These are pictures of Ty's helmet that he'll be
wearing for the next three months. His head
is a little misshapened and this helmet will
help it grow normally. The doctor told them
that sense all parents have been putting their
babies on their backs to sleep, it has a tendency
to effect they way the babies heads are being
shaped. The infant mortality rate has dropped
enormously but now there are more cases of mis-
shaped heads. Luckily there is a way to fix it.

Cooper was put in the hospital on Thursday. Him and

Craig are going to have twin scars! Cooper had pyloryx

stenosis just like Craig did. The muscle at the bottom

of the stomach is called the pyloryx. It sometimes closes

off and doesn't allow any food or liquid to leave the stomach.

The only way it can be fixed is through surgery. Luckily as

surgeries go, it is a simple fix. It can still be stressful to

Mom and Dad and isn't all that pleasant for Cooper either!

He is doing great and was able to come home from the

hosptial today. (1-31-09)

My mother also had surgery on her arm. She will know

in a couple of days if it was malignant or not but hopefully

it wasn't. Cathy said the doctor told her that it was the

size of a kiwi. She is also going to go back into surgery

sometime in February to have her sholder worked on.

She hurt it in one of the car wrecks she was in many years

ago and now she doesn't have much use in it. She can't even

crochet. I don't have a picture of Mom's injury. I tried but it

all wrapped up

The last time I drove down by myself I got stuck in traffic for

two hours. This time there was a five car wreck and they

closed the freeway! I left the freeway and it took me an extra

half hour to get home. At least it wasn't as bad as last time! I

don't think I'll drive down alone again . . . . oh, I probably will.

We asked Addie to give us her happy face.

Brian is watching Roger cut his cake.

Scott and Jeff are singing "Happy Birthday" to Roger

Everyone is waiting for Birthday Cream Cheese Brownies,

(Roger's request for desert)

Roger is 60 years Old, I am approaching that age very quickly!! We celebrated Roger's birthday on Sunday with the kids. I wish everyone could have heard them singing the birthday song . . . or maybe it's better that you didn't. It sounded terrible. So yes, my weird kids think the louder and more off key they are, the better it is.

Grandpa reading the Christmas Story on Christmas Eve

The Grandkids in their new Christmas Pajamas!

Ty Garner Jeppsen -- New 2008 addition!

Cooper Kraig Garner -- another Garner addition!

Okay, I know I'm bad. I really did mean to write everyone a Christmas letter but it just didn't happen. I guess this blog will have to do for this year. This year has had a lot of happiness for the Garner Clan. Lynne and Diana both had the cutest little boys. I hope you've been checking in on their blogs (Jeppsen's and Craig and Diana's) to see how really cute they are. Their names are Ty Garner Jeppsen and Cooper Kraig Garner.

Craig and Diana bought their first home. It is a condo across the street from where Adele and Martha's was. It is really nice and they have made it even better by painting and decorating. Diana really has an eye for what looks nice and Craig is great with a paint brush! We went down last week to Cooper's blessing and it was so fun to see everyone!

Lucas and Emma are my first grandkids to start school. They are both doing very well which is no surprise to this Grandma! Lynne works part time from home and Bryan is doing well at Sky Blue. They always are so generous in having us all come invade their home during football season. I know it sounds dumb but Roger and the boys have season tickets to the BYU football games! They are crazy.

Some other good news is that Steve and Katherine have moved back to Nampa. In fact, Steve got a job teaching music at the same Junior High that I work at. Today I went to his classroom to ask him a question. There he was sitting up on a high chair perched on top of a 18" director's stand. I asked him if he was the king of the class! He asked the class if they knew that I was his mother. Most of them knew. It is always fun to see him and even tease him a bit. I like him being at my school. And I really like him and his family being in town!

David has come home from his mission!! That was exciting. He adjusted very quickly except for the dating part. He is taking that a little slower but that is okay too. He is working now for a cable t.v. company and even though it has been hard work, he is sticking with it.

Jeff has graduated with a mechanical engineering degree!! Still hasn't found a job yet but it will come. It has too. They have worked too hard to get him graduated for things not to work out. You can also see his family on their blog.

Should we be excited when someone is released from a calling? Stephanie was released from the position of Relief Society President. She was the president for three years and I think we are all excited for her! She is doing well and even though there have been some lay offs at Pioneer Title, she is still working there as an escrow officer.

Scott and Brian are doing okay. They are still both working with Roger at FedEx. Roger, the boys, Stephanie, Denise, Jeff and Jennilynn and David all went to Florida in September. I had a ticket to go but Judy was going through some tough times with her mother-in-law who lost a fight with cancer. I just couldn't leave work right then and no one there to run it. Anyway, they all had a great time and I was especially excited that Jeff and Jennilyn could go. They got to do a lot of fun things and it sort of turned out to be the honeymoon they never had.

Denise is still looking for a job. She attends the Young Adult Ward here and enjoys the activities.

I know I'm probably forgetting something but this is getting long. That's what happens when you have nine! We love you all.