Utah

We found out last week that Steve/Grandpa Coombs has renal cell carcinoma. He had to have major surgery to take an embolism out of his inferior vena cava as well as take out the affected kidney. We wanted to be there for him for this scary surgery (especially Ben being a doctor wanted to take care of his dad), so last minute we decided to load up and head to Utah!

We drove 23 hours through the night to get to Utah. It was a long drive but the kids all did awesome!! Thank you DVD player and headphones ;)

We got to Utah Monday and were able to join the family for a special blessing Steve received through his stake president (Pres. Checketts) and his bishop (Clay Henderson) as well as all of the boys. We were so grateful to be there for that sweet blessing and to feel the peace that the blessing brought. We felt more confident as Steve went into surgery Tuesday and expected a positive outcome.

Our family decided to stay with Maryn while we were there so we could be close to Steve and Annette but not infect their house with our craziness :) We had a blast this last week living with the Edgmons!! The kids played non stop and we got to see their beautiful new house. 

The highlights for the kids was the Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base:

 As well as the big movie night sleepover:

 We also were able to see Mindy and her kids, the Beals, Brendan and fam, Tyson and fam, Ben's friend Brett, and have dinner at the Sadler's. It was a family and friend filled week!!

As luck would have it, we were in Utah during the Ogden Temple Open House! It was great to go through the temple as a family and get to show the kids the beauty that is inside the Lord's house. So very grateful to be a forever family!!

Grandpa's surgery went really well and he was able to come home Friday. Ben spent the night with his parents Steve's first night home and then we joined them Saturday for one last day at Grandma's before we had to leave. The boys got some quality lego and kinex time with Nate, Gabe, Zac and Eli...

  

 And Ellie got some good Grandma time in :)

It's always fun at Grandma's house!!

We had a blast on our last minute trip to Utah, even though we came for something not fun. It's always good to spend time with family!!