Visit to Harper Farm in Topaz

No buildings left-just a hand pump and a few trees but the railroad and Portneuf River still run east and west further down the road.

The newest employee...

I'm almost at the end of my fourth shift here at my new job at Primary Children's Medical Center. So far, it's been what I hoped - interesting, not too stressfull, challenging at times and rewarding. Today, I'm woking in the Rapid Treatment Unit (RTU), a hospital unit just off the ED where children are admitted if we expect that they'll stay shorter than a day. So far, I've seen children with seizures who we're monitoring overnight, children who need IV fluids because of bad vomiting and diarrhea and a few kids with infections that need IV antibiotics. The ED has been fairly busy on the two days I was there, full of kids with summertime viruses (sore throats, stomach pain, etc), cuts and scrapes (if you've seen my first aid kit, you know I love to suture) and bumps and bruises. Most of my day is spent seeing children, coordinating care with the nurses, suturing wounds, monitoring kids that need sedation (so we can cast broken bones or suture cuts in awkward places) and communicating with the other hospital teams.

Underwear Man!!!

Davis potty trained himself this week (day and night). He has a very happy mother!! And don't be jealous, because Heavenly Father's kindness must be shining upon me. It has never gone so smooth. In fact this tired mom was looking toward age 4 to start.

Trip to Utah

This sign describes how I feel. We found it while shopping with the girls.

Can't get enough swimming.

Birthday Cake for Breakfast

Sadie's birthday was Monday. Birthday Cake for breakfast.

Seussical the Musical

Porter and Pace in the musical Seussical this week. Pace was a jungle tree frog and Porter was one of the Wickersham Brothers.

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Marshmallow combat compliments of E.