It's Off!

It has been 4 weeks and Gavin was ready to get his cast off! For those of you who didn't know, Gavin broke/cracked his elbow by falling
of his bunk bed when he was messing around with his brother. After 4 weeks of being in a cast, they removed his cast and now he has to wear a splint for the next 2 weeks. His arm is still soar and he still has to be careful with it. I am hoping he has learned his lesson, but who knows!

Gavin waiting to get his cast off, and yes, that is duct tape on his cast!

The arm after the removal of his cast.

Below is a video of Gavin getting his cast off. Enjoy!

A Day at the Cabin

We recently made a trip up to the cabin to spend some time with Steve for his 60th birthday! Trevor and his family were able to make it as well and it was great to have everyone together.

The evening we arrived we had dinner, played games, and hung out by the fire. Kaylani loved the marshmallows and was very willing to share them with Grandpa!

The next day we headed down to the lake. It was quite windy and a little chilly so it took us all a while to get up the gumption to go out on the water. Once we got out on the water, though, we headed to our usual cove and the water was glass and we were quick to jump in. We got in some great skiing and had a wonderful day.

Caleb and Addison hanging out on the hamock

Gavin enjoying the water

My amazing husband skiing

Trevor showing us his skills

Steve getting ready to go skiing

Caleb posing for the camera

Addison on the boat

Jaydon, Gavin, and Kaylani getting blown away!

Kaylani looking adorable

Caleb and his princess hanging out

My handsome little man

This is a close up of our fire. It was perfect for roasting marshmallows

Kaylani and her marshmallows

The family hanging out at the fire

We are Still Alive!

It has officially been 3 months since my last post, and my last post was actually done by my twin sister who actually has an up-to-date blog, unlike mine! I thought by having her do a post for me it would encourage me to start posting again, but obviously that is not what happened. So now, 3 months later, I am making an attempt to begin blogging again!

Here goes nothing!

Two weeks ago we made a trip to Washington to visit Steve's family. It was a 5-day trip that started out quite rocky! Prior to leaving, our car decided to not start. This, of course, was the car we planned on taking with us. Caleb spent most the day trying to get it fixed and in the mean time we get a call from the doctor. We had taken Gavin in the day before because he had hurt his arm falling off the bunk bed. They told us to put it in a sling and it should heal in about 4 weeks. They decided to review the x-ray the next day and found that they had misread the x-ray and he was going to actually need a cast. Yeah! Not only do we not have a car running, but now we have to find someone that happens to have an opening to put a cast on Gavin so that we can leave that evening as planned. Well, the starts aligned and we were able to get a cast on Gavin and my amazing husband fixed the car!

So then we were off!

We drove to Spokane first to visit Grandpa Jack and Grandma Thelma. They came and hung out at the pool with us for the afternoon and then we had dinner with them that evening. The next day we headed to Chehallis.

Gavin with his bright green cast

Grandma and Addison

Trenton and Gavin swimming

Three Generations

Caleb, Steve, and Grandpa Jack

When we arrived at Chehallis the family there had dinner and water activities ready for us while the men went golfing. The next day we headed out to Seattle to go to a Mariner's game.

Gavin, Trenton, and Grandpa in Seattle

Gavin admiring the seagulls outside of Ivan's

Daddy enjoying some fish and chips

Trenton and Mommy at Ivan's

Trenton, Gavin, and Jaydon outside of Ivan's


After walking around Seattle for a bit, we headed to the game.

The next day we took some family pictures with everyone there and then headed to the lake for the afternoon.

This is Gavin talking to a police officer that was patrolling the park area. He was telling him all about his cast and asking him about his gun!

We headed home the next day and it was a long ride back! We stopped at some falls on the way home and had a very nice brunch buffet and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.

Insights

This post may be a little self indulgent, but we're all entitled once in a while. The following are some things that you may not already know about me.

• Cottage cheese is an absurd food.



• I didn't like crab salad growing up, I was terrified that the crabs would come out and eat me.



• I have a huge tolerance for pain.



• I can manage to wake up late, not shower, put on wrinkly clothes, throw on a hat to go garage saling, and look way better than my companions who did the exact opposite of all of that.



• I love a good bargain.



• I've kissed way too many boys, many who did not appreciate my talent.



• I'm the most considerate of all of my siblings, for better or for worse.



• Some times I am downright hilarious.



• I have a twin sister, who teased me mercilessly in our youth, but now I think she sets the sun.



• I'm likable, I can't think of one person who doesn't like me, including all the boys whose hearts I broke.



• I'm a good dancer, not a great dancer.



• I have an uncanny ability to see what looks good together, whether in clothing or in a house.



• I rolled a car, the only means of transportation for a lot of us, in high school. However, my sister ruined my parent's car and a neighbor's car, all in one week.



• Deep down, I'm a sensitive soul.



• In high school, I was voted most likely to sleep through college. I slept through most of Physics, which was insanely hard, but managed to get a boyfriend and pass the class, none of which my sister did.

Kimberly