Peaches

A couple of weeks ago the boys and I went with Michelle (a great friend of mine) and picked over 70 pounds of peaches.  It was amazing!!  The trees were gorgeous and bursting with fruit.  We felt like we were in the garden of Eden.

Then next day Michelle and I canned it all.  It was my first time canning and I loved it.  We canned 30 quarts.  It was so much fun!

My Zachary Lucas

I can hardly believe Zach is already 6 months old.  He's very big for his age.  92nd percentile for height.  He's already sitting up, crawling, and trying so hard to stand up.  He is a busy busy boy!  He is so sweet and laid back.  We just love him so much!

Zach is always sucking on his bottom lip.

I know that I am biased, I am his mother after all, I think Zach has gorgeous eyes!!  His eyes are so big and would you just look at those dark long eye lashes.
Zach also drools A LOT!  Usually he can soak a bib in an hour.  I guess it's good though.  Well that's what Lane says anyway.  He says it's good for his teeth (well when he gets them) and since he is a dentist I'll take his word for it.

Breathing Problems... Ambulance...Hospital

This is the long version with most of the details. 

Rest assured that Riley is NOW doing great!  However at around 12:00 AM on Tuesday Riley woke up coughing.  We then noticed that Riley was wheezing.  So we gad him take a few puffs on an inhaler.  (No Riley has never been diagnosed with asthma but breathing problems at least once a year with at least one of the kids is our life)  We sent him back to bed.  A little time later he got up to go to the bathroom and said he was having trouble breathing.  His breathing had gotten much worse.  It was full on strider.  "Stridor is a high pitched sound primarily on the inspiration... that can be indicative of serious airway obstruction from severe conditions."(wikipedia)  Riley had it with the inspiration and expiration.  We tried giving him the inhaler again.  As time went on he got exponentially worse.  His breathing was really getting labored and very noisy.  I told Lane to call the doctor while I got dressed so I could take him to the hospital.  I ran to the truck and put the booster seat in then went back for Riley.  By the time I got Riley to the truck he had nearly stopped breathing and he couldn't talk.  I had this sick feeling that we wouldn't make it to the hospital before he went further down hill.  I told Lane to call 911.  

The firefighters started him on a nebulizer treatment, then another one.  His respirations and heart rate were really fast but fortunately his oxygen saturation was still up.  They gave him some more steroids.  Then got him loaded on the ambulance.  He improved a bit but not much.  Then they started the 3rd nebulizer treatment.  Once we got to the hospital they did a 4th treatment.  Although he had improved he was still breathing too fast and you could still hear every inspiration and expiration.  They instead of using albuterol in the nebulizer they switched to some for of epinephrine.  That helped a lot!  He was finally staring to show some good improvements.  He was no longer laboring to breath.  Using a stethoscope to listen to him breath he was still noisy but you not so much without it.  They did a chest x-ray and some blood tests which didn't show anything.  The doctor thinks it was a viral croup.  He said he would have to stay for several hours for observation.  If he continued to improve we could go home but if he dipped down at all they would admit us into the hospital.  About 5 o'clock in the morning he took a dip.  His breathing, both in and out, got really noisy again and labored.  They gave him his 6th nebulizer treatment and some more steroids in his IV.  He kept making improvements but when they listened to him with the stethoscope he was noisy and they weren't sure he wouldn't take another turn for the worst again.  They admitted him into the hospital at that point so we got to go upstairs to a nice room in the peds unit.  Oh how I wish they had done that sooner.  I might have gotten some sleep.  At any rate, from that point on he kept making improvements.  More than 12 hours later, they released him.  Around 2-3 in the afternoon we were finally home.  

Last night before he went to bed we steamed him out in the tub for 20 minutes, gave him the inhaler, and had the humidifier going in his room.  He slept through the night with no problems.  Yeah!!  Today he was back to normal.  So Riley's out of the woods and we're so grateful for it!!

Jeremy is such an amazing big brother.  I dotes on Zachary constantly!  He is always talking so sweetly to him and trying to hold him.  He has such a sweet heart.  He has a gift for handling younger kids and when it comes to Zach, he can never get enough!

What Would You Do For $100

My Dad offered Riley and Jeremy $100 if they got a "Pa haircut."  What is a Pa cut you might ask?  My Dad has the usual male pattern baldness.  So the deal was they got that awesome doughnut cut and went out to ice cream with him, then they would get the money and they could shave the rest off as soon as they got home.  They both took him up on the offer.  Here are the before, the after, and the buzz.

Summer Vacation

Day one of our trip we drove to Spokane, WA where we camped for two nights.  On the second night my Dad met us and camped a night with us.

Originally we had planned on going to Missoula and camping in a teepee.  While we were in Spokane my dad told us that if we came to Ennis, Mt with him he would put us up in a hotel for the night.  Since Ennis, Mt is one of my favorite places, and I wasn't excited about camping anymore, we jumped on the opportunity.  When I was born we lived in Ennis.  My Grandparents lived there untill I was in high school and I spent a lot of time there growing up.  It has been 10 years since I've been back.  That is too long!  

On our way to Eden we stopped in Brigham City to visit my Grandpa and his wife Janiel.  I just love my Grandpa to pieces!

Our final destination was Eden, Ut.  It was the Cook Family Reunion at Lane's Brother's cabin.  We had so much fun!  It was great to get there and relax after several days on the road.  It was also wonderful to catch up with family.

Tyler loved this little car.  He was outside driving it every chance he got.


Good to know that Tyler is taking safety seriously!

Fathers and Sons Campout

So Lane took the 3 oldest boys to the fathers and sons camp out.  I have to say I was impressed that he took 3 of them.  I figured he might have left Tyler with Zachary and I.  I had a wonderful time.  I went to and got a pedicure with my mom then woke up early to go for a run with Michelle.  I look forward to these in the future.  That's one big pro to having all boys!

Zach 4 months old

Zach 5 months

I left the room with Zach on the floor.  I came back only a moment later to find THIS!

Zach 3 months

Jeremy's 5th Birthday

Jeremy wanted to have a bunny party, specifically a Phillip webkinz party.  Remember Phillip?  His blue bunny?  We had it at Rood Bridge Park and it was a blast!