July is always such a busy month for us. . . reunions, 4th of July, 24th celebration, campouts, family, friends, etc. . . .so I felt it deserved a post of its own.
The fourth of July was alright. Marc had to work that weekend, so Finn and I were sort of on our own, and since I am technically not supposed to lift anything (including Finn) it made things a little difficult! But we managed. We went over to St. Johns for the BBQ and races. I got to see lots of friends that I hadn't seen in a while which was really nice! Finn was able to be in the races - sort of last minute - he was still coming up to the line when the guy said go, but he came in second - WAY TO GO FINN!!! We won't tell you that it was only Finn with one other little kid! Anyway, second is second, no matter how many people were in the race! He won his first 50 cent piece...I was so proud!!! After the races we went and stood in line for a good 20 min to get a snowcone (they are the best)!! Finally, we get ours and while we are walking away I am trying to give Finn a bite, but he was throwing some fit, which he then knocks it over...ALL OVER ME...and my white shirt! It was just lovely! That was pretty much the extent of that part of the 4th. That night Marc was still working, so I went to Snowflake to watch Jeff and Greg play in the softball tournement. After the last game, Finn and I headed home. I was able to watch the fireworks on the way home, but Finn was OUT the second he landed in his carseat! I tried to wake him up when I pulled over on the side of the road so he could watch, but he wouldn't budge!! We missed Marc that day, but overall it was a good 4th! We are so thankful for our freedom!!!
SO...the question is still lingering...are we having twins? I found out on July 7th that................we are...................NOT having twins. And although parts of having twins would be kind of cool, I am so thankful it's just one!! One is plenty!! We are just thankful we are having at LEAST one! That was pretty exciting to finally find out for sure though!!
The 11th, 12th, and 13th was our Lindsey reunion...we were not able to go, but my parents took Finn for us. They all said they had a blast. We really wish we could have been there. We have been dying to go camping!!! Plus they ate Navajo tacos....one of our favorite!!!
On the 14th of July, Jeff and Lindsey had to take their little 3 month old Jaclyn Reese to the Phoenix Children's Hospital to be treated for Biliary Atresia. She basically had no duct from the liver to the gall bladder, so they had to do surgery to build the duct, and when they went in they saw that she had no gall bladder at all. Poor little baby. After the surgery she was major swollen, but now she is looking really, really good. She is still on the list for a liver transplant, so she still has a lot to go through, but she has more than proven she is a strong little baby and she is handling everything so well! As for her parents, they are pretty strong too. I can't image what they are going through in this trial, but I admire their strength so much! They are examples to all of us! We love you guys!!! (you can see lots of pictures on their blog.)
The 18th and 19th were spent out at Thunder Raceway watching the MONSTER truck event! It was really cool to watch. Finn loved it!!! It is amazing those trucks can jump as high as they can for as big as they are!! They also did MUD BOGGING with some of the local people using their own vehicles....I can't believe some of the ones that entered. There were only a select few that made it through, and their trucks/dunebuggies were obviously made for stuff like that. I'd say the mud was at least 2 to 3 feet deep in some places. Even trucks with 4-wheel drive weren't able to make it through!!
On the 19th, we lost our camera out there. I really thought someone took it because there was this one party that showed up later that night, that had the box next to ours. They were all so loud and crowding...I really don't think they even watched the event!! But the next day we got a call from the raceway telling us someone had turned our camera in!! We were soooooooooooo relieved!!!
Our next celebration this month was the 24th in St. Johns. We made it over Thursday for the ice cream social, where we again saw lots of old friends!! We only ate one ice cream though...I remember as a kid going through like every line...guess we sort of have figures to watch now though!!
Friday and Saturday we went to the rodeo which didn't seem to have very many participants this year....maybe it's just me though. Plus it was way too hot to sit through it all. Saturday we went to the parade, where we accumulated a ton of candy!! Friday night we went out to the campfire circle just to walk around, but only made it a quarter of the way around before people started leaving! We didn't go to the dances either night because at this point I'm still technically not supposed to be doing much, so we went and played games at the Hammonds! It was a lot of fun! I do think we're getting too old though...we used to be able to go til 3 - 4 in the morning and now we barely make it to 1!!
Here are Marc and Finn getting soaked from the fire truck at the parade on Saturday!
Aren't they so cute when they're soaked?!?!?!
One of the most exciting things that happened this July, was on the 31st!! I was finally able to stop taking my shots (for invetro) that I had been taking every night since June 4th!! They are the worst, but I took it! I would say the needle is about 2 to 2 1/2 inches long! As of today I am still bruised and swollen from those shots!!! AGAIN, all completely worth it!!!!!
