I love the Mountains

One of the many beautiful waterfalls coming down the mountains. We stopped and let the kids throw rocks in. There were large amounts of water flowing since the snow was melting due to the heat. It was almost scary to see the currents on the otherside of the waterfall.

Snow

This is the trail sign that is around the lake that would be about waist high

SNOW!

Monday, after we went to temple square, we met Dawna and drove up to Silver Springs Lake in the Mountains to hike around the lake and let the kids play. It was 95 degrees in the Valley, so we weren't expecting all the snow when we drove up. DUH! As you can tell, we weren't exactly dressed for hiking in the snow. The kids had fun for a short time, Katie loved eating the snow, Matthew climbed the "mountain" that was in the parking lot, Adam made a snow angel. We were walking on top of the snow since it was so packed.

Temple Square

Monday, we left Matthew with my sister Dawna and went back to Temple Square. Eric, the kids and I went to Beehive house, Lion House (for rolls - yum) and just walked around the grounds. Here are some of the "tourist" pictures that we took. Isn't it beautiful this time of year?

Adam's ER Visit

This is Sunday Evening, on Thursday Adam had started complaining of knee pain. We would give him Ibuproffen and by Sunday, he was really uncomfortable. A friend of the family who is familiar with bones, ultrasound etc. told us that she felt that we needed to have him checked out. After x-rays they determined that his diagnosis was "Osgood-Schlatter" which is where the tendons detatch from the tibia and sometimes take "pieces" of the bone with it. His x-ray showed a piece of bone that had chipped off. Knee brace, ib/tylenol and ice are the remedies for now. Poor Matthew just laid on the floor and slept the whole time. I don't know if the doctor even noticed that he was there.

Matthew in the ER

Not a very good picture, but it was such a funny story. Matthew was so good to ride around in the car all day while he was sick and throwing up. We ended up in the Emergency Room that evening and He was on my lap crying that "he won't survive" A lady with a young baby had sat across from us and when he got done saying that, she got up and moved to the other side of the ER. It's funny because we weren't even there for him.

Courtney

Courtney was such a joy to have around this week. She was so helpful and willing to do whatever was needed or asked of her. She is working on homework that was due when we got home from Utah. She is so CUTE!