Segway Tour

Sorry for the lack of posts. I can't believe it has been over a month since I posted last. We are keeping busy I guess.

My best friend from Alaska came to visit up last week. We had lots of fun and she did a lot of shopping LOL. On Thursday David had the day off and told Erica and I to go have fun. We already toured DC the first day she got in but we had the kids and the weather was getting yucky. We really wanted to ride segways so we found a segway tour and it was a blast. We had so much fun riding them. Plus, we got to see all the things that we didn't get to see before. I am not the best tour guide and Ken did a great job explaining everything to us. Very informational and we felt so cool riding these things :)

At first, it was kind of scary getting on it. They show a video before you practice and the video had people falling and hitting their heads and how easy it was to fall. We got pretty scared but we survived. In the middle I was even texting while segwaying LOL. Don't worry I was safe. I only texted David to ask how the kids were. Erica and I didn't fall at all. We are professional segwayists now. All in all we had a great visit. Thanks again Erica.

We were so cool in our pink helmets :) We were the only ones wearing the pink ones. Everyone else had black or white.

Me training on the segway. Ken was our tour guide.

Erica in training before heading out on the streets

Looking out at the monuments from the Capitol

Erica and I with the capitol behind us.

The people in my group. The lady in the pink shirt was crazy on her segway. She fell off once and would go fast and then really slow. It was hard to be behind her when going single file. The funny thing is her husband (to her right, our left) was always at the front of the line and left his wife in the back. I think he was tired of her going to slow. LOL.

My segway "Big Red"

Capitol

Natural History Museum

Washington Monument

Other side of White House

Erica and I in front of the White House

Colonial Beach

After the fair was over we decided to spend some quality time with the kids. They had a babysitter for 8 days straight and about 8 hours each day so that David and I could run our Eco4You (eco4youonline.com) booth. It went pretty well for being our first time there. Anyways, we really missed the kids and decided to head out to the beach. It was about an hour away but so worth it. The kids had a blast playing in the sand and David and I had a fun time playing with them as well. Poor Kameron got 2nd degree sunburn on his back. I did put sunscreen on all the kids but I just found out salt water washes it right off. His back is just now healing and it has been 2 1/2 weeks. He had scabs and blisters. I feel so bad. McKaila and I got burnt pretty bad as well but nothing like Kameron. Enjoy the pictures.

The view from the restaurant. The canopy closest is us :)

McKaila playing in the sand.

Me and my three kiddo's. I know it looks like I am wearing a hair net or something interesting. It is a headband but it was too far forward in the picture. Oops.

McKaila was such a fish. She loved to put her face in and swim to me. She did really well.

I buried David in the sand and he decided it was nice enough to take a nap for an hour. The towel is protecting his face from getting a sunburn :)

Kameron going to collect more water.

Jayden and Daddy

Happy Birthday Daddy

I know this is very late but I h ave an excuse :). Usually whenever I upload pictures of the kids I upload them from Davids camera. Well since sometimes he needs to take the camera for work, I get out my little point and shoot camera. I forgot I had this stuff on there until today. Sorry its pretty late David. Davids birthday was on July 12. He turned 25. I can't believe how old we are getting LOL. I turn 25 next Sunday :) Ignore my voice trying to get McKaila to sing on a higher pitch. Happy belated birthday Daddy. ( We did sing to him and celebrate his birthday on time. This is just too cute)

McKaila telling a story

This is back from the 4th of July while we were waiting in the hotel room until the fireworks were going to start. She is so silly.

Triplets

Last Saturday morning I woke up with some slight cramping on my right side. I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't. The pain was getting worse so I thought I would try to take a warm bath. The pain was so intense that I woke David up again and told him I was going to the ER. He told me that I couldn't drive myself. When I told him that I had to because he needed to stay home with the kids, he told me to take some of his Percocet to help with the pain. I thought I'd give it a try, so I took two and waited. The pain still wasn't going away after about 30 minutes so I drove myself to the ER. By the time I got there the pain was pretty much gone. I was feeling pretty drowsy from the medication and decided to drive back home to go back to sleep. I hoped that maybe I could sleep it off till the walk in clinics would open up. As soon as I got back home, Jayden started crying and wouldn't calm down. After about 40 minutes of being up with him crying, I finally laid back down. David was awake and talking to me and telling me to put Jayden back in his crib. He wasn't making much sense. You'll see what I mean later. After about an hour of lying down and trying to sleep the pain came back the second I tried to roll over in bed. I got dressed again and woke David up again and told him I was going back to the ER because the pain wasn't going away. I was the only one in the waiting room when I got to the ER. It was so nice. It did take a little bit to get me registered because they couldn't spell my name right. I was there when I gave birth to Jayden and my name was spelled right so I am not sure what the confusion was. I couldn't get an IV or pain medication till they got it figured out. How hard is it to spell my name? Seriously. I had to write it out for the lady. It took 4 people to get my name spelled right on my hospital bracelet. Anyways, I explained my pain and then I got an IV while I was being admitted and trying to explain my pain to the doctor. I was in horrific pain and finally got my pain meds. They made me pretty sick. I had to put both rails up on the bed because I was afraid I would pass out and fall out of bed. They took me down for a CT scan and about an hour later the doctor came in. She walked in and told me I was having TRIPLETS. I was pretty confused and told her I wasn't pregnant. She giggled and told me that I was having kidney stones. 3 of them to be exact. They gave me more pain medicine and then I was discharged. I forgot to add that shortly after I was admitted, David called me and asked where I was. Poor guy. I told him I was in the ER and he didn't remember a thing about me waking him up several times and what not.

I finally passed my stones Wednesday morning. Two of the were stuck together which is probably why it took so long to pass. David has had kidney stones before and now it was my turn I guess. My poor kids are screwed. It is genetic in both of our families. David was so good to take care of me and the kids while I laid in bed for a few days. The pain is very similar to laboring. The worst part is that you don't get a break between "contractions" and you don't get to look forward to a cute baby at the end. I hope that is the end of my kidney stone adventure. I was able to catch the two stuck together so I need to get them to the urologist to figure out why I got them in the first place. Glad it is over with.

Jayden

I can't believe Jayden is 7 months old now. He is growing up way too fast. He can sit by himself really well now. He has been sitting up for a while now but within the last few weeks he has really mastered it. He is trying to get up on his knees as well. Some of his little friends his age are crawling already. My baby's like to take their time. I have to say I like that much better :). Jayden also has his two bottom teeth. He is such a good baby and very content. I am so glad he is in our family. The kids love him and he loves them right back. McKaila has a special place in Jaydens heart I think. She can always make him laugh.

Wii Night

We definetly love our Wii. I have had a blast playing Mario Kart at night after the kids have gone to bed and David has paperwork to do. It helps me unwind :) We have a date night on Saturday nights after all the kids have gone to bed. We join 4 other couples from our ward and we get online and race each other. It is a fun date night that all couples look forward to. The next day at church when we see each other, we giggle and laugh at the nights games.
We decided to let the kids in on a little bit of Wii fun. We let them "bowl" and "box". They had a blast with it. Enjoy.

The kids "Wii bowling"

The kids "Wii boxing". I love how McKaila is shaking her butt :)