Here is a picture I was trying to download the other day. It is kind of hard to see it but there are 5 staples under there… and here is the innocent looking guy that did it.

Jer was wondering the other day if maybe Chopper Dog was loosing some of his eye sight. He seems to be acting real dumb lately. He can’t seem to find dropped food on the ground as well. He’s been horrible at fetching sticks and now he’s plowed over Isaac. He actually plowed Emma over the other day too. She just wasn’t hurt… well, it did hurt hurt her. She flew about 3 feet but didn’t need stitches or anything.

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Our good friends invited us down to Lake Mead, Nevada for a water skiing trip. They have a nice house down there and a couple boats. We were sooo excited to go but then after Isaac fell and looked like Frankenstein we weren’t so sure we’d be able to go.

But, honestly guys, when it came down to it… who could pass up an awesome trip like that. Certainly not us.

Unfortunately, I left my camera in the car the whole trip… not one single picture except the few that Jeremy captured on his iphone. I’ll have to get him to email them to me because there is an awesome picture of me getting big air on the wakeboard. Woo hoo!

We were pretty happy that we ended up going. It turned out to be super easy keeping Isaac’s head dry (doc’s orders.) Despite all of his faults and dare devil activities Isaac does not desire to swim in strange, large bodies of water. He was totally content playing in the sand and riding in the boat. Actually all he wanted to do was drive the boat. Anyone surprised?

Overall it was super great. I even did a good job smothering everyone with sunscreen (which hasn’t been the case in the past– ie. Jeremy pink cameo looking back last summer, oops!)

The long drive was totally worth it!

I was totally bushed upon returning home. My whole body ached under the intense reaction of lactic acid and wiping out. I was looking forward to doing nothing on Monday except conquering the mounds of laundry, toys and bags piled on to my floor from the trip. That was going to be plenty for me.

But the truth is… I love my sister way to much. She has been struggling with hyperemesis and she’s come down to Utah to let my sweet mother cook for her. I have offered to help out with her kids as much as possible.

I had the chance to go to the Zoo and despite my aching body and dirty house I loaded up the kids (5 total) and met my Aunt (with 3 more kids) at the zoo. My aunt and I were both pretty nervous about the day. How in the world were we going to keep track of 8 children? (3 of which are quite challenging (Isaac being the worst.)) Although my nephew gave us a run for our money a few times. He wouldn’t even let me take his picture, little stinker!

With a double stroller and a rented wagon we trudged through the zoo seeing all the animals and keeping our eyes at all time on the children. We moved quickly and worked together as a team. We were so proud of ourselves. At the end we relaxed by the duck pond enjoying Popsicles and high-fiving each other upon the fact that we had no catastrophes nor lost any children. Gosh, it wasn’t as hard as we were expecting. We got up to leave and I looked around and said, “Where’s Katie?”

Oh, crap! we were soooo close to being successful… we split up and started the search party.

Luckily, she wasn’t too far and was being helped at the front desk by a nice lady. I guess we shouldn’t have high-fived until we had them all strapped down in their car seats.

Today has been a lot less crazy even though my house has been overflowing with children all day. I even mastered a few of the looming piles of laundry. Go me!