The Drew Israelsen Family

Robert sure has enjoyed his summer. He loves any and all sports. These are a few of him swinging at the bat a couple of sunday's ago playing with his friend Christopher and his dad.

As I have posted in the past Lena is very very much into drawing and coloring. The other day we were at my brother's house and she came walking down the stairs from playing upstairs with Shay. I about fell over when I saw what she had done. Her and Shay had gotten ahold of BRIGHT PINK fingernail polish and painted Lena's hair. These pictures are after 3 attempts of washing it out. It was caked on her hair so bad I had to pull the hair away from the scalp. After 6 washes now we have almost removed all of the polish. She was so proud and couldn't understand why I didn't just love it. She had watched very closely the other night when my friend had colored my hair so who knows maybe that is what gave her the BRIGHT idea!!!

Well it was another crazy weekend on our end. We spent Sunday afternoon at the hospital again. My Dad was taken by life flight to the IMS hospital in Salt Lake. He has blood clots in his legs and lungs and an aneurysm where they did the angeogram last week. He is having surgery tonight to fix the aneurysm and also got a filter put in today to hopefully stop the rest of the clots from going to his heart. They have also been talking about heart surgery today because from recent tests it shows that the left side of his heart is not pumping correctly. I went to see him yesterday and take him lunch and when I got there he looked awful. It was really hard for me to watch my Dad cry because he was scared and when he left to go to the ER and told my kids goodbye he was telling them GOODBYE. At one point he even put his face into his hands and sobbed like I have never seen him do before. He is the greatest guy and I have always been a HUGE daddy's girl!!!! So this stress with his heart and all the other continued problems is really putting a toll on my sanity!!! I can't imagine loosing one of the best friends I have ever had. He has always tried to hide the bad from me and now when I call I seriously have to pull the information out of him which scares me more than just hearing it. So once again I am asking for prayers and support!!! To top off the beginning to a great week my other best friend in the whole world (DREW) has gone out of town for the week. Hopefully he doesn't come home to a wife having a nervous breakdown.

So as many of you know we not only had my dad in the hospital this past weekend we also had Drew's mom in with pneumonia. I had gone up on Friday night to see her and dropped the kids off with my sister in-law, Lori. I told the kids I was going to see Grandma Jillene because she was really sick in the hospital. Sunday night we decided to sneak the kids into ICU to go and see my dad. We are walking into the hospital and Lena said "Can we see Grandma too?" I turned to her and told her that grandma was gone. She stopped in her tracks threw her hands to her side and looked me square in the eyes with complete anger and said "Grandma is DEAD?" It was a nobody told me sort of question. At first I thought my 2 1/2 just said what? Then I burst out laughing. She would not walk or move until we explained to her that Grandma wasn't dead she was just better and able to go home. She had to ask me again if grandma was ok before she would continue to go inside. She makes me laugh, or scream EVERYDAY!!!!!

We are exhausted today from a late night of phone calls from the hospital and no sleep from worry. My dad was taken into the hospital last night for signs of a heart attack. He was admitted into ICU and they are pumping him with blood because he keeps losing it from somewhere and they can't figure out where. They are doing tests today to check for internal bleeding or a bleeding ulcer. His blood sugar was through the roof and blood pressure was no better. He is on a nitroglycerin drip, insulin shots, and having blood transfusions. I would really appreciate everyone putting a prayer in for my dad!!!

UPDATE 8/15
I just talked to my dad and he sounds much better today but still not a solution in sight. They can't go in and do the test to see where he is bleeding until they figure out what is going on with his heart. They confirmed that he did have a heart attack and has two blockages in his heart. He is waiting to hear from the specialist to see what they are going to do next. It is possible that they will not be able to do the procedure here and will have to send him to a different hospital. Thanks to everyone for giving your prayers and support.

Happy Birthday Aunt Jeana!!! We hope that you have a great day. Thanks for always making us smile and spoiling us way to much! You are a big part in our lives and we truly do love you!

The kids absolutely loved the rain last weekend! They went out and danced and sang in it. It was so fun to watch them enjoying a true childhood memory!!

We were pleasantly surprised when Lori, Shay, and Britan came over to our house for a visit. I just couldn't resist getting out my camera and taking a dozen pictures of him!! He didn't really love it. Once the flash woke him you can see that he was pulling some pretty nasty faces at his Aunt Rae!! I didn't post the pictures that I took after I made him cry (they made me feel a little cruel). He is so darling and reminds me a lot of my Robert when he was a baby. You can definitely tell they are related. I would have to say that the Hale gene is pretty dominant. I just can't believe that he is already a month old. Where does all the time go?

Happy Birthday Lindthy!!!! We hope you have a great day and a great year to follow. We sure have had a lot of fun lately and who ever would have guessed Thomas and Drew being as good of friends as we are?! Just at a time when Drew really could use a good friend! Thanks guys for being our friends and loving our kids! They ask about you all the time. The other day Lena wanted to know if Lindsay could come over and color with her, it was so dang cute! So anytime you are in the mode for a good coloring session with Lena come on over she is always up for it.

Amie called the other day and wanted everyone to get together at the Park with the kids and let them hang out again for one more time before school life got into full swing. The kids really enjoyed it and loved seeing all the animals. Of course Trevon, Robert and Adam had to send us on a hunt for them as usual. Maybe we should have just put them into one of the cages with the animals. HA HA HA
Grandma Jillene even joined us for a walk around the park. All the grand daughters found themselves at her side! They sure do love their grandma!!

These are a few pictures of the kids I took at the park when we went and played last Friday. Aren't they just the cutest things ever? Okay so maybe I am prejudice, but I sure do love those two with their blond hair and blue eyes.