Adventure

Last night Paezlei broke her tibia (leg). It was so sad. She just couldn't control her crying and made me want to melt. She had a bike tire run over her shin and it blew up like a ball. I immediately left Josh with the kids and Brekken and I rushed her to Alta View Hospital. Where she cried the whole way and for about an hour when we were there until she fell asleep and then they had to give her an IV which woke her up and she cried more. They did x-rays and it was broken, so they sedated her and put it back in place and then a splint. Of course, me being a wimp when it comes to medical things unless it is on me I almost fainted and felt like such a horrible MOM. I just wish it was ME and not her. You love your kids so much that it hurts to see them in pain. We finally left after three hours at 11:30 pm and had to stop at Walgreens for some Lortab. She also had to go potty so we went in to use the bathroom, which was treat. We got home and Josh was so happy to see her. ...

Last weekend I did the Provo Half Marathon and loved it. It was beautiful. It went ride by Bridal Veil Falls and through the canyon. What a beautiful run. I did it with two of Josh's sisters, Leslie in the middle and Heather on the right. I was so excited to finish 13.1 miles in 1 hour and 35 minutes. We actully were celebrating Josh's moms birthday(she died two years ago) which was August 11th. We did the run and then went swimming with the kids, had a barbecue and then went to her grave to let 58 balloons go. What a way to remember such a great lady.

Paezlei and Teigyn went to their first dance. They were so excited they wore their dance shoes all day. It was so much fun to watch and they really do steal the show when it comes to performance time. What a couple of ballerinas.

Brekken and Kaehler celebrated their 7th birthday on August 7th. It was a lot of fun. We had a darth vader and cinderella party. As you can see we decorated for both. It was a fun day at school with lots of treats and then at home we had pizza and they got new bikes, which was a long time coming. I don't think they can ride them enough.

We decided to go to the raceway to see the race cars after church a couple of Sundays ago and boy was it loud. The kids loved it and it was to actully see some real races.

Taeson just loves to hold on and follow Dad with the lawnmower. I thought it was cute.

We decided one Saturday morning to hike up about 2 miles to Lake Mary at Brighton ski resort. It was a lot of fun and the kids did great. It was beautiful and perfect weather. Then we decided to go swimming to American Fork because the kids did such a great job. It was a fun Saturday.

Here we are for the first day of second grade, which started on July 25th for three weeks, but now they are out for three weeks because we are on year round. They really like it and they have a brand new teacher, Mrs. Peay.