It's always fun and games until someone gets hurt

Today was the fire station family picnic and we all gathered together for a good meal and some great conversation.

As things were winding down the chief said that we should let the kids jump on the beds before we left and so some good old fashioned monkeys on the bed commenced.

That is until one little monkey fell off and...you guessed it bonked her head.

I guess if you are going to have an accident it is ideal to do it in the middle of a fire station surrounded by Daddy and his fire fighters.

Off we went to Dell Children's Hospital to get our sweet little one all patched up.

Aunt Jayme and Uncle Ross picked up Alex and took him to Grama & Grampa's for Grampa's birthday party and because as he said "I don't want to see what they are going to do to Ava's chin when they fix it."

While we waited we had a tea party



She was such a tough girl and while she started out with this



The child life specialists talked her through what was going to happen and let her touch all of the instruments. We hoped that they would glue her wound, but when it was all said and done we left with this.



5 stitches and she is all put back together now and proud of herself for being so tough.

She is surely one tough little girl.

And until next year

Vacation wrap up

Alex and I went kayaking out to los arcos

and he discovered a new hobby

And now on to some examples of what happens when the kids commandeer the camera

Adventures at Sea World

Alex Ava & Finn ready to hit Sea World


We should all have a friend with us that wants to hold hands on a new adventure


Finn if you stand right here you'll see your Mom and Dad come down on the boat roller coaster...


You should have a great view and you should be able to stay dry.

sorry about that kids

Alex has begun perfecting the big brother skill of bunny ears


Come on Finn I'll go with you


Have you ever seen a 4D movie? There was much debate about what the 4th dimension was. That is until the seats began vibrating and the chair in front of me sprayed water in my face. I screamed and jumped. Ava looked at me like I was crazy.