Hectic Summer

Crista stayed with us through Tuesday this past week.  She was going to join us in Flaming Gorge for the weekend, but on her return to Logan, found that she was sick, she ended up being ill for several days.  Adrienne and AJ were also planning on going with us Thursday, but AJ had to work, so they didn't come up until Friday night.  Caitlyn ended up getting asked on a date for Thursday evening, so she decided she'd come up with Adrienne on Friday...Roy and I decided we'd hang out and go up Friday instead, since everyone's plans had changed and we had a wedding reception we felt we should probably attend.  By staying in Bountiful one more night we were able to zip down to the South Davis Recreation Center for the Summerfest and check out Jieun's art booth.

Hyeji, Doyeon, and Yuna hanging out at Summerfest

Jieun practiced Facepainting during her down time

 We had the opportunity to visit Nick and Sara and hold Effie one more time before we left.  We did leave as planned on Friday morning (Caitlyn came with us), and had a fun, relaxing weekend.  AJ and Adrienne arrived Friday night at about 7:30.  We let the kids enjoy "camping," for a few hours before they went to bed.  Of course, they wanted to sleep with their parents in the tent, because, as Gunnar said, "I don't ever get to sleep with my whole family in a tent."  We were able to take the boat out Friday after we arrived, and again Saturday morning.  A storm started coming in at about 1:00, so we took the boat off the lake for everyone's safety, severely disappointing Gunnar who "just really wanted to fish."  We went back to camp to eat lunch, but Ollie and Finn had fallen asleep in the car which gave Adrienne and AJ the excuse they needed to just eat and head back to civilization.  The boys had a blast, but sleeping in a tent was a sacrifice for their parents. 

Finn

Caitlyn

AJ

Ollie

Adrienne

Gunnar

Roy took Caitlyn to Dr. James Guinn on Thursday morning.  He is in our stake.  The dentist had referred him because of Caitlyn's jaw pain.  Dr. Guinn took X-Rays and showed us that Caitlyn has worn away most of her jaw bone.  He thinks that this has happened because of a fall she took about 8 years ago when she hit her chin ice skating and had to have stitches.  Apparently, the fall knocked her jaw out of place as well as cutting her chin open.  Since Caitlyn doesn't complain much, it took getting knocked in the jaw again at Youth Conference, to cause her enough pain for us to know something was wrong.  Unfortunately, there's not a lot that can be done for her.  The Dr. is making her a mouth guard and has prescribed a muscle relaxant that she needs to take for a couple of month until the inflammation in her jaw has settled down.  He also wants her to take glucosamine supplements, vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, and fish oil, to help prevent any more bone loss.  I am taking her back tomorrow morning to get the mouth guard.  I plan to ask him about implants to see if there isn't anything more that can be done to help her.

healthy jaw

Caitlyn's jaw

Sara and Nick have been home, Sara recovering and both of them enjoying the new addition to their family.  So far, Effie is a good baby, she doesn't cry very often, but she does squeak on occasion.  They told me that when she does cry, she's a little bit louder than Ori was when she was a newborn.

Elise and Andy were due to return home from Grandma Camp this weekend, but they found out that the timing belt in their car was worn out.  The cost to fix it was too high to make it worthwhile, until they talked to the GM car place and convinced them that they should help with the cost since it shouldn't have happened in such a new car (2010).  They came down on the cost a couple of thousand dollars.  It's still expensive to fix it, but not as much as it would cost to get a new car.  Now they have to wait until the car is fixed to leave Midland and return to Houston, but at least they are in a comfortable home with grandparents and cousins for Max and Mav to enjoy. 

Unfortunately, Jennie wasn't able to travel with us this weekend either. Although we're glad she's getting lots of hours at work and learning to be so responsible.  She also likes her job, which is always a blessing.

We haven't had much action on either selling our current home or getting our new one closer to completion.  The sheet rock crew finally got started on Friday--only a week after we were told they were going to.  We're pretty sure that we won't be moving until at least November.  In the meantime, we are praying and trusting in the Lord that everything will turn out for the best in the timing of selling our home.  After ward prayer tonight we drove by and discovered that most of the sheet rock is completed.  The crew may be done after tomorrow.  Jennie said she saw that they were working today-which means they are anxious to catch up if they're working on Sunday.

I'll close with a few pictures of Jennie and Caitlyn trying on my wedding dress and a couple of dresses I have that were grandma Clyde's (Sunday Night).