Shenanigans

I was sitting at the computer when out of the corner of my eye I spotted this one

headed on some type of adventure with her babies!

I chuckled and thought, this is a true depiction of real life motherhood!

She makes herself busy with anything she can find.

This time was with the Costco delivery:)

I was clumsy and dropped a heavy cutting board on the top of my foot!
Yep, it sure hurt like a mother.
And left me a doozy of a hematoma.
 I freaked out a bit.

It kept getting larger the more I walked around.
I propped it up on the chair, put a pack of frozen mixed veggies on top
and called Casey in a worried, "when will you be home?" voice.
Luckily he was on his way home!
And just like a man, said I would be just fine, lol!

Welp, I wasn't so sure.
I called our family friend, Dr. Coffey who is a podiatrist,
 and he got me right in!

X-Ray confirmed no fractures!
He said I could wait a few months for the hematoma to (hopefully) go away on its own.
And run the risk of the blood not leaving properly, harden, and surgically needing it removed.

Or he could stab me with a needle, drain it and be done with it right then and there.

I'll take option B!

Now, I've witnessed his numbing needle when Rusty needed warts removed.
The thing is the size of a horse tranquilizer!
Not going to lie, I was not looking forward to it.

He sprayed some cold, numbing air on top of my foot then BAM!
Jabbed the needle in like he was puncturing those milk pouch blob things from 
elementary school with a straw!
Pretty sure I yelped like a hurt dog.
Then turned my head to not see what the bleep was going on down there.

 Once numb, he gouged, suctioned, and squeezed as much blood out as he could.
BLESS LIDOCAINE!
Just wish there was a less invasive way to administer it!

He wrapped me up, told me to keep it compressed and said come back in a week.

Wearing a boot is for the birds.

This was 2 weeks after the mishap.
 My foot was still pretty bruised.
I had a ton of weird tingly tightness.

If I moved it just right it would take my breath away.

He said it dropped right on top of a major tendon AND nerve.

He didn't think I damaged it, but said it would take some time to feel completely normal.

Let's pray so!

We got a last minute text wondering who could make it to dinner

at The Sicilian Butcher.

I guess this place is the bees knees.

And boy was my Ribeye top notch.

Probably one of the best steaks I've ever had!

 

Tuck and Tumble

Lindi started with Ms. Rachel the very first year she opened her Tuck and Tumble studio!

The classes were tiny and only had 1 coach, Ms. Rachel herself.

It was a great one on one experience!

The following year she branched out a little with adding a few more coaches and 

 students per class. 

Plus, added an end of the year performance. 

Unfortunately due to covid, they never got to perform after practicing all year long.

This year she tripled in size and was finally able to have their tumbling recital!

It's been fun seeing it evolve. 

Della had her first year of tumbling and has loved it!

She surprised us with how quickly she is picking up and mastering her tumbling moves.

Her performance song was, "Baby, I'm a Star".

There is nothing cuter than little girls in leotards.
I wanted to pinch her buns all night!

Lindi got to perform the routine from last year she never got to do.
Which meant 2 years of listening to Megan Trainers song, Me Too on repeat!
(Insert crazy eyes emoji)

I guess when you put Rusty in charge of pictures, you don't get much of a variety.
Sorry, Lindi.

But she did great!

They had a great cheering section!
Fun that her cousins Evelyn, Jera, and Jada take from the same place.
Just different classes. 

Ms. Rachel, their coach. 

 

Crashing Utah, again!

Wahoo!!

It was time for round 2 at Purify Wellness Center.

This time with my Goodman gals!!

Breanna and I took a flight later than everyone else that morning.

She was such a fun travel buddy.

We never get to sit and talk these days.

It was so nice being able to catch up with her and what has
 been going on in her life lately. 

We met up with everyone else at City Creek mall.
Um, wow. Mall of all malls!
They have alllllll the stores.

I wasn't planning shopping, just tag along for the ride.

First stop I did some damage!

Shopping in real life verses the computer screen had been awhile for me.

We took an intermission for some dinner at Settebello.
The pizza was super tasty!

Back to shopping!

We were sad everything closed at 8, but was probably a good thing on our wallets!

Valerie found us an airbnb for us to stay in.

It was awesome!

However, the description failed to mention some minor details.

That it was in an extremely industrial part of downtown, on top of a Benihana restaurant, no close parking, and that you would have to walk up a sketchy metal fire escape type stairs or take an even

sketchier "elevator" to get to your door!

Think very ghetto New York City street type feel.

It was comical to say the least!

This picture... I die looking at it.

We had just gotten off the elevator of death and we couldn't figure
 out how to open the front door!

Valerie's face says it all!

It was super nice and completely remodeled once inside.

Such an interesting place to put a house!

We survived the night.

We talked and learned about Grammy's energy healing she is taking classes on.

She taught us how to "ground" ourselves.

Some better than others:)

We had a full day planned at Purify!

First with hot yoga!

We even make their instagram stories!

Massages and foot zones followed afterwards.

We got cleaned up and took a break for lunch in Provo at Cubby's.

We came back for energy healing, light therapies and a group sound bath

in the salt cave!

Leaving feeling rejuvenated and fresh!

Time for Grammy's special birthday dinner at HSL!

Those orange blossoms were showing off for us. 

Another late night with games and late night chatting.

The next morning we had a birthday girl!

We love Grammy and think we should leave town for her birthday from now on:)

Leaving our interesting home away from home.

Temple square was open!

So fun to see up close the construction.

Up at the Capitol building.

Rows and rows of orange blossom trees!

Last meal of the trip at Penny Annes Cafe.

 And then it was time for us to go home.

This was our first ever girls trip together.

We were bummed Sunni couldn't come last minute. 

I'm sure there are more in our future, right girls?!

Wedding Bells, SURPRISE and lake days

Jefferson and Katie were getting hitched!
Such an exciting time.

We got a new sister in law, plus a new nephew/cousin, Bentley!

Girl party on the couch waiting for things to get going at the wedding rehearsal.

It was windy and chilly so I was glad I brought along my obnoxious fur coat:)

No pictures but dinner at the Olive Mill followed the rehearsal.

On the wedding day I looked over to see Jael being the nice aunt and reading these girls
a story to keep them occupied!

My parents walking Jefferson down the isle.

Cutest flower girls.

The family, minus Craig!
He is the last one to get married.

They didn't leave the dance floor the entire night!

Since Christopher was in town for 2 weeks, we had fun getting together and
playing with our Utah cousins we don't get to see very often!

Christopher treated the boys to some Higley Hot Dogs.

 Unfortunately, that was about all the fun we could have.
Barf-ageddon was blazing through the families like the plague.
Each morning we would wake up to a group text wondering who had made it through

the night, and who hadn't. 

My dad turned 60 amidst all the wedding hoopla. 

The adults met up for brunch at First Watch.

He had some sun peaking through the umbrella,
 so I helped him out with my sunglasses. 

That night we had a surprise party planned for him.

My parents made a promise to never throw surprise parties for each other,
so it was just us married siblings.
Originally it was supposed to be at my parents house, but there were sick kids over there.

We moved it to our house which helped keep it a surprise!

My mom told him they would just go out to dinner of his choice that night.

He said sure.
On the way they needed to drop off this special tea to our house because Lindi fell next
victim of the barfing (wink, wink) and this would help kick it faster.

He took bait and when they pulled up we had everyone hiding.

Only just my mom walked in.

He assumed she would drop it off and be on their way, so he stayed in the car!

Plan B.

We didn't have a plan B!
With not many options, the only thing we could think of was to go back and tell him Casey
needed help  giving Lindi a blessing, ha!
He couldn't say no to that!

It worked and sure enough, after some confusion, he caught on that nobody

was sick and it was a "party" for him!

SURPRISE!!

We grilled steaks and each of us brought some sides to go with it.
We had baked potatoes, wedge salad, rolls, and the YUMMIEST roasted brussels sprouts 
straight from Stephanie's garden. 

Dessert was some iconic Cathy's Rum Cake!

We played some question games that involved my dad and his answers
matching the ones we wrote down that we thought he would say.

And then David and Abbey got a text from their babysitter saying Cohen had thrown up.
Dropping like flies!!!

And for an extra birthday treat, my parents woke up sick as dogs the next morning.
Glad they were healthy the night before so we could celebrate him!

Somehow, someway we were the ONLY family to dodge the barfs completely. 
We were exposed many times without knowing it, but we came out victorious!

And so glad, because we heard it was a bad one to catch.

We celebrated at the lake for our first time on the new boat together!

 

We are all in love with our new lake life.