Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Grayson's Baby Blessing
We are so grateful for all our family who could be here for Grayson's Blessing on Saturday. It was a beautiful day and Stephen gave Grayson a great blessing as Grayson's two grandpa's joined him.
Close Call
We almost lost Zander last week. It would have been a tragic accident, but thankfully things turned out differently thanks to Stephen changing his mind at the last second.
When we got back from Twin Falls Stephen and I needed to run to the grocery store to stock up the fridge and pantry and get ingredients for the birthday cake I was going to make for Dad for Cherry Hill. It was gray outside with dark cloud threatening to rain. By the time I had Stephen go to the store it started to drizzle a little bit which was nice because it was still extremely hot outside. Stephen left and Zander asked me if he could play with the big box that was in the garage that had been left from the new basketball hoop Stephen got the boys for a surprise when we came back from visiting grandma. He said he wanted to use it to shield him from the rain as he played outside. I told him it was ok and went about minding my business in the kitchen as I waited for Stephen to come back.
Stephen came home about 30 minutes later. He walked into the kitchen straight towards me and said he almost ran over our son. I was confused, and a little dumbfounded at first because I didn't know what he was talking about. This exact scenario has always been one of my worst fears as a mom with my kids next to drowning. Stephen drove the car up into the driveway as he noticed the garage door was open. He remembered closing the door when he left and thought it was a little strange for the door to be open but no kids outside playing. He drove up the driveway to park the car in the garage and didn't notice the box until the front wheel was about 6 inches from the box that had the basketball hoop in it. He was going to run over the box to try and squish it down so we could fit it in the garbage can better because the box was only 12 inches high. It would have been easy to run it over and smash it down, but then he decided he'd better not because it was a thick cardboard and it would be easier to just move it and get on with the day because the garbage can was already full. He got out of the car to move the box and found Zander laying on the ground underneath the box. Stephen was shocked to find him under there. He had Zander move and parked the car and gave Zander a stern talking to about playing in the middle of the driveway.
As Stephen recounted his story my heart sank and tears threatened to fall. We were both scared of what could have been an unimaginable tragic accident. I have talked to the kids about playing in the middle of the driveway countless times. But it was all so innocent--both Stephen and Zander. I had no idea what Zander was going to do with the box when I told him he could use it. I assumed he would've been playing with it on the grass and thought nothing else of it. I think Zander was being looked after that day, and I am so grateful Stephen changed his mind and decided to move the box.
When we got back from Twin Falls Stephen and I needed to run to the grocery store to stock up the fridge and pantry and get ingredients for the birthday cake I was going to make for Dad for Cherry Hill. It was gray outside with dark cloud threatening to rain. By the time I had Stephen go to the store it started to drizzle a little bit which was nice because it was still extremely hot outside. Stephen left and Zander asked me if he could play with the big box that was in the garage that had been left from the new basketball hoop Stephen got the boys for a surprise when we came back from visiting grandma. He said he wanted to use it to shield him from the rain as he played outside. I told him it was ok and went about minding my business in the kitchen as I waited for Stephen to come back.
Stephen came home about 30 minutes later. He walked into the kitchen straight towards me and said he almost ran over our son. I was confused, and a little dumbfounded at first because I didn't know what he was talking about. This exact scenario has always been one of my worst fears as a mom with my kids next to drowning. Stephen drove the car up into the driveway as he noticed the garage door was open. He remembered closing the door when he left and thought it was a little strange for the door to be open but no kids outside playing. He drove up the driveway to park the car in the garage and didn't notice the box until the front wheel was about 6 inches from the box that had the basketball hoop in it. He was going to run over the box to try and squish it down so we could fit it in the garbage can better because the box was only 12 inches high. It would have been easy to run it over and smash it down, but then he decided he'd better not because it was a thick cardboard and it would be easier to just move it and get on with the day because the garbage can was already full. He got out of the car to move the box and found Zander laying on the ground underneath the box. Stephen was shocked to find him under there. He had Zander move and parked the car and gave Zander a stern talking to about playing in the middle of the driveway.
As Stephen recounted his story my heart sank and tears threatened to fall. We were both scared of what could have been an unimaginable tragic accident. I have talked to the kids about playing in the middle of the driveway countless times. But it was all so innocent--both Stephen and Zander. I had no idea what Zander was going to do with the box when I told him he could use it. I assumed he would've been playing with it on the grass and thought nothing else of it. I think Zander was being looked after that day, and I am so grateful Stephen changed his mind and decided to move the box.
Summer Time Fun
Here we go again to stay with grandma and grandpa in Twin Falls for a couple of weeks while Becky is in town. It's always nice to be able to get together with family especially cousins for these littles. Hannah and Ezra were pretty much inseparable; they played together so well the whole time. Actually, I was surprised at how few incidences we had with kids arguing and not getting along. Anyway, we went to visit Grandpa Pettingill, we visited with every sibling, had a girls day out shopping, and had Brad take us fishing on this trip. But it didn't end there. We came home to rest for a day and then headed back out to play at Cherry Hill and celebrate Dad's birthday. We spent an afternoon at the park playing games, running races, and eating good food, and ended the weekend with Grayson's baby blessing. It is during times like these that I look back at everything we did and an so grateful for my family. I am so blessed to have such close-knit siblings so we can enjoy each other's company and have lots of fun when we get together.
Grayson fell asleep like this in his chair.
He also got hit by flying chunk of ice that was kind of a freak accident.
Hannah fell asleep like this.
This is the quietest I have ever seen my kids as they wait for the sacrament to be passed. It has been quit a change to having the sacrament in our home instead of going to church, and it's going to be quite a change going back to church when we are able to full time. But what a blessing it is to be able to still worship and partake of the sacrament when we are not permitted to attend church.
We got up at 5:30 am to go fishing before our girl's day shopping. Brad took us to Crystal Lake down in the canyon. What a beautiful morning! We didn't get one bite, but we sure had fun. Zander was a natural at casting his line. Lucas was all over the place, and Hannah was timid, but enjoyed it too. Kimball had a hard time getting his pole to work for some reason, it was always one thing after another where he couldn't get his line out, the bait would be eaten off, it would get caught on something, or the whole reel fell off his pole, but he was so eager to share his knowledge and help with everyone else who was just learning to fish including me. We all wished someone would have caught something, but we did see some ducks and muskrats swimming around.
Grayson is all ready for Cherry Hill!
Happy Birthday Dad!
Recently
I had to get some more pictures of Grayson in here. He has turned 3 months old and growing fast! He can roll over from his belly to his back, he is smiling and laughing a lot more, he loves to suck his two fingers, and is only waking up once in the night to eat. He is such an easy going baby, and we love him.
The kids had a slumber party in the living room. They love getting to do this.
Poor Hannah toppled head over heels while playing on the playground at the park and bumped her head pretty good. To say it left a mark is an understatement.
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