Bulgaria??

Anyone been to Bulgaria lately? Well, someone with our credit card number has. They are having a vacation that I only wish that I could be having. Why are people so evil? Bodin has been trying to figure out why Batman or Wolverine have not caught this bad man yet. Luckily our bank caught it before it got to bad and we cancelled our credit card. Now Ben has to go to the bank tomorrow morning to fill out a bunch of paperwork and get us some cash and some new cards. I can't even go to the gas station today. I hope the Armada has gas. I also hope I can remember how to write a check to go grocery shopping tomorrow:)

Beat the heat!

Summer time has come and… Well, Ok, summer is still in full effect but the kids are back to School. We didn’t do much this summer but after my surgery we did go to the cabin by Show Low. It was a good little vacation with lots of animals to see. We almost had some Elk meat but it decided not to cross the road at the last second, talk about the pucker factor, there was nothing I would have been able to do to avoid hitting the beast!!

We arrived at the cabin at night and it was nice and cool. I was thinking “Now this is why we come up here!” Well the next day the temp got up to 98 and it was hot as hades, WTH!! We went to some stores for food and window shopping and made our way back to the cabin. About an hour later Shani , who started on her winter coat early this year due to the bun in the oven, decided she had enough of the heat and we were going to just drive around for the day. I know what you are thinking; why in the world didn’t you turn the air conditioner on. Well, I never had to use the A/C at the cabin and didn’t know all I had to do was wet the pads down for the swamp cooler (didn’t know it was a swamp cooler), lesson learned.

Anyway, we could see big rain clouds and lightning to the east of us so I decided we were going to drive towards them till we hit rain or ran out of gas. About an hour into the drive we did it, we hit rain. It just so happened to be right by the Sunrise ski resort so we turned the drive into a sight seeing trip. I tried to ride with the windows down as it had cooled off into the 60’s but the kids were complaining they were too cold. After tooling around Shani said she wanted to ride the ski lift to the top of the mountain. We pulled up the parking lot and it started raining again and the temp on the Armada was reading 53 and we were all in shorts and a t-shirt so that wasn’t happening.

We drove back to the cabin where it had also rained which made for a nice cool afternoon. I brought along our Dutch oven and cooked up a meal fit for a king which brought in a grey fox that wasn’t the least bit scared of us. After I chased the fox off by trying to catch some pix’s of it some javelina came in and then some fat wild turkey.

After eating we drove to Sherman and Sonia’s cabin which was about 30 minutes away to visit. We had a nice little trip and got some MUCH needed time away from the valley.

Ben on drugs?

I love my husband dearly, but everytime I send him to the doctor something happens. His back went completely out a few weeks ago. It was so bad Sarah had to come down and brought some vicadin so that I could get him from the floor into the car. I wanted to call an ambulance, but he refused. I ended up taking him to Mountain Vista emergency room. Don't ever go there. He fell to the ground in the waiting room and they just ignored him. Then once we got him back to a room they would not do anything. They told me it was a profit sharing hospital and they do not do things like MRI's. Are you kidding me? All they will do is give him a shot to dope him up good and then they are sending him home with me.

The shot sure did dope him up good (a little too good). He starts singing the Pina Colada song to me. He is "drunk" calling everyone on his phone and telling them bizarre things. I finally had to confiscate his phone. Then they try to dismiss him. By this point he is sick as a dog and puking. Well, this makes his back worse. They realize they can't send him home like this so they give him a shot of phenergan to get him to stop puking. He then starts hallucinating and seeing dead people in the trash can. He also puts his puke bag on his hand and orders me to stop and get him some food on the way home. (Okay, you can't stop puking). After about 20 more minutes of this circus show I get to take him home. Luckily, the phenergan makes you really tired and he slept the rest of the night.

Yesterday, he had to go get his pre-op blood work done. Okay this should be no big deal so I send him on his way. Well, everything with Ben is a big deal. His arm starts to sting as she is taking the blood. He can't let on that it is hurting though. Oh no, being a man he just puts his head down on the table and passes out. Yes, passes out! When he comes to they are all around him very worried. They lay him on the floor and give him cool rags. They want him to go lay down in another room for a while. Of course mortified as he is he tells them he is fine and drives home. He then calls them to let them know he made it home okay. (What a nice guy!) I can't hardly wait to see what behavior the surgery on Thursday brings. I need to take my video camera with me and document his behavior!

Happy 4th!!

The Greatest Dad in the World!

I am so lucky to be married to the greatest dad in the world. He is so good with my kids. He is the one that comes home after a long day at work and plays with them. Their favorite thing to do with him is wrestle. Bodin and Ben love to watch movies together. He loves to take the kids to QT to get their favorite sodas. He works through pain everyday to provide for us. He does not take a second to think about jumping in when I need help. (Which has been a lot lately:)). We are a lucky family to have such a great daddy!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day to all who have served, continue to serve, and will yet serve our great Nation!

Happy Birthday Bodin! We love you very much!!