All Because two People fell in Love

Update

2009-08-20T19:58:00.000-07:00

Nathan was released from the hospital last night. He is now walking around on his own. He is still not able to see very well and is still in a lot of pain but he is feeling a lot better.

Family Pictures

2009-08-20T19:39:00.000-07:00

Here are some family photos that were taken not even 24 hours before Nathan and the kids accident.

Ouch!!!

2009-08-19T10:16:00.001-07:00

Nathan and the kids were in a rollover car accident on Monday. The kids are doing well. Summer has a large scrape on the right side of her face which is wonderfull considering that the paramedics had to cut her seat belt off of her to get her out of the car, Alyssa has a large bump on the right side of her face and a small fracture on her right thumb as well as some swollen fingers on that right side, Jamison has a small red bump on the rigth side of his head that has to be pointed out to see. Nathan on the other hand has a few war wounds. He has 18 or more staples on the right side of his skull, a frontal lobe skull fractue, several stiches on the left side of his face and some major road rash or something like that.( The paramedics said he was in his car but he had tar on his back as well as a some large rashes on his back.) He has been in the hospital since the accident but the doctor said he may be able to go home today. He had been in a lot of pain so much that he couldn't even lift his neck on his own at first but he is now getting up and walking with assist.

Beach

2009-03-10T20:15:00.002-07:00

Summer, Alyssa, and Bella playing at the beach
Picture with Mom
Alyssa trying to warm back up with her feet in the water.
Summer making "Mud cupckaes"

Disneyland

2009-03-10T20:10:00.000-07:00

Jamison was happily wating for his sisters to get off a rideSummer and Alyssa wating for the Pixar parade to begin
This is us outside the Monsters Inc ride with my brother Victor
Summer and Alyssa wating to see the Faries in the new Fairytopia part of Disneyland

Disneyland

2009-03-10T19:34:00.001-07:00

Mase's favorite character had to be Whinee The Pooh, he loved when Whinee The Pooh would smack kisses.

Us in front of the Princess Castle with my Brother Victor

We waited for an hour and a half to go see the Princesses at the Fantasy Fair. This is a picture of us trying to occupy the kids.

Jamison's Blessing

2009-01-19T11:14:00.000-08:00

Jamison in his blessing outfit
Jamison and the girls
Jamison being blessed

Sledding

2009-01-18T20:07:00.001-08:00

All winter I have been telling my kids it is too cold to play outside but yesterday was a warmer day and the kids had some of there younger Aunts and Uncles over so we let the kids go sledding down the hill in my backyard. They had a lot of fun and were sad when they had to come in the house.

Alyssa's Surgerey Follow up

2009-01-12T12:37:00.000-08:00

Alyssa is doing so much better now. She is no longer dripping fluids and crying in the middle of the night. Yeah I thought that was going to be never ending. I am still trying to get used to her voice change the doctor said the way she sounds now is how she always should have sounded but her adenoids were too big causing her to talk out of her nose.

Jamison's 4 month Chek up

2009-01-08T14:46:00.000-08:00

Jamison had his late four month check yesterday...
He weighs 17.5 pounds which puts him in the 74% for his weight and he is 24.75 inches long putting him in the 97% for his length. He is still eating a lot but not as much as he was for awhile there. He is trying to roll over and is still working on sitting up he still only sits for about 30 seconds at a time then he gets so excited he falls. He loves to make tons of noises especially when his sisters are still a sleep in the morning and I don't want them to be awake yet because I am just getting home from work.

Family Pictures

2008-12-28T16:23:00.000-08:00

Alyssa's Surgerey

2008-12-28T15:26:00.001-08:00

As many of you know Alyssa had to have her her tonsils and Adenoids removed on Friday December 19 because she started having issues with sleep apnea. It was not serous but needed to be taken care of. She would snore so bad that some nights Summer would come in to my room and complain of hearing noises " Scary Noises" well it was always Alyssa snoring.

Alyssa has also been having problems with ear infections again so they replaced her ear tubes at the same time.

Alyssa had to be admitted in the hospital for obserevation following her surgereys. We were supposed to be able to take her home saturday morning but she would not drink fluids so we were not able to take her home untill late saturday night.

Since Alyssa's surgerey she has good days and bad days. But most every night she wakes up in alot of pain and just cries. We are having troubles with her drinking again because any time she drinks anything it comes out of her nose and hurts her. But other then that Alyssa is doing well. We are so glad everything went well.

Alyssa playing in the hospital bed before surgerey

Alyssa right after surgerey

Alyssa Playing in the playroom at the hospital the day after surgerey.

My little Family

2008-12-02T16:26:00.001-08:00

Mase is getting soooo big!

2008-12-02T16:06:00.001-08:00

For about a week now Jamison has been trying to pull himself up from a laying position, so today I tried sitting him up by himself. He did so well sitting up but could not stay up for long before he would fold himself forward.

Such Happy kids :)

At work with Dad

2008-12-02T01:07:00.000-08:00

These are obviously not recent pictures of Sum and Lys but I saw them for the first time today. So I felt the need to share. Summer used to love going to take lunch to her dad when he worked up Hobble Creek Canyon. He would always take a minute to put her in the backhoe and take her for a ride around the job site.

The Princess Ball

2008-12-01T22:24:00.000-08:00

My little sister Mikayla was in a play and Summer and Alyssa were able to attend while I was in the Hospital having Jamison. They had such a fun time being able to dress up and be with all the princesses. After the "Ball" they came to visit Jamison and mom in the hospital.

YUMM Green Beans!

2008-11-18T19:16:00.000-08:00

Today Mase had his first taste of baby food. He is three months old and weigh's 15.5lbs. I started him on food because he eats and eats and eats 8-10 ounces at a time and eats about every 4-6 hours. He did not know what to think of it at first, then he started to like it but in the end he started to gag on it.

It's Autumn!

2008-11-18T12:01:00.000-08:00

The other morning Sum went outside and became very excited she noticed that the leaves had started to fall to the ground. She picked up an arm full of leaves threw them in the air and said "Look mom it's Autumn now!" I am not sure where she came up with the word Autumn because we have always refered to it as fall but still all the same she was so excited. When dad came home from work she asked him to rake the leaves so her and Lys could play in them.

Halloween

2008-11-18T10:54:00.000-08:00

It was such a pain to find costumes for the girls Summer wanted to be Rapunzel but we could not find a Rapunzel costume and every time we asked Lys what she wanted to be she kept saying "ALYSSA"! No what do you want to dress up as like you can be Cinderella(her favorite character), a cowgirl,etc. No I want to be ALYSSA! So finally I decided to have Alyssaa dress up as a pirate because she always walks around the house saying I'm a pirate AAAR! And Summer found a sorceres costume that she liked at Walmart. Mase's costume was the easiest to figure out I wanted him to be a turttle because Nathan is all about turtles. Then was sold when I found one on disney shoppings website for $4.00
Summer and Lys had a lot of fun on Halloween they went trick or treating but only to a couple of houses because it started to rain which was fine with me because that means less candy that I have to keep away from Lys :) We also went to Auntie ms house where she had a fun party. they got to eat yummy food and play games with there cousins. Thanks M

Our newest edition

2008-10-02T15:07:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to announce the newest edition in our family Jamison Ray Butts was born on August 11 at Orem Community hospital weighing 8lbs 2oz and was 21 inches long. Summer and Alyssa love to have him around. Summer will let me know if he needs to be changed and has a diaper and the wipes waiting for me. Lys is always trying to feed him weather he needs to be fed or not . What big helpers!