Max Gets Another Set of Tubes

Aug 2 --
Max was having trouble hearing again so I went to get his ears checked out and there was lot of fluid and the previous tubes had fallen out 6 months to a year previously-I think. So we decided he'd need tubes again. With the shape of his jaw and small size, he'll probably keep needing them til his a teen and he grows enough for the jaw to pull away from the ear so it'll start to drain on its own.

At American Fork hospital waiting for the dr.

This hospital is awesome. I actually sad I won't be delivering this baby there. My other 2 were. There was a girl who was in charge of making sure the young patients were happy and comfortable. She brought him a hat to wear, and a nice little doll that was dressed in a gown like him that he could draw a face on. And he got to look and the gas mask and he also got a little wooden car. I think these things REALLY helped him be distracted and comfortable. I'm very grateful for this service.

Afterwards. Getting oxygen so he can recover from the anesthesia faster. He had a rougher time coming out of it this time. He threw up a few times before we made it home. In addition to more tubes (3rd set in one ear and 4th in the other) his adenoids were starting to grow back and there was a lot of puss and infection so the dr lasered those down again too.

Fireworks

July 25 --
We didn't end up doing fireworks with our own family, with the busyness of the holidays and the restrictions, so we attempted to do it this day. But then it was way too windy and it started to rain. So it didn't happen then either. We still have some in the garage.

Poppers!

These are the only ones we could light.

A couple random ones-the boys watching a show on my iPhone

Double rainbow!

Ward Breakfast and Bike Rodeo

July 23 --
Our ward doesn't do many activities, which makes me sad. So we try to go to the few they do have. This year they did a bike rodeo/breakfast for Pioneer Day.

This is for the flag raising

Tug-o-war

Jon helping out his scouts-he sure is good handsome!

Max got a little trampled in the tug of war-such a good daddy to help him feel better.

Three legged race. I think these two even won? I don't remember

Hammering nails

Haha, Max was a little crazy with the hammer since it was so heavy. So Jon was protecting Max from hitting his own forehead when he pulled the hammer back.

They had fun decorating their bikes

I think they got the fireworks award.

Camping in the Uintas

July 15-16

With the busyness of last summer 2010, selling the house, packing, moving, and everything we only went camping once-to Zion's. This year I really wanted to make sure we got a lot of camping in...but with moving AGAIN, and getting pregnant it didn't work out that way. But I am glad we got to go a couple times.

This was our first time camping in the Uintas. It's really pretty. Unfortunately, i didn't reserve a campsite online and since there was so much snow this last year, some of the campgrounds were still closed, I had to go up earlier in the day and scout stuff out. Then wait for Jon to get home from work before we could head back up there. I don't even remember the name of the camp ground, but it was closer to Kamas and only a few minutes pass the pay booth. Our site was nice and wooded. This is what it looked like looking up from the fire pit area.

My boys

Saying hi and snacking on doritos

The campsite

Can you tell they were excited to eat s'mores!

I love this pic-I just wish I remember why he was laughing :)

Bad pic of me- growing my bangs out and exhausted from getting ready for the trip-but luckily not feeling morning sick yet.

The fire wood we bought in Heber was really smokey and burned really fast. Since the summer came so late, there was plenty of dead branches and trees cut down that we used to fuel the fire. It was a little scary though, with all the branches sticking out of the fire.

We made up a new camping game. Its a combination of Marco Polo and hide and seek, with lanterns. Someone goes and hides with a light off, and when the seeker makes a noise or says Marco (I don't remember) the hider turns their light on and then off really quick, and then moves. And its repeated until the seeker finds the hider. It was pretty fun and the boys loved it!

Go out to hide in the brush

The moon was full and very pretty that night.

It took a bit for the boys to fall asleep. We finally have a system of keeping them warm through out the night.

The Master Chef making breakfast

Cute boys helping each other stay warm

After we packed up we headed up further into the Uintas to hike a little into Clyde Lake.

New baby flowers

Lots of snow still for the middle of June

Haha, I can't resist!

Lunch with the sibs

July 14 --
(I have a lot of more time sensitive things I should be doing right now, but after helping the boys clean the basement and getting the guest rooms ready, my hips are sore. I thought, I'll blog while I sit and rest for a bit-lucky you).

My brothers and sisters really enjoy getting together just as the kids in the family. Rachel and Jeremy were in town so we decided to meet up for lunch at Maxwell's in Park City since Jon and Jacob worked there and Rachel was visiting me in Heber. We did miss Adam though.

Boating with Rachel and Jeremy

July 13 --
Jeremy's family has a boat and we were sooo lucky be to able to go out with Rachel and Jeremy and a couple of their friends one day. I LOVE LOVE LOVE boating. I honestly want to have access to one some day. (I don't know if I mentioned, but Rachel and Jeremy came out from Mesa, and stayed for a couple weeks during the month of July).

Surprisingly, the boys were excited to go out on the tube. I think our last Lake Powell trip helped them warm up to the water faster this time. After a few dips, Zac was independent and enjoying swimming around by himself. Max did ok as long as I was holding on to him.

I didn't expect them to up for tubing without Jon and I was only up for it b/c I'd have the boys on with me, which meant it'd be slow and no falling off.

This was the before picture. The boys were pretty excited but a little nervous. Things were going good. And then Jeremy slowed down a bit too much while there was a slight turn, and the front of the tube was diving down into the water. Haha, both boys slid off the front and the tube drove over them. It was hilarious. Zac was fine, but I slipped into the water and grabbed Max and held him up so he felt more out of the water. We tried to position it all as a funny thing and didn't let them think it was scary. When they were back on the boat they were happy and telling everyone they did a funny trick and they didn't drown. But now in December, Max is looking at this picture and saying, "I didn't drown".