HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY BRITTANY

Today is Brittanys birthday. YAHOO!!! She is finally 18 it seems like the whole time you are a teenager you cant wait to be 18. Now the day has come and the only difference is she could buy cigarettes legally if she wanted to. I love on Gilmore Girls when Lorilee gets in bed with Rory and tells her about the day of her birth. I can remember feeling scared, excited, nervous, in anticipation of this little bundle of joy coming to our family. My mom and Erin were already with us (Phoenix, Az) because they were so excited to see the first granddaughter born. (no really i that i was having labor pain the first part of August, my mom thought i knew what i was talking about so she had my Dad rush them down now 3 1/2 week later the doctor was finally starting me) Brittany was perfect she had the most beautiful skin and a full head of black hair. The nurse said to us she needs to have a beautiful name to go with this beautiful baby. We had the hardest time agreeing on anything. Everything I liked Guy didn't. Finally we decided on BRITTANY SARAH LEWIS. We love you girly!!!!! Thank for being the best part of our family!!!!!!!

THIS GIRLS GROWING UP FAST

You know it seems like yesterday I was 9 month + pregnant waiting for this little thing to come out of my body. Now almost 18 years later how far we have come. Yesterday Brittany got her Young Womans Medallion. She kind of left it to the last minute, but thanks to a Great Young Womans leader to light a little fire under her, she got it done. I am so proud of her. She even bore her testimony when they gave it to her. (if you know Brittany the only time you hear her testimony is at Girls Camp and maybe at Seminary). Grandma and Grandpa Thomson came and so did her Dad. It was a need expericane. I am so thankful for the Great Example she has been to our family.

Way to go BRITT

THE LAST HOORAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brittany will be graduating on Friday!!!! Yahoo!! This has been a real roller coaster. I am definitely a helicopter mom. And i am so so so excited i don't have to check on line progress reports after today. We had our seminary graduation on Sunday and Brittany said to me, ya know if you would have left me at Kearns I wouldn't be graduating from Seminary (bad friends and influences) I said I know. Then she said i wouldn't have been graduating from High School either. I am so thankful that I listened to that still small voice that said move her to Murray High School. She has really thrived there. I am so proud of her and all that she has accomplished. Shes not the valedictorian but she has really improved and applied her self. I is scary to think that the world now will consider her an adult. But she is ready. She has a testimony, a car (Even though it is broke) all she needs now is a job. Maybe after her Graduation Trip to CALIFORNIA, OCEAN, and DISNEYLAND!!!! Pictures to follow.

figured i would write

so my mom doesnt get on as you can see so i figured i would write about what we have done the past week i want to say thank you to krista for the cutest pictures we took for my senior anncouments they turned out so cute :)

Laura said: this is my beautiful almost graduated daughter Brittany. We had such a good time taking these pictures with Auntie Krista (PROPS) thanks they turned out fabulous!!!!!!! Its hard to believe that the long road with the public school system is almost winding to an end. YAHOO!!!!! Only 17 more school days til Graduation.

the Doctor ended up do the more evasive of the two procedures. They ended up having to put in the plate. He said the bone was broken in four places making it impossible to pin it.

this is right before his surgery

anticatpation of surgery 1/8/09