"Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." Gordon B. Hinckley

Aug 19, 2009

Swimming Lessons!!

Here are some fun pictures from our two weeks of swimming lessons this year!! The girls did amazing and loved every minute of it. They were so brave going off the diving board and slide I was so proud of them!! It was a great way to end their summer break before heading back to school. They will miss not going swimming every day, they learned so much.


Wow this summer has sure gone by fast!!! We have had a rough August as many of you know. It started off by me tripping and hurting my foot (it took forever to finally get feeling better) Then, poor Kynzee crashed on her motorbike into the gas line on the side of our house and broke her nose in two places. Luckily the Dr. waited for the swelling to go down before he rushed her into surgery like he had originally planned, because it is only off by a tiny bit and not enough for me to want surgery done on it that’s for sure. So her nose is healing well. Then we went off to Bear lake and ended up in the hospital with Maddy and a really bad kidney infection, that we are still battling with. They put her on an antibiotic that gave her a yeast infection (yuck) it has been very miserable. So to end all this drama Kenna got Giardia and two other parasites while at Bear lake that we didn’t discover until a week after we were home so you can imagine how well she is feeling from that. Let’s just say her little bum and belly is very sore!!! And I gave her triple the dose of one of her antibiotics on accident and it made her very sick!!! What a nice Mom!!! And to top that all off I am pretty sure I am growing a HUGE and I mean HUGE baby boy in my belly, he has really put on the pounds in just the last couple weeks. Let’s just say there is no question weather or not I am pregnant that’s for sure. And we can’t leave out Daddy…well maybe we will see him when he learns to slow down a minute or two and not be so busy. He is always going, going and we have sure missed him this month.






























7 comments:

Barbara Phillips said...

Way To Go Natalie, you really got some good photos of the girls. Glad you are having a good summer in spite of everything. So tell me when are you up to loaning out some of the cute girl for a trial photo shot. I need someone to practice on. I'm not very good at yet, still trying to get everything down, (ISO, WB, f/stops, shutter speed the list goes on and on.
Oh, BTW, how did you get the little hearts on your blog header?

Lynn said...

Oh my goodness Natalie!!!! Could anything more go wrong? Sheesh! What you have been dealing with......wow. Amazing. Can't even imagine. Glad to hear everyone is starting to heal up.

These are great shots you took. Loved the ones especially of them with their swim instructors. They look like they are very good teachers.....nice in helping the kids build up their confidence and faith in them. Loved it. So cute.

Hang in there!

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Kate said...

Natty you dont know your own strength...you have been through alot and your amazing- Let me know when you want me and Rodg to take the girls for a night
Love ya

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Rachel said...

You are amazing, I had to have Reid read this so that he knows that he is not the only one that has trials. I would much rather keep ours. I hope everyone is feeling better. Keep healthy for that little boy! We need to get together. Rachel

Becky said...

I hope everyone feels better soon! It looks like swimming lessons went well!