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Praying for Warm Weather in the San Jauqin Valley

We got a call from Destiny, from Pearson Ranch, last night... She told us to pray to whom ever it is we believe in that the oranges don't freeze. She said that for the next couple of night there is a chance that the orange crops could all be frozen if the temperature drops like it is predicted to. If that is the case there will not be any oranges this season. She said this happens about every ten to twelve years.

August thru October 2009

Averi started Kindergarten

Tatum made me some really yummy birthday cakes

Emy's Sunday School Paper

This a picture Emy brought home from church on Sunday. I am assuming their lesson must have been on prayer. I thought it was neat to see that she is thinking about Ari and praying for her.

Update on Ari

I did not write this, Vicki (my sister posted this on her blog):

Her kidney's, pituatary gland, and heart are improving. Unfortunately, the liver and spleen are getting worse. They are very enlarged and still struggling. She's back to getting blood and platelet transfusions everyday for the last two days. Her sodium level keeps spiking up and down too. The metobalic problem is still unsolved. They haven't figured that out. I just got off the phone with Travis. He is so positive despite the situation. He said the Drs. wanted him and Haley to get counseling. Travis asked why. They said because parents need to be prepared in situations like this. We don't want them to blame themselves or the Drs if things get worse. Travis said, oh well in that case we are fine. We don't need counseling. The Dr. said, well that's what were concerned about. We don't think you guys realize the severity of Arianna's situation. You are both always so happy and Travis you are always cracking jokes and making all the nurses and Drs. laugh. Travis said, If you are asking me if I understand that my daughter is fighting all odds of living, yes we understand that, but do you understand that we have two choices. 1) be pessimistic and sad or 2) be optimistic and happy. Which one do think is going to be the best for Arianna.....to see us crying and upset or to see us happy. The Dr. said well that makes me feel better. We were just afraid that you were too positive because you didn't understand how bad off she is. We've just never met anyone this upbeat in a situation like this. Travis said, well you've just met Travis and Haley Lane. That's what I love about Travis. He is always positive. He lights the room up when he walks in. Everyone always wants to be in his presence. One of the nurses told him after the Dr. left that the nurses all "fight" over who gets Arianna's room.

My cousin Kayla also wrote a great post about Travis and his family, here is the link: http://www.thelegacylady.com/

Seeking prayers for Ari

5 days ago my niece Arianna (she is my brother Travis' daughter) was diagnosed with a cancer called LCH. There are 2 types of LCH cancer; single and multi symptom. Single LCH has a survival rate of about 8-9 out of 10. However, with multi symptom (and she has every single symptom) the survival rate for kids under the age of 2 is less than 50%.

About 4 months ago, Ari broke out with sores all over her head. Haley took her to the Dr. They said that it was cradle cap. They told her to bath her every night and then massage olive oil into the scalp. Haley did this, but it wasn't getting better. She took her back to the Dr. and they said cradle cap is a fungus and that they need to just keep fighting it. That was 4 months ago. (She still has the cradle cap.)

Then 2 months later over the 4th of July weekend they noticed that Ari was drinking a ton of water. This very quickly increased to 1 gallon of water a day. They took her back into the doctor. They did blood work. They told them that because of the water, they couldn't get an accurate blood test and that they needed her to fast for 12 hours. After the fasting she increased her water intake to 2 gallons of water a day. Travis and Haley spent the next month in and out of the Drs. office having blood test after blood test done. The Dr. couldn't figure it out. Ari was starting to show signs of lethargy and sickness. They ended up taking her to Primary Children's in SLC. They were only in the ER for about 2 hours. The Drs. instantly diagnosed her with having a kidney malfunction. They told them that for whatever reason she drank too much water and that "drowned" her kidneys putting the kidneys in a reverse osmosis function. To fix it they needed to cut her off from all water. They said it's going to be really hard, but you have to be strong and not give in. Travis asked why she was so lethargic and "sick" acting. They said, the water intake was washing away all of her nutrition and she was basically starving to death. They said if the parents couldn't get her nutrition back then they would have to put a g-tube in. Travis asked if she should have a scan done of the brain. They said no because they were certain this was what was wrong and they sent them home. They went back home and took her off water. It was REALLY hard because she acts like she is dying of dehydration. She got worse each day. They took her back to the Dr. in St. George and Ari had a double ear infection and both ear drums had burst. That Dr. again did more blood work. A few days later Ari broke out with a rash all over her body. The Dr. got the blood work results back. She called Haley who was on her way to cub scouts and asked for her and Travis to come to her office right away. Haley said, "I am on my way to cub scouts. Travis is home with Ari. I will call him and tell him to bring her in." The Dr. said, "No, I don't need Ari. I need to talk to you and Travis." So they went in to see the Dr. She told them that she thought Ari had leukemia. She had arranged for them to be admitted into Primary the following morning. So that night they drove to Salt Lake. The next day they started the routine tests; Chest x-rays, blood work, ultra sound, MRI. They also discovered that she was severely anemic so they did a blood transfusion. She also had bone marrow retrieved to determine what type of leukemia she had. Well, the bone marrow came back negative and the MRI came back showing lesions on her brain. This turned the Drs. towards diagnosing it as LCH. The next night in the hospital she had trouble breathing. She dropped down to 40% oxygen. They did an ultra sound on her lungs to find that they were filling with fluid. She was moved during the night to ICU. The Drs. were waiting for a biopsy of the cradle cap to confirm LCH. When her lungs were filling with fluid they told them they had to act now. They weren't waiting for test results to confirm LCH. They had to actively treat her for LCH with chemo right away. So within 2 days they were faced with:enlarged liver and spleen fluid in the lungs, lesions on the brain, distressed kidneys anemia blood disorder, pituatary gland malfunction. She has had 5 blood transfusion in the last 5 days. She has had 2 platelet transfusions in the last 2 days. Her platelet count should be 150, but hers is 8. Basically, in her case the LCH has attacked every organ in her body except for the heart. We have to hope that it doesn't advance to the heart because they said when it does that they can only assist her in a pain free death. We also have to hope and pray that her liver can endure. It is under alot of stress. They test it every 2 hours because if it shuts down that too is fatal. They had to quit giving her tylenol, but they are giving her oxycodine now. She was started on steroids and a low dose chemo to see how she does. As needed they will possibly have to jump to a higher dose and more aggressive chemo. They said the trick is to beat the cancer quick enough without killing her and before the cancer beats her. Her odds are slim, but not impossible. I am so proud of Travis and Haley. They have been so strong and so positive, but I know it is taking a huge toll on them. We appreciate everyones prayers and support. We love you all.

Liz has setup a site dedicated to Ari. It will chronicle her journey so that we focus on her recovery and remember to pray. DON'T STOP PRAYING. Prayers can bring miracles. Please share the site address with anyone who is willing to pray for her. http://www.prayforari.blogspot.com/

Independence Day

I know it has been almost a month since the 4th of July, however I still wanted to post some pictures and videos of it. I love Independence Day!!! It seriously is one of my favorite holidays, second only to Christmas.

We usually celebrate the 4th by going down to my parents in Mt. Pleasant in the morning to enjoy their parade. The parade down there is closer to what I grew up with. It is your small town parade. They still throw candy and hand out popcycles, the lines down the street are only one person deep and you don't have to camp out a day before just to get a descent seat. In fact my sister sets up lawn chairs along the street for us and we enjoy the parade sitting in the shade under the big tree in front of the church every year, while the kids run for candy as they throw it from the floats. It is so fun!

After the parade we usually head back to Provo to enjoy a BBQ with Jeremy's family and then Colby usually lights his fireworks in the street for us and then we go to the backyard and watch the fire works from the Stadium of Fire.

This year was a little different. Instead of watching the fireworks from the backyard Jeremy surprised me and Emy and Averi with tickets to go to the Stadium of Fire. I have always wanted to experience it from inside the stadium. In fact I honestly believe that the Stadium of Fire is one for the bucket list of every American. The spirit of patriotism is so strong there. To top it all off the JONAS BROTHERS were performing this year. Anyone who knows anything about me knows how much I love the Jo Bros, uh uh, I mean knows how much my girls love them.

IT WAS AWESOME.

Kai Born on Thursday

Kai Taylor Frampton joined our family on Thursday the 23 at 6:23 am. He was 7 lbs 10 ounces and 19 inches long. Both Bobbi and Kai are doing well. They both came home and are both excited to be out of the hospital. The girls are really enjoying having a brother. And I finally got my son!

Spring Fling Competition March 21, 2009

Maybe He Got Resurrected....

Averi (5 yrs. old) said the cutest thing today. Like many of us Averi loves President Hinckley and when he passed away she talked about it for months. This morning I heard her scream from upstairs, "MOM, MOM" then as she came running down the stairs to find me she yelled "President Hinckley is on T.V." and by the time she entered the room I was in she said, with alot of excitement and hope in her voice, "Maybe he got resurrected!"

It was the sweetest and funniest thing I have heard in a while. I hated to be the one to disappoint her but I told her that it was probably something that was recorded before he died. She took it pretty well.

Weekend in St. George

This past weekend we went to St. George, Liz was going through the temple. All of the my sisters were there so it made for a really fun weekend. My daughters had a blast playing with all there cousins.

Is Barney Real?

Today Averi asked me if Barney was real.

Me: No he's not real.

Averi: Are the Jonas Brothers real?

Me: Yes the Jonas Brothers are real?

Averi: Oh yeah because we saw them at the concert.............but they are on TV?

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Today me and the girls were hanging out when Emy said, "Let's talk about what we think the baby will look like."

I said, " I think he will look just like you guys with blonde hair and blue eyes."

Averi said, "Me too"

Then Emy said, "Me too, but with a weiner."