Broken Arm Blues

Sammi broke her arm a few weeks ago now. I know I am behind, such is life. She was climbing up in her closet to get a bag of craft buttons for a school project and was hanging on the hanging clothes bar which gave way, and she landed on her arm. It is a crazy story because Jake and I were not home when it happened. I had run to the grocery store to get some Mayonaise for a potato salad I was making. I forgot to take my phone and when I tried to drive home I had a dead battery. Luckily I ran into my friend Melissa in the store so I got a ride home with her. Well Sammi had been trying to call me and I didnt have my phone and Jake was riding his bike home and didnt hear his so she called a friend in the ward and they came over as I was pulling in with Melissa. Our friend Dixie and her daughter Hannah stayed with the kids and fed them dinner while I took Sammi to the emergency room. Jake got home and got the news and called me. They put a splint on for a few days until the swelling went down and then she had a cast put on. Of course orange, her favorite color. She gets it off after Labor Day weekend. Yeah!

Beach

We go to the beach every summer with family and friends. Sammi was at girls camp so she didnt come this year. It was such nice weather and we all had campsites pretty close together. It was so nice to have our trailer and I always sleep really good at the beach, I think its the combination of the weather and the sounds of the waves. Love it! Jake was training for his triathalon while we were there so he got some good swimming, biking and running in. I went for a run on the beach a few mornings and it was so nice to be on the beach and getting some excercise in. There was plenty of sand fun, boogie boarding and exploring. Jake's parents will be back from there mission to go next year, we missed them! Tanner collecting water for the sand castle
Kimball, Bo, Katie, and Tessa

Makenna had some good naps on the beach

and fun in the sun

Rebecca and Lacie

Tessa and Rae

Rebecca covered up to her neck!

All the kids loved asking Tessa questions