hear the story yourself

This post is a little out of order, but oh well.

Over the course of these 10 years, KSL has conducted a few interviews with the Pollards. The link below lets you hear the story from Michael.

Idaho man defying the odds 8 years after rare surgery - ksl.com

The condensed (which means there is a lot of missing details) story is below.......

a special celebration

Over ten years ago, my Father-in-law was diagnosed with a rare disease that caused his some of his organs to shut down. This month marks the ten year anniversary of the five organ transplant that Michael underwent. Most individuals with his condition only make it a few month after a transplant of this kind. Michael has now made it ten years. Some years have rough and some times the Pollards thought he wouldn't make it. It is truely a miracle to have him in our life. There was a beautiful open house this weekend to celebrate this accomplishment. It is a bit difficult to describe the help and support that the entire community has shown to our family these 10 years. There are many more people who have gone above and beyond to help us. We are all so grateful for their love and support. This weekend, we were happy to these people come celebrate with us.

Blessed?? Yes, indeed.(I apologize for the wedding picture. It's nice to have an excuse to share it because I love them!)

a quick trip

Jason and I made a quick trip to Riverton this weekend. We have been planning a trip to the Oquirr Mountain Temple for quite some time now, and we finally went. We have been looking forward to this trip for a while. Jason and I both were very excited when Friday finally came. We hurried down to the temple on Friday night and had an enjoyable experience there. That is one beautiful temple!

This trip was great because we went to the temple, and we got to visit with FAMILY! Rob and Kelsie were so nice to let us just drop in and stay the night. Those two are awesome. When we arrived, Kelsie just happened to be pulling scookies out of the oven, and we visited until we were all yawning and readying for bed. They were very good to us and we are so grateful that they let us sleep at their house.

The next morning, Jason and I were greeted by three cute little girls at the top of the stairs. We had a wonderful breakfast with them (that Jason is still talking about). And, we played a stimulating game of Zingo! with the twins. Emi and Lizzie are pros at the game.

While we were playing, I was talking to Rob and Kelsie and making faces at Alisa and I wasn't paying too much attention to the game. I didn't really think those girls would notice, because Jason was playing with them, but they did. Emi kept asking me, "Umm...when are you going to sit down?" and "Could you sit down now?" A while later, I was still not paying close attention to the happenings of the game, and Lizzie began to just play for me. Thanks for helping me out, Lizzie. Next time, I will be more focused on the game.

I was also taking pictures of them and they didn't want to just be in the photo. They wanted to take the photo. So, these are the highlights of the pictures that they took of us. They giggled at Jason's funny faces and asked to take more and more pictures of him (I guess I'm not that fun to take a picture of). Yes, there is a picture of my mid section. Emi took it. Who needs to see my face??We left shortly after we played our games. On our way home, we stopped at Brandon and Jenn's house and visited for a while. I actually think that we surprised them. While we were there, we saw another cute little girl. We had a nice visit with them as well.
It was quick trip, but it was great!

Christmas in Review Part 2

This year, Jason and I celebrated our Christmas a day early. On Christmas Eve, Jason and I opened our presents from each other and found that Santa had filled our stockings. He must have known that Jason and I would be out of town that night. Jason bought me a beautiful pearl necklace and some clothing items that I have been asking for. Isn't he wonderful? I gave Jason a drill and circular saw that he has been wanting for quite some time. Now, I can put him to work. Great. It was a perfect Christmas Eve morning.

Please excuse the crazy-looking morning pictures below. I look absolutely lovely in the morning.

Then, it was off to Burley to celebrate. We got to Burley and spent that afternoon with family. Jason and I even went to the church and played some ball. If I remember right, I won each game...actually Jason LET me win. On Christmas Eve night, Grandpa Morley read the Christmas story from the Bible. Although this year he gave the "shortened version." Afterwards, the girls went downstairs to wrap presents. There was wrapping paper, tape, and boxes everywhere. I guess the girls get together and do this every year. It's a fun tradition. Then, we played games and watched movies late into the night.On Christmas morning, we woke up and found ourselves opening more gifts. Jason and I got cloths, a dutch oven, some books, and home decorations. We were seriously so spoiled! That day we played new games. I read almost half of one of my books (I love it--more to come on the book later). Jason played ball with his brother-in-law at the church (it's more of a competition than when playing with me). We also watch new movies and enjoyed each other's company. It was a fun weekend to be with family and celebrate Christmas.

Christmas in Review Part 1

The Christmas celebrations began for us a few weeks before the actual Christmas Day. The Hall's had a Christmas party and we all had a good time being together. I love when I get to see my family because we all don't get together too often. The party began with a wonderful meal of pizza. We ate and talked amoung ourselves. You have to catch each other up on the happenings in everyone's lives, ya know.

Rachel created beautiful nativity that th grandchildren recreated. Each grandchild took part in the nativity, although we had two (and our only two) shepards run away. We didn't have any one to be the wiseman, so my older brother had to step in. Nontheless, it was wonderful and reminded us of what the Christmas holiday is truely about.

We also had a talent show. Mom told every family to prepare a talent to share. Each family had little children show off their cute dancing, gymnastic, piano playing, and singing talents. Jason and I....well....we had to come up with something of our own, which was less cute to watch. We sang We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Thankfully, the other joined in to help us.We opened presents from each other. Thanks Jenn and Brandon for the movie and treats. Perfect! Watching the children open their presents was so fun. Each got so excited about what they recieved from Grandma Cille and Grandpa. After we ate ice cream and enjoyed each others company. It was a great way to start off the holiday season.

We're ready....

...For ChRisTmaS!

From the Pollard house to your's, Merry Christmas!

babies

My sister and her husband recently adopted a beautiful baby girl. Jason and I went down to visit a few weekends ago and to meet our newest neice, and she is an absolute doll. We are so excited for Jenn and Brandon and we feel so bless to have this gorgeous girl in our family.


As a side note, we too have a baby. No we are not pregnant, but we have the next best thing. A new car. After driving every availible car in Cache Valley and Box Elder county, we finally purchased a Pontiac Grand Prix. Shortly after we purchase the vehicle, Jason was gushing over the wonderful features of the car during a drive in the automobile. He told me that this car was "our baby." Interesting choice of words, I thought. However, there is some truth in this statement. First, Jason LOVES this car and I do too (but I don't express my love for the automobile like Jason does on a regular basis). Second, we probably paid as much as it would have cost to have an actual child. So, yes. This is our baby.
Picture cortesy of Google.