This past weekend was our annual Anderton Family Reunion camping trip to Mantua...and our only camping trip we take all summer. I was half excited to go but half not because I was not looking forward to pumping at camp.
We started out Thursday by loading the truck and heading to Mom's school to fill our coolers with ice. Then we headed up to camp. We got there about 4pm, and yes Kyle and Amos had already set their tent and supplies up, and Grandpa and Grandma were already sitting and enjoying the fire.
Our tent wasn't big enough for our family, so thankfully Mom and Dad let us borrow theirs. We hurried to get our tent and supplies set up and then turned to help everyone else so we could get our dinners on the fire.
As we were unloading our things and started to set up our beds in the tent, we noticed that we forgot an essential item...the Pak-n-Play for Kodee! We kept trying to think of different things we could do. Go home and grab ours, buy a new one, borrow Amos' (but I didn't want Oakers to be without a bed), have someone bring up an extra one, make her a bed on the ground...it seemed all the ideas weren't quite working out so well. Finally, Amos and Kyle came up with using one of our totes! Genius! I was happy Kodes was small enough to fit and it worked out so well.
This year, Rhett needed to pass off a requirement for Scouts...help prepare and cook a dinner outside. So he helped me make and cook our Hobo dinners in the fire. He felt so proud and they were so yummy.
After dinner, we celebrated Mom and Aaron's bday with a cake Dawn bought from Costco...and it was sooo yummy!
That night Kodee didn't want to sleep. She kept crying and crying and crying. I felt so bad I was keeping everyone awake. I didn't know if she was just upset about a new bed, or being in a new place, or because she had thrush. But I couldn't get her to calm down. I decided to give her some more of her medicine and asked J to give her a blessing of comfort. As soon as he was finished with the blessing, her heartbeat returned to normal, she quieted right down, and fell fast asleep for the remainder of the night. I am always amazed at the powers of the Priesthood and so thankful to J for his dedication to the Gospel.
On Friday, it was a laid back day...at first. In the early afternoon, me and J got kinda bored. So we took the kiddos on a long walk around the camp. They loved being able to "explore" and find firewood. And I was happy to walk around in the sunshine.
It seemed the quiet day needed to be interrupted...by my daughter screaming bloody-murder. She had followed J and Kenna to the bathroom while I was pumping. As she waited for them to finish, she decided to climb a tree. And she fell off! Her arm ballooned right up. I for sure knew it was broke because she has bony little arms.
We called our insurance to find which clinic to take her to in Brigham City and headed down.
When we finally got in, the Dr. took one look and said, "Yup, it's broke. Let's get an x-ray and see how far up the arm we need to cast." We waited about 45 min to get into x-ray. We all started to walk in but then the radiologist asked me if I was preggers. I said I wasn't. He then asked if I was nursing and I said yes. So he gave me a weird look and said, "It's best for your milk if you stay outside!" I don't know why, but it made me laugh out loud. While I waited in the hallway, I got a phone call from Dawn asking me directions to the clinic. Trevan had fallen into the dry river bed on a rock and split open his head.
When we got back into the Dr. office to go over her x-rays, he said she was a miracle child. In all his years, he's never seen an arm be that out of whack and NOT be broken...no sprain or fractures. She then said, "It's because my bones are strong because I drink so much milk!" I knew there was a reason for pumping that into their bodies. Ry also had a sliver in her hand that had gotten infected. The Dr. said we had to wait till it started to puss up before we could help pop it out. Surprisingly, Ry said her sliver hurt more than her arm. As we were leaving, I told the Dr. to keep an eye out for our nephew. All the nurses laughed and said, "We're here all day tomorrow too in case anything else happens." As we were leaving, we passed Dawn and Trevan as he headed in to get 3 stitches.
When we got back to camp, Ry fell over a pile of rocks. She broke her fall with her hand, which helped her sliver to puss up. Uncle Mike decided it was time to dig it out. He held Ry tightly and covered her ears because she was screaming and crying louder than I had ever heard. Luckily, it didn't take much to pop out the sliver and thanks to Uncle Mike for being patient in holding her down and listening to her.
After that drama I was ready to call it quits for the day. But we ate our delish turkey meal Kyle had prepared and we sat around the fire roasting marshmallows and playing a get-to-know-you game with our family.
On Saturday, we found out we would have to leave that night because there was drama that happened at J's work. His manager had gotten moved to another store and he was really bummed because they got along so well. Since we knew it was our last day, we did our best to make it count. But sadly, I waited about 12 hrs to pump so I was in the truck pumping for 2 hours while everyone enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to Grandpa, crafts, horseshoes, and a water gun fight. I guess one positive note...I was staying cool in the air-conditioned truck!
Finally after I was done pumping, we started our dutch oven dinners and desserts for the Potluck dinner. While the food cooked some of us played cards while J and Rhett had some boy time to "explore" some more. It was then time to take our potluck dishes down to dinner (we made Peach Cobbler.) After dinner, it was time for the auction. As we waited for it to start, I was holding Kylee and Kodee. First it was cute watching Kylee play with Kodee's hair.
But it quickly turned into Kylee pulling and eating her hair. I'm thinking maybe Kylee was jealous of all that hair, LOL!
Even through all the drama of the last couple days and Kodee having thrush, the girls still loved being at camp. We all had so much fun.
And I think Kodee loved it so much more because she was constantly held by everyone around her or being carried by me and J.
After the auction, it was time for us to leave. I was seriously so sad especially with how much fun everyone seemed to be having.
The next morning J got a call saying he didn't have to go into work. But then a couple hours after that, he got a call from the High Council about a calling...Elders Quorum 2nd counselor. I guess we were supposed to leave early and be home.
This summer hasn't been filled with a ton. And it's been hard not having the funds to do Lagoon with my family or the trip to Washington. So though it was quite the weekend, I was so glad to add some fun memories from this summer with my family.
*High Five for Poopy Chair*
*High Five for Milkys*
*High Five for Emergencies*
