Another Week Has Passed

While the kids were in Idaho, they helped Grandma Vance plant flowers. It was hot over there so they had to do it in the mornings.

Well, things are going and moving along. Michael was suppose to have Cub Scout Day Camp, this week, but after church on Sunday, he developed a fever and missed all but Friday. Well, at least he got to go one day.

So with Michael being sick it was only a matter of time the other kids started coming down with it. Both Jacob and Sydnee came down with the fever on Thursday. So far they are the only two that have. RaChel and I are keeping our fingers crossed that is it.

Jacob had an eye appointment on Wednesday. Our little guy needs glasses. He is far sighted and has an astigmatism in his right eye. They are going to fit him for glasses this next week. Of course we will take pictures! Won't he just be cute in glasses, we think so.

Jacob is now scooting forward.



We have started buying school supplies and we can't believe that Josh is starting Kindergarten. He is really excited about going to school. We can't believe that Anne is going to be in Middle School. The kids are growing up way to fast. We keep on kidding Anne that we are going to put her back in Kindergarten. LOL.

Has the summer almost passed? It is flying. Next month the kids are excited because we are going camping with my family. This will be our first camping trip as a family. It will be a good time. Then it is time to get ready for school. We thought when school ended things would slow down, but that hasn't happened. But we are sure having fun this summer.

Well, that's about it for the Leinonen Family this week. Take Care and have a safe week.

It's Summer Time

Hi Everyone,

The summer is going by so fast. Let's see whats been going on.

We had our appointment with the neurosurgeon (sp) for Jacob and that was a waste of our time. We waited 1 1/2 hours for a 5 maybe 10 minute visit from him. But it that short time we did find out that his head is fine and the it is just BIG. I guess even though the doctor was crappy, it still good to know that everything is ok.

June 28th everyone took off to Idaho. RaChel's brother, Otis, came over and help drive some of the kids back. I then flew over on the 2nd of July and we spent the the 4th there. We all had a good time. On the 4th we spent time with Otis and he's family. That evening our family and his went to the Caldwell fireworks. What a display!!! The kids really enjoyed them. Of course we left Jacob with Grandma Vance.

Right after we got back RaChel headed to Portland for more appointment for Jacob. She met with the doctors at Shriners and they are going to do surgery on his feet. Because it is a quick surgery, they are going to work him into their schedule. Then right after they cut the Achiles (sp) they will cast his feet. Which is going to stop his scooting. Yes he is moving around and now is a vacuum cleaner...lol Below is a video of him just starting to learn to scoot around.

The other exciting thing she learned is they decided to take xrays of his hips again to see if there may be an option to reconstruct his hips. Yes, I said reconstruct his hips. We don't know all of the details yet, but we should learn more at our next appointment with them. So we will see what that is all about.

Michael has Cubscout day camp next week and he is all excited for it to begin. All of the kids are doing really well. They are all growing up so fast. We bought a trampling at the beginning of the summer and they are really enjoying it. Anne has learned to do front and backwards flips.

Well, not much else is going on. Hope everyone is having a safe summer.

Until again,

Marshall