Part 2 -- California Trip Pictures

Our trip to California was definantly one we will never forget. Day one we starting out at about 7am. We were making good time and reached St. George at around noon. We decided to eat lunch at the park by the temple but when we were getting Zach out of the car his feeding tube broke. We ditched my parents and Josh at the park and headed for the ER. Just a heads up, unless you are over 65 the St. George hospital does NOT know how to take care of you. After sitting in the ER for 4.5 hours, with them unable to do anything, they finally scheduled a time for us to have the tube replaced at a hospital in Vegas the next morning. Off we went for Las Vegas. By the time we got there and got set up it was getting late. We tried to go to the strip to see some of the free shows, but both kids fell asleep and it was time for bed. Early the next morning we got up and got Zach and Christian off to the hospital and my parents and I took Josh over to Circus Circus for the free shows and to play some games. At the hospital it turned out they had scheduled Zach for a surgery, not just a simple tube replacement. Finally at 4pm Zach was back and we were in the car headed for California. We finally arrived at our campground at about 10pm and got the camp set up and kids to bed. The next morning we woke up to discover that the hospital in Vegas had neglected to fill the balloon that holds Zachs tube in and it had fallen out. Once again, we sent Christian and Zach off to the hospital and the rest of us headed for Disneyland. Luckily, the hospital in California was great and had Zach in and out in just 2 hours and they were able to join us quickly. Disneyland was great with Zach and even gave us the pass that is usually reserved for Make-A-Wish kids that let us bypass all lines (even the regular wheelchair lines). It was really busy because all the new shows were opening. That night we got to see the new fireworks show (poor Zachy fell asleep waiting for it to start). The next day was spent at California Adventure where we got to see the new show "World of Color". It was a great show, but once again, Zach fell asleep waiting for it to start and didn't get to see it. Josh loved going on almost all the rides. The only one he couldn't go on was the big roller coaster in California Adventure but got over it pretty quickly. He LOVED the Tower of Terror and kept assuring the older man waiting behind us that it was scary. After 5 days of Disney it was time to pack up and head home. On the way we stopped at Calico Ghost Town. The boys had a good time panning for gold, and Josh loved making a leather craft in the leather shop. After that we kept driving until we reached out campground in Leeds. We stayed just the night and finally got home the next afternoon. Overall, it was a great trip that started off a little bumpy but ended great.
Who else can say they visited 3 hospitals in 3 states in 3 days!

Part 1

Since it has been so long since my last update, I am going to do this is sections so that each part isn't too long. May was a busy month for us. Zachs surgery was just one thing. It was also Mothers Day, and Chrsitans and my birthdays. While Christian is proudly telling everyone he is 40 because he doesn't want to have to have another birthday for awhile, we are both actually 31 and proud of it. Both boys finished school and were sad to say goodbye to their teachers.

Zach had to say another tough good-bye. His sweet, sweet girlfriend was moving to New Mexico and we were invited to her going away party. He just wanted to be next to her the entire time. Josh also had to say good bye to his best friend in the whole wide world Radley as he was moving to Idaho.

Since this brings us up to June, my next post will be about our trip to Disneyland and the woderful adventure that was!