Cousins at the Zoo

Here are a few pictures of the three cousins having fun at the MN Zoo. It is so fun to have Haley and Matt near by so we can just go off and do things together!

Ayden's Broken Arm Part 1

Ayden's Big Day...

Here are our pictures of the beginning of our day. At first Ayden was not okay, we knew something big was wrong because he was crying so much, which is weird for him. Once he said that he couldn't feel his arm and we looked we could see right away that something was wrong. So off we went to the ER. Of corse we thought we should be seen right away, it is our son, but the nurses have their own plan. We were concerned because he was so tired and only wanted to go to sleep, but that wore off while we were waiting. So after waiting about 2 and a half hours we were seen for x-rays. Once they came on the screen we could see the broken radius and ulna. He broke them about an inch away from his wrist. After the doctors saw that they knew they had to put him under and push the bones back together. So the rest of this part are the pictures of him getting ready for that procedure. We were in a fully stocked ER room because there was a slight chance of breathing problems while under this med. But all was well and he did great! All the nurses and doctors thought he was doing really well once they saw how his arm was broken.

Ayden's Broken Arm Part 2

Here is the results of Ayden's Day...

As you can see we were trying our hardest to keep Ayden still, he was really bored! The next pictures are of his arm before they put the bones back together. They obviously had to put him under for this part and politely asked us to leave the room because when the doctor put the bones back together we were going to hear a crack and for some reason some parents don't react well to this. Truth be told I was a little disappointed,

I wanted to watch. So after the 10 minutes it took for the doctors to work he was all put back together. Here he has on his temporary cast, he gets his permanent one on Thursday. This is to allow the arm to swell while it heals. Then there he is in the car with his new bear on the way to Walgreens for his drugs :) So here is Ayden's story in pictures.

Ayden's 5th Birthday

Here are a few pictures of Ayden's 5th Birthday. At his party it rained a lot and since we were swimming at the lake and playing in the sprinklers I didn't get any pictures, but did get some video. So once I learn how to download said video I will try and post it, but here are some pictures of him opening his presents. He received many Toy Story 3 lego sets that the boys love! He also received an Iron Man 2 Toy, a baseball bat, and a bucket of baseballs.

Gardening with Grandpa part III

So here are my last set of pictures from gardening. We have already reaped a harvest from the labor, which was mostly dads, and it has been tasty. Mom has canned beans and beets. We are waiting a little on the tomatoes. God has given us a very wet summer so all of this has helped. I also forgot that we planted sunflowers. I will try and get a pictures of the finished results, they are huge and beautiful!

Gardening with Grandpa part II

So here are some more pictures of us gardening. You can see what an excellent gardner dad is, his rows are so straight! We planted many items: Pole Beans, white onions, beets (yeah!), carrots, tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, green peppers, and tried potatoes, but learned you must use the right kind of potatoes, so maybe next year for those. Dad had also tried asparagus, but killed them on accident with weed spray, oops :)

Gardening with Grandpa part I

I am finally getting the pictures on here of all of us planting the garden for this summer. After dad did all of the prep work we got to joy in the "easy" work of dropping the seeds. It was a lot of fun and a nice day, weather wise.