July pictures

 Below: Jake had been having breathing problems for weeks before this. But this particular day in Costco he felt as if he wasn't getting enough air and that was scaring him. So I was going to pull the car out front from him to jump into so we could take him to the ER, but before I got the kids and groceries in the car he had called 911. So an ambulance came, and this is him getting checked out in the Costco food court. I was getting scared and concerned. And started crying and really worrying when he was rolled out of Costco on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to the ER. I beat them there by a few minutes, so I was worried I went to the wrong hospital. But once he got there I felt better. He was diagnosed as having a panic attack. Over the next several days he got really anxious and would have to take one of the anxiety pills he was given. He scheduled a drs appointment and got thoroughly tested. And for at least several weeks (writing this as of Sept 21st) he hasn't had any anxiety/panic attacks.

 below: making our new cat stand for our new cat

 below: first time we pulled out the telescope in years. Sydney really loved looking through it.

 below: our trip to the zoo this month. this particular trip, Lizzy ended up burning the bottom of her foot (pretty bad). We were playing in the water park area at the zoo, and the kids had their shoes off. Well we were there for about fifteen minutes, and at one point she was just crying. So in trying to talk her about it, I  had lifted her up onto my lap and caught a glimpse of the bottom of her foot. What I saw made me hurry. I put my shoes back on. Got Sydney and William back in there shoes. Put Lizzy in the stroller and asked a zoo employee where the nearest first aid kit was, he said the restaurant just back around the corner. So I headed there. Only to have them tell me that there was only one first aid kit, and it was back at the zoo entrance with the first aid staff. I was super pissed off. So I had Lizzy put a cold water bottle on her foot trying to help with the pain. So after a painful five minute trip (and it felt much longer than that) back to the front, we went to the first aid station where they gave me burn ointment that I put on her foot. Then the first aid guy/safety officer gave me a bag of ice, which we were grateful for. And we left the zoo. I even drove to Jake's office to get his opinion on whether or not I should take her to the instance. It turns out when he got home that night to help me bandage it up that it was worse than he thought. We wrapped up the big blister that had formed over top the burn, and the next day it looked much better. It took about 3 days to get all better. Thank goodness.

 July 24th. Pioneer Day. We celebrated at the splash pad in Herriman/Bluffdale. The kids always have fun playing the water, but even more when Grandma and Grandpa are with them. That evening we did fireworks with Brett and Bindy and Skylee.

Tyler's homecoming talk