Gavin's T&A

What better thing to do on the first full week of summer other than to have your tonsils out? Right? That wasn't the initial plan, but it's how it ended up working out. We had to be in Rexburg (about 35 min. away) at 6:30am so it was an early morning. G&G Blakely kept Mason and Chloe over night so we didn't have to wake them up so early.

(I apologize in advance for the blurriness of the pictures. I really need to stop using the camera on my iphone. It's just not the same after having been dropped in water a few times)

 On the way.

 Daddy wasn't able to be there so we were sending him lots of pictures so he knew what was going on.

 He was so brave and let Dave start his IV for him in Pre op. He didn't even flinch or cry : ) That's my tough boy

 Dave also blew up a balloon and drew a cute face on it for him. It helped to keep him occupied while I signed paperwork and we waited for the Dr.

 Can you believe that's a glove? Dave has some pretty powerful lungs.

 He's official now with his party hat. 

(He's in the middle of throwing his bear, that him and Dave named Bugger Bear, at Dave)

 When he woke up I told him to smile so I could take a picture to send to his daddy and this is what I got. He wanted me to take a picture of his tonsils (or lack thereof). He also wondered if he still had his uvula, he did. Then he wanted me to go make sure that Dave and Debbie (his OR nurse) knew that he was awake.

 Gavin and Bugger Bear

He loved the drugs and took awhile to wake up but when he did he woke up nice and calm (Great work Jared!). His nose was itchy from the fentanyl so he kept itching it.

 Popsicles make everything better

 Gavin wouldn't let Camille push him in the wheelchair, he wanted to do it himself.

 Gavin accidentally popped his other balloon so Dave blew up another (smaller one) and let Gavin draw a face on it himself.

 He has been so excited that he get's to "be lazy" and watch movies all day in daddy's chair. He wanted me to wake him up "every 4 minutes" so he could drink something.

WARNING: GRAPHIC

He kept asking me over and over again to get a picture and I finally caved and figured I'd better post it on here so it ends up in the Fry Family Yearbook.

Grandpa made their day!!

My parents have a huge lawn and my dad flood irrigates it. I'm pretty sure that playing in the water when he does this is their favorite summer time activity at Grandma and Grandpa's.

 Gavin loves to ride through it

 Mason trying to keep up with big brother

 Look at those piggy tails!

 Mason was going up and down the sidewalk. He told me he was "racing on his dirt bike."

We wanted to get the kids all together for a group picture which was nearly impossible. They didn't want to be disturbed with their playing and they had already played so much they were turning the water into mud!

Here are a few of the over 20 pictures I took trying to get them all looking:

 This was the best one we ended up with. At least they are all facing forward ; )

And of course playing in muddy water 

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 rub-a-dub-dub six cousins in the tub!

Caught Up

To the 3 whole people that read this:

(Mom, Erin and Karen)

I am officially caught up and there are 14 (I think) new posts so make sure you see all of them!

Life of Fry

Gavin's yearbook came and he literally spent hours over the course of a few days looking at every single picture and talking about each kid that he knew and who was the brother/sister of who.

I got to babysit my girlfriends little girls and it was so fun. Gavin was a complete baby hog and I didn't get to hold Bexley very much.

He held her so long his arm was getting sore so we had to put a pillow under his arm for him. He even fed her, but he did reluctantly give her to me so that I could burp her.

Bexley, Gavin and Myka

Cody was laughing so hard at Myka, he couldn't believe how stinking cute and funny she was.

My other brother had a birthday. We all wore green (his favorite color) and all the cups, plates, decorations etc were green. The cups had trivia questions about him on them. We had a BBQ and then just hung out and talked. It was a fun afternoon.

Chloe's solution to the smoke getting in her eyes

We had our first hot dog roast of the season and finally enjoyed out patio for the first time as well.

Chloe, Gavin and Mason

Liz, Stevie, Chelsea

(not pictured: Tiffany,Kayla and I) 

cruising around the 'hood doing "good deeds"

Chelsea was the first to bail so we rewarded her ; )

Maycee, Cassie and Chloe

(Torrey in the background)

The Ashton's are moving to Portland so we had a going away picnic for them. Chloe wanted a picture with Maycee before she moved.

One last photo of all the Fry cousins. They won't all be together again until Christmas. 

Chloe's first "bloody ouchy"

She screamed and cried HUGE alligator tears until I got it all fixed up. She was OK until the blood started to run down her leg.

Gavin had a pirate day at school. He was a "skeleton pirate"

The endless sand and dirt with nightly baths has begun

Ever wondered what 38,000 cans smashed into a bail looks like? Now you know. We took the scouts to Pacific Recycling for a field trip. They got to watch a 5,000 lb magnet pick up all sorts of metal, see bails of cans, buckets of all kinds of recyclable items, play in a bin of can tops and then for the grand finale they got to watch a car get smashed.

It went from this...

to this. 

This is a stack of "cars".

Gavin driving Spencer's go cart

My kids love our neighbor Spencer. He has a go cart that he always gives them rides on and even lets them drive. He gives good high fives, knuckles, elbows and head butts. My kids are ALWAYS asking if they can "go play with Spencer".

We detoured through Blackfoot to stop and eat at Rupes on our way back from Pocatello. We love this place.

Look on the bottom right hand corner of this picture. This is taken through my kitchen window and you can see where my brother lathered his lips in chapstick and then kissed my window. Can you see his lips? I have these same lip marks on every single window of my van and front living room window.

Daddy was mowing the lawn so the kids were banned from the grass until he was done so they all climbed up the tree but they didn't mind being up there because they had a can of Salt and Vinegar Pringles.

FHE Treat!

Marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, pretzels, sponge cake, cinnamon bears and gummy bears dipped in melted chocolate!!

Gavin and mommy being goofy

Backyard picnic

Look at Chloe's blueberry eyes!!

Cody was power washing the house, sidewalks and driveway and Gavin wanted to help.