Success in the Sky

We are spending three weeks this summer visiting our family in Utah. I decided to fly by myself with the three kids in order to save Dan's precious vacation time. Truthfully, it wasn't too bad. My oldest daughter was a pure angel. She was so helpful and played and kept herself happily entertained throughout the flight and in the airport. There was also a sweet grandparent couple that helped me on and off the plane and also helped during our potty break during our layover. I was SO grateful for them.

I wish I could update pictures, but I forgot my cables for my camera. We have been spending a lot of time with family so far this week. I had an uncle pass away so we had a funeral on Thursday. It was a sad thing, but on the positive side I was able to see so much of my family that I hadn't seen in at least a year or more. On Saturday we had a family reunion on my mom's side and it was a blast to see all the cousins with all of their kiddos. The girls had a great time swimming and playing. Walker was the lucky one that was allowed to stay inside the clubhouse where it was nice and cool. His Aunt Carin was happy to keep him on her lap so she could enjoy the cool too.

Last Friday we went to a community pool in North Ogden. The girls love it there because there is a fun playscape with slides in the water and lots of fun things to do. Tarin decided to try the diving boards. I took her over and helped her go off the small dive. She thought that was good fun and kept going a few more times. She decided the small dive was too boring and that she would try the high dive. So, all by herself, she walked over and got in line for the high dive. She jumped off as big as could be and landed right smack dab on her face and belly. She emerged from the water crying because it hurt. I was just purely amazed at the fact that she even tried it. I think she may try it again. We talked about looking up and not looking at the water, so we'll see. I told her that she needed to do it at least one more time so I could take a video of it. She is such a brave little stink. I know she must get that from her dad. I didn't dare jump off a high dive until I was at least ten. I think she was pretty proud of her self.

Ella has been enjoying running free at Grandmas. That is the best thing about Grandmas is that you can go outside or inside and just play and play and play. It is the best thing for me too. Last night she was running to go outside and slipped and cracked her head on the corner of the railing. All I saw was blood, but luckily it was just a small gash right above her eye. As she was crying and we were trying to get the bleeding stopped, all she could say was "I want my Grandpa." So Grandpa took her and rocked her and helped her calm down. He played games with her to keep the ice on her head. I am interested to see how it looks this morning, as she is still asleep. She was excited that she got to have a butterfly bandage on her head.....although I don't think she realizes that it isn't pink and purple like the butterflies she imagines.

The baby has been a true champ. He basically is in a new spot every time he wakes up. He wakes with a big grin for whomever he is visiting at the time. He did so well on the plane and has done just great with all the passing around and all the kisses from all the people adoring him. He is such a great baby and so easy going. I guess when you are number three you learn to go with the flow.

That is our trip in a nutshell as of yet. We have a few more fun things planned and will update as we go. Maybe I can find some cables and update the pictures. We'll see how ambitious I get.