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Hey everyone,  Just wanted to take a minute and inform you all of My Sister Crystal, and Nephew Skyler's Blog. http://www.crystalandskyler.blogspot.com/  Please visit as often as you would like. We are trying to get the word out so all who are able can donate and stay informed on Skylers fight against cancer and upcoming fundraisers. Please become a follower of the blog, and once again thanks for the love and support of you all!

                                                                Skyler and  baby Kayson

Skyler's Story..

I have the greatest little nephew Skyler!  He is 4 years old and one of the funniest kids I have met!  He LOVES his Mommy, playing his DS, camping and all his family!  He is Mommy's little protector and always makes sure his mom is doing ok.  He is Kayson's best friend, he has been his buddy since day one!  It's so much fun to watch them grow together! 

Here is Skyler with his Mom posin for the camera..(they both sure love the camera) :)

I love this kid to pieces! 

On August 17, 2010 Skyler was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia.  He has been sick on and off his whole life, he recently underwent two different surgeries to remove masses from his lower jaw.  His mom noticed his becoming more sick about two weeks ago.  He had a fever on and off for a week, his eye lids became puffy and his face started to swell.  Crystal decided something was not right and on Saturday the 14th took him to the Instacare to which they just gave him an antibiotic and sent him home saying it was just allergies. (Ignoring his mothers concerns and said it didn't matter what type of allergy that it was just some sort of allergy)  Well being the AMAZING mother my sister is she continued to feel that something was not right and he began to have excessive bruising that could not be explained and his belly began portruding.  She decided to take him to see his Dr. on Tuesday the 17th.  His Dr. determined that his liver and spleen were very swollen and told her to take him staight up to Primary Children's hospital.  It did not take long after having him in the E.R. up there for them to determine what was wrong with him.  That night I got that dreaded phone call from my mom that I hope to never again have to experience!  Todd was so sweet and stayed home with the boys so that Summer and I could run up to the hospital to see our little boy!  He was so sick and in so much pain it was heartbreaking!  The following day the blood tests came back and determined that he had Leukemia type ALL.  This type is the lesser of the two types but he has it bad.  That afternoon he was taken into surgery to have a central line placed in his heart for his treatments and IV's.  During the surgery for that they also started Chemo in his spine and took Bone Marrow from his hip.  During the surgery he began to bleed from his lungs.  They were able to get the bleeding under control but he still has fluid in his lungs and has to be on oxygen.  His blood pressure has been extremely high the last few days and he has gained 10 lbs from all the extra fluids.  He is having a hard time peeing the fluids back out and so is swollen to twice his size.  It kills me to see him like this and in so much pain!  We love you sooooo much Skyler and know you can be strong and fight this cancer!!  Get well soon little man!!  Always remember.....

Cancer FEARS YOU!!!!!

Camping

A couple weeks ago My parents took our whole family to Lagoon.  We had so much fun being with family, taking the little kids on rides and acting like kids ourselves.  I knew Kayson would not enjoy the rides very much but decided to take him on the mini Tidal Wave anyways.......ya.....not such a good idea!  He screamed the entire time!  So I just let him hang out in the stroller people watching for the day and he was totally fine with that.  After Lagoon we headed up to the cabin in Fairview.  We got there Friday night and my family came up the next day.  We had so much fun up there.  My Dad is HUGE on fourwheeling so he brought his toys and took us all for rides up the mountain.  Kayson hated the fourwheelers at first but by the last day when we were putting them away he couldn't seem to get enough of them!

Here is Kayson loungin at Lagoon.

Daddy taking Kayson on a ride.

My dad chillaxin.

Todd and Brodie going for a ride up the mountain.  How hot does Todd look by the way (me whistling...whoot whoo)

Kayson getting the slip n slide ready for us...such a big helper.  He loves watering anything with the hose.

Grandpa showing Kayson the technique of watering :)

Todd diving down the slip n slide!!  Such a pro! (and he wondered why his abs hurt the next day lol)

Kayson loves drinkin from the hose.

My nephew Skyler pullin me down the slip n slide..man is he strong or what?!  As you can see Lola is running to jump on and ride with me..

Kayson just being Kayson...

This is what my sister did the entire weekend....BORING!

This is what Brodie did when he wasn't sleeping lol..(thats a tv in case you couldn't see)

My mom playing with the kids...looking good mom!!

Todd making a YUMMY dinner on the grill!!

Brodie in the middle of doing a flip (don't worry he didn't land on his head)

Can you say S.T.U.D Muffin??  Kayson broke my moms sunglasses she was so proud of cuz she finally found some that would cover her regular glasses while riding..sorry mom....but doesnt he just look so cute??

Kayson wanted to help build the fire sooo bad!

My cute little family!

The boys workin the fire..

Mommy taking Kayson for a ride..

Born to Ride!! 

Practice Cake

So for the past year I have been really into decorating cakes...I have not done much with decorating cakes, mainly just watching cake decorating shows and wishing I could do what they do.  So I thought to myself why not do what they do?  So thats exactly what I am going to be doing.  My lovely niece (well my sister) has agreed to let me make her 6th birthday cake this month.  Since she is totally into Tinkerbell I told her I would make her a Tinkerbell cake.  Here is my practice cake to get an idea of what I should do.  So thats why its not done all the way and no Tinkerbell on it yet.  I used gumpaste and Luster Dust for the flowers, fondant for the grass, and buttercream frosting for the main frosting!  I might say it was a delicious cake!  I had my sister and her girls come look at it to let me know if thats the direction they wanted it to go and my niece absolutely loved it!  That made me so happy!  I love decorating cakes and hope my family totally doesn't mind me makin their b-day cakes for practice!  (PS it was not supposed to be completely smooth on the frosting if anyone was wondering).

Closer to Heaven

Hey yall, Todd here. I just wanted to take a minute and share with you some of my feelings regarding my Grandpa White. If you have any idea who this man is you know my words wont do any justice in regards to how amazing he really is. Growing up when asked the question "Who is your Hero"? Along with a few otheres I would usually respond by saying, Karl Malone, and My Grandpa White. I remember always feeling like a was standing in the presence of greatness, but not the kind of greatness as it would be to stand in front of an important Political Figure, or a Moviestar, but an inviting  greatness that made me feel closer to heaven. He has left a legacy that wont be forgotten, and a lifetime of experiences and stories that will be cherished by many.

Big Boy Potty!

So I thought I would just quickly update Kayson's newest adventure....Learning to use the Big Boy Potty!!  We bought him a little Sesame Street seat to go on the toilet and a stool to climb up to sit on the potty so that Kayson can start potty training.  We were going to wait till at least 18 months but figured since Kayson is taking off his diaper on occasion after he pees and signs to me potty that he is ready to start.  It was so cute after sitting on the potty yesterday for his first time to get familiar with it (he didn't go) he flushed the toilet, washed his hands then ran out all excited to Daddy and signed potty!!  I am so proud of my little man and can't wait till he starts to catch on with how to make his pee pee go in the toilet!

July so far..

Sorry it's been a while since we last posted...who would have known staying at home would keep me so incredibly busy??  But I sure do LOVE it!!  Here is an update on some stuff we have been up to this month..

Kayson loves playing in his little pool outside!  He loves filling up the water with the hose himself, splashing Lola and eating popsicles in the pool.

Did I mention he also loves swimming outside in his birthday suit??

Here is Kayson doing another thing he loves...running around naked!  He will always take off his diaper while swimming or whenever he is just outside without pants and run around. 

Kayson just being silly playing in the diaper box!! 

July 2nd we went to the West Bountiful park with my family for fireworks.  Kayson had so much fun running around with his cousins!

Here is Nicole, Kayson, Skyler, Brooklyn and Todd watching Todd do his magic trick.

Haven, Brodie (sleeping in back) my Mom and pregnant Summer. 

Me and Haven!  Love this girl!  She is totally 4 turning 12!

Almost time for fireworks...Kayson was not so happy he couldn't run around anymore finding people to give him cotton candy!  At first he was terrified of the fireworks but after about 5 or 6 of them he was ok with them.

July 3rd we went and saw the West Bountiful parade with my family.  My mom went extra early to get us such great seats!  The clown stopped just for Kayson to make him a really cool squiggly balloon.

As you can see all the kids just love uncle Todd! 

After the parade we went back to the park for a carnival.  After all the excitement and the heat Kayson passed out in the car! 

We were also able to go to the last Blaze game of the season...BIG thanks to Amos and Jessica for such awesome tickets!!!  We were extremely worried that Kayson would be bored and try to run around the whole time, so we went and bought him a new backpack (ok ok it's a leash) and he loved it!  Also to our surprise Kayson LOVED the game and sat in my lap the entire 3 hours!  This picture doesn't show his excitement cuz he is way too cool to have his picture taken.

Brodie got to stand right up next to the field the whole game and loved it!  All the different mascots would come up and stand by him.  He had such a blast!

Here is Kayson watching the game!

Daddy let Kayson help him make cookies.  Kayson loves to cook with us.  He is very good as stiring anything we need mixed, and in this case he is also very good at sneaking cookie dough!

This is what happens when you give a child your Drum Stick ice cream cone in the car...

We had so much fun at Todd's family reunion.  Kayson did the fish pond and got a cool ball.  Todd's parents also did a cotton candy machine which is now Kayson's new favorite!  He ate so much cotton candy that day lol..