Saun shooting

We went up in the mountains on Saturday and cooked hotdogs with Jim and Lindsey and the kids. It was beautiful with all the changing leaves. Then we shot guns for a while. It was a lot of fun. I actually hit my targets most of the time. I even shot some clay pigeons with the shotgun and hit them. That was a first. Here I am shooting Wes' pistol.

Pancreatitis......what?

Last weekend I thought I had the flu. My stomach hurt like crazy and I was vomiting. I didn't have chills or a fever though. Finally, on Sunday night, I went to the ER. First I went to UVRMC. I walked into a waiting room with about 30 people in it. I asked the front desk receptionist how long the wait was....Two and a half hours! I was in so much pain and I did not want to wait that long. Also, she asked me what was wrong and I started to tell her my stomach hurt and she just wrote down stomach ache. I knew that was not going to get me in to see the doctor very fast. So I left and Wes took me to Timpanogos Hospital where I walked right in and was the only one in the waiting room. I got hooked up on morphine right away and was very relieved. So they tested my blood and I had PANCREATITIS-inflammation of the pancreas. Apparently this is a common sickness if you are a heavy alcohol drinker. So who knows why I got it. Anyway, I had to be on a clear liquid diet for 2 days and now I am feeling much better. Hopefully that won't happen again.

Pictured above...liver (red), gallbladder (small green), inflammed pancreas (yellow), stomach (pink)

Fishing with Daddy

Jackson likes to take his daddy fishing, so here are a few pics

Jackson was crying about something in this pic, so Wes told him a funny story with a tooting noise in it and......

....he had him laughing in no time!

Jackson had strep throat in this picture, but we didn't know it. This was taken the night before I took him to the doctor.....poor kid....zoom in and see how red his throat is.

Sunday Hike September 13th

We went for a Sunday hike in the mountains to see the beautiful leaves changing and then roasted marshmallows. Just as we were finishing our campfire, a huge thunderstorm rolled in and lightning hit on the peak above us followed by the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life. It kind of scared me, but the kids thought it was cool.

Labor Day Weekend in Idaho

We spent Labor Day Weekend in Idaho. We went to the farm while Grandpa was harvesting barley and we had lots of fun. Then we went to Island Park and spent a couple of days. Here are some of the things we did.

Grandpa in the combine
Fishing on the river

My 2 favorite beautiful sisters

Chel with Lucy. While we were in Rexburg, Lucy had some real bad seizures and went kind of crazy and we had to put her down in the middle of the night. It was really sad, but she was in pain. It was hard to say goodbye to our sweet little Luey. She was a good doggie. We will miss here very much.......anyone know where I can get a Boston Terrior puppy for cheap?

Me at my Aunt Saundra's grave. It's not every day you get to see a headstone with your name on it.

Lulu, Londie and me also visited Grandpa Seth and Grandma Teddie while the boys were out fishing. It was a beautiful afternoon. Ahh, I love it up there.

Isn't this a cool picture of the Rexburg Temple from way far away with the headstones in the foreground? I think it looks like something from the old days. I love this picture.

Just the girls

Just the girls and Grandpa going for a ride on the combine

Jackson and London playing in the itchy itchy barley

Me money! Me money! Don't spill me MONEY!

Granpda's state-of-the-art combine. You don't want to know how much it costs...

While in Island Park, we drove to the Lewis and Clark Caverns in Montana. We went on a 2 hour tour through them. They were really neat. If you have ever been to the Minnetonka caves at Bear Lake.....well these caverns put Minnetonka to shame...sorry.

I love this pic of Jackson with Grandpa

...and this one too with Grandma

Inside the caverns

These caverns are made out of limestone

Had to get a picture with the bear

Jackson's bed at the cabin....no wonder he likes to go there....don't look at the sheets or the bedskirt....it's not a good combo.

Picking huckleberries

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Nye where I seriously embarrassed myself tripping over a hose and skidding down the driveway in front of 4 people. To read the full story go to the Nye Family Blog. Also aren't Grandma Nye's flowers gorgeous!

Fall

We went to dinner with friends for our birthdays at The Happy Sumo. We had never eaten there and I always wanted to go. It was lots of fun. We will definitely be going back.

Lulu and London at Jackson's soccer game

Jackson is doing so great in soccer this season. He has scored countless goals and he runs real fast.

Aunt Lulu and Bryan got to come visit us for a while. It was so great to see them. They spoiled London and Jackson with lots of fun little gifts. Too many....they keep asking me for surprises now....grrrr.... Here they are with their cute little Cayman Island piggy banks.

City of Rocks

Our fun camping trip in City of Rocks.

Uncle Sam and Jacks

Saun

Uncle Riley

Wes

Jacks and Aunt Chelsea

Aunt Lulu

Grandpa David

Jackson is quite the climber

The Wood siblings

The whole Wood Family....even Lulu and Bryan got to come visit us from Cayman