Summer and Fall happenings

The last two months have flown by! Here are a few of the things we have been up to.

My neighbor sets up this 100ft slip-n-slide every once in a while. Which the kids throughly enjoyed!

These flowers are the weeds that grew in my dirt in August and September. I think they are quite pretty. When the landscaper finally came to finish the yard I was sorta sad they would have to be ripped up. But super excited to have grass!

Can you see the fine layer of dirt covering this child? This is what my summer has looked like. A fine layer of dirt over everything. My kids. My house. My floors. My blinds. etc. Needless to say I am thrilled to finally have grass so I don't have to deal with the dirt as much!

 My little brother turned 21. His, at the time, fiancé made this cake for him. Isn't it awesome?!

 The last Johnson is now married. On August 19th my littlest brother got married. The wedding took place here in Utah which meant my entire family was here. Most were at my house. Thats 20 grandkids running through my house. It was great to see everyone but not so great on my house. 

Literally as everyone was leaving my house after my brothers wedding, Jesh started getting terrible pain in his back and was vomiting from the pain. Luckily my sister Becky was still here with her family. Becky's husband is a PA and told us straight up that Jesh has kidney stone. I had him take Jesh to the ER because everyone was still leaving and I felt like he would be more familiar with what was going on. 

My sister I tried to entertain our kids and clean house while I worried over Jesh in the ER. When I finally heard from Jesh he had been admitted to the hospital, put on heavy drugs for pain, and had a CT scan done. He told me that the CT scan showed several kidney stones and only one kidney. Jesh had no idea that he only had one kidney. My sister's family left thinking he would just need pass the stone and that it wouldn't take too long. To make a long story short.... They tried to get Jesh to pass the blocking stone by pumping him full of liquids, when that didn't work they performed surgery. They got most of the stones out. After surgery his kidney wasn't working fully and Jesh had to stay another day until his kidney seemed to be improving. So after three days in the hospital and several tests and appointments later, Jesh seems to be doing a lot better now. And man am I grateful. It was so hard for me to see him going through all of this. Thank you to all our family and friends for their help, prayers, and support. It meant a lot to us! Hopefully we can avoid this some how in the future.... :{

The only thing I really love about the North Idaho fair is their Elephant Ears. YUM! But since we no longer live there, I had to make my own. Basically all I did was buy some Rhodes rolls, let them raise, stretched them out, fried them in oil, and put cinnamon sugar on them. A close second in my book.

Collin riding a pony at his preschool open house. I can't believe he is big enough to be in preschool. :(

 Christian played his first soccer game. He basically loves to kick the ball... in any direction. These games are so funny to watch. The whole game is like everyone fighting everyone for the ball.

Christian started Kindergarten.... Collin is sad almost every day he is gone. The first day I found him on the stairs after dropping him of saying "I need my best friend Christian." Breaks my heart. Christian loves school. But we sure do miss him when he is gone.

 Christian with his best pal Porter.