Hopital Time

Well as fun as the reunion was, coming home was not! We all came home with the flu and proceeded to puke at varying intervals, and all together one awful night! Addie, Maisie and I all had sinus infections. Addie had been sick for almost 2 weeks, and we had had her into the doctor, 3 times when they finally admitted her to the hospital. She was just to dehydrated to get caught back up on her fluids. Come to find out she also had a bladder infection. ouch! She lost 4 lbs is 3 days and was scaring me with all her laying around. She wouldn't do anything. So we spent 3 long days and 2 even longer nights at our wonderful (snort) local hospital. The hot pink and purple thing on her arm is the way they secure the iv. She tried to take me out a few times with it, just to let me know she was not happy about being there! Addie is doing tons better now and is back to getting into everything she can reach. By the way all those at the reunion who offered to take Maisie for us, we may take you up on that!!! She is wearing me out! If you have never had a baby in a hospital, thank heaven, it sucks and it's horrible to see your baby poked and prodded! We were so grateful to get Addie home. It has been a long month!! But we are off to MT soon and can not wait to see my parents and have some down time!!

Family Reunion

We had a great time at our family reunion this year! We enjoyed staying in a huge beautiful house and spending tons of time with family. We even discovered a new game we love. Killer Bunnies, don't laugh, it really is a great game!! We went to Bridal Falls, Strawberry Days Rodeo, On a hike, to Sundance for suckers, we even had a luah! Lots to cover but pretty much everyone who reads this was there!

4th Of July

We enjoyed the 4th with a fun group of friend this year. We had a bbq and then did fireworks in the driveway with all the kids! Addie did not love them this year! But to be fair, she was still not feeling to hot! I made really cute dresses for the girls out of Brannons old dessert BDU uniforms. I discovered while doing this I don't have any pictures!! LOL I will get one and post it soon.

Drill With Dad!

While Brannon was doing his Annual Training this year, he had the "unique" lol opportunity to show the employers of Idaho National Guard soldier's, what they do when they come to Gowen Field to train. Brannon called it a Dog and Pony Show.. Anyway, Brannon was in charge of showing them the Humvee simulator. Because the Humvees are so top heavy they like to roll over a lot, so the simulator, simulates a Humvee rolling over so the soldiers can practice getting out of an upside down vehicle. It is actually pretty funny, the employers wanted to do it, but alas that would be a safety hazard. Although I think taking them for a ride in the Blackhoks was a bit more of a hazard. Whatever!! The girls and I went into Boise to watch Brannon do the "show" for a few hours since we hadn't seen him in over a week. They loved it, Addie wouldn't let Bran out of her sights! Boy was she upset when we left!! We also got to go into a Tank simulator, very cramped, I don't think I would enjoy that job. The employers where able to go in and do mock missions. The girls and I sat in the command central trailer and watched on the big screen how crappy the drivers where! One even mowed down a civilian!! I learned a ton. I think Dad would have loved seeing how all of it worked.