Doing, doing, doing

So far, the first few weeks of summer have been so full that we have hardly stopped to breath! It's been fun though. Saturday, Noah & I participated in the Utah Hemophilia Society's "Blood Run" . My cousin's cute little boy, Ethan, was born 10 days after Bella. It was so fun & exciting for us to have kids together, because we are more like sisters than cousins. Everything seemed fine with Ethan, until they went to circumcise him. He wouldn't stop bleeding & ended up in the ICU after 5 transfusions. We were all so terrified & confused, because the Idaho hospital was saying his doctor hit a major artery & basically botched the circumcision...which would've meant he'd be fine after a transfusion & repair. Ethan just wasn't getting better, and eventually a plastic surgeon had to sew up the minor incision just to stop the bleeding. He went to Primary Children's after he had a few weeks of recovery & was diagnosed with severe hemophilia. It was heartbreaking & overwhelming for my cousin & her husband. It's scary, plus it's the most expensive chronic illness you can have, other than aids. He will have to be extremely careful until he's 2 & them he will have a port inserted into a vein in his chest where they will infuse him daily with factor to clot his blood. It costs anywhere from $20-30,000 per MONTH. Ethan has done so well & so have my cousin & her hubby. They are awesome people & we know Ethan will grow up to be an amazing guy :) It was fun to go support the Hemophilia Society & raise some money for research.

It was rainy & Noah had the perfect solution!!!

Thursday we got back from St. George, visiting our cousins & Grandpa & Grandma.

Len's sis, Cheri & her hubby Kary, loved that Bella warmed up to them finally!

The boys had a blast swimming & playing with their cousins.

It felt amazing to be in the warm weather for 4 days straight!

We got to see "Cats" at the Tuachan theater.

The scenery was better than the play!

We drove up Kolob Canyon & played in the reservoir. The kids loved practicing skipping rocks with Grandpa.

We had a blast! The day we came home, I had to deliver a wedding & that night we had Noah's book club with 15 kids at our house! Pheww! It's been a whirlwind, but so rewarding.

We will look back on this summer & have so many fond memories.