Camping

The kids had a half day on Thursday and no school Friday so we decided it would be the perfect time to go camping.  It was still pretty hot so we couldn't go to our usual Valley of Fire camp spot (plus that place isn't so magical for us since Seth fell off the mountain).  So we went to Mt. Charleston.  That was the first time we camped there overnight.  We had a great time.  We enjoyed the fire quite a bit since it was colder there.  We made tinfoil dinners and s'mores in a cone, as well as the usual roasted marshmallows and starburst.

It was windy but we didn't really notice how windy until we went to bed.  In our family prayer Danny asked that the wind would stop.  I knew that prayer probably wouldn't be answered the way we wanted it.  So I suggested in everyone's personal prayers that we ask that people will sleep soundly. That prayer was definitely answered because it felt like we were sleeping in a walmart bag with a fan on it! The wind was insane.  Bob and I were up most of the night.  But the kids all slept perfectly! Aaron and Seth woke up once but went right back to sleep.  Ruby, who hasn't slept through the night in 2 weeks since her surgery, begged to go to bed and fell asleep first and was the last to wake up.

The next morning we made another fire and made some hot chocolate in Danny's empty soda can because we forgot the pot. The kids shot airsoft guns and we went on a little hike.

Ruby lost her tonsils

Ruby had her tonsils and adenoids removed on September 12. Bob and I dropped the other kids at school and then drove to the Summerlin hospital.  She was a little nervous but did ok.  Her surgery only took about 25 minutes. Both the Doctor and Anesthesiologist commented on how enormous her tonsils were. She woke up and was happy.  She said her throat hurt one time, but other than that was happy and ate all day and even had chicken nuggets for dinner.  She did so well they let her come home that night.  During the night her pain medication wore off and she woke up crying.  But during the day she was fine and playing.  Nights were the worst for her.  And she's lost about 3 lbs over the 2 weeks while she healed.  She talks funny, both her voice and her pronunciations.  Hopefully they'll both get back to normal.

Her breathing is so much better. Her chest doesn't go concave when she breathes. It just moves up and down, like a normal person's. At her follow up appointment the doctor gave us a report on the surgery and commented again on how huge those tonsils were and even gave us the measurements so we could really know. They were both about 3 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm.  He said that was about 4 times bigger than normal.

 

First day of School

Danny is in 7th grade, Rachel in 6th, Aaron in 3rd and Seth is in Kindergarten. Somehow I didn't get a picture of Seth by himself.

Castaic

For Labor Day weekend, we went to visit Ryan and Venessa.  Grandma and Grandpa and Grandma Donna, Kristal and Dustin came too. We went to Magic Mountain on Friday. Everyone had a great time. Then Saturday we went to the beach. The everyone had a great time boogie boarding and playing in the sand.  Danny fished with Ryan. We stayed until Monday morning.