First Day of School August 20th, 2013

 The kids had a great first day.  I can't  believe that we have a 7th grader.  He was tooooo cool this morning when he left.  He had a great day and is really going to love band and science.  Noah is stoked to be the king of the school and to be in an advanced class.  He will do well.  Emma loves her new teacher, who has two turtles.  Kate was sad she doesn't start until next week.  They all came home with stories about meeting new friends.

 Kanyon had to catch the bus at 6:55.  the other kids were all up and ready to go but they had to wait until 8 to catch their bus.  It was a great morning!

Kanyon, Noah and Emma's New Beds in their New Rooms!

 The three older kids are all moved in in the basement now.  THey got new beds and bedding and love their new solitude and privacy.

Emma's Toenail

 Poor Emma ended up losing her entire big toenail after getting it smashed at Lava Hot Springs.  Ouch!

Cysts

 On Sunday night our brother-in-law cut two cysts out of Lana's head. It was a lot of fun to watch.  The cysts were actually quite big once they came out.  One of them came out clean and intact.  The other one he had to dig around and find all the pieces and then the sack.

She had to hold gauze on her head for a few minutes after the surgery.  It was funny looking.

Lava Hot Springs

 On Saturday, July 27th, we went with Lana's family up to Lava Hot Springs to run the river and also to play in the pool.  We got up there about 11 am and went right into the pool area.

 Lana and Eli going into the pool.

 The weather was overcast with a little rain.  The pool water is nice and heated though so it was much warmer in the water than out.  Eli loves the water.  We have to keep him in a life jacket at all times because he will run right up to the water and get in.

 Little kate loves going off the diving board.  They also have a climbing wall in the inside pool area.  Kate was a little monkey.  She loved to climb up the wall and drop into the pool.

 Kanyon, Ethan and Alexis waiting to go down the green and red slides.

Kanyon, Ethan and Alexis getting ready to jump off the lowest platform.

 The boys loved jumping off of the platforms.  This is a picture of Ethan and Kanyon jumping.

 Kanyon and noah jumping off of the second platform.  I was proud of them.  They loved jumping.

Kanyon and Noah getting ready to jump off the first platform.

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And their off!!!!

Ethan and Kanyon headed up to the yellow and purple slides.  I went up with them and rode the purple slide down.  It was really a lot of fun.

 Eli and Grandma Barker playing around in the big pool.

 Eli. Lana and Kanyon swimming in the pool.

 Noah getting ready to jump off the highest platform.

 Emma wouldn't jump off the platforms, they were just a little too high for her.  She would jump off the high dive though.  This is a great shot of her jumping.

 Poor Emma had her toenail ripped off by the diving board.  It pulled the entire nail right out of the bed and was only hanging on by a tiny piece of skin.  She went into the nurses office for treatment and wouldn't let the nurse clean her toe off.  She cleaned it herself and then let the nurse put the bandaid on.  They wheeled her back out to the pool area in a wheel chair.  Poor kid.

Bye bye Lava!  It was a great day.  Kanyon was the only member of our family to run the river.  He had a great time.  Next time we go everyone will have to run the river.

24th of July 2013

 

 The boys and I woke up at 6 this morning to do flags and then went and got the rest of the family to eat breakfast at Lee's.  They had a free breakfast, eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, and pancakes, and also a bounce house and a little fishing pond where the kids could get a treat or toy.  They also had a lady making balloon figures for free.  It was a lot of fun.

 After breakfast we went up to the Brigham City pool with Lana's family.  Kate jumped off the diving board for the first time.  She did great.  I was really proud of her.

 Kate and the Rasmussen twins sitting on the cooler.

 Kate went from jumping off the side of the board to running off the end and doing tricks.  It was fun to see.

 Emma is getting pretty brave too.

 Eli was pretty hacked-off that he wasn't allowed to jump off the diving board.  He is a little fish too.

The girls jumping off at the same time.