May 11th was Trav's 39th birthday as well as the day that Lauren broke her first bone, her arm. I was super excited for Trav's birthday this year. This past year I overcame my fear of guns and decided that it was fine to own guns as long as we had a safe to put them in. Trav's grandma Bonnie has been wanting to give Trav his grandpa's guns for years, but I was so worried about having guns in our home due to our small children. Anyways, I'd been watching KSL classifieds and Craiglist for a month and bought a used gun safe. I replaced the "other guy's" name tag with a cute tag on Trav's new gun safe. It reads, "Sweet, get your gun, May 11, 2009". Trav's mom came down from Driggs and brought his grandpa's guns as well as Trav's dad brought over the gun that he and Trav had refinished when Trav was 12. It was his 22 rifle. Trav was super surprised and excited at this gift.
While I was getting the b-day cake ready, Trav and the kids were jumping on the tramp. Our kids have never really been double bounced before until that evening. Trav kept doing it over and over and the kids were laughing so hard until Lauren took a spill and landed on Trav's foot. She cried out in pain and Trav helped her inside. We looked at her arm expecting to see something, but it just hurt bad. We gave her some ibuprofen and an icepack. She was teary until the medicine kicked in. Following b-day cake and homemade tutti-fruity ice cream, she went to bed. In the morning we gave her more ibuprofen and sent her to school. I volunteer twice a month in Lauren's class and it just happened to be that Tuesday. While at school, Mrs. Palmer said Lauren's arm looks kind of swollen. (Bad mom) I then decided I better take her to the doctor. We went after school and yup, it was broken It is called a buckle fracture on her radius (near her wrist). She had to wear a splint for 3 days and then got her pink cast on Friday afternoon following her first dance performance. The cast isn't too annoying yet, except that I totally have to bathe Lauren. At first she was embarrassed, but now, no big deal. She had her grand recital for dance and the pink cast matched. She has played several soccer games and rides her bike, scooter and rip stick. Not much has slowed her down, except water!
Lauren's cousin, Britnee broke her arm too! You should see the questions they get where ever they go together! Britnee broke her arm on her scooter.
On Friday, June 26th Michelle and I went down to Moab to participate in Raft for the Cure. We drove down to Moab Friday afternoon in crazy thunderstorms and arrived at dusk to get Michelle's 5th wheel set up for us to stay in. She own's property in Moab where they leave their 5th wheel, it was a perfect place for us to sleep in. We grabbed nachos that evening and then crashed. We got up early and had breakfast at the Moab Dinner and walked next door to Moab Adventure Center. They sponsored the event. We were greeted by super nice employees. 5 large buses, 320 participants, and every raft in Moab. We were sized for life jackets and hopped on the bus. Next, we rode up to the drop off spot. We then heard a safety speech and organized ourselves in groups of 10+. Our raft group was awesome! There was a family from Idaho, and a family from Sandy and Michelle and me. Our guide and her new husband were on our raft too. We had a great time. We went through 5 level 2 rapids. We all got wet and only managed to loose Chuck from Idaho twice out of the raft. We had many laughs and enjoyed the morning and beautiful surroundings. Around 11:15 we floatd into Red Cliffs Lodge and ate a great BBQ lunch. Following lunch we headed on the river again and we met a wicked rapid. We almost lost Michelle, but everyone stayed in. It was so fun. There were many water fights amongst the rafts and then we got to the end way too soon. It was so much fun! Our new friends invited us back to their campground to use their showers. We then played games with them and headed back to the Moab Adventure Center for another BBQ dinner, music and silent auction. The music was great. Everyone ate in the rafts or chairs. The next day we decided to hike Delicate Arch. It was about 100 degrees and full sun! I've hiked it before, but never in this heat! We grabbed lots of water and headed out. Too bad the only camera we had was our disposable waterproof camera. Arches is such an amazing place to visit. Following our hike we drove back to SLC and promised to Raft for the Cure in 2010! Thanks to Michelle for going with me!
