Trying to be like Dylan

Dylan has a scar on his nose. Barely visible now unless you really look for it. He cut his nose open riding on his scooter just before he turned 2. They ended up gluing it back together.

Today Kendall attempted to duplicate his scar on her face. She missed her nose, not by much, and cut open her lip between her nose and her upper lip. Unlike Dylan they were not able to just "glue" it back together and she ended up with approximately 12 stitches.

It happened not on a scooter but playing at a park. Luckily for us we were there with a friend who was more than willing to take the other 4 kids to her house at that moment when I told her I had to go to the ER.

I was quite shaken by time we got to the ER. Zach met us on the way because after getting her out of the car at Urgent Care and realizing they weren't quite open I about lost it. On we went to St Lukes about 2 miles down the road. on that part of the drive I decided to call Zach and have him meet me there and keep me and Kendall calm. Probabaly more me calm at that point. Kendall had stopped crying and was telling me it was ok she just had had a bloody nose and since I told her we were going to the dr she was more concerned that they needed to take the wart off her knee than with the fact that she needed her nose fixed.

waiting for the numbing agent to work.

She did great though. Held totally still while they applied a topical numbing agent and about 30 min later they sewed her up and she only flinched on 1 of the 12 stiches about #10. She got some fun toys out of it too. A new teddy Bear appropriatly named Stich and a water gun. (which is actually a big siringe. She was even smiling as we left. I thanked the dr who had done her rotations with a plastic surgen and did a great job sewing her up. We go back in 5 days to have the stiches removed.

afterwards with daddy and her teddy and water gun.

Her cloths were soaked in blood as I had taken off the dress she was wearing to catch the blood when she cut it open. When the nurse realized I didn't have any cloths for her to wear home she went and grabbed a kids hospital gown. She was quite excited to put it on to wear home.

the pictures aren't the best as they were taken with my phone but at least you can tell she was doing ok.

Grandma!

My mom came for a whirl wind visit of a whole 48 hours of Fun. We started off at Chuckee Cheese for lunch and out to the Olive Garden for Dinner. The next day we ventured out to Crown Center for a chance to play at Kalidascope and for a short while down at the Clifford exhibit.

Snack time after all that fun.

The next day the boys made another "movie" for Grandma, and we went to McDonald's for lunch before dropping her off at the airport. Too bad they didn't cancel her flight home like they did for her flight out.

Showing Grandma how to play the movie game.

Thanks for coming Grandma. We had so much fun even though it was short it was all worth it!

We love you!

a few other random pictures.

Party going

Bike Riding

Rock Castle Building

Flat tire fixing

Play doh, playing

We have stayed pretty busy playing and swimming this summer. Its hard to believe it is almost Aug!

Our Air Conditioner Broke

I have added Air Conditioner Repair to my resume! Our air conditioner went out on the 27th by the 28th our house was something more of a sauna. I had Zach look at it on the 27th and he had figured out what was wrong but it was after 5 and there was no where to go get the part. So the following morning I loaded up the kids and trekked downtown to a supply store where they sold the part. After calling them to make sure they had it and having them tell me that I had to actually bring in the part for them to give me the new one. I called Zach and he thought I could pull it out myself in just a few min. So I gave it a try and what do you know it worked. It took me longer to look up the directions to the store on mapquest than it did to take the part out. Down to the store and back new part in in only abt 5 min and back to our friends house to wait while the house cooled back down. The indoor temp read 88 and it was pretty humid outside to make it worse.

What was broken? the Capacitor.

This might remind you of this movie and the flux Capacitor. And it really does take you back in time to an age without Air Conditioning.

We are all very grateful to have the technology we do today and the air conditioning that keeps us cool when the weather is just too hot outside.

Random things that have happened.

Dylan lost his 2nd tooth!

Kendall and Isabella are still best friends

Zach likes to invite his friends over with a projector and play MW2 on the BIG SCREEN.

We got new "couches" for the basement.

Cousins and Deanna Rose Farm

Chalene and Kelly were able to stop by on their way to Michigan. The boys had a great morning playing on the 4 wheeler and the jeep. I believe Kelly has some really cute pictures of the boys doing this. Then we headed out to Deanna Rose farm. The kids had fun feeding the goats. Doing just about anything to get the Turkey to gobble at them, and riding on the peddle tractors. The pigs were the most muddy I have ever seen them and they were close enough you could have stuck your hand through and pet them although nobody dared touch them.

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We spent the evening at Zach's last Softball game of the season. It was great to have family stop by. Thanks for coming!

Royal's Base Ball Clinic

On July 6th the boys got to attend a Baseball Clinic put on by the Royals. They had a blast! Here are a few pictures that I was able to snap while they were practicing. They had so much fun. They learned to pitch, catch, and even practice in a batting cage down by the locker rooms underneath the stadium.


Afterward they fed us all lunch there at the stadium. Pizza and Fruit with Cookies! The kids had a ton of fun!