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Paraganglioma Part 2
Sarah checked in to Primary Children's hospital yesterday for the third time--the charm. This time she was at full adult dosage of Amlodipine and Doxazosin which for the past three months have been...
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Paraganglioma Part 4
Mural of Christ and the children--including those who are to be healed--from the third floor lobby of Primary Children's Hospital. I think this was in the original building of the old PCH.Each day at...
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Summer Outings
Once Sarah was up and about from her surgery and before Marie had her "procedure" as she likes to call it (a same day small hernia surgery) we joined Marie's sister Diane and her husband Lant for a fun...
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Berry Birthday
For Sarah's Sunday celebration of her birthday we invited any remaining Tueller relatives in Utah to join us before the last departures of the summer. One of Sarah's preferred foods is plain pasta so...
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Canoeing the Green River
July 15-20 Joel and six other scouts, plus four adults (two scout leaders, a father and an EMT) set off on a 71 mile canoe trip down the Green River through Labyrinth Canyon to Mineral Bottom. I had...
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Adidas Cup
This past week Joel and Will both participated in the Adidas Cup at the huge soccer complex with 35 fields in West Jordan.Joel's team is starting its third season. The first game was tied 1-1 (goal by...
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Back to school
To end our stay-in-Utah summer we went to Lagoon amusement park for the day. It was a cloudy, not too hot day. Surprisingly it was also not very crowded. We did all of the roller coasters. The smooth...
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Happy Things
Happy things from the past ten days: Accompanying Sarah on the piano as she sang "Where is love" for tryouts for the high school musical.Finding out that sophomore Sarah got a part in the chorus of...
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Good Samaritans
One of the things we as parents are trying to instill in our children is kindness to others and a desire to serve others. Knowing when and how to serve is not always an instinctive thing. Some people...
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David Lange
A few years ago David and Janice Lange (plus three of their daughters) moved into a home at the bottom of our street. Dave was a bicycle buddy of my brother Bob in So. California so that provided our...
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Tithing
Today the Emmett family was able to attend the Saturday morning session of LDS General Conference. It was Marie and the kids' first time attending a live session of conference. We loved the music and...
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Lucky 13
Thirteen years ago today (October 13, 2013) on a Friday the Thirteenth (with a full moon to boot) Joel Tueller Emmett joined our family thanks to an emergency c-section. We are lucky to have him as...
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Nuts
We had thought to go on a hike this morning to enjoy the gorgeous fall weather, but then Sarah remembered she had volleyball games with the Young Women in the ward so I headed out into the yard to see...
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Sabbath Walk
Today after church and after Chad's famous ginger stir fry, we headed out for a Sunday afternoon walk (not to be confused with a hike, which is something more appropriate for a non-Sabbath activity!)....
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Jack-o-lanterns
If it is the Monday before Halloween (that pagan holiday) then it must mean our Family Home Evening activity is carving pumpkins. Sarah's Harry Potter with forehead scar and wand. She carved out the...
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The Wedge
Friday after school and work, six scouts (deacons) of the Spring Creek 18th ward, plus their leaders, a few fathers (including me) and a few siblings and children of leaders, headed south into Utah's...
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Bye Bye Birdie
What follows are photos from the first two nights of Springville High School's fun production of Bye Bye Birdie. Sarah was in the chorus/ensemble and was a delight to watch. Most rehearsals were after...
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Double Trouble in Walla Walla
Last Thursday the third graders at Brookside Elementary put on a play based on the children's book "Double Trouble in Walla Walla" which is full of double words that rhyme. Will was selected to play...
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Dancing Moroni
Juswan and Aischa Tandiman in front of the Cebu temple earlier this year with their four daughters Bianca, Vanessa, Priscilla and Patricia. They all went to the Cebu temple following Vanessa's service...
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Frost on sage brush
Wednesday I drove south to Utah's black rock desert west of Fillmore to gather more basalt rocks for our upcoming (this Friday if it is not too cold) sweat lodge. We invited the young women in the...
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