Last Couple Days of August

Here are some highlights from the last week of August.

All 3 boys had their doctor visit together.  Here are their stats.

• Nyles:  Height 4'9" (78%), Weight 94lb 6 oz (91%).
• Carter: Height 3'9" (30%), Weight 45lbs 14oz (45%).
• Hudson: Height 2'9" (21%), Weight 26lbs 11oz (33%)

Hudson playing w/ his leaf bubble blower, then just laying in the sandbox.

On Tuesday, August 30th, Steve had surgery (I took the day off work).  He had a vein oblation.  He had some of his veins removed due to the blood clot he had a year ago.  The blood clot had stopped the blood in his leg from flowing correctly.  Dave thankfully was able to take him.  As Steve stood up to leave, his incision started bleeding again, so he had to sit down, change his bandage and wait a while longer.  They were finally able to come home that afternoon.  Steve then had to lay down (keep him leg up) the rest of the day.

Steve's leg w/ the bandages where they did the oblation.  Steve ready to go.

While Steve was resting, I went to take the boys to martial arts.  I closed the garage and left, not noticing anything.  Well as Steve was laying down on our bed, above the garage, he heard a big bang.  He then went down to look inside the garage, and noticed the spring had broken.  He called me and told me to NOT open the garage.  Steve then called the garage repair company to tell them and ask when our new garage door was going to be there.  Ironically they said they just got it in.  They checked their schedule and were then able to get us in on Thursday for our new garage door to be installed!  

After we replaced the garage door motor, we technically didn't have to replace the door.  But since it was needing to be replaced, we figured we my as well as order one.  It of course took a few months to get in, and it just so happened that the day our garage door spring broke, our new one came in.  They were then able to "squeeze" us into their schedule since it was urgent.  Thankfully we had one car out of the garage as well, so we were able to take the boys to school and back the day before they could come.  We are thankful we followed the prompting to order the door at the time, even though it wasn't needed just yet.  It was definitely a blessing/miracle/tender mercy of the Lord.  

The spring that broke on our garage door.  Hudson likes to come up to Steve or I and say "hold you."  While Steve was elevating his foot, Hudson came up to him and said it, so Steve held him.

Hudson playing in the water, then using the broom to "paint" the sidewalk.

He LOVES being outside and playing.

Later playing ball w/ Piper, Hudson climbed into the water table.  Then Piper dropped the ball behind Hudson in the water table.  Then taking a bath w/ his "Baby Shark."

It's been SOOO HOT!  We've had record heat, above 100 degrees.  Cute Hudson bum.  Our new garage door getting installed, and the new spring for the door.

The old garage door vs the new one.  Steve had to put bolts in the old one because the previous owner backed up into it while in still in the garage, causing the panel to separate.

Cute Hudson sleeping.

Great quote.

4th Week of August

 Here are some highlights from the 4th week of August.

Hudson playing w/ his shark during bath time.  Baby Shark.

My friend Eve came over for dinner Tuesday night.  She came from Missouri to visit her sister before she passed away here in SLC, then they had her funeral a week later.  We were able to sneak in a visit in between all her family stuff.  I'm thankful she was able to come.  It was great to catch up w/ her.  We wish she lived closer so we could visit more often.

On Wednesday, August 24th, while I was working in our room, I heard some noises in Hudson's room and thought it was Steve.  Well a little while later, Hudson opened our bedroom door.  I picked him up, thinking Steve was close by, but he was downstairs.  I then realized he must have figured out how to climb out of his crib by himself.  I then put him back in his crib to see if he could do it again, and sure enough, he climbed out all by himself!

Eve and I.  Silly Piper just relaxing in our room while I work. 

Hudson so proud of himself after figuring out how to climb out of his crib.

Hudson climbing out of his crib.

Cute boys playing in the sandbox (we've been going out each morning to play before it gets hot and before school many days).  Then playing on the playground after school.  We are starting to pick our pears from our tree.  We have a LOT this year!

Cute Hudson and his silly poses while napping.  

Hudson fell outside on the pavement while playing w/ chalk and got a scrape on his knee.

Friday after school, Steve took the boys to Classic Fun Center for a couple hours to play on their scooters and do some games.  They met a their friends Colin and Austin.  

Afterwards they got a snow cone.

On Saturday, August 27th, we floated down the Provo River.  Rob came over and went down w/ us.  We then met Stacie/Phill/Claire/Conor at the launch site.  It was a little tricky getting in since the river is moving pretty good, but we eventually got everyone in and met up a little later down the river.

We connected Carter on the back of Steve's kayak and Hudson sat in front of him.

On our way!

The river was moving us along most of the way.  Only a few spots were needed to keep going.  

There were a few places where we went through small rapids, but they were fun!

We stopped for just a minute as we got everyone together again.  Then we were on our way again.  There were LOTS of people going down on innertubes, and some on paddle boards.

We stopped one more time to get out and go around a bridge.  We read that the innertubes going down the river should get out so they don't hit the bridge walls and pop, and since we couldn't see around the corner, we decided to get out as well.  Mostly we didn't want to chance it w/ Hudson and Carter connected w/ Steve.  After looking at it from the other side, we think we could have gone through the bridge.  We'll have to try next time, assuming the water isn't running fast.

Nyles, Claire, Me, Conor and Stacie going down the river.

We made it!  It was a so fun!  Dave/Joann came and met us at the end of the river.  They then took Steve and Phill back to the top to get our cars/trailers and came back.  Stacie and I worked to get all of our kayaks moved closer to the parking lot.  We definitely want to do it again soon.  The trickiest part was getting in and out, so we'll have to check into that before going again.   Thanks for the fun!

Picking more pears from our tree.  Hudson made a mess, then got his vacuum to clean it up :)

Sunday evening we went over to Diane/LuDean's for dinner and to celebrate Hudson' birthday w/ them and Dave/Joann.  Diane had a cute fishing shark game we all played.  Hudson also loves to play w/ the toy BBQ set whenever we come to visit.

Taking turns fishing for sharks.  Carter caught one!

Hudson playing w/ his birthday hat and trying to catch a shark.

We then sang Happy Birthday to Hudson w/ his dinosaur cake I made.  

Hudson had fun trying to sing w/ us and then blowing out the candles.  He did great!

Singing Happy Birthday to Hudson.

His brothers then helped him open his gifts.  Thank you for the thoughtful gifts and Diane for the super fun game and cute decorations.  We really appreciate you thoughtfulness.

Hudson opening his bubble leaf blower, tunnel, then Mickey Mouse stuffed animal.

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3rd Week of August

Nyles and Carter started school this past week!  Nyles started 4th grade on Monday, August 15th.  Carter started Kindergarten on Thursday, August 18th.  They are both at Altara Elementary.  The school was given a grant to do full day Kindergarten, so we can pick them up and drop them off at the same time.  Carter was so sad he had to wait 3 days before he could go to school like Nyles.  He was counting down the days, and it finally came!

Cute boys ready for school!

Cute Nyles all ready for his 1st day of school. 

Cute Hudson putting Piper as she eats her food.  Great quote.  Nyles lost another tooth at school!

Hudson loves water and bath time.  It's been so hot so he loves getting in the bath to play in the water.  He likes "riding" the tugboat and cleaning his digger.  He's so cute when he sleeps also!

Hudson making noises in the bathtub.

Hudson's 2nd birthday was on Saturday, August 20th.  We were headed up to Idaho on Friday afternoon to go pick corn though, so we gave him one of his presents before we left.  It was a little vacuum since he LOVES to vacuum.  He had a lot of fun all day playing w/ it.  

Well after the screw we found in the Honda's tire last weekend, we then found out they couldn't repair it since it was too close to the edge.  We were hoping to just repair that tire, but come to find out ALL 4 tires were pretty much shot/worn out.  After digging in to the reason why (since we just bought them exactly 1 year ago), we realized we hadn't rotated the tires at all, but even more so our alignment was REALLY BAD.  After getting 4 brand new tires at Costco, we then went over to Big O Tires to have them aligned.  Well after doing it 5 TIMES, they finally got it corrected!  The mechanic told Steve it was the worse he's ever seen.  We're guessing when we bought the car in 2019 it was off and just kept getting worse.  So after spending a little more than just replacing a tire, we are back in business!

Hudson w/ his new vacuum, the Honda w/ it's new set of tires and alignment. 

Hudson also like to take the tablet and sneak off w/ it when he can.

More of Hudson w/ his new vacuum.  Hudson and Carter helped me do a puzzle.

Carter all pumped up for his 1st day of Kindergarten!  Standing in line and going into the school.

We left Friday afternoon up to Idaho after I got done w/ work.  Steve dropped Piper off at Dave/Joann's.  She was of course interested in their dinner.  It was also raining on Saturday so she was in and out the door, checking out the neighbor's dogs behind the fence.

On our way up to Idaho for corn.  Nyles and Hudson watching a show.

Saturday morning we went out to pick corn.  

Where is Grandpa?  Beautiful corn.

Hudson helping sweep the floor.  Then Carter helping pick corn.

After getting the corn ready, we picked up my mom, then came back over to Marla/Mark's place to cook, cut and bag the corn.   We joined in the fun.  Aunt Elaine was also there helping Grandma and her get some corn.  Katie, Becky and her 3 kids (Sophie, Oliver and Henry) were there as well.

Becky did most of the cooking of the corn, Elaine rinsed it, and the rest of us cut and bagged it.  Nyles, Marla, Katie and Nyles helping cut and bag the corn.  Steve ended up taking Hudson back to my parent's place to take a nap and missed out on the fun :)

We gave my mom some more Hummingbird feeder juice.  They were very active most of the day; it was awesome.  We gave Hudson his birthday gifts: a Baby Shark to use in the bathtub and my parents gave him a bubble lawn mower.  He loved trying to blow up the balloon.

Hudson trying out his new bubble lawn mower.

Cool Hummingbirds around the new juice.

Hummingbirds going crazy at the feeder.

We finished up around lunchtime at Marla/Mark's place.  After getting lunch we decided we'd go pick some more and bag more since we had time to do so.  Nyles, Steve and I went out and picked the corn.  It was SOOO HOT!!!

Cute Hudson wanted to "draw" while we were bagging the 2nd batch.  He's so cute!  Carter joined in on the fun of drawing also.

After dinner we sang Happy Birthday to Hudson.  He actually blow out the candles!  Pretty sunset!

Silly Addie cat.  Piper cuddling up w/ Joann's blanket.

Sunday morning Steve and my dad went out to the other patch closer to the house and picked a few more fresh ears of corn to take home.  We drove up to Boise to attend Barbara's church to hear Mikey give his homecoming talk.  It was great to see him again.  He did an awesome job on his talk as well.

After Sacrament meeting Steve took Hudson to the car and let him take a nap.  After church we went back to Barbara's house for lunch, then sang Happy Birthday to Barbara and Hudson, who share the same birthday on the 20th.

Pretty sunset.  Hudson taking a nap during Sunday School.  

Wishing Barbara and Hudson a Happy Birthday!

Singing Happy Birthday to Barb and Hudson.

We left shortly after to head back home.  Thankfully Hudson took another nap.

Great quotes.