Thursday, July 7, 2011

Happy 4th!!!

Sort of last minute we decided to head to Vegas for our holiday weekend. Andrea, Paul, Kasey & Erin were all going as well. Nathan's mom had borrowed some jet skis from a lady in their ward so we all met up at a nice little lake about an hour and a half from their home. It was a smaller, less popular lake than Lake Mead and we all had a great time there! The water was really clear and the perfect temperature. And although it was a boiling 115 degrees outside, we all managed to stay cool either in the shade or in the water. Even Violet enjoyed a nice spritzing of water from the spray bottle every five minutes. Sawyer loved playing on the beach and in the water. He was excited about the jet ski for the first 10 minutes as we slowly idled out of the 'no wake' zone...as soon as Nathan hit the gas even a little bit it was all downhill. He was NOT having it. Oh well...maybe next year. And another sad little story from the day...I realized about 2 seconds too late that Sawyer had discovered a block of wood with about 6 nails sticking over an inch out of it. That's right--he totally stepped on one of the nails. Poor guy. He was pretty shaken up for a bit, but overall he handled it REALLY well. There was a paramedic on site who cleaned it off for us (with sterile water--what the heck, where was the alcohol or iodine?!) and gave him a bandaid. In that moment I was very grateful that Sawyer was up to date on all his vaccinations so that we didn't have to worry about tetanus. Yikes. Within 10 minutes or so Sawyer was back to playing in the water and other than walking around on his tip-toes for the past week it hasn't seemed to bother him too much. I'm grateful it all turned out so well.
We spent Sunday trying to recover from Saturday--we were all exhausted! And on Monday we hit up a breakfast buffet at a casino before heading home. It was a great trip and we had a blast hanging out with everyone.



5 comments:

The Thelins said...

How traumatic for Sawyer! He'c such a trooper though. I think if Peyton would have stepped on a nail, she would have been such a drama queen she would have never walked again. Your kids are absolutely darling. I love all the new pictures. Some day we'll have to get all the Schindlers and Thelins together- it's been too long! Looks like you guys have been having a fantastic summer so far. I have to admit, I'm a little jealous of the 110+ heat! That's what summer is meant to be (to a Vegas-native). Hope you keep cool!!

Kristie said...

i love those pictures of sawyer and vat together, they turned out so nice! good job doing blog catch up, i need to give you all the syd pics so you can do your own write up :)

Meghan and Tyler said...

Jess, I haven't checked your blog in a while and surprise, like 4 new posts! I love all of them...and I wish you lived closer because I would totally steal your baby for a day (or two) Violet is ADORABLE!!! And as always I can't believe how grown up Sawyer is getting. Love the picture of him at the buffet. What a cute kid. What a bummer about the foot. Hope it heals well. We love you guys!!!

Sabine Schindler said...

I'm glad you ended up going to Vegas for the 4th of July. Sounds like you had a great time. Jet skis sound like so much fun! I'm sure next year Sawyer will like them better! :o) Still sooo sorry about his poor little foot. That just hurt me so much, thinking about it. Sawyer and Violet look so cute together. You can really tell, they're siblings! I agree with Ashton! We need to get together with the Thelins again sometime. It's been too long!

Jerai Moulton said...

It sounds like you guys had a great time with Nate's family (minus the nail) over the 4th. It's great that you guys can be close to family, even if it's not your own! And I agree with everyone else. You're kids are adorable! I love those pictures of them together and I especially love Violet's dress. It's so cute!! Keep the posts coming! I love to see pictures of your family and hear what you've been up to!