So Many Adventures

I will start from the most current to the least current. We just got back from a quick weekend trip to Bear Lake with my family.

It was fun to go on one more vacation before the end of summer. Saturday was beautiful, we hung out on the beach, swam in the pool and 4 wheeled!

This is Jake with no sleep and too much sun!!! Jake went up early Friday with Heather, Logan and Justin. They went 4 wheeling for over 3 hours and Jake said it best "I had the time of my life!!!" The best story of the wheeling adventure was when Heather tipped the 4 wheeler, luckily it was all in slow motion and Jake had enough time to jump off safely. Heather ended up with a few scrapes and bruises but the funniest thing was after the crash Jake refused to ride with Heather and rode with Justin the rest of the time. Scott's only comment about all of this was "Smart Kid"!

My parents good friends from Canada spent the weekend with all of us. For some crazy reason Courtney was NOT on her best behavior. I don't know if it was the strange bed, not enough sleep, too many people or strange people but what ever it was, she was not our sweet little girl. I am betting the whole weekend my parents friends were thinking 'this girl is out of control'!! Ok, maybe she wasn't completely out of control but she was not completely in control either. She definitely wore me out but in between the whining and the crying we did have some really fun moments. Oh the joy of almost a two year old!!!

It was a little cloudy and rainy on Sunday but we made the best of it. Here is Heather and Coco playing in the park in between rain storms.

We had so much fun!!! Thank you Justin for bringing up your 4 Wheelers. I let Scott do all the driving and thankfully we did not crash!!!

Heather could not stop laughing at my dirty face. I attribute it to riding behind Justin & Heather and putting on fresh sun screen right before leaving. So beautiful!!!

Looking at this picture who would ever believe this precious little girl could be anything BUT an Angel ???

I tried to get a nice family picture of us on the beach, but with two tired & worn out children this is the best we could do!

The night before we left to Bear Lake we celebrated Aiva's 2nd Birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIVA!!! Aiva and Courtney are exactly 2 & a half months apart and are the best of friends and best cousins. We love you Aiva!!!! (must apologise about the picture, this was the best one out of all of them so you can imagine what the other pictures looked like).

Can you believe the hives on Courtney's back! For three days straight Courtney woke up each morning and each nap with large Hives. We gave her Benadryl but with each dose it seemed that the Benadryl would take longer and longer to kick in. I finally took her into Insta Care but to make a long story short, she was put on a 5 day steroid treatment and so far showing no more signs of Hives (knock on wood). As for the reason of Hives, we have no idea?????

Quick funny story.... I jokingly asked the doctor if Courtney would start growing facial hair (you know Steroids) he did not get my joke and took me completely serious. He then went on for a good 3 minutes explaining in detail in "Doctor language" why this would not happen with the kind of steroids and dosage he was prescribing. Idid everything in my power to keep a straight face and not bust up laughing!!!

It has been a crazy & fun few days. Until next time.....