The men had a contest shucking corn! Hilarious!
JULY 24th We had a fantastic day with everyone. The best part of our family's day was seeing Grandad's car coming down the driveway...carrying our DAD! Andy flew in early Thurs. morning. What a sight!!! We were so excited to be reunited and have him there for the day's festivities. The girls (Natalie, Sadie and Aubrey) planned a fun treasure hunt for the kids. Here is Natalie waiting for her part of the program. They did a great job.
Sunday evening we went to Holly's and spent some time with them. They have such a great family. Natalie and Sadie switched us and went to Grammie and Grandad to be with them(where they were totally pampered I'm sure). The boys had a great time playing with Aidan and Brendan. Unfortunately Ammon got sick while we were with them. Sorry Holly! Bummer! We headed up to the ranch Tuesday evening. Wednesday, the boys got up early and went and rounded up cows with Weston. (ONe of the great high-lights of their trip) Everyone scattered and played. Zac and Bri spent most of the day down at the creek catching minnows. They came in for dinner and Brian put a jar down on the kitchen counter and asked "Can we cook these up for dinner?" Would have been a pretty good appetizer. Later that night I was trying to put Sam and Ammon to sleep and Brian came in the room crying and holding his side. I lifted up his shirt and he was bleeding right below his right hip bone. He had jumped from one bunk bed to the other and fell and landed on the ladder and split open the skin. He definitely needed stitches. I layed him on the bed and tried to calm him down. He was pretty upset(come to find out later it was because he thought his playing time at the ranch was over). Weston, Carrie and I then operated on him. I cleaned the wound, Carrie held the lamp and Weston applied the Super-glue. OH MY! DRAMA. Needless to say he slept good that night and was great in the morning.
We stayed with Mom and Dad until Sunday evening. The boys had a great time at Grammie and Grandad's. Grandad went out of his way to help the boys have a good time. Brian rode a bike that Grandad went and retrieved from their storage unit. He also made us a make shift bike/wagon pull. I road the bike and pulled Sam and Landon in the wagon while Zac held on as he roller bladed. Feeeeuu. Ammon was content to play in their rocks. I felt totally spoiled by Mom and Dad. They are really good at that. By the way...check out Mom and Dad's garden!! Dad worked so hard to transform his yard from a rock garden to a beautiful veggie garden.
We had an amazing time in Idaho visiting everyone. Road trips are one of my favorite things to do. We left Thursday, the 18th of July and drove to Mom and Dad's house in Caldwell. We spent the night with them and then Uncle Neal took us boating first thing Friday morning. Glee and happiness were oozing from every pore of their beings!Holy Guacamole, there were some white knuckles aboard the float. Their faces could have been portraits!!Sadie's was the best. It was exhilaration meshed with outright terror! Neal said he knows when to slow it down when their faces transform from happy to scared to death! He was so great to take us out on his day off.
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