Micah is Home

After two years apart I finally had my family together again. What a great feeling that is. It was as great as I had imaged it would be. 

SIX MONTHS!!!!

Wow it has been six months today since my car accident. It has really gone by fast looking back, but if I think  about everything that happened. All the long sleepless nights, trying to eat with my mouth wired shut and breathing through that trech. etc. it took a long time to get here today. But today I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I have been so blessed to have survived and all the MIRACLES that took place that day. I have no doubt I had a few guardian angels looking after me. I am so grateful to all the people who prayed for me and who came and saw me. I am so grateful for my family, I love them all so much. My wife Karrie has been so strong and I just fed off of her strength and energy when I had very little. She has really been amazing and I would not wish this experience that she had to go through on anyone. My kids have been awesome. My first thoughts when I woke up in my car were of my family and I knew I had to keep fighting for them. They really stepped up each one in there own way. My son Micah just stepped in for me. Talk about growing up fast. I will blog more about my family later. I love you guys. I am so grateful for my parents who were and are there/here for me. My awesome siblings who I love so much. My Bro. in-law Robert who was one of the first people to the hospital and who also became one of my regular sitters after I was released and was home but could not be left alone. My nieces and nephews. I love you all. There is no way to thank everyone this blog would need pages and pages. I will have to blog more about that later. But just a few more or I would feel bad. The doctors and nurses at Mckay-Dee hospital who took such good care of me for the two weeks I was there. Especially the nurses they have such a hard job. I could really tell which ones really cared about me. They really do all the heavy lifting. There were so many good ones, but I wanted to thank Jesee one of my favorite nurses for all she did. Jesee and Karrie took me on a couple of strolls outside around the pond and it felt so good to get out and get that fresh air. I felt so bad they both had to push me around in the wheelchair dragging my oxygen tank. So a great big thanks! Dr. Liston was amazing and his staff is great.  Also to all my sitters that came to my house and took care of me while Karrie worked. These great friends and family gave up there whole day to come sit with me and do stuff like change my i.v., feed me, make sure I kept breathing etc. So thank you Kristy, Anita, Heidi, Robert, my parents. My family at Costco I work with some of the best people on this planet. I love you guys/gals. Also I have to mention just a couple more. Darrin Staples thank you so much for the visits and the book and smoothie cards I really means a lot to me and really helped boost my spirits. And Dusty thank you for sneaking into ICU to check on me. Brad Lloyd thank you for taking the time to visit when you really did not have to. I will never forget waking up and seeing a big smile on your face. Ok this is probably going to have to be 2 post. To my ward for all the prayers and food. We had so much food it was crazy and I could not eat any of it. I am so Grateful today to so many people but especially to my Heavenly Father to still be here today. Wow this is long but could be so much longer. I AM SO BLESSED AND GRATEFUL TODAY!!!!!

Micah Carlson - Highlight Videos, Schedule & Roster - Hudl

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Micah Carlson - Highlight Videos, Schedule & Roster - Hudl

Region 2 has begun

Friday night was the start of Region play for the Vikings. The Vikings have moved to Region 2 this year after a long history in Region 1. Because it is a new region we really don't know what to expect. All the so called experts picked Hunter to win the region and either Granger or West to be second. Viewmont was usually right in the middle. Well Viewmont started region play against Granger who was 4-1 going into the game. But they had not played any tough opponents mostly 4a and 3a school. Viewmont played really good and won the game 28-7, Granger did not score til the end of the game after the jv team was put in. Micah had a good game playing both ways (cornerback and receiver) He threw his first pass in a varsity game on a double pass play and he blocked a field goal.

Happy Birthday Karrie !!!!!!

A - Awesome, A Great Mom, Adorable, Adventurist
B - Beautiful, Brown eyes
C - Cute, Cool, Caring, Cheerleader
D - Determined, Daring, Deadlist Catch lover (P)
E - Exciting, Entertainin
F - Fun, Faithful, Freakin Fun(R), Funy
G - Good, Gorgeous, Grateful
H - Hottie, Happy, Hyper, Hot , Hard worker.
I - Independent, I Love You
J - Joyful,
K - Keva Juice lover, Karrieawesome (R)
L - Lovely, Loving, Looking very Hot(R).
M - Mom, Marvelous,
N - Neat, Nice,
O - Oh so fancy (R), Outstanding,
P - Pretty, potty trained (R)
Q - Quick witted,
R - Right (R), Rambunctious (P),
S - Sexy, So Cute (R), Social, Super Awesome (R)
T - Talented, Traveler,
U - U R Awesome
V - Vivacious, Vacations,
W - Wise (P), Wild, Winner,
X - Xciting,
Y - Young, Youthful,
Z - Zany,
Karrie Happy Birthday!!! Thanks for all you do. Your the best.
This list was compiled by Troy, Riley and Payton.

Vikings vs Knights

Well this week Viewmont had Northridge and there was a lot of anticipation because we had heard that Northridge was probably the best team we would play. They were unbeaten and had beat the same team Viewmont had beaten but by bigger margins. Northridge scored first and it was not looking to good but the Vikings came right back and scored twice to take a 14-7 lead into the 3rd quarter. Then the Knights scored but missed there extra point so it was 14-13. Viewmont turned the ball over and it led to another Northridge T.D. they made a two point conversion and went up 21-13 with about 7 minutes left. Viewmont got the ball back but ended up punting when they could not get a first down. The Vikings defense played great and forced the Knights to punt. With a little under 4 minutes the Vikings got the ball and drove down the field and scored with a little over 2 minutes left. On a previous play the Viking kicker had gotten hurt so Viewmont went for the 2 point conversion and the win. They got the 2 point conversion and went up 22-21 and then the defense had to not let the Knights move into field goal position. They started on the twenty and the Vikings defense shut them down. Micah had a big hit on one of there receiver causing him to fumble the ball unfortunately the ball went out of bounds. But on the next play Viewmont picked off the ball. The Vikings then just ran the clock down to 25 seconds before they had to punt. The Knight tried to hail Mary passes and they both got knocked down and the Vikings won 22-21.

Let The Games Begin

Well after practicing and working out all summer it is time once again to start the games. Micah had his first High School game on Thursday @ Weber. Micah has been working hard all summer. He started in June and even missed the annual trip to Lake Powell so he would not miss any of the football workouts. He started at cornerback on defense and wide receiver on offense. He had a great game and even caught a TD pass. Plus the only minor injury he had was a hole in his tongue because he did not put his mouthpiece in on a play and ended up getting hit and biting his tongue. The team looked really good the final score was 28-7 and they actually had one other TD called back. On the way home the bus broke down so they had to wait for a replacement bus, they did not get home until about 8:30.
Then Saturday it was game day for Payton. She is playing on a Comp. team with Davis Football Club. They have also been practicing all summer. Her game was in Mountain Green. In the first half she played forward and in the second half she was the goalie. She was awesome at goalie. Payton is fearless and throws herself on that ball when it gets close even if girls are still trying to kick it. She caught several hard shots. Her team the Yellow Jackets won 5-1.

LAKE POWELL 2009!!!!!!!

Well it is that time of year when we again head to Lake Powell. We normally have 21 of us make the annual trip but this year Micah did not make the trip because he did not want to miss any of the football conditioning. I was impressed with his dedication, this is one of Micahs favorite trips. The water was 80 which still feels refreshing when the outside temp. is 100+. Some of the highlights were Riley learning to deep start on the wakeboard, not only did she learn but she went outside the wake. Riley also caught a pretty good size catfish on the "Barbie" pole. Payton drove me around that lake for hours on Pa's Jet Ski. Payton has been wakeboarding for a few years but she is getting really good at cutting accross the wake. And Mariah wakeboarded and also surfed. So here are a few pictures from our trip.Payton soaking up the sun

Karrie showing off her mad skills

Mariah Surfing

Payton wakeboardingRiley getting set

Riley outside the wake!

The Eagles Concert!!!!!!!!

Saturday Karrie and I were lucky enough to go to the Eagles concert. The Eagles are probably some of the first music that I remember hearing growing up. I remember my Mom had an Eagles album that she played all the time. But I had never seen the Eagles live before. Now I have been to a few concerts starting when I was about 10 I went and saw KISS. I have seen bands like Def Leppard, Scorpions, Oingo Boingo, Howard Jones, Erasure, Journey, Styx, REO, etc. I think this might have been the best concert that I have ever been to. Before the concert I was wondering how a band like the Eagles who have been performing for so long, bring the energy every night. Well they were nothing short of AMAZING. Glenn Frey and Don Henley sounded incredible. I never realized how great Joe Walsh is on the guitar. They came on stage and played two of there newer songs and then for the next two hours it was all there good stuff. I don't remember a concert where every song was great. Glenn Frey was funny he came out and said "Welcome to the Eagles assisted living tour". This was there last stop in North America now they are headed to Europe for the summer. Karrie thinks we should follow them, that would be nice. I went to the concert as a casual Eagles fan and I left a FANatic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Riley Cracks Me Up!

Well two weeks ago my Dad had open heart surgery. The night before the operation I took the kids in to the hospital to see him. He had been at the hospital all day under going about every test possible.We were all feeling very anxious about the surgery. As we visited with him he was telling all of us what they were going to do to him the next day. He told us all the i.v.'s he would have including one in his neck, the tube down his throat. How they would cut open his legs to take veins out for the bypass. Then he told us how they would take a saw and cut open his chest and then spread it apart. Not a pretty picture to say the least. Well Riley was sitting on the foot of his bed just taking all of this in. As my Dad finished the gruesome details Riley looked him straight in the eyes completely serious and said "Well atleast you don't have to get a Strep. test".
A week before Riley had been to the Dr. and they swabbed the back of her throat to test for strep. It was so funny and really lightened the mood. I guess it is all about perspective.

Payton A-Z

Sunday was Paytons 10th birthday. Wow double digits. I can't believe she is 10 already. So here is Paytons A-Z list. When I think of Payton I think of:

A- Athletic, Adventurous, Active
B-Beautiful, Brave
C-Caring, Competitive
D-Dependable, Daring, Determined
E-Exciting, Eager
F-Fun, Fast, Fighter
G-Good, Guitar player, Girl Scout, Goal Keeper(soccer)
H-Happy, Hard headed
I- Individual, Independent
J- Jokester,
K-Kind
L- Laughs, Loud,Loving
M- Music(She plays the guitar and is always listening to her MP3 player)
N- Nice,
O-Outdoors, Observant
P- Polite, Perseveres, Protector, Positive
Q-Quick witted,
R- Rugged, Reliable
S- Snowboarder, Soccer, Sister, Swimmer, Strong
T- Tenacious, Teacher, Tough
U- Understanding,
V- Vacations,
W-Wake boarder, Water Skiier, Winner,
X- Xcaret where Payton and I swam with the dolphins
Y- Young
Z- Zest for life

Spring Break Part 2

So after a day at the pool it was of to Disneyland. Disneyland is a great place to go especially with young kids but if your an adrenaline junking and like the big fast roller coasters it is a bit of a let down after Six Flags. We had fun at Disneyland though, we hit all the classics like Space Mountain, the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain etc. And not to brag or anything but I got the High Score on the Buzz Lightyear ride. We had to practically had to pull Karrie away from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.Just look at the excitement and joy on the faces of Mariah and Riley as we get on the "It's a Small World"ride.
The next day we went to Huntington Beach. The water was still pretty cold but Payton and Riley and Ace got in it all the way. The rest of us went in up to our knees. Ace loves the water and got mowed over by the waves a few times before he caught on and learned to get out of the way. We also flew a couple of kites I had found at the store. If we only had a beach and ocean in Utah it would be perfect.
Well after a long day at the beach we went and ate at Chilli's then headed back to the hotel. We took an air mattress and they Kids took turns sleeping on it. Micah and Riley were on it this night. All the kids got in bed and we went to sleep about 11:30-12. Well at 2 am Payton came up on my side of the bed and said "Dad I just threw up in the Bath room" she was very calm trying not to wake everyone up and I thought oh it couldn't be that bad so I went into the bathroom and yea it was that bad. She at least threw up right on a big towel that was on the floor so clean up wasn't to bad. Well she felt a little better so I put her back in bed with Mariah and gave her a garbage can just in case. Well about a 1/2 hour went by and I heard her jump from bed and run towards the bathroom she did not make it. At this point I moved Riley out of the bed with Micah and put her in with Mariah. They were next to the bathroom. Well again about a half hour after she went back to bed she was up again. She was so sick she was actually sitting on the toilet and throwing up in a garbage can at the same time. At this point I woke Micah up and told him to go get in my bed and I spent the rest of the night with Payton on the air mattress. She got sick one more time that night. I am not sure what time it was but the last time we went back to bed it was starting to get light outside. Oh I forgot about 4 am I decided to go and find her a Sprite in the vending machine. Well I took my wallet headed to the machine and I had no $1 bills or change so I had to go down to the lobby from the 10th floor and get change. I went back to the vending machine by our room put my money in and the Sprite was sold out. Now this is a huge hotel 1600 rooms so I walked to the other end of the floor and the vending machine was not working, I finally found one on the 9th floor. What a night! Well the next day she felt better but was drained. I was a bit tired myself but she wanted to go to California Adventures so off we went.

It was a fun day and we were all done by 6 p.m. We had gone on every ride we wanted to at least twice. Then on Saturday Mariah, Micah, and I went to an Angels game. We had a great time I had forgotten how much I use to love baseball when I was growing up. There is just something about a Major League game. The game went by really fast and we enjoyed some snacks. You have to have a dog at a baseball game right? Even Mariah loved the game. She was asking me questions all through the game.

Spring Break 2009 Part 1

For spring break we packed up the Acadia and headed to Southern California and yes even Ace came along.

We drove to Las Vegas the first day about six hours. And Payton and Riley headed straight to the pool.

Then the next day we drove 3 1/2 hours in to Anaheim. The next day we headed to Six Flags. Six Flags ended up being are favorite park. They have more roller coasters and bigger and faster coasters that my kids love. Riley was able to ride most of the rides there were a few she was not tall enough for. The weather was warm (85 degrees).






The Next day we decided to take a break and the girls just wanted to hit the Pool.