max's eye...

On Tuesday the 13th (not even home from Lake Powell for 24 hours) Max and Noah we playing in the back yard. I was inside the house and I hear Max crying and Noah says "Mom, I accidentally hit Max in the face with the baseball bat!" (Yes...a metal baseball bat no less!) He had been swinging the bat and made sure that Max was well enough behind him, but (picture the swinging motion) after swinging and the bats momentum brought the bat back behind Noah Max had run up behind him and he got popped in the face!

I looked at Max's face and his poor cheek was the size of a softball. I immediately called Travis home from Young Mens at the church and rushed him to our pediatricians after hours office. After being looked at by the doctor...no missing teeth, no concussion....we headed to the hospital for x-rays. Everyone was so speedy and Max was such a trooper we found nothing to be broken. So all he had was one really REALLY swollen cheek.

These pictures were taken the next morning! Poor kid couldn't even smile really well! But he tried!

By the evening the swelling had gone down a bit and the bruising traveled to his eye!

Now it is pretty much gone! Oh boy what an experience...definitely one for the baby book!

new kit...

It's fall time and also time for a new kit. This one is called Grandpa's Farm. It is perfect for all of those petting zoo, farm pictures. I think my favorite elements are the chicken wire and the cute barn. Pick it up HERE

a trip to lake powell...

Travis and I just returned from a week long vacation on a house boat at Lake Powell...sans kids!! Vacations are always great...but this one was the most relaxing trip I have ever taken. We went with 6 other couples that we are good friends with. There was something about having everything there on the boat...good friends, great food, fun conversations...and no where that you HAD to go that made it SO relaxing. Wanna ride the jet ski? Sure... Wanna take a nap? Sure... Wanna play a game? Sure... Ahhhh it was just amazing!

We docked the houseboat right in a little cove in Face Canyon. The best part was at night we all brought our air mattresses out onto the top of the boat to sleep. We even brought a projector and watched movies right on the smooth rock right next to the boat....kinda like a sleep in movie theater! ; ) Our time was filled with boating, jet skis, surfing, games, movies, a few mice, bats swooping over our heads, a Luau dinner and evening, and a dance party with lots of glow sticks.

This is Travis showing off while learning to surf behind the boat...he never quite got to the point of being able to let go of the rope...maybe next year!

One morning we took the boat into a small slot canyon and hiked in a bit. It was absolutely breathtaking. SO worth the hike! It reminded me of some of the close areas when I hiked the Narrows at Zions.

We also did a little cliff jumping...I didn't jump off of this rock...no sirree...I did jump off one between 15-20 feet...fun, but not something I will crave to do on a regular basis!

Sunday the water was super smooth. It was just amazing! I just wanted to reach out and touch it...so I did!

Getting away with Travis is something that I love to do. I think spending time just the 2 of us is an important necessary part of staying close. It strengthens our relationship and helps us appreciate our sweet children even more. It is great to be away, but also great to come home.

Now if only I could just get my computer to stop rocking back and forth...