July 2013

July was a very fun month.  We went to a great 4th of July party at my friend, Rhonda's house.  Food, fun, and fireworks - perfect combination for a great night!

July 19th was my parents' Golden Anniversary.  We've been planning a big to-do for their 50th for the last couple years.  It finally came and it was so special.  We first had a nice family dinner with just family and a few of my parents' very close friends.  Then we had a little open house with a program that all of their friends were invited to.  It was so fun being there.  Unfortunately Jerry and the kids weren't able to be there with me.  It was just too much money for everyone to fly back, and since he just started a new job he couldn't take off the time it would take to drive back and forth.  And after we did the cross country trip just a month earlier, there was no way I was going to put the kids through that again.  Even though I missed them, it was kind of nice not to have to worry about the kids.  It was a super fast trip, that was made even shorter because of a flight delay which caused me to miss my connecting flight:( I got to SLC at 10:30 am Saturday morning and left at 11:50 pm Sunday night.  But I'm so glad I was able to go.  We also had a little picnic at the park after church on Sunday, then our traditional sister's favorite things party.

isn't my sister, Esther amazing? She decorated the party!

My sister, Elizabeth made the wedding cake.  It is an exact ( as much as possible from looking at a picture) replica of their wedding cake.

My mom's wedding dress

Jerry survived at home without me, with only one little scuffle of locking themselves out of the house. Hayden being small comes in handy sometimes:)  He was able to squirm through a window that Jerry found hadn't been locked.  They were able to open it enough to let Hayden squeeze through. 

Later in the month I was getting dinner from the freezer in the garage when Luke came out to join me.  As we went back into the house I held his hand to "help" him up the stairs.  Just as I lifted he twisted back towards the garage and started screaming.  I thought he was just mad because he wanted to play outside.  But after the crying continued for way longer than normal I started getting worried.  Long story short, a trip to quick to urgent care, they sent us to an orthopedic surgeon where they popped his shoulder back in socket.  He had to wear a sling for a couple days.  He HATED it.  Once they popped it back in ($600 out of pocket for 30 seconds of work!!! grrr) he quickly started acting better.
So now I think I am on their radar of abusive parents.  I guess it is extremely rare for a toddler to dislocate a shoulder.  Elbows and wrists are very common, but shoulders are rare.  So they sent me to a special pediatric orthopedic surgeon (another $200 out of pocket!! grrrrr) just to double check that his growth plates weren't injured, and probably to scare me.  The pediatric surgeon is doubtful that it was his shoulder because it is so rare, he suspects it was his elbow.  Who knows, all I know is that even though it was too much money, I'm glad my boy is healthy and just as active as ever.

We love having our basement.  It is partially finished, and extremely dirty in these pictures.  We had a fun night playing Rock Band one night.  We all had a blast.

Luke transitioned to his toddler bed pretty well.  But once he discovered that he could climb up into Hayden's bed he wants nothing to do with his toddler bed.  I should just take it out to make more space in the room.

Sydney started taking dance classes this summer.  In the first session there was only one other girl in the class.  This session she is the only one. haha.  She still loves it.  We might have to move her into the performing group because they will cancel the class if she is the only one.  Rebecca started taking gymnastics as well.  She's been begging for the last 2 years to take gymnastics, so we promised her once we moved she could start.  She's loving it.  Unfortunately she hasn't slowed down enough in her gymnastics leotard for me to take a picture.

Hayden was also able to go to scout day camp for the last week in July.  He loved going.  Unfortunately he wasn't in the same group as any of the boys from our ward, but at least he was able to see them around while they were there.

Hayden and his friends from our ward at scout camp.