We Made It!

Well after many obstacles and many bad weather weekends we finally made it! Well the last time we tried to get the boat out we spent the night in the ER, so this last weekend Carson was insistent that we get the boat in the water! We had a night off on Friday night when Grandma and Grandpa graciously agreed to take our kids with them on the Ward campout. Of course when I arrived home from dropping them off with Grandma and Grandpa we discovered that our fridge was not working. We spent the rest of the evening transferring food to coolers or the other freezer and trying every little trick that we could find to rejuvenate the fridge. Well Saturday morning we had a temple assignment, so we headed to Idaho Falls with the daunting task of finding a fridge. However after a few stops we discovered that one of the hurdles was finding a place that had them in stock! (Don't they know that a refrigerator isn't a purchase that you plan!) We arrived back home around 3pm and quickly unloaded the fridge into the house and hooked on to the boat! We had a great time. Bryton loves the tube and was on it most of the time, however she didn't have much competition! (Carson tried, but the water was a bit too cold!) Anyhow, here are some pics of the new boat and our weekend excursion!

PRICELESS

One 2006 Colorado Quarter.............................$ .25

Two Emergency Rooms.....................................$ Thousands

One 6 year old little boy.....................................$ Priceless

The excitement began around 4pm on May 31. I guess he needed to close out a busy month with a bang or something. Anyhow we were driving home from Arco and all of the sudden C.L. was choking and panicking. He had swallowed a quarter............................ Well, we turned around and took him to the Emergency Room in Arco.

However our journey didn't end there. After getting an x-ray we discovered that the quarter was standing just above his esophagus. So I called my mom and asked her to come with me and we headed across the desert to Idaho Falls while Carson stayed home with the other 2 kids.

It became a big long waiting game and the doctor decided that we would have to put C.L. under anesthesia and they would scope to remove the quarter. However we had to wait until almost 11:30 for the anesthesiologist. He was in surgery for about 45 minutes. It was a long and brutal 45 minutes, especially since I had to let him go in crying for me.......................... They were sucessful at removing the quarter and then we had to wait for him to qualify to leave. He was so upset when they moved him to another room that he just sobbed "I want to go Home!" Of course by that point so did mom and grandma.

We were discharged from the hospital at 1:30 a.m. and headed for home. C.L. hasn't really shown any affects from this event, but I don't think either mom or myself have completely recovered and the poor people in our classes on Sunday morning had to deal with lack of sleep and preparation. I was so glad to have mom with me, we actually almost ran out of things to talk about. It just doesn't seem that we spend near enough time together just visiting, so I guess I could take that one good thing out of the trip! Love you Mom!

Events like this make me so grateful for my children and how precious they are. Eleven long hours to wait to make sure my baby was okay was torture. However it also makes me so grateful for the health and strength that my family has. We are truly blessed.

Happy Birthday C.L.

The BIG "6"

Time flies by so fast. We had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles birthday on Memorial Day. We had a house full of family and friends and a great time! C.L.'s birthday was the following day but we usually celebrate on Memorial Day due to the fact that he was born on that day. Also Dad was working swing shift that week.

Continuation!

C.L. completed kindergarten and is anxiously awaiting 1st Grade. I keep telling him that he has a couple of moths before he gets to go back to school and he is upset about it. Mrs. Browne was such a great teacher, we couldn't ask for better!