Double Bath

The twins had their first bath on Monday, which was their last full day in the hospital. They will come home today, Tuesday, in the afternoon.

Their bath experience was unique. Here they are in the tub. They are wrapped in blankets and placed in the tub of water. The blankets not only keep them warm, but they help with the shock of being placed in water for the first time. Their bath was a very pleasant experience for them and they never cried. Pam would just pull back the blanket off the area she needed to wash and then lay it back over each one. There was also a heat lamp overhead, which was fairly warm for Pam, but comfortable for the babies.

Now their bath is complete. You can see that the blankets are soaked, but they are comfy and warm--and clean.

Phoebe is on the left and Pfischer is on the right trying to get his thumb in his mouth.

Sound asleep on the boppy, with their bellies full.

The boppy was specially designed for ease in nursing.

This is a double boppy, for nursing twins.

One baby can lay there asleep while mommy burps the other.

These precious gifts get to come home this afternoon and meet their siblings: Lily, Abby, and Ricky.

We are so thankful to Heavenly Father for the blessing of their healthy bodies and the progression and development that they have achieved and pray for His continued blessings as they go home.

Be sure to check out more pictures on facebook and on Katelyn's blog http://akcarnline.blogspot.com

Keep up on the twins...

Be sure to check Katelyn's blog http://akcarnline.blogspot.com 

to get an update on how the twins are doing this week.

Get the latest info as well as some sweet pictures.

Home Sweet Home for Dorothy Lee

After three days of packing and moving, we were finally able to help Dorothy Lee get settled in her new home Friday evening.

Dorothy Lee Best is now living in an adult family home.

She is living in the master bedroom, with her own bathroom.

There are three other women and two other men that live there.

She will have 24 hour care as needed.

The only problem, thus far, is that her cat, Cendy, has not joined her.

Cendy went to the vet today to get updated on her shots and ended up getting "fixed" and having an absessed tooth pulled along with 3 other bad teeth.

This may account for Cendy's onery disposition, lately!!!

Cendy will be spending tonight in the vet hospital and moving in with Dorothy Lee Tuesday morning.

She will be gently and lovingly cared for by her doting Dorothy Lee.

About three weeks ago Dorothy Lee took a fall and cracked her pelvis.

This had made it difficult, but not impossible for her to walk.

She has been using her walker in close quarters and using her wheelchair if she goes out of doors.

Her healing process is more than half over, and she is recovering very well.

If you would like her phone number or address, contact LeeAnn.

Dorothy Lee would love to hear from her many friends and speaks of them often.

It would be very helpful to include a picture of yourself in your letter.

We are making her an address photo album--with a picture of each person's entry to make it easier for her to recall who you are.

Dorothy Lee on her favorite blue chair in her new room.

Tracianne and Dorothy Lee



Tracianne is laying on Dorothy Lee's bed.

View of her room from the corner by the closet, toward the door that goes into the rest of the house. Her bathroom is to the right.

View from the door toward the window. The closet is to the left. This room is about 5 feet longer than her room at our house.



He Mastered It!!!

An endearing name that Grandpa (Johnnie) Carnline used to call each of our sons was Master Carnline.
None of us realized, at the time, just how prophetic that statement would be.
Our oldest son, Mitchell Carnline, has recently earned his Master's Degree.

The first steps on the path to his career were not necessarily headed toward a Master's Degree.

 

"I wonder what I will be when I grow up"

Mitch at Apollo College Graduation

Mitch attended Apollo College in Spokane Washington to be a Radiologic Technologist which would take him 2 years to complete.

For his second year he went to St. John's Medical Center in Longview Washington.

Moving to Longview gave their small family a chance to live close to Grandma and Grandpa Rodeback and several Aunts and Uncles.

When he finished school, Mitch went back to Spokane to work as a Rad Tech at Valley Hospital and Medical Center.

He worked there for 4 years.

Mitch was asked to teach at Apollo and began teaching simultaneously within six months of returning to Spokane.

He also worked for a short time at Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville Washington.

While teaching, Mitch was approached by the current Dean, his former instructor, and was asked to continue his education so that he could become the program director.

A bachelor's degree was required, so Mitch started his second degree six months after becoming an instructor, one year after graduating from Apollo.

"I guess I better get busy and study"

(Sorry this picture is so blurry)

Mitch was an instructor in the medical radiology program for over three years, for two of those years he was working full-time and going to school full-time.

When the Dean's position opened up at Apollo, he "went out on a limb", applied, and got the job!

He had also just completed his bachelor's degree.

After Mitch became Dean of Academic Affairs, Apollo College became Carrington College.

Mitchell will have been Dean for three years in December.

From the time that Mitch became the Dean he was required to continue his education and began working on his Master's Degree.

He earned his Master's with a Concentration in General Management from Keller School of Management this fall.

 

"I'm gonna get a Master's Degree?"

Family and friends met at  Red Lobster to celebrate his achievement.

Aaron, Katelyn, their kids, Tracianne, and I (mom) traveled from Wenatchee to meet with Pam's family, Matt and Jolene's family, and Chad and Stefanie Walter's family.

The whole group was able to surprise Mitch at the restaurant.

We had a lot of fun and ate way too much food.

After I returned home to Wenatchee the following day, I decided I wanted to post something on my blog.

On Tuesday evening, October 25th, I sat at my computer to write and realized that I did not have many facts about Mitch's accomplishments, so I started texting Pam to get specifics.

After I had all the "boring" details, I asked her if there were an anecdote or funny story that I could tell about Mitch's path to his Master's Degree.

I did not receive another text for about 25 minutes.

At about 10pm my cell phone started ringing with Pam's ringtone.

"Oh, she must have something to tell me--and it's too much to text," were my thoughts as I answered my phone.

However, the story that I heard was that Pam's water had "broke" and they were preparing to drive to the hospital to see if a couple babies were on their way to meet their parents.

But...that is another story, heavily documented on Facebook and several family blogs.

Congratulations Master Mitchell Carnline

--job well done!!!

 

Mitch leading the pack on our hike at Ohme Garden's this summer.

He is holding Ricky.   Dustin, Lily, and Tracianne follow.

It must be pretty exhausting to get a Master's Degree!

Mitch and Phoebe in the Hospital.

For more pics of the twins see
http://akcarnline.blogspot.com

We are the Grandparents of TWINS

Pheobe Jade and Pfischer Lee Outler

to Mitch and Pam Carnline
Born October 26, 2011

Pheobe was born at 2:02am, weighing in at 4.9 and 18 inches long

Pfischer was born at 2:03am, weighing in at 4.9 and 18 inches long

They are 7 weeks early, but doing great.

Here is Pfischer with daddy's hand to show how small he is.

Mitch got to change his diaper on this first day.

Phoebe holding daddy's hand. Day One.

Grandma gets to hold little Pfischer. He loved being held.

The CPAP (hose on the nose)(pronounced see-pap) has been removed.

Then Grandma switched over to hold little Phoebe. She took a minute to calm down because we took her from mommy.

The following are just some random pictures that I really liked

There are many many more pictures on FaceBook!

Mitch with Phoebe (first few hours)

Phoebe with her eyes open (first few hours)

Lily seeing Pfischer for the first time.

Lily was the only child allowed to go in to see the babies.

Phoebe in Grandma's arms.

Pfischer under the bili lite.

That was hard to watch because they didn't like being uncovered on their backs.

Phoebe

Pfischer

Lily, Abby, and Ricky walking through the hospital. They had to stop and see the bear.

Pfischer, so peaceful as mommy holds him.

So tiny.

NICU pronounced nick-you

Pfischer's bed is to the left and Phoebe sleeps in a bed on the other side of the nurse.

Uncle Chris was visiting for the first time.

When they are competely off all the tubes they can be put together in a larger bed.

Pam cannot wait until they are able to hold them both at the same time, and put them side by side.

Big brother, Ricky, waiting on the other side of the NICU door. Waiting, like the rest of us, for those babies to come home.

Remember to check out all the pictures on facebook.

TALL Missionary Tales

Hayden is serving in the Washington DC South Mission. He is having some great spiritual experiences as well as some fun adventures on our nation's capitol.

Just another day of tracting.

Washington Monument

Lincoln  Monument

Lord's Monument

Well, more than a monument!

 Washington DC Temple

Highway to Heaven!?!

Sight of the Washington DC Temple as they were driving toward it on the freeway. Hayden said it was pretty impressive.

Hayden and his companion were able to attend the temple with a family that his companion baptised 18 months ago.

From Hayden's letter, "It was such a great experience to be able to witness a temple sealing. It made me realize, even more, the importance of being sealed together as a family. While I was in the sealing room I was thinking about dad being able to attend a sealing at the DC temple. I wonder if we were in the same sealing room that he was in! Who knows?

"I think my favorite part was when they let the kids in and they were all kneeling together. They looked so happy. They all stared into each others eyes and smiled the whole time. You could tell that they loved each other and that they were seeing each other, not just for time, but for all eternity."

 [As a side note: Many years ago Brian served in the North Carolina Greensboro Mission. A couple he had baptized were being sealed at the same time that Brian was scheduled to go home. Brian had permission to attend the DC temple with them on his way home from his mission. However, the session and travel time took longer than expected, so he missed his flight home to Spokane and had to call his mom and tell her he would be home the next day.]

Hayden and his companion decided to take a "shortcut". Oops!

This is what it looks like when a bunch of missionaries go to a Major League Baseball game.

Sorry, I do not know who was playing.

Late for an appointment?

Hayden said the train was moving.

I think the tracks are close to where they live.

Resting on the railroad tracks.

Oh my, another picture near a moving train!

Kind of a neat picture on the tracks. Prompts this mother to say, "ok, cool pictures, now...back to work!"

Hayden's photos show his fun adventures; his emails tell of his growth and spiritual experiences.

Address:

Elder Hayden Carnline

Washington DC South Mission

5242 Lyngate Ct

Burke, VA 22015

VILLA

Welcome to my new home! It is sort of like a dream, as I am seeing it through pictures. The following pictures will show some of the rooms in our four bedroom villa in Al Khobar Saudi Arabia. Brian is moving in this week, as soon as he gets bedding, towels, and a few kitchen supplies.

Here is the family room. The door goes out to the garage. Behind the photographer (Brian) is the entry. A TV will be provided in what is called a "soft pack".

Living room and dining room viewed from the entry. So the family room, above, is to the left and the runner carpet divides the two rooms.

The kitchen is designed with a more modern flair, I suppose.

The laundry room has a new washer and dryer and a nice large sink. I think I will put a folding table at the oposite wall from the washer and dryer. The room is nice and large.

The master bedroom is pretty big. There are mirrored closets across from the foot of the bed. You can barely see, at the far right, a hall to the master bath.

Master bedroom hall with mirrored closets on both sides and the master bath at the end. The bathroom has a tub with a shower in it and a seperate shower stall, all marble. Brian did not get a picture.

I chose this picture of one of the bedrooms because it shows the mirrored closet and the rest of the bedroom all in one. Notice in the bedrooms that the carpet is edged by marble at the walls. The kids have already mentioned that they will not be able to wrestle in there because they may crack their heads open. "sigh"!

This bedroom has twin beds. It also has mirrored closets. The fourth bedroom has a king or queen size bed and its own bath. There is a main bath in the upstairs foyer. All the bedrooms are upstairs.

Upstairs foyer. I do not know where the staircase is to go downstairs, but the stairs that go up just go to the roof and the airconditioning and electrical systems.