Family fun

On Saturday, David and I took the boys and the dogs on a hike up Waterfall Canyon. The mist from the waterfall was freezing. Ben was almost soaked from just running around in the mist. The trail was rocky and hard to climb. We struggled to get up, but we all made it. Even the dogs were worn out by the top. Adam, Ben and Scott all slipped or tripped on the rocks at least twice. This last picture is the first of two bridges we walk over going back down the trail. Sunday, we took a drive out to Antelope Island. The bugs were like black clouds on the side of the road. We saw antelope, buffalo, jackrabbits and all types of birds. David and I even saw a coyote in the grass right off the beach. The picture of David with the buffalo was out the van window. The buffalo was less than 20 feet away from our van. It was laying down when we first drove up, but as we were getting the camera, he started rocking. We thought he was trying to get the bugs off, but then he rolled to his feet and stood up, keeping his head to the side, not actually looking at us. The top of his shoulders came to the top of our van.

Mothers Day

Mothers day was exciting. I wound up going to the ER with Elijah, because he had been playing outside without shoes with his brothers and got something inbedded in his right heel. He didn't cry when it happened and he wasn't limping, so we didn't realize it was there until we gave him his bath Sunday morning. David tried to dig it out but it was too deep. I took him in and they took X-rays and couldn't see anything. So they numbed him with a shot. He did not like that and we were not ready for him to jerk so strongly. He pulled out the needle and the Dr. had to stick him again. They dug out a white shard out that we couldn't figure out what it was. Then I talked to my mom and she thought it might be a sliver of the new vinyl fence we put up. The guy cut the rails down to size right on the grass and there was still tiny pieces on the grass. He is ok now. He has a bandaged foot that we need to keep clean and dry for a week or so. Then I hurried home to get ready for church because Adam was giving a talk in Sacrament. He did great!!! He went up by himself and gave a 4 minute or so talk by himself. It turned into a great mothers day.