Mission Reunion

Last week the a bunch of the Galley clan headed on a cruise that made a stop in Belize. The great thing about that is that I was able to see some of my old stomping grounds of my mission. Of course things have changed a bit but somehow I was able to find the apartment I lived in and also the church. We also ran into the missionaries serving in the area. Everybody was pretty surprised how dirty and hot and humid it was there, including myself, but I guess it was something you just got used to. I could have spent days there but even a few hours were great.

Atwell Mill Camping

Last Saturday 9/8 we headed up to Atwell Mill by Mineral King to do some camping with the Brookhouser clan. Unfortunately we forgot to charge the batteries in the camera so we couldn't get a lot of pictures. It was good to get out and go camping since we haven't had a chance to do that yet this year. Of course we think the outdoors is where Evan belongs since he loves getting dirty and at times seems like a wild animal. We even saw some wildlife including a black bear and some deer.

Utah Adventure

Unfortunately last week we had to head to Utah for Mike Lane's funeral. Of course most of the people reading this already know that so we'll just use this as a reminder. Although it doesn't happen all the time, Brookley has a tendency to get really sick when we head to Utah so were always scared. This time was no exception. When we got to Amy and Tyler's in Orem. Brookley starting throwing up and her lips turning blue, so we decided to take her to the ER. They were concerned with her heart problems so the doctor there decided to transport her up to Primary Children's in Salt Lake by ambulance. She was fine by the time she got there so they just released her. We tried to make the most of the trip so we visited Temple Square which was Evan's first visit. We headed out to Vernal the next day and went to Mike's viewing. After the viewing we Brookley started to lose her voice and then got a fever that night. As with any fever she's been getting lately she had a seizure and continued to have a hard time breathing, so once again we headed to the ER. They took some Xrays and thought they saw some pneumonia so they admitted her to the hospital. She always recovers quickly and so she got out the next evening, but wasn't in time to go to Mike's funeral services. At the funeral though we had all the original Galley kids there for the first time in years so of course we had to take some pictures. The next day we headed down to Rhonda's to buy her Expedition but when she took it in to get the oil changed, it blew a spark plug and wouldn't be fixed until at least the next week. To say the least it was probably the least favorite trip we've taken to Utah and that's saying a lot since we spent a week in the hospital with Brookley when she was a newborn with RSV. Of course as the new Grammy would say "at least we made some memories."