Not the post or week I planned!

Liam's little adventure began Thursday morning when he went to move sprinkler pipe at a farm where he works.  He slipped in the mud and landed on a piece of metal.  He did not realize he had cut himself very deeply and continued on with his job.  This picture is after I took him to town for stitches and his doctor commanded him to go to the Orthopedist the next morning.  He enjoyed laying around all day but not missing swim practice, work, or his first triathlon.

Waiting for the knee doctor, by this time Liam was in serious pain.  The doctor pulled horrible fluid out of the knee and ordered immediate surgery to clean out the knee and determine the damage.  The doctor was so emphatic he made me nervous and I was glad when he changed his mind about sending us to SLC.

It was a long day waiting for the 5 pm surgery but Liam never complained.

The doctor marked his knee just to be sure, notice how small the cut looks....but the knee is swollen and hot to the touch!

Post surgery, Dad is trying to help Liam get into his pjs and get comfortable.  We knew half the staff and the anestesiaologist. Nice thing about small town hospitals.

Hugh brought Liam some things to keep him occupied and Liam was grateful because it was a long 36 hours in the hospital.  He is home now but must return to the hospital every 6 hours for iv anitbiotics.  We are very blessed the piece of metal went clear into the knee joint but did not damage any tendons, cartalidge, or bone.  However, there is massive bacterial infection which the doctor feels he completely cleaned out and now they are treating what had already moved into the blood stream.  So it is a crazy life around here right now, especially since our dear missionary comes home in 18 days and we are totally unprepared.  Unprepared but oh so very grateful!

Good Job Everyone!!

We actually accomplished a great deal this week and I could not be happier with all the progress we have made outside.  The chicken yard is done and ready to have plants strategically placed in it...I wish I had a picture of it...there are two smaller coops now and we have six Rhode Island Red hens in one of them.  I need to paint them white and pink to go with the big coop but that may be a few weeks down the road.  So far the outside cats have respected the hens and just hang out when we are outside.  We also finished deep weeding the lavendar bed, replaced the dead plants, laid weed barrier and covered it with wood chips.  I am thrilled with how it looks.  There is one more big project by the goat pasture but I am most likely going to wait For Cody to tackle that one:).  The really big news today was that we finally fixed the trampoline...party time!!!

Brenton was all over the honey do list today and still made it to choir practice for Stake conference!

Hugh obviously worked hard and then collapsed:)

The golden boys were also excited to see the trampoline be fixed, they like to take siestas on it.

Cody's dog just because!

Worth the time and effort....

It was a good Saturday!!!

14th Birthday...APTE river trip....swimming...shearing...Liam's big week!

Liam asked for a triple layer cake but there was enough batter for four...

we had to break out the mega mixing bowl that we usually save for big popcorn nights!

Batter is yummy...

Bubba came in just in time to make frosting, the aviators are perscription....or at least that was her reason for being so cool...

Bubba makes the best chocolate frosting ever!

Saturday's swim meet was rough...Liam had a bad dive and swallowed a bunch of water and he was worn out from camping for three days prior.

There were an lot of 'farmer' tans at the meet::)

Hugh was not happy to have Liam leave for three days but he really helped me out with chores while big brother was off playing.

Tuesday morning Mike Summers came to shear lambs for tag day, Hugh did not like holding the carcass lambs...His show lamb practically sits in his lap.

Mike does an amazing job and is a great guy, don't tell him though he will get a big head.

This is what the living room looked like when Liam was packing for Aronic Priesthood Training Camp (ATPE)..crazy fun time he says.  They rafted part of the Snake River and went to the Twin Falls temple for Baptisms...too cool!

And just when did he get permission to grow into a handsome young man....not good!  He had such a good time at his campout...but man I missed him and his piano practices.  He is learning one of my favorite songs "Jessica's song".  Well I will say good night for now I am trying to do this blog, email my missionary, and chat with a friend on Facebook while preparing for the week so I should probably wrap this up!!!  What a good week!