Our crazy two weeks:

Ok, so these past two weeks have been a little difficult for us. We've had a lot of fun but it's been very busy. We went on our first camping trip up on Caribou Mountain. The night before we left to go to Idaho, Everett had a slight fever. We still decided to go. Joaquin's Mom, Brother, our Sister in law, Lil Emma and Jerry were all going to be there. So we headed up and when we stopped to eat in Soda Springs and we checked Everett and his temperature was 103.8 so we decided to take him to the emergency room. They just said to alternate the Motrin and Tylenol to keep his temp down. He was acting really lethargic and melancholy but we still decided to go. Well that night we got up to feed him and he puked all over Joaquin, his entire body was hot so we decided to pack up and head home at 3 am. Poor little guy was so out of it that he didn't even really cry. Joaquin was so exhausted, he thought he was going to fall asleep at the wheel so we stopped to get him a 5 hour energy shot so it would take the edge off of his eye lids wanting to slam shut. My poor little family. Anyway, we did have a good time there but we wanted to stay longer than just half a night but that's ok, I'm sure we'll have plenty more camping excursions in the future.

Our next fun and exciting/stressful thing was Brock's surgery. It really wasn't all that bad but we weren't sure how he would react to being put under anesthesia. The little champ did so well. His throat seemed to be a little soar from the tube they put down his throat to help him to breath while he was out but other than that he was fine. As soon as he woke up, he wanted to eat, as usual. Little porker. Once we got him home, he wanted to practice crawling all over the floor. Joaquin's brother, Andon and his Wife, Ale along with Emma came down to Salt Lake to help us out. It was so NICE having them with us. I was really stressed out with Everett just getting over his sickness and trying to figure out who we could leave him with while we went to the hospital for Brock's surgery. When they said they could come down, it was such a big relief off us. Emma loves the babies so much, she could have been there Mom I swear. Always concerned about them and asking where they are and how they were feeling. Especially about Brock after his surgery. Ale helped out so much with everything too. She helped cook....(uh...delicious pork tacos....so good....my mouth is watering just thinking about them!) and take care of the boys. Andon was a lot of fun too. He's such a good brother in law to drive his whole family down to Salt Lake from Boise to help out. We owe them big time.

Another fun thing we did was go up to Midway by Heber for a drive. Joaquin didn't have to work so we decided to go for a drive up the mountain. We had so much fun. I had always heard how cute it was up there being that it's a Swiss settlement. All the houses look like they belong in Switzerland. While we were there we stopped at a art studio and this amazing antique store. Seriously this place was awesome. I walked in and I felt like I had stepped into an old movie. No one was around and there was a cat roaming around. I thought I was going to see a ghost or something asking me to help them free there soul.......uh.......okay maybe not but it was really fun. If anyone wants to go, I'd go again in a heart beat.

Then our last fun thing we did was go to the Utah State Fair. I haven't been to a state fair in a really long time so Joaquin and I went last night and we had so much fun. We got to go to the Rodeo which I have to say, Everett and Brock LOVED! They're going to be little country boys I can already tell. They loved the loud country music, everyone cheering, the horse riding, everything. It was awesome. After the rodeo we walked through the area where they have all the live stock and we had fun looking at pigs and cows and chickens. I have to admit I was a little disappointed in the fact that we didn't see more red necks. That's one of the main reasons we go to fairs. There is nothing like the entertainment you get from looking at country bumpkins at the fair. There's nothing like going to the fair to look at other peoples families because it makes you feel like your own isn't quite so bad....hahahaha!! (Jeff Foxworthy said something like that.) I decided it's the county fairs that you see more of that at.

The cabin on Caribou Mountain

Having dinner inside the cabin. It had two rooms, the kitchen and the bedroom. The bedroom had 8 beds in it. We were one big happy family.

Brock getting ready for surgery. He looks like such a big boy!


Brock w/Joaquin after surgery. Poor little guy.

Midway: The Swiss architecture was so cute.

The Utah State Fair. This was just one of the honking pigs we saw. They were huge.

Brock the Goat...

Everett the Goat.....baaaaabaaaa

All of us at the Rodeo. It was so fun.

Lil Ev and his Mama.

So we have had a lot of fun but a crazy couple of weeks. I'm so grateful for our little chubs. They really are the love of our life's. Just couldn't imagine life with out these two little boys. I'm so excited for these next few months with them. Holidays are A comin' and we get to start up all those fun traditions!!!