A very eventful weekend!

More camping! After this trip I'm all camped out! It was a lot of work this time for some reason, but we made it. Makelle did this for most of the weekend, just played on the stairs of the trailer. It was tough because she wanted to crawl everywhere, but she kept eating rocks & leaves. This seemed to keep her attention for the majority of the trip.
Ethan caught his very first fish on his very own pole. He was so proud of himself. This is daddy gutting it.

Makelle loves her daddy. She got a diaper rash & diarrhea while we were camping, so she wasn't always her happy self, but daddy can usually get a smile out of her.

Grandpa is a brave soul & let Lexi drive the four wheeler all by herself. She's one crazy driver! Lexi & Makelle were on the 4-wheelers for a lot of the trip. When I couldn't get Makelle to calm down I would take her on a slow ride & she would calm right down, until I took her off, she loved it too much to give it up.

A couple people brought their dogs on the trip. They were very well behaved & Makelle absolutely adored them! She's pointing to the dog & whining to go after it. She was very soft & loving to the dog & always wanted to be by them. She's actually signing dog & saying dd- code for dog

We took the kids to the zoo last weekend & got to see the new baby giraffe. He was born the day before we got there & was already about 6 feet tall. Makelle loved seeing all the animals & pointed at everything & laughed & smiled. Yesterday at church Jeff took Lexi to the bathroom, as she was running to the door to catch up to Jeff she ran smack into the bathroom counter. It knocked her flat on her back. Jeff cuddled her & tried to make her feel better, until she moved her hand. Blood was gushing everywhere! He came to get me & we rushed her to Insta Care. The nurse looked at it and said 3 or 4 stitches & she'll be as good as new. He put some numbing gel on & we waited about 25 minutes to get her back for the stitches. She was so good through the whole thing, she only cried when she saw me crying, so I tried to be brave for her. Jeff took her back & they cleaned it out. Come to find out it was way deeper than they initiallly thought. Jeff got to see her skull. I'm so glad I wasn't back there, I definately woulda fainted! Jeff even got a little queasy. They ended up having to give her a numbing shot inside her cut. Jeff said that was the hardest part for Lexi, it took a little while & he had to help hold her down. They said that if she didn't hold still during the stitching that we would have to go to the ER to have her sedated. Jeff said she did so awesome! She just sat there, which if you know Lexi it's next to impossible for her to do such a thing. As long as she could see Jeff she was fine, but when the doctor's arm got in the way of her view of daddy she got a little worried. 3 deep stitches & 6 surface stitches later she is whole & happy! Any time someone asks her about it she says "all better, all done." She was so brave, braver than me. The big picture in the middle was taken today of her stitches, Jeff took a picture of it before the stitches, but it's pretty gory so I won't post that one. We missed most of church, but we thank friends & family for all their concern for Lexi, she felt so loved!