K., I know that you think all I do is have fun on the weekends, but I do really work hard too, I just try to squeeze it all in. Last week Swiss Days, this week Peach Days and yes I ran another 10K. This week I ran a little slower than last week 47:14, but we started at 9am and it was hot. Plus I hate the last mile of this race. It is uphill on main street in Brigham City, going right through the parade route with everyone seeing you have a near death experience. The reward after is worth it however, as many peaches as you can eat. I went home a pregnant peach! We also stopped at Pettingills, and I picked up another 3 1/2 bushels of jammers to put up. They were sooooo good! I got sick stuffing my face while putting them up! I then put up 2 batches of vegetable soup. It is soooo yummy that I love to eat it in the cold winter months. The parade and car show was the best entertainment at peach days. Jee and Say ate breakfasts at Dicks, a local dive that they loved.

WARD MISSION LEADER!

WHOO HOO! I am so pumped.

They just put me in as a ward mission leader. I love this gospel so much and I know it changes peoples lives for the better. I love people, and I want everyone to have the peace and joy that the true gospel of Jesus Christ brings. I have seen a mighty change in Jeewon. She is so awesome. Her eyes reflect the joy she has being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I know Sayuri feels the spirit of the Lord in our home. One day she'll have a change of heart and love the gospel as we do. I love how the girls read the bible every morning with Andrew and I. It makes my heart swell hearing them all read the word of God! I am the richest woman in the whole world because I have the gospel of Jesus Christ.

SWISS DAYS! Jeewon, Sayuri and Susan's Midway adventure!

On Friday we went to Swiss Days in Midway Utah. Swiss Days is celebrated at the end of every August the weekend of Labor Day. Midway was settled by swiss immigrants who came to Utah because they were converted to the L.D.S. Church and wanted to be closer to the headquarters in Salt Lake City. Midway is about 1.5 hours away from Farr West. Aunt Marilyn lives there, so we took advantage of her hospitality and slept overnight at her house on the trampoline. It was cold, but Sari and Jee slept in very warm sleeping bags. I slept with a blanket getting up at 1am and moving into Aunt Marilyn's house to sleep on the couch. At 5am, I woke up and ran the Swiss Days 10K. It was a great race even though I had a contact stuck in my eye. Cool morning nice course, winning my age division and receiving a silver goblet. I was 13th overall with a time of 47:23 or 7:37 minute miles. I was proud of this time. I shaved off 5 minutes from my time in Irodoquoit. After the race we ate breakfast, and then went through all the artisan's booths. The craftmanship was unbelievable. Hundreds of booths of paintings, puzzles, metal works, soaps, lotions, potpourri, edibles, charts, flower arrangements and pottery. A portion of all sales go towards the Church's humanitarian service and missionary fund. The parade was cute, the food was delicious and the race was awesome.bb