Utah trip #3!

The day after Brandon's football game, we left for Utah... AGAIN! That's 3 times this summer! No wonder it's been such a CRAZY summer for me! This trip wasn't even planned until well into the summer. My dad called me with a great idea. They would come up to Oregon for Brandon's football game, then help me drive back to Utah (like we always do) to go to Education Week! 

I was soooooo excited to go to Education Week! The only thing I was nervous for was leaving all three of my kids for 5 days! They got to hang out with my Aunt Rachelle's kids (their actually my cousins) at their house in Layton. My Aunt has 5 kids, her 3 youngest are boys my boys' ages, so it worked out perfectly! My Aunt came to Education week, also, so she had the gal the lives with them & helps with her kids bring her sister over to help with my kids. I shouldn't have worried. The girls did an awesome job taking care of my kids, and my kids had an absolute BLAST playing with cousins!

And me, I had just as much fun going to Education Week at BYU! I was in classes for 12 hours a day! Then in the evenings, we went to the concerts they had available! (And of course we made it to the Creamery for ice cream one night!) I was exhausted physically & spiritually by the time the week was over! My family decided we are going to try to make it to Education Week every year.

On Friday night, I picked my kids up and Saturday morning, we headed for Lagoon! Since we had season passes, we couldn't pass up going there one last time! My kids can't get enough of it!

Brody & Grandpa on The Odysea... Brody looks so tiny!

Brody entertained himself any way he could on the ride home.My kids have been troopers driving in the car that long and that many times! Porter & Hudson are pretty easy to entertain with movies in the car, but Brody just doesn't get into movies yet. He is still so so so good! And so so so stinkin cute!

Hudson's little owie

WARNING! These pictures are not for the faint at heart! You may not want to look!

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Told you so!

So, last night, Brandon was at church meetings. I was at home with the kids. We had just finished playing with the marble race when I decided to put Brody down for bed. I told Porter & Hudson that they could keep playing while I put Brody down. When I came out, they were still playing in the play room, but they were playing like any other brothers would be... wrestling. I didn't think anything of it, because that is a daily occurrence in our house. A few min. later, I heard the crying & Porter comes running in to me saying he didn't mean to do it. Then I saw Hudson walking toward me & I got squeamish!

I called Brandon & told him to come home. I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I just put a wet wash cloth on it. Evidently, he hit his knee on the wall mirror where we have plastic brackets to hold it on the wall. We got a few opinions from some nurses Brandon works with, his brother who is a medic, and a guy who is in our ward and is a N.P. came over to look at it. They all said Hudson would most likely need stitches. So off to the ER we went. Luckily we have some awesome friends that stayed at our house with our sleeping kids so we could both go. Hudson was such a brave tough little kid! He even smiled when we took a picture of him at the hospital!

Getting our bracelets on. Hudson thought it was cool that he got to wear a green bracelet and this morning, he asked where it was because he said if he put it on, it would help him feel better:)

All I can say it ewe!

A not-so-happy camper:(

The doc said he could do stitches or steri-strips. He said the steri-strips would probably be better because stitches on the knee could tear with all the movement Hudson will be doing with his knee. So we decided on steri-strips. Hudson didn't even get any numbing!

Hudson was so funny telling the doctor what happened. These are his words: "Porter punched me. He was mean. And I broke my leg!" Hahaha!

We sure love this kid!

Let's Go Lions!

Brandon played in an Alumni Football game for his High School (West Linn Lions). They played against the Oregon City Pioneers.

Brandon's #1 Fans!

He played on the O-line. #71

Brandon's cheering section! Thank you to all of our friends that came out to cheer him on & support the Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis!

It was such a fun exciting game! The lions pulled it out by one point in OT!

I'm sure this is going to become a tradition every year. I'm just glad that Brandon left the game injury free!

Crabbin at the Coast

We went to our ward camp-out at the coast, like we do every year. This year was different, though because my parents came with us (they were in town to go to Brandon's football game). On our 11th Anniversary we went crabbing. It was so. much. fun!

Brandon and my dad took turns driving the boat & pulling up the pots.

My mom & I made sure the kiddos didn't go overboard:)

While we were out on the water, we found a bunch of seals lying on the beach! So cool to see!

Brody was brave enough to hold a crab just his size!

Hudson saw this crab car there & thought it was so funny!

More summer time fun!

We have been using our fire pit sooooo much this summer! We love it! Here is Hudson's smore face! Haha!

We ventured to another water park in Wilsonville with some friends.

My 3 Helpers! They were doing dishes for me. Aren't they the cutest little helpers, ever?

Yet another pepper from my garden has fallen victim to the toddler terror known as Brody!

I have had instant entertainment at my house this Summer! They have been putting in a sidewalk across the street. Every construction vehicle imaginable has been seen. My boys (and even their friends) have loved watching the progress!

We spent the day at the zoo today. Porter & Hudson's friend Peyton got to come with us. It was such a fun day! All of us loved it!

So Sad:(

Yesterday I was out pulling weeds in my garden when I see this lying on the ground:

I have a purple pepper plant and this one pepper was growing on it. I usually don't have much luck with my pepper plants, so I was excited to see this purple one growing. I asked Porter why the pepper wasn't still growing on the plant and he told me Brody picked it. I just love having a toddler around:) It's a good thing Brody's so cute or I just might have taken him out with the trash tonight! 

Just kidding!