Broken Arm

It was bound to happen sometime. With three very active boys it seemed inevitable. A broken arm is what I am talking about. Last wednesday, Nathaniel was jumping on the trampoline, by just saying trampoline that may explain it all. The funny thing is he was jumping near the center and came down while is arm twisted "by itself" (Nathaniel's words). He didn't hit the bars or springs, just his own body weight and gravity. I was right there and watched it happened. To me it looked like a regular landing and couldn't understand why he was crying so badly and so loud. I went to comfort him and there I saw it, a dip in his arm, undeniably a broken bone. I felt awful, of course he had plenty of reason to cry. Nathaniel was very brave and strong at the hospital. The nurses were so surprised that he was just laying there and wasn't complaining or crying. Probably because it was 8 pm and he was very tired. He is doing good now and is back to playing, just needs to be careful.

Nick Jumping

Here is a video of Nick jumping out of the tree swing.

Haroldsen Reunion

This past weekend Aug 8-10 was the Haroldsen Family reunion. It was held in a cabin in Oxford Idaho, near Preston. Only about half of the families were able to make it this year. It's always good to get families together to visit and play and of course eat yummy food. We went to a tree swing nearby which gave all who dared to ride an exciting thrill. Nick did a back flip out of the swing landing safely, luckily. Cousin Jonathan started collecting grasshoppers in an empty two litter pop bottle. Soon all the cousins were in on the collecting trying to get the bottle filled. By the end of the reunion the bottle was half filled, quite an accomplishment. But what do you do with a pop bottle filled with mostly dead grasshoppers? Well, you shoot it off a bottle rocket and send the bugs flying everywhere! Definitely a boys activity.

boating

Our good friends Aaron and Chelsea Rich invited us to go boating with them. As always the boys had a blast. It had been awhile since Nick has been waterskiing. He did great and even went wake boarding for the first time. Kyler and Nathaniel each had their own turn riding the tube with dad. I stayed safe in the boat with Logan.

Camping

We finally got a camping trip in. We went for the July 24 holiday. The boys had a great time exploring the woods and the small creek near our camp site. It took all of two minutes before they were covered in dirt, a boys dream! We even went hiking to a nearby waterfall. At the end of our camping we were all packed up just barely pulling out when the boys were crying that they already missed camping.

Hiking

We love to go hiking as a family. We are so lucky to live in a place where there lots of places to explore and having the mountains so close . This trail is just above Kaysville in the foothills. It was a 1 mile loop, just fine for the boys. Nathaniel started out in the Kelty backpack while Logan was thrilled to be free and running around. It didn't take long before Logan got tired and wanted to be carried. Well Nathaniel was enjoying the easy life to much to give up is ride, so I pulled out my trusting baby sling and carried Logan. I can tell you this much, the backpack is much better to use when carrying a heavy kid while hiking. Eventually, Nathaniel did want out to run around which was a relief for me but Nick was still stuck carrying Logan after that. Kyler was the leader so he showed us all where to go and was thrilled to be the first one to make it back to the car.

Lagoon Trip

We had a great time going to Lagoon! We were there from 2 in the afternoon until almost 11 at night. The lines were long with lots of people. By around 9 pm most of the families were leaving so that meant much shorter lines for the kids rides. That is when we had the most fun going from ride to ride. It was great to see my boys so happy and having a great time! This picture is of our boys wearing their animal hats as we ride the train around the small zoo.

Kyler loved being able to go on the bigger rides, some he would go on by himself. I was the over-protected mom watching from the sidelines while dad was the one taking him. He asked to go on the old white roller coaster with dad. He was so excited and even got in the very back cart. The coaster started going up and up and up and as soon as it starting going down he was crying and screaming "I want to get off! I want to get off!" This picture is Kyler coming out of a waterslide, having a great time!

It took Nathaniel a little to warm up to the rides but after awhile he started running to the next ride. His favorites were the Dragon roller coaster, the bumper cars, the Merry Go Round, the Ferris Wheel, and the train. We took this picture during the train ride, he was upset to be bothered with a picture while he was looking at the animals.

Logan always had a look of amazement on his face. He had no problem going on the rides, of course he had help from his big brothers being right there with him. He was so excited that there was no way to get him back into the stroller once he was out and free. The whole family went on the Ferris wheel together. I do not do heights or rides, but I thought it how bad can it be? I was freaking out while all three boys were rocking the car, looking all over up and down. Nick had to keep a close hand on Logan because he kept wanting to lean over the side. This picture is of Logan on his first ride, the merry go round.