Well, our sweet little Emberly had her first medical emergency this weekend! This is how we spent our Monday......after a fall on a trampoline Sunday night, she woke up with a bit of swelling and still unwilling to move her elbow, so I took her in just to have it looked at. I had no idea it would be broken, and I especially didn't like hearing the doctor tell me it was "pretty bad" and "you'd better get her to the Children's hospital for surgery." Those are the kinds of words that make a mama's heart beat a little crazier!So I enlisted Derick's support, dropped Gavin off at Jenny's (thanks!), and we headed to the hospital for what was to be the rest of a very long day. Thankfully (!) she didn't need surgery, the pediatric ER doctors decided they could take care of it right there with a bit of sedation and arm manipulation. It turns out she fractured her supracondylar, it's the big bone right above the elbow. They put her to sleep and moved it around to put it back in place, and then cast her up.
The doctors and techs there were soooooo nice! They treated her like a delicate little angel and took good care of her. They gave her this little teddy bear and had her name it and then the orthopedic tech put a real little cast on the bear! Ember loves playing vet with her animals, so this was the perfect thing to make her feel better in the midst of painful x-rays, horrible hunger waiting for the anesthetic, and multiple IV tries! Not a fun day!
But it was wonderful to come back late at night to a well-taken-care-of sleeping little boy and dinner in our fridge, thanks to two fabulous friends! This has been quite the eventful start to our summer!
Now I know that we aren't quite as north as some of you, but some days it feels like we're pretty far up there! This was our colourful, blue-sky yard a few days ago. We even had kids running through the sprinkler and popcicles sitting on the grass. 
Then this is what we woke up to yesterday, and through out the course of the day we had our share of snow, rain, hail, sleet, and even a bit of sun. Lovely June weather, isn't it? :)
And this is another thing I'm loving right now, my Mother's Day present! Might as well make 
We had the priviledge of sneaking up and spying on an owl's nest in the provincial park near our house. This little cutey was hanging out on the branch above his mama's nest and staring down at us all like we were crazy!
I think it might have been one of E's fondest to see an owl's nest, she quite taken with them. Although, I don't know, I asked her what her childhood dreams are and without hesitating she said she wants to see a fairy and become a princess!
I think I speak for everyone when I say, a fabulous weekend was had by all!! We gathered from practically all four corners of North America......myself, my sisters Jes and Kate, mom Lynne, cousin Amanda, and aunt Peggie. (Of course, we can't forget little Mckinley, Carter, Jordan, and a brief visit with Rachael!) The BYU Women's Conference was amazing! Nearly 20,000 women invaded campus and it was just like back in the days, I was reminiscing all over the place! The classes were excellent and very inspiring, and so was the company. We spent our evenings just hanging out together and catching up, and of course eating yummy food!
We had our fair share of rain.......
