On the trampolene again.....

So once again, Chase was jumping on the trampoline.  He was jumping high, and on his descend down he noticed Taige directly beneath him.  He arched his body to avoid contact and rolled his ankle.  We thought it was a bad sprain, but x-rays showed that he fractured the outside top of his ankle bone that sticks out.  And just a few days before scout camp! Bummer!!  2 years ago jumping on the trampoline, on his descend down he landed on a basketball and broke his tibia.  So this is his second ankle break on the same ankle, just different spots.  This is the 4th broken bone our family has had.  We tease Chase because he was involved or responsible for all 4! 3 of the 4 have occurred on the trampoline.  As much as my kids enjoy jumping on it, it may be in our best interest to depart with it. 

Just after Hallie was born, Chase and Kailan were jumping on our trampoline in Cheyenne.  I think it was a mixture of jumping and playful wrestling, when Chase's head went into the side of Kailan's nose and shifted it over.  She walked downstairs where I was and instantly I could tell her nose had been shifted.  A strong feeling of nausea instantly swept over me! The other broken bone in our family was Taige just this past December.  Chase was helping him off of a stool (actually lifted him up by the shins) and Taige flew over Chase's head and landed on his wrist and fractured it.  That in a nutshell is our history of broken bones!

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Flagstaff Fires!

Yesterday a fire was started some distance behind the hotel, Little America.  Two neighborhoods off of Butler (next to our Elementary school) were evacuated and several more (including ours) were notified to be prepared to evacuate.  Fortunately no structures were burned and as of tonight all evacuation orders from this fire have been lifted.    When we went out to our car to go to church at about 12:40 this afternoon we were surprised to see a whole lot of smoke on the other side of Mt. Eldon (which is off of Highway 89 just past the mall).  As we drove closer to the freeway we were amazed at the huge billowing tower of smoke coming from Schultz Pass.  Since this afternoon this fire has burned over 3000 acres and there have been over 1000 homes evacuated.  The fire is still far from being contained.  It is scary to see and definitely leaves a sick feeling in your stomach.

This building (above) is Petco, by the Mall.  

These are a couple of pictures we took this evening. Mark labeled them.

A New YouTube Video

Taige was playing with his friend Dallin Codner over at his house when they decided they wanted to make a YouTube video.  This is what they came up with! Just click on it to view.

Taige eats cinnamon!

Checking Account

Today after Jordynn received her first pay check for the summer from Summit Gymnastics, I took her to the bank and helped her open up her first checking/savings account.  She is wanting to start saving for a car and hopefully college as well! My little girl is growing up! She is loving working at the gym and is really enjoying her teen tumbling class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.