Heartbreak

Kellyn is sick. I was up with her last night-in tears the whole night. But not for the reason you might think. I cried and cried because I had Kellyn with me on my lap, laying next to me in bed and I could give her medicine and rub her back and sing songs to her and reassure her that she was going to be ok. I am able to make her feel better. I am able to make her feel safe. There are thousands of children in Haiti right now, some in hospitals, some in orphangages and some, sadly, just wandering the streets. They are scared and hurt and have nobody to hold them and soothe them and reassure them. This earthquake has given new meaning to the expression "keeping me up at night". I literally can't sleep at night for worry and heartache for Haiti. One voice in my head says "you have brought 3 children out of Haiti, you are rasing money for them and are praying every day for them. You can only do so much". But the other voice is telling me "No! You can do more and you must do more! There is so much to be done and so much help is needed. Find another way to help!" But I am at a loss. I don't know what to do. But what I can say is that if anyone reading this has ever considered adoption, please think about it seriously now, and think about the Haitian children. If you are able, start the process. Take some of these children into your homes and families. I am still going to look for other ways to help, but for now I feel compelled to ask everyone to really think about the possibility of adopting from Haiti. If not adoption, do anything you can to help. These are human beings. They need our help. For more information on adoption, please visit foyerdesion.org.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Friends and Family,

As I am sure you know, Haiti has suffered a devastating earthquake. Three of our children are from Haiti and we want to do something to help. This country was unstable to begin with and the aftermath of the quake is catastrophic. With that in mind, we are having a bake sale. Jeremy Baker and his collegues at AutoSource have generously allowed us to use their building, so we will be at AutoSource all day Saturday and Monday with lots of yummy goodies to buy. Any little bit helps. Even if you are not interested in buying some of the best sweet rolls ever, stop by and say hi. AutoSource is just off the freeway in Woodscross (just barely north of Salt Lake). Please help the people of Haiti. Our children still have friends and family there and the family who runs the orphanage have lost their mother and sister. Additionally, their youngest child was kidnapped in early December and they have yet to recover him. Please help this family, this orphanage and people of Haiti by supporting our bake sale. Half the proceeds will go to Foyer de Sion and half will go to the Red Cross. To donate directly to the orphanage, go to foyerdesion.org. THANK YOU FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!

2010-Bring it on!

2009 has come and gone
2010 is here
We'll have some laughs
And good, good times
In this brand-spankin' new year!

What does this new year hold for us?
Not sure, but we can guess
that 2010 will be, by far
the most awesomest year yet!

Kadyin will get the priesthood
A Beehive Maryn will be
And the young 'uns will be so well-behaved
with mom teaching in Primary

We'll have 2 junior high-schoolers
Off to kindergarten Kellyn will go
She'll dazzle every teacher
with all the stuff she knows

Rylynn will get baptized
these last 8 years flew by
She just keeps getting cuter
She doesn't even have to try!

Tristan & Trevin both turn 10
they'll be a decade old!
Fabiola will be 20
That's TWO decades (so I'm told)

Ewan keeps on growing
and in May, he'll turn three
He's grown so big! He runs and talks
and makes mom a little crazy

Joseph keeps on working
A giant mansion in Park City
He loves the work, although
he thinks the drive is kind of...crappy

So while we liked 2009
We think that you can see
2010 will be the best
In Baker Family History!

Wrastlin'

Here are some shots of Trevin wrestling. Coming from a long and venerable line of wrestling royalty, we knew it was only a matter of time before the boys got into it. Kaydin has been out since first practice (you know, that whole broken arm thing), but Trevin has been going strong. He's won a few, lost a few and even tied one. Mostly he loves when his dad works with him and he is wishing Kaydin's arm would hurry up and heal so he'd have a practice partner. I tell you what, this is a tough sport. Basketball players and football players get all the love, but wrestlers work the hardest!

It's Broken!!

Three weeks ago, at Kaydin's first wrestling practice of the season, they were warming up by walking on their hands. Another wrestler fell onto Kaydin's arm while he was handwalking. It hurt. But you know, he could move it and he didn't cry. He hasn't been able to wrestle because it still hurts. A few days ago we also noticed a bump and weird bend in his arm. We took him in. It's broken. And not just a little broken-awesomely broken. The bump was from all the new bone growing on top of the break. So here is a picture of his new, cool, blue cast which he has to wear for 3 more weeks.

Kellyn is 5!!!

I can't believe it, but it's true-Kellyn turned 5 on Saturday! She is so big! She picked all her favorite foods to eat and went to McDonalds on a date with mom for dinner. Then we came home and had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Here are some fun things about Kellyn: She tells everyone she loves her mom "too much", she is fascinated with math and counting and adding. I think she is going to be a math whiz. She is a good big sister to Ewan, and will always indulge him in his favorite game of "push me all over the house in a laundry basket", she has huge blue eyes, she loves to sing, she makes us smile every day! We love you, Kellyn!

Turkey's on strike

Maryn's class and one of the other 6th grade classes did a program last week about the turkey's going on strike for Thanksgiving. My pictures suck, and I didn't get any video ( I got to the school and discovered the video camera wasn't charged. grrrr), but it was a pretty cute program. She hung her poster on her bedroom wall - "eat fish, not turkey". Hilarious!




Maryn is in the front on the far right