Here's a little journal-type update on life around here.
Back in May (the day after our moving truck arrived here in utah, actually), my little sister Holly fell at work and broke her ankle and leg in 3 places and needed a surgery where they put 11 screws and a really long metal plate in her leg. She's been staying here at my place so we (my mom, who also lives here, and I) can take care of her - we love having her around! (Even though the circumstances are less than ideal - poor Holly!) Here she is, 2 months post-surgery.
Not to be outdone, my poor mom fell last week and broke FOUR bones in her foot. Four metatarsals, three of which decided to go for a little trip after they broke and are now elsewhere in her foot. Poor mom! Luckily her arms are still (mostly) okay, so she can still hold her favorite baby..
The crutches (and bed trays) are getting lots of use around here.
In other news, we've brought our personal-record-setting long stretch of barf-free time to an end. All 5 kids have the stomach flu. Well, technically Andrew hasn't barfed yet, but he's (gasp) sitting still (!!) a lot, and doesn't look so great, so I'm surrounding him with towels and bowls just in case. The silver lining in this is that it means that William probably doesn't have an intestinal blockage from that little plastic toy he swallowed - he started barfing first and I was getting pretty nervous about that!
Also since I posted last, we had a wonderful visit with Dad (aka Jason). Last weekend he was here for 3 whole days. Three days in July - that's how much these poor kids got to see their dad! Hopefully they won't be scarred for life.. The saddest thing happened a few weeks ago - Rachel got out of the car in a parking lot at some store and saw a man walking along... she got all excited and said "Daddy! It's Daddy! Mom, I see Dad!" To which Lizzie so wisely replied "Rachel, no, that's not Dad." And Rachel said "Oh, yeah, Daddy lives at the airport now." Don't worry, Rachey - Dad will move back in with us pretty soon. That one nearly became kid quote of the week.
So mainly this summer we've been doing a lot of playing outside in our new neighborhood, making new friends, and enjoying the canyons. We love the pool, but the rivers and waterfalls are lots more fun! It is ridiculously beautiful here - I love it.
We haven't been doing much in the way of school, and we haven't been practicing these at all:
We got a membership to thanksgiving point and visited the dinosaur museum and children's gardens a few weeks ago:
Keeping Andrew alive is a pretty full-time job in this new, less-than-secured environment. All the kids have grown up a lot this summer. Here's William, who is no longer happy to be sitting down..
Speaking of growing up, here's a dorky picture of me at about 18months - I love thinking about what my babies will look like grown up. If they're anything like me, they'll look exactly like they did as babies.. :)
Happy July everyone. We're going to be enjoying it a lot more now that our swamp cooler (hate those things) is fixed! (thanks dad)
