Happy 4th!!!!

Beaching it

7-11 Free Slupee

Dishwashers

People wonder why I don't have a Dishwashing Machine at the Cabin... Two reasons.  Usually we're feeding a crowd up there and you can't fit all dishes into the machine when you're feeding a group of 30 including pots and pans.  Second it's hard enough to get kids to help load and then call them back to unload??? no way.  I love seeing my kids work together.  I don't love listening to them work together.  Argue..argue...argue... Brian told them to get it done. We shut the door and went and sat on the porch.  It was awesome!

Fwd: Cam kneeboarding

Ok I know not the best pic..(after my phone went in the lake I was a little leery to take the camera on the boat.)  Cam has discovered that he has much more fun on the knee board if he doesn't hold on to the rope. Turn the tunes up and away he goes.

Buns of Steel

Me: Those are on backward.
Noah: (screaming) NO THEY NOT!
Me: Fine whatever.

Boating

Zoe ski trainer

First time out!

Juanito Bandito Rides Again

The little Turds.  They were laughing their heads off at this play and then I want to take a picture and they get all grumpy faced!

Cam football camp

This actually happened a few weeks ago.  UofU football camp.  He loved it.

Ahh summer

Summer Saturdays

This particular Saturday was Hot really hot.  like 104.  I was busy packing for a week at Bear lake and decided to go check on the boys.  They are always up to something.

Some Days

The whole roll.  Yep the whole roll.  Rem was so proud he wiped himself I couldn't get mad.  I just asked that maybe we use a little less the next time.

melt in your mouth not in your hand?

I have a new caption for them:  Melt in your mouth and on your Trampoline.  I think I have a Dennis the Menace and his brother Dennis the Menace.  One spreads the m&m's and leaves them just long enough on the tamp to almost melt and then the other one comes along and jumps on them.

St George

Last minute work trip to St. George.

Highly recommend this place! It's just nomal breakfast at a normal price and locally owned!

You know your hubby loves you when he will make an extra stop before leaving town for these.  #swig

Cloud Art.  Maybe he has 'the gift' but Cam is by far the best at this.... out of the blue he says: Look it's the
 USS Enterprise

Escape

This is sooo much better than being at the hospital!!

Depth

Friday night date-night.  Just as we were leaving out the door Brian checked Remy's cecostomy chait tube and it was uncoiling out of his body.  PROBLEM.  We were told when the tube was placed because of how it coils.  DO NOT try and push it back in.  Obviously the surgeon's office and IR are closed Friday night at 6:00 so to the ER we went.  The first 7 people we saw had no clue what a chait was.  UGGG are you kidding me!  I know ER people are trying to cover all the unknowns but this experience quickly became ridiculous.  They finally reached a doc from radiology who knew what a chait was but didn't want to come in to fix it until Saturday or Monday.  The ER team felt like maybe Remy had an infection around the tube (even though I told them he didn't) they started an IV (torture for Rem) and wanted to keep him over-night start fluids, draw, X-rays  labs etc.  ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? We just needed someone (qualified) to push the darn thing back in.  At this point I left the hospital to go get clothes and comfort items for Rem to stay over-night (and divide out the rest of my kids).  It was a beautiful summer night, I sat in my car before I pulled out of the parking lot and couldn't decide to laugh or cry.  We were just here!!! I just paid all the bills!!!!! Not that I would wish it on anyone else, but isn't it someone else's turn?  My friend wrote this fabulous blog post about the silver suit that you slip on when your kid is in these situations.  In the most recent movie IRON man 3 his suit flies out of no-where and attaches piece by piece to his body.  Breastplate, helmet etc.  I had to coach myself into positive thoughts that things would be fine, and I could do this, Rem could do this.  IT WOULD BE FINE.  

2 hours later when I made it back to the hospital, NEW plan.  No infection (told you so) and doc still would come in Saturday at 11:30, Rem could go home. Wait wait and wait some more, it takes FOREVER to get discharged! 

We made it home by about midnight.  This morning I woke still thinking, isn't it someone else's turn??? and I had a thought.... Several years ago I was talking to my mom's cousin and I asked if her sister-in-law ever had any trials.  Her answer was this, "I can't answer for 'Betty' but I can say for myself up until the time my daughter had that terrible infection in her hip we had it pretty good.  For as horrible and as hard as that situation was, I would never wish it away for the closeness and depth it brought to my family." Maybe I'm lucky?  As I was sitting in the ER scrolling through istagram and facebook watching the fun things others were doing on Friday night I didn't feel so lucky. But maybe just maybe I am.

Seasons

He has three seasons: Football, Basketball, and Cherry Hill.

PS mess with his cheeseburger and fries and DIE!

They're back.......

Oh how I love these silly faces.

I got you!

Fathers Day

This poor guy started his fathers day with his generator being stolen.  We were upset so then the kids were upset.  He gave them a great Daddy speech about how we handle these situations.  Then as the kids filed out of the trailer he turned to me and said, "ok now I gotta work on doing what I just said"

We packed up camp headed home, un-packed the trailer and then he BBQ'd for my side of the family.  YES is he is the MAN.  I seriously don't know how I got so lucky.  I love watching him be a dad.  Our four kiddos are very lucky to have him.

Concert prep

Forget the lemonade stand they want to put on a concert.

Bless me and save me.

Fishing

Camping

These two goof balls were showing me how to find my "calm" in nature